…is the monopolistically dominating paradigm of private finance which is Debt Only.
Trump could build a genuine alliance with Russia based on ending that paradigm. The problem is Trump is both a third rate populist, orthodox and conspiratorial dunce and the quintessential example of someone who has been repeatedly saved by the worst unethical and/or illegal aspects of finance coming ironically from Russia, and Putin is one of the worst monetary and financial kleptocrats in human history.
The thing we have going for us is they are few and we are many….with a clear cut advantage because domination is a priori unethical.