Post by @anneapplebaum@journa.host

2026-09-17 22:24 UTC

American foreign policy under Trump is not isolationist. On the contrary, MAGA ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve the interests of American crypto, mineral and tech companies, especially if they have links to the president. They think of themselves as "the vanguard of a movement that will alter not just America, but the world." Read "Empire of Grift", my Atlantic cover story, here (gift link) https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/10/maga-foreign-policy/688352/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3w3onHNSnF53FTCE5KWWZBg

Replies (2)

@decapitae@mastodon.social 2026-09-17 23:28

@anneapplebaum@journa.host They've already altered the world - right off a fucking cliff - I hope their air conditioners go out first in the next heat wave they think they're going to skate through while all the unhoused and vulnerable are at heightened risk of perishing en mass

Open ##4744482
@Npars01@mstdn.social 2026-09-18 01:17

@anneapplebaum@journa.host This is what happens when 6 dynasties fund the purchase of a corrupt US Supreme Court & crooked Congress. https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-map-north-america-us-territory/ Bradley, Koch, Coors, Scaife, Mellon, Seid, Uihlein - building an international system of oligarchic rule & an economy that only serves The Moneyed. https://www.desmog.com/2024/08/14/project-2025-billionaire-donor-heritage-foundation-donald-trump-jd-vance-charles-koch-peter-coors/ https://www.desmog.com/2025/01/21/mapped-donald-trump-transatlantic-anti-green-network/ "White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller told CNN’s Jake Tapper in January, “but we live in a ..." 1/

Open ##4744521