Populist Nationalism under Trump changing the World for the better
This is a long read but worth it--posted on Facebook Swamp Drainers
By: Kim Rogalin:
"Anyone with half a brain noticed that something had changed back in 2016 when neophyte politician Trump ran for the presidency. And the deep state noticed it too. That’s what b.j. clinton and BObama and clapper and brennan and comey and our world-beating Intelligence Community were conspiring to stop before it was too late. Only they failed.
Notice that President Trump has just brokered his 7nth peace agreement between warring states since January 20th. All of us, except neo-liberals, really want to know what this all means.
Notice Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Spend any time listening to Bessent talk, and it is clear he is laser-focused on 1 thing, something he can only accomplish in his current job: lifting America’s economy into a position where both Main Street and Wall Street are performing equally robustly. The 79th treasury secretary also loves working with Trump. The banter, trust, and respect that went both ways between the men were tangible. Bessent’s family was very affluent for a couple of hundred years, and then weren’t, so Bessent started doing part-time work at age 9. Bessent worked his way through college, holding down 3 jobs during summer break and at least 1, if not 2, jobs during the school year. And so on. Remember the last Secretary of the Treasury that worked through his teenage years? No? It was Alexander Hamilton.
Then there's Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who, assume, had something to do with the 7 peace agreements. Rubio stated that the Christian “church has traditionally been at its strongest when it’s the persecuted church… and weakest when it gets consumed by the culture.” Pope francis wasn't, but Trump and Rubio are focused on massacres of Christians in countries like Nigeria, and they think the new Pope could help.
Anyway, note that there are only 2 responses to Trump: admiration or revulsion. There is, it seems, no middle ground. Thus, it has always been with consequential figures throughout history. The Trump enemies will hate to hear this, but he is changing the Presidency and international relations for the better, forever. The entire world is in the midst of a revolution. And Trump is the “hero” that is making it happen. Heroes, according to Joseph Campbell, tend to die on the border between Order and Chaos. Victor Davis Hanson compares Trump to Gen. Patton, who "led the 3rd army’s full blast attack from Normandy to the Rhine...keeping the opposition confused, and in complete disarray." Trump is the tip of the spear. His administration follows to implement his agendas. He demonstrates every day, whether you agree with his policies, or not, that he was born to lead.
The press, because of Trump, is also in the process of changing forever. Newspapers and network news are becoming a thing of the past.
Understand what is going on here, we are at a turning point in history, the end of the age of politics as religion, of the rule of the neo-liberal elite. In other words, a revolution. What kind of revolution? There are predominantly 3 kinds of revolution. The so-called "expert"class revolutions like the murderous french, bolshevik, and maoist Revolutions lead straight to the abattoir. Lower-class revolutions usually fail: peasant uprisings and worker rebellions. But the American Revolution was the most successful in history. Why was that? Because it was a middle-class revolution, led by men who understood life in the real world: men ranging from landowners like Washington and Jefferson, lawyers like John Adams, and, of course Alexander Hamilton, the “bastard brat of a Scotch pedlar,” who practiced business and law, and understood central banking.
Notice that populist nationalism, going on all across the world, is middle-class centered?
There's hope!
