Afshin Rattansi with John Perkins: Iran War Could be Trump’s downfall: An enormous strategic mistake
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to John Perkins, former economic hitman and Author of The Art of the Steal: Trump & The Economic Hit Man Presidency. He discusses the US’ move to oligarchy and Trump’s acceleration of the shift, why he feels ashamed to be an American, the IMF & World Bank’s GDP predictions and why GDP is only a measure of how the wealthy are doing, why unity is very important for African and Latin American countries, why the US made the enormous strategic mistake of attacking Iran, why the war on Iran could be Donald Trump’s downfall, the nature of Trump’s relationship with Vladimir Putin, why leaders of countries continue to take hated IMF & World Bank loans, China’s strategy of sitting on the sidelines while the US makes catastrophic mistakes, and much more.
Tried figuring out whether this was here before or after I mentioned this in The Hearty Salon… 07 October 2026 (did I miss something), but no time at the top (also searched for “publish” in source) and date is the same. In any case, this video strikes amarynth as being… Read more »
“Former” American economic hitman, John Perkins, whines that Trump is making strategic mistakes that is leading to America’s downfall. Here’s a box of tissue for you. Have a pity party. America’s so-called “strategic mistakes” are weasely euphemisms for crimes against humanity. And the United States fully deserves to reap the… Read more »