Shortly after his inauguration, Trump started doing the politicians favorite dance-step: The 180-Degree Pivot. This is where the politician as a candidate for office issues policy promises that patronize enough voters to get the politician elected. Once elected, the politician reverses course and becomes a puppet for actual policy-deciders ‘behind the scenes.’ The only ‘promise’ to which Trump seems to adhering is that stupid wall along the Mexican border. I’m not sure who really wants that other drug-addled right-wingers and schizophrenics.
More disconcerting is Trump’s about-face on foreign policy. Specifically, his Administration’s sudden antagonism toward pretty much the rest of the world, except Israel, England and Saudi Arabia. To his credit, early on Trump threw a few punches at the Deep State. Unfortunately the Deep State has once again hijacked the Oval Office – more rapidly than I expected.
I wanted to re-post this commentary from my friend, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, in which he presents VP Mike Pence as the Deep State’s front-man in the White House. I was concerned from the day Trump selected him that Pence was a Trojan Horse for the Deep State. As Dr. Roberts elaborates, it appears as if my fears were well-founded:
This post was published at Investment Research Dynamics on April 23, 2017.
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