| | According to its website the Trilateral Commission was formed in 1973 by private citizens of [[Japan]], [[European Union]] countries, [[United States]] and [[Canada]] to foster closer cooperation among these core industrialized areas of the world with shared leadership responsibilities in the wider international system.<ref>http://trilateral.org/page/3/about-trilateral</ref> | | According to its website the Trilateral Commission was formed in 1973 by private citizens of [[Japan]], [[European Union]] countries, [[United States]] and [[Canada]] to foster closer cooperation among these core industrialized areas of the world with shared leadership responsibilities in the wider international system.<ref>http://trilateral.org/page/3/about-trilateral</ref> |
| − | The Trilateral Commission has had a massive influence on both Republican and Democrat administrations – consistent with how the deep state remains in power regardless of who is elected to lead. While Republican [[Ronald Reagan]] criticized Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] for having Trilateralists dominate his administration, Reagan chose several Trilateral Commission members for his own presidential administration after being elected.<ref name="Perloff2009">Perloff, James (July 23, 2009). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/1213-council-on-foreign-relations Council On Foreign Relations]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 1, 2018.</ref> These Reagan Administration Trilateralists included [[George H. W. Bush]], who succeeded Reagan as president.<ref name="Perloff2009"/> Not even the Trump Administration was free from the Trilateral Commission – after serving in the White House, the Trump Administration appointed Trilateralist Kenneth Juster as the U.S. Ambassador to India.<ref>Jasper, William F. (December 19, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/27611-trump-s-ambassador-to-india-another-cfr-trilateral-globalist Trump’s Ambassador to India: Another CFR-Trilateral Globalist]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 1, 2017.</ref> | + | The Trilateral Commission has had a massive influence on both Republican and Democrat administrations – consistent with how the deep state remains in power regardless of who is elected to lead. While Republican [[Ronald Reagan]] criticized Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] for having Trilateralists dominate his administration, Reagan chose several Trilateral Commission members for his own presidential administration after being elected.<ref name="Perloff2009">Perloff, James (July 23, 2009). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/1213-council-on-foreign-relations Council On Foreign Relations]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 1, 2018.</ref> These Reagan Administration Trilateralists included [[George H. W. Bush]], who succeeded Reagan as president.<ref name="Perloff2009"/> Not even the [[Trump Administration]] was free from the Trilateral Commission – after serving in the White House, the Trump Administration appointed Trilateralist Kenneth Juster as the U.S. Ambassador to [[India]].<ref>Jasper, William F. (December 19, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/27611-trump-s-ambassador-to-india-another-cfr-trilateral-globalist Trump’s Ambassador to India: Another CFR-Trilateral Globalist]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 1, 2017.</ref> |