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Perhaps my point about the Congress wasn't clear enough. If it were possible to have a single renegade officeholder, the situation of the Congress makes explicitly clear that that's not the situation we face. If Trump represented some kind of renegade from the broad agenda of the American ruling class agenda, the financial base of his drones would shrivel like an old prune. Not only hasn't this happen, but it remains as likely as not that they're going to be able to carry the next election. (This is particularly so given the DNC-Pelosi strategic hope to avoid anything that would "alienate the Trump voters." And if Trump is getting played by the capitalist oligarchs of Russia on a range of issues, it doesn't necessarily place him beyond the broad parameters of what the American ruling class sees as its mainstream. And when he has gone too far on some things--like not imposing the sanctions the Congress voted on Russia--the rest of the government has pulled him into line. Cheers, Mark L. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
