Al Jazeera Discovers Trump's 'Gifts' are Actually Decades of US Policy
While it's convenient to pin 'more war abroad' solely on Trump, ( he did accelerate weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, $110 billion in 2017 alone, according to the State Department ) the US hasn't exactly been a paragon of peace since, oh, 1945. The 'bad economy' narrative ignores that the Federal Reserve's policies, influenced by global capital markets, predate any single president. As for redacted
Epstein files, the systemic protections for powerful individuals have been a bipartisan project for decades, transcending who's in the Oval Office. This selective outrage frames institutional decay as a singular presidential failing, neatly sidestepping the historical complicity of the entire political apparatus. It's almost as if Al Jazeera wants us to forget the 'gifts' delivered under previous
administrations: the perpetual wars from Clinton to Obama ( Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen... remember the 2007 surge? ), the revolving door of deregulated banking, and the consistent shielding of elites. How refreshing to discover that issues stemming from deeply entrenched US foreign and domestic policy are now merely 'Trump's Christmas gifts,' as if they weren't on every president's
wish list since the Cold War. Perhaps next year, they'll discover the tooth fairy is also a Republican.