Max Blumenthal explains how the Israelis and their allies convinced Donald Trump that Iran was trying to assassinate him, luring the President into a war with Iran.
As the chaos and destruction of the war in Iran escalates by the day, a lesser known element of the conflict remains ensconced in the shadows of statespeak and bureaucracy.
Max Blumenthal, editor-in-chief of The Grayzone, joins Chris Hedges to explain how an Israeli psychological warfare campaign worked to exploit Donald Trump’s imbecilic intelligence and increasing paranoia with the ultimate goal of luring the President into a war with Iran.
Blumenthal says the Israelis and their allies convinced President Trump that Iran was trying to assassinate him – a fear first stoked when Trump began a vicious cycle of violence with the regime after he assassinated Iranian General Qasem Soleimani during his first term.
The F.B.I. played an active role in this covert lobbying effort, utilizing War- on- Terror-esque sting operations to manufacture threats in order to justify foreign policy measures.
“Trump is an enigmatic figure,” Blumenthal points out, “less stable and predictable than a Bill Clinton or even a Barack Obama. However, he offers a massive opportunity because he’s totally transactional and entered politics essentially to make a profit.”
As the war drags on and thousands of lives are claimed in the process, the grim reality that cynical actors likely played a role in manipulating American leadership into carrying out the interests of the Zionist lobby, with stories like Blumenthal’s, becomes increasingly clear.
“Do you think [fear of assassination] was the primary motivation behind Trump’s support of the war?” Hedges asks Blumenthal.
“I think Trump has to answer for that.”
Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for 15 years for The New York Times, where he served as the Middle East bureau chief and Balkan bureau chief for the paper. He previously worked overseas for The Dallas Morning News, The Christian Science Monitor and NPR. He is the host of show “The Chris Hedges Report.”
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I said it once and if I were still alive I’d say it again .
There’s a sucker born every minute
Theres even a book about it .
First of all, Max Blumenthal is the author of, How Israel Convinced Trump To Wage War On Iran (of which you commented).
Mr. Hedges is on the Board of Directors for Consortium News, and graciously arranged and coordinated Mr Blumenthal’s research for Consortium News followers to view.
To suggest that the Max Blumenthal/Hedges Report, How Israel Convinced Trump To Wage War On Iran is “completely wrong”, is ludicrous.
The opinions outlined above in the Max Blumenthal and Chris Hedges report titled, How Israel Convinced Trump To Wage War On Iran, is, in my opinion factual and believable. I would suggest you are both correct.
Please keep in mind that both of them are some of the people that I admire the most. My comment is related to the direct connection between Trump’s support of genocidal Zionist Israel and his criminal past used by Epstein Mossad to control his policies.
We must also consider that Democrats and Republicans are both strong supporters of Israel criminal policies, not in vain Noam Chomsky told us all those decades ago: According to the Nuremberg Trials Charter, every American president after WWII should hang.
How more definitive that accusation can possibly be.
Just for the record, Chris Hedges played no role in having Max’s article republished by Consortium News.
Hedges is an honest man on the right side of history, however in this instance he’s completely wrong. Israel/Mossad have the goods on Trump about his many illegalities and sins of every description probably including incest. All of this ties up nicely with Epstein/Mossad blackmailing operation with origin in the UK still going on as we speak..