The obsession with Trump is a cover for many of those calling themselves
“left/liberal”, as if to claim political decency. They are not “left”,
neither are they especially “liberal”. Much of America’s aggression
towards the rest of humanity has come from so-called liberal Democratic
administrations — such as Obama’s. America’s political spectrum extends
from the mythical centre to the lunar right. The “left” are homeless
renegades Martha Gellhorn described as “a rare and wholly admirable
fraternity”. She excluded those who confuse politics with a fixation on
their navels.
-- John Pilger, "The Issue Is Not Trump, It's Us" (COUNTERPUNCH).