Russia is collapsing as Trump trolls pathetic Russian leaders. America First TRUTH and POWER prevails! Applause!

[stevenkesslar]

Ha ha fucking liberals fucking globalists I hate them.  Nothing but weak.  Take them to Davos and leave them there. 

President Trump is the real deal.  True American power.  He is running circles around Putin and Russia.  They are weak and have no idea what to do.

Moscow’s approach to the showdown over the Arctic island: Troll and hope the West falls apart.

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In the weeks since Trump captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and threatened to intervene in Iran, Russia appears to have set aside its other geopolitical ambitions, including in the Arctic, to keep Washington in its corner on Ukraine. Meanwhile, it seems to be hoping tensions over Greenland will crack NATO and drive further wedges between Kyiv’s most important allies. 

 

In real time President Donald Trump, America's smartest and greatest President, is proving what a master negotiator and peace maker he is.  PEACE through STRENGTH.

Sure, the idiots in Norway don't get it.  Who the fuck cares?  They are Europeans.  And can someone shut that asshole Carney from Canada the fuck up?

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“Our guiding principle is: Let them tear each other apart,” Russian pundit Vladimir Kornilov said on a political talk show Friday, with evident relish.

 

Notwithstanding a few girly men like Carney and Macron from shit holes like Canada and France, President Trump is unifying the world and making America  STRONGER and MORE RESPECTED than ever.  Maybe if they play their cards right and dump Carney Canada can still become our 52nd state.

Take that, you fucking losers.

[Suckrates]

If Trump follows thru with turning Greenland into Trumpland, he is basically turning Europe over to Putin.    Maybe that was the master plan for both Dictators, World dominance ?  

Nevertheless, the Greenland bullshit will in no way strengthen America or make it safer.  Au contraire, it will weaken the shit out of America, taking away NATO protections and making us vulnerable to who knows what ?

Everyone sees it and knows it but the GOP are voiceless and afraid to say it, Bessent humiliates himself every time he opens his mouth these days, even walking back sensible statements he made saying he "must have made a mistake" when he said them.....

All of these lemmings (a word Moses likes to use here) need to be thrown out of office and prosecuted for corruption. 

And Trump MUST be humiliated in Davos.....

What a pathetic, embarrassing representation of America on the World stage.   We ARE the shithole country now !      We cant be trusted, we wont be Helped, and its not sustainable. 

If Project 2025 was designed to destroy the World, then Trump has accomplished something.   And "the people" are the ones to blame for allowing it to happen. 

[stevenkesslar]

1 hour ago, Suckrates said:

If Project 2025 was designed to destroy the World

 

My dearest precious Sister.   How could you even say such a thing?

 

One of my favorite nephews is a very smart and rich right-of-center conservative.  He calls himself an Independent but I know he voted for Trump.  Here's two things we have talked about recently, face to face.

1.  I said to him, "Do people not even want democracy anymore?"  He said, "I think people want democracy.  And they want change."

2.  He said:  "We had Obama for eight years.  Did that fix these problems?"

I agree with him 100 % so far.  Democrats skipped a 2024 primary.  Whereas Trump was the primary underdog at first who fought and won.  That was a fuck up.

And now here is the part that floored me, face to face.

I referenced my Dad, aka his Grandfather, who fought in WWII.  I referenced NATO.  I asked the Fareed Zakaria question:  "Why are we throwing away this wildly strong and successful alliance we built?  That we lead?  And that helped stabilize the world for the better part of a century?"

He started talking about America's nuclear deterrence.  Essentially his point was, "Who needs allies?  We got nukes.  You think they'll fuck with us?"

In a way, that makes him his Grandfather's grandson.  My Dad was on a boat in the Pacific during WW II  and was more than happy to avoid a bloodbath land war in Japan.  Moses likes to point to that as America's original sin.  (Actually, to be fair, slavery came first.)  My Dad would argue nuking Japan was an act of defense.  Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

My Dad would also say Trump is insane for destroying the alliance the US built coming out of World War II to prevent World War III.

At the very least, this message is clear.  If you do not want to be the next Ukraine, or Greenland, run to The Nuke Store and stock up now.  And be prepared to use them.  And be a bully if you can.

Of course, nothing about this is destabilizing.  Nothing at all.  PEACE through STRENGTH.  What could possibly go wrong?

 

Fareed and John Stewart talked about how these days a lot of Americans just take certain things for granted.  And this may be one of them.

I reference my nephew because he is the oldest of a bunch of nieces and nephews.  The Gen X ones, like him, are the most conservative ones.   They were kids when Reagan was President.  They fit the stereotype that they saw conservative ideas work, and thus became conservatives.   They did grow up in a world where America was a superpower.  And even the sole superpower.  Many of them probably do think this is how you be strong.  We have nukes.  Who needs allies? 

They seem to have missed the part about how Reagan was very good at building an anti-USSR alliance, from the Pope on down.  Trump is doing the opposite.  It's a huge fucking mistake.  And this one probably can't be undone.

I told this to my Canadian sister-in-law, who despises Trump as much as me.  She is more optimistic.  She thinks the wounds can eventually be healed. 

Coming from a Canadian at heart, who despised the 51st state bullshit, maybe she is right.  I hope so.   But this is dangerous.  And shameful.

 

 

[Suckrates]

15 minutes ago, stevenkesslar said:

 

My dearest precious Sister.   How could you even say such a thing?

 

One of my favorite nephews is a very smart and rich right-of-center conservative.  He calls himself an Independent but I know he voted for Trump.  Here's two things we have talked about recently, face to face.

1.  I said to him, "Do people not even want democracy anymore?"  He said, "I think people want democracy.  And they want change."

2.  He said:  "We had Obama for eight years.  Did that fix these problems?"

I agree with him 100 % so far.  Democrats skipped a 2024 primary.  Whereas Trump was the primary underdog at first who fought and won.  That was a fuck up.

And now here is the part that floored me, face to face.

I referenced my Dad, aka his Grandfather, who fought in WWII.  I referenced NATO.  I asked the Fareed Zakaria question:  "Why are we throwing away this wildly strong and successful alliance we built?  That we lead?  And that helped stabilize the world for the better part of a century?"

He started talking about America's nuclear deterrence.  Essentially his point was, "Who needs allies?  We got nukes.  You think they'll fuck with us?"

In a way, that makes him his Grandfather's grandson.  My Dad was on a boat in the Pacific during WW II  and was more than happy to avoid a bloodbath land war in Japan.  Moses likes to point to that as America's original sin.  (Actually, to be fair, slavery came first.)  My Dad would argue nuking Japan was an act of defense.  Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

My Dad would also say Trump is insane for destroying the alliance the US built coming out of World War II to prevent World War III.

At the very least, this message is clear.  If you do not want to be the next Ukraine, or Greenland, run to The Nuke Store and stock up now.  And be prepared to use them.  And be a bully if you can.

Of course, nothing about this is destabilizing.  Nothing at all.  PEACE through STRENGTH.  What could possibly go wrong?

 

Fareed and John Stewart talked about how these days a lot of Americans just take certain things for granted.  And this may be one of them.

I reference my nephew because he is the oldest of a bunch of nieces and nephews.  The Gen X ones, like him, are the most conservative ones.   They were kids when Reagan was President.  They fit the stereotype that they saw conservative ideas work, and thus became conservatives.   They did grow up in a world where America was a superpower.  And even the sole superpower.  Many of them probably do think this is how you be strong.  We have nukes.  Who needs allies? 

They seem to have missed the part about how Reagan was very good at building an anti-USSR alliance, from the Pope on down.  Trump is doing the opposite.  It's a huge fucking mistake.  And this one probably can't be undone.

I told this to my Canadian sister-in-law, who despises Trump as much as me.  She is more optimistic.  She thinks the wounds can eventually be healed. 

Coming from a Canadian at heart, who despised the 51st state bullshit, maybe she is right.  I hope so.   But this is dangerous.  And shameful.

 

 

Well sis, we KNEW as soon as Trump pardoned the 1600 insurrectionists who acted on his behalf and at his request that THIS wouldnt't be good !

And to be fair, he told us his plans, well maybe not Venezuela and Greenland, but it was spelled out that Trump was gonna "flex" in Trump 2.0.....

Doge was a scam, we dont even hear about it anymore, it accomplished nothing but reducing the federal work force.  Did it save money ?   Perhaps a few bucks, but Trump has overspent that and more with all his insanity vanity projects and attempts at foreign dominance.  Trump doesnt care about money, except when its going into his pocket. He will spend millions on god and marble shit to show his REIGN is opulent.   So saving money is no longer his concern, and affordability is a Hoax.  And if you are a person any color other than WHIT, you are not wanted or welcome in America, even if you are a citizen.... 

Perhaps we have to wait until all the OLD, rich white people are DEAD before change can happen ?     I will be long gone then too, but I cant help but wonder if a younger, more progressive generation will be able to sustain the Democracy their ancestors fought to achieve for them ?  

[stevenkesslar]

14 minutes ago, Suckrates said:

Perhaps we have to wait until all the OLD, rich white people are DEAD before change can happen ?     I will be long gone then too, but I cant help but wonder if a younger, more progressive generation will be able to sustain the Democracy their ancestors fought to achieve for them ?  

This is what is both interesting and painful to me.  Painful in the sense that I love and deeply respect the nephew I mentioned.  And very smart people can deeply disagree about strategy.  But he emailed me last night on a business trip just about fun stuff.  And now I have the idea in my mind:  Really?  He's okay with this shit?  We have nukes so we don't need allies?  Sorry.  But it doesn't make me respect him more.

I can tell you this.  For at least many MAGA folk, or maybe I should say MAGA adjacent conservatives, it is NOT racism or homophobia.  Recently I was in this nephew's house in a red state with about a dozen family members, all of whom are avid Trump supporters.  They know I am Gay and welcomed it.  Several Black neighbors were coming in and out of the house.  My nephew's Black nephew, his sister's son, was staying over.  My funny joke was, "I'm Gay, I'm a liberal, and I'm a Democrat.  And I'm even from California.  I am truly fucked!"  Everybody laughed.  They are kind, loving people with strong families.

Every poll I see shows Gen X as the heart of the Trump/MAGA coalition.  The political theory I referred to is that Gen X (born 1965 to 1980) grew up under sunny and prosperous Reagan conservatism.  So that is what they think works. 

My Dad was a proud Reagan conservative.  He would be the first to say this is not Ronald Reagan's Republican Party.  Reagan did immigration reform.  Reagan loved NATO and made it stronger.  Reagan famously allied with the UK, Germany, and other nations against the Soviet Union.  He would not have been Vlad's pal and crony.

Gen X has never had a President in their age cohort.  Clinton, W, Obama, and Trump are all Boomers.  Biden was Silent Generation.  I decided a while ago that Trump is the Gen X President.  Even if he is a Boomer.  You can make a good case that W was a Gen X President.  He won two pretty close races.  At the time, young Gen X'ers were on his side.

The real question now is where do the Zoomers go.  The "demography is destiny" crowd would have said that by 2024 the 2020 Biden win, by 7 million votes, would maybe turn into almost a landslide, with more Zoomers on his side.  They in fact went the other way.  Inflation, home prices, rent, immigration, "toxic masculinity."  Those are the issues I think we lost tons of Male Zoomers over.  But Trump has now lost them, too.  They trust no political party.  And they will decide who the next President is.

Maybe Trump will say, "Sorry, Zoomers.  You voted for me.  But now I am your King.  You never get to vote again."  If Trump wants Zoomers to hate him, that's a great way to do it.

On that note, even many conservatives agree.  This whole thing about taking over Iraq, or Afghanistan, or VietNam, or Libya, or [name many other countries on the planet] just never ends well.  So what the fuck do the so-called "America First" people think they are doing?  They will just inspire more people to eventually hate us.  Including Venezuela, if all we do is cozy up to a different dictator to extract oil.