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Who Really Runs America?
After Biden’s disastrous debate performance, it’s time to shed some light on who’s running the show.
I don’t think anyone thinks the President of the United States is the one who pulls the strings.
Trump seemed pretty hands-on, but even he had puppet masters, those to whom he was beholden to get him into office.
But who are these people?
The easy answer would be the godless corporate CEOs who control more wealth than most developed countries, but that’s not news. Look at people like Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jamie Dimon, and Zuck.
These four men control roughly 5.63 trillion dollars if you add up the worth of their respective empires. That’s a lot of dough, but even they aren’t the real owners of America.
No, the people who make this country run how they want it to run might surprise you. I’m taking a significant personal risk by telling you this, but the truth needs to come out. These people can have me killed whenever they want.
The real individuals behind the scenes, the actual shot-callers, are my aunt Krystal and her Margarita Monday crew, who convene at Desi Romano’s Bar and Grill in Chalmette, Louisiana.
I know this might come as a shock, but when I lay out the evidence for my claim, you’ll know beyond a shadow of a doubt that what I’m saying is accurate.
On September 10th, 2001, a Monday, I might remind you, I walked into the bar to have dinner with my mother. Krystal and her cabal of divorced harpies laughed and drank margaritas as usual, but something was different.
They were carrying on talking about their plans for the week. I went to say hello to Krystal, and she said, “Stay out of New York City tomorrow; the weather might be a little…dusty.”
They all chuckled, and I went back to my table. The next day, well, you all know what happened.
It turns out that Krystal and her friends had seen a documentary about Afghanistan a few weeks earlier and decided they might want to take a vacation. They’re kooky like that.
They did a little research and found out that drinking in Afghanistan was illegal and decided…