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Tension in the White House

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Published in Frankfurter Rundschau
(Germany) on 24 December 2018
by Stefan Koch (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Sandra Alexander. Edited by Helaine Schweitzer.
President Donald Trump looks to make decisions that he can easily sell to his base, while at the same time, Robert Mueller’s investigation spreads to include more and more people.

Ironically, during the festival of peace, the power struggle in the White House is growing. President Donald Trump is going to extremes to force financing of the wall planned with Mexico. One after another, federal offices are closing; thousands of employees are being sent home on unpaid Christmas leave, even though there have been fewer illegal crossings at the border than in past years.

Even more consequential is the hasty withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Syria and the planned troop reduction in Afghanistan. Knowing that, of all things, Russia and the regime in Iran number among those to profit from his knee-jerk reaction, Trump is looking to make decisions that he can easily sell to his base.

A deep motive is hidden behind all of this: The investigation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller is moving increasingly close to the White House. There are growing indications that the investigation could soon direct its attention to Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, especially considering that, just like Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen, former campaign manager Paul Manafort has been sentenced to a prison term.


US-Präsident Donald Trump sucht nach Entscheidungen, die sich bei seiner Anhängerschaft verkaufen lassen, während Robert Muellers Untersuchungen immer weitere Kreise ziehen. Der Kommentar.

Ausgerechnet zum Fest des Friedens spitzt sich der Machtkampf in Washington zu. US-Präsident Donald Trump geht bis zum Äußersten, um die Finanzierung der geplanten Mauer zu Mexiko zu erzwingen. Reihenweise schließen die Bundesbehörden, Tausende Mitarbeiter werden in einen unbezahlten Weihnachtsurlaub geschickt – obwohl es an der Grenze weniger illegale Übertritte gibt als in den vergangenen Jahren.

Noch folgenreicher ist der überstürzte Abzug der US-Soldaten aus Syrien und die geplante Truppenreduzierung in Afghanistan. Wohlwissend, dass ausgerechnet das iranische Regime und Russland zu den Profiteuren der Kurzschlussreaktionen zählen, sucht Trump nach Entscheidungen, die sich bei seiner Anhängerschaft gut verkaufen lassen.

Hinter all dem versteckt sich ein tieferer Beweggrund: Die Nachforschungen des FBI-Sonderermittlers Robert Mueller rücken immer näher an das Weiße Haus heran. Es mehren sich die Hinweise, dass demnächst auch Trumps Sohn Donald Junior und Schwiegersohn Jared Kushner ins Visier geraten könnten. Die Nervosität steigt, zumal der frühere Wahlkampfmanager Paul Manafort ebenso zu einer Gefängnisstrafe verurteilt wurde wie Trumps persönlicher Anwalt Michael Cohen.
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