Trump literally standing before an Israeli flag and vowing to kill free speech for Israeli interests makes a lie of everything the “MAGA movement” says it stands for, exposing it for the scam it’s always been.
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at joint press conference, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Official White House Photo by Benjamin D. Applebaum)
By Caitlin Johnstone
CaitlinJohnstone.com.au
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There’s a video of Donald Trump going around where he says — while standing in front of an Israeli flag — that in his first week in office he’s going to stomp out “anti-semitic propaganda” on university campuses throughout the United States.
As anyone who’s been paying attention knows, this of course means stomping out speech that is critical of Israel and its genocidal atrocities.
This clip has sparked controversy on social media, but the funny thing is it’s actually a resurrected older clip from a Trump campaign event back in September. Trump was elected while openly campaigning against free speech, even as his supporters promoted him as a champion of free speech. He campaigned on jailing flag burners as well, for the record.
Trump literally standing before an Israeli flag and vowing to kill free speech for the advancement of Israeli information interests makes a lie of everything the so-called “MAGA movement” has ever claimed to stand for and exposes it for the scam it has always been.
Meanwhile, Trump supporters are already falling all over themselves to justify his warmongering cabinet picks and his vow to crack down on freedom of assembly on college campuses, and he’s not even president yet.
These people will put zero pressure on Trump to end wars and fight authoritarianism. They’ll bootlick and make excuses throughout the entire four years, just like they did last time. They’re not anti-establishment populists, they just want to feel like anti-establishment populists.
Did Musk Meet Iranian Envoy?
On Thursday The New York Times reported that Elon Musk had met with the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations on behalf of the incoming Trump administration to discuss the possibility of easing tensions in the Middle East, much to the delight of Trump supporters everywhere.
On Saturday CNN reported that Iran says no meeting took place between its U.N. ambassador and Elon Musk, and the Financial Times reports that the Trump administration is actually set to ramp up aggressions against Iran as soon as Trump takes office.
Trump supporters have been citing the Musk story as evidence that Trump plans to make peace with Iran, and you can expect them to either ignore the Financial Times story or spin it as some 87-D chess maneuver designed to promote “peace through strength”.
Anyone who spends their time defending any U.S. president against criticisms of their depraved empire servitude is a pathetic power-worshipping bootlicker. It’s an embarrassing, undignified way to live, and Trump apologists should feel bad about it.
AOC’S ‘Anti-War’ Schtick
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19, 2024. (C-Span still)
And then there’s Instagram progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez declaring on MSNBC that Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick for intelligence chief, is “pro-war” despite her efforts to present herself as anti-war.
This is one of those statements that’s dishonest when it comes out of the mouth of the person saying it but would be true if someone else said it.
It’s true that Gabbard is a warmongering genocide apologist who backs all the evil things Biden is doing in the Middle East right now, but she’s less of a warmonger than the murderous swamp monsters AOC spent the last year endorsing and campaigning for.
Gabbard at least promoted diplomacy over war in Ukraine while AOC herself promoted and defended the U.S. proxy war from the word go.
AOC’s whole schtick is talking the talk of an anti-imperialist socialist while walking the walk of a standard empire lackey, and this is another good example of this.
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