What next, Steve ?
Now that Trump has abdicated his leadership of the free world ~
by scuttling the Paris climate accords ~ we may well be witnessing the next
self- destructive step in the Bannon/Trump long range agenda which Bannon once
described as "We want to bring everything crashing down and destroy all of
today's establishment" which is now one
step closer including the Trump administration ~ as Global warming and the
search for truth march on: Allen L Roland, PhD
"Antonio Gramsci wrote his “Prison Notebooks”
at a time not dissimilar to our own. The political parties led by the liberal
class, because they had detached themselves from the working class, were weak
or irrelevant. The radical left had been neutered and had failed to articulate
a coherent alternative vision to capitalism. There was a “crisis of authority.”
Fascism was ascendant and a state repression was becoming steadily more severe
and totalitarian" Chris Hedges
A
decision to leave the Paris agreement doesn’t fundamentally change any of the
Paris Accord but Trump wasn’t planning to
aggressively tackle global warming before, and he still won’t ~ for Trump
has not only damaged his world leadership role but has gone rogue and isolated
himself in the process as he continues to self-destruct.
But
Frank Rich, the New Yorker, hits the nail on its head;
It’s not certain that he even understood
that the pact was no more a Parisian invention than Freedom Fries. But facts
were always beside the point in making this move: his only goal was to
pander to a political base that buys Steve Bannon’s brand of America First
populism. In the process Trump alienated virtually the entire world,
all of America’s key allies included; the majority of Americans
who (polls show) support the Paris accord; corporate leaders from nearly every
sector of American business (from Google to Goldman Sachs to GE);
and the governmental and civic leaders
of every state and municipality eager to protect the citizenry from climate
change and/or to cash in on the expanding green economy. What could possibly go wrong?
Not to minimize Trump’s threat to the
planet but leadership outside of Washington is now finally energized to fill
the vacuum he’s left behind, and the elections of 2018 and 2020 are likely to
further hinder this administration’s assault on environmental regulation.
Meanwhile, the Trump
base is once again being played for the patsies they are. As Richard Painter, the former chief ethics lawyer in
the George W. Bush White House, tweeted last night: “This White House is creating more jobs for criminal defense lawyers
in Washington than it will ever create for steelworkers in Pittsburgh.”
But
regarding Trump, we are all watching a known falsifier of facts and deeply
insecure President being slowly dissembled by the truth ~ in real time
and in true citizen Kane fashion much as Richard Nixon was in the early 1970's.
In that regard, Mark Z Barabak, LA Times, interviews John Dean on June
1st ~ regarding the current Trump cover up in the in comparison to the
Nixon administration;
Excerpt of John Dean interview:
"John
Dean is a connoisseur of cover-ups, a savant of scandal, so he can more than
imagine what it’s like inside the Trump White House
right now.
“It’s
a nightmare,”
he said, presiding in a high-backed leather wing chair off the lobby of the
Beverly Hills Hotel. "Not just for those in the headlines ~ political
strategist Stephen K. Bannon, jack-of-many-duties Jared Kushner ~ but for their
unsung assistants and secretaries as well."
"They
don’t know what their jeopardy is. They don’t know what they’re looking at. They
don’t know if they’re a part of a conspiracy that might unfold. They don’t know
whether to hire lawyers or not, how they’re going to pay for them if they do,”
Dean said in a crisp law-counsel cadence. “It’s an unpleasant place.”
Dean
was careful to say he has no inside information on the Trump administration, no
Deep Throat, the famous Watergate leaker, funneling him tales of intrigue from
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. But, he said, he knows the odor of malfeasance,
even from 3,000 miles away.
Here are some facts
about the Paris climate accords ~
1. California
Gov. Jerry Brown has
characterized Trump’s move as “deviant behavior” and “insane” ~ and
the governor is correct.
2. Trump,
by his action, has turned the United States into a rogue nation. Apparently,
Trump’s White House Rasputin, senior advisor Steve Bannon, and
climate quacks like EPA Secretary Scott Pruitt sold him on the preposterous
fallacy that the U.S. is a deeply aggrieved party in the deal.
3.
Paris is popular. And there’s no reason to expect a broader exodus. China and
Europe are openly reaffirming their commitments. Among the major polluters,
only Russia and Turkey have dithered, but even their departure probably
wouldn’t suffice to unravel the treaty.
4.This
isn’t really about climate policy. It's all about asserting Trump power
!
Leaving
the Paris accords, however, would give Trump
a big symbolic victory, burnishing his credentials as America’s true
defender against the out-of-touch concerns of the global elite ~ but it was in
reality an empty symbolic victory.
TAKE
A CLOSER NOTE AT MENTAL STABILITY OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP
We
are now
also witnessing the sad spectacle of our President exhibiting many of the
classic traits of NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) whereas his
need for excessive admiration as well as his inability to accept criticism and
deal with failure are cause for genuine global concern.
It
appears that Donald Trump's late night tweets are taking its toll on his mental
balance as the Moeller Probe closes in on the Trump administration ~ for
example Trump's recent early morning Tweet ~
COVFETTE ~ could well be his subliminal awareness of his cover up in his tired late night state.
(See keyboard and note how close E and F as well as R ~ where he perhaps tried to write Cover up / Fed up, before he succumbed
to sleep.
Experts have been
writing letters making this claim to a number of publications. One letter
was published by the Huffington Post claiming that Trump’s grandiosity and
impulsivity suggests that he may have a mental illness, while another
psychologist who wrote to U.S. News and World Report said Trump may have
malignant narcissism.
And a letter to the
New York Times that was signed by several psychologists says that “the
grave emotional instability indicated by Mr. Trump’s speech and actions makes
him incapable of serving safely as president.”
“We are writing to express our grave
concern regarding the mental stability of our President-Elect,” reads
the letter submitted to then-President Obama by three psychologists and
published in the Huffington Post.
“Professional standards do not permit us to
venture a diagnosis for a public figure whom we have not evaluated personally.
Nevertheless, his widely reported symptoms of mental instability ~ including
grandiosity, impulsivity, hypersensitivity to slights or criticism, and an
apparent inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality ~ lead us to
question his fitness for the immense responsibilities of the office.
We
strongly recommend that, in preparation for assuming these responsibilities, he
receive a full medical and neuropsychiatric evaluation by an impartial team of
investigators.”
Now, let's take a closer look at Trump's principle advisor ~ Stephen Bannon ;
I'm a Leninist," Bannon once told the Daily
Beast. "Lenin wanted to destroy the state, and that's my
goal, too. I want to bring everything crashing down and destroy all of today's
establishment."
" Whether speaking to supporters of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin or to
listeners on his former radio show, Bannon has long employed the
revolutionary language of a political insurgent.
And like political insurgents through history, including Lenin, Bannon and
other like-minded ideologues in the Trump White House view disruption and
polarization as means of pressing ahead with their agenda and rallying their
core supporters.
But Bannon's radical approach carries big risks and amounts to a
high-stakes gamble that Trump can deliver sufficiently on his ambitious
promises to satisfy both his loyal supporters and those ready to roll the dice who voted him into office.
The result has been chaotic and often
disorganized, prompting satiric television sketches and accusations from
veteran Washington hands that the administration is amateurish and inept.
Trump's approval ratings fall by the day.
But what by conventional measures looks like
a string of setbacks and misfires could to an ideologue like Bannon be proof
that the administration is on the right track to achieving its goal ~
destroying what he calls the Washington "establishment."
What's less clear is what might take its
place.
It will
not be a stretch to witness a false flag event or war to utilize the media to
reinforce more lies, similar to Iraq ~ which will then cost even more unnecessary lives.
See Amy Goodman video ~ YouTube Video ~ 3 minutes ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6mU3F9VsKY
MEDIA MUST BECOME A WEAPON OF PEACE / ONLY THE TRUTH IS
REVOLUTION
Allen L
Roland, PhD
http://allenlrolandsweblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/trumpbannon-scuttle-paris-agreement-go.html
Heart centered spiritual consultant and advisor Allen L
Roland can be contacted at allen@allenroland.com Allen is also a
lecturer and writer who shares a weekly political and social commentary
on his web log and
website allenroland.com. He is
also featured columnist on Veterans Today and is a
featured guest on many radio and Television programs
Article references ~
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/15/opinion/sunday/steve-bannon-was-doomed.html?
emc=edit_th_20170416&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=65700837
http://www.businessinsider.com/steve-bannons-agenda-could-be-trumps-undoing-2017-2
