The key battle that's shaping up in the U.S. is the battle between two systems of governance:
it could shape up as a civil war 2.0
© Alex Krainer's Substack
Last night I had the privilege of being included in a Zoom call with
Steve Bannon, former investment banker and media executive, host of the "War Room" show and chief political strategist during the first seven months of
Donald Trump's first term in office. Much of what Bannon presented wasn't surprising, but what seemed significant was that
he confirmed that Trump and his team will go on the offensive from day one in office. "The days of thunder begin on Monday," he said, and the world will not be the same again. Bannon wasn't talking about Trump going on the offensive against the Chinese, Iranians or the Russians.
Trump and his team are preparing to take on the "they.""They," in Bannon's words, are the people who control the world's most powerful empire and, elections or no elections, democracy or no democracy, they will not voluntarily relinquish their privileges and the control over their empire: there will be a fight. In a few recent podcasts, I discussed what this likely implies, simply on the basis of what the nature of this power struggle entails.
Namely, taking on the imperial cabal is a fight to the death. "They," are vicious, unscrupulous and extremely vindictive. If Trump and his team falter in this struggle, the cabal will not content themselves with merely defeating Trump politically. I believe they would not relent until they entirely destroyed him, his fortune, his collaborators and his family.
Comment: Biased assessments reduce to flawed conclusions. It is less scary (and more useful) to believe they are Russian.