Donald Trump’s re-election strategy hinges on an “othering” of the Black Lives Matter movement as anarchist enemies to be defeated by federal paramilitaries. Othering Black Lives Matter and China serves that purpose well. ‘Anarchist forces’Its elite tactical force was deployed alongside Homeland Security and other federal forces in Portland Oregon as an exemplary action against “anarchist forces” behind the Black Lives Matter protests. Their polarisation of the conflict into a new cold war may suit them electorally but is dangerous militarily. Biden would continue a lot of his new and more determined US-China policy, perhaps short of a cold war.

Source: The Irish Times August 01, 2020 01:00 UTC