Authored by Brandon Smith via PersonalLiberty.com,
Back in December of 2016 I wrote an article titled Trump Is Exactly Where The Elites Want Him, which I think was very difficult for a large part of the liberty movement to read and accept. In that article I outlined the future of the Trump presidency; a future dominated by Washington insiders, Goldman Sachs internationalists and Neo-Con warmongers. Trump, at the very onset of his administration, broke one of his most important campaign promises — to “drain the swamp.” Instead, he filled his cabinet with all of the same swamp creatures he originally attacked; the same swamp creatures Hillary Clinton was notorious for serving.
I also warned in numerous articles that because of this initial broken promise, conservatives should not expect that Trump would fulfill most if any of his original plans. In the best case scenario, Trump is surrounded by enemies dictating policy from every corner and corridor of the White House.
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This article, of course, triggered quite a bit of wrath from hardcore Trump supporters. And, of course, time has so far proven I was right yet again.
The only argument at this point in defense of Trump is that it is still very early in his first year and that no president should be expected to accomplish much in just a few months. Okay, I’ll entertain that notion, but let’s be realistic here and look at the current circumstances.
As I write this, Congress is on the brink of forging a spending bill which essentially removes all backing for Trump’s original projects, including the southern border wall. Now, given, the bill only provides funding for government until the end of September, but we have witnessed very little resistance from the Trump administration so far. Are we about to see the Republicans roll over yet again in the name of avoiding a government shutdown? I would say yes, for now.
This is one area where Trump could light a firestorm. By forcing a government shutdown, a real fight for conservative national projects and spending cuts could take place. Yet, we are still struggling with the broken monstrosity of Obamacare, we have yet to see any plan for defunding Planned Parenthood, the border wall looks to be a distant dream and military spending is slated to increase by $54 billion. At this point Trump supporters are left wondering where their limited government pit bull negotiator disappeared to?
On the foreign front, Trump has been backing off of his threats against NAFTA. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Trump explained his decision by saying that he is “a nationalist and a globalist.” Yikes.
Trump has now also refused to label China a currency manipulator, which was an action many originally thought he would pursue. This decision, in my view, is likely in preparation for a strike on North Korea; a war no one asked for and which America cannot possibly afford at this time. China’s move to step back from its protective stance with North Korea supports my longstanding argument that Eastern nations are completely tied to globalist geopolitics; meaning, they do what they are told. If China remains hands-off, a conflict with North Korea is nearly a certainty.
This kind of saber rattling would be contrary to Trump’s position on Iraq during his campaign, which was, to summarize his many remarks, a quagmire, a mess of a war that made little sense and gained America nothing. If Iraq was a mess, then what will North Korea be with its far better armed military and more ideologically dedicated soldiers? A war in North Korea would take twice as much time and capital to complete, but maybe that is the point…
So, the question is, why has Trump flipped so completely and so quickly on is political positions since November of last year? I believe there are at least two identifiable reasons.
First, it is important to note that Trump was placed in office as a means to scapegoat all conservatives and the principles of sovereignty and limited government for the disasters that will inevitably follow. This is the premise that I used to successfully predict Trump’s election win, and it is the premise that I used to successfully predict Trump’s behavior and policy shifts up to this point. Trump is in office for one reason — to destroy the name of conservatism for all time.
That said, Trump’s support from conservatives has not been as blind and faithful as the globalists might have hoped. We remain rather critical, and thankfully, ever watchful. We are not a zombie mob that can be easily exploited by some fearless leader on a white horse; unlike Obama’s sycophantic army of liberal followers, we still retain our principles.
This does not necessarily save us from being scapegoated by internationalist propaganda in the years to come. I have heard many argue that Trump’s sudden flip-flop negates the idea that Trump is a conservative scapegoat because “he is not acting like a conservative.” These people are oblivious to human psychology.
The fact is, Trump ran on a conservative nationalist platform, and his rhetoric continues to fuel his nationalist image, even if his actions do not. The globalists will paint him as a conservative and the majority of people around the world will continue to accept this narrative because rhetoric is often more powerful in people’s minds than tangible results. Liberals in particular will never let go of the idea that Trump is a conservative because they desperately long for vindication that conservative principles are “evil.” Every mistake Trump makes, though not conservative at all in nature, will be blamed on conservatism and nationalism as a whole. From what I have seen so far, the only people that are rationally critical of Trump as a conservative are actual liberty minded conservatives.
Yes, we despise the crazed cultural Marxists of the social justice cult, and we are rightly concerned about the liberal population’s shift towards full bore communism. Plus, we do not like Islamic extremism and won’t tolerate it within our borders. But we also are not too keen on the idea of being puppets for a fake conservative government, either.
This is one reason I believe Trump has suddenly flipped; the globalist scheme to co-opt the liberty movement and constitutional conservatives has failed. There is no point in Trump continuing to play his role as a stalwart of sovereignty. We have not been won over in a way that makes us easy to manipulate, which means we might not support certain globalist initiatives like martial law in the wake of a crisis, a national federalized ID card in the name of immigration control, regime changes in Syria or North Korea, etc. We may even organize in opposition to such measures.
This leads to the next reason why I believe Trump has so swiftly reversed his positions: Perhaps he and his establishment handlers no longer need to maintain the conservative sovereignty facade because a full spectrum crisis is about to take place; a crisis so consuming that the public will be completely distracted while the elites push their agenda forward and blame conservatives at the same time.
The move against North Korea may be part of this event. By itself, North Korea would be a very cumbersome regional war that could bankrupt the U.S. The level of determination to increase tensions with North Korea is truly astounding. I have not seen such senseless rhetoric from the White House since the Iraq War.
However, I continue to believe that a greater crisis is brewing that is economic and global in nature. With numerous financial bubbles artificially inflated over at least eight years of central bank stimulus, the question is not “if” but when the system will enter the final stages of its ongoing collapse.
The behavior of the Trump administration may be nothing more than poor timing or poor planning on the part of the globalist establishment. Perhaps they just didn’t play this part of the long game in an expert manner. But, I tend towards caution rather than naive hope and unicorns.
The record setting flip-flop by Trump should not be taken lightly or simply treated as aimless schizophrenia on the part of the White House. While the Obama administration flipped on numerous campaign promises, they did so subtly while maintaining their lies in a strategic way for two full terms. This is not what is happening today. Trump’s dramatic change, in my view, should be taken as a signal that a much greater game is afoot, with far higher stakes. It should also be treated as a sign that if a crisis is on the verge of being engineered, then it will be happening rather soon, perhaps before 2017 is over.
There will be ongoing arguments as to whether the Trump White House has been hijacked or if it was a controlled element all along. I lean towards the position that it was controlled all along. I have seen little to no resistance on the part of Trump against the establishment, only rhetoric. And, as I have said so many times, rhetoric is meaningless, only actions matter.
It is exceedingly positive in a way that Trump’s reversal has been so fast and so complete. It shows that conservatives and liberty champions have not been subsumed into the so called “alt-right” (a made up term designed to pigeonhole and demonize all true conservatives); that the elites failed miserably in their plans to co-opt us. That said, for every success there are consequences. It may be that our refusal to “buy into” the Trump momentum and cast off our skepticism has caused the establishment to adjust their timetable. And, when the elites do not get what they want, they tend to fall back on their tried and true tool kit of violence and disaster.
This is what 2 dimensional writing and thinking looks like. The starting premise is that all politics is a grand conspiracy. The rest of the article assumes that premise, allowing no alternative views. I think it’s a good thing that most people don’t live their lives in the same way. Trump obviously believes in expertise. He seems to have chosen advisers and cabinet members that qualify as experts. He also seems to hold to a long view, meaning he has a time table that reaches beyond the news hitting the airways the next day. I suspect that he thinks in terms of achievement milestones over a 4 or even 8 year period. His detractors are hell-bent on using their now focus to generate as much hate and fear as they can. I had 2 expectations when Trump won the election – 1. That he would do things in a different way. 2. I wouldn’t necessarily understand or like what I saw at first. So I’ll give Trump some time to see if he delivers on his campaign promises. As for those who have a personal stake in generating as much fear as possible, I’ll ignore them.
can’t understand the down votes, gnome, very good perspective on the article.
the author, is always patting himself on his back for his “predictions that came true” – on a 50/50 playing field.
go visit his site, the comments are not very interesting to read
(like they are on TBP!)
in fact, they are sad to read. I think that is a reflection of his “the end is near” outlook, and I don’t have the time his fear porn.
Yep, agreed. To this line:
“many argue that Trump’s sudden flip-flop negates the idea that Trump is a conservative scapegoat because “he is not acting like a conservative.” These people are oblivious to human psychology”
I’d answer that Trump isn’t a conservative, apparently. If he’s to be classified as a conservative, you’d have to be oblivious to his entire history of public statements. If he’s being set up as a scapegoat, it’s as a republican scapegoat. No real conservative would give a shit if the GOP was destroyed. For that matter, no conservative cares what happens to Trump, only about what damage he’s doing.
That doesn’t make any conservative “oblivious to human psychology”. Trump supporters, at least those he has left, are oblivious to his duplicity. Anyone who cares whether Trump is being set up for anything is chasing a shadow.
That’s a great post, Mad Gnome. You’re going to freak the doomers out.
Yeah, Brandon Smith is a joke. He’s only good for throwing out strange conspiracy gobbledygook about “FALSE FLAGS!” and “OPERATION GLADIO!” and whatnot. He’s a legend in his own mind. And he is *NEVER* wrong when he makes a prediction.
Innit great?
The first 20 years of my life I paid almost no attention to politics as most people do at that age and I got screwed. (even if I didn’t know it) The next 20 years of my life I paid increasing attention and began listening to speeches (with BS meter on full tilt, I just didn’t understand why) and dutifully voting and I still got screwed. The next ten years of my life I paid huge attention initially then got red pilled. (and finally understood why my BS meter was pegged) I ended that decade by unregistering to vote in July of 2016 and I still get screwed.
I think tRump flipped because that’s how long it took before TPTB gave him the Come To Jesus speech. I expected he’d get it prior to even winning the (s)election if it looked like it would be close. His win might have surprised TPTB because he came out swingin’ for the fences before doing a hard ass 180! I can hardly wait to find out how liberal our new supreme court justice is going to be. That’s about all that’s needed now……an ace kicker to put the requisite *legal* spin on it all before the final plunder begins.
I/S- Well done.
Indent Service ,the next 10 to 20 years of your life will be spent paying for all these new immigrants.You are going to get fucked more then ever before and in ways you could never imagine. Personally I think this will be good for you . Probably keep you alive alot longer than you thought possible.Now bug off.
Not sure why anyone at TBP is surprised at the 180.
The majority here knew Trump is just one man, we talked about how if he stayed the course he would be a dead man walking, we also talked about how we felt this was a possible set up.
I don’t think TPTB give a shit about destroying conservatism or destroying liberalism, it’s about power.
Hilary or Trump….which puppet will help the most is causing turmoil, create a civil war, create a division, create hate ….hmmmmmmm…..coin toss….Trump.
“The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now you begin to understand me.”
George Orwell, 1984.
So is being informed about the “swamp” just an exercise in futulity? Because to be honest sometimes staying “informed” just lends itself to depressive thinking and learned helplessness. It seems all too damn big and powerful for the average Joe who just wants to live his life and be left the fuck alone to begin to deal with. It seems like the more layers of the onion you peel away the stinkier, and perhaps scarier it gets.
No one who reads sites like this wants to be a lemming, nor bury their head in the sand. But what are the options available, pray n’ prep? For most of us just trying to stay afloat economically and deal with car bills, and keeping a home takes up the hours of the day. Many of my neighbors are Amish, and they don’t spend time staring at the world they believe is fucked to begin with. After many years of reading, it seems like perhaps that the Titanic is taking on water, just need to enjoy what time we have left.
Trump at best was a slightly less corrupt captain of the Titanic, but there is no way to right this ship. Maybe lifeboats are available, but I don’t know how to get on one? Learning to swim in the icy waters perhaps, doesn’t sound like a way to make it either.
Bubbah,
Pray n’ prep ain’t the worst outlook. It helps if you have some degree of optimism.
Plus, if/when the commies or globalists actually show up in your neighborhood, it will be absolutely exciting, at least for awhile!
Excellent posts. I knew there was a reason I hang around here. 2016 was the first election I never voted. In California voting R is a waste of time and effort. I was an avid Trump supporter from day one. Disappointed? Hell yeah. Surprised? Not so much. As pointed out by others there’s really only one party; that of the globalist-neocons. I’ll hang in and deal with the repeated indignities right up to the time they come for my firearms. Those weapons are all that stand between my loved ones and the beasts. I’ll not be denied the right to protect my loved ones. I’ll not be disarmed. No sir.
I don’t know what Brandon Smith’s problem is but until he is willing to face one of the main, if not THE main problems for conservatives, then he is wasting his breath and conservatives will continue to not…fucking…get…it. The problem is not globalists, marxists or islamic terrorism. The problem is Israel-first uber zionists. Without them there would be no globalists, islamic terrorism or much in the way of marxism either since that is a jewish invention.
But noooooo. Dumb as a box of rocks “conservatives” absolutely ADORE Israel. Fine. This is why they will always lose and always get fucked in the ass, and deservedly so.
Adoration of that shitty little country is the basis of both parties, if you can actually say that they are indeed two parties. The supporters of both are deluded and resistant to logic and to plain, obvious fact. They may self-identify as “liberal or conservative”, but they are all on the same page, rooting for the same ends.
Z- They (conservatives) love ((them)) because they get paid to love ((them)). These whores make ultra-thick bank selling us out.
bingo! We haz a winner.
Preach BL!
Z.
I agree 99%, I would just use ED’s version of True Conservatives. I would call Faux-Cons the ones who adore Israel.
At any rate, it’s SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES so I don’t have time to be on here much.
Real conservatives are the paleo-cons. Today they are known as anti-semites. First Bill Buckley and later the NeoCons have done their best to marginalize them and otherwise drive them out of “mainstream” thought. The most famous of the ones still alive is Pat Buchanan. But Michael Scheuer certainly qualifies. Probably the most famous of the recently dead ones is Joseph Sobran. I’m not sure about PCR…I don’t think there’s a wagon he hasn’t gone off of 🙂
Brandon Smith has an uncanny ability to be right so I would not dismiss his interpretation of why Trump has reversed his positions. However, another possibility is that Trump was given an ultimatum: either cooperate with the Deep State or we will totally destroy your business and your family. And make no mistake, the Banksters have the capacity to bring down any politician or business leader which is why they all tow the line. What would you do in such circumstances? Below is a quote from Woodrow Wilson that captures the essence of this formidable power. Now ask yourself…who possesses such power?
“Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men’s views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the U.S., in the field of commerce and manufacturing, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.”
– President Woodrow Wilson
“…the world will continue to accept this narrative because rhetoric is often more powerful in people’s minds than tangible results.”
14 sentences later…
“And, as I have said so many times, rhetoric is meaningless, only actions matter.”
Did this guy write this himself? Proof-read it? Does he know what he believes or is he one of those “throw as many words at it as you can and hope some stick” dudes?
He may be right, he may be wrong, but he is inconsistent and doesn’t have a firm grasp on his own perceptions, so I have to pass.
Wake me when someone has the balls to tell the Democrats and RINOS, “GO ahead, shut down the government”, until then – yawn. Nothing will change. The ONLY thing these assholes in Washington understand is a loud, clear NO. Until that happens, we are all just mentally masturbating, and watching theater.
Same with the economy, until the S&P opens, gap down 300 points, and Facebook does not reach a new all time high on hopium, yawn.
Nothing focuses the national mind, and those in power like possible loss. Everything else is just – I want mine, and I will BS you until I figure out a way to get it.
Really is that simple.
Some of the info put forth by Brandon Smith in this article may not be true. Michael Savage had a congressman on his show and there IS money for the border wall in the budget that is not being reported. Where is Smith getting his info? If it’s from the MSM, he needs to dig deeper.
Also news just in: House passes repeal of Obamacare.
Another thread that spun down to “It iz da Joos!”
What a surprise.
Well what the fuck do you want? It IS teh Jews. Not all of them, but a noisy minority is enough. Why don’t you help root the fuckers out so the rest don’t get painted with the same brush, instead of being such a whiny bitch about it?
“Well what the fuck do you want? It IS teh Jews. ” – Zarathustra
LMAO!
Because it isn’t the fucking Jews.
What it is is that the masses of sheeple have abdicated their responsibility for taking care of themselves onto the government.
It all comes down to personal responsibility. Stay out of debt. Educate oneself. Family first. Work hard. Save. If people did this, we would live in a different universe.
Guess what group of people does this? The Jews. Hence their success.
Per personal observation, the Jew haters are universally losers looking to blame anyone but themselves for their lack of success. The obvious target – the successful group. What a surprise.
All you Jew-hating losers need to quit whining. You made your bed, now lie in it quietly. You are the ones to blame for your own mess. No Jew made you stupid, lazy, divorced, or put you into debt. You did that all by your lonesomes.
“It all comes down to personal responsibility. Stay out of debt. Educate oneself. Family first. Work hard. Save. If people did this, we would live in a different universe.”
If.
RE; Trumps vacillation and retreat….what’s the surprise ? I’m shocked so many of you don’t see it . It had to happen. “They made him an offer he couldn’t refuse “.[img]whats that ?[/img]
trump is an embarrassment to our country and must be deposed immediately. i don’t even give a fuck if he is or isn’t calling the shots.
the fact is that any man who is up at 3AM tweeting about meaningless shit isn’t much of a man at all, just a loser. and this guy is my president?? his moronic tweets alone are why I want him removed from office.
but for real, if Trump, a man who’s behavior resembles that of a child, can be elected to the highest office in our country, then we have seriously lost our way. even I can be more presidential than him. and i go around fucking 19-20 year olds when I am almost in my 30s.
i am ashamed of my country and my president. i cannot believe that I’m about to say this. but I miss Obama. at least he represented our country with class and dignity, even if he created a massive welfare/police state. anything is better than the garbage/repugnance that Trump tweets out every day along with is incomprehensible interviews where he clearly has no fucking idea what he’s talking about. anybody who says Trump is a slick salesman is a dumbass. slick salesman know how to instill confidence with their enthusiasm, product knowledge, clarity of words, and tonality. Trump cannot put together a coherent sentence. then again, our populace voted for him. which says more about how retarded our citizens are than Trump himself.
i threw my support behind Ted Cruz and Rand Paul during the primaries. but everybody laughed at me. well, fuck all of you. look at us now. the same old shit is happening. brewing war against North Korea. bombs being dropped on Syria. no border wall funding. no Obamacare repeal. a laughingstock of a president. no federal budget cuts. no tax cuts. just the same old shit. meanwhile, the American populace is going to burn when it all comes crashing down.
however, one thing that impresses me about Trump … somehow he doesn’t need sleep even though he’s 70 years old. unless he sets an alarm to wake up at 3AM to rail against the media then goes back to sleep for a few hours. i don’t know about you, but I need at least 7 hours of sleep each night to be a productive human being. and i’m sure as hell not waking up at 3AM even twice a week to tweet some bullshit that will be forgotten in a few days. Trump must truly be mentally ill if he can operate 3-6 hours of sleep a night while commanding the most powerful country in the world.
this country is becoming a tragic comedy.
I’m curious-the time on this post is 3:36 am in the eastern time zone-are you on the west coast or are you trying to match Trump?
Pro c.
You lost all credibility at line 10. Obama represented us with “class and dignity”.
When Trump was 30 19 year old hotties were the norm not the unusual for a guy with money and or status.
We have been a tragic comedy for quite a while now. Where have you been?
I don’t know why anyone listens to Brandon Smith. He’s been a joke since day 1. Whenever I read him, it’s all a mix of conspiracy nonsense, claims of shadowy conspiracies and plans for false flag grey propaganda and CIA secret plans to cause terrorism. If you actually press him to explain, he just bans you and shuts off comments.
But I guess as a self-appointed leader of the liberty movement, we must all genuflect in the light of the greatness that is Brandon Smith, a legend in his own mind.