John Feffer
John Feffer
John Feffer is an author and currently director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. He is a fellow at the Open Society Foundations. His books include Crusade 2.0, a description of contemporary attacks on Islam; North Korea/South Korea: US Policy and the Korean Peninsula, a description of current US policy towards Korea and its limitations; Power Trip, a narrative of Ame
"The voters vowed to take their revenge at the polls. They’d missed out on the country’s vaunted prosperity. They were disgusted with the liberal direction of the previous administration. They were anti-abortion and pro-religion. They were suspicious of immigrants, haughty intellectuals, and intrusive international institutions. And they very much wanted to make their nation great again."
"Trump was, they concluded, sui generis, a peculiar mutation of the American political system generated by the unholy coupling of and the Tea Party revolt. But Trump is not, in fact, a sport of nature. He reflects trends taking place around the world."
"[H]e started to use large amounts of cash... since 2006..."
"A Buzzfeed investigation... found... one-fifth of [Trumps] condos... since the 1980s have been bought in cash, which allows the purchasers to avoid... scrutiny... Many... purchasers were shell companies."
"Before he became president, Donald Trump was... an unsuccessful businessman... He filed for bankruptcy six times—five times for his casinos and once for the Plaza Hotel."
"Then it will matter little how much both liberals and conservatives rail against “stupid” and “crazy” voters. Nor will they have Donald Trump to kick around any more. In the end, they will have no one to blame but themselves."
"[T]he Treasury Department estimates... one-third of... high-end real estate [transactions] involves potential ."
"An astounding number of his... business ventures have gone belly up..."
"Only one institution, , continued to supply him with credit. ...Trump began to rely on ...questionable characters and networks."
"[A]ll telltale signs of : the cash, the shell companies, the s, the lack of transparency and ."
"His opponents have tried to argue that America is already great, has been great, and will always be great. But the truth is, for many Americans, things have not been so great for at least the last two decades."
"The Panama Papers... leaked... from ... revealed... mechanisms by which Putins associates transferred enormous... money[s] overseas... to conceal assets. Putin... parked... money in shell companies created by... associates."
