1. On Labor Day Trump channelled his inner Gandhi and denounced "top people in the Pentagon" who "want to do nothing but fight wars so that all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make everything else, stay happy.”
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3. Trump styling himself as a peacenik is ridiculous: he's ramped up military attacks on civilians and engaged in dangerous games of chicken with rival powers like Iran, North Korea & China. But it's not enough to say Trump is a hypocrite & fraud without considering his audience
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4. Trump's use of anti-war rhetoric speaks to the fact that there is a broad swath of the USA population that is in fact tired of the Forever Wars, an audience that includes many Republicans as well as marginal swing voters.
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5. Trump is a con-man, but con-men often flourish when they can offer services or products that more reputable merchants won't provide. Trump has gotten some milage out of his ridiculous anti-war claims due to establishment ceding of ground. More here: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-fake-anti-war/ …
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Good to know - just like there's no bottom to their corruption, there's no bottom to their cynicism either.
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Endless wars for endless peace
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The funny thing is that in his anger about the poll that officers dislike him & not understanding they are also enlisted ppl, he decided to publically attack the one part of the military complex that almost definitely support him.
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The other amazing thing is that his base will never connect the fact that all the things he's been bragging about, the new planes, missiles, ect, is now a bad thing that he doesn't think is necessary.
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Waiting for the next Trump rally to be held at the Fillmore auditorium. Too bad Janis can’t be there.
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