{"id":37847,"date":"2024-11-26T12:13:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T20:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=37847"},"modified":"2024-11-26T12:13:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T20:13:49","slug":"the-rise-of-trump-and-the-fall-of-american-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/11\/26\/the-rise-of-trump-and-the-fall-of-american-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rise of Trump and the Fall of American Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Monday, November 25th, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/articles\/the-rise-of-trump-and-the-fall-of-american-empire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Rise of Trump and the Fall of American Empire<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Author: &nbsp; &nbsp; Alfred McCoy<br>Source: &nbsp; &nbsp; truthdig<br>Publication Date: &nbsp; &nbsp; NOV 20, 2024<br>Link:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/articles\/the-rise-of-trump-and-the-fall-of-american-empire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Rise of Trump and the Fall of American Empire<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephan: &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This geopolitical analysis of what is likely to happen during the upcoming Trump administration, in my opinion, is accurate. I think Alfred McCoy describes the American future with brutal insight.&nbsp; Trump and his gang of MAGAt mafioso, I believe are going to leave office with China the leading nation in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schwartzreport.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-24-at-5.24.39%E2%80%AFPM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92323\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>President-elect Donald Trump arrives in Boca Chica, Texas, for the launch of a SpaceX Starship rocket test flight on Nov. 19, 2024.<br>Credit: Brandon Bell \/ AP<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly 14 years ago, on Dec. 5, 2010, a historian writing for&nbsp;TomDispatch&nbsp;made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. Rejecting the consensus of that moment that U.S. global hegemony would persist to 2040 or 2050, he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tomdispatch.com\/alfred-mccoy-taking-down-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">argued that<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cthe demise of the United States as the global superpower could come \u2026 in 2025, just 15 years from now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make that forecast, the historian conducted what he called \u201ca more realistic assessment of domestic and global trends.\u201d Starting with the global context, he argued that, \u201cfaced with a fading superpower,\u201d China, India, Iran and Russia would all start to \u201cprovocatively challenge U.S. dominion over the oceans, space and cyberspace.\u201d At home in the United States, domestic divisions would \u201cwiden into violent clashes and divisive debates. \u2026 Riding a political tide of disillusionment and despair, a far-right patriot captures the presidency with thundering rhetoric, demanding respect for American authority and threatening military retaliation [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/articles\/the-rise-of-trump-and-the-fall-of-american-empire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, November 25th, 2024 The Rise of Trump and the Fall of American Empire Author: &nbsp; &nbsp; Alfred McCoySource: &nbsp; &nbsp; truthdigPublication Date: &nbsp; &nbsp; NOV 20, 2024Link:&nbsp;The Rise of Trump and the Fall of American Empire Stephan: &nbsp; This geopolitical analysis of what is likely to happen during the&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/11\/26\/the-rise-of-trump-and-the-fall-of-american-empire\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37847"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37848,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37847\/revisions\/37848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}