THE FIVE DONALD TRUMPS — WHICH IS THE REAL ONE?

6/11/2018 

The Five Donald Trumps — Which is The Real One?

(c) Futurescapes21C, May 1, 2018, rev. May 3, 2018, All rights reserved 
 
Several years ago, a television show called To Tell the Truth invited guest panelists and the TV audience to figure out which of three people, each claiming to be the same person, was actually that person. The panelists took turns asking the three questions that might reveal who the impersonators were and who was telling the truth and made their best guesses. The climax of each episode came when the moderator asked. “Would the real (name of the individual) please stand up.”  It’s a game a lot of us have been playing with regard to Donald Trump. Is it too soon to ask, “Would the real Donald Trump please stand up.”
 
The difference between the TV show and our current reality is that we’re presented with five Donald Trumps. Five perceptions or possible Trumps have emerged during his term in office. These five personas have been perceived or at least portrayed by five camps spanning Trump observers, supporters and critics. Those in the five camps have, in turn, significantly different expectations for the future of Trump’s presidency. And they also  argue that very different responses to the Trump presidency are in order.  
 
In order to provide some basis for your further analyses, I have outlined a five-fold typology below. In describing the various camps, I have chosen to error on the side of duplication by using many of the often overlapping labels applied to members of the Trump camps. Keep in mind, of course, that typologies of this nature always involve generalizations, so there are always exceptions.
 
1. Donald Trump, the disgusting, criminal (fill in the blank — racist, bigot, misogynist etc) president. 
 
Camp: The Anti- Trumpers
This includes: Trump haters, the Never Trumpers, die hard Dems, die hard Hillary fans, members of the Clinton Resistance movement, establishment GOP, a major swath of left-learning Hollywood actors and entertainers, Rhinos (e.g. John McCain) many mainstream corporate media journalists and TV talk show hosts, Antifa, cultural Marxists, blue-haired progressives and social justice warriors, and partisans of the Soros-Clinton purple revolution.
 
Position/perspective:
Trump’s business and personal history, character and rhetoric reveal a dangerous demagogue. This corrupt individual, who stole the election from Hillary Clinton through collusion with Russia, is unfit for the office of President. As a criminal, he should, therefore be impeached or otherwise removed from office. Some of the descriptors of Trump applied by those in this camp, in addition to the popular “racist-bigot-misogynist” label are: “coarse,” “dense,” “outrageous,” “undignified” and “narcissistic.” R-rated comedian, Kathy Griffin, has described Trump as “President Piece of Shit.” 1
 
Example:
“The idea that I’m somehow the ‘Hollywood elite’ and this guy who takes a shit in a gold toilet is somehow the man of the people is laughable,” (George Clooney, actor) 2
 
But, you know, he gets into office and the first day he’s talking about crowd size when he’s got so many other problems. And every day it’s something else where you’re just pulling your hair out saying why? Why’s he [still] talking about Hillary now? Why is he saying there was no collusion with Russia, but then there’s an article in the Washington Post, so now he’s saying there was collusion but Barack Obama was responsible? It’s absolute insanity.” (Joe Scarborough, Co-host, Morning Joe, MSNBC) 3
 
“For me, that’s Trump and all things Trump. It’s not about trying to be an equal-opportunity offender anymore because Hillary got such a beat down. It’s his turn. So I’m happy to deliver beat down to Donald Trump — and also to Barron. You know a lot of comics are going to go hard for Donald, my edge is that I’ll go direct for Barron. I’m going to get in ahead of the game.” 4
 
“It’s pirates, whores and thieves holding every type every of resumé in this administration. But it can’t go on forever.” (Alec Baldwin, actor)5
 
Apparent tactics, strategies:

• mobilize the Trump resistance movement that makes the country ungovernable;
• push the Russia collusion investigation under special prosecutor, Robert Mueller, Trump’s impeachment;  
• publicly insult, smear his name (e.g. he’s not engaged, he’s mentally unstable, he sleeps too much)
• expose anything that might be considered out of bounds in terms of sexual conduct;
• cast spells against Trump (witches);
• expose Trump’s alleged crimes (one source alleges rape and murder);
• call for Trump’s assassination;
• boycott Trump products and corporate partners;
• launch petitions to counter Trump, obstruct;
• claim victimhood (e.g. snow flakes); and
• work toward a “Blue Wave” voter response in November mid-term elections.

 
2. Donald Trump, the threat to the (New) global world order. Trump is described as a reckless, amateur politician ill-suited for the challenges of the presidency and incapable of leading a superpower in today’s complex global arena.
 
Camp: Deep State 
This includes in general, members of the Deep State and global corporatocracy. This means members of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, Senior Executive Service, Washington Neocons, politically compromised elements and leaders of the intelligence community (e.g. James Clapper: NIA; John Brennan: CIA; James Comey: (FBI), George Soros, various think tanks, “Big Search/Info,” Silicon Valley super powers, global banksters, the “war party “ puppeteers (GOP and Demos). Their views are regularly advanced in such publications as the Washington Post and New York Times.
 
Position/perspective: Donald Trump lacks the temperament and the experience required for the job. He is likely to return America to an outdated model of geopolitical isolationism. This would inevitably lead to a diminished role for America in the global arena. And, this would also amount to abandoning American’s allies in the Middle East and elsewhere to the machinations of a resurgent Russia and increasingly powerful China.  
 
Example
“President Trump still has not personally called out Putin in the way he has assailed everyone from Alec Baldwin to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman. Trump has begrudgingly allowed the sale of weapons to Ukraine but won’t enforce the sanctions passed by Congress. In 2012, Congress enacted the Magnitsky Act to sanction Russians involved in human rights abuses. Obama sanctioned 44 individuals under the law; Trump only five.
 
Trump’s unwillingness to criticize Putin makes you wonder what hold the Kremlin has over him; the Steele dossier looks more credible all the time. But no one is alleging that May has been compromised, and her actions are just as pusillanimous.” 6
 
Apparent tactics and strategy: In retrospect, members of the Deep State favour a combination of both legal means of securing change subterfuges that would cripple the Trump presidency and lead to his removal him from office. This includes:

• Illegal surveillance;
• manufactured evidence of Trump-Russia collusion (Russia dossier);
• high level White house leaks;
• opposition research; (dig deep for dirt);
• propaganda, disinformation and psy ops;
• personal public attacks (e.g. James Clapper, James Comey style)
• luring or goading Trump into entanglement in Middle East conflict; and
• seeking to trigger direct US-Russia and US China confrontations that could lead to WWIII.

   
3. Donald Trump, the clever and courageous champion of the Second American Revolution
 
Camp: True Believers
This camp is comprised of conservatives, patriots, some libertarians and independents, many in the alternative media, disillusioned Democrats, a large swath of evangelical Christians. A segment of the latter group considers Donald Trump to be ordained by God to lead the second American Revolution. Some evangelical Christians on the other hand, have abandoned Trump at various points over the course of the past year.
 
Posture/Perspective: Donald Trump is engaged in an epic battle to take down the Deep State/New World Order globalist Cabal, drain the Washington swamp and restore the Republic. He is surrounded by hostile adversaries and risking his life daily in service to this mission. 
 
This camp believes that the president, supported and protected by loyal members of the military, is playing 4D chess, rope-a-dope and other deceptive strategies in order to confuse, expose and ultimately defeat the enemies of the Republic. They look forward to a coming time of accountability when the criminal infesting and the American Empire will be brought to justice.
 
Example: 
“The White House mafia bosses that have come after Daddy Bush have all kowtowed to George senior as though he were King George of England. His deep cover C. I. A. leadership role in the assassination of J.F.K. has been thoroughly exposed as has his fleecing of the U.S.S.R. via his C.I.A. covert activities, the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, the Iran/Contra Scandal, the attacks on 911, and many, many other crimes that the corrupt FBI, DOJ, and Congress has refused to honestly investigate and swiftly prosecute.
 
They thought their evil would outlast We the People. But the Bush-Obama-Clinton criminal cartel has failed. Time is on our side, not theirs. Their entrenched and corrupt bureaucracies, agencies, and covert operations will be exposed, scaled back, defunded, and shut down over Trump’s eight years in office. The criminals will age, wither, and die, leaving only the carcass of their sins to be judged by history and a far higher power than our own.” 7   
 
Apparent tactics, strategies:

• sustained commitment, fervent prayer, meditation;
• political activism and engagement;
• active participation via the electoral process in mid term elections;
• relentless truth-telling/exposure of Washington Swamp creatures and their crimes via independent, alternative media; and
• pushing AG Jeff Sessions and the US Justice Department to prosecute members of the criminal cabal.

 
4. Donald Trump, defeated captive of the Deep State (Globalist Cabal, Neocons) 
 
Camp: Resigned Patriots
This camp consists of patriotic US citizens from a variety of political backgrounds who initially supported Trump based on his campaign promise to “drain the Swamp.” At some point, they abandoned the Trump Train based on their assessment that he betrayed his constituents and surrendered to the Deep State. This could have been for example, when Trump first retaliated against Syria in response to the claim that Bashar Assad launched a gas attack in Ghouta or more recently at Douma. Another event seem as a sign that the Deep State has Trump under its thumb is his decision to further postpone the release date for remaining classified JFK files to 2021.
 
Surrender to the Deep State means that Trump has little room to enact the sweeping changes he promised voters. Many believe that the Powers that Be (PTB) brought a compromised Trump under control using bribes or threats ranging in seriousness up to the “JFK option.” They believe the perceived Clinton-Obama coup has succeeded. Many in this camp are now deeply pessimistic about the future.
 
Posture/Perspective: A reform-minded, well-intentioned Donald Trump came into office planning to drain the proverbial swamp and implement the long overdue reforms. Trump under-estimated the powerful entrenched Deep State forces that have completely corrupted and now control America. The devious plans of new world order (NWO) globalists will proceed as planned. We are on our own and must largely fend for ourselves.
 
Example: 
“Ever since Trump made it to the White House, he has taken blow after blow from the Neocon-run Ziomedia, from Congress, from all the Hollywood doubleplusgoodthinking “stars” and even from European politicians.  And Trump took each blow without ever fighting back.  Nowhere was his famous “you are fired!” to be seen.  But I still had hope.  I wanted to hope.  I felt that it was my duty to hope.
But now Trump has betrayed us all.
 
Remember how Obama showed his true face when he hypocritically denounced his friend and pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.?  Today, Trump has shown us his true face.  Instead of refusing Flynn’s resignation and instead of firing those who dared cook up these ridiculous accusations against Flynn, Trump accepted the resignation.  This is not only an act of abject cowardice, it is also an amazingly stupid and self-defeating betrayal because now Trump will be alone, completely alone, facing the likes of Mattis and Pence – hard Cold Warrior types, ideological to the core, folks who want war and simply don’t care about reality.” 8
 
“I listened to Trump’s statement live last night. I was struck with the language. Who in the world writes this stuff? It reads like something written by Benjamin Netanyahu’s press secretary. It is an embarrassment to America that our leader should be so beholden to other state’s interests, and so willing to parrot their lies.
I keep asking myself, what could they possibly have on Trump that would compel him to do this? His delivery was a bit wooden, and he read off the teleprompter, somewhat resembling a hostage. We ran a story a few days ago from a body language analyst who argues that Trump is acting like he has been beaten this week. I’m starting to think she’s right.
 
…The full text of what he said follows below. I counted 23 lies, which I underlined. I cringed watching a president I voted for stand there and parrot them, acting like he had a gun to his head. I know he knows they are lies, and so do 10s of millions of Americans. A sad day indeed.”  9
 
Apparent tactics, strategies: Members of this group are deeply dismayed and no trying to figure out where to turn. They may be lacking coherent strategies beyond the following:    

• Hunker down in anticipation of the worst; and
• Call Trump out for his past and any future betrayals of his campaign promises and his base.

 
5. Donald Trump, the Trojan Horse servant of the Deep State/Cabal/New World Order Globalists 
 
Camp: Liberty movement
This group includes deeply committed, hard-core members of the liberty movement, survivalists and preppers.
 
Position/Perspective: From the outset, Donald Trumps has been an agent of the very Deep State Globalists he so vehemently condemns. There is no reason to expect Trump, as “one of them,” to try and reform the system he is a beneficiary of. Trump is a globalist –managed Trojan horse engaged in a masterful bait and switch strategy.
 
Note: Folks in this camp believe that the Trump versus Deep State narrative is a manufactured conflict or “theatre.” They quickly remind others that the Powers that Be (PTB) have been creating and controlling the false opposition for centuries. Manipulating both sides of a conflict is considered one of the most effective means of harnessing and steering the public demand for reform or change. Thus, Trump is simply more of the same in terms of a succession of US presidents installed to serve New World Order Globalists.
 
Example: 
“You’ll hear hundreds of theories and rationalizations on Trump’s miraculous victory, but a reason you will almost never hear is also the most likely one: Trump won the election because he serves the interests of the establishment. Trump won because he is a fake.

This is not an idea that many liberty activists want to entertain. They were so repulsed by the proposition of Hillary Clinton taking the helm at the White House that they would have invested themselves in almost ANYONE running against her, even if they thought that candidate might be controlled opposition. However, not just anyone was fielded as a candidate; Trump was fielded, and for good reason.

… The staging of the 2016 election might have appeared to some people to be absolute chaos, but to me, it could not have been more perfectly scripted. In later articles covering the election I went on to give Trump a chance. I stated that I had little doubt that he would win the election…

….The first and worst sign that Trump is not anywhere near “anti-establishment” has been his complete reversal of his original “drain the swamp” rhetoric. Trump is not only NOT draining the swamp that is the Washington D.C. and corporate elitist revolving door, he is adding even more creatures of varying ghoulishness.” 10  (Brandon Smith,
 
Apparent tactics, strategies:

• keep on prepping for the inevitable economic, environmental and/or societal collapse and the assault by a totalitarian government; 
• rigorously defend constitutional rights; and
• join forces to resist government assaults on the property and rights of US citizens (see Bundy Ranch standoff).

 
Through the haze 
To sum up, five perceptions or portrayals of President Donald Trump are discernable through the respective lenses of five categories of proponents. The resulting typology of the five Trumps and its proponents consists of Donald Trump the:

• disgusting criminal president (Proponent: Anti-Trumpers)
• threat to the (new) global world order (Proponent: Deep State)
• champion of the Second American Revolution (Proponent: True Believers)
• defeated captive of the Deep State (Proponent: (Resigned Patriots)
• born and bred globalist (Proponent: Anti-globalists, Hard core Liberty movement)

The above typology reflects the divided, fracturing state of the US Republic. In fairness to the five groups of proponents, the Trump presidency often looks chaotic from this distance and the signals emanating from the White House are often confusing. The inconsistencies have contributed to the conflicting perspectives.  

To be fair to the president, Trump on the other hand, warned Americans at the outset that he would never telegraph his strategies to his enemies. (It seems he was referring to both foreign and domestic enemies.) Again, in fairness to Trump, not all the perspectives are sincerely held views; some are better described as a political positions, postures or projections. We are, after all, in the midst of an intense information warfare. And Deep State puppet masters are veterans when it comes to the art and science of perception management.

There are other distortions that impair our view of events. Most people see the world through a lens that is skewed by a controlled corporate media consigned to propagating approved narratives on behalf of the Powers that Be. There has never been a time in history when more resources or sophisticated means were brought to bear in managing public perceptions.  

As I have reported elsewhere, propagandizing the domestic US population has been legal since 2012. Disinformation doesn’t stop at the US border of course. So, we Canadians have been submerged in the smog along with US citizens. Given these realities, we see dimly at the best of times. It’s a mark of the Age of Deception that five Trumps can co-exist. So, I have immense sympathy for those honestly seeking to discern the truth. One would think that by now, there would be some consensus as to the real Donald Trump. Nonetheless, I expect the subterfuges to continue. So, in the interim, until the smog lifts, I offer some guiding principles for navigating the Trump chapter as it plays out in the larger context of a Post Truth Age of Deception.

Put reason before reaction and evidence before verdict.
Propagandists are skilled at coating events and issues in emotion.  And emotion-laden subjects are somehow quickly deemed undiscussable. In the process, rational thought and reason are easily by passed. Thus otherwise intelligent people act with all the forethought of lynch mobs. The so-called Douma, Syria gassing incident has largely been dismissed as a hoax be those who looked at the evidence, yet how many major politicians in the West called for the US missile attack before an investigation was conducted?

Put principle before personality and partisanship. 
Politics often resembles major league sports. One segment of the population pledges support to its political champion and another segment lines up behind an opposing champion. Partisanship summons emotional reactions and attachments that too often oblige us to remain silent when our champion or our party crosses the line. Rather than pledging our undying allegiance to a particular politician or party, I encourage a commitment to principles of transparency, honest conduct and fundamental values. This kind of commitment provides a more reliable anchor in turbulent political times. A former Saskatchewan politician captured the issue. Upon leaving politics, she commented that once she removed her political glasses, it was easier to see things in objective terms. Intense partisanship blinds us to objective realities and narrows rather than widens our perspective.

Value actions over words and track record over trust
Talk is cheap, particularly the political variety composed by communications specialists and PR contractors. It is actions and outcomes that are the true measures of performance. Scripture says: “You can tell what they are by what they do.” (Matt: 7:16.) So, “Just trust me/us” is a non-starter. We do ourselves and our country a favour when we doggedly hold politicians to account.

Those that seek to divide us are not our friends 
It’s not difficult to see how wedge cultural issues have been used to divide America into increasingly smaller groups. It’s important to ask ourselves who benefits when a country is divided, and who is behind the magnification of issues to the point where people are prepared to do battle with fellow citizens in the streets. We live in an age of manufactured conflicts. You can be sure that whoever is behind them or amplifying them isn’t your friend or a friend of your country. (e.g. George Soros.)

The end doesn’t justify the means
Sometimes, when you scratch the surface of an argument that’s making you feel uneasy about the choices, you discover this is what is really being said. It might be, “We must fight this foreign war in order to bring about lasting peace in the region.” Or, “Enhanced interrogation (torture) is justified in order to prevent terrorism.” Really? It’s always good to pause in the heat of debate and ask yourself if someone is trying to sell you the falsehood that the end justifies the means.

Now, more than ever, we need to see world events clearly. Now, more than ever, we need to discern the motivations of those who presume to lead us. The distortions bombarding us in the Age of Deception are blinding — mind warping, in fact. We are simultaneously presented with five, shape-shifting Donald Trumps. But which of the five are illusions and which is real? My hope is that courageous citizen journalism will bring sufficient heat and light to dispel the fog in 2018. And as the fog lifts, it will become clearer as to which one is the real Donald Trump is. Bring it on. 

Endnotes:
1 Flashback; Kathy Griffin: “happy to deliver beat down’ to Barron Trump, Breitbart, June 2, 2017, http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/06/02/flashback-kathy-griffin-happy-deliver-beat-barron-trump/

2 ‘F_ _ _ K you’: George Clooney hits back at Trump’s criticism of ‘Holly wood elites’, The Sydney Morning Herald, September 25, 2017, https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/f-you-george-clooney-hits-back-at-trumps-criticism-of-hollywood-elites-20170925-gyo0o7.html

3 Scarborough details Trump falling out: ‘He screamed at me”, Rolling Stone, June 29, 2017, https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/joe-scarborough-details-trump-falling-out-he-screamed-at-me-w490402  

4 Flashback; Kathy Griffin: “happy to deliver beat down’ to Barron Trump, Breitbart, June 2, 2017, http://www.breitbart.com/big-Hollywood/2017/06/02/flashback-kathy-griffin-happy-deliver-beat-barron-trump/ 

5 Alec Baldwin: Trump White House fill of ‘whores’ and ‘thieves’, True Pundit, April 27, 2018, https://truepundit.com/alec-baldwin-trump-white-house-full-of-whores-and-thieves/     

6 Putin is throwing us a war, Is the West ever going to bother showing up?, The Washington Post, March 16, 2018, http://www.canada.com/opinion/putin+throwing+west+ever+going+bother+showing/17182490/story.html 

7 Trump conquers the New World Order, American Intelligence Media, Anonymous Patriots, November 5, 2017, https://aim4truth.org/2017/11/05/trump-conquers-the-new-world-order/

8 Neocons and the “Deep State” have neutered the Trump Presidency, It’s over folks, The Saker, Information Clearing House, February 14, 2017, http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46444.htm

9 Trump lied to the American people last night, 23 times in 7 minutes destroying his presidency, Charles Bausman, Russia Insider, April 14, 2018, https://russia-insider.com/en/trump-lied-american-people-last-night-23-times-7-minutes-destroying-his-presidency/ri23133

10 Donald Trump is exactly where the elites want him, Brandon Smith, Alt Market, January 4, 2017, The  Daily  Sheeple, May 4, 2018, http://www.thedailysheeple.com/donald-trump-is-exactly-where-the-elites-want-him_012017

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