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Trump is lobbing missile on Syria this evening, after Assad unleashed another chemical attack on his people. It is very surprising, since Trump made a point of being against such military missions, and this is something that Putin most definitely does not want. So, Trump is going well out of his way to aggravate Putin.
It's kind of a mystery what is going on in the administration. This also comes after Trump demoted Bannon, the premiere white nationalist guy in the administration who had been considered to be Trump's brain in the government.
Maybe Jeet Heer has it right when he tweeted earlier today, "Trump's economic policy is to hand over power to Goldman Sachs; his foreign policy is to hand over power to the Pentagon."
It was sort of clear early on that Trump was becoming your basic supply-side guy on economic policy, and it now looks like we might be in for a complete reversion to basic hard-right Republicanism. It is as if Ted Cruz won the election. That would be a relief in some respects, as the KKK types become disappointed, but this is not what anybody wanted either. His own base was looking to strike a blow against the plutocrats as well as the dark races. Of course, poor whites should be used to being hustled by the Republican Party. So, rinse and repeat, I guess.
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Next day
Maybe there isn't such a big shake-up going. The air-strikes one broke up some runways, and Assad's forces are using them the next day. Maybe Krugman has it when he tweeted, "So what was this about, other than changing the subject for a couple of days?" Maybe Trump is just redirecting the media's attention.
It's kind of a mystery what is going on in the administration. This also comes after Trump demoted Bannon, the premiere white nationalist guy in the administration who had been considered to be Trump's brain in the government.
Maybe Jeet Heer has it right when he tweeted earlier today, "Trump's economic policy is to hand over power to Goldman Sachs; his foreign policy is to hand over power to the Pentagon."
It was sort of clear early on that Trump was becoming your basic supply-side guy on economic policy, and it now looks like we might be in for a complete reversion to basic hard-right Republicanism. It is as if Ted Cruz won the election. That would be a relief in some respects, as the KKK types become disappointed, but this is not what anybody wanted either. His own base was looking to strike a blow against the plutocrats as well as the dark races. Of course, poor whites should be used to being hustled by the Republican Party. So, rinse and repeat, I guess.
* * *
Next day
Maybe there isn't such a big shake-up going. The air-strikes one broke up some runways, and Assad's forces are using them the next day. Maybe Krugman has it when he tweeted, "So what was this about, other than changing the subject for a couple of days?" Maybe Trump is just redirecting the media's attention.
