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The Hello and welcome behind the news. My name is Doug Henwood. Extraordinary Times, call for extraordinary

measures, and behind the news is no exception. Just one guest today and one segment. DeKeele Paul Singh,

author of an excellent article in Equator, that develops a unified field theory of Trumpism by tying

together the domestic and foreign policy strands of the regime into a single domain of impunity he calls

homeland empire. Trying to make sense of Trumpism is risky, given the lack of coherence of the

president and his toadyish advisors. Pictures that made the rounds the other day of his male

cabinet members in black floor-shime shoes that were too large of them simply because Trump

likes them and told them to wear

them, say a lot about the quality of the whole assemblage, pliant fools surrounding a mad,

would-be king. It often seems that people project a coherence onto the man and his agenda that may

not really be there. On the other hand, something strange and disruptive but important is going on

with this autocratic and bellicose regime,

and one wants and needs to explain it. Nikiel's article is one of the best in our genre.

As he argues, while Trump seems powerful now, his use of coercion could be read as a sign of weakness,

since there's no broad consent for the program. Unlike the Reagan and Thatcher revolutions

or the Keynesian social

democratic consensus to the post-World War II decades, this one has not really rewired our

common sense. It repels more people than it inspires and Trump has neither the skill nor inclination

to try. The Kiel cites one of Henry Kessinger's last interviews, conducted in 2018 for the Financial

Times by their U.S. national editor, Edward Luce, in which that old ghoul says,

I think Trump may be one of those figures in history who appears from time to time to mark

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