Despair in the White House

Despair in the White House

By: Erreh Svaia

“Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.”

Franz Kafka

The Republican blow to Donald Trump's attempt to derail “Obamacare” with his own “Trumpcare” initiative was a major blow, and after the Republican leaders denying publicly that México will pay for the Border Wall (thus meaning that the same North Americans that voted for Trump will), it seems that Trump is being finally run over by reality, it seems that Trump's populist promises are slowly reveling themselves as pure demagoguery and exposing Trump as an inexperienced politician far from the "deal master" that even people like millionaire Carlos Slim thought, perhaps like a reality show celebrity, Trump's greatest fear of seeing ratings drop is slowly but steadily becoming a reality as we are already watching him becoming a so called "lame duck " president (the way North American presidents turn in their last months in the White House) after only mere sixty days of administration, yes, Trump is now a wounded beast, an exposed conman, but this perhaps could make him as dangerous as ever, even his migration initiatives have been banned permanently by judges in a couple of states, and the rumors of Russian ties to people within his cabinet just keep growing, is even shameful to watch ex Trump collaborator Michael Flynn asking for immunity in exchange of confessing about the Russian ties of Trump´s cabinet, so perhaps Trump's last attempts at regaining some popularity could be desperate and even more dramatic, he will obviously run into more trouble if he goes forward with his Border Tax Initiative, it would mean more resistance from the southern states, the states more benefited from commerce with México, and it could become the last lethal blow to be received by Trump's loose cannon administration, one as desperate as Bannon giving orders to the Republican to accept unconditionally the “Trumpcare” initiative, a totally amateurish move even for Trump, I thought Bannon would be smarter, I was wrong, I thought Paul Ryan was smarter, again I was wrong, Ryan was simply exhibited as someone against the well-being of those most economically vulnerable.

But extreme measures will surely be taken by Trump and company, the old Architects of Fear trick could be set in motion, let's not forget that strangely Trump could "predict" disturbs in Sweden even days before they happened, could a false flag terrorist attack be just around the corner? A terrorist attack by radical Muslims? Or by Bad Mexican Hombres? Fear is a very valuable tool and in someone's desperate mind, such as Trump's it could become a reality, remember how Bush Jr. used terrorism at his advantage using it to give impulse to his own aggressive agenda? Remember how many terrorist attacks by lone wolves suddenly happened after major political events in the European Union, perhaps a falsely Isis staged attack could become Trump's lifesaver in the current storm of public disapproval, Putin legitimized his regime after controversial terrorist attacks supposedly faked by government agents, Trump admiration for Putin could led to some serious copycat strategies like those, motivated by the upcoming NAFTA negotiations, another potential disaster along the recent deception financial markets have suffered after seeing Trump´s promises gone with the wind.

Considering today's friction between Trump's close allies and the Republican party's fallen from grace speaker Paul Ryan, Trump could use Ryan or someone else as an scapegoat to blame his administration's failure, just as it looks logical that Putin might use Medvedev as scapegoat to appease social unrest caused by corruption, so it looks like a matter of time that Trump will find his own scapegoat, and today Ryan looks like the perfect one, confused, exposed and defeated, it could be anyone in Trump's staff, a good little sacrifice to calm the Gods' fury, even Bannon, a non-amicable character to traditional republicans could serve, it could appease those who see Bannon as the power behind the throne and it could help Trump to get closer to the Republican traditional base also known as the Freedom Caucus.

The last trick under the sleeve could be the sure shot strategy of starting a war, a war is always good business for the USA (and its weapon industry)and a great distraction, well-staged it could turn Trump into star again, and following Putin's clue, Trump and friends might be looking for a place to detonate its own Ukraine or Syria, it could be North Korea, it could be the Balkans, it could be Yemen, the middle east all over again using a weakened ISIS as a perfect excuse, and in the end Trump will revel himself as not to far from Hillary and Obama's interventions campaigns in those lands, trapped in his own quagmire just like his idol Putin.