Antonio Navalón
I have never been a supporter of or followed conspiracy theories. I have always considered that life has a randomness to it that even the most twisted brain in the world cannot condition. I grew up and was educated around the conspiracy theory about the multiple and possible assassins who perpetrated the assassination of John F. Kennedy. I followed the creation of the Warren Commission and, later, the report issued and presented by then-Chief Justice Earl Warren. A justice who served at a time when his position was truly respected and when modifying or eliminating the judicial system at will was not part of the presidential agenda. In his report, it was concluded that the Kennedy assassination, however hard to believe and disproving all sorts of conspiracy theories, had only one man by the name of Lee Harvey Oswald responsible.
This Saturday, while watching Donald Trump’s live appearance in Butler, Pennsylvania, it was incredible to compile the images and moments I captured in my mind—first, the automatic, unfeigned gesture of former President Trump touching his ear. A few seconds later, there are already pictures of him with his face pressed to the ground and his hands clasped together as if he were praying or probably that this was his end. However, the image that stuck in my mind the most is the photograph in which Donald Trump raised his fist with the U.S. flag waving in the background, implying that he would never surrender. Undoubtedly, that is a historic photograph that will last for a long time. If, before this attack, there were already those who assured that Trump’s return to the White House was a matter of time, there is very little doubt that after what happened, this prognosis is accurate. Trump’s fist represents the indomitability of the American spirit and its ability never to give up.
For the moment, let’s leave this fact here and let everyone interpret it as they wish. It goes without saying that it is not my conviction, nor do I see any element, except for the comments of some of the event attendees who admitted that we are facing a conspiracy, if not to assassinate Trump, at least to warn him about where he cannot follow.
On January 6, 2020, many things happened in Washington, D.C.. Still, the most important was the decision by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the military not to follow any instructions that would involve the violation of the U.S. constitutional order. It is no secret to anyone that the so-called Deep State – that is, the CIA, FBI, intelligence and secret police services, and so on – do not have Donald Trump among their favorite people. Trump has laughed at them, ridiculed them, and even called them incompetent. More importantly, all defensive doctrines and the entire history since the end of World War II U.S. defensive doctrine have been ridiculed by former President Trump under two fundamental principles. First, he argues and defends that there is no need to protect anyone. Second, his position is that others must also pay for their own security, and this should not fall solely on the responsibility of the United States.
No one knows what will happen from here; however, I fear that Saturday’s attack – which, to me, was – had a message meant to be given. I don’t know whether the ultimate recipient of that message, Donald Trump, will understand and follow it. In any case, just as his friend Putin has recommended him and used him many times as an example of what a competent and intelligent politician is, now undoubtedly all crises are in one way or another related – and here it is worth mentioning that in the political life of states, there are no coincidences.
While the European Union is searching for its own identity amid a simultaneous upheaval in France, Germany, Italy or England – especially after the decision of the English to leave the Union – Viktor Orbán, the current president of Hungary, is making a peculiar tour starting in Moscow and continuing in Xi Jinping’s China. His aim is said to be to seek a solution to the Ukrainian war; what is still unclear is why he did not approach his Western counterparts to achieve the long-awaited strategy to bring peace to the already protracted and wearing war on Ukrainian territory.
Tellingly, in the first week of the new Labour government in Britain, the most crucial information was what the war in Ukraine was costing the British. I fear this will not stop there and will cause the people of Europe and the United States—with Trump in the lead—to start counting the cost of staying involved in the Ukrainian war. But above all, it will also highlight the cost of maintaining the collective security model.
Trump does not believe in NATO or the defensive scheme that currently causes the U.S. military to have the territorial distribution it has worldwide. However, for the U.S. military and its top commanders, these two factors do matter. It is imperative to know that with Trump, there is no room for surprises; we have all seen what he is willing to go to and do in order not to lose power or to regain it – starting with his subordinates since he served and possibly will serve again as the Commander in Chief. If you add to that the fact that he has already been convicted in several trials and will foreseeably remain guilty in the remaining trials, Trump’s relations may be all but those who, at one time, envisaged or wanted the so-called established order.
In addition to the man who shot at former President Donald Trump, I do not know if there was anyone else involved in the attack, directly or indirectly. What I do know is that the Deep State of the United States of America does not share Trump’s vision of how wars should be won or lost.
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