Jacob Holdt

Public speaker

[Jacob Holdt @jacobholdt]

@fehlfarbig80570 Thanks so much for the kind words. No, America is far more divided and unequal now. So I am coming out with a new updated book this year :

https://t.co/ynYnULOVsx

[Jacob Holdt @jacobholdt]

@cekicozlem Enig. Læste hans bog da jeg boede på Vestbredden og skulle holde foredrag på begge sider af muren og bla derfor ikke ønskede at hade israelerne for al deres undertrykkelse som jeg så på Vestbredden:

https://t.co/bPbTiHEg0r

[Mary L Trump @MaryLTrump]

Robert De Niro’s statement on Donald is perfect. Please read it:

“I’ve spent a lot of time studying bad men. I’ve examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty. Yet there’s something different about Donald Trump.

When I look at him, I don’t see a bad man. Truly.

I see an evil one.

Over the years, I’ve met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he can’t quite pull it off. There’s such a thing as “honor among thieves.”

Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong. Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story — but — they have a moral code, however warped.

Donald Trump does not. He’s a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.”

He has contempt for all of them.

We New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego. We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership.

We tried to warn the world in 2016.

The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination. Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world. We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags.

The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior. That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse.

Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously.

So today we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America:

This is our last chance.

Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator.

And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided.

So what do we do about it? I know I’m preaching to the choir here. What we’re doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls.

We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House. They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice. Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them.

Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect.

Let’s not talk about “democracy.” “Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it.

Let’s talk about right and wrong. Let’s talk about humanity.

Let’s talk about kindness. Security for our world. Safety for our families. Decency.

Let’s welcome them back.

We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump, and fulfill the mission of this “Stop Trump Summit.””

[Jacob Holdt @jacobholdt]

@kofoedDK @weekendavisen Som jeg viser på hjemmesiden er det vist WeekendAvisen der førte lemfældig omgang med sandheden og ikke den bog, som amerikanske universiteter brugte i over 30 år i undervisning. Mon ikke de har erfaring i kildekritik? :-)

[Jacob Holdt @jacobholdt]

@Julefrok4ever @kofoedDK @weekendavisen https://t.co/nDmd6X8QLZ

[Jacob Holdt @jacobholdt]

@kofoedDK @weekendavisen Dy sig for hvad?

https://t.co/nDmd6X8QLZ

[Jacob Holdt @jacobholdt]

@MrMesserschmidt Folk flygter endnu mere fra kristne lande i Latinamerika, Haiti, Jamaica og store dele af Afrika.

[Jacob Holdt @jacobholdt]

@EBjerkrheim @AlexVanopslagh Den grimme ælling er ikke et offer :-)

[Jacob Holdt @jacobholdt]

@Claus_F_Moeller Løbetid? Så anskaf dig en hanhund, slip tøjlerne og så prøv at indfange den når hunhundene i området er i løbetid :-)
En hund skal motionere, så det er en naturlig motivation for os mennesker også at gøre det. Jeg har i de sidste 10 år løbet 8 km hver morgen med min hund.

[Jacob Holdt @jacobholdt]

@KarenSkjoldager Erling Bjøl

[Ahmadzanon @Ahmadzanon1]

Jeg flygtede fra #Assad. Jeg har taget HF, arbejder på fuldtid som sagsbehandler og bliver bachelor til januar. Jeg gør alt for at bidrage. Alligevel vil Danmark udvise mig til Irak, som jeg ikke har noget tilknytning til og aldrig har besøgt. Vil I dele min historie #dkpol

[Jacob Holdt @jacobholdt]

@Lenepals @transceiverfreq Tak for at huske mig. Men så læs min nyeste bog:
https://t.co/JWTpE7Htvf

[Jacob Holdt @jacobholdt]

@NatAlHariri Hvad? Jeg synes lige jeg har været med til jeres bryllup.

[Jacob Holdt @jacobholdt]

@Kimse66 @JonasBengtson @cekicozlem Man bliver nysgerrig efter at høre hvor dit vanvittige og blinde had kommer fra, Kim.

[Jacob Holdt @jacobholdt]

@splidsboel Det grænser vist til antisemitisme at kalde en jøde som Zelensky for “nazist” https://t.co/7GI077GKfn

[Jacob Holdt @jacobholdt]

@cekicozlem @emme Jeg mener ikke man kan lave BB på sociale medier. Man kan bruge dem til at se hvem der er hadets mennesker og derefter tage ud privat og i øjenhøjde gå i kærlig dialog med dem. Hvis der er tilskuere på bliver det blot til ligegyldig debat og ikke noget der “rykker” hinanden.

[Jacob Holdt @jacobholdt]

@cekicozlem @BEsbensen @karmel80 @AnjaEH8 Og det er da ingen sag at drikke en kop kaffe med sine ligesindede 😇

[Jacob Holdt @jacobholdt]

@cekicozlem @BEsbensen @karmel80 @AnjaEH8 Jeg har fundet så meget racistisk tænkning i mig selv overfor “muslimer”, sorte, kriminelle, fattige osv. at jeg har svært ved at tro at andre danskerne ikke også deler patologien som er så nem for politikerne at udnytte. Derfor handler det om at tage ansvar for sin racisme.

[Jacob Holdt @jacobholdt]

@cekicozlem @BEsbensen @karmel80 @AnjaEH8 Forskellen fra min 50 år gamle bog er at dengang havde de hvide typisk skyldfølelse over deres racistiske følelser. Det oplever jeg ikke hos os danskere i dag. Vi og ikke mindst politikerne leder konstant efter fejlene i de andre, ikke i dem selv.

[Jacob Holdt @jacobholdt]

@cekicozlem Men jeg bryder mig ikke om at blive kaldt KGB-agent da de russiske diplomater intet fortalte mig om at de kom fra KGB når de inviterede mig til middage. Uden gensidig ærlighed ingen ægte dialog.