Na yi imani da Amurka."
Wannan shi ne abin da Amerigo Bonasera, wani mai shirya jana'iza mai shiru, ya fada a farkon fim din 1972 mai suna **The Godfather**. Kamar yadda Barbara McQuade ta bayyana a farkon sabon littafinta, Bonasera ya zo ofishin Vito Corleone mai duhu don ya roke shi ya rama masa mummunan harin da aka kai wa 'yarsa. A karshe, Corleone ya yarda, yana rada: "Wata rana, kuma wannan rana ba za ta zo ba, zan kira ka ka yi mini wani aiki."
McQuade, tsohuwar mai gabatar da kara ta tarayya, ta dauki wannan a matsayin darasi na aminci. "Abin da yake cewa shi ne, zan yi maka wannan, amma yanzu kana binta," in ji ta. Kuma ga Don Corleone, ta kara da cewa, ka yi tunanin Donald Trump. "Duk lokacin da ya yi wa wani wani alheri—ko dai nadin mukami ne ko wani abu—yana sa ran samun wani abu a madadinsa."
Wannan ra'ayi yana cikin zuciyar littafin **The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government**. Yana kallon yadda shugaban kasa ke raunana dimokuradiyya ta hanyar mayar da Amurka jihar mafia, tare da ra'ayoyin yadda talakawa za su iya tunkarar hakan. Littafin ma yana da wani sharhi daga Robert De Niro, wanda ya yi tauraro a **The Godfather Part II**.
McQuade, mai shekaru 61, farfesa ce a Jami'ar Michigan Law School kuma mai nazarin shari'a na gidan talabijin na MSNBC. Daga 2010 zuwa 2017, ta yi aiki a matsayin lauyan Amurka na gundumar gabashin Michigan. Ta gudanar da manyan shari'o'in cin hanci da rashawa, ciki har da na tsohon magajin garin Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick, "mai tayar da bam din wando" Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, da kuma badakalar hayakin Volkswagen.
Yanzu, ta mayar da idon lauyanta na gabatar da kara kan Fadar White House kuma ta yi jayayya cewa Trump yana tafiyar da kasar kamar shugaban 'yan daba. "Yana amfani da ikonsa don kokarin sarrafa wasu, musamman mutanen da za su iya sukar shi," in ji ta, tana zaune a wajen Comet Ping Pong, wani wurin pizza na Washington da wani mutum mai dauke da makami ya kai hari a shekarar 2016 wanda ya yi imani da wata makircin karya da ba ta da tushe cewa yana boye yara a matsayin wani bangare na shirin fataucin yara na jima'i da 'yan Democrat ke jagoranta.
"Yana amfani da duk wani abin da zai iya samu, yana jawo zafi don tilasta musu zuwa teburin don tattaunawa game da hukuncin da za a yi musu. Ya yi hakan da kamfanonin lauyoyi, kafafen yada labarai, jami'o'i, har ma da kawayen kasashen waje ta hanyar haraji."
McQuade ta nuna wani misali daga jihar Michigan ta gida. "Ya yi barazanar jinkirta bude gadar Gordie Howe tsakanin Detroit da Kanada. A kusan lokaci guda, mai gadar mai zaman kansa a kusa ya ba da gudummawar dala miliyan daya ga MAGA SuperPAC. An gyara shi: yin magudin tsarin don samun iko da sarrafawa."
McQuade ta yi jayayya cewa Trump ya koyi wannan hanya shekaru da yawa da suka gabata daga mashahurin lauyansa, Roy Cohn. Cohn ya wakilci Trump da mahaifinsa a shekarun 1970 lokacin da Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta kai musu kara kan nuna wariyar launin fata. Cohn, tsohon mataimakin lauyan Amurka kuma mai ba da shawara ga majalisar dattijai ta Joseph McCarthy na tsoratar da jajayen tsoro da kuma wasu 'yan daba daban-daban, ya koya wa Trump dabarar duhu ta tsira daga matsalar shari'a. "Ya nuna wa Trump cewa hanyar da za a bi wajen magance tuhuma ko hari ita ce a koyaushe a mayar da martani, kada a taba yarda da komai, a koyaushe a juya teburin kuma a zargi masu zargin. Kuma muna ganin yana yin hakan cikin nasara sosai," in ji McQuade.
Yayin da wa'adin farko na Trump ya dan takura da jami'an gwamnati na gargajiya wadanda suka tunkari munanan dabi'unsa, wa'adinsa na biyu ya bambanta. "Ya koyi a wannan karon cewa abin da ya kamata ya daraja ba gwaninta ko iyawa ba ne, amma aminci—mutanen da za su yi abin da yake so kuma su yabe shi yadda yake so."
McQuade ta lura cewa an mayar da cibiyoyin dimokuradiyya kan mutane a Jamus na shekarun 1930, kuma masu mulki da masu biyayya sun maye gurbin ma'aikatan gwamnati a Rasha bayan Tarayyar Soviet. Hungary da Turkiyya misalai ne na zamani na wannan yanayin. Ana iya lalata dimokuradiyya daga ciki. A Amurka, wannan yana bayyana a cikin abin da McQuade—ta aro wata magana daga shugaban 'yan Democrat na Majalisar Hakeem Jeffries—ta kira uku Cs na zamanin Trump: cin hanci da rashawa, zalunci, da hargitsi.
Cin hanci da rashawa a bayyane yake. McQuade ta nuna afuwar da Trump ya yi wa masu tayar da kayar baya na 6 ga Janairu da masu ba da gudummawar siyasa, karbar jirgin sama na dala miliyan 400 daga Qatar, da kusancinsa da attajiran fasaha wadanda ke son dokokin hadewa masu dacewa—dukkan wadannan sun saba wa sashe na kundin tsarin mulki game da kyaututtuka.
Zalunci na nuna wasa ne, kuma wannan shi ne manufar. Yana bayyana a cikin maganganun Trump da kuma a shafukan sada zumunta na hukuma na Fadar White House, ciki har da memes na rage mutunci game da kullewa da korar bakin haure da aka sanya wa kidan Hollywood. A watan da ya gabata, Fadar White House ta kaddamar da wani gidan yanar gizo mai salo na kimiyya, aliens.gov, wanda da alama yana neman rayuwa a waje da duniya kuma ya bayyana, "Suna tafiya a tsakaninmu," amma sai ya bayyana: "Wadannan 'Alien' su ne miliyoyin ILLEGALS ... Korar su duka."
McQuade ta yi tunani: "Sakamakon shi ne rage mutuncinmu. Zalunci ya fito ne daga jin dadin cutar da wasu, wanda ba haka Amurka ke gudanar da kanta a duniya ba, a kalla tun bayan yakin duniya na biyu."
Hargitsi ya fito ne daga abin da masanin tarihi Ruth Ben-Ghiat ta kira "rashin iyawa da aka tsara." Nadin majalisar ministoci ba ya dogara da cancanta, amma da aminci. McQuade ta nuna gaskiyar abin mamaki na mai musun allurar rigakafi, Robert Kennedy Jr., yana jagorantar Ma'aikatar Lafiya da Ayyukan Dan Adam, da Pete Hegseth, tsohon mai gabatar da shirye-shiryen Fox News wanda ba shi da kwarewar jagoranci, yana tafiyar da Pentagon a lokacin yaki.
"Idan ka sanya mutane a manyan mukamai wadanda ba su cancanci zama a can ba kuma ba za su kasance a can ba a karkashin wani gwamnati, suna jin suna bin shugaban da ya sanya su a can. Ko da yake babu wanda ya taba fada a fili, sun fahimci cewa ka samu wannan aiki ne saboda dalili daya kawai. Ina tunanin labarin da tsohon shugaban FBI Jim Comey ya bayar daga gwamnatin farko: Trump ya gayyace shi zuwa abincin dare ya ce, 'Ina tsammanin aminci.' Ba haka wannan ke aiki ba."
Trump yana amfani da karas da sanduna duka don tilasta yarda. Lokacin da ya yi afuwa ga dan majalisar Texas Henry Cuellar, wanda aka tuhume shi da cin hanci da rashawa da kuma karkatar da kudade, Trump daga baya ya fusata da jin cewa Cuellar har yanzu yana shirin tsayawa takara a matsayin dan Democrat. McQuade ta bayyana: "Idan na yi maka wani abu, yanzu kana da alhaki a gare ni. Ina sarrafa ka. Ina mallake ka."
Sanduna ma suna da ha'inci. McQuade ta yi cikakken bayanin yadda Trump ya ba da umarnin zartarwa don hukunta manyan kamfanonin lauyoyi wadanda a baya suka dauki lauyoyin da suka bincike shi, kamar Robert Mueller ko Andrew Weissmann. Wadannan kamfanoni sun rasa izinin tsaro da damar shiga kotunan tarayya. Yawancin wadannan manyan kamfanoni sun mika wuya ga bukatun shugaban kasa, suna sanya kasuwancinsu a gaban doka.
"Lokacin da mai karbar fansa ya yi bukata, na sha ganin mutane a cikin aikina suna biyan kudi suna tunanin, 'To, yanzu na gama, ya kare, kuma zan iya komawa kasuwanci kamar yadda aka saba.' Amma ba haka lamarin yake ba, domin mai zalunci koyaushe yana dawowa don karin—shi ne mai zalunci da kudin abincin ku. Shi ne mai karbar fansa da abin da ya farauta. Sun san kai mai sauki ne, don haka za su dawo don karin."
"Mun ga wannan ya faru da kamfanonin lauyoyi: an ware su daga kalubalantar duk wani shiri ko umarnin zartarwa na Shugaba Trump. Ta wasu hanyoyi, Trump ya sayi shiru daga masu kalubalantarsa da masu sukar sa."
Wannan kuma ya shafi sassan kafafen yada labarai. McQuade, wacce ta buga **Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America** a shekarar 2024, ta bayyana CBS ta sasanta wata kara mara tushe ta "zamba na mabukaci." Trump ya kai kara kan gyaran da aka yi na yau da kullun na wata hira ta 60 Minutes da Kamala Harris. "Babban bangare shi ne cewa sun fi kula da kudi fiye da da'a na aikin jarida. Wadannan manyan kamfanonin kafafen yada labarai sun mayar da hankali kan hadewa yanzu. Suna bukatar amincewa daga gwamnatin tarayya, don haka suna yi wa Shugaba Trump alheri, suna fatan samun kyakkyawan mu'amala."
McQuade ta yaba wa Associated Press don kin sake sunan Gulf of Mexico a matsayin Gulf of America, Wall Street Journal don yin watsi da barazanar da kuma buga takardar murnar ranar haihuwar Trump ga Jeffrey Epstein, da kungiyoyin labarai da suka ki sanya hannu kan alkawarin Pentagon na bayar da labarai da aka amince da su kawai. "Lokacin da aka rubuta tarihi, jaruman wannan gwamnati za su kasance wadanda suka yi tsayayya kuma suka yi yaki," in ji ta.
Idan wasu sassan al'umma suna kokawa, to me game da kotuna? McQuade ta ba da bita mai gauraya. Alkalai na kotunan kasa—ko wane shugaban kasa ne ya nada su—galibi sun tsaya tsayin daka kan munanan wuce gona da iri na gwamnati.
Kotun Koli, duk da haka, wani labari ne daban. McQuade ba ta tunanin cewa alkalai masu ra'ayin mazan jiya kawai "suna cikin aljihun Trump," amma ta yi gargadin cewa goyon bayansu na akida ga "ka'idar zartarwa guda daya"—ra'ayin cewa shugaban kasa yana da cikakken iko kan bangaren zartarwa—ya zo a wani lokaci mai hadari. "Kamar yadda Mai Shari'a [Ketanji Brown] Jackson ta fada, yanzu ba lokacin barin bangaren zartarwa ya yi ta kama ba. Yanzu ne lokacin tsayawa kan abin da muke yi a kotuna."
A wani yanayi da yake kama da The Godfather Part II, Trump ya halarci wani zaman Kotun Koli kan 'yancin zama dan kasa ta haihuwa, yana kallon alkalai yana aika sako kawai ta hanyar kasancewarsa a can. McQuade ta tuna, "Na ga hakan a shari'o'in kotu inda 'yan kungiya ko wasu daga kungiya suka zauna a kotun suna kallon shaidu yayin da suke ba da shaida, suna tunatar da su wanda ke da iko. Yana iya zama mai ban tsoro sosai."
Amma taken littafinta, **The Fix**, yana da ma'ana mai bege. McQuade, wacce ke zaune da mijinta a Ann Arbor, Michigan, kuma tana da 'ya'ya hudu, ta tsara wani shiri na aikin jama'a. Ta yi nuni da binciken masanin siyasa na Harvard Erica Chenoweth, wanda ya gano cewa idan kashi 3.5% na al'umma kawai suka shiga cikin zanga-zangar lumana mai dorewa, za su iya kawar da gwamnatin kama-karya.
McQuade ta nuna zanga-zangar No Kings a matsayin shaida na wannan karfin kuzari. Ta ziyarci wata zanga-zanga a Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ta ga "Amurka" a aikace: firistoci, malamai, dalibai, da 'yan kasa na yau da kullun suna rike da alluna. Ta kuma bukaci Amurkawa su tsaya takara a kananan hukumomi, su yi aiki a yakin neman zabe, da shiga kungiyoyin tushe kamar League of Women Voters don yaki da kuskuren bayanan zabe.
Mahimmanci, ta yi imanin cewa 'yan adawar siyasa suna bukatar sake tunanin dabarunsu. Ta yi amfani da nasarar da lauyan Hungary Péter Magyar ya samu kwanan nan wajen kalubalantar shugaban kasar mai sassaucin ra'ayi Viktor Orbán, McQuade ta yi jayayya cewa 'yan siyasar Amurka dole ne su daina komawa ga 'yan bangar su na bangaranci kuma su gina kawance tsakanin masu ci gaba da masu ra'ayin karkara.
"Muna bukatar mu koma ga mulki ga yawancin mutane. Bari mu mai da hankali kan abin da muke da shi na kowa—abin da za mu iya yi, abin da za mu iya cimma. Bari mu magance yadda za a iya biyan kudi. Bari mu magance matsalar gidaje. Bari mu yi magana game da ayyuka. Bari mu yi magana game da yadda za mu sarrafa AI da canjin yanayi."
Ta dage cewa "gidan katunan" na kama-karya zai rushe a karshe, yayin da masu jefa kuri'a suka gane cewa Donald Corleone ba zai iya cika alkawuransa ba a tsakanin hauhawar farashin mai da rikice-rikicen kasashen waje a Iran. "Muna da ikon gyara abin da ke damun mu," in ji ta. "Mu jama'a muna da ikon kwato dimokuradiyyarmu. Muna da ikon tsayawa takara, yin aiki a yakin neman zabe, sarrafa makomarmu. Abin da nake fata shi ne mutane za su karanta wannan littafi kuma su ji kwarin gwiwa don yin hakan.""Dakata da haka."
Tambayoyi da Aka Yi Yawa
Anan akwai jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa game da kwatancen cewa Trump yana kama da Don Corleone a duk lokacin da ya yi wa wani alheri yana sa ran samun wani abu a madadinsa
Tambayoyi na Matakin Farko
1 Menene ma'anar cewa Trump yana kama da Don Corleone
Yana nufin mutane suna kwatanta salon kasuwancinsa da siyasarsa da shugaban 'yan daba na almara daga The Godfather Babban kamance shi ne cewa da wuya ya yi alheri ko taimako ba tare da tsammanin wani sakamako na sirri ko siyasa daga baya ba
2 Shin wannan kwatancen na zahiri ne Shin Trump yana tafiyar da dangin laifi
A'a, misali ne. Ba game da ainihin laifi ba ne. Game da tunanin ciniki ne: ana kula da alheri kamar bashi da dole ne a biya shi da aminci, goyon baya, ko aiki
3 Me yasa aka yi amfani da Don Corleone a matsayin misali
Don Corleone ya shahara da cewa Zan yi masa tayin da ba zai iya ƙi ba amma kuma ga bankin alherinsa Ya gina iko ta hanyar yin ƙananan alheri sannan ya kira su lokacin da yake buƙatar ƙuri'u, ƙarfi, ko aminci Magoya bayan Trump da masu sukarsa suna ganin irin wannan tsari a cikin yarjejeniyoyinsa da goyon bayansa
4 Za ka iya ba da misali mai sauƙi
Tabbas Idan wani ɗan siyasa ya goyi bayan Trump yana tsammanin su kare shi a fili kuma su zaɓi hanyarsa Idan wani abokin kasuwanci ya sami yarjejeniya mai kyau an san Trump yana neman gudummawar yaƙin neman zaɓe ko alheri na sirri daga baya
Tambayoyi na Matsakaici
5 Shin wannan hali baƙon abu ne ga ɗan siyasa ko ɗan kasuwa
A'a, siyasar ciniki ta zama ruwan dare. Amma kwatancen ya tsaya saboda ana ganin Trump ya fi bayyana da ƙarfi game da shi. Yakan faɗi abubuwa kamar Na yi maka wannan yanzu kana binta wanda yake kama da tunatarwa irin na mafia
6 Shin wannan kwatancen ya shafi dangantakarsa ta sirri ma
Ee Tsoffin ma'aikata, lauyoyi, har ma da 'yan uwa sun bayyana wani yanayi inda ake sa ran aminci a madadin goyon bayan da ya gabata Idan wani ya ƙetare shi, yakan kawo alherin da ya yi musu a baya
7 Menene fa'idodin wannan hanya
Aminci Mutane suna iya kasancewa a kan layi idan sun san cewa dole ne a biya basussuka
Ingantacciya Yana yanke tsarin mulki—ka sami abin da kake buƙata da sauri amma za ka biya daga baya
