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"The US claim ownership over the entire planet while pretending that they do not seek confrontation with nations they try to subjugate, and interpret the refusal to be subjugated as an unprovoked act of aggression."

-Caitlin Johnstone

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Carlvalentine@hotmail.co.uk's avatar

Exactly right, they spread horsesh*t, corruption and death and call it democracy, the BRICS know this now the West is realising it, Trump is accelerating the US demise, good riddance!

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SH's avatar

Excellent analysis! As far as it goes, but I think there is one element, IMO, perhaps the most important one, left out, and that is that Trump, in the guise of doing all this ostensibly to maintain/increase "US" influence in the world, actually doesn't give a damn about any of that - Trump, in a '16 pitch for his GOP Pres nomination, said he wanted to be US Pres because he wanted to be "the most powerful man in the country, in the world" And if you look, from 30,000 ft at everything he has done, certainly in his "2nd Coming", domestically ("in the country") and re foreign policy ("around the world") has been in pursuit of this goal. As they say, when someone "tells" you who they are, believe them ...

Domestically - I think there is little doubt that he has his power, through the concept of "Unitary Executive", aided and abetted by Congress and the SC - take a look around, the examples are legion, he has gutted the Gov't agencies that are supposed to serve "we the people" and assumed personal control.

Around the world - this piece may well be a discussion of the extent to which he has succeeded, or failed, in that effort - but all his "policies", EO, re "Nat'l Sec." etc. are attempts at securing, extending or at the least "demonstrating", his personal power, not in the interests of anyone or anything else ...

Indeed, it is quite useful, and necessary , to examine the "results" of his policies, many of which were not incubated by him, but which he has pursued only insofar as he sees them as advancing or "demonstrating", his personal power, but it seems to me, from his point of view, if they didn't produce the actual results he claimed they would, or have in fact, as here, even backfired, he will simply shrug his shoulders, rationalize the outcome, or blame someone else, and move on to another "policy" - all in the pursuit of personal power .....

I think before we can, as a country, produce either domestic/foreign national/rational policies, we need to be very clear, especially to ourselves, as many others have already figured out, that the fellow and his coterie in office with the power to do so, are incapable of, or unwilling to, enact and carry out such policies - for a very simple reason - it is not about US/us but about Trump -

So the first order of "business", it seems to me, is to impeach, convict, and remove this man from office, NOW - will that solve all our problems, heck no - but until we do those problems will increase, multiply, metastasize and suck more and more of the life out of us - before we can stop the bleeding and repair the wounds, we must remove the knife - and let the phrase "never again" apply to the election of such a person ....

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Robert Billyard's avatar

Ten years from now the US will be in BRICS after the bad apples are purged. Trump is doing an outstanding job of accelerating American decline.

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Rose Dandaro's avatar

In my opinion, the USA is headed toward a civil war or a revolution if nothing changes. The quality of life for average Americans is deteriorating month by month. Salaries remain stagnant, while prices continue to rise. I spent my youth in Brazil during a military dictatorship marked by rampant corruption and inflation, and what I’m witnessing now reminds me of that time."

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Ff's avatar

How dare you think such a thing!

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Ahenobarbus's avatar

"Imperial strategists in Washington have for years sought to sabotage relations between Russia and China, between Vietnam and China, and between India in China.

But what Trump is doing with his aggressive tariffs and overt meddling is actually pushing these nations closer together, while strengthening BRICS as a platform for the Global South, representing the majority of the world population."

Yes, Imperialist foreign policy has appeared totally contradictory for years now. Why, just look at the Biden administration"s decision to use Ukrainian Nazis to attack Russia. In response, China immediately sided with Russia bringing those two countries closer than ever. A "no limits" partnership as the usually coy Xi described it. The western MSM has militantly avoided noticing and denouncing this blunder, which is odd because similarly idiotic blunders of Trump get so much attention.

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Prisoner of parasite existence's avatar

Despite all the virtue signaling.... humans only believe life is "sacred" or a "miracle" because we get to sacrifice and exploit all other life for our benefits.

If it was the other way around we would see existence for what it is.Actually it's not more complex.

People like what gives them benefits....and don't like sacrifice....all living things do...by biological design

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doug robertson's avatar

excellent analysis, thankyou, it is very valuable to hear an independent view of the world instead of all the brainwashing on mainstream media

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Perseus's avatar

what’s wrong of strengthening BRICS, it’s good. The variety of different currencies opens more flexabiities to escape e.g. a digital $ or € because then we really become slaves.

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Rose Dandaro's avatar

In my opinion, the USA is headed toward a civil war or a revolution if nothing changes. The quality of life for average Americans is deteriorating month by month. While the annual inflation rate currently stands at 2.7% 1, prices for essentials like food and housing have risen disproportionately—food prices alone are up 2.9% year-over-year.

Although nominal wages grew by 3.4% from June 2024 to June 2025 2, real wage growth was only 0.72%, translating to just $9 more per week in purchasing power. This stagnation is especially troubling given that medical premiums rose 301%, rent increased 131%, and travel costs surged 170% between 2001 and 2023.

According to the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity, the bottom 60% of households by income fell short of the threshold for a minimal quality of life in 2023.

I spent my youth in Brazil during a military dictatorship marked by rampant corruption and inflation, and what I’m witnessing now reminds me of that time.

Alarmingly, a recent YouGov poll found that 40% of Americans believe another civil war is 'somewhat or very likely' within the next decade. Political polarization, economic inequality, and declining trust in institutions are creating a volatile environment that mirrors the early warning signs of societal breakdown. And a government and politicians that follows MAGA ideals instead what is better for the average Americans and not cooperating to minimize global issues, are only make the pathway for a revolution to come faster...

https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-plan-would-create-standing-military-force-to-put-down-civil-unrest/

https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/expert-issue-us-civil-war-warning-107168-20250707

https://www.prosegur.us/blog/security/united-states-political-risk-landscape-report

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sourapples's avatar

Don't think it's backfiring if it's all according to the wef agenda and their orange minion

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Zachary Guadamour's avatar

Trump's policies are fully understandable when you take into account Rex Tillerson's (his 1st Secteary of State) description of Donald Trump: "He's a Fucking Moron!"

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Ff's avatar

One does wonder who took Trump's exams.

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Eric Arthur Blair's avatar

This heeelarious "puppet regime" videoclip is less than a minute long, but perfectly encapsulates Trump's empty threats against Putin, in which the orange conman takes out his frustration on Modi (threatening secondary sanctions), while too scared to attack Xi, who buys even more Russian oil than Modi.

https://youtu.be/-hZTgreilyo

Trump deals hard with Xi

https://youtu.be/-hpAmtEeu6I?si=QlmqpyJf4qT-aHGk

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