”~ DJT, April 8, 2026.
The President’s account on TruthSocial is a noxious stew of misleading information, outright lies, and amoral imperialism. Last year’s “Donroe Doctrine” is a cheap snark of the 1800’s Monroe Doctrine, with no trace of the latter’s objective.
In addition to initiating two fresh wars of aggression and regime overthrow, this year Trump’s disdain for genuine faith is evident as he shares images depicting himself as Christ, encouraged by his disturbed spiritual adviser Paula White. When asked about the post, now removed, he falsely claimed it showed him as a doctor healing people, a role he says he often plays. Much like the growing US military strength people are noticing, Trump’s falsehoods appear empty and unconvincing.
There is no doubt the US president aims to seize, tax, and dominate global wealth. He refuses to pay fairly, rejecting free-market exchanges as naïve. Instead, he turns to threats and military, economic, and reputational pressure to obtain his goals. Such tactics may be effective for a rising empire, but for one in steep decline, they appear absurd and laughable.
While the general American public doesn’t dwell on empire, those in Washington DC and New York’s financial circles do. For ordinary citizens, Trump’s imperial ambitions come with vague promises and a hefty cost. Beyond trillions in new federal debt, a ballooning military budget, and interest on past borrowings—much of which paid for shadowy defense actions—Americans experience uncontrolled inflation, deteriorating living standards, worsening health, and increasing loss of freedoms as the government relentlessly demands more from its people.
No American leader in the 21st century has honored the Constitution’s limits on executive power—designed by long-gone founders irrelevant to today’s leaders. Trump, who typically avoids reading, now receives his intelligence and defense briefings through video montages filled with explosions and bright charts touting success. While “Idiocracy” was once a joke, the White House now takes seriously the notion that “electrolytes are what plants crave.”
Throughout all three of Trump’s presidential bids, he tapped into the genuine fears of many Americans asking, as a global superpower, why we can’t enjoy prosperity. He vowed America was the greatest and promised to bring troops home and end conflicts to prioritize the nation, its economy, and its citizens.
Why don’t we live healthier, with better infrastructure and more disposable income? Are we not a proud people held back by unworthy powers? These same questions and government responses unleashed German and Italian fascism following World War I. Injecting nationalism across every facet of life and empowering the executive state is a predictable pattern. The US government has historically found this appealing and increasingly necessary to guard its entrenched corruption, debt, and militarism.
Mussolini’s Italy saw fascism enacted through pervasive state control over society and the economy, including mandates against trade and toward self-sufficiency. The Fascist regime monitored every detail, even setting caloric consumption according to age, gender, and job type. Now, a century later, technology, data management, and AI in government hands fuel these fascist impulses. The state’s capacity to create and enforce any chosen narrative is vast, with surveillance systems transcending time, geography, and borders. Dissenters are handled ruthlessly, and tales of state-directed elimination of opposition have become part of popular culture as both caution and spectacle.
Is America’s slide toward fascism a result of Trump’s rise, or did a fascist empire need a figure like him to appear? Does “fascist imperialism” exist? Regardless of terminology, why does this fading superpower pursue territorial expansion and conquests through military force and threats? Why has the Pentagon bombed eight nations in just months, without war declarations or congressional consent? If such violent seizures occurred domestically, the public would rise fiercely under the Fifth Amendment. Yet abroad, when the executive branch destroys life, liberty, and property without due legal process and without compensation, we remain silent, hoping for some gain in the spoils.
A fascist empire backed by military elites, crony capitalists, and state-supported industry has little regard for the Fifth Amendment or other constitutional rights. Where President Obama once called the Constitution “quaint,” Trump might label it “DUMB” in all caps.
America’s closest ally, Israel, governed by a fearful and envious electorate, also functions as a fascist empire. For over three decades, both powers have manufactured unnecessary wars, justified repeatedly with fabrications. Like our ally, we insist our troops are blameless, even as they lie, cheat, steal, and kill on orders. Both empires face high military suicide rates. Both political classes shield their offspring from combat zones and live in fear of their own forces.
The transformation looming over the United States may be neither swift nor comfortable, but it promises renewal. The debt- and war-driven America is no longer respected or feared globally. While transparency about Washington’s countless scandals remains elusive for Americans, the international community recognizes a fallen power—its economic strength illusory and its post-World War II military advantage undone by arrogance and deceit.
The encouraging sign is that rejection of empire has been quietly growing for decades, through flawed elections and deeper spiritual awakening. The public has largely withdrawn support from government, rejects political elites desperate to cling to power, and unitedly condemns the “Epstein Class.”
Perhaps now is precisely the moment for a deranged Jesus-like President, eager for one last military “conquest,” to push us toward fundamental truths.
Original article: www.lewrockwell.com
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