John Helmer has a theory of why Trump starts-a-strike threat, then quickly stops and TACO's, rinse and repeat. He ties it in with Michael Needham being promoted to Deputy National Security Advisor. Helmer makes known that Needham never wore a military uniform, has never done diplomacy, doesn't speak any foreign languages, never held elected office, et al. But Needham was co-founder of Heritage Action, which is why this Administration promoted him at this time, during Primaries but before the General Mid-term elections. Trump's zig-zagging is strictly a marketing tool to pump up favorability ratings for Trump Republican candidates in November. Trump has focused almost exclusively on foreign policy since Inauguration Day 2025, but the American voters don't follow foreign news; the domestic audience cares about inflation impacts on their lives And the lives of killed and injured American military members being returned home from foreign wars. So, Trump is Marketer-in-Chief for self-preservation through Election Day---that's all he's concentrating upon regardless of the scatter-brained "appearance" of Trump's words and actions.
What's Bessent going to say on Wednesday when there's no deal and the stock market starts to reverse the big gains from Monday and Tuesday? The Dow was up like 800 points when I first read this post. Where's the disconnect from reality? It's not what I'm reading here.
I get it that Trump conned many of the American people. I remember Scott Ritter bemoaning the fact that he had voted for Trump. Andrei Martyanov also, if I remember correctly. What baffles me as an outsider is that US citizens are totally helpless while witnessing in real time, the downward spiral of their beloved fatherland.
It took a group of inspired wise men to create the USA as we know her but now just one sick man is undoing it all 250 years after. (from Johannesburg)
If Iran really wants to escalate and "bring it on", maybe they should attack those airfields in Israel. By doing so, not only will they reduce the risk to themselves but also help the peoples of Gaza and Lebanon who are still be attacked by the Zionist airforce.
Excellent idea/plan, Steghorn. There is constant misery and grief in Gaza and Lebanon because of Israel's bombings.
The remains of people that were killed in Gaza Nov 2023 from Israel's horrific attacks have just been found:
Gaza families bury 112 people recovered nearly three years after Israeli strikes.....Remains recovered from beneath the rubble renew grief for families still searching for thousands missing in Gaza
I don't think we can celebrate the end of the empire yet, the US/Israel axis has been busy in Latin America orchestrating right wing regimes in power, in the Carribbean, in the Phillipines and Africa. They have many proxies doing their dirty work like Morocco.
It should be clear Trump is a sociopath. He has zero morals. He can leave the country in the shitter and all he will do is proclaim “best economy ever” and “America is back”. His low information supporters will do mental gymnastics to support it. My point? As long as he is enriching his family and associates, he couldn’t care less about the rest of us.
If he gets removed he will probably head up the “Board of Peace”. No place in their charter is Gaza mentioned. The billions sent to fund the Board will eventually be dispersed to rebuild places like Lebanon. The contracts will go to firms like Palantir, where they can build out a Technocratic Gov infrastructure. One that gives ultimate control to he who owns/controls the technology put in. We can expect rampant fraud to line every insider’s pockets. In the end Trump and cronies will continually benefit from the Imperil destruction of non compliant countries.
I don’t know if I agree that Trump inherited the Empire at the top. I believe the end of Empire started with W and the Iraq war. Lying bold-faced about WMD and getting away with it. Personally, I thought he should be impeached over that.
But, come to think of it, I could be persuaded that the end of Empire began May, 1948 when we recognized Israel.
I think you are right, Mrs. Wauck. Just yesterday, Ray McGovern was discussing with Nima Alkhorshid the dire straits of U.S.A., with Ray spelling out the particulars of Israel's attempt to sink an American battleship, the U.S.S. Liberty, in 1967. Israel killed 34 U.S, Sailors, wounded 167 Sailors (I think that's the number), but failed to sink the ship.
Joanne, I read an excellent book~ The Attack on the Liberty, by James M. Scott. Here is a bit of info about the ship:
The Liberty was built as a Victory ship in 1945--a class of cargo ships produced in large numbers by American shipyards during World War II. She first set sail bearing another name.
In 1963 the ship was converted to a technical research ship, a cover name for a U.S. Navy electronic spying ship used for signals intelligence missions during the Cold War. Her new name was the USS Liberty.
On that fateful day in 1967, she had a crew of 294 aboard. Israeli planes and gunboats attacked, leaving 34 men dead, 171 wounded. Despite the repeated strafing and napalm from the planes, despite the torpedo that punched a hole in her, she stayed afloat.
Israel struck a ship flying the United States flag, with her name--USS Liberty--boldly painted on her side.
Thank you, aDoozy, for giving much more detail about the intentional tragedy that was covered up. I think that your serious study is one more indication of the portending breakaway by the USA citizenry from the mesmerizing dream turned nightmare of the State of Israel by means of Zionism itself. Anglo-Zionists alongside Jewish Nationalists are exposed as being "USrael" itself. which is anti-American in nationhood and completely anti-Constitutional in the rule of law. USrael is merely a merging powers' political tyranny of impractical ambitions for owning the planet.
Yes, the decline has been there a while before Trump came along. However, a more sane and astute President could have done a lot to soften the blow and re-align America towards the new realities. Trump has just staked everything on one roll of the dice.
I honestly voted for him in 2016 in large part because I thought he could take us through bankruptcy and effect a soft landing for the people, to begin anew. <-- that was my "populism". But the people who own the casino have other priorities for him, and that is his "populism".
Ivanka is the most important person in Trump's life. Her husband, Jared Kushner, has been de facto US president in both Trump terms and was campaign manager of Don's lavishly funded but failed 2020 campaign.
Thanks for linking to The Hormuz Letter's Twitter perch. I check it first thing every morning to see whether the world as we know it has been, or is supposedly about to be, blown up.
A good friend of mine is a Palestinian Christian born in Bethlehem whose family was expelled and their land stolen by the Jewish terrorists in the Nakba in 1947-1948. The family fled to Lebanon. My friend has a PhD from Georgia Tech, owns a factory in Germany, and helped found the journal The Cradle. His attitude to Trump's threats: "Bring it on." He is not the only one.
Yes, Sharmine is fabulous. The Cradle, refers to the fact, btw, that the entire region was the cradle of civilization. I have never met more deeply cultured people.
John Helmer has a theory of why Trump starts-a-strike threat, then quickly stops and TACO's, rinse and repeat. He ties it in with Michael Needham being promoted to Deputy National Security Advisor. Helmer makes known that Needham never wore a military uniform, has never done diplomacy, doesn't speak any foreign languages, never held elected office, et al. But Needham was co-founder of Heritage Action, which is why this Administration promoted him at this time, during Primaries but before the General Mid-term elections. Trump's zig-zagging is strictly a marketing tool to pump up favorability ratings for Trump Republican candidates in November. Trump has focused almost exclusively on foreign policy since Inauguration Day 2025, but the American voters don't follow foreign news; the domestic audience cares about inflation impacts on their lives And the lives of killed and injured American military members being returned home from foreign wars. So, Trump is Marketer-in-Chief for self-preservation through Election Day---that's all he's concentrating upon regardless of the scatter-brained "appearance" of Trump's words and actions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj6FUDlYmZI
What's Bessent going to say on Wednesday when there's no deal and the stock market starts to reverse the big gains from Monday and Tuesday? The Dow was up like 800 points when I first read this post. Where's the disconnect from reality? It's not what I'm reading here.
From the Lego magicians at Explosive Media.
Explaining the situation to POTUS...
https://x.com/i/status/2084680748854882789
I get it that Trump conned many of the American people. I remember Scott Ritter bemoaning the fact that he had voted for Trump. Andrei Martyanov also, if I remember correctly. What baffles me as an outsider is that US citizens are totally helpless while witnessing in real time, the downward spiral of their beloved fatherland.
It took a group of inspired wise men to create the USA as we know her but now just one sick man is undoing it all 250 years after. (from Johannesburg)
If Iran really wants to escalate and "bring it on", maybe they should attack those airfields in Israel. By doing so, not only will they reduce the risk to themselves but also help the peoples of Gaza and Lebanon who are still be attacked by the Zionist airforce.
Excellent idea/plan, Steghorn. There is constant misery and grief in Gaza and Lebanon because of Israel's bombings.
The remains of people that were killed in Gaza Nov 2023 from Israel's horrific attacks have just been found:
Gaza families bury 112 people recovered nearly three years after Israeli strikes.....Remains recovered from beneath the rubble renew grief for families still searching for thousands missing in Gaza
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-families-bury-112-people-recovered-nearly-three-years-after-israeli-strikes?utm_source=Middle+East+Eye&utm_campaign=0a3f5c34c1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_30_03_38_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-d802beee2a-293715819
Iran has to be careful because they are dealing with crazed psychopaths in Tel Aviv. They want to hurt Israel without making them use their nukes.
I don't think we can celebrate the end of the empire yet, the US/Israel axis has been busy in Latin America orchestrating right wing regimes in power, in the Carribbean, in the Phillipines and Africa. They have many proxies doing their dirty work like Morocco.
It should be clear Trump is a sociopath. He has zero morals. He can leave the country in the shitter and all he will do is proclaim “best economy ever” and “America is back”. His low information supporters will do mental gymnastics to support it. My point? As long as he is enriching his family and associates, he couldn’t care less about the rest of us.
If he gets removed he will probably head up the “Board of Peace”. No place in their charter is Gaza mentioned. The billions sent to fund the Board will eventually be dispersed to rebuild places like Lebanon. The contracts will go to firms like Palantir, where they can build out a Technocratic Gov infrastructure. One that gives ultimate control to he who owns/controls the technology put in. We can expect rampant fraud to line every insider’s pockets. In the end Trump and cronies will continually benefit from the Imperil destruction of non compliant countries.
I don’t know if I agree that Trump inherited the Empire at the top. I believe the end of Empire started with W and the Iraq war. Lying bold-faced about WMD and getting away with it. Personally, I thought he should be impeached over that.
But, come to think of it, I could be persuaded that the end of Empire began May, 1948 when we recognized Israel.
Mary Ellen, I am with you about what the 1948 recognition of Israel began.
Joanne pointed out one of Israel's heinous acts--in 1967. Here is another--August 4, 2026:
https://thecradle.co/articles/israeli-occupation-forces-burn-over-120-hectares-of-centuries-old-olive-groves-in-south-lebanon
Israel kills people. Israel kills people's livelihoods. Israel is a mass murderer of God's Creation.
I think you are right, Mrs. Wauck. Just yesterday, Ray McGovern was discussing with Nima Alkhorshid the dire straits of U.S.A., with Ray spelling out the particulars of Israel's attempt to sink an American battleship, the U.S.S. Liberty, in 1967. Israel killed 34 U.S, Sailors, wounded 167 Sailors (I think that's the number), but failed to sink the ship.
Joanne, I read an excellent book~ The Attack on the Liberty, by James M. Scott. Here is a bit of info about the ship:
The Liberty was built as a Victory ship in 1945--a class of cargo ships produced in large numbers by American shipyards during World War II. She first set sail bearing another name.
In 1963 the ship was converted to a technical research ship, a cover name for a U.S. Navy electronic spying ship used for signals intelligence missions during the Cold War. Her new name was the USS Liberty.
On that fateful day in 1967, she had a crew of 294 aboard. Israeli planes and gunboats attacked, leaving 34 men dead, 171 wounded. Despite the repeated strafing and napalm from the planes, despite the torpedo that punched a hole in her, she stayed afloat.
Israel struck a ship flying the United States flag, with her name--USS Liberty--boldly painted on her side.
Thank you, aDoozy, for giving much more detail about the intentional tragedy that was covered up. I think that your serious study is one more indication of the portending breakaway by the USA citizenry from the mesmerizing dream turned nightmare of the State of Israel by means of Zionism itself. Anglo-Zionists alongside Jewish Nationalists are exposed as being "USrael" itself. which is anti-American in nationhood and completely anti-Constitutional in the rule of law. USrael is merely a merging powers' political tyranny of impractical ambitions for owning the planet.
Yes, the decline has been there a while before Trump came along. However, a more sane and astute President could have done a lot to soften the blow and re-align America towards the new realities. Trump has just staked everything on one roll of the dice.
I honestly voted for him in 2016 in large part because I thought he could take us through bankruptcy and effect a soft landing for the people, to begin anew. <-- that was my "populism". But the people who own the casino have other priorities for him, and that is his "populism".
Ivanka is the most important person in Trump's life. Her husband, Jared Kushner, has been de facto US president in both Trump terms and was campaign manager of Don's lavishly funded but failed 2020 campaign.
Thanks for linking to The Hormuz Letter's Twitter perch. I check it first thing every morning to see whether the world as we know it has been, or is supposedly about to be, blown up.
He or she has a helpful timeline of the twelve completed pairs, since 21 March, of these Trumpian ultimatums and backdowns: https://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2084621962626625671 .
A good friend of mine is a Palestinian Christian born in Bethlehem whose family was expelled and their land stolen by the Jewish terrorists in the Nakba in 1947-1948. The family fled to Lebanon. My friend has a PhD from Georgia Tech, owns a factory in Germany, and helped found the journal The Cradle. His attitude to Trump's threats: "Bring it on." He is not the only one.
Speaking of The Cradle, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvurB43wj1g Danny Haiphong's guest was Sharmine Narwani, Editor of The Cradle. She is a brilliant journalist.
Yes, Sharmine is fabulous. The Cradle, refers to the fact, btw, that the entire region was the cradle of civilization. I have never met more deeply cultured people.
Agree. One of my best friends is a Druze Lebanese woman. Salt of the earth.
Big fan of The Cradle!!!