OK, I have to admit once again where I was wrong. First, I started off predicting Trump would TANK the American economy withing six months of him LYING about the oath of office. Then, I modified my prediction (after admitting I was wrong) to one year. Again, I have to admit I was “sort of” wrong, it’s apparently going to take something like 14 or 15 months. But, again, I came up way short on this one. Now it appears Trump is hell bent on TANKING the entire WORLD economy. Trump has made a really STUPID invasion of Iran with a bombing “excursion” that is now threatening the oil and gas infrastructure of the entire Middle East. And, the most depressing reality of this fiasco is Trump’s inability to EVER admit he made a mistake. It appears the Iranians are going to get a “pound of his flesh” before this is over. And, we’ll all see another version of TACO Trump!

Reports are beginning to circulate on the amount of time it’s going to take to get the oil infrastructure back up and running if there’s NO more damage inflicted and the estimates range from several months to a matter of years. If the Israeli’s continue hitting the Iranian natural gas infrastructure at “South Pars” – in their attempt to turn Iran into a failed state – “we the people” (and the world) could be looking at the second “great depression.” Yikes! (Apparently, this is what you get when you “elect” an imbecile as your “so-called” president TWICE. Barely surviving the FIRST time – we had to bring him back for more. Well, here we are.) What does that say about us?

Trump is creating one disaster after another – based on virtually everything he “touches.” For starters, his misadventure into Iran is further destroying America’s influence in the world. Trump is, in essence, begging the Europeans – our NATO partners – to come to his aid – suggesting they could open the Strait of Hormuz with virtually no danger. They’re answer: pound sand! Additionally, as the Russians are giving Iran intelligence on American targets Trump has taken off sanctions on Russian oil – allowing a great windfall for Vladimir Putin (who must be chuckling – the power of kompromat). On top of that, we’ve also taken off sanctions of IRANIAN oil – that’s supposedly who we’re fighting – giving the IRANIANS a multi BILLION dollar windfall. This is your strategy when you suffer from bone spurs!

He’s STARVING the Cuban people in order to, as he says, “do what he wants with Cuba.” While all this Iranian stuff is going on Trump is “running” Venezuela – which he believes he can replicate in Iran. Trump (and Rubio) have succeeded in controlling Venezuela’s oil and they’re blocking any deliveries to Cuba. Therefore the Cubans are suffering from energy blackouts and shortages of food and, apparently, everything else. Trump’s next target is running Cuba. After that Colombia? Brazil? Canada? Greenland? Whatever it takes to change the subject from Epstein!

Trump is aggressively attacking the gains made in the fight against the climate crisis. Under Joe Biden the United States was aggressively – and, with bipartisan support – attempting to mitigate the climate crisis. Encouraging “green” initiatives from renewal energy projects to the EV “revolutions” along with a nationwide buildout of charging stations for EV autos and expanding solar and wind energy. (Full disclosure: both my wife and myself drive EV’s and we have solar panels on our home) Trump is apparently PAYING some foreign entity to take down planned wind projects – he HATES wind energy. People all across this nation are paying MORE for energy and it’s going to get worse with this nincompoop in the “White House.”

Trump is losing his fight to cover up his actions as Jeffrey Epstein’s best buddy for over 15 years. For anyone who doesn’t understand why we’re in Iran it can be explained in one word: Epstein. Shortly before Trump invaded Iran documents accusing Trump of sexually and physically assaulting a 13 year old girl back in the 1980’s became public. He was desperate to change the subject so – here we are. Now, he’s backed into a corner in Iran and the fantasies are coming out every day. Sometimes I have to wonder if he’s told so many LIES that he actually believes them as they roll off his tongue. Take it from me – the U.S. and Iran are NOT negotiating. Why would Iran negotiate with Jared Kushner after he allegedly set up the Iranian leadership after the pre-war negotiations. Trust me, the Iranians are not stupid.

MAGA faithful seemingly haven’t grasped the amount of national debt piling up under Trump’s “leadership.” Republicans have complained, for years, about the national debt – WHEN DEMOCRATS CONTROL THE WHITE HOUSE. Most MAGAts didn’t notice that in the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” there was an increase of $5 TRILLION to the debt ceiling. Why would that be necessary if balancing the budget was the plan? Reports I’ve read suggest the deficit for this year will likely be more than $2 TRILLION. Remember, in Trump 1.0 his administration was responsible for 25% of the entire national debt over the entire lifetime of the United States. And, here we go again!

Despite all this the OLIGARCHS are smiling. For example, (f)Elon Musk was worth a reported $250 BILLION before he pored $300 MILLION into Trump’s campaign to get him elected. A little over a year later (after “Dogeing” the federal government and eliminating restrictions to his businesses) the last report I read said his net worth NOW is $850 BILLION. At this rate he’ll be a TRILLIONAIRE before we know it. Now that’s what you call a “good investment.” Unsurprisingly, 8 of 11 of the richest BILLIONAIRES in the world are U.S. technology OLIGARCHS who control MOST of the “news” that people around the world get from their addiction to social media. It’s “great work if you can get it.” (You’ll find all of them on the list of “donors” to Trump’s ballroom) Is it any wonder they are already funneling MILLIONS into the republican party ahead of the mid-terms.

I have to continually ask myself, WHO is benefiting from Trump’s continual manipulating of the stock market. Today, it’s stopping the bombing for five days to allow negotiations the Iranians say aren’t happening to prove fruitful. Does Trump signal ahead of time what he’s going to say to the press? Think about it. He’s the “engine” right now that is driving the roller coaster market. Today, the stock market rebounded significantly, and the price of oil dropped significantly – based on Trump’s remarks. I have to believe there are “insiders” who are making, for people like me, unbelievable profits off the knowledge, ahead of time, what he’s going to say to the press. Trump is playing the markets like it’s one of his childhood toys – and, they keep falling for it.

I’m having a difficult time FORCING myself to continue watching the “news.” I’m sure it’s obvious around here I’m no “fan” of Trump. I go to church regularly and keep listening to sermons telling me I should “love my neighbor as myself.” I guess I justify my disgust of Trump by telling myself “he’s not my neighbor.” I’m trying to be better but I just can’t help myself when it comes to Trump – in the words of Keith Olberman – “The WORST person in the world.” I have to be totally transparent – I’m not feeling anything resembling “love.” When I look back to when I was still teaching sixth graders I really struggled on the rare occasion I had a student who was a pathological LIAR. Well, it’s even worse with someone is “deplorable” as Trump, is the “leader” of our country, and when his lips are moving he’s LYING! Stay tuned…..

Final Thought: I write to get my frustrations with my government “out.” Trying not to allow these frustrations to get “bottled up.” I live in a rural area and choose not to get involved with my neighbors – who are scattered in an area where people live on small acreages. That all being said, this coming weekend is the next “No Kings” protest. I have an appointment for the AM hours, but my plan is to head straight to the local protest as soon as possible. I’ve got my sign and I hope a place to sit while people walk by – unfortunately, my ability to walk even short distances is a thing of the past. I hope people show up in record numbers which will be a sign “we the people” may yet put this nightmare to “bed” after the mid term elections.

I’ve been ruminating for the past year that Trump will attempt to stop the mid-terms. He actually told some of his supporters that the 2024 election would be the last time they would need to be voting. Project 2025, as I’ve said as nauseam here, is a “roadmap to fascism” and they are smart enough to know what lies ahead for Trump if they can’t somehow block the November elections. Progressives continue to put their hopes in a “blue wave” come November and I hope they are correct. People everywhere need to make sure they refuse to allow the privilege of voting to be taken from us. Yikes!!!

While Trump is busy manipulating the markets with his confusing statements about HIS war in Iran and the affect it’s having on the nation’s (and the world’s – but he doesn’t much care about “others”) economy there are some realities I hope won’t go away. I’ll attempt to do my small part to bring them up, just in case someone who matters actually ends up reading one of my posts. So, let’s get started:

First, of course, are the Epstein files which Trump is killing a lot of people in his attempt to avoid the accountability which seems to be rising to the “surface.” Secondly, there’s Jared Kushner – he of the close relationship to Bibi Netanyahu – and, when I say close, there are reports Netanyahu slept in Kushner’s bedroom when Kushner was a child. The present issue has to do with the question of whether or not Kushner set up the Iranian leaders for the missile strike which wiped out Iran’s “Supreme leader,” much of his closest associates, (for lack of a better term) and MOST of his family. Finally, the bombs DIDN’T kill his second oldest son who is now the “Supreme Leader” and, reportedly, is more hard line than his father. (Great job Trump – as usual)

While Trump is busy manipulating the markets with his confusing statements about HIS war in Iran and the affect it’s having on the nation’s (and the world’s – but he doesn’t much care about “others”) economy there are some realities I hope won’t go away. I’ll attempt to do my small part to bring them up, just in case someone who matters actually ends up reading one of my posts. So, let’s get started:

First, of course, are the Epstein files which Trump is killing a lot of people in his attempt to avoid the accountability which seems to be rising to the “surface.” Secondly, there’s Jared Kushner – he of the close relationship to Bibi Netanyahu – and, when I say close, there are reports Netanyahu slept in Kushner’s bedroom when Kushner was a child. The present issue has to do with the question of whether or not Kushner set up the Iranian leaders for the missile strike which wiped out Iran’s “Supreme leader,” much of his closest associates, (for lack of a better term) and MOST of his family. Finally, the bombs DIDN’T kill his second oldest son who is now the “Supreme Leader” and, reportedly, is more hard line than his father. (Great job Trump – as usual)

I’m going to start this with Kushner, because the more I think about what he was up to (with Steve Witkoff) the more DISGUSTED I get. It was Kushner and Witkoff who were involved in protracted “negotiations” with the Iranians – apparently over their supposed attempts to produce a nuclear weapon. While

I’m going to start this with Kushner, because the more I think about what he was up to (with Steve Witkoff) the more DISGUSTED I get. It was Kushner and Witkoff who were involved in protracted “negotiations” with the Iranians – apparently over their supposed attempts to produce a nuclear weapon. While all these talks were proceeding, Trump (and Hegseth – the Secretary of Warcrimes) were moving a couple aircraft carriers (and all the support that goes with them) into the region. These ships appear to be located in various bodies of water in the region. So, Kushner and Witkoff, according to the negotiator on the Iranian side, were – and he held up two fingers very close to each other – oh so close to an agreement.

This resulted in the Iranian negotiators returning to Tehran in order to discuss “next steps” with the Iranian leadership. According to the “two finger” guy, more negotiations were planned in the near future. However, as anyone who follows the Israelis’ and their intelligence capacity knows they have the ability to “pinpoint” the location of various people they wish to “watch” (or, of course, more) It’s been reported the Iranians were meeting (surprisingly at Ali Khamenei’s residence) and there is no doubt in my mind this was the point where Bibi Netanyahu (facing serious corruption charges as soon as all this war stuff is over – do you think that factors into his thinking?) suckered Trump into the all out – and SUDDEN – bombing campaign in Iran.

The Israeli’s dropped a direct hit onto Khamenei’s home (compound) killing the Supreme Leader, most of his family (not his second son) and, apparently about 40 other Iranians in their leadership counsel. While the Israeli’s were getting rid of Khamenei the Americans were bombing a girls elementary school killing something like 175 Iranians including about 150 girls between the ages of 7 and 12. (Trump has ridiculously accused the Iranians of blowing up the school – what an idiot)

The part in all of this that really bugs me is I can’t get the thought out of my mind that Kushner (who’s not even part of our government – and, I don’t think Witkoff is either) set these Iranians up with a bogus “negotiation.” Who knows, maybe they managed to hide a tracking device with one of the Iranian negotiators to make sure the Israeli’s would eliminate the “Supreme Leader” at the outset of the attack. The Israeli’s are focused on what they expect to achieve, Trump is anything but. In fact, it appears Trump has no idea what is actually going on “on the ground” nor interest. He was actually playing golf over the first weekend after the first bombs landed.

Kushner has ties with the Arab nations in the gulf (he managed to get the Saudi’s to front him $2 BILLION soon after the January 6th INSURRECTION back in 2021). The Qatari’s bailed his family out of a terrible investment at 666 Fifth Avenue in New York during Trump 1.0 and since have donated a $400 MILLION aircraft to Trump – talk about thumbing your nose at the emoluments clause of our Constitution. And the Emirate’s supposedly pumped a couple BILLION into one of Trump’s crypto scams. Not sure how these countries are feeling about Trump right now – but, Kushner is an orthodox Jew and, as I said earlier, he’s a family friend of Netanyahu. My point: was this a setup from the beginning?

Hegseth is acting like a kid playing video games. Some of his press conferences are, at least to me, embarrassing. It should have surprised no one when he said “There will be no STUPID rules of engagement” in this war. Hegseth is damaging the United States in ways which may take a generation (or more) to mitigate. Not only that, but there ARE “Rules of Engagement” and, it appears, both the United States and the Israeli’s are violating them – and, arrogantly. Like it or not, the U.S. is in this as a “partner” with Israel although it appears it’s Israel doing the most unethical damage. They’ve bombed a desalination plant – cutting off water to an untold number of Iranians AND they’ve bombed the Iranian’s oil infrastructure resulting in “oil rain” in the civilian communities in Iran. Netanyahu, in his own words, waited 40 years to find a U.S. president he could talk into going “partners” in an invasion of Iran.

And, what did they achieve? Mojtaba Khamenei, the former Supreme Leader’s second son – supposedly more of a hard liner than his father, is now Iran’s Supreme leader. Sorry Mr. Trump, Iran is NOT Venezuela. And, keep in mind, the NEW Supreme Leader lost his father, his mother, his wife, and his children in the initial air strike so, do you think he’s anxious to resume negotiations? The U.S. and Israel are busy committing all kinds of WAR CRIMES and the Iranians will, I can guarantee you, get their pound of flesh. Will they reopen the Strait of Hormuz once the bombing stops? I have a sneaking suspicion that will be the first step in their “revenge.” This could upend the entire world economy in a matter of a month or two. And this all might just be on Jared Kushner’s “plate.” Makes my stomach growl just thinking about it!

Now, to Epstein. It has been apparent to me for some time that Trump would continue on a “route” he believes will get the Epstein files out of the news to the point where “we the people” forget about them. However, there are several members of Congress and lots of journalists (going through the files) that are NOT going to allow that to happen. The Trump encounter that has surfaced recently where he allegedly sexually AND physically assaulted a young teenage girl in the mid 1980’s seemed to have pushed him to the brink – meaning, INVADING Iran along with his buddy Netanyahu. The problem for Trump is that the so-called missing files are now NOT missing. The FBI interviewed this (now) lady 4 times as it was setting up for the prosecution of Epstein before he was allegedly (according to the pathologist hired by his brother) murdered in his jail cell. The first I learned of THIS allegation was reading Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s posthumous memoir.

The DOJ has released about 3 MILLION files that are overly redacted (I predicted this close to a year ago) and have exposed the identities of many of the victims/survivors while covering for the predators – in both instances in violation of the Congressional act forcing the release of ALL the files. Yet, there’s still another 2.5 MILLION (or so) files the DOJ is refusing to release. (They were all supposed to be released almost three months ago) Clearly, there are MANY people in “high places” who wish this issue would just go away, none, more likely, than Trump – but it’s all going to come out at some point in time.

According to Congressman Jamie Raskin, when he was given access to the 3 MILLION files – while at the DOJ – with the files being unredacted he searched Trump’s name and it came up OVER a MILLION times. Do you really believe this one incident back in the mid 1980’s was the ONLY time Trump was involved in Epstein’s providing young girls for rich men? Obviously, Trump is going to go to EXTREME lengths to cover up whatever role he had. They WERE “best friends” for something like 15 years.

Do you think it possible the adventure in Venezuela was an attempt to deflect from the “files?” I mean, the justification after they “snatched” Maduro (and his wife) was they are “narco terrorists.” Of course, that accusation rings hollow because shortly before they went into Venezuela (killing about 100 Venezuelans and Cubans) Trump pardoned the worst “narco terrorist,” Juan Orlando Hernández who was found guilty of smuggling OVER 400 TONS of cocaine into the United States. He was serving a 45 year prison term and Trump let him go – and THEN snatched Maduro. The whole thing stinks. The U.S. even has MURDERED something like 150 people in motor boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific calling them “narco terrorists.” Trump and Hegseth deserve a trip to the International Criminal Court (along with Vladimir Putin).

Speaking of Putin, do you really believe he doesn’t have some kind of kompromat on Trump which keeps Trump in line. I mean, it’s getting to the ridiculous stage. The U.S. is involved in an attack (war) on Iran and Iran is a close ally of Russia. So, it’s reported Putin is sending intelligence to the Iranians on the where abouts of American targets and Trump has a one hour phone conversation with Putin. Shortly thereafter, Trump loosens sanctions on Russian oil, the Russians once again are sending oil to India AND it’s price has doubled in the past week gaining income for their failing economy. As the saying goes: “You can’t make this stuff up.” (Suggestion, put 2 +2 together) Yikes!!!

Final Thought: One last thing which has been bugging me of late. It’s been reported that Vladimir Putin’s name has been mentioned over 1000 times in the Epstein files released to this date. I’ve also read where Epstein had close connections to the Kremlin (as well as Israel’s Intelligence community) and that Epstein had received OVER one Billion dollars from the Russians. Trump was also, at one point in his Casino life, found to have “laundered” Russian money. One report I read was that Epstein was supplying the Kremlin with “kompromat” on wealthy individuals who got sucked into his sex trafficking ring.

Well, think about that when you’re wondering why Trump would be on the phone with Putin for a “constructive” conversation while the Russians are funneling intelligence to the Iranians exposing American targets. Now, I’m not the only person who believes Putin has “dirt” on Trump – in fact, I’ve believed this since the Russians got involved with Trump’s campaign back in 2016. Will we ever find out the truth about all this “junk?” I still remember an email that came from the Epstein estate where he claimed he was the one person who could bring Trump down. Is Putin the other? According to Epstein’s brother the pathologist he hired to investigate his brother’s “cause of death” determined Epstein had been murdered.

If that’s true we’ll likely NEVER know who was behind the “hit,” but the circumstances of his death certainly leave a lot of suspicion. One thing that seems almost obvious to me has to do with Trump’s apparent idolizing Putin. There’s got to be a reason for this and my suspicion is it relates to Epstein. This will all just be circumstantial evidence roaming around in my head until such time there is PROOF of my inclinations. That said, there’s something “fishy” with all of this. Stay tuned…

I’m really struggling to find the motivation to continue writing. The bottom line is I write to get my frustration with the government of my country “out.” I started this “blog” (if that’s what it is) back toward the end of the Bush/Cheney regime due to my frustration with their willingness to authorize TORTURE – not to mention the STUPIDITY of their LYING “we the people” into an illegal invasion of Iraq. As a member of the American High School “class” that came of age during the Viet Nam fiasco the invasion of Iraq was, to me, “Deja Vu all over again.” It’s like our leadership class has a difficult time processing history – seemingly being determined to relive previous fiascoes.

I’ve pointed out NUMEROUS times since Trump “won” the 2024 election that “we the people” were about to be forced to endure the Project 2025 “strategy” of “flooding the zone. Of course, my point in ALL those rants, was this is how Trump and the puppet masters (Project 2025 authors) would cause “we the people” to spend our time of political observance “chasing our tails.” That is, going around in circles as we fight back against Trump’s and his puppet master’s goal of turning the U.S. into a country with a FASCIST government.

Despite those who are political observers constantly finding issues where Trump and his sycophants have brazenly violated the constitution many of them took an OATH to defend, the “Trumpers” could care less. They don’t believe in our constitution – other than the parts of it which might support a slice of their agenda. Clearly, the percentage of Americans who’ve actually read the Project 2025 manifesto is minuscule. I watch, occasionally, MSNOW and I haven’t seen much evidence the “hosts” of their daily agenda have read the manifesto. Along with virtually every person involved in America’s so-called “liberal media,” for example, I constantly hear the word “authoritarianism” as they attempt to understand Trump and his masters – apparently fearful of actually using the term FASCISM.

I’m presently reading “Hitler’s First 100 Days” by Peter Fritzsche and the parallels between the “Third Reich” and Trump 2.0 are eerie. I won’t go into details, if you’re interested, there is a plethora of books out there which I submit would make it clear to you what I’m writing about here. (Including the book I just referenced) One obvious example would be the FACT Trump’s “ICE” thugs resemble Hitler’s “Brown Shirts” in multiple ways, including the color of their “garb.” Attempting to rule based on FEAR is nothing new according to history. The difference between the resistance in today’s world and that of “yesteryear” is the internet and the so-called “smart phones.” Americans would have been assured, for example, that Alex Pretti was a “radical left wing agitator” who was killed in self defense by the ICE murderers. Same for Rene Good. Without cell phones and their ability to make video recordings no one would know any difference. Americans understand you can’t believe a word coming out of Trump’s mouth. The assault on Minneapolis hasn’t removed the issue Trump wants to go away.

I, like MOST Americans, have been paying attention to the “Epstein files” and observing ALL the ways Trump is working to prevent Americans from discovering the extent of his involvement with Epstein over the space of 15 years or more. The evidence I’ve seen suggests their (Trump and Epstein) CLOSE relationship began at some point in the 1980’s – based on one of the accusations that Trump allegedly sexually assaulted a teenager – an alleged attack occurring in the mid 1980’s (that the DOJ is hiding – makes me wonder what they don’t want the public to see).

For all the people who are unable to “put 2+2 together” by making inferences based on the publicly available reporting on the internet they will have to wait for complete compliance with the Congressional bill supposedly forcing the DOJ to release ALL the files with the only redactions being to protect the identities of the survivors/victims. (Don’t hold your breath) In the files released on January 30th and prior Trump is mentioned something like 38,000 times in the space of 3 MILLION files which are full of redactions protecting perpetrators while exposing the identities – in some instances including home addresses, phone numbers, etc. – of the survivors/victims. When Jamie Raskin looked at the unredacted files he said Trump’s name comes up over one MILLION times. Yikes!

And, remember there are another 3 MILLION files the DOJ is refusing to release. Why could that be? Over a year ago people were predicting the files would be “scrubbed” of any information “incriminating” Trump (I agreed) and, well, here we are. What could Trump possibly do to get all the questions about Epstein pushed to the back of the journalistic pages? Why do you think Trump moved a massive amount of military POWER into the Middle East? Why do you think the U.S. has been moving her citizens out of the region over the past few weeks? OK, the answer is now obvious; Along with the Israeli’s (more likely because of the Israeli’s) Trump has ordered a coordinated attack of Iran. That SHOULD definitely get him a Nobel Peace Prize – especially when you consider his ordering “boat people” in the Caribbean to be murdered. This time it was 150 or so elementary school girls. Do I have Trump “derangement syndrome?” (looks probable!)

The question now becomes; Will this invasion of Iran result in a prolonged war causing the U.S. to verify it’s now totally “on board” with Vladimir Putin? I mean, what do Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump have in common with Putin? I would surmise they make a chummy group of FELONS who need to keep their nations embroiled in war so they can avoid facing accountability for their alleged CORRUPTION. Putin is the master, Trump is groveling while trying to gain Putin’s approval, and Netanyahu is putting off his own accountability that was imminent on the day HAMAS invaded back on October 7th two plus years ago. Netanyahu has been dreaming of this day for 40 years. One thing all THREE of these men have in common is their focus on “number one.” Despite occupying offices that would suggest a focus on public service, they each are expert at focusing on themselves. The lost lives are simply “the cost of doing business.”

Do I hope for the best for the people of Iran? Yes, whatever that might be because there are a plethora of factions in Iran and I wonder how they might pull together and form some kind of government that they all can agree to. Do I believe Trump has any idea how this might come about? Absolutely NOT. Trump’s justifications are simply a bunch of LIES (what else is new) – his explanations continue changing by the day. The reality is this is the second time in my lifetime (Iraq was the first) the United States has invaded a sovereign nation. Supposedly our military has been formed as a deterrent NOT to be used for aggressive invasions of sovereign nations. (OK, it’s the third time – with Viet Nam being the first – therefore Iraq was the second. What is clear, our leaders haven’t learned a damned thing from any of this)

It’s pretty hard for Americans to be criticizing Putin for his ILLEGAL invasion of Ukraine when Trump is on his second ILLEGAL invasion of a sovereign nation in the past month or so. I was angry with Trump’s abandonment of Ukraine via his groveling up to Putin, but, now, I feel for the Ukrainians because help coming from the U.S. seems unlikely while we’re “bomb, bomb, bombing Iran.” (Not to mention, Trump claimed he’s now “running Venezuela.”) With Russia bogged down in Ukraine and, NOW, the U.S. bogged down in Iran (and, theoretically, Venezuela) How do the people of Taiwan feel?

I mean there have been reports of China’s plan to “annex” Taiwan for years, but they apparently didn’t want to get in a war with the U.S. Well, things change don’t they? What do you think Trump is going to do if China invades Taiwan and claims it as a Chinese territory – like Putin in Ukraine? It seems to me Taiwan is the next victim of the “big three” world powers. It almost looks to me as if Trump is laying the groundwork for China to take over Taiwan with nary a whimper coming from our so-called “Department of War” under the incredible leadership of Pete Hegseth. The way this is all playing out is very sad to me and the Trump administration is coming across as an embarrassment. European leaders had better pick up the pace of supporting Ukraine. Putin’s “dream” goes well past the Ukrainians. He wants to reconstitute the former Soviet Union.

However, I believe one of the main goals of Trump and his puppet masters is being accomplished by declaring war on Iran. Only time will tell, but my guess is Epstein is headed for the back pages as I suggested above. Not only has Trump (and, of course, Netanyahu – who I believe dragged Trump into this fiasco) likely miscalculated the Iranian response to this attack (so far, six members of our military are dead) I believe his appointment of incompetent people to head up our institutions is likely to come back to “haunt” us. For example, just last week Kash Patel (the beer guzzling head of the FBI) Fired about a dozen members of the FBI’s counter terrorism group focused on Iran. Does anyone out there think Iran may be planning some kind of attack here on U.S. soil? We assassinated their “supreme leader,” what do you believe they may be thinking as “retribution?” (one of Trump’s favorite words)

Does it make you feel safe knowing that Trump is at the helm as America goes into another Middle East war? Maybe we’ll see “TACO Trump” in action and when he realizes how this will affect the Stock Market and inflation (energy prices already spiking) he’ll try to back out – find a way to leave “with honor.” Seems a long shot to me – there’s already been enough damage to cause the Iranians to be REALLY mad! Not only was their “Supreme leader” killed, but apparently several dozen of this close associates. But, that’s not all – a GIRLS elementary school was bombed – killing about 150 mostly children from the ages of 7 – 12. My guess is there are MANY Iranians seeking revenge.

Flash Alert: Tonight I read an article alleging Jared Kushner and Steve Witcoff were in negotiations with Iran to assure they would not constitute a nuclear weapon (or ballistic missiles capable of hitting the U.S.) Allegedly Kushner and Witcoff got the negotiations close to the finish line and the Iranians simply had to gather to decide whether or not to accept the deal. Apparently the leaders of Iran gathered in one (or two) locations to make their decision with further negotiations planned. Then the bombing and the Israelis knew where this group was gathered and killed them all – something like 45 members of Iran’s ruling counsel. As Secretary of War Crimes for America proudly said – after the KILLING of the 150 school girls and the elimination of Iran’s “Supreme leader” and his close associates – (and I’m paraphrasing) “We are not following the ‘dumb’ rules of engagement. There are no ‘rules’ for our attack.” (This all makes me sick to my stomach! Trump and Hegseth are cementing the U.S.’s place as the world’s pariah! I never thought I’d live to see this day! Does anyone besides me miss Joe Biden?)

Trump has shown what an ignoramus he is by his messages on his Twitter copy of a social media app – wearing a baseball cap and dressed very casually – one of the messages posted at 2:00 AM on Saturday where he said something like, “There could be casualties, they say that happens in wars” – those aren’t his exact words but, “come on man” he’s the so-called president – although he is a 34 times FELON and he’s proving (once again) he’s willing to CHEAT in order to get his way. He’s likely setting the stage for an attempt at canceling the next election. In the book I’m reading which I mentioned above the Nazi’s made it clear, once they were in POWER, there would be no more elections – there was no need for elections in the future. (They were actually thinking of the next 1000 years). I shudder at all the parallels with Trump’s regime – I understand Trump doesn’t read, but, it’s hard to think all the parallels are just coincidence. And, remember (f)Elon Musk threw a couple Sieg Heils at Trump’s inauguration with nary a whimper from the Trump supporters – not to mention our “liberal media” hasn’t mentioned it hardly at all – certainly not recently. Stay tuned……

Final Thought: The Oligarch class in America is slowly putting a noose around our “liberal media.” Musk with Xwitter, Zuckerberg with Meta (includes Facebook, Instagram, and What’s app), Bezos with the Washington Post (which he very well may destroy), Larry Ellison and Rupert Murdoch taking control of TikTok, Ellison now is in control of CBS, it’s parent company Paramount and, now, CNN via taking over Warner Brothers (which includes HBO among others) plus there’s Sinclair which likely operates the local news where you live. These are all right wing media outlets. And, it’s becoming suffocating.

There’s also Peter Thiel who heads up Palantir – the company leading the way on “snooping” on “we the people.” (And, other nation’s people around the globe) Like Musk, Thiel is an immigrant who has become a “naturalized” U.S. citizen. Now, I haven’t seen Thiel throwing Sieg Heils but he was born in Germany and he spent most of his early youth living in a German section of South Africa that supported the Nazi’s. He has openly stated a disdain for “democracy” and, all these oligarchs seem to look at our constitution as an irritant. They are a large part of the “engine” pushing the Project 2025 agenda. There are of course many more BILLIONAIRES connected to Trump – I hope they’re all “outed” once this national nightmare ends so they can receive their “just rewards.” To me, the irony of all this is the people who voted for Trump 2.0 continue(d) to believe Trump would “drain the swamp” when, in reality, Trump is the head of the swamp.

One more thing: Trump’s hanging banners of his image on the front of various buildings in Washington DC is one of the parallels to Hitler and the Nazi takeover of Germany in 1933. Just sayin….

I have to add: Speaking of Oligarchs and their money I hope the next president (after Trump) tears down the (now) $400 MILLION (and rising) ball room and rebuilds the East Wing of the “White House.” First, getting permits, of course.