Some helpful analysis from the [Fred] Hampton Institute as we head into another Trump administration.

Trump worked out two deals to gain a ton of political capital before even taking office. The first (which was probably done months ago and contingent on him being reelected) with his close friend, Netenyahu [the temporary ceasefire deal], and the second with fellow Ivy League capitalist Shou Zi Chew [overturning the Tiktok ban]… 

We don’t know exactly what the long game is here but we do know that (1) Trump unconditionally supports the colonial apartheid state of Israel, has very close ties to Netenyahu, and wholeheartedly supported the genocide of the Palestinian people, and (2) Trump’s support of “free speech” is conditional on such speech being in line with the capitalist/imperialist narrative (although with a more controlled-ops orientation, ala Infowars, Rogan, etc). 

What we anticipate is that this political capital is being used to manufacture consent through popular support for some early power moves being planned by his administration (US/Israel expansion, destroying Iran, pressuring China, more fascistic domestic policies regarding immigrants, the homeless & the poor/disabled, strengthening the internal police/surveillance state, etc.). We should also know is that Trump has proven to be an asset to the American empire (including the “deep state” that supposedly hates him), has proven his loyalty to unrestrained capital, and has proven to be no friend of the struggling, working-class masses here in the US. 

The bottom line with all of this is that overt fascism is a *systemic* development rooted in capitalist decay. While Democrats/Biden have served an important role in pushing this systemic transition, they’ve also effectively set up Republicans/Trump to play an even more important role. With this pre-arranged political capital supercharging his facade as an “anti-establishment outsider,” Trump now has a clear path (with popular support) to guide this capitalist decay into a more organized and powerful form of fascistic corporatism.