‘We ought to be pessimistic,’ Cornel West says, ‘We just don’t allow it to have the last word’

‘We ought to be pessimistic,’ Cornel West says, ‘We just don’t allow it to have the last word’

Academic, theologian and 2024 Independent presidential candidate Cornel West delivered the annual Steiner lecture April 910 2026, at St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Photo by Julia Goldberg/Source NM)President Donald Trump “is not the cause of anything,” philosopher, theologian and former Independent presidential candidate Cornel West said during a recent lecture in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Rather, West said, “He’s a deep sign and sympt…