The war on civil liberties of citizens of the U.S. under the Patriot Act resulted in unprecedented surveillance through cellphones, computers and other electronic devices, massive illegal data collection and indefinite, perpetual storage of private information of not only U.S. citizens, but all inhabitants of this planet. The Obama war on whistleblowers who have exposed various aspects of the illegal data collection has resulted in bankruptcy in successfully defending against espionage charges (Tom Drake), in long jail sentences (Chelsea Manning), exile (Ed Snowden) and virtual imprisonment in diplomatic facilities (Julian Assange).
In the latest twist, the new U.S. President Donald Trump has accused the former U.S. President Barack Obama of "wiretapping" his multi-billion dollar home/tower during the Presidential campaign but refused to provide any evidence, relying on the premise that all citizens have been targets of electronic surveillance.
The past 14 years have been difficult for the world due to U.S. wars of choice and the world surveillance state. The next four years do not appear to bring any level of relief to the citizens of the planet earth.
The election of Donald Trump, the first U.S. President who has never served in any level of government, nor in the U.S. military, has brought in a short period of his presidency an unprecedented number of domestic and international crises.
In less than 50 days, the Trump administration attempted to ban persons from seven countries and refugees from Syria.
The Trump administration has appointed to Cabinet positions the billionaire class of Wall Street and Big Oil who have the intention of destroying the agencies they are to lead.
The Trump administration has proposed a budget that will increase the U.S. military war budget by 10 percent, but slash the budgets of other agencies to render them ineffective.
The Department of State and International Affairs budget for conflict resolution by words not bullets will be slashed by 37%.
The Trump Administration has appointed a person to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) who has declared Climate Chaos a hoax.
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