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Trump’s downfall: Fascist capitalism will do him in

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August 28, 2025
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I’m old enough to remember when American politics was divided between those who wanted less government (they were called “conservatives,” or the Right) and those who wanted more social safety nets (called “progressives,” or the Left).

It’s hard to find Right or Left these days. Instead we have something no one has ever seen in America — a personal takeover of nearly all the institutions of government and, increasingly, the private sector, by a would-be dictator.

Trump is on the way to occupying Democratic-led cities with the Army, National Guard, and ICE — in what appears to be a dress rehearsal for the 2026 midterms.

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He is telling Republican states to super-gerrymander in order to squeeze out more Republican seats in Congress, to help retain Republican control of the House after the 2026 midterm elections.

He is trying to silence criticism from universities, museums, law firms, and the media. And targeting critics for prosecution, such as Adam Schiff and John Bolton.

But that’s hardly all of it.

At the same time, Trump is taking personal control of the U.S. economy.

He’s trying to control the Federal Reserve Board, threatening Jerome Powell with unflattering stories about his expenditures on the Fed’s building and Fed governor Lisa Cook with stories about her home loan.

He’s imposing his will on key industries, from semi-conductors to steel.

He’s given the chip giants Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices export licenses to sell their semiconductors to China on condition that they pay the U.S. government 15 percent of what they make on those sales. (Not incidentally, Trump has reported substantial personal holdings in Nvidia.)

He’s converting nearly $11 billion of grants that the government had given Intel (part of the Biden administration’s CHIPS and Science Act) into a 10 percent stake in the company, worth $8.9 billion, held by the government. Presumably, this would let Trump decide on its CEO.

His White House has even created a scorecard that rates American corporations on how loyal they are to Trump (visit https://www.axios.com/2025/08/15/white-house-rating-big-beautiful-bill). Corporations with “strong” ratings (among them, Uber, DoorDash, United, Delta, AT&T, and Cisco) are to be rewarded with tax and regulatory benefits, while “low” rated corporations could face retribution ranging from Justice Department and regulatory lawsuits to damaging executive orders, harsh regulations, and unbridled scorn from Trump.

Before they poured money into Trump’s initiatives and PACs, many Big Tech corporations were facing federal investigations and enforcement lawsuits. Those investigations and lawsuits are now being dropped.

Trump’s import taxes (tariffs) are the results of individual deals between Trump and particular countries, as well as between Trump and big American corporations. So far, America’s trading partners have agreed to invest over $1 trillion in the American economy. Who will oversee such investments? Trump.

In sum, an increasing part of our economy is no longer being determined by supply and demand but by the deals Trump is striking.

Authoritarians rely on vast bureaucracies to control industry, as does China’s Xi Jinping.

But the new order being imposed on American industry doesn’t come from a vast authoritarian bureaucracy. It’s personal and arbitrary. A single so-called “strongman” is beginning to control everything.

I don’t know the proper term for this. State capitalism? Fascist capitalism?

Whatever we call it, it will be Trump’s downfall because his arbitrary and mercurial decisions are making the private sector nervous about investing in the U.S. economy, causing global lenders to demand a higher risk premium for lending to the U.S., and pushing the economy toward both inflation and recession — so-called “stagflation.”

If nothing else brings him down, the economy surely will.

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La caída de Trump: el capitalismo fascista acabará con él

Tengo la edad suficiente para recordar cuando la política estadounidense estaba dividida entre quienes querían menos gobierno (llamados “conservadores” o la derecha) y quienes querían más redes de seguridad social (llamados “progresistas” o la izquierda).

Hoy en día es difícil distinguir entre la derecha y la izquierda. En cambio, tenemos algo nunca visto en Estados Unidos: una toma personal de casi todas las instituciones gubernamentales y, cada vez más, del sector privado, por parte de un dictador en potencia.

Trump se dispone a ocupar ciudades lideradas por los demócratas con el Ejército, la Guardia Nacional y el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE), en lo que parece ser un ensayo general para las elecciones intermedias de 2026.

Está instando a los estados republicanos a manipular los distritos electorales para obtener más escaños republicanos en el Congreso y así ayudar a mantener el control republicano de la Cámara de Representantes después de las elecciones intermedias de 2026.

Intenta silenciar las críticas de universidades, museos, bufetes de abogados y medios de comunicación. Y está buscando a críticos para procesarlos, como Adam Schiff y John Bolton.

Pero eso no es todo.

Al mismo tiempo, Trump está tomando el control personal de la economía estadounidense.

Intenta controlar la Junta de la Reserva Federal, amenazando a Jerome Powell con historias poco favorecedoras sobre sus gastos en la construcción de la Fed y a la gobernadora de la Fed, Lisa Cook, con historias sobre su hipoteca.

Está imponiendo su voluntad en industrias clave, desde semiconductores hasta acero.

Ha otorgado a los gigantes de los chips, Nvidia y Advanced Micro Devices, licencias de exportación para vender sus semiconductores a China con la condición de que paguen al gobierno estadounidense el 15% de lo que ganen con esas ventas. (No es casualidad que Trump haya declarado tener importantes participaciones personales en Nvidia).

Está convirtiendo casi 11.000 millones de dólares en subvenciones que el gobierno había otorgado a Intel (parte de la Ley CHIPS y Ciencia de la administración Biden) en una participación del 10% en la compañía, valorada en 8.900 millones de dólares, en manos del gobierno. Presumiblemente, esto permitiría a Trump decidir sobre su director ejecutivo.

La Casa Blanca incluso ha creado un sistema de puntuación que evalúa la lealtad de las corporaciones estadounidenses a Trump (visite https://www.axios.com/2025/08/15/white-house-rating-big-beautiful-bill). Las corporaciones con calificaciones “altas” (entre ellas, Uber, DoorDash, United, Delta, AT&T y Cisco) serán recompensadas con beneficios fiscales y regulatorios, mientras que las corporaciones con calificaciones “bajas” podrían enfrentar represalias que van desde demandas del Departamento de Justicia y regulatorias hasta órdenes ejecutivas perjudiciales, regulaciones severas y un desprecio desenfrenado por parte de Trump.

Antes de invertir en las iniciativas y comités de acción política (PAC) de Trump, muchas grandes corporaciones tecnológicas se enfrentaban a investigaciones federales y demandas por incumplimiento. Esas investigaciones y demandas ahora se están desestimando.

Los impuestos a la importación (aranceles) de Trump son el resultado de acuerdos individuales entre Trump y países específicos, así como entre Trump y las grandes corporaciones estadounidenses. Hasta la fecha, los socios comerciales de Estados Unidos han acordado invertir más de un billón de dólares en la economía estadounidense. ¿Quién supervisará dichas inversiones? Trump.

En resumen, una parte cada vez mayor de nuestra economía ya no se determina por la oferta y la demanda, sino por los acuerdos que Trump cierra.

Los autoritarios se apoyan en vastas burocracias para controlar la industria, al igual que Xi Jinping en China.

Pero el nuevo orden que se impone a la industria estadounidense no proviene de una vasta burocracia autoritaria. Es personal y arbitrario. Un solo supuesto “hombre fuerte” está empezando a controlarlo todo.

No conozco el término adecuado para esto. ¿Capitalismo de Estado? ¿Capitalismo fascista?

Llamemos lo que llamemos, será la ruina de Trump porque sus decisiones arbitrarias y volubles están poniendo nervioso al sector privado a la hora de invertir en la economía estadounidense, provocando que los prestamistas globales exijan una mayor prima de riesgo para los préstamos a Estados Unidos y empujando la economía hacia la inflación y la recesión, la llamada “estanflación”.

Si nada más lo derriba, la economía seguramente lo hará.

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