Donald Trump is set to return to the White House after a decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on November 5th 2024. (1)
In spite of running against a Black candidate hoping to reverse a trend of the Democratic Party shedding Black voters and even though they received eighty percent of the Black vote, it was reported that Trump “almost doubles his support among Black voters compared with 2020.” (2) In fact he “won more black voters than any Republican in 48 years.” (3) A key contributory factor was said to be younger Black voters’ disconnect with the Democrat’s civil rights legacy. More generally issues like “Genocide Joe’s” support unequivocal support for Israel (backed by his Vice-President) and the fact that she was not seen as a change candidate, offering more of the same. (4)
Other perspectives on Harris’ defeat suggested that it was due to a “woke hangover” fuelled by the Democrat’s adherence to “identity politics.” Yet this narrative hinges on the notion that “identity politics” essentially equals ‘black’ but never ‘white’ (for both right-wing and left-wing pundits), even though Trump’s Make America Great (MAGA) movement is undoubtedly a white identitarian grievance movement – and it’s spreading. (5) To underline the point a 2023 Trump video is once again doing the rounds where he’s “promising reparations for white people who have been “victims” of DEI.” (6)
Now that Trump has won, the specter of Project 2025 comes into view, amid concerns that it will “upend’ the lives of Black Americans,” rolling back hard won gains. (7) There additional concerns about a coterie of Trump billionaire backers Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, David Sacks and Paul Furber “four of MAGA’s most influential voices are fiftysomething white men with formative experiences in apartheid South Africa” and the extent to which “an old, white South African mindset lives on in Trumpism.” (8)
Yet there is a perspective that Donald Trump’s scope spans way beyond the USA, locating him at the epicentre of global movement called “Operation Phoenix” that will expose the “deep state” corruption and bring GESARA (Global Economic Security and Reformation Act) principles to life, driven by an “unyielding determination to free humanity.” As one commentator put it:
“Prepare yourself, because the final disclosure is imminent, and with it comes the dawn of a liberated world.” (9)
However, some have suggested that this orientation to liberate the world is undermined by the “ultra-conservative war hawks” that dominate his cabinet picks. (10) Similarly, this also brings into question the much vaunted non-intervention/escalation policy, already contradicted in his first term through interference in places like Venezula and Iran, his staunch support for Zionism, ffor example poses a threat to Afrika. (11) The contient will also watch with interest the USA’s approch to the Ouagadougou (Sahel) region. (12)
(1) Ed Kilgor (29/11/24) Trump Has Lost His Popular-Vote Majority https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/election-results-show-trump-has-lost-popular-vote-majority.html
(2) Al Jazeera Staff (06/11/24) US election 2024 results: How Black voters shifted towards Trump. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/6/us-election-2024-results-how-black-voters-shifted-towards-trump
(3) Dan Gooding (08/11/24) Donald Trump Won More Black Voters Than Any Republican in 48 Years—Analyst. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-black-voters-gains-results-1982939
(4) John Westmoreland (06/11/24) Trump victory: the bitter fruit of Biden’s politics. https://www.counterfire.org/article/trump-victory-the-bitter-fruit-of-bidens-politics/
(5) Gabriel Hays (30/11/24) James Carville says America’s woke ‘hangover’ haunted Harris campaign, damaged Democratic brand. https://www.foxnews.com/media/james-carville-says-americas-woke-hangover-haunted-harris-campaign-damaged-democratic-brand; Eric W. Dolan (14/02/24) Victimhood and Trump’s Big Lie: New study links white grievance to election skepticism. https://www.psypost.org/victimhood-and-trumps-big-lie-new-study-links-white-grievance-to-election-skepticism/; Lisa Lerer and Michael Gold (11/10/24) Trump Spreads His Politics of Grievance to Nonwhite Voters. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/us/politics/trump-voters-black-latino.html
(6) Zack Linly (14/11/24) Trump Promises ‘Restitution’ To ‘Victims’ Of DEI ‘Discrimination’ And To Shut Down Department Of Education. https://chicagocrusader.com/trump-promises-restitution-to-victims-of-dei-discrimination-and-to-shut-down-department-of-education/; Ja’han Jones (14/11/24) Trump’s 2023 vow on education sounds a lot like reparations. https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-department-education-dei-rcna180046
(7) Adria R Walker (24/10/24) Project 2025 will ‘upend’ the lives of Black Americans, new report shows. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/24/project-2025-black-americans
(8) Simon Kuper (19/09/24) Musk, Thiel and the shadow of apartheid South Africa: The parallels between South Africa then and the US today are striking. https://www.ft.com/content/cfbfa1e8-d8f8-42b9-b74c-dae6cc6185a0
(9) Ethan White (25/11/24) HUGE UPDATE: Trump’s Operation Phoenix Unleashes GESARA Revolution – Redemption Centers Fortified with Military Protection, Trillions in Hidden Gold Seized from HSBC, JP Morgan, and Rothschild Vaults Redirected to Humanity! https://gazetteller.com/huge-update-trumps-operation-phoenix-unleashes-gesara-revolution-redemption-centers-fortified-with-military-protection-trillions-in-hidden-gold-seized-from-hsbc-jp-morgan-and-ro/
(10) Peoples Dispatch (14/11/24) Ultra-conservative war hawks dominate Trump cabinet. https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/11/14/ultra-conservative-war-hawks-dominate-trump-cabinet/
(11)Steve Holland (07/12/16) Trump lays out non-interventionist U.S. military policy. https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us/trump-lays-out-non-interventionist-us-military-policy-idUSKBN13W06K/; Common Dreams Staff (26/01/19) Trump’s ‘Axis of Evil’: Pompeo, Bolton & Abrams. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/26/trumps-axis-evil-pompeo-bolton-abrams; Khalil Sayegh (26/11/24) I’m a Palestinian Christian from Gaza. Donald Trump’s cabinet is Christian Zionism on steroids. https://www.newarab.com/opinion/gazan-christian-trumps-pro-zionist-cabinet-apocalyptic; Ramzy Baroud (23/07/19) Israel’s scramble for Africa: Selling water, weapons and lies. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/7/23/israels-scramble-for-africa-selling-water-weapons-and-lies; jamilah bourdon (25/01/24) Zionism is Against Africa & Africans. https://hoodcommunist.org/2024/01/25/zionism-is-against-africa-africans/
(12) Raphael Parens and Colin P. Clarke (26/11/24) How might Trump 2.0 approach Sub-Saharan Africa policy? https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2024/11/how-might-trump-20-approach-sub-saharan-africa-policy/401298/
So tonight we ask the question:
Trump II: What does it mean for us?
1) Did a “woke hangover” lose democrats the election?
2) How did Trump increase the Black vote?
3) Should we be concerned about Project 2025 and Trump’s apartheid connections?
4) Can “Operation Phoenix” really liberate the world?
5) Will the USA’s Afrika policy change?
Our Special Guest:
Bro. Vasco Stevenson: Is a community historian, political analysts and renowned health advocate and is the founder of www.blackhealth.co.uk. He is a popular, in demand speaker on na wide range of issues. Bro. Vasco hosts a radio chat programme every Sunday morning from 10am to 12pm on oneharmonyradio.com.
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