Jeremy Scahill on Trump Team: A Cabal of Religious Extremists, Privatization Advocates & Racists
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- democracynow.org - In this web exclusive, investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill of The Intercept talks in depth about Trump’s team, from unofficial adviser Erik Prince to Defense Secretary James "Mad Dog" Mattis to education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos.
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All of this is so disturbing! I didn't vote for religious fanatics, privatization fanatics or fact-free fascists who are ready to scapegoat people like myself.
I thought we couldn't stoop lower than W, but I was wrong. We no longer have a representative democracy. We must do something. I know the opposition is the majority in this country; let's band together!!!
You will have 8 total years of trump with that regressive logic.
benandreas369 It's up to Trump whether he gets 8 years or not. SJWs didn't vote for him,so quit making excuses for your own poor choices. Noone held a gun to anyone's head at the ballot box.
Steven DuVall Were you under in a collapsed mine while Trump was campaigning? Whether you knew the particulars of his plan or not NOTHING he said sounded feasible let alone reasonable! If you voted for him, you, and everyone who did, shouldn't have the right to complain. You surrendered your voice with your sense.
It's only a matter of time before the terrorists bomb trump hotels oversea and America is back in bullshit wars. This time around it's not gonna be meek, it's the big one we've been waiting for.
MR DUVALL
WHAT IS YOUR SECOND CHOICE ...!!! ???
THE NEOCONSERVATIVES !!!!???
THE ZIONISTS..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????
THE EVANGALICALS!!!!!!!!!!!?????
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE OF CRIME AND POWER....IF IT WAS SANDERS
WHO REALLY WAS THE BEST SUITABLE CHOICE ,AT THAT TIME...!! ______________________ BUT ________________________
THE BEHAVIOR OF THE DEMOCRATS WHO STOLE HIS NOMINATION
AS THE FRONT RUNNER.....!!!??? FORCED US IN THIS SITUATION
TODAY....!!!!
I WOULD SAY LET US GIVE MR TRUMP A CHANCE ....!!!!????
George Washington: "I can't tell a lie."
Richard Nixon: "I can't tell the truth."
Donald Trump: "I can't tell the difference."
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We let this happen by not paying attention and not understanding our own history
'White' (ethnic European) males built the USA. They cannot be expected to keep the floodgates open to millions of dependent illegals forever.
Money and resources would be better spent helping other nations to get their houses in order, rather than overthrowing stable governments our Zionist overlords happen to dislike.
Gary Miller Who's we? I didn't vote for Trump
+Robert X. "who wanted to grab pussies"? Has someone been trying to put their hands on you, Robert?
CircumstantialFilms Step your game up.
And not listening to Eisenhower.
Jeremy Scahill rates right up there with the best of investigative journalists, including Glenn Greenawald and John Pilger.
He's more of a mudslinger with a chip on his shoulder, an America-hater like you.
Hans you are the America hater. Nazi trioll
cgcmaster
Yep, everyone you don't agree with is a Nazi.
i have a lot of respect for jeremy scahill and will support him any way i can, but i'm afraid for him in this creepy orwellian atmosphere. i'm reminded of michael hasting...
Brilliant reporting !
Very disturbing. I think that if the American people knew of all the nefarious dealings of our government and politicians and people like Eric Prince, we'd be horrified.
Fifi Trixiebelle We are bombarded with make America great again. is this the greatness?
NO.
These war dogs can afford to be reckless as they have no skin in the game. They have no sons in the trenches, their children will live in comfort to a ripe old age. Never seen such madness
yeah, it's really scary shit and I feel quite helpless
Jason Hunter You vote your dollars every day. Find out what companies these people are funded by and stop funding them. There is a app called boycott you scan the product you're buying and it shows whom is connected with it.
Lucifer De no way dude
a.m. remorse I slit my wrist when I saw that shit. fuck white America
you are a zionist agent trying to divide people .you work for soros who funds BOTH the insane leftist and the insane alt right !soros and trump are business partners so you are plying right in to their hand !bannon is not a white supremacist because he is sourranded by jews and he is a devotee of israel ! he CLAIMS to be one to please the worst trumpTARTS and to start a war with iran ! that is the ZIONIST agenda ! trumptarts false zionist christians against the EVIL iran ! same bs as iraq ,weapon of mass destruction !christians versus muslims and the fools of amerika will do zion dirty wars once again !
todd holladay you work for zionist soros as well or you just do his bidding without even knowing it
Excellent video thanks for keeping us informed in what is going on.
An excellent example of investigative journalism! This is exactly the kind of thing that the freedom of speech and the independent media are meant to safeguard and promote; not the latest butt shot of the freaking Kardashians.
Jeremy is an amazing man. I thank him for his hard work, which has to be its own reward.
As an American taxpayer, let me state, I do not want any connection whatever to pilfered Iraqi oil blood money thank you very much, Mr. Prince
Jeremy Scahill, a real hero
When free press is gone then democracy is done and we are very close to that now.
Wow! I love this guy. I stopped watching Max Keiser, in part, because of how he railed on Scahill for missing an episode. Glad I did, after seeing how Max buddied up with Alex Jones, my gauge was proved true. But lets not forget Michael Hastings; who is gonna be there for Scahill when there is a "signature" ascribed to his name?
yes he's awesome. good example of all the positive sides of "expertise." countless hours (years) of research and investigation, fueled by a burning desire for truthful and honest reporting, all culminating in a perspective and base of knowledge singularly his own, yet worthy to be shared with all. Sometimes Democracy Now's repeat guests disappoint me; never Scahill.
beware capitalism420 is a zionist provocateur agent working for the soros/trump kabbal!
even so, probably better to ignore that type of chitter chatter and instead add something to the conversation!
barbara levay prove that slander!
Jeremy Scahill is a pit bull when it comes to Prinz and Blackwater. We need more investigative reporters like him to restore our republic to the people.
Okay this is what your second amendment was for
Actually, the 2nd Amendment is the State's last line of defense, not the civilian population's. It's historic roots can be traced through the history of the "sheriff", (Shire Reeve; County Bailiff) that goes back to the last decade of 900 a.c.e. England. Do you really think the NRA and cops, insanely devoted 2nd Amendment devotees, think their guns are for them to overthrow the US gov't, as opposed to defend it from ANYONE, for ANY reason, to ANY extent? I guess you could be right.
Tim Caffery
Dunno, just hate to see a good country go down the shitter I guess...
'From barbarism to decadence without being civilised inbetween.'
When was America 'good'?
jaye see bullseye
It was meant for a well-regulated militia that never materialized. Made a lot of sense at the time.
Trump didn't convince me that CNN, MSNBC, Fox are fake news, the news agencies convinced me by their lack of journalism.
David Roberts fuck you bitch
Scahill has done good work for years now and with Trump it comes full circle as Prince is Trump's education secretary's brother. Privatization for two decades or more now has shown us that it often means big-dog wins.
thank you for this report, I came to the conclusion last night. they need to be stopped.
Drop that mic, great reporting!
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
They probably didn't know it but they were talking about the Prince and DeVos families.
MrDeadInMyPocket I just hope the mexicans get rounded up quickly
Heavens to Betsy. Someone is trying to trigger me on the internets. Where's my fainting couch.
Scahill is one of the 21st century first Heros.! And Amy too! Sounds like a White House team to me! Keep it up you decent human beings!
Scahill is the Murrow of this generation. Put him and Hedges together along with Klein and it would prove the move watched and quoted for the next 4 years.
Abby Martin does a pretty good job as well.
What a mind. Love this guy.
God bless Jeremy.
Excellent, coverage by Jeremy Scahill.
Heaven help the world when a bunch of criminals and their mercenaries are to decide its fate!
dar rak the jews control trump. I hope you understand that!
I'm 73 going on 74 and!!!!!!, I'm getting TIRED!!!!!, of learning how this world has gone to Sh1t, I don't want to keep on learning, I'm finding it IMPOSSIBL !!!!!!!!!!, G.B.U.A.
Its time to end Religion
Will Rogers start with Judaism!!! it is the root of all evil!!!!
capitalism420.. Hatred, greed, & ignorance are roots of "evil".. I almost pity people like you.. Poor little troll.. :'(
Jeremy Scahill is a thoroughly tremendous journalist, and the "Blackwater" book is a hell of a read.
not on subject but youtubes new method of ranking comments is effectively sensorship. preventing valid comments from being seen
Keep doing your job free and independent media!
The work of this network is so vital, thank you for soldiering onward
I love Jeremy's wit here. Trump is a fool, when his approval ratings dip below 20% we are in big trouble.
Jeremy Scahill is a great man...
not on subject but youtubes new method of ranking comments is effectively sensorship, preventing valid comments from being seen
john j Comments are validated by those that read it. Censorship is an argument, but the comment value is a necessity of sorts.
john j your comment deserves to be at the top
2:17 I really wish people would stop using royal terminology to describe people who are NOT. Most of the old monarchies of Europe (I stress MOST, though certainly not all), I.e. in the last 200 years or so, were/are nowhere near as bad as the American rich and these so-called "right wingers" of the USA are nowadays. Trump has stated more than once that he believes that his family's power, fame and money make them some kind of exalted form of life, and I have no doubt that he believes his family to be some kind of nouveau royalty. To see Trump on a state visit at Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle next to Queen Elizabeth II will be hysterical - he won't be able to bare the fact that he is in the presence of an ACTUAL royal personage who is a monarch, something his money could never buy!!! He only wishes he could parade around with a crown on his head!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
I just ordered the book, looking forward to reading it.
I'm a Christian myself, and the last thing I want to see is theocracy in the United States (which, by the way, was something singled out by the founders as abhorrent in an open democracy, and very wise they were, too, in that way). We have always enjoyed the perfect balance here, at least in potential: anyone can be a Christian, and anyone can not be a Christian, and they are equals. Anyone, also, by our law, can be a Muslim, a Sikh, a Hindu, a Deist, an athiest, a soothsayer, or someone who worships cats, and enjoy exactly the same rights and freedoms.
It is patently unconstitutional to teach Christianity as an official state religion or even as a religion that's supposed to be preeminent in the United States. There is this thing we've heard about- it's called, from Thomas Jefferson's letter of 1802, referring to the First Amendment Establishment Clause, "a wall of separation between Church and State."
liberal narrative is they live in a Christian theocracy that is trying to hold them back from having gay sex ad abortions
facts dont matter to liberal
*****: That's convenient to do that, but it doesn't do anything. The fact is that the United States is an open secular democracy, and that allows for a great number of behaviors that you don't approve of personally. While you might have good reasons for what you believe, there's nothing you can do about other people behaving immorally according to your ideas about it. Nothing. Because they aren't breaking the law. Unless someone is breaking the law, you're going to have to accept that what they do is outside of your control and outside of the control of the Church, and something that is inevitable, and none of your business, either. Did you think that America was a Christian church? Are you trying to impose Christianity on everyone- on those who aren't interested in it? Do you realize what a secular open democracy is? It is a pluralistic society that permits very little interference in the private conduct of the citizens.
If you want to try and compel other people to change and become like you--if you want to try to control the behavior of others- and if you want to go so far as to try to get the government to get behind your effort, of course you are welcome to try. But you'll crash into the facts, and into the Constitution, and you'll end up right where you are now- frustrated that people do things you don't like.
Guess what? What you do and don't like isn't very important. We have laws, and some of our laws are actually designed to keep people like you from going too far. You can control no one but yourself, and your disapproval of the behavior of other people is meaningless unless the society at large has made their behavior unlawful.
God is the judge, not you.
I'm a Christian and I agree 100%. The idea of living in a fascio-Christian society sounds like a nightmare, because at the essence of it is nothing remotely Christian, but rather allegiance to a genocidal state of white supremacy. Nazi Germany was in part a Christian fascist state.
+Alyssa M: It's completely oppositional anyway. It's not only unworkable and impossible, it's unsound from the perspective of the teachings of the Faith. If Christ always did describe His own life as something hostile to the powers in the world, and told His followers to expect the same hostility as a cost of belief in Him, then how can American evangelicals explain trying to link Christianity with secular power in America?
Of course they can't explain it.
Because they have this perfectly backwards. Instead of making sure that Christ can bless the world through them, without any self-seeking on their part, but only a desire to heal and serve, they turn it around and try to use Christ as political leverage. A prop, a tool to advance in politics.
Rather unwise, I would say. Pretty arrogant, that.
+Alyssa M: Alyssa, I find it so hilarious that conservatives love so much to beat the drum about the Constitution, except when they'd rather not have it interfering. The founders were exceptionally insightful. Their flat opposition to anything like theocracy came from very clear reasoning and review of history. They knew absolutely where it goes.
So what's the motive, then? Is it really about good moral teaching? Purity? When conservative Christians try to insinuate the Faith into our pluralistic open society, are they doing it from pure sweetness?
Of course not.
I tell them all the time that it's quite transparent.
They do it to acquire power and to expand certain political constituencies on the Right, because in all of this they serve the Republican Party first, and Christ, if at all, second.
Their assumptions are wild. First, that Christianity can be compelled in the first place, and be what it is. Second, that the state can administer any religion fairly or without interfering all over again in secular freedom of thought. And, that there's any way to justify an attempt to overturn our founding principles no matter how virtuous they might think themselves to be at it.
Can listen to him for hours, lol such great news
Good lord.....it just keeps getting worse and worse. As bad as many of us thought Trump's reign would be....it's shaping up to be legitimately scarier than I think anyone really allowed themselves to imagine. Fuck.
RESIST!
The Kingdom of 'Our God is better than Your God..!'
EarlyLove2014 And also I would think that we will find atheists in closed camps with special emblems pinned to their chests.
Charisma Fries most likely
Very good reporting as always!
support DN !!
I believe a lot of these bad actors will die by the sword. Unfortunately, they'll probably take millions of innocent people with them.
I'd ;like to hear what Colin Powell has to say about Gen. Mattis.
the Eric prince connection is troubling.
thank you
I love this guy!
These people are dangerous!
they don't hate islam or love chrisanty
they love money and power
I love you Jeremy scarhill you're one of my heros wether you like it or not
This is a tangent on this that was not addressed. Who polices these mercenaries? If they step over the line in Africa, who stops them? Who holds them to account? This is the problem with privitazation, at least with military functions.
One question that Chris Hedges has asked is "How many of these private military men are fighting with us in Afghanistan and Iraq?" The answer is that nobody knows. They have no overseer, not even the Pentagon.
Non-linear warfare, the melding of state and corporate power, the assault on civil liberties, nativist populism, austerity, and privatization. Those are not very good inputs.
207 weeks to go of these nutters. If there is a God then we're being punished.
Great Interview!
What a bad world we live in now and getting worse. Where is the love for one and others? GOD said to love the sinner and not the sin, but not just killing people for the fun of it.
the Iraqi people don't have to pay the Americans anything. this is outrageous. Americans went in there!!
The same group of 'religious extremists' founded the greatest country in the history of the world.
So you can feel perfectly relaxed.
DONT BE FOOLED BY JEREMYS HALF TRUTHS.
Go Scahill!
Based Schahill
OMG. I have to read Jeremy's book.
Maybe these people should have organized their questions better
It's after interviews like these I have to struggle a lot so not to think Americans deserve everything it's coming for them in the next 4 years. Republicans and Democrats alike.
Wow! 39 comments! That's worth millions of dollars. Very few give a crap about your program.
Amazing that the so-called "Liberal media" has never touched on any of these issues Jeremy brings up......
I remember when Blackwater changed their name. This from Wikipedia - Blackwater (company), a private American military company and security consulting firm formerly called Blackwater Worldwide, renamed "Xe Services" in 2009, and "Academi" in 2011.
Anyone remember Xe as the final element of the periodic table? How about this latest name ?
Keep your eyes on Eric Prince, his family, and associates. Their group is the real insurgency
OMG Since when is torture, even on the table? Every day the cheeto gets more insane.
Alison Jansink I thought we just tortured blond hair white girls bit now Muslims?? this is horrible.
Hahahahaha let the kids run the country! Love Scahill
SO TRUE.
real sad
I am just curious who this man would recommend for presidency and cabinet picks on the next election. I would really like to know who he thinks would be good for America and not a corporate head, lobbyist, banker, corrupt whether dem or rep, etc...At this point, I think corruption is rampant on both sides of the aisle.
I WAS SENT A 35PAGE PDS FILE TO STAY AT THE EMBASSY AND ANOTHER ONE FOR VISITING
PCR.....presviously sent to Paul Craig Roberts...but it applies to Scahill and Goodman.
"The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies,
to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far
outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its
arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it.
And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very
limits of official censorship and concealment. That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control. And no official of my Administration,
whether his rank is high or low, civilian or military, should interpret my words here tonight as an excuse to censor the news, to stifle dissent,
to cover up our mistakes or to withhold from the press and the public the facts they deserve to know." -
President John F. Kennedy address before the American Newspaper Publishers Association at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, April 27, 1961
Why is a Homeless Woman on this show?
All Treats Foreign and Domestic.!
Curious to scahill assessment now.
I'd put Erik Prince in Jail. Mercenaries should be illegal.
Independent media. 👍🏻
Wow - this is so disconcerting about Erik Prince's relationship working with China
Ignorance, zealotry, hawkishness.....what fools. "You can't kill your way to victory or peace."
JEREMY SCAHILL IS AN BIG EXAMINER!!!
Dang. This place is full of TROLLS. capitalism420. Yeah I looked at your homepage. No pictures, no videos. Very bitter comments.
good to hear some logic in this era (past month) of idiocy in US gov't.
get that man some water
This is all pretty eye opening but I voted for Trump because my profession and my city has been decimated by illegal immigrants. As long as he cuts down on illegal immigrants and enforces our labor laws he will have my support. This is an issue that the democrats and the liberals will not face ,and always are advocating for more and more illegals.
Didn't we try killing our way to victory in Vietnam? And we did kill a lot of those people (2 million?) while losing 58,000 of our own. But it wasn't enough.
Trump's best smile is a scowl
Yes, exactly as the title says. But I protest, is that not what it's always been? Is it not better that there is no middle man, some politician giving us fancy words while the extremists, moneymen and racists do their business behind the scenes? Is this not in it's bizarre way, the tiniest of victories? Transparent government at last?
Mattis was supposed to be the one sensible bit of dry land in Trump's swamp......Not now.
Mr. Blackwater, your proposal, if carried out, would end America's influence in the world by any other means than military force. Fits well into your business model. However, would pull America into a disastrous economic and military over-reach.
My top five list of people in the world I would most like to meet and talk to includes Noam Chomsky and Jeremy Scahill.
and the other three?
And this was 3 years ago!
so, while i respect Scahill and applaud his outing of the Obama admin and Bush admin, he will now be used by the anti trumpers who will NOW find it appalling what the US has been doing all along.
9:40 "...Destabilize the area..."? Mission accomplished. The past is prologue.
Charter schools? Individuals lobbying government in privatizing (siphoning) public money.
But as far as the Blackwater private mercenaries who perished, that story was played as if the U.S. government was failing it's responsibility to pay for adequate protection (body armor, armored vehicles, etc.) for it's troops. No mention was made that these were not U.S. troops, but a for-profit rogue unit with no accountability.
Dig in to the story and find out what they were really doing in Fallujah.
Mattis is a military hero. You want to be safe then complain about the terrorists who get killed achieving it. I am elated to know Mattis will keep our country safe again - finally. You can always find a conspiracy. Ever hear of the 6 degrees of separation
There but by the grace of God, alone, was the United States of America ever allowed to flourish and prosper and become arguably one of, if not, the greatest nation in human history. God will have His way. Nor am I claiming to align Trumps assention to being aligned with God almighty. I don't claim that.