Jiang says politics was always a show and uses George H. W. Bush as an example of a hidden deep-state actor who could stage public political theater while governing from the shadows.
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George H. W. Bush
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Fantastic. I mean, the references that many people have made to his time in the WWE, I think it is, in the professional wrestling..."
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Jiang says George H. W. Bush sits behind a continuous regime stretching through 9/11, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Obama, with each public leader solving a different elite problem.
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"Fantastic. I mean, the references that many people have made to his time in the WWE, I think it is, in the professional wrestling..."
"Okay. So I'll say this, okay? I will say that politics was always a show. All right? So let me give you an example...."
"Okay? Now, what's interesting is 1980s. A conduit for Iran Conflict. The first major drug smuggling was Arkansas. And who was governor of Arkansas..."
"Right? Why is it that of all the presidents, we know least about the presidential afterlife of George H.W. Bush? George H.W., right? We..."
"And his son won because of the Supreme Court. Right? So I think Senator Dale O 'Connor was the deciding vote. And, you know,..."
"George H.W. Bush. Sorry. George W. Bush for the Republicans. Guess what? They're both skull and bones. Right? Who's the leader of skull and..."
"Right? So Bill Clinton removed the left working class objections to this regime. Then Obama was able to. Like, remove the liberal objections. Right?..."
"Well, I mean, it seems as though they are. They're trying to build up more forces for a quick strike against Iran. So even..."
"Yeah, I completely agree. So a naval blockade is considered an act of war. And so it... It breaks the spirit of a ceasefire...."
"...Another major movement that we've been seeing is that the George H. W. Bush, the third aircraft carrier is now moving towards the theater..."
"america george h.w bush lost bill clinton what people don't really understand is that clinton was a protege of george h.w bush's in fact..."
"No, no problem. But so essentially, it was like all that goodwill got blown really in the with George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton...."
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