This is such good news of Trump's self-own-re-direct to his objectives as POTUS while yet candidate Trump. Particular thanks for explaining his lessons learned from allowing himself to be heavily pressured (blackmailed?) into accepting neocons for cabinet leadership and national secuity policy positions. With his demand departures of nefarious warmongers, and enrollment of different qualified persons who'll work for his national security objectives, minus the Israel First accompanying ideology attachments, Trump can climb Mt. Olympus, going for the gold in view of all the people.
Tom Luongo also sees Trump's vision for American stability--as a continuing great power--concluding a firm end of the Uk war. As things stand, the block of northern European countries (NATO block) will be ostracized (as perpetual warmongers of gravely diminished economies), while the US ties stregthens ties with Eastern and southern Europe, including Russia and Turkey, across the entire Mediteranean and Black Sea region. NATO, as well as the European Commission, will go bust. Luongo believes Trump is trying to help European national soverignty and West Asian national sovereignty, including Israel's survival; but that doing so requires the divorce from Netanyahu's and the neocons' operating plans for the US government.
A positive step? Better late than never? I suppose and I will resist complaining about it. But of course the ultimate question is "What will it avail us in the end?"
There have been lots of promising words out of the White House, such as bad mouthing the Neo-Cons and their methods. But then actions were taken that go right along with their desires and those methods. Now we have the removal of some "Jewish Nationalists" from the national defense team but concurrently with that we see the veto of the UN resolution for a Gaza ceasefire and aid. So is this a PR stunt? Or does it really mean something?
"Why did things have to get to this point? Trump is attempting this rebranding after the Deep State and its allies have regained their footing, rather than while he still had the advantage after the inauguration."
Good questions.
I'm upset with all the bad news but I'm trying to keep my composure and not just hyperventilate.
Trump started off well and I appreciate a lot of what he has done. He's doing great on immigration and DEI.
He's gotten himself into a pickle with Ukraine and Russia. It's time to extricate himself and us from this quagmire.
As you and other commenters have said, he needs to stop spouting off about foreign policy in his posts.
His success rests on making America great again by restoring the rule of law, closing the border to illegals, rebuilding our factories, tackling our debt and wrestling control of oolicy from the bureaucracy.
Many Republicans need to be primaried. Tillis, Ernst, Murkowski, Graham and Cassidy come to mind.
Nice distraction. On the same day that the US vetoes a UN ceasefire offer in Gaza. Trump has sold a few shares, but he is still the majority stakeholder in the Gaza genocide.
I listened to Chris Hedges' discussion with Joan Scott about the book "Our American Israel" published by Amy Kaplan in 2020, now reissued in paperback.
Kaplan "tells the story of how a Jewish settler colonial project captured the imagination of the American public [and by what means, e.g. Leon Uris' 1958 novel Exodus made into a movie released in 1960 starring blonde, blue-eyed Paul Newman] intertwining Israel's national myth with our own. American exceptionalism mirrors Israeli exceptionalism: the belief that America was ordained by God to lead the world replicates Israel's messianic vision of itself... [and] their similar national myths insist they are exempt from international humanitarian law."
Christian Zionists are going to be the death of us all. Without their imagination being so cynically captured and manipulated, we could pursue our national interests as a people living in a particular place on earth -- North America -- rather than believing we somehow constitute a New Israel, ready for the Second Coming
True.. I remember reading a book in the 80s by one US church senior pastor by the name HW Armstrong of the Worldwide Church of God, which has since folded I've heard. He died around the time.. The title of the book is "The Incredible Human Potential"..
If I remember correctly, in it he writes that modern day British and the Americans are the descendants of Manasseh and Ephraim, the Biblical two sons of Joseph, the son of Jacob and therefore are heirs of Joseph's blessings as pronounced by Jacob just before he died..
He wrote that the current British monarchy goes back to the house of Israel during the time of Hezekiah (something of that sort) during which Hezekiah prophesied that the throne would be taken by another tribe of the house of Israel, who are modern day Brits. One of the blessings is that of Joseph "possessing the gates of his enemies" as it is recorded in the Bible.. I guess this means the control of strategic points of the planet as they wished, to keep perceived enemies in check or even to control the worlds trade flow and wealth, I guess.
In my view, and from the other books I've read, many Christian sects that sprang up as a result of the population of the US by the Europeans, have adopted more or less this line of beliefs, the Mormons for instance, among many others. Hence the roots of what is known as Christian Zionism in the US today.. The word "Zion" is very much a part of the Mormon doctrine..
My take is that what is seen and often referred to as hubris on the part of the US especially, and the UK in the background, is basically a warped and blind faith mentality that the world owes them unquestioning servitude and that it is God's will even at the time when the elites in the US are not believers even a bit..
None of which has anything to do with actual Christian faith. These are all offshoots of what Eric Voegelin calls "gnostic" ideologies, masquerading as "Christian" for purposes of social acceptability.
The Christian Zionists are mostly boomers raised on a steady diet of dispensational preaching. They are dying out, and with them goes the Israel support. Unfortunately, it's a slow process but inevitable.
Why now? Because we are on the precipice of world war, and no one knows it in the US. The Europeans elites are getting desperate and time is running out. The Ukrainian military is hanging on by a thread and could collapse sooner than anyone thinks. The attacks on Russian strategic aircraft and the Crimean Bridge were just the beginning. Expect more attacks in the coming days and potentially a false flag operation in Europe or the US. All of this is intended to mousetrap Trump into a direct war with Russia or Iran. Very likely Europe will be in crisis before the end of the summer, and the contagion could then spread worldwide. Interesting times ahead.
I will be convinced of Trump's new stance when he stops punishing people in the USA who protest against Israel's genocidal activity; when he stops sending bombs and gobs of money to Israel; when he removes Huckabee as ambassador to Israel; and when he puts a muzzle and leash on AIPAC.
Another thing to correct: The United States representative to the UN Security Council vetoed a call for a ceasefire in Gaza. The US was the ONLY No vote to a ceasefire in Gaza.
Barry Goldwater once described a politician as “having gotten onto his great white horse and rode off in four different directions”, sorta describes DJT at this point. SMH, usually means “shaking my head”, but right now I’m “scratching my head” along with Mark. Now after 5 months and numerous counterproductive exercises? I’m going to file this one in the folder marked, “Better Late Than Never”.
Good, I guess, now slap the hell out of the Dread Justice Roberts and have him grab all the Second Amendment repeals happening in blue states. It will do him no good to play around with failed foreign policies if his failed domestic policy goes hot.
Holy crap. Now if only he'd get rid of some of the people in positions to do more damage. And please ditch cretinous Huckabee before he says anything else moronic.
This is such good news of Trump's self-own-re-direct to his objectives as POTUS while yet candidate Trump. Particular thanks for explaining his lessons learned from allowing himself to be heavily pressured (blackmailed?) into accepting neocons for cabinet leadership and national secuity policy positions. With his demand departures of nefarious warmongers, and enrollment of different qualified persons who'll work for his national security objectives, minus the Israel First accompanying ideology attachments, Trump can climb Mt. Olympus, going for the gold in view of all the people.
Tom Luongo also sees Trump's vision for American stability--as a continuing great power--concluding a firm end of the Uk war. As things stand, the block of northern European countries (NATO block) will be ostracized (as perpetual warmongers of gravely diminished economies), while the US ties stregthens ties with Eastern and southern Europe, including Russia and Turkey, across the entire Mediteranean and Black Sea region. NATO, as well as the European Commission, will go bust. Luongo believes Trump is trying to help European national soverignty and West Asian national sovereignty, including Israel's survival; but that doing so requires the divorce from Netanyahu's and the neocons' operating plans for the US government.
A positive step? Better late than never? I suppose and I will resist complaining about it. But of course the ultimate question is "What will it avail us in the end?"
There have been lots of promising words out of the White House, such as bad mouthing the Neo-Cons and their methods. But then actions were taken that go right along with their desires and those methods. Now we have the removal of some "Jewish Nationalists" from the national defense team but concurrently with that we see the veto of the UN resolution for a Gaza ceasefire and aid. So is this a PR stunt? Or does it really mean something?
Precisely this…
Mark Levin will not be happy :)
"Why did things have to get to this point? Trump is attempting this rebranding after the Deep State and its allies have regained their footing, rather than while he still had the advantage after the inauguration."
Good questions.
I'm upset with all the bad news but I'm trying to keep my composure and not just hyperventilate.
Trump started off well and I appreciate a lot of what he has done. He's doing great on immigration and DEI.
He's gotten himself into a pickle with Ukraine and Russia. It's time to extricate himself and us from this quagmire.
As you and other commenters have said, he needs to stop spouting off about foreign policy in his posts.
His success rests on making America great again by restoring the rule of law, closing the border to illegals, rebuilding our factories, tackling our debt and wrestling control of oolicy from the bureaucracy.
Many Republicans need to be primaried. Tillis, Ernst, Murkowski, Graham and Cassidy come to mind.
Nice distraction. On the same day that the US vetoes a UN ceasefire offer in Gaza. Trump has sold a few shares, but he is still the majority stakeholder in the Gaza genocide.
Boom! Steg is in the room.
I'm a dog man, personally, Cos, but you are my favourite cat!
Yes.
I listened to Chris Hedges' discussion with Joan Scott about the book "Our American Israel" published by Amy Kaplan in 2020, now reissued in paperback.
Kaplan "tells the story of how a Jewish settler colonial project captured the imagination of the American public [and by what means, e.g. Leon Uris' 1958 novel Exodus made into a movie released in 1960 starring blonde, blue-eyed Paul Newman] intertwining Israel's national myth with our own. American exceptionalism mirrors Israeli exceptionalism: the belief that America was ordained by God to lead the world replicates Israel's messianic vision of itself... [and] their similar national myths insist they are exempt from international humanitarian law."
Christian Zionists are going to be the death of us all. Without their imagination being so cynically captured and manipulated, we could pursue our national interests as a people living in a particular place on earth -- North America -- rather than believing we somehow constitute a New Israel, ready for the Second Coming
True.. I remember reading a book in the 80s by one US church senior pastor by the name HW Armstrong of the Worldwide Church of God, which has since folded I've heard. He died around the time.. The title of the book is "The Incredible Human Potential"..
If I remember correctly, in it he writes that modern day British and the Americans are the descendants of Manasseh and Ephraim, the Biblical two sons of Joseph, the son of Jacob and therefore are heirs of Joseph's blessings as pronounced by Jacob just before he died..
He wrote that the current British monarchy goes back to the house of Israel during the time of Hezekiah (something of that sort) during which Hezekiah prophesied that the throne would be taken by another tribe of the house of Israel, who are modern day Brits. One of the blessings is that of Joseph "possessing the gates of his enemies" as it is recorded in the Bible.. I guess this means the control of strategic points of the planet as they wished, to keep perceived enemies in check or even to control the worlds trade flow and wealth, I guess.
In my view, and from the other books I've read, many Christian sects that sprang up as a result of the population of the US by the Europeans, have adopted more or less this line of beliefs, the Mormons for instance, among many others. Hence the roots of what is known as Christian Zionism in the US today.. The word "Zion" is very much a part of the Mormon doctrine..
My take is that what is seen and often referred to as hubris on the part of the US especially, and the UK in the background, is basically a warped and blind faith mentality that the world owes them unquestioning servitude and that it is God's will even at the time when the elites in the US are not believers even a bit..
None of which has anything to do with actual Christian faith. These are all offshoots of what Eric Voegelin calls "gnostic" ideologies, masquerading as "Christian" for purposes of social acceptability.
True..
The Christian Zionists are mostly boomers raised on a steady diet of dispensational preaching. They are dying out, and with them goes the Israel support. Unfortunately, it's a slow process but inevitable.
Why now? Because we are on the precipice of world war, and no one knows it in the US. The Europeans elites are getting desperate and time is running out. The Ukrainian military is hanging on by a thread and could collapse sooner than anyone thinks. The attacks on Russian strategic aircraft and the Crimean Bridge were just the beginning. Expect more attacks in the coming days and potentially a false flag operation in Europe or the US. All of this is intended to mousetrap Trump into a direct war with Russia or Iran. Very likely Europe will be in crisis before the end of the summer, and the contagion could then spread worldwide. Interesting times ahead.
This is encouraging but what stopped Trump from calling Bibi and telling him to knock it off? Bad advice?
I take a seat in the 'wait and see' chair.
I will be convinced of Trump's new stance when he stops punishing people in the USA who protest against Israel's genocidal activity; when he stops sending bombs and gobs of money to Israel; when he removes Huckabee as ambassador to Israel; and when he puts a muzzle and leash on AIPAC.
Here's something else that needs to be addressed: humanitarian aid to Gaza.
It MUST be allowed to enter!
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/264507/popemobile-converted-into-ambulance-blocked-from-entering-gaza
Another thing to correct: The United States representative to the UN Security Council vetoed a call for a ceasefire in Gaza. The US was the ONLY No vote to a ceasefire in Gaza.
And send that golden pager back to Netanyahu.
Check out this response to the US' No vote to the UN's proposed ceasefire in Gaza:
https://x.com/afshinrattansi/status/1930361707366334894
That's it. Actions speak louder than personnel musical chairs.
Yes. A small tactical retreat to preserve strategic goals.
Tamsin, I added two more moves by the US that must be done--I did so in a reply to my own post.
Barry Goldwater once described a politician as “having gotten onto his great white horse and rode off in four different directions”, sorta describes DJT at this point. SMH, usually means “shaking my head”, but right now I’m “scratching my head” along with Mark. Now after 5 months and numerous counterproductive exercises? I’m going to file this one in the folder marked, “Better Late Than Never”.
Scratch, scratch, scratch.
dandy article!
Good, I guess, now slap the hell out of the Dread Justice Roberts and have him grab all the Second Amendment repeals happening in blue states. It will do him no good to play around with failed foreign policies if his failed domestic policy goes hot.
He's almost out of time.
Holy crap. Now if only he'd get rid of some of the people in positions to do more damage. And please ditch cretinous Huckabee before he says anything else moronic.
His comments about Spain were vulgar and crass and beneath the dignity of a diplomat. He should been brought home and sent back to Arkansas.
And knock Miss Lindsey down a peg, too!
BA: Three pegs seems much more appropriate.
Then you still have the Palantir debacle, which worked hand in glove with Israel providing targeting of Palestinians in Gaza.
Corrosion is difficult to get rid of once it gets going, best to prevent it from ever getting started. Zionists are corrosive like acid.
"Zionists are corrosive like acid."
Oh my, that's a quip to remember and on point. Well played T. Khaan.
He's taking a huge risk with this, if it's true.
He has to, but is it too late to recover from the obstacles he had put in his own path.
I suspect it's been too late for this country for a very long time; we just happen to be here to watch the end.
Fourth turning and all, good point, Joe.