{"id":4944,"date":"2021-09-11T11:06:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T01:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sams-blog.com\/?p=4944"},"modified":"2023-06-20T13:37:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T03:37:00","slug":"war-on-terror-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-rise-of-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sams-blog.com\/?p=4944","title":{"rendered":"War on terror has nothing to do with the rise of Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>As the US marks the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Centre, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afr.com\/policy\/foreign-affairs\/a-big-fat-mistake-the-wars-that-helped-donald-trump-rise-to-power-20210909-p58q57\">a theory<\/a>, that can only be classified as unadulterated BS, has been advanced: the event led to the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq which in turn led to the emergence of Donald Trump.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Such a narrative sits nicely with Democrats: the election of the worst US president, a Republican, was caused by the actions of another Republican president, George W. Bush.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Part of this logic \u2014 if you can call it that \u2014 is that Trump&#8217;s opposition to the wars launched by Bush put paid to the chances of his brother, Jeb, gaining the Republican nomination.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>There is, however, no evidence to show that if Jeb Bush had been the Republican nominee that he would have <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_United_States_presidential_election\">beaten<\/a> Hillary Clinton \u2013 as Trump did. But that does not matter; had Jeb made the grade, then Trump would have not been in the picture.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This theory could not be more flawed. The emergence of Trump was due to just one thing: after decades of being cheated by both parties, Americans were willing to give anyone who did not represent the establishment a chance. And Trump painted himself as a maverick right from the start.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Both Democrats and Republicans are in thrall to big corporations from whom they get money to contest elections. The interests of the average American come a poor second.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Under both establishment Republicans and Democrat presidents, the average American has grown poorer and seen more and more of his\/her rights taken away.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4wm1sO0Z4M4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>One example is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States\">the minimum wage<\/a> which has not been changed since 2009 when it was US$7.25 an hour. Meanwhile, the wealth of the top 1% has grown by many orders of magnitude.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Again, the reason why Joe Biden defeated Trump in 2020 was because he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/truth-o-meter\/promises\/biden-promise-tracker\/?ruling=true\">promised<\/a> to fix up some basics in the country: the lack of proper medical care, the minimum wage and the massive student loans.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Biden was helped by the fact that Trump showed all his talk of helping the common man was so much bulldust, giving the wealthiest Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2019\/oct\/09\/trump-tax-cuts-helped-billionaires-pay-less\">a massive tax cut<\/a> during his four years in the White House.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>But after coming to office, Biden has done nothing, breaking all these promises. Trump has said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/trump-teases-2024-announcement-just-playing-media\">he will run again<\/a>, but even if he does not, any candidate who has his blessings will win the presidency in 2024.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In the meantime, Democrat supporters can keep spinning any narrative they want. We all need our little delusions to live in this world.<\/p>\r\n<!-- Start of StatCounter Code for Default Guide -->\r\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\nvar sc_project=2720500; \r\nvar sc_invisible=1; \r\nvar sc_security=\"d25d8712\"; \r\nvar scJsHost = ((\"https:\" == document.location.protocol) ?\r\n\"https:\/\/secure.\" : \"http:\/\/www.\");\r\ndocument.write(\"<sc\"+\"ript type='text\/javascript' src='\" + scJsHost+ \"statcounter.com\/counter\/counter.js'><\/\"+\"script>\");\r\n<\/script><\/p>\r\n<noscript>\r\n<div class=\"statcounter\"><a title=\"Web Analytics\" href=\"http:\/\/statcounter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"statcounter\" src=\"\/\/c.statcounter.com\/2720500\/0\/d25d8712\/1\/\" alt=\"Web Analytics\"><\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/noscript><!-- End of StatCounter Code for Default Guide -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the US marks the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Centre, a theory, that can only be classified as unadulterated BS, has been advanced: the event led to the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq which in turn led to the emergence of Donald Trump. Such a narrative sits nicely with Democrats: &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sams-blog.com\/?p=4944\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;War on terror has nothing to do with the rise of Trump&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,6,82,76,27,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-america","category-economics","category-frauds","category-government","category-terrorism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4927,"url":"https:\/\/sams-blog.com\/?p=4927","url_meta":{"origin":4944,"position":0},"title":"Australia is a vassal state of the US. 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