Trump didn't start any wars last time. That's a first for presidents in my life time ... I do think he'll start some this time. Hopefully I'm wrong.

I've never thought there was any meaningful difference between any of them. Obama would have ZERO differences from McCain or Romney except in which countries they'd bomb and when.

Was Trump different? He was marginally better and marginally less corrupt. But he still "drained the swamp" and replaced them with other wallstreet swap creatures. He did some good work with tariffs and border security, I'll give you that too.

But overall, the president doesn't really control the country, nor the people. The CIA/DIA does, combined with some global interests. Even the corporate interests like Alphabet/Meta are mostly just puppet arms of the three letter agencies (Facebook starter literally the day after DARPA shut down Digital Life Log).

I briefly believed Trump was marginally different enough to matter. I think that moment has passed. I'm back on the train with James Corbett: it really doesn't mater who you vote for in the selection process. Except for 2016, the CIA controls what happens ... and I think they've taken back their authority even when Trump gets installed. If he tries to opposed it, they'll kill him for real this time.