Donald Trump’s rant against Iran is the howl of a dying empire

Donald Trump's rant against Iran is the howl of a dying empire....
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/09/donald-trump-rant-iran-dying-empire-nato

Inside Donald Trump’s “America last” presidency

In its own inside-out, upside-down way, it's almost wondrous to behold. As befits our president's wildest dreams, it may even prove to be a record for the ages, one for the history books. He was, after all, the candidate who sensed it first. When those he was running against, like the rest of Washington's politicians, were still insisting that the United States remained at the top of its game, not an— but the — "indispensable nation," the only truly "exceptional" one on the face of the Earth, he said nothing of the sort. He campaigned on America’s decline, on this country’s increasing lack of exceptionality, its potential dispensability. He ran on the single word “again”— as in “make America great again” — because (the implication was) it just isn’t anymore. And he swore that he and he alone was the best shot Americans, or at least non-immigrant white Americans, had at ever seeing the best of days again.  ...
http://www.salon.com/2017/06/19/america-last_partner/

Behind Team Trump’s bogus claims of “voter fraud” lies a strategic goal: Suppressing votes to ensure Republican victory (Salon)

Republicans aren't just spreading lies to boost Donald Trump's ego. These phony claims hold the key to GOP hegemony...
http://www.salon.com/2017/02/14/behind-team-trumps-bogus-claims-of-voter-fraud-lies-a-strategic-goal-suppressing-votes-to-ensure-republican-victory/