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The Coup not only continues, it began in the 1930’s and keeps getting stronger.
Fascists never stop.
Smedley Butler and the 1930s Plot to Overthrow the President
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In 1934,a colossal claim reached the American news media: There’d been a plot to overthrow Pres Franklin D. Roosevelt, in favor of a fascist government. In the works since 1933, the claims of the conspiracy came from a very conspicuous and reliable source:
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Major General Smedley Butler, one of the most decorated war heroes of his time. Even more unbelievable were his claims of who was involved in the plot – respected names like Robert Sterling Clark, Grayson M.P. Murphy, and Prescott Bush.
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The abandonment of the gold standard was a sticking point for high-ranking officials &bankers in the country during 1933.
..MacGuire believed the only way to save the country..was to create a military state run by former servicemen..
Sen. Prescott Bush
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..MacGuire..believed a fascist state was the only answer for America, and that Smedley was the “ideal leader” because he “could organize one million men overnight.”
Butler appeared before the McCormack-Dickstein congressional committee..
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Those implicated ranged from the DuPont family to Prescott Bush, grandfather of future President George W. Bush..Evidence of the validity of Butler’s testimony was not released until the 21st century..No one was ever prosecuted in connection to the plot.
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Prescott Bush’s business dealings..continued until his comp’s assets were seized in ‘42 under the Trading w/the Enemy Act.60 yrs later a civil action..was brought in Germany vs the Bush family by 2 former slave labourers at Auschwitz.
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These Wall Street millionaires literally plotted to overthrow the president
When FDR messed w/their money,they began engineering a coup
It is impossible to say exactly how close the Business Plot..came to overthrowing the president.
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11 Companies That Surprisingly Collaborated W/the Nazis
Kodak,Hugo Boss,Volkswagen,Bayer,Siemens,Coca Cola.
Ford,Standard Oil,Chase Bank,IBM,Random House
Siemens took slave laborers and had them help construct the gas chambers
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Charles Lindbergh had as much or more charisma as Donald Trump and was the front man for “America First” until The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
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