:::The tragedy of contemporary [[American]] [[statecraft]] lies in the [[delusion]] that [[executive]] bluster can substitute for heavy [[industrial]] [[manufacturing]] and [[strategic]] coherence.
:::The tragedy of contemporary [[American]] [[statecraft]] lies in the [[delusion]] that [[executive]] bluster can substitute for heavy [[industrial]] [[manufacturing]] and [[strategic]] coherence.
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:::When [[Donald Trump]] issues [[apocalyptic]] warnings to “open the gates of [[hell]]” or claims absolute personal authority over global events, he is attempting to project an image of unchecked dominance. Yet, as our analysis demonstrates, these declarations are the performative [[theater]] of an executive who is both a [[hostage]] to his own fragile [[narcissism]] and a convenient [[kinetic]] battering ram for an [[establishment]] seeking [[plausible deniability]].
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:::When [[Donald Trump]] issues [[apocalyptic]] warnings to “open the gates of [[hell]]”<ref>Trump sounds like [[Joe Biden]]. Some [[idiot]] in the [[U.S. State Department]] advised both men the [[idiom]] "gates of hell" would scare the bejezuz out of [[Muslim]]s, only [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki3akylErXA Biden delivered it with more flare].</ref> or claims absolute personal authority over global events, he is attempting to project an image of unchecked dominance. Yet, as our analysis demonstrates, these declarations are the performative [[theater]] of an executive who is both a [[hostage]] to his own fragile [[narcissism]] and a convenient [[kinetic]] battering ram for an [[establishment]] seeking [[plausible deniability]].