Trump is ( for some reason ) accelerating so-called de-dollarization , undermining the dollar’s status as reserve currency. And ( for some reason ) attacking America’s sub-imperialist allies with tariffs , demanding that Canada become a state (!) which undermines the G-7 imperialism’s unity , NATO’s unity . He’s also claiming that American imperialism has been ripped off by having a trade deficit by buying more in trade than it makes to trade , which really is cockeyed , since obviously American capital set it up like this so they could rip off other countries . So, Trump is seemingly substantially breaking up the current imperialist regime and American capitalism . Why ? It seems to be because he believes some really stupid “economics” and that he’s CEO of the World . Maybe ?
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On Feb 14, 2026, at 9:36 PM, CE Jannuzi
It still comes down to the repeated arguments about continuity of government / the deep state vs. this or that leader being somehow unique vis-a-vis that continuity of government.
Ever since the near-collapse of the deep state over the Vietnam War, it's been pretty much continuity of government from Reagan onward. I have been off and on listening to those two academic gasbags about the collapse of American capitalism for over two decades.
Reagan was going to break American capitalism.
Poppy Bush was going to break American capitalism.
Shrubya was going to break American capitalism and wreck the American empire.
Now Trump is going to do that.
IF he does, he will have had a lot of help in doing so and loads of people, including a strong coalition of tendencies from within the deep state.
1. He continues with the ruinous policies of American energy independence, which requires huge costs to extract and refine all that North American fossil fuels in shale formations, tar sands, deep Gulf etc. Since all of it costs 2-3 times what Russian, Iranian and Venezuelan fossil fuels cost, American energy independence is not profitable in a capitalist system. Not only has this policy stuck Americans with high energy costs, the US deep state is now making the rest of the world pay for those costs. But is it capitalism?
2. The US then got into trying to move silicon chip production back to the US. This got into full swing under the Democrats actually. But Trump continues to embrace it, despite it now approaching a disaster almost as big as energy independence. But again, is it capitalism?
3. Trump is now identified with making unprecedented moves with tariffs. But the tariffication of 'free trade' goes way back. Let's just take a look at some example. Reagan and steel and aluminum tariffs. Poppy Bush forcing Japan out of processor chip production and onto strict quotas over the trade of silicon chips and automobiles and parts. Again, is any of this really capitalism?
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