pcr suspects the empire is too far gone to resuscitate;

Is Western Civilizational Decline Too Advanced to Be Reversed?

Paul Craig Roberts

Trump says he intends to make America great again, and his supporters believe him.  I also believe it is Trump’s intent.  The question is if there is enough left of America to restore.

Trump, if he is careful about his appointments, could make a good stab at restoration:  Robert Kennedy as the head of the Food and Drug Administration.  General Flynn as head of the CIA.  Elon Musk as Secretary of State.  John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute as Attorney General.  Michael Hudson as Secretary of the Treasury.  Edward Snowden as Director of the National Security Agency.  

A number of the police state agencies, such as Homeland Security, could be abolished.  So, yes, in theory, Trump could have a go at restoring America.  But is Trump capable of even imagining  these appointments, and if so could he get them confirmed by the US Senate?

I have no confidence that Trump would acquire the human capital his administration would need to do the job he has assigned to himself.

Perhaps his advisors again are serving the establishment, not Trump, telling him that he needs to moderate his attack on the establishment in order to make himself more acceptable to the ruling elite and less of a target for the presstitute media. This is how potential leaders are brought to heel. ........more.........