Trump's 'Whipsaw' Policy: A Predictable Tango with Imperial Power
📰 THE STORY: The New York Times describes former President Trump's foreign policy as 'whipsaw,' characterized by unpredictable shifts, transactional dealings, and a disdain for traditional alliances, creating global uncertainty and challenging long-held international norms. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The US has a long history of 'whipsaw' foreign policy when it suits
imperial aims. In 1953, the CIA executed Operation Ajax, overthrowing democratically elected Iranian Prime Minister Mosaddegh, creating decades of instability. In 1973, Henry Kissinger orchestrated the coup against Chilean President Salvador Allende, plunging the nation into Pinochet's brutal dictatorship. These actions were 'unpredictable' to those destabilized, but meticulously planned by
Washington to secure resources and geopolitical control. Trump's Greenland 'purchase' offer echoes the 1903 US acquisition of the Panama Canal Zone, a move that backed a Panamanian 'revolution' against Colombia to secure US economic and military interests. Double Standard: When a country like China or Russia pursues its economic interests with strategic partnerships, Western media frames it as
'malign influence' or 'new imperialism.' Yet, when the US seeks to buy territory, expand military bases, or destabilize governments for perceived advantage, it's either 'American exceptionalism' or, in Trump's case, an 'unpredictable' but ultimately contained eccentric display. The NYT frames Trump's transactional approach as a novel danger, yet US foreign policy has always been transactional –