It’s beginning to look like the rhetoric has been deliberately misleading and that Trump 2.0 foreign policy will not be a break from the the Cold War past—or, more particularly, from the path that the Clintons and their Anglo-Zionist cronies chose at the end of the Cold War.
Way back machine, Ray. Thanks for sharing the link. In today's environment we must acknowledge the enemy is not Bristish, but anglo-Zionist. Small a on the anglo as they are the servants to the Zionist master.....
“Nothing in the Pandemic Treaty, created to centralize global public health, benefits the America First agenda.”
“ I can't imagine a world without a powerful WHO. [A powerful WHO that is used by its owners to control the international response to pandemics and biowarfare is a frightening though.”
Pretend to fight, make presidential threats, unleash a great sound and toothless fury and in the meantime, ….. let the Russians win. No more Ukraine. Oh well, too bad. Problem solved.
I certainly hope this is the strategy - it provides a gut-level awareness to fool soulless ghouls who can’t recognize they’ve been played by neo-conmen.
Genuine question: if he’s trying to keep up the pressure on Russia, why would he immediately stop the weapons flow to Ukraine with no concessions from Russia? Trump’s power comes from his base and he knows they will not tolerate any further US escalation in Ukraine. His base wants peace. I interpreted this as Trump putting pressure on Europe to stop their warmongering or start paying for it themselves.
Think of it as putting pressure on his enemies--both purely political and Deep State. There was a second part to this action. An audit of the money that was spent. It has been repeatedly asserted that a gigantic portion of the money appropriated to aid Ukraine was skimmed by Ukraine. You know that can't happen without US political actors getting a healthy cut, too. I think that's the main target.
I don't think the Russians are much impressed to see the US doing the right thing that should have been done years ago. There's no reason for them to make concessions based on actions that came too late. They don't owe Trump jack shit.
In many ways, Trump's rhetoric on Ukraine actually helps Putin in his near term actions with respect to the war in Ukraine. It is in their best interest to continue military action and pursue the original goals of the SMO. Putin can now delegate Lavrov to slow roll negotiations with Kellogg while giving Gerasimov a green light to keep up the pressure on the AFU. Time is on Russia's side and Trump has too many adversaries (England, France, EU, China, and BRICS) that he can't tread water with Russia forever. Trump has to blink or his problems just keep getting worse. Better is to rip off the bandaid all at once. Give Russia a real peace proposal that meets their security needs and accept a rump non-NATO Ukraine west of the Dneiper. The only loser in this formula is the Central Bank of England, which promptly goes bankrupt thereafter.
Trump thinks he's running the world, the CEO of the globe. His actions with tariffs and war will soon leave the US as the world's largest gas station with some nukes.
Russia and China are loving this, as are the rest of BRICS. Close the US market to us, no biggie, we'll just quickly develop other markets. Prolong conflict, no biggie, we'll ride it out and be even more united.
This is why I labeled Trump 2.0 "the Trump era." As he says, never mind Trump 1.0. I only wish he would do the same to the toxic ideologies driving our FP.
One of the EOs that I found interesting was the one that forces all fed employees to come into the office. I strongly suspect that this is another effort to smoke out--and fire--people who are actually simply paid political operatives masquerading as employees.
Turley yesterday was telling Ingraham that the EOs are very well thought out. He was impressed with how they appeared to have thought through and prepared for likely responses.
Many of us voted for Trump hoping he would begin to dismantle the warfare state. It won't be easy. Trump should be more measured and obtuse in this responses to reporters about his plans for Ukraine and Israel and Iran and China. Nothing good can come from bluster and bs. There's been enough of that for the last four years (and longer). If Trump bogs his presidency down in warfare, and can't reign in the Pentagon and IC, then his MAGA domestic agenda will falter and his party will be in trouble in 2026.
I don't care about continuing the fighting with Russia and Iran and China and the ME. I want something done about inflation, medical grift, illegal immigration, crime, and the weaponization of government against its citizens. If Trump expends his political capital on warfare, what can he get done in these other areas?
Mark, I note very little references to Tom Luongo in recent months. Has he disappeared from your reading/listening schedule? One of your regular readers, Richard C has posted an interesting one man podcast by Tom that ran on 1/19/2025 and the segment on City of London was interesting. He identifies the City of London as the source of the world crisis. Many of us here, including you agree, I think. There's been some discussion in recent weeks about City of London as a clearing house for US bonds/debt and Tom covers this in the first 55 minutes of his podcast. I could not find this podcast on his GG&G site so, I think it may be tied to his news letter. I have taken the liberty to post the link off Richard's substack "Three Sages" for the readers here to listen to: https://montanarcc.substack.com/p/tom-luongo-its-london
I've been listening to it and, like much of his stuff lately, find it to be a mixed bag. I'm one of those people who think he's being disingenuous about "City of London" and "Brits". I don't doubt, as he says, that there are plenty of Anglo-Saxons in the City, but I do think that misses the point in a way that my preferred term Anglo-Zionist does not.
The original mooting of this London angle, it's my take, comes from the discussion between Alex Krainer, Tom Luongo and Crypto Rich embedded as a link on Alex Krainer's latest substack; https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/it-starts-tomorrow-people-vs-the ....banks. It's on X, which won't copy, down towards the end of the
Thanks for reminding me about the Luongo, Crypto Rick, Krainer discussion. I started and got interrupted and forgot to go back. The discussion was linked in his latest article as you noted. Good stuff.
“Personally, I don’t buy into the narrative that Trump is being victimized by false information that the Intel agencies are feeding him.”
Especially given that he has people around him who definitely know the truth and have been public about it. No doubt he’s been told what’s what. He either isn’t paying attention (which is depressing) or thinks he’s playing some sort of 3D chess (which is dumb) or is beholden to the agenda Mark outlines above (which is alarming).
I agree. The Oligarchs behind Trump are already lining up as the spigot gets turned on and this time it's their turn. Here's Larry Ellison on AI:
"On Thursday, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison shared his vision for an AI-powered surveillance future during a company financial meeting, reports Business Insider. During an investor Q&A, Ellison described a world where artificial intelligence systems would constantly monitor citizens through an extensive network of cameras and drones, stating this would ensure both police and citizens don't break the law."
Now we are going to enter the period of intense surveillance so we don't break the law, right. Trump is pouring billions into the coffers of schmucks like Ellison. Who also says AI will improve medical care, as if...........
Such an apropos title. This however is just the beginning - Trump is nothing more than a dupe. They made sure he was back so they could further exploit his stupidity. When Bobby Kennedy Jr. said Trump was so smart he could draw a map of the entire Middle East, you knew the fix was in.
At least he should have said SPELL the Middle East.
Solely in my personal opinion, he'll leave office with the lowest approval ratings of any POTUS once all his commitments unravel and are exposed as nothing more than smoke screens. They'll actually beg for Biden instead.
This is truly disappointing for sure, but I would not go that far. Biden was truly an awful man and president. He plundered this country for the benefit of the Democrats (rumor has it the billions to Ukraine found it's way back into the pockets of many Dems and those who are paid to shill for Zionism). The hucksters in his cabinet and administration propped up the senile old pervert like a weekend at Bernies farce. Those that propped him up were blatantly operating on behalf of Zionism and the usual Rothchild/Soros acolytes like Blackrock. Let's not forget his son-in-law who has been licking his chops in a caricature right out of Grimm's fairy tales to develop the Gaza beaches. I agree that Trump appears to be just another shill for the same crowd in foreign policy where the real bucks are and throwing a bone to his base that attacks the issues that have created domestic chaos and harmed millions of innocent Americans.
They reason for my saying they'll be begging for his return is similar to that famous billboard in Minnesota of George Bush after Obama was elected that read: Miss Me Yet? In other words, and you thought I was bad? I don't mean the actual return and just figuratively per se.
You don't go to the extreme Trump did making such grandiose, ostentatious, bold completely over the top pledges and assurances without massive blowback once he starts reneging on them. I always felt it was a set-up to deliberately destroy him for good. He will leave office being exposed as nothing more than a fabulist.
If he had even a modicum of intelligence he would shatter the Kennedy legacy and follow through with everything he vowed. In return his endorsement and that of his entire family (long after he's gone) would net them millions. Look at the Kennedy clan today, 50 years after their deaths? People still clamoring for their endorsements.
Instead, Trump is and always has been all about Trump and will always follow the money. The man is a megalomaniac. This is the ultimate job for someone like him, people fawning all over him. He can't even see he's being used like all people in a position of authority, until they are not! Ask Dubya what he's doing today?
Trumps entire existence is a myth. He stole from Peter to pay Paul to give the illusion of extreme wealth as solidified by the 330 million dollar fine he revived in NYC for lying about his income. The man is a total fraud but he's also the greatest showman and deceiver the world has ever seen. Of course the media certainly helped.
Wait until this all starts to unravel. Hence bringing in Little Marco - he'll be the first one to be thrown under the bus. Another one who honestly believes his own press.
Interesting information on the Uk / Soros influence. No wonder Biden gave Soros a medal. The Philippines info surprised me.
https://web.archive.org/web/20201120051035/https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2020/11/17/lord-malloch-brown-revealed-the-british-hand-behind-coup-shows-its-scales-again/
VERY enlightening! Thanks!
Way back machine, Ray. Thanks for sharing the link. In today's environment we must acknowledge the enemy is not Bristish, but anglo-Zionist. Small a on the anglo as they are the servants to the Zionist master.....
“Nothing in the Pandemic Treaty, created to centralize global public health, benefits the America First agenda.”
“ I can't imagine a world without a powerful WHO. [A powerful WHO that is used by its owners to control the international response to pandemics and biowarfare is a frightening though.”
Meryl Nass
https://greenmedinfo.com/content/breaking-free-how-who-exit-marks-new-era-american-sovereignty
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-begins-deep-state-purge-doj
A general rule is applicable here- watch what people Do not what they Say. I'll be watching.
Pretend to fight, make presidential threats, unleash a great sound and toothless fury and in the meantime, ….. let the Russians win. No more Ukraine. Oh well, too bad. Problem solved.
I certainly hope this is the strategy - it provides a gut-level awareness to fool soulless ghouls who can’t recognize they’ve been played by neo-conmen.
Genuine question: if he’s trying to keep up the pressure on Russia, why would he immediately stop the weapons flow to Ukraine with no concessions from Russia? Trump’s power comes from his base and he knows they will not tolerate any further US escalation in Ukraine. His base wants peace. I interpreted this as Trump putting pressure on Europe to stop their warmongering or start paying for it themselves.
Think of it as putting pressure on his enemies--both purely political and Deep State. There was a second part to this action. An audit of the money that was spent. It has been repeatedly asserted that a gigantic portion of the money appropriated to aid Ukraine was skimmed by Ukraine. You know that can't happen without US political actors getting a healthy cut, too. I think that's the main target.
I don't think the Russians are much impressed to see the US doing the right thing that should have been done years ago. There's no reason for them to make concessions based on actions that came too late. They don't owe Trump jack shit.
In many ways, Trump's rhetoric on Ukraine actually helps Putin in his near term actions with respect to the war in Ukraine. It is in their best interest to continue military action and pursue the original goals of the SMO. Putin can now delegate Lavrov to slow roll negotiations with Kellogg while giving Gerasimov a green light to keep up the pressure on the AFU. Time is on Russia's side and Trump has too many adversaries (England, France, EU, China, and BRICS) that he can't tread water with Russia forever. Trump has to blink or his problems just keep getting worse. Better is to rip off the bandaid all at once. Give Russia a real peace proposal that meets their security needs and accept a rump non-NATO Ukraine west of the Dneiper. The only loser in this formula is the Central Bank of England, which promptly goes bankrupt thereafter.
Well said.
Trump thinks he's running the world, the CEO of the globe. His actions with tariffs and war will soon leave the US as the world's largest gas station with some nukes.
Russia and China are loving this, as are the rest of BRICS. Close the US market to us, no biggie, we'll just quickly develop other markets. Prolong conflict, no biggie, we'll ride it out and be even more united.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-bans-affirmative-action/
How he’s doing it is very impressive. It’s a blitzkrieg and outsources it through lawfare. And all constitional. It will force massive changes.
Best analysis I read:
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/board-flippers-wednesday-january?
This is why I labeled Trump 2.0 "the Trump era." As he says, never mind Trump 1.0. I only wish he would do the same to the toxic ideologies driving our FP.
One of the EOs that I found interesting was the one that forces all fed employees to come into the office. I strongly suspect that this is another effort to smoke out--and fire--people who are actually simply paid political operatives masquerading as employees.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Vought#Project_2025
As he says, they've been working on this for a long time.
Turley yesterday was telling Ingraham that the EOs are very well thought out. He was impressed with how they appeared to have thought through and prepared for likely responses.
Many of us voted for Trump hoping he would begin to dismantle the warfare state. It won't be easy. Trump should be more measured and obtuse in this responses to reporters about his plans for Ukraine and Israel and Iran and China. Nothing good can come from bluster and bs. There's been enough of that for the last four years (and longer). If Trump bogs his presidency down in warfare, and can't reign in the Pentagon and IC, then his MAGA domestic agenda will falter and his party will be in trouble in 2026.
I don't care about continuing the fighting with Russia and Iran and China and the ME. I want something done about inflation, medical grift, illegal immigration, crime, and the weaponization of government against its citizens. If Trump expends his political capital on warfare, what can he get done in these other areas?
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/trump-storms-out-the-gate-but-already
Trump Storms Out the Gate, But Already Falters on Ukraine
Mark, I note very little references to Tom Luongo in recent months. Has he disappeared from your reading/listening schedule? One of your regular readers, Richard C has posted an interesting one man podcast by Tom that ran on 1/19/2025 and the segment on City of London was interesting. He identifies the City of London as the source of the world crisis. Many of us here, including you agree, I think. There's been some discussion in recent weeks about City of London as a clearing house for US bonds/debt and Tom covers this in the first 55 minutes of his podcast. I could not find this podcast on his GG&G site so, I think it may be tied to his news letter. I have taken the liberty to post the link off Richard's substack "Three Sages" for the readers here to listen to: https://montanarcc.substack.com/p/tom-luongo-its-london
I've been listening to it and, like much of his stuff lately, find it to be a mixed bag. I'm one of those people who think he's being disingenuous about "City of London" and "Brits". I don't doubt, as he says, that there are plenty of Anglo-Saxons in the City, but I do think that misses the point in a way that my preferred term Anglo-Zionist does not.
The original mooting of this London angle, it's my take, comes from the discussion between Alex Krainer, Tom Luongo and Crypto Rich embedded as a link on Alex Krainer's latest substack; https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/it-starts-tomorrow-people-vs-the ....banks. It's on X, which won't copy, down towards the end of the
substack. It's exceedingly interesting.
Thanks for reminding me about the Luongo, Crypto Rick, Krainer discussion. I started and got interrupted and forgot to go back. The discussion was linked in his latest article as you noted. Good stuff.
Thanks for the link!
Dimino has appeared on the DD show several times.
Aaron Maté @aaronjmate
Michael Dimino was recently a fellow at Defense Priorities, a rare non-neocon DC think tank.
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Jared Szuba @JM_Szuba21h
NEW: the Trump administration has selected Michael P. Dimino to be the Pentagon's next policy chief for the Middle East
“Personally, I don’t buy into the narrative that Trump is being victimized by false information that the Intel agencies are feeding him.”
Especially given that he has people around him who definitely know the truth and have been public about it. No doubt he’s been told what’s what. He either isn’t paying attention (which is depressing) or thinks he’s playing some sort of 3D chess (which is dumb) or is beholden to the agenda Mark outlines above (which is alarming).
I agree. The Oligarchs behind Trump are already lining up as the spigot gets turned on and this time it's their turn. Here's Larry Ellison on AI:
"On Thursday, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison shared his vision for an AI-powered surveillance future during a company financial meeting, reports Business Insider. During an investor Q&A, Ellison described a world where artificial intelligence systems would constantly monitor citizens through an extensive network of cameras and drones, stating this would ensure both police and citizens don't break the law."
Now we are going to enter the period of intense surveillance so we don't break the law, right. Trump is pouring billions into the coffers of schmucks like Ellison. Who also says AI will improve medical care, as if...........
PURE EVIL IS ALWAYS SCHEMING, WAKEY WAKEY RISE UP & SHINE BEFORE THEY MURDER US ALL!!!!
Short honeymoon:-(
What honeymoon? /sarc.
Such an apropos title. This however is just the beginning - Trump is nothing more than a dupe. They made sure he was back so they could further exploit his stupidity. When Bobby Kennedy Jr. said Trump was so smart he could draw a map of the entire Middle East, you knew the fix was in.
At least he should have said SPELL the Middle East.
Solely in my personal opinion, he'll leave office with the lowest approval ratings of any POTUS once all his commitments unravel and are exposed as nothing more than smoke screens. They'll actually beg for Biden instead.
This is truly disappointing for sure, but I would not go that far. Biden was truly an awful man and president. He plundered this country for the benefit of the Democrats (rumor has it the billions to Ukraine found it's way back into the pockets of many Dems and those who are paid to shill for Zionism). The hucksters in his cabinet and administration propped up the senile old pervert like a weekend at Bernies farce. Those that propped him up were blatantly operating on behalf of Zionism and the usual Rothchild/Soros acolytes like Blackrock. Let's not forget his son-in-law who has been licking his chops in a caricature right out of Grimm's fairy tales to develop the Gaza beaches. I agree that Trump appears to be just another shill for the same crowd in foreign policy where the real bucks are and throwing a bone to his base that attacks the issues that have created domestic chaos and harmed millions of innocent Americans.
They reason for my saying they'll be begging for his return is similar to that famous billboard in Minnesota of George Bush after Obama was elected that read: Miss Me Yet? In other words, and you thought I was bad? I don't mean the actual return and just figuratively per se.
You don't go to the extreme Trump did making such grandiose, ostentatious, bold completely over the top pledges and assurances without massive blowback once he starts reneging on them. I always felt it was a set-up to deliberately destroy him for good. He will leave office being exposed as nothing more than a fabulist.
If he had even a modicum of intelligence he would shatter the Kennedy legacy and follow through with everything he vowed. In return his endorsement and that of his entire family (long after he's gone) would net them millions. Look at the Kennedy clan today, 50 years after their deaths? People still clamoring for their endorsements.
Instead, Trump is and always has been all about Trump and will always follow the money. The man is a megalomaniac. This is the ultimate job for someone like him, people fawning all over him. He can't even see he's being used like all people in a position of authority, until they are not! Ask Dubya what he's doing today?
Trumps entire existence is a myth. He stole from Peter to pay Paul to give the illusion of extreme wealth as solidified by the 330 million dollar fine he revived in NYC for lying about his income. The man is a total fraud but he's also the greatest showman and deceiver the world has ever seen. Of course the media certainly helped.
Wait until this all starts to unravel. Hence bringing in Little Marco - he'll be the first one to be thrown under the bus. Another one who honestly believes his own press.