Donald Trump Is The Empire UNMASKED

Donald Trump Is The Empire UNMASKED

Jan. 20, 2025

THE U.S. EMPIRE - FOLLOW THE MONEY

Caitlin Johnstone

If you were to twist my arm and force me to say something positive about Donald Trump, this is the sort of thing I would point to. He makes the U.S. empire much more transparent and unhidden. He removes its mask and reveals the twisted face beneath it.

The U.S. isn’t suddenly ruled by billionaires now that Trump is president; it was already ruled by billionaires. The U.S. isn’t suddenly an empire bent on global domination now that Trump has been sworn in; that was already the case. But you’re not supposed to just come right out and say that.

Well, Trump comes right out and says it. He says the quiet parts out loud. He’s the only president who’ll openly boast that U.S. troops are in Syria to keep the oil or lament that they failed to take the oil from Venezuela, or just come right out and tell everyone he’s bought and owned by Zionist oligarchs. He puts much less effort into disguising the true nature of the U.S. empire than other presidents.

That’s the only reason various factions of America’s unofficial permanent government have had objections to Trump’s presidency over the years. It’s not because he presents a threat to the establishment or because he’s trying to bring down the deep state, it’s because he is viewed as a poor custodian of the empire. He either doesn’t understand or doesn’t care about the importance of keeping a polite face on the imperial machine.

If I were forced to say something positive about Trump, that would be it. The thing some U.S. empire managers dislike about him is the only thing I like about him: that he makes the U.S. empire a less effective evil because of how much less hidden he keeps the inner workings of the machine. The hood stays popped open the entire time, showing the whole world how the imperial sausage gets made.

Reading by Tim Foley

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