Ted Cruz drops bid for Republican nomination, clearing path for Trump … Ted Cruz suspended his US presidential campaign on Tuesday after a crushing defeat in Indiana's primary, leaving the way clear for Donald Trump to become the Republican nominee.  – UK Guardian

It seems more likely now that Trump will be the Republican nominee for president. But there are seemingly two main questions to answer: Will Trump really go on to win the presidency and … is his candidacy what it appears to be?

We don't know the answer to the first question. In fact, we are still not sure he will be the nominee. But we have thoughts on the second question, some of which we have mentioned previously.

In an article entitled Trump, Another Manchurian Candidate? we wrote the following:

The mainstream media is filled with howls about Donald Trump. Even the most positive articles about him tend to catalogue his political achievements within a larger context of GOP consternation and evident fury. Here is our question, as close observers of the mainstream media.

Is it propaganda of a sort? Is the evident antipathy orchestrated to serve certain purposes of a shadowy power elite? To elaborate: Are those at the top of US society who evidently structure and control US elections creating a figure that is sympathetic to the tens of millions who are deeply alienated from almost every part of establishment society? Is Trump himself part of a deeper plan?

We elaborated on this with an article entitled, Trump and '60s Propaganda: Strategy to Launch North American Union?

Here's what we proposed:

Is it possible some sort of dialectical strategy is taking place? [George] Soros provides the thesis, you see, and Trump the antithesis. Out of media-promoted conflict emerges a synthesis that considerably deepens the relationship between Mexico and America.

Trump's "wall" – his signature political issue – would be at the center of this cultural and geographical realignment. Out of its construction, might emerge a greater union embracing a much larger geographical region.

We then tracked the creation of this media-promoted conflict and reported on its escalation on April 12 in an article entitled, US Elections Giving Rise to Broad, Socialist Coalition. Here's an excerpt:

The anger manifest in the current political season is being used by elite money-men to forge a new protest coalition that is extensive and international. A quick glance at Democracy Spring's website reveals a coalition of supporting groups drawn from the entire spectrum of leftist activism.

Ironically, they are using the current polarization of US politics to build this bigger movement. Meanwhile, US citizens swept up by the current election are once again losing sight of the reality of American politics: They don't work properly and don't yield beneficial results.