He
campaigned on promises to ‘drain the swamp’ and radically alter
the United States’ course in the world, but not even a week has
passed and President Donald Trump has already made it clear that
he’ll be following a very familiar agenda.
by
Whitney Webb
Part
2 - Allegiance to Washington insiders and elite
But for
those who have been paying attention, Trump’s allegiance to
Washington insiders and the elite has been evident for some time.
Trump’s
shift from populist to globalist was heralded by his numerous
meetings with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, a war
criminal responsible for illegal bombings in Cambodia, a bloody coup
in Chile, and the expansion of the Vietnam War. It was Kissinger, in
fact, who set the precedent for U.S. foreign policy founded on
perpetual war.
In a
November interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Kissinger defended
Trump. He urged that “one should not insist on nailing [Trump]
into positions he had taken in the campaign” as Trump is
undergoing “the transition from being a campaigner to being a
national strategist.”
Also
indicative of Trump’s true allegiances are the shifting attitudes
of pro-Clinton oligarchs and power brokers who are now glowing about
the dawning of the Trump era.
Larry
Summers, secretary of the Treasury under Clinton and loyal servant to
international banking interests, told Bloomberg News on Jan. 20 that
he has been “very troubled by the attitude of business people
from the U.S.”
“People
who were terribly afraid of what [a Trump presidency] would mean for
America’s place in the world are now hailing those who surround
Donald Trump as great geniuses,” Summers said.
It seems
much of that fear was assuaged by Trump’s numerous “flip-flops”
on key issues following his election in November.
While many
Trump supporters continue to insist that the president has maintained
his independence, as evidenced by his attempts to restore diplomatic
relations with Russia, for example, much of his action so far
ultimately serves the agenda of the American ruling class. This
agenda, which aims to ensure the continuation of American hegemony
and military superiority, is too important to the global elite to let
any one man — president or otherwise — stand in its way.
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