by Pepe Escobar for Sputnik News
Perplexed global public opinion holds its breath at the (circus) best American “democracy” is able to conjure: the first https://sputniknews.com/columnists/20160729/1043757805/us-election-clinton-trump.html
cage match this coming Monday between a Queen of War profiting from a mighty (Clinton) Cash Machine and a billionaire uber-narcissist adored by a http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/09/19/hillary-clintons-basket-of-deplorables/ “basket of deplorables”.
This is a circus quite fitting for a self-described “indispensable nation” where “evil” has been propelled – seriously – to the status of philosophical category.
For the basket of deplorables, and even beyond their circle, the temptation is immense to equate voting for Donald Trump with raising a finger against the establishment.
Ultra-savvy at playing mainstream media for invaluable free publicity, elevating Outrageousness to an art form and being impervious to irony and derision, Trump has been a master at tapping wave after wave of anger against the new liberal elite – including a nomenklatura of crypto-intellectual Ivy league-educated “experts” who could not give a damn about understanding the (real world) consequences of United States Government (USG) policies.
The anger is manifested by declassified blue collars, the unemployed, the functionally illiterate, white trash. Whatever you call them, they are the excluded form the Neoliberal Banquet, not only economically but also culturally.
But this being Trump, a master of self-promotion, the battle is more like Ego against The Establishment.
And it gets juicier when we learn from powerful, discreet New York-based interests – supporters of Trump’s platform – about who’s really winning:
“The Trump campaign is hardly spending any money at all and holding all over. They may use their money in the last month after the debates if Hillary recovers for those debates from what appears to be an attack of Parkinson’s. He has a shot though no matter who wins I predict there will be peace with Russia; the oil price will rise; imports from Asia of military parts will be repatriated and rigging of currencies is over; there will be offsetting measures to stop the flood of immigrants and products under mis-valued currencies. The masters do not lose.”
The “masters” are of course the Masters of the Universe who really run the USG.
And here’s the clincher on how’s in control:
“Both sides are controlled and that explains everything. Lenin said that the way to defeat our opponents is to take over their leadership of the opponent. Look at the Moral Majority which Jerry Falwell disbanded when it became too powerful. Look at Ross Perot who exited when he started making a real dent. Both were taken care of and Ross made money out of it.”
“Their internal lingo for it is the concept of “dynamic silence”. This is a technique by the masters to block out all news coverage of let’s say a Nazi so that he could gain no following. That they could have done to Trump if he were not theirs. Who could have complained? He was just an apolitical real estate operator that no one was interested in.”
“So what do we have in the end? An entertaining gladiatorial contest that they control both sides of and the winner gets all the money – as with the Clinton Foundation. And the public is no wiser.”
The 24/7 Circus Maximus
There are subtle gradations to this scenario. Rotschild interests are not supporting Trump – according to these well-connected sources, because Trump has not been anointed by the club and is thus unreliable. They recall, for instance, how “Greenspan was so incompetent that Wall Street leaders had to give him trades so he could make money before they put him as the head of Federal Reserve. Then he was so out of it that they had to direct his every move as he had no comprehension what they do.”
“They”, of course, meaning Rotschild interests.
On the Cold War 2.0 front, things are even hazier. Since 2010, when Obama
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304620304575166263632513790 was ordered to keep the US nuclear first-strike strategy, Russia and China know where this is heading. It’s no wonder Trump is being relentlessly attacked as Putin’s own Trojan Horse – because he’s against Cold War 2.0 and the demonization of Russia.
But the Pentagon’s strident Ash Carter, soon out of a job, is one thing; another thing entirely is what the Masters of the Universe really want, according to these Trump-supporting sources; “Hillary would be following Trump’s guidelines should she win, as the US military will explain to her that she has no other options based on Russian military superiority in submarines, and defensive and offensive missiles. Trump’s policies are wise.”
There’s even a P.R. move that could literally devastate the already wobbly Hillary campaign:
“Hillary’s reckless threats against Russia, risking nuclear war, could bring back the Lyndon Johnson TV ads against Goldwater by Donald Trump, where we had a little child in a meadow picking flowers while a nuclear bomb goes off. It was an ad of genius and destroyed Goldwater. The first strike nuclear attack policy and the reckless provocations combine to form an excellent Johnson style ad. This time Trump can use it against the Democrats, who have created almost all the wars in the last 125 years.”
The daisy cutter ad is here:
A Force for Farce?
Even considering that virtually the whole US establishment – from the Beltway nomenklatura to Wall Street – is arrayed against him, the jury is still out on whether Trump is a real threat to their interests.
Because Trump could also be the perfect Trojan Horse. Evidence relies for instance on his appointment of perfect insiders Larry Kudlow and Steven Moore as his senior economic advisors. That’s the Trump as a Force for Farce scenario.
So “dynamic silence” seems to be the rule. Here’s how dynamic silence works; “If you oppose those above the President, the news media blacks you out and the masses do not hear anything, so how can they be stirred up? Donald is an insider and he represents the military industrial complex including the CIA, DIA, etc. They will deny it, of course, so they have deniability and he can say he is against the establishment when he is an insider.”
“That is the first line of defense. If you manage to outsmart them, then they characterize you as a nut. That is the second line of defense.
Now, if you persist in making them uncomfortable, then you end up as William Colby, Vince Forster or Jack Kennedy. Richard Nixon was ousted and he went quietly so that, to quote Tricky Dick, “I am not going to end up as Jack” as he went out the back door of the White House.”
“The key here is Donald is receiving more publicity than Hillary, and by attacking him for being an America Firster his polls have risen dramatically. The public loves it so the Masters of the Universe are helping him. The military industries have to be repatriated as we no longer control the seas and this will require either currency adjustments or tariffs. Hence, Donald’s correct calls for an end to currency rigging which had as part of their purpose the building up of Germany and Japan at the sacrifice of our industries. Absurd that we did that but that is how it was. That is ending now with Donald and the emergency situation of lack of control of the Pacific Ocean for the component transportation by sea for our military production. Japan and Germany will be cut loose.”
“Brzezinski said that if any opponent leaps ahead of the United States militarily, the US ceases to be a global power. That is the case and the military knows it. And Trump knows it or he would not have said that much. They need a crash program to catch up. That costs big money. It will probably require force and base reductions and an increase in technological expenditure in a massive way. That is what the Russians did. They can obtain this from massively reducing the welfare transfers on illegal immigrants. That is what Donald is committed to.”
If this analysis is correct, it ties in with Trump’s push to organize an
immediate rapprochement with Russia in case he’s elected, so the US industrial-military-surveillance complex can catch up and at least try to remedy the danger of losing the next war Hillary and her own neocon bag of deplorables are so bullish on.
As we approach the first cage match, the jury is still out on whether the Queen of War may lose the election because
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/hillary-clinton-millennial-voters millennials absolutely detest her, because the “basket of deplorables” absolutely detests her, or both.
But one thing seems to be certain in the whole Les Deplorables saga – at least for those Masters of the Universe-connected sources; who the real winner will be. So let’s give them the last word, for now; “It will be very difficult for Hillary to beat Trump in a debate as he is quick on his feet and will take no prisoners. Let me say this. If Hillary were to win, and we don’t think she will, she will do what she is told and follow the same policies as Trump would.”
Nice. I agree, and have said from the beginning that this is the slickest campaign conducted ever by the ‘Deep State’ considering their offerings this time around in managing to engage the public in this farce. The Republic has been dead for about forty years and has been only on life support since the time of Andrew Jackson, the fatal blow delivered with the institution of the Federal Reserve, death to follow. This is also true to varying degrees throughout western civilization or wherever the western oligarch’s sphere of influence pervades. I’m with those who refuse to vote and lend any fig leaf of legitimacy to this charade in America or throughout the Empire. If you vote you are a sucker or an idiot, to be self determined at a date in the near future.
That would be all well and true regarding the media except for one small point- The Internet. The simple fact that this article was posted , I read it and post a comment and the whole world reads it means it is game over for the old world media manipulation. Of course they will not stop, whichever side of the spectrum is being promoted but it is a new world order in the news propaganda business and the serfs are fighting back.
Keep up the good work Pepe.
If only that were true. We are few. Most people i speak to think i’m a nutjob for believing the ‘conspiracy theories’. Most people are all too happy to believe what they are told and keep watching their soap operas.
Here in the UK I get told I’m a racist somple-minded bigot for voting for Brexit. I face daily abuse online for criticising Clinton and praising Putin, for trying to point out the US role in Ukraine or pointing to the Clinton body count.
I am close to throwing in the towel and keeping my head down because i see it as a propoganda war I cant win.
Its very sad. Very sad.
Here in Australia “everyone” knows that Hillary will be the BEST candidate; likewise “everyone” knows that Trump will cause financial ruin / start WW3 / fail to “continue to build on Obama’s achievements” (whatever THEY were), so “obviously”, Hillary is the ONLY Candidate. It has become VERY dangerous to even hint that Hillary may be anything other than the Second Coming, since many in power here are very die-hard Hillary supporters.
I’ve learned to shut up and just wait it out. Whilst I have no doubt that this is just an illusion of “choice” to give the US masses their 4-yearly illusion of “democracy”, and the outcome will be much the same irrespective of “President”, maybe Trump might delay WW3 somewhat, because Hillary will be “full steam ahead” where that “Military engagement” is concerned.
Forgive me for saying so, but didn’t Brexit win? Seems to me you cannot be few, except with respect to media control, the politicians, and the like. Not powerful, but also not few.
I understand your sadness. Fortunately for us, there are usually two sides to every coin. The evil masters of this planet, you already know them, represent one face of this coin. The other side are the ones that protect us. Those ones are invisible, I have no idea who those might be.
A big sign that we are protected is that while many people are going stark raving mad at this time. Especially maniacs like Ash Carter and Hilary Clinton… Those with a decent heart are doing just fine. It is hard to share this insight with people because like you said most are sound asleep. Nevertheless, for those of us who are awake, we need to remember that not all hope is lost. Quite the contrary, all you need to do is ask and you will receive. Knock and They will open.
As far as waking up all those who sleep, it is a bad idea. Lets just wait. They will be angry enough when they actually decide to wake up.
So an admitted Egotist Billionaire is supposed to tow the line? I am skeptical for now. Pepe is kind of reknowned for his bombast.
I think the US should work on a virtual character with Artificial Intelligence that can also be pre-programmed, say Mickey Mouse or Minnie Mouse, and just make it president for life.
I am not joking. At this point, it makes no difference who is the President of the United States. Their foreign policy is pre-determined. And just to be diverse, Mickey or Minnie would alternate their image by either wearing a Kinte Cloth, Mexican poncho and sombrero and a trucker hat with the Confederate Flag.
Donald Trump is Controlled Opposition–the only type of political “opposition” that the 200+ year lie called American democracy (snicker) tolerates.
If Trump were a true opposition candidate, he would’ve never been allowed to be in a position to launch a political campaign that could come to power in the first place.
The idea that Donald Trump doesn’t serve the interests of the American Empire’s ruling class is a pathetic joke.
Recently, Trump announced that infamous Iraq War “neocon” James Woolsey will be his senior advisor on national security!
Trump Names Pro-Iraq War Fmr. CIA Head James Woolsey to Be Adviser
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/13/headlines/trump_names_pro_iraq_war_fmr_cia_head_james_woolsey_to_be_adviser
Touting Isolationism, Trump Employs a String of Neoconservative Advisors
https://sputniknews.com/us/20160322/1036701696/trumps-advisers.html
At base, the only political differences in the American Empire are *tactical* differences about how to achieve the same core ambitions: expanding US military Full Spectrum Dominance; maintaining America’s Dollar Dictatorship and financial looting of the world; and ultimately propping up the parasitic American Way of Life(tm) and economy.
Trump supporters are merely the mirror image of the Clinton supporters.
Each group is simply pimping for their preferred American War-Criminal-in-Chief.
A pox on all their houses.
“A pox on both your houses.” – Horatio, Hamlet, William Shakespeare.
Even more fitting, don’t you think?
Very true. And the fact of the matter is that both Trump and Hillary know full well what can and what cannot be sold to the average Pindo. That’s a key part of their “jobs” as politicos = servants right in the propagandistic sector. For all the power and wealth disparities between the ruling Zionazi genocidalists (along with their representatives in the Offal Office) and the “less exceptional” Exceptionals, there is a very strong commitment to reaction, violence, and chauvinism wherever you look in the US. Of course, in case somebody hasn’t noticed, the unrestrained gung-ho fascist mentality which more or less defines Pindo patriotism is fully promoted by the mentally insane MSM/popular “culture”, but the problem runs much deeper than the US Elites and their Anglo-Zionazi misculture. Trump and Hillary are true representatives of the US majority population with the latter forever vacillating between the following positions:
a) All-out war on the planet in order to keep feeding the Exceptionals and Indispensables for free.
b) Increased repression and chauvinism against Arabs/Muslims/Mexicans on US soil.
Pretty astute US political commentary from a Brazilian! However, the idea of “crash program” to catch up militarily is ridiculous. The US falls further behind every day in all important categories except propaganda.
Baldfaced lying hardly rises to the level of even bad propaganda.
I fear that the concept of ‘propaganda’ (from Gk ‘to teach/instruct’) as anything but ‘blackhat bad’ will continue to elude the Anglo-Zionist Empire to beyond its grave.
Well if that is true, that is the best news I’ve heard in some time.
You are one of the few i would believe, other than Michael Hudson / Paul Craig Roberts / Pat Buchanan.
The appeal to me: it is all “rational”. First time in a long time I could see those elements as policy and accept it.
I hope it all goes quick – watching Syria with the constant lying now of Kerry on multiple facts makes me nervous
I agree with much of this article.I only have a couple of points I’m not sure about.
1.Who are the “insiders”, and are they telling the truth,or just saying what he wants to hear.
2.I suspect Trump may be hiring those “regulars”,as a way to say,”I’m really mainstream”.Now whether he means that or not is a question.But the more “mainstream” he can look,while Clinton’s people demonize him as a “wild eyed radical” .He may believe helps him.
3.As almost all the MIC,bankers,and other oligarchs support Clinton. That “seems” to show that they want her, and not him.Could that be a ploy? Possibly, but doubtful. They’ve spent billions over the years buying her favor. I think they’d like to cash those “favors” in.
4.As to Clinton changing her policy. I have strong reservations there.Her whole career (and as far back as we know) has been supporting the neo-con thinking.Even as a “liberal” Democrat,she always was in bed with the neo-cons.So I find it doubtful that she would “ditch” them.They certainly don’t think so.Since they even left the Republicans to vigorously support her. And if the “guesses” on people she will appoint to her cabinet are “true”.It would be stacked with her neo-con supporters.While being a money hungry person. She also seems to have an ideological side.And from her days as a “Russophobic” Goldwater Girl,until today,I see nothing in her thinking that has changed from that.
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Pepe always wants to be in opposition. He sees through it all!
Trump isn’t perfect by a long shot but he’s a step in the right direction. If he cucks, his electorate will be outraged. They’ve been given a whiff of what feels like control, and they won’t want to give that back.
And yes, Trump has now integrated some ‘insiders’ and pro-nationalist industrialists behind him, but this is proof he’s becoming a power in his own right – a planet to which moons are attracted.
Great observation. Said everything but “Good Cop Trump vs Bad Cop Hillary.” All controlled opposition playing the public. And I will add again, “Every four years 300 million Americans get to buy the Brooklyn Bridge again.” Jack Kennedy was the last to play a losing game.
Soo all evidence points that both are controlled but i see little facts. But facts are that Trump doesn’t want money from the lobby groups have 95% bad publicity. He have a contrary way of dealing with Middle east ,Russia ,Nato ,China ,Libya. He knows that Saddam should have stayed plus more. I think most people are ignorant about Trump facts and talk and just try to play objective but theres’ facts are from msm when it comes to Trump. I tell people that talk shit for instance about Putin to take a moment to listen to him and the same including listen to Trump. He is the best we have on the horizon during the last 100 years soo stop be soo negativ maybe you should try yourself and pay and run for president.
@ sveno: What Trump or Hillary say is irrelevant. Neither one formulates or promulgates US foreign policy. Two organizations, the Tri Lateral Commision and Councel of Foreign Relations along with the CIA, for the most part call the shots. Jack Kennedy tried to override these organizations and paid the price along with his entire family. This year 300 million Americans are at the carnival again listening to carny barker Trump and the menopasual sociopath Hillary. Your vote, your choice.
What about some facts? Your statement “Neither one formulates or promulgates US foreign policy” doesn’t hold for Trump he have had at least two meeting just to state his opinion and plans. How could that be not promulgate or is it not his words? If we are going to have a serious discussion about Trump please get some facts and that goes for Pepe also i’m afraid to say. I just wounder where all people that doesn’t like Trump are going to find a suitable person? Just for a starter how do you get your message out if your are polite? How many people should been listen to a person like Putin if he was running for presidency in USA? You have to be smart as Trump to get trough the media blockout. I can just continue with more reality “problems” that Trump are a master to deal with and do it like a no one have ever done. But finally to all here that don’t “know facts” but just know, Trump has crowds in TV, in stadiums competing in numbers to fotball games. He have started a movement with enlighted people that will continue Trumps vision for USA even if he disappear.
Thanks Pepe. At last some insight on what is happening in this circus of a US presidential election. There was so much that just didn’t make any sense. At least now someone is bringing a bit of daylight to bear. Agains, thanks
Very interesting analysis. Sure wish the Masters of the Universe were named. We’ve gotta’ have names if we are going to have a shot at changing a trajectory in which neither we nor ‘the Masters of the Universe’ have a future.
FYI One doesn’t get an ‘attack of Parkinsonism’. It’s an irreversible, progressive disease. The meds are tricky and have all kinds side effects. She’s not going to get better. She will continue to deteriorate. Campaigning for president is probably the worst thing Hillary can do for her health.
If the DNC (apparently well connected or part of the Masters of the Universe) have any interest in keeping the White House, they better call up Bernie and eat some humble pie.
Not sure i agree with this artickes thesis, but my conclusion is the same – whether Killary or Trump, the deepstate will prevail, otherwise Trump is just dead man walking.
“All ye who enter here, abandon all hope”
Killary will be the next president, I have no doubt of that.
What’s that Mark Twain said? “If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.”
Fantastic article – what a source Pepe has ! Thanks Pepe for all your greatnesses !
The US military industrial complex should get China to manufacture the military parts. They could now do it at 20% of the cost or less than what the Germans and Japs can. That should keep the US military machine humming despite sequestration. The Chinese may even let the Yanks secure their own factories in China to protect IPR provided the Yanks leave China alone behind the first island chain and the SCS!
If the Gringos are so keen and can’t let go of their much vaunted aircraft carriers, why not let China build them for the US Navy? They can deliver a Ford class 100 plane carrier for USD1.5 billion or less! This way the Gringos can still show off their (increasingly obsolete) aircraft carrier power all round the world despite sequestration!
Hmmm. Pepe seems to be quoting “powerful, discreet New York-based interests”, but there is no link and not even a hint as to their identity. Agree, this rings true, but it would be even more convincing if we had an inkling about the ultimate source.
Even more telling to me is the importance of Guiliani in the Trump campaign. Guiliani is part of the Deep State. Mayor of New York on 9/\/11 (made sure the cleanup covered up evidence) – present in London when the 7/7 subway bombings happened – helped coverup pedophilia in the West Point child care molestation(he was the attorney general in charge – nobody was indicted but several parents received several million dollars.). Then Trump’s appeasement of israel and the same old increases in the military budget, tax cuts for the rich – . Like was said – two cheeks of the same ass.
Very fine, also wish there were more in this analysis as Europe is hanging in to balance with Soros
confident that Europe is over, which is of course what the US has wanted since WW11 which was their, not Germany’s, war. They are simply reworking the ending of WW11 even to changing history books in advance in Europe, across USA, UK,and in Russia as soon as.Google was first and foremost in effecting this years ago…have never stopped, only increased. EU ordered them to stop, but with all EU elected officials, Soros appointees, nor law is EU law. Is cahnging now fince NL Referendum, Washington terrified…hysterical as policy and really.