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.
Worse yet in the eyes of the national security state, Trump went after US operations in Germany and South Korea, threatening highly strategic lynchpins in the global system of US military power.
He moved those US troops in Germany to Poland, increasing pressure on Russia. He also never "threatened strategic lynchpins", the bases in Ramstein and Landstuhl are still fully operational, whether we're talking the logistics hubs for campaigns in the Greater Middle East, the relais stations for drone warfare or the biggest US military hospital in Europe.
He also made great strides towards normalizing relations with North Korea and producing a peace treaty on the Korean peninsula
... which then never happened.
In Libya, he declined to escalate and worked with Russia towards a peace settlement.
Last i checke,d Lybia is still a wartorn hellhole with slave markets and concentration camps, just as the EU wants it to be as part of their border protection efforts.
In Venezuela, he first allowed John Bolton and the CIA to attempt a color revolution-style coup fronted by pretty-boy Juan Guaidó. But when that effort faced resistance Trump grew bored
Oh wow, he grew bored. Venezuela is still being strangled by the US sanctions regime, tho.
But his attacks on American empire were not ideologically coherent. He hated NATO but he loved Israel. He increased pressure in Cuba, but did the opposite with North Korea. He increased the military budget even as he attempted to withdraw troops all over the planet. His reasoning, when given, was crassly transactional.
No shit, Sherlock. Almost as if "America First" isn't about how aggressively the US bullies the rest of the world, but how much it shows its ass in relation to its allies. It's the same as under Bush, and just as under Bush, the dick waving and flexing isn't enough to make America's allies even consider viable alternatives to living under US hegemony. They just make it less strenuous for the USA to keep up that hegemony, and as soon as there's a democrat multilateralist back in charge, all the NATO allies are happy and cheerful about the renewed trust in transatlanticism.
Also "loved Israel" is a massive understatement for the biggest zionist in the white house EVER.
Does this go on like this? I stopped reading after he admitted that Trump was shit on Iran, withdrew from the INF treaty with Russia etc. etc.
The entire case this is building seems to be either "well Russiagate!" or "look, he was really incompetent about his imperialism", both of which are liberal talking points that people on here regularly dunk on. Sorry, not gonna bother with this anymore.
The entire case this is building seems to be either “well Russiagate!” or “look, he was really incompetent about his imperialism”, both of which are liberal talking points that people on here regularly dunk on. Sorry, not gonna bother with this anymore.
No the case it builds of Trump being very bad for the american imperial project, either by literally acting in opposition to it at times or by being incompetent (both are true) is to argue that the CIA did Jan 6th as a means of damaging a threat to empire (Trump).
As much garbage as i'd expect from the brownzone.
He moved those US troops in Germany to Poland, increasing pressure on Russia. He also never "threatened strategic lynchpins", the bases in Ramstein and Landstuhl are still fully operational, whether we're talking the logistics hubs for campaigns in the Greater Middle East, the relais stations for drone warfare or the biggest US military hospital in Europe.
... which then never happened.
Last i checke,d Lybia is still a wartorn hellhole with slave markets and concentration camps, just as the EU wants it to be as part of their border protection efforts.
Oh wow, he grew bored. Venezuela is still being strangled by the US sanctions regime, tho.
No shit, Sherlock. Almost as if "America First" isn't about how aggressively the US bullies the rest of the world, but how much it shows its ass in relation to its allies. It's the same as under Bush, and just as under Bush, the dick waving and flexing isn't enough to make America's allies even consider viable alternatives to living under US hegemony. They just make it less strenuous for the USA to keep up that hegemony, and as soon as there's a democrat multilateralist back in charge, all the NATO allies are happy and cheerful about the renewed trust in transatlanticism.
Also "loved Israel" is a massive understatement for the biggest zionist in the white house EVER.
Does this go on like this? I stopped reading after he admitted that Trump was shit on Iran, withdrew from the INF treaty with Russia etc. etc.
The entire case this is building seems to be either "well Russiagate!" or "look, he was really incompetent about his imperialism", both of which are liberal talking points that people on here regularly dunk on. Sorry, not gonna bother with this anymore.
No the case it builds of Trump being very bad for the american imperial project, either by literally acting in opposition to it at times or by being incompetent (both are true) is to argue that the CIA did Jan 6th as a means of damaging a threat to empire (Trump).
idk why Trump and the hogs would need CIA help to make themselves look bad with their lil beerhall putsch with selfie booths.