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Is Trump’s Agenda
Starting to Show “Shades of Brown”? The Million Dollar
Question
By Peter Koenig
January 31,
2017 "Information
Clearing House"
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Where is Mr. Trump
coming from and where is he going to? What is really on
his agenda, what is trustworthy, and what is sheer farce
and eventually killed by its own weight of controversy?
– While out there, the different agenda items are spun
around by the presstitute as anti-Trump and
pro-establishment propaganda.
Left and right
do no longer exist. The so-called liberal elitist
intellectual ‘left’ has sold its soul to the neocons,
they may not even realize to what extent. The benefits
they cash-in have blinded them to the disaster politics
being propagated by the globalist-Atlantists. They are
now fully in the realm of the Neocon crony directed
western mass-media. After all, the lush western comfort
zone is difficult to leave – while it lasts; key
sentence – ‘while it lasts’. Thereafter the
deluge – which may mean eradication of life on earth as
we know it.
In comes Trump,
thinking he doesn’t need the establishment; a
multi-billionaire who doesn’t need the approval or the
money from the establishment. In a symbolic gesture, he
renounced his salary as President of the United States.
– If it only were that simple.
In a historic
move, President Trump has signed in the first ten days
in Office an impressive number of Presidential Decrees
and Executive Orders, has initiated long phone calls
with friends and foes – and even received the Prime
Minister of Washington’s closest ally, Mme. Teresa May
from the UK. To be sure, she came with her own agenda, a
trade deal and a promise to keep NATO alive. In the
light of everything else that is going on, did she get
what she came for, or is it yet another make-believe
propaganda event?
Executive Orders
Among the
Executive Orders, Presidential Decrees and
Controversies, is the objective of achieving a peaceful
alliance with Russia, jointly fighting terrorism in the
Middle East, notably eradicating ISIS and affiliated
terror groups like Al-Nusra, Al-Qaeda and other
belligerent mercenaries, eventually to finding peace in
Syria, Iraq and the Middle East as a whole – as well as
in Ukraine.
Mr. Trump also
considers NATO ‘obsolete’ and outdated – and rightly so.
Since 1991, the official role of NATO, to defend Europe
from a possible intrusion of the Soviet Union has
disappeared. Never mind, that NATO has since then be
reborn, namely as a constant aggressor of Russia,
against all agreements made between the ‘allies’,
winners of WWII in 1991, expanding its military bases
from 12 in 1991 to over 30 today, all encircling and
threating Russia – willingly provoking possibly an
all-devastating WWIII. It is clear that western
promises, agreements and diplomacy count for nothing.
The US / western military industrial complex calls the
shots – or enunciated differently: lucrative destructive
military production and war overrule peace; they buy
politicians and diplomats.
The ‘obsolete
NATO’ statement, was quickly interpreted by his cabinet
appointees and military advisors as meaning that Europe
has to chip in more – reminding of Obama’s request that
European NATO members should contribute with at least 2%
(of GDP) military budget, thereby reducing the funding
gap which now stands at 70% US vs. 30 % other members.
Trump’s
campaign pledges were genuinely addressing the peoples’
concerns. Not only of the American people, but the vast
majority of the world’s population wants peace. Contrary
to what one would believe, reading, listening and
watching the MSM.
While Mr. Trump
talked on Saturday, 28 January,
for over an hour with Mr. Putin on the phone,
seeking harmonious relations, establishing a
person-to-person contact between the two leaders, even
projecting a personal meeting soon for closer
discussions on how to address Syria, Ukraine – the fight
against (Washington-made) ISIS and other associated
Middle-Eastern terror groups, the ever ongoing
anti-Russia drum-beat must be ringing in his ears.
Mr. Trump’s own
Cabinet appointees were berating and demonizing Russia,
following the establishment’s (Deep State) script, with
false and toothless accusations. These are the
proclamations of Mr. Mattis, Secretary of Defense – “I
would consider the principal threats, starting with
Russia”; Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State-designate:
“Russia today poses a danger”; Mike Pompeo – the new
Tea-Party Republican CIA Director: “Russia has
reasserted itself aggressively”. Of course, no evidence,
just negative propaganda.
All the while,
Madame May is warning Mr. Trump on the risks associated
in dealing with Mr. Putin and that utmost caution was in
order. This may have been one of the reasons for not
talking about lifting of sanctions during his
conversation with Vladimir Putin. There were serious
rumors circulating that in a good will gesture, Mr.
Trump may lift the useless and illegal sanctions against
Russia.
Of course, this
may have made Europe look ridiculous, including the UK
under Teresa May, holding on to sanctions which were
imposed in the first place only because as vassals to
Washington they were unable to resist and refuse the
sanctions mandated by Obama, three years ago – and which
were doing more harm to Europe than to Russia. And now,
what to do, if Trump abolishes them? Do they, the Master
puppets of Europe also rescind them, showing publicly
that they are nothing but a spineless bunch of stooges?
Also, the only
reasoning for the sanctions were two gross and flagrant
western lies, (i) Russia interference in Ukraine, and
(ii) Russia annexation of Crimea. Lifting the sanctions
would mean the justification for them has gone –
basically admitting to the lie. The west has literally
dug itself in a hole of worms, or worse, a nest of
tarantulas.
Now, where does
Trump stand? – Here are some of the controversial
decrees and executive orders, domestic as well as
international.
Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines
As part of the
many decrees he signed last week, Mr. Trump reversed Mr.
Obama’s ban on the Keystone XL pipeline, as well as the
Dakota Access pipeline. It is an abrogation of the
native Americans’ civil rights living in this area. He
said there would be renegotiation, between whom and whom
was not clear. The pipeline projects would follow a
quick environmental assessment process. But the main
reason for doing so, he said, was creating jobs –
creating jobs building the pipelines, but also in
manufacturing the steel pipes in the US.
The Sierra Club
and other environmentalists immediately denounced Mr.
Trump’s decision and announced huge protests, much
larger than those which brought Obama to put a freeze on
these controversial projects.
According to the
Native Online News, Mr. Trump took down the Native
Americans Web Page from the White House web pages, as
well as the web pages on civil rights, people with
disabilities and climate change, all of which were part
of the White House Intranet during the last eight years
of Obama’s White House. – Is this indicative on how Mr.
Trump feels towards minorities?
Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP) Trade Agreement
One of the new
President’s first moves was canceling the Obama-negotiated
TPP. This was just a formality, as the trade deal
between 11 Pacific countries and the US was already dead
during the last months of Obama’s White House tenure.
Nothing new there. But this ‘formality’ could pave the
way for an equal or even more important trade deal
prevention, the TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership) with the European Union – the deal that
would be so bad, it needed to be negotiated in secret
and behind closed doors. The same for TiSA, the Trade in
Services Agreement that involves 50 countries (49 + US)
and would lead the way to privatizing all service
systems, from water supply to health, to education and
on by international corporations, mostly American
corporations.
Cancelation of
these trade agreements is a good thing. They are all
lopsided in favor of American corporations’ rent-seeking
activities abroad. They are nefarious for Europeans and
Americans alike, if their puppet leaders accept them,
like the submissive Brussels technocrats, and their
tooth- and spineless member countries. However, that was
not Mr. Trump’s worry. His worry is, “America First” –
bring back these overseas jobs and manufacture at home,
creating jobs at home. This conforms with the
deglobalizing principle of ‘local production for local
markets, creating local jobs…’ – actually supporting the
American working class which has been miserably
neglected over the past few decades of relentless
outsourcing to cheap-labor countries..
The Mexican Border
Wall
Trump had
promised throughout his campaign he would build a wall
(Israel style) along the Mexican border to stem the flow
of illegal immigrants – and that the cost of the wall
had to be borne by Mexico. Mexico’s President, Enrique
Peña Nieto said Mexico would not pay for the border
wall. Escalating the conflict, President Trump accused
Mexico of ‘burdening the United States with illegal
immigrants, criminals and trade deficit.’ If Peña
Nieto would refuse, The US would pay for the wall with a
20% import levy on all goods and services from Mexico.
The argument has come to a standstill, as Mexico’s
President, under public pressure, has come forth strong,
canceling the meeting with Donald Trump scheduled for
this week in Washington.
In his
anti-immigrant zeal, Trump did not consider the economic
disaster a ban on (illegal) immigrants would mean for
western US economies that depend on them – agriculture,
hostelries, and small manufacturing.
On the other
hand, inventive Mexican business wizards are circulating
rumors that Mexico might want to convert the wall into a
tourist attraction, equipped with hotels, restaurants,
parks, shops and even a museum telling the visitors the
true story of the piece of land where the United States
has built a wall, to whom that land originally belonged
and who stole it and under what circumstances. A bit of
history along with the wall could indeed do no harm.
Banning
Immigration from Muslim Countries
President Trump
also signed a controversial Executive Order banning
immigration notably from Middle East countries, like
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Syria and Yemen.
This created havoc at airport border controls throughout
the US and the world, as hordes of refugees and
travelers from Middle Eastern countries were blocked,
after Trump’s signing of the Executive Order. According
to the NYT, a Brooklyn judge ruled to prevent the
government from deporting some of the refugees back into
their home countries, as they might be exposed to harsh
and inhuman treatment. He stopped short, however, from
declaring Trump’s action as constitutionally illegal –
and did not go as far as letting the stranded crowds
into the country. So, the chaos prevails. – What else is
new? The Masters of Chaos just added a new dimension to
the never-ending chaos of the war on terror.
Syria
Safe Zones
President Trump
last week gave the Pentagon and the State Department 90
days to come up with a plan to establish “safe zones”
within Syria. This is akin to the Obama / Hillary
desire, implying ‘no-fly zones’ (for Syria military) and
potential mid-air conflicts between Russian and US /
NATO planes, both allegedly ‘fighting’ terrorists.
According to Trump, the “safe zones” were meant to
“protect Syrian war-stricken refugees.” This latest idea
is a stark departure from his earlier campaign pledge to
‘make peace’ in Syria and cooperate with Russia in
eradicating ISIS and other terrorists, and to abandon
the policy of US foreign interference. Needless to say,
neither Syria or Russia have been consulted. – Kremlin
spokesman Dmitry Peskov called on Washington to
reconsider such a move in a “conflict-ridden Syria,
where both sides are engaged in aerial military
campaigns.”
Is it possible
that this latest Trump contradiction is in response to
Netanyahu’s request and long desire to destabilize Syria
and to establish “safe zones” – so that gradually Syria
could be infiltrated with US, NATO and Israeli ground
troops to ‘protect’ the Syrian population – and
eventually advance towards Damascus to force a ‘regime
change’?
With this order to
his Pentagon colleagues, Trump breaches his campaign
promise of non-interference in other countries. Is he
poised to become a traitor only few days into his
Presidency?
Surprisingly,
Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson has said that
“Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be allowed to
run for re-election in the event of a peace deal in
Syria.” This is a drastic reversal of the UK position
which until recently was a carbon copy of Washington’s
‘regime change’ objective. Johnson added, “We have been
wedded for a long time to the mantra that Assad must go,
and we have not been able at any stage to make that
happen, and that has produced the difficulty we now
face. We are getting to the stage where some sort of
democratic resolution has got to be introduced … and if
there is a political solution, then I don’t think we can
really avoid such a democratic event. I think that is
the way forward.”
Let’s see how
that chives with Mr. Trump’s idea to please Mr.
Netanyahu.
Torture
and Water Boarding – plus
Already back in
February 2016, Trump said, “torture works, water
boarding will be back; it will be soft in the light of
other interrogation enhancement tactics – we will do
much worse — water boarding is fine, but it is not
really tough enough.”
Under a
three-page draft order, titled “Detention and
Interrogation of Enemy Combatants”, Trump would also
bring back ‘rendition’ and dark prisons (i.e. CIA’s
‘black sites’), which Obama banned. If signed, the draft
order would also revoke Mr. Obama’s directive to give
the International Committee of the Red Cross access to
all detainees in American custody. The new Trump rule
might lead to a blatant infringement against the Geneva
Convention of Prisoners of War.
“These
practices of torturing detainees and ‘disappearing’ them
in ‘black sites’ are serious crimes which must never be
repeated,” Ian Seiderman, Legal and Policy Director of
the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) stated.
Much worse,
according to Michel Chossudovsky , Mike Pompeo, the
new head of the CIA, favors the reinstatement of
“waterboarding, among other torture techniques”.
He views Muslims as a threat to Christianity and Western
civilization. He is identified as “a radical Christian
extremist” who believes that the “global war on
terrorism” (GWOT) constitutes a “war between Islam and
Christianity”.
The GWOT is not
just fought abroad; it will continue being a major task
for the Homeland Security Department, hence guaranteeing
their work for years to come. – It is already now hard
to believe that anything regarding the absurdly paranoid
US security position will change under Trump. He
receives orders from above. And the ‘above’, or the Deep
State’ has an absolute interest in preserving the status
quo. This is the one way towards the extremely lucrative
aim of Full Spectrum Dominance. War and
destruction are highly profit-oriented; believe it or
not, the US economy depends on it. If there was peace
tomorrow, the US economy would collapse.
Moving
the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
Early on in his
campaign – and obviously pleasing one of his Deep State
masters, Israel’s Netanyahu, Mr. Trump let it be known
that he intends to transfer the US Embassy from Tel Aviv
to Jerusalem.
As recently
reported by Al Jazeera and Information Clearing House (ICH),
and against all historic background, preparations are
well under way for that move which would be a disaster
for US diplomacy, not just in the Middle East but all
over the world. The last shred of US credibility would
be flushed down the drain.
When France and
Britain signed the Skype-Picot Agreement hundred years
ago (May 1916), dividing Ottoman territories among
themselves, Jerusalem’s status was designated as an
international area, due to its shared religious
significance. That status was adhered to throughout the
70 years of almost continuous Israeli – Palestinian
conflict.
Trump, under
pressure from pro-Israeli Zionist lobbies, also says he
may cut funding to the UN, if the international body
recognizes Palestine. It is clear, Netanyahu pulls the
strings on puppet Trump.
And why does
Mr. Trump, the strong-minded, financially, politically
and, yes, morally independent new President of the
United States, voted for by the people, by the common
people, by the working-class people, those who have had
enough of the promises and lies of the Washington
establishment – why does he fall to the pressure of the
Zionists?
These are but
some of Mr. Trumps starkly controversial and often
contradictory policy decisions; many of them pleasing
some, but terrifying others – and this not just
domestically, but throughout the international arena.
The million-dollar question on where President Trump is
headed is still a door to a dark room.
One
worthwhile agenda item, not yet mentioned but should be
considered by Mr. Trump –
as suggested by Paul Craig Roberts is
“breaking
into hundreds of pieces the six mega-media
corporations that
own [and control] 90% of the US [and western] media
and selling the pieces to separate independent
owners who have no connection to the ruling elites.
Then America would again have a media that can
constrain the government with truth rather than use
lies to act for or against the government.”
This
might actually fit Mr. Trumps own outrage with the ‘fake
news’ MSM. It might help cutting the monster octopus’s tentacles that
currently span and usurp the globe, by feeding the
people the truth. However, the monster’s
tentacle-amputations would need to be sealed off with a
collective consciousness, so they could never grow back.
Peter
Koenig is an economist and geopolitical analyst. He is
also a former World Bank staff and worked extensively
around the world in the fields of environment and water
resources. He lectures at universities in the US, Europe
and South America. H He is the author of
Implosion – An Economic Thriller about War,
Environmental Destruction and Corporate Greed
– fiction based on facts and on 30 years of
World Bank experience around the globe. He is also a
co-author of
The World Order and Revolution! - Essays from the
Resistance.
The views
expressed in this article are solely those of the author
and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of
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