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Full Spectrum Dominatrix vs. Off Spectrum Narcissus

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While Hillary is a faithful disciple of the Pentagon's Full Spectrum Dominance doctrine, Trump has been smart enough to pose as totally off spectrum. And that's why he became so attractive to vast hordes of Angry White Males, non-college educated, who barely make ends meet, resentful of everything, starting with a Commander-in-Chief incarnated by the "skinny black guy with a funny name" and now, possibly -- horror of horrors -- an Under My Thumb Power Woman. And it makes it even easier when, to convey the message, all you need is a minimalist vocabulary.

Powerful interests behind Trump outline the three key items of his agenda; stop illegal immigration; rebuild the US military; and fight currency rigging -- from the European Central Bank (ECB) to Japan (quantitative easing) but also China (no significant yuan devaluation) -- as a means to bring jobs back home.

Some of this might appeal to the US establishment. Instead, virtually the whole establishment, now fully regimented under the Queen of Chaos, envisions a potential pop Narcissus's reign as a populist, racist, cripto-fascist dystopia -- complete with stupid wall, AR-15 idolatry and total submission to The Fixer-in-Chief.

No one really knows how The Fixer-in-Chief would conduct foreign policy. No US President is capable of bending the will of the consensual War Party. For the moment, Democrats count on pressing a dangerous triangulation. Over two years ago, Hillary Clinton all but aligned President Putin with Hitler. This week, while selling Hillary Clinton to the nation as his successor, President Obama said, "anyone who threatens our values, whether Fascists or Communists or jihadists or homegrown demagogues, will always fail in the end."

In the end, this is not about "values"; it's about failing never being an option for the US Deep State. The motto of the Deep State might as well have been coined by a character in David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire walk with me. Who'll stare down the fire, Athena or Narcissus?

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Pepe Escobar is an independent geopolitical analyst. He writes for RT, Sputnik and TomDispatch, and is a frequent contributor to websites and radio and TV shows ranging from the US to East Asia. He is the former roving correspondent for Asia (more...)
 

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