Is Donald Trump Being Adopted by the Establishment?

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Donald  Trump ran a campaign founded on the idea of “draining the swamp” and  implementing radical change, change which, at least on the foreign  policy level, was practically non-interventionist. He ran promising to  get rid of the fascist Affordable Healthcare Act, and even had an  infrastructure revitalization plan focused on the privatization of  highways and bridges incentivized by massive tax credits! Trump  criticized warmongering NATO, said that ISIS can be defeated by getting  out-of-the-way of Russia, and has wanted foreign nations to actually  provide for their own security. Now, it seems that these promises and  platforms are all going down the drain as Donald Trump is being  integrated into the Deep State’s plans. 

Trump has stated that he wants to “drain the swamp”, implying that  the warmongerers who seek out American’s death and wealth will be forced  from the Federal Government. However, instead of having a group of  peace-oriented advisors, Donald Trump has basically invited the entire  neocon Establishment onto his team. This list of names has been released  [SOURCE: US MAGAZINE], detailing the members of his new “transition team”: 

Donald Trump announced his Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee on Friday, November 11, and the list includes his children Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. (A transition team is put in place with every new incoming president to ensure that the transfer of power happens smoothly.) Other bold-faced names who will join him as part of the executive committee include Ivanka’s husband, Jared Kushner, RNC chairman Reince Priebus and venture capitalist Peter Thiel, who earlier this year revealed that he had funded a lawsuit against blog network Gawker Media. Rebekah Mercer, a Republican donor; Stephen K. Bannon, Trump’s campaign chairman and conservative news organization Breitbart News’ executive chairman; Tennessee Representative Marsha Blackburn; Pennsylvania Congressman Lou Barletta; New York Congressman Chris Collins; Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi; Pennsylvania Congressman Tom Marino; banker and producer Steven Mnuchin; California Congressman Devin Nunes and entrepreneur Anthony Scaramucci round out the team. The New York Times also announced Friday that vice president–elect Mike Pence will helm the team, taking over for Governor Chris Christie,  who previously led the transition effort. Christie will instead serve  as vice chair to the transition, alongside avid Trump supporter and  former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson, Newt Gingrich, retired lieutenant general Michael T. Flynn and Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions.

As you can see, the only possibly good picks from this bad bunch is  Peter Thiel, the libertarian businessman, and Stephen K. Bannon,  chairman of Breitbart. Others, like Rudy Giuliani (yes, the same man who  was smacked down by Ron Paul in the Republican debates on the subject  of blowback), the bloodthirsty Michael T. Flynn, and the warmonger Jeff  Sessions are absolutely the worst band of money-grubbing murderers  available for hire. How is hiring men like Newt Gingrich and Tom Marino  draining anything? Answer: it’s not. It’s inviting those same guys Trump  campaigned against to come and join him. And looking at his cabinet  picks, things don’t get any better: Trump is considering a prominent  banker as his Secretary of Treasury. Here’s the full list [SOURCE: BUZZFEED]: 

List of Potential Trump Cabinet Nominees: Attorney General: Gov. Chris Christie Attorney General Pam Bondi Sen. Jeff Sessions Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani Secretary of Commerce: Christie Former Nucor CEO Dan DiMicco Businessman Lew Eisenberg Former Gov. Mike Huckabee Sen. David Perdue Former Sen. Jim Talent Agriculture Secretary: Gov. Sam Brownback National Council of Farmer Cooperatives CEO Chuck Conner Gov. Dave Heineman Texas Agricultural Commissioner Sid Miller Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue Secretary of Education: Ben Carson Hoover Institution fellow William Evers Secretary of Energy: Venture Capitalist Robert Grady Businessman Harold Hamm Secretary of Health and Human Services: Former New Jersey state Sen. Rich Bagger Ben Carson Newt Gingrich Gov. Rick Scott Secretary of Homeland Security: Christie Sheriff David Clarke Secretary of the Interior: Gov. Jan Brewer Gov. Mary Fallin Grady Hamm Oil Executive Forrest Lucas Rep. Cynthia Lummis Former Gov. Sarah Palin Secretary of Defense: Former Gen. Mike Flynn Stephen Hadley Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr. Sessions Former Sen. Jim Talent Secretary of State: John Bolton Sen. Bob Corker Gingrich Treasury Secretary: Rep. Jeb Hensarling Businessman Carl Icahn Banker Steven Mnuchin Chief of Staff: Reince Priebus Director of Office of Management and Budget: Sessions Secretary of Labor: EEOC Commissioner Victoria Lipnic Veterans Affairs: Rep. Jeff Miller White House Counsel: Donald McGahn

Obama has now met with Trump, in order to ensure a “smooth transition of power“.  We have no idea what was said during this 90-minute meeting (which was  supposed to only last about 15), but we do know that afterwards Obama said  that “Most of all, I want to emphasize to you, Mr. President-elect,  that we now are going to do everything we can to help you succeed  because if you succeed then the country succeeds.” This sound eerily  like the Deep State wanting to help him “see the light”. And, even more  significantly, Donald Trump after his conversation said  that Obama was a “very good man, very good man” and that he “explained  some of the difficulties, some of the wonderful things that have been  achieved.” This coming after tweeting that Obama will go down in history  as the worst president in history! 

Not only that, but Donald Trump, after repeatedly saying  that he will dismantle and abolish the Affordable Care Act, is now  changing his position to one of merely “fixing” it and maintaining the  individual mandate (the one that forces people to buy healthcare or  else) and the preexisting conditions rules of Obamacare. Trump also said  that he will try to make the FedGov’s healthcare more like the  socialist MediCare (as opposed to the fascist ObamaCare). This is a  blantant example of the treachery that Donald Trump will exhibit once he  becomes president. 

Finally, in a recent interview on 60 Minutes,  Trump has called Hillary Clinton “very strong and very smart,” “a great  competitor” and that she “couldn’t have been nicer” when she gave him a  call. After gushing over Clinton like this, Trump was asked weither he  would consider the Clintons as advisors, to which he replied, “I mean,  this is a very talented family,” then, “Certainly, I would certainly  think about that.” WHAT???!!! When I first read this, I thought that  there must have been some sort of mistake. After realizing that this was  real, I knew that all the populism coming from Trump had gone right  down the drain. Instead of “LOCK HER UP!” we get “I’ll definitely  consider taking her advice.” Here’s the video:


  In conclusion, it seems to me that the only question remaining is  whether or not Donald Trump is a Deep State trojan horse, pretending to  be an outsider, only to get elected and turn on the American people, or  if he has gotten elected and is now being manipulated to do the elites’  bidding. Or perhaps this is just a situation of Trump trying to build up  alliances within the system so that he can accomplish at least some of  his goals — as unlikely as that may be, it is possible. Any way you slice it, Trump is not going  to fix the country’s problems, nearly all of which come from political  power. This statist system is not going to last, and when it all  collapses, we voluntaryists (what Leonard Read called the Remnant) need  to be there to show people that there is another, better way, a better  way that we can and should be working towards today. 

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Great article! Only time will tell us for sure. I'v had my suspicions from day one. Obviously I want to see him make good on his promises, but I'm not holding my breath. Let the circus continue; I'll be watching and analyzing.

Thanks for the comment and great advice - we should always watch these crooks as closely as possible.

Was he ever really that far outside the establishment?