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David Chere-Bolelwang's avatar

The flip side of the coin is that the US is merrily destroying itself and this can only be good for the rest of the world including the vassals.. A world without the CIA and the dollar chicanery for instance, can only be a tremendous blessing to mankind..

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Cosmo T Kat's avatar

Don’t count on the CIA going away, it will reinvent itself in-line with whatever eventually happens to us. That might be scarier than what we know it to be now.

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David Chere-Bolelwang's avatar

True.. They've been in the business of deception for far too long.. But still, the danger is that the parasite can take down the host with it, much to the detriment of both..

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Cosmo T Kat's avatar

Yes, that is our fear. Generally, it's been said, the sunlight is a great disinfectant, but this is a stubborn parasite, perhaps a bio-parasite that seems to adapt to any change in the host making it harder to eradicate. Will time and sunlight tell? Stay tuned and stay vigilant.

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Ivar Ruslan's avatar

The "Trump administration" has zero true foreign policy, period. We have a drowning person, grasping at whatever they can get ahold of, which you know can be very dangerous for the rescuers, as they may also be drawn into the whirlpool.

Not Donald himself, necessarily, but he's surrounded by a conflicting claque of divergent personalities who have such contrasting views, at any given time ; hell, who COULD keep up with it (!?). I can think, off the top of my head, only one ATM that *IS* sincerely loyal, that being Tulsi, who despite clearing the deck early on, still apparently can't get the damn dude to get a daily Presidential Briefing (certainly not as of recently).

He has a nest of "Zio-Christians" or Jews infesting the whole joint, so the closest he gets to any real world events is at press briefings where a reporter will tell him about something that he should've been the first person to know. WTH?

I *DO* believe he's sincere in most of his efforts, his infamous "carrot and stick" approach to the world at large, but maybe just oblivious to the fact that America has lost it's "Cultural Appeal" , the real backbone of our power projection...the "carrot" doesn't seem to work anymore, especially with the really quick rise of BRICS.

So, at this stage, it will be the "Big Stick", along with the constant Twix speak loudly, not softly, as per Teddy's recommendation.

As far as the "Homeland" (gods, I hate that word!), he's deported less than Obama by a long shot...where the hell is badass Homan, and especially Noem, except kicking out "jew-haters" (?). WTH, this is AMERICA, not "New Zion"!?

To what do we owe these people, the Diaspora, that only wish to Tikun Alom *OUR* Nation, and the world??...they're doing a real jam-up job on Palestine and Ukrainia/Russia, after all.

Plamo I Plato, on a global scale.

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David Chere-Bolelwang's avatar

Isn't clear by now that perhaps since JFK, no US president has ever been independent in the way he executes his duties? (from Johannesburg)

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Mark Wauck's avatar

That seems about the size of it.

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aDoozy's avatar

Col. Macgregor speaks from study and experience. He speaks seriously and with confidence. These are respectable traits for those of us who read Mark's Substack posts.

As I read the transcript with Judge Nap, I jotted down a few notes. Trump has damaged the US relationship with Russia, China, and Iran (the 'Axis of Evil'!) via threats and bullying, outlandish tariffs and sanctions, and bloviated trash-talk.

Frankly, Trump's speech as our President is embarassing to me as an American citizen. His sensationalism and narcissism have turned him into a bacillus to the world. Now--how do we contain this bacillus (hat tip to Mark for this description)?

How many in Congress are not on board with Donald Trump? If We the People appeal to our representatives for help, I don't see many of them agreeing with us. It tells me a lot about what has happened to DJT when he speaks against and threatens good men like Sen.Rand Paul and Rep.Thomas Massie.

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David Chere-Bolelwang's avatar

I remember reading an old book almost 15 years ago by the title, "The Great Reckoning".. It was written by two collaborating authors who I can't remember their names precisely, but one of them goes by the surname Rees-Mogg or something close. The book pointed out the collapse the US was facing even back then.. I am afraid the US is following in the footsteps of the USSR.. Only that the effects of it are perilous for the whole world.. The biggest enemy the US has is the US..

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Steghorn21's avatar

Agreed. I found little to agree with in what the good Colonel said.

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ML's avatar

Steg, you meant “disagree,” I’m sure. The only silver lining in this clouded view of Trump- Russia is that he is still talking to Putin. Where that gets us, I dunno, but at least the phone lines are open.

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Yancey Ward's avatar

I wrote several months ago that Trump's out on Ukraine is simple- offer to ship all the defensive arms to Ukraine that the Europeans pay up front for. You will see Ukraine's real support disappear as soon as Uncle Sugar ain't footing the bill.

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Mark Hazard's avatar

We are observers/consumers of a controlled narrative. We remain an unknown distance from clarity. Narrative intake requires critcal thinking and a jaundiced eye.

The negative media refrain regarding Trump is not unexpected.

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RUS/UKR outcome is known. NCSWIC.

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dissonant1's avatar

I agree with absolutely everything Col. Macgregor states in this transcript. (Mark, on the other hand, I agree with 95% of the time until he convinces me to agree with him on the other 5%, which usually doesn't take long.)

Mac says: "So the objective is to contain the Americans. This is a rogue state that still has enough military power at its disposal to do a lot of damage. This is what BRICS is all about. It's not just militarily but it's also financial and economic." I couldn't agree more. We see this playing out all over the world as he notes - beginning with Russia and China. I find Russia's blossoming relationship with North Korea particularly interesting. Putin is cultivating a very nice chess piece for the future in "Rocket Man" Kim.

https://theprint.in/world/north-koreas-kim-vows-unconditional-support-for-russia-in-meeting-with-shoigu/2647696/

I also appreciate how well Gen. Flynn describes the "traditional" MAGA "vox populi" positions, the ones all of us thought we were voting for in 2024. Seems so long ago...

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TedTheKitty's avatar

I remember in the first few months of the conflict, seeing videos of Isr soldiers in uniform, arriving in Ukraine to fight., mostly young men in their 20’s. We brought in 300-400 Chechen fighters from Jolani’s 31 flavors of jihad in Idlib, too. At least some of them were given Ukrainian citizenship.

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ML's avatar

Perfect sonic description of where we are…!

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Cosmo T Kat's avatar

Thank you for posting this, it was quite interesting and it makes me glad that some in our country are working hard to get the message out. I was curious she never mentioned the special Allie, Israel.

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