Trump even praised North Korea in a press conference:
"I happen to believe that North Korea is calling its own shots. They're not taking orders from anybody. He [Kim Jong Un] is a very strong guy. And they're able to do things that are pretty amazing."
With the exit of Trump, we can expect renewed threats against North Korea and increased military action in the Middle East. We will experience not just an end to presidential condemnations of the national security state, but its further unleashing on the US people and the world. We likely will not again experience a president repudiating the US' self-appointed role as world cop, or the US Chief Executive blasting its Middle East wars. Jimmy Dore correctly noted the Washington establishment does not hate Trump so much when he lies as when he tells the truth. Russiaphobia, a staple of Democrats, never ended. Now Russiagaters are tying Putin to the storming of the Capitol, exemplified with "progressive" Robert Reich's silly claim on January 6 "Putin won." As the second House impeachment shows, Trump has been spurned by the ruling class. Today the US capitalist class still considers the national security state as a more effective tool for maintaining its rule.
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