{"id":46062,"date":"2019-05-12T07:41:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T12:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=46062"},"modified":"2019-05-12T07:41:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T12:41:57","slug":"trumps-vanity-will-destroy-the-global-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=46062","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Vanity Will Destroy The Global Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomluongo.me\/2019\/05\/09\/trumps-vanity-will-destroy-the-global-economy\/\">Trump\u2019s Vanity Will Destroy The Global Economy<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tomluongo.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/trump-aloof.jpg?fit=816%2C428&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year I asked the question \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/tomluongo.me\/2018\/05\/11\/trump-global-economy-bonfire-vanity\/\">Will Trump torch the global economy on the bonfire of his vanity<\/a>?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A year later we have the answer. It\u2019s a resounding, \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wrote after Trump pulled out of the JCPOA:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Donald Trump wants regime change in Iran. His cancellation of the JCPOA was a decision born of his myopia. He has surrounded himself with people who reinforce his view and manipulate him via his vanity.<\/p><p>And the price of implementing his current plan will be a global debt crisis which no one will escape. \u2026&nbsp;<\/p><p>He wants to remake America and the world in his image while undoing anything President Obama touched\u2026&nbsp;<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-05-10\/leaked-doc-reveals-white-house-planning-regime-change-iran\">We have a leaked (yeah, right) memo<\/a>&nbsp;explaining this is the plan. Nothing Trump has done since he\u2019s been in office has been contra to this goal; overthrowing the theocracy in Iran\u2026<\/p><p>In fact, it has been a step-wise move in this direction with each decision he\u2019s made.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Today Trump has pushed this plan to its extreme. He\u2019s fomented a trade war with China and threatened sanctions on anyone doing any business will Iran outside its border, now including all strategic metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s threatened Lebanon with extinction and Iraq as well. His foreign policy mouthpieces are making pronouncements and twisting arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And none of this for the United States. He\u2019s doing this for the basest of reasons. His ego. And, for him, that means doing everything to support his upcoming \u201cDeal of the Century\u201d between the Palestinian authorities and Israel. That it is the first step towards peace in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it isn\u2019t.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel leaked the terms of the Palestinian surrender yesterday. What was whispered to be a terrible plan is actually laughable if any of this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s Vanity Will Destroy The Global Economy Last year I asked the question \u201cWill Trump torch the global economy on the bonfire of his vanity?\u201d&nbsp; A year later we have the answer. It\u2019s a resounding, \u201cYes.\u201d I wrote after Trump pulled out of the JCPOA: Donald Trump wants regime change in Iran. His cancellation of [&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":[7844,366,21273,20100,1343,16963],"class_list":["post-46062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-geopolitics","tag-donald-trump","tag-global-economy","tag-gold-goats-and-guns","tag-jcpoa","tag-regime-change","tag-tom-luongo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46062","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=46062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46063,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46062\/revisions\/46063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}