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Bush as Servant of the Elite and Trump vs. the Deep State
from Dead President with Russ Baker · #125
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4 minGuest
Baker frames the Bush family as servants to concentrated wealth rather than the wealthiest themselves, and connects modern hostility toward Trump from establishment Republicans to this old elite network, while noting policy continuity across administrations.
- 25:54Bush and his father needed buy-in from the super rich for their agenda, and super-wealthy interests often came to them directly.
- 27:11Trump's attacks on traditional Republicans like the Bush family, especially Jeb Bush in debates, generated significant animosity.
- 27:36The 'deep state against Trump' narrative is misunderstood; it's really about traditional Republican and media opposition to him.
- 27:50The media lionizes George H.W. Bush as a contrast to Trump, despite his actual record being nothing admirable.
- 28:18Bush and Trump had very different demeanor and diplomacy styles, but their actual policies and beneficiaries were remarkably similar.
- 28:30Whether a president acts one way or another, the same outcomes occur: tax breaks go to the rich and resource-grabbing continues worldwide.
- 28:45Tariffs under Trump represent a shift from recent precedent, though protectionism has been part of Republican presidencies since Reagan and Nixon.
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