Not Yet
Inaugurated; Already a New War
By Joe Clifford
January 15, 2017 "Information
Clearing House"
- Set aside all feelings for Donald Trump, and reflect
for a moment on the historical happenings of the last
couple of months.
Early in the primary, Trump was the media darling, with
non-stop coverage of everything he said or did. He was
constantly on media outlets, so much so, rivals in his
own party started complaining of unfair coverage. They
argued Trump was getting free air time, while they were
excluded. To their point, Media Quant, a company that
does media analysis, estimated that Trump had been given
about 2 billion dollars’ worth of free coverage by media
outlets.
Suddenly the honeymoon ended, and Trump went from media
darling, to the devil incarnate. Media suddenly turned
with vengeance on Mr. Trump, and his every move was
analyzed and ridiculed. Some argue the turning point
occurred, because media realized they had created a
Frankenstein, and they might be, in part, responsible
for a possible Trump victory, and were shocked at what
they had done.
Further reflection on the precise “turning point” shows
things dramatically changed and reversed, when Mr Trump
expressed his sentiments about Russia. He insisted, he
did not want a war with Russia, and he would move to
“reset” US relations with Russia. That was the turning
point, and from that day on he was subjected to
relentless criticism and ridicule, by corporate media
outlets. He was accused of being an unwitting tool of
Putin. This was followed by a plethora of stories about
his close relations with Russia, and the possible
relationships members of his administration had with
Russia. Now there were two villains; Trump and Russia,
and they were always depicted as more or less one in the
same. The Russophobes were in full attack. Russia, their
new scapegoat, was vilified and called all kinds of
nonsensical things, and was accused of all that is evil
in the world.
But Trump held fast and brushed aside most of the
accusations and stood by his belief that better
relations with Putin and Russia was a good thing. Things
escalated, when accusations without proof were made and
repeated by corporate media, that Russia had hacked the
e-mails of the DNC, and interfered in the election to
assist Trump in his victory. This story went viral
despite the absence of any credible evidence. Journalism
was thrown aside, and any rumor, accusation, based on no
source or anonymous sources, circulated widely. Papers
like the NYT and the Washington Post became shameless in
their unfounded, unsubstantiated, repetition of rumors
and accusations. It appeared a modern-day McCarthy-like
witch hunt was in progress.
Early on, the FBI would not go along with the
intelligence agencies, but was eventually bullied into
compliance. The intelligence agencies produced laughable
reports and “proof” of their accusations, and still Mr
Trump stuck to his belief that a better relationship
with Russia is a good thing. Trump refused to knuckle
under to the government, corporate media, and
intelligence narrative. They got desperate and pulled
out of their hat, a completely made up story about
Trump’s sexual behavior, which was plastered and
repeated all over corporate media for one day, until it
was categorically and unequivocally proven to be a
“fake” story, but the damage had been done. BuzzFeed,
who originally published the bogus report, after CNN
announced it, got over 2 million reads, and no one knows
how many times the story was read or heard on subsequent
venues of corporate media. The damage had been done.
The stakes have been vicariously raised with the leak of
disinformation by the intelligence agencies. It was
either a “leak”, or release of information, depending on
your point of view. Formerly, the military industrial
complex, along with the support of neocons, the media,
and intelligence agencies, had been trying to bring
Trump into the “fold” of demonizing Russia and Putin.
With this latest however, things have changed, with the
goal of the Deep State (a collection of the above
forces) apparently having decided, to bring Mr Trump
down. The intelligence agencies have refined their trade
of bringing down governments for the past fifty years
all over the world, and now have decided to take down
our own. Far-fetched? Think about the whole thing,
especially the time and sequence of events. Think about
the timing of the latest “leak” of the fake bogus story
of Mr. Trumps alleged exploits. It was “leaked”, and
appeared just in time for Mr Trumps first press
conference. We are spectators to a historical battle
between a President elect and the “Deep State”.
Certainly, there have been many other such battles, but
they have never erupted in open warfare with the intent
of bringing down a sitting president. If this be true,
continue to watch the constant dribble by corporate
media, working in conjunction with the military
industrial complex and the neocons, to undermine this
President. Their goal is to render him useless by
throwing so much adverse publicity at him, the public
will demand his impeachment. Time will tell, but it is
very apparent that the battle lines have been drawn.
Will Trump fold and be beaten into submission by those
powerful forces, and jump on the demonizing Russia
bandwagon, or will he continue to defy them?
Some readers hate Mr Trump so much they are probably
wishing for his demise. I believe Trump is horrible, and
in no way, would I ever support such a horrible person
to be president, but put all that aside and ponder the
happenings. Those who cannot put their emotional hard
feelings aside should be very cautious about getting
what you wish for. If those Deep State forces prevail,
and run Trump out of town, what next? For Mr. Trump, a
bit of parting advice. Don’t be hanging around any
grassy knolls.
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