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Trump’s Cleanup Crescendo
American Thinker ^ | 17 May, 2026 | Clarice Feldman

Posted on 05/17/2026 4:34:46 AM PDT by MtnClimber

In Latin America, in China, in the Middle East, the outline of Donald Trump's plan of action is becoming clear. It is of a scale to take the breath away.

It’s obvious to me that during the four-year hiatus from the White House occasioned by a stolen election, President Trump gave thoughtful consideration to what had to be cleaned up domestically and internationally. It’s equally clear that he mapped out how he planned to do that, and despite media, congressional, and judicial intransigence, he plowed ahead. We are at a point now where the blueprint is obvious. It’s a continuing, ascending trajectory.

The Americas

Having hoisted Maduro out of Caracas to stand trial here for his crimes, the U.S. made it perfectly clear that Russian and Chinese security personnel and military equipment were no match for a determined U.S. military. As an impoverished, abandoned Maduro pines away in prison awaiting trial, Cuba is next on the list of places that need fumigation.

The U.S. has offered $100 million worth of humanitarian aid for Cubans who are starving in a country that, absent free oil from Venezuela, is in almost perpetual blackout. Raul Castro has rejected such aid because we insist that it be distributed through designated private charities rather than the Cuban government, which would use it to sustain itself.

This Thursday, CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited there with a message demanding that Cuba open up its economy and send Russian and Chinese listening posts packing. There are increasing riots in the streets, and on Friday, the communist party headquarters in Havana was set on fire. The day after Ratcliffe’s visit, the press reported that Raul Castro was likely to face U.S. criminal indictments.

Jeff Childers explains the administration’s Latin American policy

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: china; communism; cuba; habitualcomplainers; habitualcomplaining; habitualtdstrolling; habitualtrolls; listeningposts; lourdes; maduro; raulcastro; russia; venezuela
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To: buckalfa

Winning elections doesn’t matter if you don’t do something after winning. Trump is doing something. George W Bush won elections and all we got was war in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Transportation Security Administration.


21 posted on 05/17/2026 6:46:23 AM PDT by webheart (Notice how I said all of that without any hyphens, and only complete words?)
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To: mewzilla

Right? I predicted that the mullahs would dump oil in the gulf rather than surrender. Back in the Gulf War I when Saddam pumped oil into the gulf even eco zealots hated him. This time I bet they’ll say If we didn’t use oil there’d be no dumping.


22 posted on 05/17/2026 6:47:46 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: webheart
Winning elections doesn’t matter if you don’t do something after winning. Trump is doing something. George W Bush won elections and all we got was war in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Transportation Security Administration.

So far so good. Except for the war in Iran. And we are paying for it due to higher gas prices.

23 posted on 05/17/2026 6:48:50 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: buckalfa

There is emotional and there is rational.


24 posted on 05/17/2026 6:52:16 AM PDT by JayGalt (A never ending battle for Truth, Justice & the American Way.)
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To: MtnClimber

“And just as the 2020 election legerdemain becomes apparent, the evidence that J6 was a setup, involving Nancy Pelosi, the FBI, the D.C. police department, and the media, is no longer being hidden. In the latest development, a judge finally unlocked the body cam worn by Officer Michael Fanone, and it substantially contradicts his sworn testimony, testimony that was used to justify imposing severe criminal penalties on mostly innocent people who walked into the Capitol (often at the invitation of Capitol police).”

https://x.com/TonySeruga/status/2055140555466690842


25 posted on 05/17/2026 7:36:35 AM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: MtnClimber

Excellent piece!


26 posted on 05/17/2026 8:20:51 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: MtnClimber

Monroe Doctrine Version 2.0


27 posted on 05/17/2026 10:21:50 AM PDT by Repeal The 17th ( I am obsessed with not being obsessed with anything.)
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To: MtnClimber

“I like thinking big. I always have. To me it’s very simple: If you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.”—Donald J. Trump


28 posted on 05/17/2026 12:45:50 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: buckalfa

will likely sweep the globalists back into power in 26 and 28.


Have you been reading and believing the media again. That is the only source of that thinking.


29 posted on 05/17/2026 12:47:06 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: PeterPrinciple
"Have you been reading and believing the media again. That is the only source of that thinking."

No, I think for my self. I evaluate national and world events from varied sources and make judgements based on my life's experience. I am not slave to Breitbart, Fox, or all of the pronouncements from the Trump Administration. If that upsets you, so be it. I do know one thing for certain. Trump's agenda will grind to a halt if the Democrats take the House in the midterms. We can hope that is a false possibility or we can take heed and work towards preventing that possibility. We are all on the same team.

30 posted on 05/17/2026 1:57:19 PM PDT by buckalfa (More chaos and disruption please)
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