In an exchange this morning with commenter NedZeppelin we get to what is possibly the heart of all the turmoil in Trump World—which happens to be the whole world, since everything is connected.
Glad to see you’re engaging with the followers of yours who aren’t afraid to lean in when you don’t seem to “zoom out.”
@NedZeppelin’s take on the neocon appointments—Ratcliffe, Hegseth, Rubio, Waltz—being a distraction holds weight, and Vance, Gabbard, and Witkoff aren’t drinking the same neocon Kool Aid. They’re a separate trio—Vance with his populist bent, Gabbard with her anti-interventionist streak, and Witkoff with his behind-the-scenes dealmaking—operating outside the establishment’s warhawk playbook, likely as counterweights or pragmatic allies to Trump’s own instincts. Trump’s power is hemmed in, as NedZeppelin suggests, and the tariff gambit tied to the Yellen debt mess feels more like a desperate punt than a feat. The JCPOA rehash, dressed up as a “weak Obama era deal,” is the same old framework, still drawing flak from the “Jewish Nationalist fringe.” Trump’s rush to move isn’t strength—it’s a sign he’s racing against a shrinking clock, boxed in by the very forces he’s juggling. Give the man the benefit of the doubt, and remember nothing he does is by accident.
Good read! Appreciate the time you spend writing… always an enjoyable part of my day.
Thank you, greatly, for your lucid thoughtfulness in pulling all of the threads into a forward-moving order, while untying several contradictions of news reporing.
If Kamala had been selected to be president (as was Biden in 2020), then kick-the-can would have been rolled out and the national debt would have doubled again during her term of office. Inflation would have risen to double-digit and the MSM would have blamed it on the Republicans. Very likely a serious financial collapse would have followed and the Democrats would have used this crisis (never let a crisis go to waste) to implement draconian censorship and repression of all dissent (as in now occurring in Europe). At that point, no redemption would have been possible and a major upheaval and realignment would have become inevitable. Trump is the best shot we've got at avoiding that outcome.
Unfortunately you are correct in that Trump was the best option we had. If Kamala the Communist was in office today, our ride as a country into the sunset would have been assured. Look north to Canada to see where One World Globalist Governance leaves the serfs.
You provide a glimpse of what Trump’s foreign policy could be, “ignoring Netanyahu:” Moscow, Muscat, Tehran, Bejing…lots of mouvement. It would be refreshing if there weren’t this smouldering resentment and anger building in the ranks of those cast aside…sitting here on pins and needles! Tx for NZ’s analysis too.
People are really good at finding a meaningful pattern where there is not actually one. Hope that's not what you're doing here.
Exactly. Coping
Glad to see you’re engaging with the followers of yours who aren’t afraid to lean in when you don’t seem to “zoom out.”
@NedZeppelin’s take on the neocon appointments—Ratcliffe, Hegseth, Rubio, Waltz—being a distraction holds weight, and Vance, Gabbard, and Witkoff aren’t drinking the same neocon Kool Aid. They’re a separate trio—Vance with his populist bent, Gabbard with her anti-interventionist streak, and Witkoff with his behind-the-scenes dealmaking—operating outside the establishment’s warhawk playbook, likely as counterweights or pragmatic allies to Trump’s own instincts. Trump’s power is hemmed in, as NedZeppelin suggests, and the tariff gambit tied to the Yellen debt mess feels more like a desperate punt than a feat. The JCPOA rehash, dressed up as a “weak Obama era deal,” is the same old framework, still drawing flak from the “Jewish Nationalist fringe.” Trump’s rush to move isn’t strength—it’s a sign he’s racing against a shrinking clock, boxed in by the very forces he’s juggling. Give the man the benefit of the doubt, and remember nothing he does is by accident.
Good read! Appreciate the time you spend writing… always an enjoyable part of my day.
Thanks!
Thank you, greatly, for your lucid thoughtfulness in pulling all of the threads into a forward-moving order, while untying several contradictions of news reporing.
If Kamala had been selected to be president (as was Biden in 2020), then kick-the-can would have been rolled out and the national debt would have doubled again during her term of office. Inflation would have risen to double-digit and the MSM would have blamed it on the Republicans. Very likely a serious financial collapse would have followed and the Democrats would have used this crisis (never let a crisis go to waste) to implement draconian censorship and repression of all dissent (as in now occurring in Europe). At that point, no redemption would have been possible and a major upheaval and realignment would have become inevitable. Trump is the best shot we've got at avoiding that outcome.
We sure dodged a bullet in Harris.
Unfortunately you are correct in that Trump was the best option we had. If Kamala the Communist was in office today, our ride as a country into the sunset would have been assured. Look north to Canada to see where One World Globalist Governance leaves the serfs.
Are we to Trust the Plan? Are we still supposed to trust the plan. Where’s the storm?
Patience, Te. Two more weeks!
You provide a glimpse of what Trump’s foreign policy could be, “ignoring Netanyahu:” Moscow, Muscat, Tehran, Bejing…lots of mouvement. It would be refreshing if there weren’t this smouldering resentment and anger building in the ranks of those cast aside…sitting here on pins and needles! Tx for NZ’s analysis too.