Does MA read my writings here, or do we just have a lot of similarity in our thinking:
Not even Trump will be able to stop this meltdown and will most likely be blamed for it.
Actually quite a few people out there thinking along these lines, so you're in good company
Do you have any thoughts on this? Trump has started to pivot away from appeasing China (which was Obama's policy) and being more accommodating to Russia. But, he also seems to be upping the ante on Iran (opposite of Obama / kerry) - a Russian ally less interested in invasion / spreading empire but who challenges Saudi for regional dominance in Middle East. What's the play here?
Classic divide and conquer.
With his kind of irrational foreign policy and personality he is letting all the big players about his next step in the dark.
His opponents are pretty much in a limbo now and are just reacting to his next executive order (until now nobody has the guts to face the US directly).
I dont think trump is anti-war especially as his closest advisers are bannon and navarro who think a war with china is inevitable. Imho this is just the preparation for something big coming.
At the lastest when the trump promises with debt and tax reduction, getting manufacturing jobs back etc pp wont work out he will need a war to distract the US population from the obvious.
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Putin has the ambitions to make russia great again and not only economical. This is not a secret (Chechenya, crimea, syria).
Pippa Malmgren's book Signals also sees a big chance of conflict with China, almost inevitably. China needs control that area of ocean to feed its population. Just happens that this is also a major shipping route. US recognizes this and has pivoted to Asia since 2012.
Good point about Trump is forcing countries to be reactionary.
Not sure I agree re: Russia. Their gdp is the same as New York and they are resource self sufficient. Don't think they have global ambitions like the US, but their geopolitic strategy wants to keep their ports (Crimea & warm water in Syria) and monopolize the flow of gas in Europe. If anything they do want to (brutally) keep their former USSR states in check (violently quelling any anti Moscow movements) and fend off NATO builds ups along these borders. The CIA overthrew the Ukraine govt. Imagine if Russia sent a force to Cuba again, how it would be perceived.
I really put the Trump phenomenon down to the disconnect between classes. Globalism has destroyed the social contract ( the Sir james Goldsmith youtube videos are are great explanation). There does seem to be a plan that Clinton used; promote Trump as he was seen as a weaker candidate. They saw Bush as the threat and Trumps blanket coverage in the press was encouraged by the Clinton cronies. But, it backfired because from their bubble they couldn't smell the real world discontent.
Remember Rothschilds said they historically decided who goes to war and when, and I had documented upthread that they put Trump in office.
No doubt the elites had a plan for the possibility of Trump winning. It's a two horse race and they always bet on both. It's not as if a war has never been fought forat the whim of the powerful
Bannon is an American nationalist and their way forward seems clear - protect America at home and defend it abroad, both economically and militarily. The US/China/Russia are the big three and the best way to play it is to form alliances to marginalize one party.
Siding with Russia means the US controls the Mid East shitfight. Perhaps the play is leave Assad in Syria to appease Moscow (and destroy Daesh) but marginalize Iran to keep the Saudi's happy? How will China get their oil?
A Russian alliance also controls Europe. Russia keeps the gas dominance but provides a bulwark against China. Maybe keeping Europe in an economic depression deals China a massive economic blow (their biggest market), although the EU seems to be doing a credible job of this themselves.
