Zelensky and the Art of the Trumpenfreude
Trump has discombobulated the NATO blowhards just as he has done with Democrats. They tried to jail him, bankrupt him and even kill him and failed, failed, failed.
Foreign News/Policy
Trump, Zelensky and Peace in Ukraine
The recent meeting between former President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky highlights several key diplomatic and strategic concerns.
Europe’s Descent Into Darkness
Europe and NATO have been asking themselves of late if they can depend on the United States to be there for them in case of attack by a foreign enemy. But the real question is whether we can depend on them to be worthy of our blood and treasure.
BlackRock’s Benevolent World Domination: From Assassination Allegations to Canal Conquests
In a plot twist that even the most imaginative conspiracy theorists couldn’t predict, BlackRock—the financial behemoth previously accused of orchestrating an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump—has now been handed the keys to the Panama Canal’s major ports by none other than Trump himself.
Desperate Democrats
The Great Capitulation continues as Trump’s enemies bend at the knee like he was BLM.
Ukraine Reality
It’s not only about peace, saving lives or mineral rights; it’s more about the quid pro quo conceived by Trump’s Art of the Deal – winning by advantageously creating confusion and turmoil for the opposition.
Elites and the Establishment Across the Atlantic
The Elites and Establishment in the U.S. and Europe share the same worldview. Politically, they differ only by degrees.
Trump may have killed NATO, too; Zelensky learned the hard way how useless the organization is
People overlook the fact that Trump’s original job at his family’s business was collecting rent. He never forgot how to evict someone.
Tariff Tantrums: How Picking a Fight Over Fertilizer Could Backfire on U.S. Farmers
Nothing screams diplomatic genius like slapping tariffs on the very countries that keep your farms running.
The Tragicomedy of Volodymyr Zelensky: From Slapstick to Statesmanship (Sort Of)
Once upon a time in Ukraine, a comedian rose to fame playing a bumbling everyman who becomes president in a feel-good TV satire.
Not Losing Is not the Same as Winning
We’ve had a great many recent Presidents who haven’t played for the win, and a couple who have. The winners want to accomplish something big. The “not winners” want to avoid failure.
Tom Uryga : Wither Our American Industrial Base?
The American industrial base has withered significantly over the last 4 or 5 decades, and especially in the last 20 years.
Poking the Bear: How the West Orchestrated the Ukraine War and Got Exactly What It Wanted
Ah yes, the Ukraine war—the war that never had to happen, but was too profitable and geopolitically convenient for the power-hungry elites to resist.
Options For Gaza And Gazans
Nobody wants the Gazans fomenting strife in their countries. What needs to be done?
It might be easier to support Ukraine if the proponents would actually tell us how Ukraine could win
Donald Trump campaigned on ending the war in Ukraine and many of his supporters, and voters — and yes, I voted for Mr Trump — did so based on that issue. My older daughter is in the United States Army Reserve, and the last thing I want is to see her called up to join the fight in Ukraine.
Orbán Warfare; Hungary’s leader wants that DOGE in the window. Arf, Arf
Eliminate USAID and you eliminate a worldwide, totalitarian government run out of DC by the Democrat Party. Hoo boy.
Will any of the pro-#Hamas demonstrators rethink their positions following the brutal murders of Kfir and Ariel Bibas?
The Islamists know that hostages have value. From President Reagan trading arms for hostages held by Hezbollah in Lebanon, to the exchange of 1,027 ‘Palestinian’ terrorists — including Yahya Sinwar — for one captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit in October of 2011, the Islamic militants have realized that a few civilized Westerners have an outsized …
Bad Causes Attract Bad People
This might be more in William Teach’s wheelhouse than mine, but when this article came up in my feeds, I couldn’t resist. From London’s The Telegraph: Gen Z’s hypocrisy on climate change has made Greta Thunberg look a fool If her generation are so worried about the ‘climate emergency’, explain the findings of this new …
A General’s Consensus
General Mark Milley called Chinese Gen. Li Zuocheng on Oct. 30, 2020, four days before the presidential election and again on Jan. 8, 2021, two days after Trump supporters marched on the U.S. Capitol.
J D Vance’s Churchillian Speech
Vice President JD Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference, Feb 14, 2025 was like Winston Churchill sounding the alarm about Hitler and the NAZIs then in turn warning about Soviet Communism with his famous Iron Curtain speech.