{"id":45216,"date":"2019-04-09T15:39:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T20:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=45216"},"modified":"2019-04-09T15:39:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T20:39:18","slug":"trump-cares-about-two-things-empire-and-the-stock-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=45216","title":{"rendered":"Trump Cares About Two Things \u2013 Empire and the Stock Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2019\/04\/08\/trump-cares-about-two-things-empire-and-the-stock-market\/\">Trump Cares About Two Things \u2013 Empire and the Stock Market<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-08-at-2.19.46-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57014\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though not surprising, it\u2019s nevertheless extraordinary to watch Donald Trump publicly and shamelessly morph into a George W. Bush era neocon when it comes to foreign policy, and a CNBC stock market cheerleader when it comes to the economy. Just like Barack Obama before him, Trump talked a good populist game on two issues of monumental importance (foreign policy and the rigged economy), but once elected immediately turned around and prioritized the core interests of oligarchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump doesn\u2019t even give lip service to big picture populist topics anymore unless they\u2019re somehow related to the culture war, which works out perfectly for the entrenched oligarchy since the culture war primarily serves as a useful distraction to keep the rabble squabbling while apex societal predators loot whatever\u2019s left of this hollowed out neo-feudal economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pivot toward status quo consensus when it comes to two of the most existential issues facing the nation should be deeply concerning to everyone, but particularly to those who thought Donald Trump would be different. When it comes to militarism and empire, Trump\u2019s hypocrisy and bait and switch is one for the record books. Just as it became clear Obama was a fraud once he hired Larry Summers and Timothy Geithner (we later found out his cabinet was apparently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-10-14\/most-important-wikileak-how-wall-street-built-obama-cabinet\">chosen by Citibank<\/a>), Trump placing neocons Mike Pompeo and John Bolton into key positions was a clear sign you could take \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d and flush it down the toilet. This administration is now laser focused on maintaining and even expanding imperial reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like Obama before him, Trump\u2019s abandonment of every important thing he ran on was noticeable early on. Recall that while campaigning, Trump accurately&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2016\/02\/donald-trump-suggests-the-saudis-did-911.html?gtm=bottom&amp;gtm=bottom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called out the Saudis<\/a>&nbsp;for their key role in the 9\/11 attacks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump Cares About Two Things \u2013 Empire and the Stock Market Though not surprising, it\u2019s nevertheless extraordinary to watch Donald Trump publicly and shamelessly morph into a George W. Bush era neocon when it comes to foreign policy, and a CNBC stock market cheerleader when it comes to the economy. Just like Barack Obama before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[4285,6174,1138,827],"class_list":["post-45216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-geopolitics","tag-liberty-blitzkrieg","tag-michael-krieger","tag-stock-market","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45217,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45216\/revisions\/45217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}