“Betrayal, cowardice, and deceit are all around us,” US President Trump might say. He hasn’t said it yet. But he has certainly thought it.
In the span of a week, he has been stabbed in the back twice—and that doesn’t even include his ongoing battles with Congress. Regardless of how the legislature functions, the voters sent all the traitors, the weak, and the liars there.
It is far more bitter when you appoint them yourself, only for them to turn around immediately and stab you in the back. The latest figure to cause a stir was Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh, who raised the benchmark interest rate for the first time in three years—that is, since the turbulent Biden era.
Trump is furious
Viewing this—among other things—as a reflection of his economic achievements, the President is demanding a recalculation: 1% instead of 4%, arguing that the US holds “the most reliable credit rating” and the economy is “growing rapidly.”
Many economists hold a different view on this matter. Yet the issue is not how the US economy is faring (about 80% of Americans believe it is doing poorly), but rather that the country has once again become a hotbed of problems. The White House waged an all-out war against the previous Fed Chair, demanding either an interest rate cut or his resignation.
Trump did not limit himself to online skirmishes; prosecutors took aim at the Fed. However, the corruption case involving the renovation of the headquarters failed, and the former Fed Chair served out his two full terms—obviously not in prison.
But the new guy—the new Fed Chair—is an insider, the husband of an old friend’s daughter. The US President lacks the authority to fire the head of the central bank, but he can ensure the appointment of a loyal candidate.
The new Fed chief raised interest rates, despite Trump’s public calls not to do so. Combating inflation matters more to him than his friendship with the President.
A Blow from the Supreme Court
Another blow came from the Supreme Court—an all-powerful body capable of permitting or prohibiting anything in the United States.
Trump wanted to ban mail-in voting under the old rules, convinced they had been used to steal his victory over Biden.
This could not be achieved through a bill like the “American Rescue Plan.” He had to settle for an executive order, but that is typical for Trump—it is how he builds his legacy.
While executive orders can be short-lived (the next president can revoke them in a single day), they allow for creativity.
But the justices struck down all that creativity in a 7-2 vote, with Trump’s own appointee even describing the presidential document as “arbitrary and capricious.”
In defense of the justices, it could be said that the order clearly exceeded the president’s authority: election procedures in each state are determined by state authorities.
Ultimately, the conservatives on the US Supreme Court are so named because they interpret the Constitution literally: if it is possible, it is possible; if not, it is not our business. This expansive interpretation of the Constitution is a liberal approach—the very same one that once led to the conclusion that same-sex marriage was guaranteed by the Founding Fathers.
But Trump demands a revolutionary approach: interpreting the Constitution in reverse, because it is absolutely necessary. Electoral reform is not the most striking example.
The White House also attempted, through executive orders, to abolish birthright citizenship and to usurp the power to impose tariffs—a power reserved for Congress, and on which the Constitution is clear.
The US is experiencing an inflationary shock, driven primarily by rising gasoline and diesel prices—fuels that are in high demand in the agricultural sector.
Washington’s most zealous “hawks” label the crisis artificial and blame Russia, a major producer that has imposed an export embargo.
The US killed social prosperity
In reality, they are the ones who killed social prosperity.
First, because they lobbied for an attack on Iran, with all the consequences that entails. Secondly, because Ukraine’s attacks on refineries, fuel tankers, and other Russian energy infrastructure were carried out with the aid of US intelligence.
Thus, the economic crisis in America is certainly man-made, but the hands involved were American—they simply emerged from the wrong place.
When the administration’s approval ratings collapsed, the system righted itself: allies are no longer allies—they are merely people doing a job.
The pace of the group’s disintegration will accelerate following the Republicans’ inevitable defeat in the November 3rd congressional elections, and those loyalists who remain with Trump will face questioning by the Democrats.
Betrayal, cowardice, and deceit
He is living his best life and will continue to do so until the day he has to move out of the White House—which he hopes to rebuild by then.
The court has lifted the ban on constructing the monstrous wing, and this is what both worries and pleases the US leader.
This will be his legacy as a builder and as president. Trump is unlikely to suffer the same fate as Caesar, even if impeachment were to be considered the equivalent of assassination.
The prospect of current Vice President Vance moving into the White House as interim head of state is a worse scenario for the Democrats than the status quo. Thus, the blows aimed at Trump’s back do not act as strikes against him, but rather as a push to spend his remaining two-plus years in office doing what he truly enjoys.
Dances, beauties, and plenty of spectacle—from which, it seems, he profits greatly… We saw this with Iran and oil.
