| Hello, Trump's reelection signifies the violent realignment of American politics with its underlying social reality: a society dominated by staggering inequality and ruled by a capitalist oligarchy. This realignment is expressed not only in Trump's appointments, but in the Democratic Party's swift accommodation to—and even embrace of—the incoming regime. Trump is assembling a government that epitomizes the naked rule of the rich. Each appointment reflects two overriding criteria: personal loyalty to Trump and an unwavering commitment to a program of war, repression and social counterrevolution. I want to invite you to the Socialist Equality Party's upcoming online event this Wednesday, November 20, at 8 p.m. EST: "Of the oligarchy, by the oligarchy, and for the oligarchy: Trump's cabinet & the restructuring of the American state." Sign up now to attend: | Trump's selections for leading positions over the past week are a gallery of reactionaries, multi-millionaires and outright fascists, tasked with implementing a program of dictatorship at home and war abroad. The appointments include: | - Matt Gaetz as attorney general, along with Trump's personal lawyers Todd Blanche and D. John Sauer as deputy attorney general and solicitor general, respectively. Gaetz, one of the most fascistic figures in Congress before his resignation, represents the consolidation of the Justice Department as a weapon of political persecution.
- Thomas Homan as "border czar" and Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff for policy, together orchestrating a massive assault on immigrant workers, along with Trump's designated Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
- Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense, Marco Rubio as secretary of state, Elise Stefanik as UN ambassador, and Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel. This war cabinet is engineered to escalate US militarism, particularly against China, and to deepen support for Israel's genocidal campaign against the Palestinians. Hegseth, a Christian fascist and former Fox News commentator, has built his career defending war crimes, while Huckabee has openly called for the extermination of Palestinians.
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of health and human services and Jay Bhattacharya, whom the Washington Post reported Saturday is a frontrunner to head the National Institutes of Health. Both are proponents of unrestrained "herd immunity" policies in relation to COVID-19 and other pathogens, guaranteeing the prioritization of profit over public health, with catastrophic consequences for the population.
- Elon Musk, the wealthiest individual in the world, and biotech billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the "Department of Government Efficiency." This new agency will spearhead a $2 trillion assault on government spending, targeting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and public education. Musk, who has personally profited to the tune of $50 billion since Trump's election, embodies the fusion of political power, economic self-interest and personal corruption at the heart of the new regime.
| To implement these deeply unpopular policies, Trump and his advisers are moving rapidly to consolidate unlimited power in the hands of the White House. A central component of this strategy is the plan to bypass the Senate through recess appointments, effectively overriding its constitutional role to "advise and consent." More than 800 billionaires in the United States now control a staggering $6.2 trillion in wealth. The top 10 percent of the population possesses more than two-thirds of all wealth, while the bottom half possesses only 2.5 percent. Individual oligarchs function almost as economic ecosystems, controlling vast sections of economic life and profiting off of the exploitation of millions of workers in the US and internationally. A social system characterized by such vast social inequality is incompatible with democratic forms of rule. The structures of political life are being brought into alignment with this social reality. Our online event on Wednesday will provide a Marxist analysis of Trump's cabinet and the subservient response of the Democratic Party, and will outline the necessary program and strategy for the working class to fight back. I encourage you to register now, donate to help us hold more events like these, and invite your friends and coworkers to this critical discussion. | | | We're powered by the support of our readers and workers. Make a contribution today to the World Socialist Web Site. This email was sent to alitealbum.wsws@blogger.com. If you want to, you can unsubscribe. We rely
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