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.
I don’t understand the desire to build bridges with white supremacists, its completely unnecessary and in fact counterproductive
I think it's fair enough to say that Trump was a threat to the security state. One, as matter of discourse he actually ran on scaling back war commitments, even if he was actually lying. Second, he let the mask fall off as he demanded tributes from allies and reduced the US presence in syria into the 'oil protection units'. And lastly, because he's a dumbass:
Unimpressed, Trump called his generals “dopes and babies” and “losers” who “don’t know how to win anymore.” As his anger rose, he demanded to know why the United States was not receiving free oil as tribute for the US military presence in the Middle East. “We spent $7 trillion; they’re ripping us off,” Trump bellowed. “Where is the fucking oil?”
There are points in the article that can almost be ready like Trump is a principled isolationist handicapped by media and the blob. But that's if you're a Trump worshipper already (which, this being the grayzone, yeah). All in all I think there is some truth in saying that Trump is too green a politician to properly convey the Republican desire to ally Russia, decommit form the Mid-east and attack China. Which means that he' s always stepping on a blobber's toes without proposing anything to focus them.
I think it's fair enough to say that Trump was a threat to the security state. One, as matter of discourse he actually ran on scaling back war commitments, even if he was actually lying. Second, he let the mask fall off as he demanded tributes from allies and reduced the US presence in syria into the 'oil protection units'. And lastly, because he's a dumbass:
There are points in the article that can almost be ready like Trump is a principled isolationist handicapped by media and the blob. But that's if you're a Trump worshipper already (which, this being the grayzone, yeah). All in all I think there is some truth in saying that Trump is too green a politician to properly convey the Republican desire to ally Russia, decommit form the Mid-east and attack China. Which means that he' s always stepping on a blobber's toes without proposing anything to focus them.