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Trump is a sleazy carnival barker style huckster and con man. He's gone through life trafficking in outrageous bluster and preposterous lies, and getting away with it.
While that works well in the realms of real estate, or junk television, or fake "universities," that existential modus operandi is a poor fit for the milieu of chief executive officer of U.S. imperialism. (The fact that a narcissistic racist blowhard like Trump was made into a figure of admiration in the U.S. speaks volumes about the tawdry nature of U.S. culture and society.)
Perhaps Trump was understandably misled by the fact that for decades he never had a real problem politically on the levels of New York City or New York State, or the media which always fawned over him. Why should anything be different in Washington, D.C.? Why should the media suddenly be against him?
Now, however, with his placing the Kurds in extreme danger at the hands of their mortal enemies, the Turks, lying isn't cutting it. We should note that he's doing nothing different from what Henry Kissinger and Gerald Ford did to the Kurds in 1975, as my previous essay explains.
Trump has ludicrously boasted that the U.S. has eliminated ISIS. But with establishment media, the imperialist state structures, and even Republican senators demurring, this doesn't fly.
For decades, Trump used to be able to make any absurd boast he wanted and "the" media would credulously report them without contradiction. No longer.
The Kurds are holding about 10,000 ISIS terrorists prisoner. When the Turks launch their latest exterminationist offensive against the Kurds, the Kurds will have their hands full trying to survive. What will happen with those ISIS terrorists?
Well Trump doesn't want them. He says Europe should take some of them.
While he was running for president, Trump bellowed that he was going to "fill up" the illegitimate naval base cum prison on Cuban soil, Guantanamo Bay, with "a lot of bad dudes." Guess that was just more bluster and bluff and bullshit.
While that works well in the realms of real estate, or junk television, or fake "universities," that existential modus operandi is a poor fit for the milieu of chief executive officer of U.S. imperialism. (The fact that a narcissistic racist blowhard like Trump was made into a figure of admiration in the U.S. speaks volumes about the tawdry nature of U.S. culture and society.)
Perhaps Trump was understandably misled by the fact that for decades he never had a real problem politically on the levels of New York City or New York State, or the media which always fawned over him. Why should anything be different in Washington, D.C.? Why should the media suddenly be against him?
Now, however, with his placing the Kurds in extreme danger at the hands of their mortal enemies, the Turks, lying isn't cutting it. We should note that he's doing nothing different from what Henry Kissinger and Gerald Ford did to the Kurds in 1975, as my previous essay explains.
Trump has ludicrously boasted that the U.S. has eliminated ISIS. But with establishment media, the imperialist state structures, and even Republican senators demurring, this doesn't fly.
For decades, Trump used to be able to make any absurd boast he wanted and "the" media would credulously report them without contradiction. No longer.
The Kurds are holding about 10,000 ISIS terrorists prisoner. When the Turks launch their latest exterminationist offensive against the Kurds, the Kurds will have their hands full trying to survive. What will happen with those ISIS terrorists?
Well Trump doesn't want them. He says Europe should take some of them.
While he was running for president, Trump bellowed that he was going to "fill up" the illegitimate naval base cum prison on Cuban soil, Guantanamo Bay, with "a lot of bad dudes." Guess that was just more bluster and bluff and bullshit.
Oh, to be young again, when my lies were never contradicted.
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