Trump was ideologically incoherent and crassly transactional. But the threat he posed to American empire and thus the gargantuan security state helps establish a motive for why the FBI and CIA intervened in both the 2016 and 2020 elections. As president, Donald Trump lavished the rich with tax cuts and deregulation. Yet, contradictorily, he also threatened the structure of American global hegemony that does so much to keep the American one percent tremendously wealthy. In fact, Trump undertook the most […]
I know it's Grayzone which has been cringe recently but this is Parenti's son and it's a very good read so.
Very interesting article. Especially from Christian Parenti. Quite a thought-provoking retrospective on the bull in the China shop that the Trump presidency was.
I do want to note my favorite bit from the article is
Trump treated powerful allies as poorly as he treated subcontractors during his real estate days. Recall the G-7 summit of 2018: Trump arrived late, left early, and refused to sign a joint communiqué reaffirming the G-7’s commitment to a “rules based international order.” When then-German Prime Minister Angela Merkel pressured him to sign, Trump took two Starburst candies from his pocket, tossed them across the conference table and sneered, “Here, Angela, don’t say I never give you anything.”
Trump took two Starburst candies from his pocket, tossed them across the conference table and sneered, “Here, Angela, don’t say I never give you anything.
Very interesting article. Especially from Christian Parenti. Quite a thought-provoking retrospective on the bull in the China shop that the Trump presidency was.
I do want to note my favorite bit from the article is
:michael-laugh:
Two things:
He just had Starbursts ready to go in his pocket
I bet you the ones he gave weren't even any of the good flavors. They were 2 lemon ones for sure, while he kept the reds and oranges for himself
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I like the idea that they were unwrapped
he is such a little shit, i love it :sicko-pig:
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I hate that he’s genuinely funny
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Literally Maduro, thought. He even has a tiktok.
Some guy told him on a twitch stream or whatever: "Maduro, i left Venezuela a few years ago". Maduro's response: "So? Just come back"
That would be Maduro, dude is legit pretty funny
Maduro pulls out and tosses an empanada that was tucked in his jacket.
ok this owns
Merkel wasn't prime minister, she was chancellor.