Will Trump Survive?

Trump’s threat is purely economic, employing the power of coercion and open blackmail, to keep a ‘servant’ perpetually under subjugation from attaining economic independence.

The US needs a partner that commands respect in the region. Saudi Arabia fits that role.

[T]he Republican Party is now a coalition of religious conservatives, the social and economic right, and libertarian oligarchs. For their part, the Democrats have become a broad “tent” uniting liberals, moderates, and socialists.

The continued silence provides the occupation with cover to persist in killing and siege.