“All lies and jests
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest”
“The Boxer,” Paul Simon
Listening to Donald Trump is like staring at a record spinning on a turntable and finding your mind spinning with your eyes. Something playing here makes you feel crazy, not in the Patsy Cline sense of her singing “Crazy” about lost love, but in the sense of the song’s original title – “Stu...
The strongest version of this narrative presents Trump as a calculated actor within a broader U.S. establishment framework, using performative rhetoric and military posturing to advance long-standing geopolitical goals. The article credits the author with identifying patterns of deception, such as Trump's history of using "negotiations" as a cover for aggression, and highlights the bipartisan nature of U.S. foreign policy, which transcends individual administrations. The piece effectively critiq...