Trump Just Met with Henry Kissinger: I Have Tremendous Respect for HimBy Carey Wedler Though he vowed to repeal Obamacare on the campaign trail, he has sincesoftened his rhetoric. Though he claimed he would prosecute Hillary Clinton, he now says he doesnt want to hurt her and has avoided confirming any such plans. Though he initially claimed he would institute a Muslim registry of sorts and his advisors are reportedly concocting plans to do so he is yet to confirmwhether or not he will implement one (spoiler alert: one was establishedfor people from Muslim-majority countries during the Bush era). What is clear is that in spite of Trumps anti-establishment rhetoric, he has thus far decided to surround himself with some of the establishments key figures. In addition to choosing advisors like war hawk James Woolsey, among other neoconservatives, Donald Trump has now sought guidance from Henry Kissinger, whom Clinton has called a friend. Kissinger first made a name for himself as an advisor to Richard Nixon. He played a key role in the administrations wars in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. According to a statement from the Trump camp: President-elect Trump and Dr. Kissinger have known each other for years and had a great meeting. They discussed China, Russia, Iran, the EU and other events and issues around the world. But theres just one problem: the establishment Trump has vowed to obliterate reveres Kissinger. Unsurprisingly (and just like the political establishment), Kissinger is responsible for millions of deaths around the world.In his book, The Trial of Henry Kissinger, the late Christopher Hitchens outlined key facts he argued prove Kissinger is a war criminal. As cited by the Intercept, Kissinger was behind a wide array of destructive policies: Greg Grandin, a professor of history at New York University, outlinedKissingers transgressions just during his time in the Nixon administration: He (1) prolonged the Vietnam War for five pointless years; (2) illegally bombed Cambodia and Laos; (3) goaded Nixon to wiretap staffers and journalists; (4) bore responsibility for three genocides in Cambodia, East Timor, and Bangladesh; (5) urged Nixon to go after Daniel Ellsberg for having released the Pentagon Papers, which set off a chain of events that brought down the Nixon White House; (6) pumped up Pakistans ISI, and encouraged it to use political Islam to destabilize Afghanistan; (7) began the U.S.s arms-for-petrodollars dependency with Saudi Arabia and pre-revolutionary Iran; (8) accelerated needless civil wars in southern Africa that, in the name of supporting white supremacy, left millions dead; (9) supported coups and death squads throughout Latin America; and (10) ingratiated himself with the first-generation neocons, such as Dick Cheney and Paul Wolfowitz, who would take American militarism to its next calamitous level. Grandin notes that a full tally hasnt been done, but a back-of-the-envelope count would attribute 3, maybe 4 million deaths to Kissingers actions, but that number probably undercounts his victims in southern Africa. Kissinger has met with every incoming president since he worked in the Nixon administration. The only exception to that rule was Barack Obama, who did not seek his advice. Though Trumps meeting with Kissinger is not guaranteed to reflect in Trumps policies especially considering how erratic the new president has proved himself to be his decision to meet with one of Hillary Clintonsfavorite advisors reflects his lack of commitment to his previous rhetoric. Though Trump campaigned on the sentiment that nation-building is unwise and the Iraq War was a mistake, he is now seeking guidance from one of the foundational architects of Americas decades-old role as chief hegemonist and policeman of the world. I have tremendous respect for Dr. Kissinger and appreciate him sharing his thoughts with me, Trump said after meeting with him. Perhaps the best example of Kissingers poor judgment is reflected in astatement from Hillary Clinton during a presidential primary debate: I was very flattered when Henry Kissinger said I ran the State Department better better than anybody had run it in a long time. This article (Trump Just Met with Henry Kissinger: I Have Tremendous Respect for Him) is free and open source. You have permission to republish this article under a Creative Commons license with attribution to Carey Wedler and theAntiMedia.org. Anti-Media Radio airs weeknights at 11 pm Eastern/8 pm Pacific. If you spot a typo, please email the error and name of the article to edits@theantimedia.org. The elite are the magicians. The elite are the mechanics. I reject your satanic dehumanization rhetoric. The elites are not magicians, they are evil and ruthless. The elites are not mechanics; they are architects of human misery and grief. WE ARE THE HOST they are the parasites. Not magicians, not mechanics. Just parasites. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss Not that I had great hope, respect for Trump. I have none of either, now. Kissinger, is an evil man. Trump needs to do some research on the man before praising him. Can Trump change a tire? Wire a light switch? So much for due-diligence. Kissinger is a celebrity and (off-book), one of the richest men in the world. Isnt that enough? Nope. This is the part where Kissinger brings Trump into a room of cigar smoking Fat Cats the lights are dimmed a vid/movie comes on about the JFK assassination was been shot from an angle no one in the American public has ever seen before after the its over, Henry leans over says to Trump: Any questions? In which Trump, after pulling out a (very recent) photo of Kissingers head in the cross-hairs, replies: Yeah. Just One. Where do you want it? What kinds of respect? a silly old-folk, always fooled by the Chinese communist government. Chinese communist dont represent Chinas centuries-long history or any past ruined regimes of China. Chinese communist party which was founded only four years after as governed the Peoples Republic of China from the republics founding in 1949 until today. Kissinger nothing can be contributed to Make America Great Again. Henry Kissinger is one of the main reasons Washington needs to be cleaned up. I did not vote for Trump or Hillery. Hillary was a known war criminal for what she caused in Libya and Syria. Trump was a 1 percenter and largely a political unknown. I did approve of his Anti NWO speeches during the campaign. It remains to be seen if he will successfully take it on. His recent selection of cabinet ministers is troubling to me. I hope that Trump doesnt become another politician who makes promises he has no intention of keeping. 