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.
There's some truth to the article though. Trump's moves did hurt the American empire, even as he tried to double down on some imperial aspects. His brash "fuck you, pay me" ideas of diplomacy have the appearance of being pro-empire, but undermine the subtle systems that actually keep the world under American hegemony. Definitely not "anti-war" though.
There's some truth to the article though. Trump's moves did hurt the American empire, even as he tried to double down on some imperial aspects. His brash "fuck you, pay me" ideas of diplomacy have the appearance of being pro-empire, but undermine the subtle systems that actually keep the world under American hegemony. Definitely not "anti-war" though.