Summary
Russian state TV hosts are celebrating Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, claiming they could “dismantle America.”
Figures like Vladimir Solovyov praised the nominees, including Kash Patel for FBI director and Tulsi Gabbard for intelligence, as a “radical dream team” likely to undermine U.S. institutions.
Critics in the U.S. warn that Trump’s selections, including conspiracy theorists and controversial figures like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Pete Hegseth, signal plans to weaken federal agencies.
China is right there. I have no idea how historians will answer the question “Why did the western empires hand their own means of production to the biggest ML country on the planet?”.
Surely they are Marxist-Leninist in name only in 2024? That’s how I see it but I’m interested in hearing your points if you disagree.