I was, as is my usual morning “checkup,” browsing Yahoo!finance this morning – just as had curiously been happening since the STUPID invasion of Iran – the Stock Market seems to be ignoring the impending CRASH that many are predicting with the most CORRUPT administration in America’s history. This webpage (Yahoo!finance) would leave you lacking if you were attempting to find the effect of the most recent STUPID American (illegal) war in the Middle East. As the “beat rolls on” Wall Street continues to represent the good fortunes of a sliver of America’s population – a few hundred BILLIONAIRES along with a growing number of “OLIGARCHS” – with a so-called president (and his family) attempting to grab as much of the “pie” as they can before their “good fortune” runs into reality.

One of the first things I noticed today, for example, was the report that a month or two back Trump (surprise, surprise) purchased stock in SpaceX – which is just one more example of Trump having a financial interest in a company his administration is directly involved with regarding regulations (or removal of regulations) and MASSIVE government contracts. In the previous 10 years it’s been reported SpaceX has received government contracts totalling in EXCESS of $17 BILLION. Apparently MAGAts don’t see the conflict of interest here. Keeping in mind, during the first year of Trump 2.0 Trump executed over 22,000 stock trades compared to Biden (and his family) making 13 trades during his four years in office. My guess is Trump would accuse Biden of “corruption” while suggesting his TWENTY TWO THOUSAND trades involved no conflict of interest. (After all, he says he doesn’t take a salary to be our so-called president)

Everyone paying attention knows Trump has been extorting kickbacks out of several major American Corporations/law firms/universities in return for the “support” of our government. In place of grants originally part of the Chips and Science Act Trump is pushing extortion “the likes of we’ve never seen before.” For example, one of Joe Biden’s signature pieces of BIPARTISAN legislation was the plan for corporate investment in America bringing the manufacturing of “chips” back on American soil. And, many corporations were involved in this at the outset of Trump 2.0. However, with the change of administrations Trump originally ordered Mike Johnson to “ge rid of the act.” Instead they introduced aditional tax credits for advanced semiconductor manufacturing which led to the U.S., via Trump, for example, taking a 9.9% stake in Intel paid for with grants from the Act. Let that sink in. These “grants” were, of course, originally intended to help Intel produce “chips” in America and be able to compete with the market. The other example of Trump’s extortion I can remember was gaining something like 15% of the “pie” created by Nvidia selling their “AI chips” to China. Trump and his sycophants are supposed to be the “free market” standard-bearers!

And, these (and other tech stocks) continue to surge in an upward capacity – seemingly day in and day out. No matter the price of petroleum based products, no matter the availabiility of things like fertilizer, liquid pretroleum gasses such as propane or butane, liquid natural gas, petrochemicl “feedstocks” used in plastics, paints, and resins, helium used in medical imaging and semiconductor manufacturing, industrial minerals and construction materials. Additionally, agricultural IMPORTS such as wheat, corn, barley and soybeans, as well as sugar are constrained by the closing of the straight threatening food security in the Middle East and markets for our farmers. The HEADLINES focus on the impact on the oil market, but the impact of Trump’s war of choice goes well beyond oil. And, Trump seems oblivious to all of this as he’s doing what I watched American presidents do since the days of Viet Nam – find a way to “save face” while ending the conflict. Oh yes, and playing lots of golf!

You know what? The way I see this the Iranians are more cognizant of all these issues than Trump and they’re not going to allow him to save face. As I’ve written previously they will demand their “pound of flesh” in any agreement they make with the U.S. I also believe if there’s to be an agreement ending this (foolish American) conflict the negotiators will NOT be Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. These are the two guys out front in the “negotiations” taking place prior to the American and Israeli bombs falling on Iran who appear to have set up the Iranian leaders – likely getting them to gather together in order to examine negotiations described as “so close” by one of the mediators (while holding his thumb and index finger close to each other) one day before the Ayatollah, most of his family, something like 40 Iranian leaders, and about 175 elementary school girls were murdered as the bombing commenced. Now, Trump is over the proverbial “barrel.” Our nincompoop in chief will continue to do everything except admit he’s a LOSER!

So today, Scott Bessent, America’s bumbling Treasury Secretary announced “Operation Economic Outcast” — a series of expanded sanctions aimed at squeezing Iran. Yep, that will likely end the war – you bet! Iran has been under American sactions of decades. My guess is this announcement will simply further what has been accomplished to this point in the war. More leaders around the world will continue rolling their eyes at the STUPIDITY of America’s administration AND China ultimately will be the beneficiary. Here’s the deal – from my perspective. Russia will continue to partner with Iran. China will continue to partner with Iran. And, North Korea will continue to partner with Iran. In fact, North Korea has been doing so for many decades. Here’s some of what has transpired between the two countries over the past many years: Both countries have collaborated on military technology and arms development, they both share goals regarding nuclear capabilities, the U.S. is considered a common enemy (despite Trump’s “love letters”), and both have faced international sanctions causing a sense of solidarity. Do you really believe that will end?

Here’s another question going through my mind tonight – and, as an American, it’s both alarming and embarrassing. Who are the American “allies” who will wage into this new “war” strategy? Will it be our number one traditional ally Canada? Well, on top of “Operation Economic Outcast” Trump today announced an economic “war” against Canada. For – OK, I’m not sure for what? Does Trump really believe Canada is screwing over “we the people?” Or, is this because the Canadians are the ones telling Trump to “pound sand.” Here’s what I believe Trump is accomplishing. Turning our top trading partner toward an enhanced relationship with, you guessed it, China. Are you tired of all the winning yet?

And, when it comes to Trump’s “lover” in North Korea, it appears Kim is simply one more international leader who has discovered the way to set up Trump – is with flattery. That’s all it takes! Flattery is the kryptonite to narcissists. Trump is digging himself a hole he is finding it difficult to get out of. In fact, true to his M.O. that he NEVER admits he’s made a mistake (in this case a MONUMENTAL one) he is likely to just keep digging. And, in the international world he doesn’t have our right wing SCOTUS to bail him out. I say that, because they (the Supreme Court) keep trying to do so domestically.

The court hasn’t been shy in making it clear over the past two or three years that they are all in on Trump. That is the six right wing hacks that are willing to contort themselves in disgusting ways to give Trump what he wants. Just this past week, John Roberts essentially gave Trump the “green light” to continue the construction of the “ballroom” – despite the fact it’s clearly illegal – so that he’ll get to the point where even if/when the court blocks the construction it will be so far along that, well, they’ll find a way to suggest he’s not simply a tenant of the “White House” but the new “owner.” I mean, how else could they approve this? My hope is that any democrat elected in 2028 orders it to be torn down and the East Wing rebuilt.

Of course, as I’ve stated here many times since “day one” of Trump 2.0 this would depend on whether or not we have “free and fair” elections in 2028. For that matter, we still have to worry about the 2026 election because of this court. Trump’s executive order restricting the use of mail in ballots in the upcoming mid-term election has, at least temporarily, received an unsigned “boost” from the SCOTUS’s “shadow docket” where they can support Trump without putting their names on the decision. Fortunately, there are lawyers dedicated to actually supporting our constitution (states are in charge of their own elections – subject to the constitution) so the Court will get another chance to get it “right.” Does anyone else out there feel this “house of cards” is going to CRASH in the near future? Stay tuned…..

Final Thought: I know someone who I once had an extended “dialogue” regarding his support of Trump and my opposition. When his responses became out and out racist I said, “That’s enough.” He claimed he isn’t a racist because he’s known lots of Black people. I’m not kidding – and, he’s a former dentist in the Navy (years ago) who retired from a private practice over a decade ago. (He’s even older than me) So now, speaking of the Navy, we have one more example of Trump’s OVERT racism.

The Navy hero is Doris “Dorie” Miller who was honored for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S. Navy is considering renaming the aircraft carrier which has been planned to be named the USS Doris Miller to instead honor President Donald Trump. Can you guess who is behind this change? OK, you might say Pete Hegseth and that wouldn’t surprise me – but, can you imagine Trump overruling him? I mean it’s hard to argue that either Hegseth or Trump are not racists.

During the attack in question Miller, a Black American Seaman serving as a “mess attendant,” who served during WW II, helped carry wounded sailors to safety and assisted his mortally wounded captain from the ship. Additionally, during the attack he manned an anti-aircraft gun despite having no formal training, firing at Japanese planes and contributing to the defense of his ship the USS West Virginia. Miller was the first Black sailor to receive the Navy Cross – keeping in mind Trump was a draft dodger. In January 2020, the U.S. Navy announced that a new aircraft carrier would be named the USS Doris Miller, making it the first aircraft carrier named after a Black American and an enlisted sailor. That was during Trump 1.0. Embarrassingly, we’re now in Trump 2.0 thanks to America’s voters and Blacks are being purged from the military – apparently, including sailors from over 80 years ago. Yikes!!

If you’ve read this far, I’m just a retired 6th grade teacher – NOT a professional writer. There’s an old saying “opinions are like assholes. Everyone’s got one.” This is where I express mine!

I don’t have much time tonight so I hope I can keep the thoughts running through my head simple – i.e. succinct. It has become clear Trump’s war in Iran is headed toward being just one more “endless war” in the Middle East. This war is, in a very short time comparatively, as devastating to America’s standing in the world as any of the wars I can remember in my lifetime – beginning with Viet Nam. America has depleted her stockpile of bombs on the Iranian people to the point of creating more vulnerability to traditional “enemies” like China (Taiwan) and Russia (Ukraine). Trump has DAMAGED America’s tradtional relationships with her key allies (NATO, South Korea, etc.) DAMAGE which is potentially spreading into other countries in the Middle East.

Americans are suffering through higher prices at the “pump” along with virtually every other aspect of their lives ranging from food at grocery stores to the source of most of that food – America’s farmers. I once made an attempt to operate a farm (it lasted 8 years) and I know first hand the DAMAGE caused by fertilizer being pushed up to almost double what it cost before the war. Many farmers will LOSE money either due to the cost of the fertilizer to produce their crop OR not being able to produce it at all. The cost of MOVING goods is going way up. Petroleum is critical to more than our cars and trucks.

My point here is that Trump could care less about the effects of his WAR on “we the people” – he’s also said, in essence, quit complaining about the high gas prices – it’s the cost he’s “blessing” Americans with to make sure Iran “never has a nuclear weapon.” (Reminder, Trump is the one who axed the JPCOA of the Obama administration – where Iran promised to “never have a nuclear weapon.” All with inspectors. A treaty that was working!

So, here’s what’s going through my head tonight as I’m thinking, to Trump, this war is a HUGE success. I’m convinced he believes he can manipulate markets indefinitely so that the stock market isn’t affected by his war. To most of the rest of us, the war sucks and we don’t have stocks in the first place. We’re focused on paying the rent, buying food, and hoping no one in our family gets sick. Here’s why the Iran war is such a success in Trump’s mind: HARDLY ANYONE IS TALKING ABOUT THE EPSTEIN FILES anymore! Full Stop! (Trump’s perfect Endless war!)

Recently I was reading an article in “Raw Story” an independent jornalism source for various articles from different sources. This article was referring to the DAMAGE RFK Jr. was doing to vaccination schedules and “rules” regarding American children. For example, breaking up the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine into three different shots for children at three different times. Ostensibly, the article was aimed at Abdul El-Sayed who recently won the Michigan primary in the “race” for Michigan’s Senate seat being vacated by the retirement of democrat Gary Peters. In the course of the article, the author (John Casey) mentioned Senator Bill Cassidy who, like El-Sayed is a medical doctor, and blaming Cassidy with the reality RFK Jr. is our Secretary of HHS – it was his vote the deciding one making it possible for Kennedy’s confirmation.

Well, in the course of lamenting the DAMAGE being caused by Kennedy’s “anti-vax” positions – including his (debunked) claims vaccines cause autism – Mr. Casey said of Trump: he’s “is an accomplice in killing children — that’s a cold, hard analysis that, in my (Casey’s) estimation, will come to fruition in the years ahead. Well, it’s real that the U.S. has a serious MEASLES outbreak spreading across the nation as I’m writing this – it was reported the other day the small county in Washington State where I live now has 18 cases of measles – virtually ALL in unvaccinated individuals – mostly children. In 2024 there were only THREE cases in the entire state by the middle of the year. RFK Jr. (and, by extension Trump) are having a direct effect on the health of America’s children. So far, this year as of August 2026, there have been OVER 2,500 cases (reported) nationally. This for a disease which had been, for all intents and purposes, eliminated before Trump 2.0 and RFK Jr. took office. SHAMEFUL!

All of that is alarming and accurate – to a degree. However, to put Trump’s actions as an accomplice to killing children from RFK Jr.’s anti-vax stance and his going along with only it begs to differ with a reality Trump will have to live with which is exponentially more devastating. Remember, it was Trump who sicced (f)Elon Musk on “we the people” with his “DOGE bros” and one of their FIRST disastrous actions was “killing” USAID – America’s “soft” foreign aid program that was directly saving the lives of, over the next few years, MILLIONS of the poorest people in the world – most of which are/were children. It’s been estimated that since that aid was stopped there have ALREADY been OVER 750,000 unnecessary deaths of which over 500,000 have been children and by 2030 it will be well into the MILLIONS. Bill Gates called this travesty “the richest man in the world KILLING the poorest children.” There is no way to “slice this” without pointing out Trump is an accomplice in this action as well as the anti-vax movement pushed by Kennedy. Yes, SHAMEFUL!

Trump is leading an administration that counts shamelessness as routine for any day ending in Y. The examples are endless. Today, for example, in reference to the sailors in crisis on the Air Craft Carrier the U.S. Abraham Linclon – who’ve been at sea for a record amount of time (over 8 months) – are experiencing food shortages, lack of water, plugged toilets, no way to shower, and, in some instances are attempting suicide by jumping overboard (one sailor actually succeeded in going overboard – although he was rescued) – again, the ship has been at sea for longer than ANY before them – and Trump’s response to a question from a pool reporter on what he thought about the length of time these sailors had been at sea was to say “they haven’t been there long enough.” (or words to that effect) You guessed it, SHAMEFUL!

That would be comparable to Trump, earlier this year, saying “I love inflation” or “I don’t think about people’s financial situations” or “paying a dollar more for a gallon of gas is a small sacrifice for Americans to make to keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.” Let me stop there and elaborate on that last bafoonish comment by our nincompoop in chief – sorry, but no other way to describe him when referring to his lack of ability to feel SHAME or empathy for the people he’s SUPPOSED to serve.

First off, Trump has NO IDEA what the effect of paying one dollar per gallon for EVERY gallon of gas someone purchases – especially over a six month (and likely longer) period of time – and, it could get much higher as the standoff at the Straight of Hormuz drags on. (I doubt if Trump has every purchased a gallon of gas) I happen to drive an electric car, but I know people who are paying over $50 per month more than they were prior to Trump’s ILLEGAL invasion of Iran on February 28 of this year. It’s not just gas, either – I’m noticing EVERYTHING is going up in price to the point where I don’t trust the inflation reports – because the things I buy are increasing by more than 3 or 4 percent when they go up. I bought a tarp today that was at least 20% higher than it was four months ago – manufactured overseas and subject to Trump’s tariff TAX.

Secondly, Trump OBVIOUSLY has no idea how to extricate “we the people” from this ill advised military adventure likely the result of his fealty to Bibi Netanyahu – and, now, Netanyahu is refusing to go along with Iranian demands regarding their attacks in GAZA and Lebanon. Just as Trump is, by threatening War Crimes, actually committing them – Netanyahu is in the same category as Vladimir Putin – warrants for their arrests by the International Criminal Court – apparently, “we the people” are right there with those two thugs in refusing to abide by international standards when it comes to war – the U.S. committed WAR CRIMES in the Carribbean by blowing up what amounted to “ski boats” and claiming they were “narco terrorists.” They even, in one instance, “double tapped” one boat by “finishing the job” when it appeared two men survived the original blast. SHAMEFUL! One of the only countries Netanyahu and Putin can safely visit is the U.S. (Well, also North Korea and China)

Everyone in the world – most importantly the Chinese and Russians – knows the U.S. has depleted it’s stockpile of long range missiles and “interceptors” to the point where Trump has stopped his embarrassing threats to “obliterate” Iran (or “send them back to the stone age”) where he did his full on “TACO” maneuver each time, once or twice a week, finding a more ridiculous way of “chickening out” each time. While I was always happy he (and expected him to) “chicken(ed) out” – the reality, at this point, is that the U.S. wasted a lot of bombs as they were killing Iranian school girls and thousands of the Iranian civilians Trump originally encouraged to take over their government while accomplishing virtually NOTHING militarily. What “we the people” are facing now is a president who just isn’t able to admit defeat so this “drama” at the Straight could continue indefinitely. It’s been reported the Iranians are prepared to take this to the end of Trump 2.0. And, like with his disgusting comment about the USS Abraham Lincoln’s 260 days at sea Trump will continue to demonstrate, every day, his SHAMELESSNESS along with his incompetence! (And, of course, that of Pete Hegseth)

Trump believes the U.S. has a “great economy” because him and his BILLIONAIRE buddies (benefactors) are “cutting off a fat hog” at the Stock Market. Well, on further examination, that stock market is making about 100 OLIGARCHS obscenely RICH – while the 60% of Americans who are living paycheck to paycheck are one lost job or medical emergency from joining the ranks of the homeless. Many economic experts are referring to America’s economy as “K shaped” (Wall Street “rising” while Main Street is “falling”) with the top earners being the gamblers on Wall Street with the rest of us fighting over the “scraps.” Trump is good at dividing Americans against each other and he does that by convincing those in his cult not to believe their “lying eyes.” Many of Trump’s policies are making life more difficult for the bulk of his sycophants – he’s just good at convincing them to vote against their own self interest. (With the help of Fox “news” and other right wing propaganda platforms)

For me, this all is almost unbelieveable – although I know what’s happening because I pay attention (plus I read much of Project 2025) – it could be depressing. But, the good news, to me, is people like Abdul El-Sayed winning the Senate democratic primary in Michigan. After listening to him speak I realized if I was in Michigan I would eagerly vote for him – I really hope he prevails in November. I listened to another democrat who won a primary election, this time in Minnesota – her name is Peggy Flanagan and she is the democratic nominee for Minnestota’s Senate seat. I really hope both of these people win – with enough progressives like them I could actually be drawn toward the democratic party. (Remember, I vote AGAINST republicans as an “independent”) The republican racists have already overtly shown how they fear people like El-Sayed and Flanagan by throwing around racist insults. (SHAMEFUL) El-Sayed is a Muslim and Flanagan is a Native American. The racist attacks coming from republicans is why I ALWAYS vote against them. Stay tuned!!!

Final Thought: I’ve written several times about (f)Elon Musk throwing the Sieg Hiels at Trump’s inauguration and decided I’d supply a little evidence. This is a photo of ONE of the three he threw while participating in the celebration of Trump’s victory. Along with reading Project 2025 nothing has surprised me about Trump 2.0! This photo of Musk pretty much says it all. More and more people are beginning to “get” what the ultimate objective of Trump, his project 2025 puppet masters, and the OLIGARCHS like Musk who’ve decided “democracy” is, well, for the birds. Remember, the 750,000 people DEAD because of Trump and Musk shuttering USAID are from what Trump called “shithole countries.” Trump, Musk, and the others in their orbit are all about the MONEY! Example: Musk’s net worth has more than TRIPLED since he invested almost $300 MILLION to get Trump elected. Trump’s net worth has doubled! You can see from the photo Musk’s motivation! Trump’s supporters cheered! Yikes!!!

For some reason there’s a debate going on whether or not (f)Elon Musk is a racist. This after, while addressing Trump’s inauguration celebration, he chose to throw THREE Sieg Hiel’s with barely a whimper coming from our “mainstream media.” (MSM) I’ve brought this up numerous times but very few actual people read my “diary in cyberspace” and I haven’t heard anyone else mentioning this – and, the conclusion you could draw from it. Additionally, Musk recently responded “true” to a post on his VILE Social Media platform suggesting Hitler was a “left winger” and suggesting those of us on the “left” resemble the “deplorable” German fuhrer (who people pledged their support via their “Sieg Hiel’s”) and his “woke” politics. Right wing PROJECTION at its finest.

Musk was raised in South Africa in the apartheid days and seems unbothered by some of the real life results of his own actions – not the least being that Trump is president largely due to Musk’s money and platform spewing misinformation. When Musk is confronted with the REAL consequences of HIS undermining USAID during the first stages of the “DOGE” assault on our government – that, by most accounts, upwards of 750,000 people are DEAD, largely in African nations Trump referred to as “shithole countries” – Musk rages and threatens lawsuits. I saw parts of an interview recently where Musk claimed “ZERO” deaths resulted from destroying USAID.

To me, that is as absurd as suggesting Musk’s companies (Tesla and SpaceX) would be successful without the massive government contracts thrown their way over the previous many years. It’s been reported that over the previous 10 years Musk’s companies have received in excess of $18 BILLION in federal contracts. Since 2015 SpaceX has been reported to have received over $17 BILLION in government contracts alone. Many see the conflicts of Musk and “DOGE” cutting government up against the reality of what DAMAGE they caused. I’ve been lamenting the DAMAGE Trump has been inflicting on “we the people” for about 10 years now. And, of course, it’s getting worse.

Trump and his sons are busy scooping up as much MONEY as they possibly can while his reign on our constitution lasts. (Of course, what the Trump’s are gaining PALES in the face of Musk’s net worth jettisoned by Trump 2.0) The Trump family are desperate to find ways to CHEAT in the upcoming Mid-term elections because if things don’t go their way the incredible GRIFT could be in danger. Of course, with Musk once again throwing (by all acounts) at least $100 MILLION in a desperate attempt to fool voters into voting against their own best interests OR keeping them from voting, Trump is planning to find creative ways to block the predicted “blue tsunami” from becoming official.

In the days looming around the time I’m putting these words on “paper” it appears Senate republicans are soon to cave in the confirmation hearings regarding Todd Blanche. Blanche will be the FIRST AG who is facing the possibility of discipline from the BAR regarding (just) one of the fraudulent legal cases he’s signed off to where judges of all different stripes have thrown them out of court – on several occasions pointing out the lack of INTEGRITY as the basis of the DOJ’s argument. In the DOJ’s attempt to force states to give Trump et al their “voter rolls” Blanche is, as of this writing, ZERO for TWENTY. Yet they forge ahead. I’ve said this before: Trump is like the cornered RAT and he’s going to do whatever it takes, the constitution be damned, to block the democratic “blue wave” from happening. (Oh yes, another reminder: Blanche failed 34 times in Trump’s FELONY convictions in Manhattan)

This is what you get when voters vote in an organized criminal to the “White House.” For years now, I’ve pointed out the foundation of a FASCIST takeover of a “democracy” (democratic republic in the case of the U.S.) is the partnership of government and corporate interests. Like in many other parts of Trump’s (and Project 2025’s) scheme is forming these partnerships in the view of the public – as if that suggests it must be OK. This is where people like Musk (and Zuckerberg, Bezos, Ellison, Thiel, Page, Cook, and the long list of BILLIONAIRES) come into play. These BILLIONAIRES funnel PILES of money to Trump and the administration returns the favor by repealing regulations which make it easier for these people to make even MORE money – keeping in mind they were ALREADY billionaires before Trump 2.0 went past “go.” It seems obvious there’s NEVER enough for these “deplorable” Americans.

Not only is Trump acting like a person in desperation mode, but these “titans” of industry appear to be right there with Trump and his Project 2025 puppet masters. This BILLIONAIRE class has been busy pilfering (by some accounts) over 45 TRILLION from America’s taxpayers since the day Ronald Reagan took the oath of office on January 20th, 1981. Here’s the thing they’re most worried about. The hand that “giveth” could be the hand that “taketh away.” “We the people” could just as easily increase taxes on America’s wealthy as they’ve been receiving tax cuts since the days of Reagan. This is why many of them (BILLIONAIRES) have been creating “hideaways” overseas (for lack of a better word) where they can relocate once the s*#t hits the fan – that is Americans deciding they’ve had enough of funneling their taxpayer dollars to the “top 1%.” Musk, for example, is reported to be worth a $TRILLION. Yet, he doesn’t want to be paying his “fair share.” In fact, I believe he doesn’t want to pay anything.

When you look at Trump as the example of the ONE person in America who SHOULD be encouraging all Americans to be paying their “fair share” of taxes – after all he’s the president – you would get disappointed. Just today as the confirmation of Blanche nears its conclusion it seems as if Blanche’s scam to allow Trump, his family, and his organization to be immune from any investigations into their taxes for prior OR future years is a new LOW for Senate republicans. Likely one of the reasons so many BILLIONAIRES have come along side the least popular president (except maybe Nixon) in my lifetime – and why they (the BILLIONAIRES) are willing to open their checkbooks for Trump. Apparently, it’s cheaper for them than actually paying their taxes.

Back to Musk. One of the most egregious parts of all this, for me, is the White supremacy/nationalism at the root of Trump 2.0 and Project 2025. (Once again, prior to the 2024 election, my take on Project 2025 was calling it a “roadmap to fascism” – by now there should be no doubt.) Musk has, on numerous occasions, made racist – or reposted racist – posts on his social media platform now called “X” – previously “Twitter.” Now, full disclosure, I don’t do (what I call) Xwitter (or most other social media platforms – I do watch [mostly] music videos on YouTube – but the reporting of Musk’s actions on his platform leave nothing for the imagination when it comes to public evidence of his beliefs on race – I mean, after all, he’s a strong supporter of these republicans. Musk’s early days were in Apartheid South Africa and he’s managed to convince Trump to allow immigration to White South “Afrikaners.” Stay tuned….

Final Thought: Trump openly claims the one person he doesn’t want to be remembered as is “Herbert Hoover” – the “father” of the Great Depression. Not being an economist, I’ve got this feeling in my “gut” that Trump’s “great” economy is teetering on a major CRASH. Everyday I check the Stock Market and it’s going up as if everything is great. However, life on “mainstreet” is another matter entirely. At the same time, Trump is entrenched in a war of his own making in Iran (OK, he can thank Bibi Netanyahu) that he has no idea how to get out. Iran has discovered they can hold Trump hostage to their control of the Straight of Hormuz. Despite all Trump’s threats to “obliterate” Iran (or other words to that effect) he’s doing none of it – because the REALITY is, I believe, the U.S. HAS actually turned their stockpile of weapons down to dangerous levels – regarding potential for conflicts with Russia and China. Trump is turning America into a laughing stock around the world, and he’s demostrating how much of an imbecile he is when people quit paying attention to his bullying bluster.

Aside from the disaster in Iran “we the people” (with Trump at the helm) are, among other things, STEALING the oil of the Venezuelans – we don’t even know where the BILLIONS of dollars have gone. “We” are threatening Cuba, he’s threatening Greenland, and he’s, on several occasions, claimed Canada should be the U.S.’s “51st state.” Trump has nearly destroyed America’s relation with NATO countries and has abandoned Ukraine in their battle to fight off Russia’s illegal invasion. (Naturally, with “our” own illegal invasion of Iran – with most of “our” weapons stockpile – how can we critricize Russia?) Trump has gone through SIX bankruptcies – will “our” nation be his SEVENTH? (For any “MAGAts” out there, Trump has overseen more DEBT than any other president in our nation’s history – there’s lots of ways to rationalize this reality – BUT “it is what it is.”) Yikes!!!