I’m no political genius but simply a retired blue collar worker/Middle School teacher who does a lot of reading – including as much as I could stomach of Project 2025. So, when Trump LYING about his oath to our constitution – while refusing to place his hand on the Bible – was fast approaching I began sharing my thoughts (rants) about what “we the people” were about to experience. (Of course, during the campaign Trump LIED – surprise surprise – about his connection to Project 2025 – LYING right to the faces of his voters as he denied any knowledge of Project 2025’s roadmap to fascism) And, I believe, once again, my prediction was right on the “nose.”

I started predicting Trump was going to “flood the zone” – which SHOULD have been no secret as he was promising hundreds of executive orders on “day one.” Of course, his research challenged supporters were simply expecting the price of eggs would go down and the war in Ukraine would be stopped. It was obvious to me the executive orders initiated by Trump would be “dizzying” and, the term I used was progressives (and TV commentators) would find themselves “chasing their tails” as they attempted to keep up with the (mostly ILLEGAL) orders coming from Trump.

I have to admit, I totally underestimated the POWER Trump was willing to give (f)Elon Musk – thanks to his reported $290 MILLION “investment” in Trump’s campaign which, arguably – along with Musk’s massive deluge of misinformation on Xwitter – was responsible for Trump’s election “win.” Musk is very definitely contributing to the “flood” of “stuff” which has people desperately trying to “keep up” with the “deconstructing of the administrative sate” – another phrase for Trump 2.0 enacting coup d’etat 2.0.

So, while people are flooding into the streets to protest Musk – I’d like to know how he got this POWER – who’s “firing” federal employees by the THOUSANDS. In addition, Musk and his teenage geek squad – who are leaving techno trails full of holes easily hacked by those who want an easy opportunity for access to America’s sensitive computer files as they jump from department to department – what may be termed “a trail of tears 2.0” by “we the people” after we discover who has gained access to our Social Security numbers, our medical records, our IRS data, and whatever personal info is stored in the government’s computer servers. I’m not attempting to make light of the original “Trail of Tears” – I’m just thinking a LOT of “tears” will be shed by the American people as they/we discover the DAMAGE the Trump/Musk administration is leaving behind.

Maybe the worst part in all of this, from my viewpoint, is the FACT that while “we the people” are “chasing out tails” trying to figure out what all this DAMAGE actually is, Trump is spending time on phone conversations with Vladimir Putin and setting up “peace negotiations” in a meeting which apparently is scheduled between Trump and Putin and taking place in Saudi Arabia. That’s right “peace negotiations” without the Ukrainians NOR the Europeans – the two entities which are depending on “we the people” to help put Putin’s forces AND his “land grab” of portions of Ukraine back in Russia. OMG, what could possibly go wrong?

Based on the arrest warrant put out for Putin by the International Criminal Court (ICC) Saudi Arabia is one of the few places around the globe where Putin can go without being arrested. Sadly, one of the other places would be the United States of America. That’s because of two factors – first the U.S. doesn’t recognize the ICC (probably because it was founded about the time the GW Bush/Cheney administration LIED America into an invasion of the soverieng nation of Iraq and subsequently authorized TORTURE in both Iraq and Afghanistan) and secondly, our (so-called) president is a convicted FELON and doesn’t respect our own laws.

Just Trump taking this meeting (er negotiation) might be enough to lead to the dissolution of NATO – the post WW II alliance which has kept the world relatively safe since the 1945 end of the war. Obviously, as Trump is doing his Neville Chamberlain impression, our so-called president is speeding up his promise to pull the U.S. out of NATO – and his sycophantic republican enablers – cowering in their Washington DC congressional offices – won’t have the guts to object to what could be even MORE destablizing to the world than the Bush/Cheney fiascos in Afghanistan and Iraq shortly after the turn of the century. Apparently, unsettling America isn’t enough for Trump. He’s got his sights set on Europe. Is he going to help Putin reconstitute the U.S.S.R.? Holy Dogeshit! (My language appears to be getting more descriptive)

I’ve been watching the courageous Ukrainians who’ve been FIGHTING to preserve their fledgling democracy for over 10 years now – losing hundreds of thousands of their people because of the brazen ILLEGAL invasion of their soveriegn territory (well, kind of just like the U.S. going into Iraq – oops!) by the war CRIMINAL Vladimir Putin. And, somehow the American people were STUPID enough to put a CRIMINAL in charge of our government – so, it shouldn’t be too surprising the two CRIMINALS will be meeting in Saudi Arabia – under the auspices of Saudi’s main CRIMINAL, MBS, to work out some kind of “peace agreement” for the Ukrainians. OMG – I can’t believe the words which are coming out of my keyboard. What the hell is going on???

Volodymyr Zelensky – totally NOT surprising – turned down an (apparent) offer from Trump of Ukraine GIVING America 50% of its “rare earth elements” (ie REE’s) in return for continued U.S. support in the fight against Putin. I’ve heard estimates their “rare earth elements” (critical components of much technology) are worth from $5 TRILLION to as much as $37 TRILLION. So, Trump “ONLY” wants half of that in return for the estimated $110 BILLION of assistance already provided for Ukraine and if he can’t get his hands on it via a deal directly with Ukraine he’s perfectly willing to work out a “deal” with Putin. Why should ANYONE be surprised? Trump could care less about the people of Ukraine and whether their democracy survives – or for that matter, the people of Russia. Trump is full of dogeshit and “we the people” are stuck with him for four LONG years.

Well, unless a few republicans in Congress “grow a pair.” They had an opportunity to end this nightmare TWICE back in 2020 – but, they preferred a couple hundred thousand extra Americans dying from COVID and an attempted coup to honoring their oath of office – and, of course, they’re at it again. They’re standing by as (f)Elon Musk and his crew – including “Big Balls” – are rummaging through our personal data and while Trump is undermining 3 YEARS of Ukraine’s fight for survival against Putin and Russia. “We the people” deserve what we’re experiencing – but Ukraine DOESN’T!

There’s another key component to this attempt by Trump to gain control of Ukraine’s rich amount of these key REE’s. As of right now, China is the leading producer and exporter of these minerals which are key to the production of many aspects of technology. (I have no idea how to explain this because I know virtually nothing about these elements – but, they are considered “key” for a reason – look it up) Here’s the point. China is reportedly going to scale back their exports of these minerals and Trump is trying to do his bullying routine on China via tariffs and I believe they might just be willing to do some bullying back – if you know what I mean.

Now China has been cozying up to Putin and Russia while this terrible war has been going on in Ukraine, but I believe as soon as Trump starts making strategic agreements with Putin the Chinese will be looking more to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, or SE Asia for trading partners. My instincts tell me China is not interested in forming a triumvirate with Putin and Trump – to “rule the world.” I very possibly could be wrong (I really hope not) but, it appears to me Trump’s latest attempt to shake down Ukraine is due to the need for these minerals coming from China. If China shuts off the “spigot” then the U.S. will have no other alternative but to buy the finished “goods” from China. Factoring the tariff trade war in Trump’s fever dream and….. well, you get the point.

So, while (f)Elon Musk has people all across America wondering “what the hell is going on?” as our private information is becoming “public” to “Big Balls” and the other geeks pilfering through “we the people’s” sensitive personal data (along with – the Iranians, the Russians, the Chinese, the North Koreans, and whichever other hackers want to penetrate what is reportedly not difficult to penetrate) and Americans all around the country are hitting the streets to protest this outrageous violation of their privacy rights Trump is potentially selling out Ukraine as a “negotiating tool” to get his grubby hands on their rare mineral wealth. This was all so predictable even a retired teacher could figure it out!

Final Thought: I just returned from a short trip to visit a friend and, while driving, I listened in HOROR to our so called four times INDICTED convicted of 34 FELONIES bad mouthing Volodymyr Zelenskyy, calling him a dictator and suggesting his approval rating among Ukrainians was 4% and BLAMING Zelenskyy for starting the war. That’s right – Trump is regurgitating Vladimir Putin’s GARBAGE! I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised by this either – seeing as how he put a Russian “useful idiot” in charge of America’s intelligence service – and he doesn’t have to worry about a SINGLE republican with the “balls” to call him out on being a TRAITOR to Ukraine. First he was a TRAITOR to America with an attempted coup, and somehow he convinced the American people to put him back in the “White House.” It’s going to be four LONG years – and, the United States may NEVER recover from the DAMAGE he’s inflicting DAILY. To me, what he said yesterday is the WORST words that have ever come out of an American President’s mouth! In the 1940’s he would have sided with Hitler in WW II! This has brought me to the level of being REALLY pissed! IMPEACHMENT #3 can’t happen fast enough for me!