OK that’s it Jackie speaks for me. I find it amazing that people who recognize this illiberal moment for what it is )like Riff and Caitlin) can’t see past Trumps personal foibles. Mr. Trump gamed the system and stole the Oval Office. This is the system of elites that you decry and he beat it. What gives? Don’t you understand that Trump was a victory for people who want to reject global hegemonic imperial power. Trump thought the establishment were hypocrites and said it every chance he had. As Jackie says - genius. Insofar as Trump was a liar it was out of incompetence and combativeness. The elite are so much smoother and refined in there lies - I believe that is Caitlin’s enduring analysis and constant theme.
When I look at Trump in office, RJF, I see no sweeping away of the Deep State; no pause in their hegemonic grip.
Trump ran a great outsider campaign during a change election and sometimes said the right things. Drain the swamp, yada, yada,yada. But what did he actually do with his Golden Moment? He seemed to make the Deep State pretty darned happy: he tortured Assange; he propped up Israel and the Saudis; he sanctioned Russia, Iran, and Venezuela; he let dull tools like Pompeo and Bolton have their way; he funneled trillions of dollars to Wall Street; he passed a historic, bloated military budget; he stirred up trouble with China; he called whistleblowers traitors. Some champion of the people you got yourself there.
Oh, but called out the NYT and Jim Acosta as fake news. Whooptie-do. And THIS is your big bring-down-American-hegemonic-power hero? Sorry, I just don't get it. This sounds a lot like the same old QAnon BS trying to make Trump into some noble icon that he sadly was not.
Scratch Trump and policy-wise you pretty much reveal a run-of-the-mill shitty republican president; you and Jackie will no doubt continue to believe otherwise.
OK that’s it Jackie speaks for me. I find it amazing that people who recognize this illiberal moment for what it is )like Riff and Caitlin) can’t see past Trumps personal foibles. Mr. Trump gamed the system and stole the Oval Office. This is the system of elites that you decry and he beat it. What gives? Don’t you understand that Trump was a victory for people who want to reject global hegemonic imperial power. Trump thought the establishment were hypocrites and said it every chance he had. As Jackie says - genius. Insofar as Trump was a liar it was out of incompetence and combativeness. The elite are so much smoother and refined in there lies - I believe that is Caitlin’s enduring analysis and constant theme.
When I look at Trump in office, RJF, I see no sweeping away of the Deep State; no pause in their hegemonic grip.
Trump ran a great outsider campaign during a change election and sometimes said the right things. Drain the swamp, yada, yada,yada. But what did he actually do with his Golden Moment? He seemed to make the Deep State pretty darned happy: he tortured Assange; he propped up Israel and the Saudis; he sanctioned Russia, Iran, and Venezuela; he let dull tools like Pompeo and Bolton have their way; he funneled trillions of dollars to Wall Street; he passed a historic, bloated military budget; he stirred up trouble with China; he called whistleblowers traitors. Some champion of the people you got yourself there.
Oh, but called out the NYT and Jim Acosta as fake news. Whooptie-do. And THIS is your big bring-down-American-hegemonic-power hero? Sorry, I just don't get it. This sounds a lot like the same old QAnon BS trying to make Trump into some noble icon that he sadly was not.
Scratch Trump and policy-wise you pretty much reveal a run-of-the-mill shitty republican president; you and Jackie will no doubt continue to believe otherwise.
You bet I will continue to believe 'otherwise' Riff. You Tell on yourself...
Ok the other side and well enunciated.
Not really, Riff may as well be CNN. He's here for a reason and it's not Freedom, it's more of the same.