Misery, Anger, Greed, and Trump

Donald Trump’s presidency should be understood not primarily through his personal flaws or provocative behavior, but as a strategic outcome of a broader conservative and corporate agenda.  Trump functions as a distracting figurehead whose shock value and inflammatory rhetoric diverts public attention from deeper structural changes within the U.S. government.  The Trump administration represents an economic coup rather than a purely political movement, aimed at dismantling regulatory protections and reshaping the state to serve corporate and ultra-wealthy interests. Trump’s supporters, particularly working-class voters, were misled into blaming liberals, immigrants, and socialism for economic hardship, but also by their long-standing need…