A parallel scenario -
I can see the Trump presidency playing out along similar (i.e. history rhyrmes rather that repeats) lines as GW Bush's presidency, but on steroids.
First, not only his refusal for daily security briefings but apparently at war with the CIA over the Russian hacks is very reminisent of what happen when W got the WH and they shutdown and discredited any person or issue from the previous Bill Clinton adminstrations. That included the warnings from Richard Clarke (then National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection and Counter-terrorism) about al Qaeda's declaration of war on the US and plan to strike the homeland -
Against All Enemies
As IS loses it's caliphate in Iraq, it is going to lash out. While Syria's Assad, Russia's Putin and Iran's mulllahs are targets, IS probable sees Trump as the poster boy for hatred of all things Muslim. An attack on Trump/USA would probable have much more traction for a broader array of the Islamic world. Their development of Vehical-Born IEDs (VBIEDs) has become extremely sophisticated. Two or three of these going off in DC and/or NYC would do extreme damage at a scale approaching 9/11.
Second, would be the reaction to such a attack. As the Chinese recently opinionated, "Trump is as ignorant as a child." He probably doesn't have any sense of the difference between a IS, SLA, Hezbollah, or al-Hashd fighter, and probable doesn't give a shXt - 'they're all towel heads, right?' And his current lover, Putin, and his soon to be best buddies Assad and Erdogan are going to stroke him on it being all those Iranian big towel heads fault just as much as Cheney and the neoCons convinced W that it was all Saddam and the Iraqis fault. And just like W had the bias against Saddam even before (and unrelated to) 9/11, Trump is already stronlgy and politically bias against Iran and the Nuke deal. And we all know Bibi is going to be humping this. The thing is, Iran, military-wise and how connected it is, is not puny Iraq - but that's not going to give Trump pause, that's going to stimulate him.
Then third, if we survive the first two, comes the financial bubble and the meltdown. More on that latter; for now, think 2008 on steroids.
Some people remember; others become Trump Chumps.
I can see the Trump presidency playing out along similar (i.e. history rhyrmes rather that repeats) lines as GW Bush's presidency, but on steroids.
First, not only his refusal for daily security briefings but apparently at war with the CIA over the Russian hacks is very reminisent of what happen when W got the WH and they shutdown and discredited any person or issue from the previous Bill Clinton adminstrations. That included the warnings from Richard Clarke (then National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection and Counter-terrorism) about al Qaeda's declaration of war on the US and plan to strike the homeland -
Against All Enemies
As IS loses it's caliphate in Iraq, it is going to lash out. While Syria's Assad, Russia's Putin and Iran's mulllahs are targets, IS probable sees Trump as the poster boy for hatred of all things Muslim. An attack on Trump/USA would probable have much more traction for a broader array of the Islamic world. Their development of Vehical-Born IEDs (VBIEDs) has become extremely sophisticated. Two or three of these going off in DC and/or NYC would do extreme damage at a scale approaching 9/11.
Second, would be the reaction to such a attack. As the Chinese recently opinionated, "Trump is as ignorant as a child." He probably doesn't have any sense of the difference between a IS, SLA, Hezbollah, or al-Hashd fighter, and probable doesn't give a shXt - 'they're all towel heads, right?' And his current lover, Putin, and his soon to be best buddies Assad and Erdogan are going to stroke him on it being all those Iranian big towel heads fault just as much as Cheney and the neoCons convinced W that it was all Saddam and the Iraqis fault. And just like W had the bias against Saddam even before (and unrelated to) 9/11, Trump is already stronlgy and politically bias against Iran and the Nuke deal. And we all know Bibi is going to be humping this. The thing is, Iran, military-wise and how connected it is, is not puny Iraq - but that's not going to give Trump pause, that's going to stimulate him.
Then third, if we survive the first two, comes the financial bubble and the meltdown. More on that latter; for now, think 2008 on steroids.
Some people remember; others become Trump Chumps.