Swiss Policy Research looks at The American Empire and its Media/Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)/Bilderberg Group/Trilateral Commission
(swprs.org)https://swprs.org/the-american-empire-and-its-media/https://archive.ph/4gVoH"In 2008, CFR member John McCain lost against CFR candidate of choice, Barack Obama, who received the names of his entire Cabinet already one month prior to his election by CFR Senior Fellow (and Citigroup banker) Michael Froman. Froman later negotiated the TPP and TTIP trade agreements, before returning to the CFR as a Distinguished Fellow."