I’m not attempting to suggest I’m some kind of “prophet,” but I do have to say that I (along with many others – I presume) was pointing out shortly after Trump LIED about the oath of office (refusing to put his hand on the Bible for some unknown reason) he would attempt to either prevent the 2026 election or he would be finding ways to “rig” things via the use of troops, a declaration of some kind of emergency, or some other way to ensure he would NOT be held to account by “we the people.” Since those early days the predictions have only become more and more serious. (and relevent) TONIGHT he spewed a plethora of LIES and debunked conspiracy theories to demonstrate his state of desperation as he’s looking square in the face of a HUGE “blue wave” come next November.
No, he’s not going to relent on his policy of tariffs which have been destroying farmers and small business owners for the past couple of years – issues that have only gotten worse as he’s got himself into a “war of choice” with Iran that he has no idea how to get out. The Iranians know exactly where his weakness lies and they’ve been suffering with an economy under sanctions for YEARS – so, in my mind, there is no question they’ll be able to outlast TACO Trump. Of course, the invasion of Iran is going to be much more difficult for Trump to reverse (TACO) himself on, because he doesn’t want to be the most recent American president to LOSE a war in the Middle East. (In addition, he seems to have no control over Bibi Netanyahu who doesn’t want the U.S. to withdraw from Iran – and he’s keeping up the attacks in Lebanon in order to undermine any peace talks which might occur)
Here’s what I took from FORCING myself to listen to Trump tonight. He’s got a plan on how to stop the counting of ballots while the 2026 election is underway. He actually made a pathetic push for the so-called “Save America Act” – (a voter suppression act in “sheep’s clothing”) I listened to several members of Congress who are all expecting Trump is going to attempt to interfere (by Rigging) in the 2026 election. They just didn’t have any concrete suggestions as to how this would happen. So, let me make a suggestion: I think Trump will declare a national emergency and send Homeland Security agents (like ICE) into various places to confiscate votes prior to the MAIL-IN votes being counted. As is obvious if you’ve been watching previous elections – date of election votes are counted first and THEN the mail-in ballots – with ballots postmarked by election day and received five or six days after election day being counted. Thereby cutting off MILLIONS of votes MOSTLY cast by people supporting democrats. (We’ve all seen the “red mirage” in previous elections)
So, Trump was at his – I want to be like Hitler, Putin, Kim, fill in the blank – best tonight as he was LYING his way through a speech really designed for two purposes. One to lay a pretext for his acts of desperation come election day if he doesn’t get what was in “door number two,” his VOTER SUPPRESSION act. He ended the speech with a desperate plea for republicans to pass this favorite voter suppression bill. In the process he took his adoption of Hitler’s “Big Lie Theory” to another level. Of course, he continued with the LIE that the 2020 election was “rigged.” However, he included one LIE after another that was designed to convince his gullible followers that he was – FINALLY – presenting “evidence.” Of course, virtually ALL his “evidence” was debunked in real time. His point though, in the truest adoption of Hitler’s famous propaganda scheme, was to tell LIES that were so outrageous that his minions would assume they MUST be true. I mean, why would anyone stand before the country and spew absurd untruths? (He does it because, it works)
And, of course, mixed in with his avalanche of LIES, were a bunch of baseless accusations toward democrats, election workers, and “progressives.” (When actually, many of those who pushed back on his absurd accusations in 2020 were honorable republicans) Trump is a classic user of PROJECTION another of the propaganda tactics of Hitler and Joseph Goebbels. Projection is when you accuse your enemy of the exact improper/illegal thing you are up to or about to do. As many say “an accusation is a confession.” For example when he refers to the “Biden Crime family.” (They don’t hold a grain of salt to Trump’s family) Or, “Sleepy Joe Biden” as Trump sleeps through one cabinet meeting after another, or at a Knicks Basketball game, or when he’s overseas embarrassing himself among our European “allies.”
Here’s how Trump began his speech: He started off by referring to people “pouring in from all over the world, including CRIMINALS of many types: 11,888 murderers many who have killed more than one person.” (What he didn’t say was that number spans 40 years) He then changed to “We had transgender for everybody” (whatever that was supposed to mean – patently absurd, but made me a bit uneasy with my own situation) Men in women’s sports, crime ravaging our cities, (actually, I know crime was at a 20 – or more – year low when he retook office) and the whole world was laughing at us as a nation.” (That’s actually a great example of projection) “Two years ago our country was DEAD, but not now – we’re the hottest country anywhere in the world.” (Well, from a climate crisis point of view, he may be correct – but, in his context, apparently he hasn’t read about all the world leaders LAUGHING at him behind his back) He went on, “America’s respected like we’ve never been respected before.” Again, he’s probably right, but not in the context he meant. Europe and Canada are aligning with China and I got the impression when Trump was in China that Xi Jinping’s smug smirks while Trump was adulating over him led to a lot of laughs once Trump headed home – with NOTHING!)
Trump brought up all the money being invested in America – which is true – but, it’s because of an “AI” race from the OLIGARCH class which appears, to me, to be headed for a big fall. And, of course, Trump is cashing in with THOUSANDS of trades on Wall Street for businesses he’s promoted. (But, what do I know? regarding the “big fall”) He said, “more Americans are working than ever before – which, technically is true, but a quick “Google” search shows you the “population/employment” ratio is about 5% below the previous high. Remember, Trump has run MILLIONS of immigrant workers out of the country – of which the consequences of that stupidity will show up in the next year or two – if not with food prices this coming year. Trump stated inflation made its largest one month drop in 6 years – but, what he didn’t say was that was almost exclusively due to lower energy prices which have now began to shoot back up. (Iran) It was still at 3.5%.
Enough of all that. What then transpired was a boring listing of allegations about Chinese election interference in the 2020 election – which, by all accounts, didn’t amount to more than China obtaining election information on Americans that was widely available online to anyone who knows how to use a computer. Apparently, in some instances, you would have to purchase the information. Makes you wonder about why Trump’s administration is seeking voter data from specific locations and having so many problems (like where there’s lots of Black voters – ahem!) (Consider all the Black people either purged from Trump’s administration or their attempts to do so – many in key parts of our military that is now floundering in Iran as EVIDENCE our nation is in the throes of overt racists – one of the pillars of fascism) What Trump DIDN’T mention was, as in the 2016 election, the Russians were attempting to influence voters in his favor during 2020 – while, apparently, there’s also evidence the Iranians were spreading misinformation against Trump. (I believe he did mention that) But, NOT ONE vote was changed by any of all this!
It all came to a crescendo when Trump made his pitch for the so-called “Save America Act.” When he describes that legislation he can’t help himself but to add that with its passage republicans wouldn’t lose another election in the next 100 years. The plan is to SUPPRESS the vote in places where democrats tend to vote in large numbers and, of course, it’s aimed directly at women who might have a different legal name right now than the one showing on their birth certificate. And, for that matter, there’s MILLIONS of people who don’t possess a birth certificate (My Mom sent me mine right before she died) and, well, that would mean they couldn’t register to vote. It would preempt state voter registration processes and require voter ID when showing up to vote. It would BAN “mail in voting” except in special circumstances. It would take the process out of the control of states and put it with the federal government – likely significantly decreasing voter turnout not to mention likely being unconstitutional. Then, keep in mind the latest Heritage Foundation gamut, “Saving America by Saving the Family” where they want to push women “back into the kitchen” (and bedroom, for that matter, to make more children) and, presumably, remove women as voters. (I didn’t read the entire “manifesto” but a reliable source made that claim – this is the follow up to Project 2025)
Trump is floundering in the polls. He’s floundering in his war of choice in Iran. He’s floundering in his relationship with Netanyahu. With the exception of Wall Street (propped up by the OLIGARCHS and “AI”) his economy is floundering. I personally don’t buy gas (except for my rototiller) because I drive an EV but I do a lot of the shopping for my family. I go to the stores with the lowest prices and I’m watching one item after another rising each month by a few cents – EVEN at Costco – which amounts to a significant percentage after a few months. The other day, I heard Trump bragging about causing Walmart to lower prices. I’ve recently made online purchases from Walmart so I get more information from them via email than I used to. So, in response to Trump’s claim I believe it was the CFO of Walmart who came out and said the reason they had lowered some prices is because they got refunds on some of the tariffs they had paid. Nothing to do with Trump! Go figure. Made me a bit less of a Walmart snob!
Final Thought: Trump wants to be the Vladimir Putin of America and he’s bound and determined to get there. The more it looks like he’s in big trouble he resorts to his organized crime MO and doubles down on the headwinds he’s facing. And, just as Putin has the Russian OLIGARCHS propping him up (for the past 20 years) Trump is counting on people like (f)Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Larry Ellison, Rupert Mudoch, and on and on – to fund, somehow, a way to block the “blue wave” so he doesn’t have to risk it all with a phony national election emergency in November. And, it looks kind of bad for Trump in the races for both chambers of Congress at this point.
For example, I was watching the Senatorial campaign of Graham Platner, where republicans were pulling out all the stops to smear Platner just as the “official” campaing was getting under way. Well, Platner was presented with one too many potential scandals and was forced to drop out. Just like democrats forced Biden out in 2024 (an unwise decision from my perspective) they did the same with Platner. In this instance, however, Maine democrats have the opportunity to choose a replacement – presumably with someone close to Platner politically – to take on Susan Collins. It will be interesting to see how Mainers pull together by election time – they have until July 27th to choose a candidate – there really isn’t much time. However, I heard a bit about Collins and all the money she’s raised and I thought that SHOULD be able to be used against her. For example, I heard a report this morning while driving around in my car that Collins had the support of over 100 BILLIONAIRES! Now there’s a positive in a state where people are REALLY upset about income inequality. The cost of groceries, the cost of housing, the cost of energy, the availability of affordable education, public education, and on and on. Should be interesting to see if MAINERS are all in on Collins and her OLIGARCHS!? Stay tuned…..