Around here I don't need to explain the dynamics of a huge confrontation between globalists-Democrats-leftists and the president and his team and support base. It is the extension of the confrontations of the past three elections.

I've been uneasy with Trump's performance and behavior, I think some people want a Pinochet type leader which might in itself be incompatible with the fundamentals of a constitutional republic, but in fact, the president seems a little closer to Mussolini in style than to Pinochet.

I think some of his moves on the world stage have been clumsy and ill-advised. And this is the real problem, being ill-advised. The people around Trump are selected mostly on the basis of how loud they can cheer. There doesn't seem to be one smart person there who can foresee consequences of actions, especially beyond the comfort zone of Republican politics. And a president of the U.S. (and leader of the free world ) needs to govern for a wider coalition than his most ardent supporters.

A lot of my concern is pragmatic, I just don't believe this is leading to a win in either 2026 or 2028. For every one person drawn in by the president's approach, there are likely two or three silently repulsed by it and driven back into the neutral or independent camp. They won't go to the loathsome Democrats either.

Is there a third option that would work? A more reasonable and conciliatory person who knows the world a bit better, and realizes that people who are not American share only one thing with Americans, that being love of country. Beyond that, they may not share other values that Americans say they admire (whether they do or not is sometimes questionable). A lot of aspects of American culture are too specific to the one country to translate into selling points. My belief is, all the people on earth who want to be American are probably now in America, or on their way, and ironically, 90% of them are not wanted, so what is the point of trying to annex people who don't even want to be American? It makes no sense to an outsider.

The Monroe Doctrine is an imperialist concept that has no place in the modern world. The western hemisphere is not America's back yard. I sympathize with the situation of having 30 million illegals from that back yard (and other places) that you don't want there -- fair enough, kick them out. But beyond that, leave other countries alone. Meddling and lecturing in the way this government has done for the past year is bound to create hostility and worse, in some cases, it will inspire terrorist attacks. When people are insulted and humiliated, they naturally seek to strike back. This is even more true of the evil than the good, but it is human nature in general.

And there are plenty of things to fix up in the U.S.A. before lecturing anybody else, believe me, you could maybe tackle the problem of widespread gun violence, or the failing state of infrastructure, or the drift away from faith and humility. It's not a question of whether other countries are as bad or worse in any of those aspects, but it's up to the people of those other countries to fix their countries, and up to Americans to fix America first -- stay in lane and give the world something to admire, it seems to me sometimes that the President (and perhaps his key advisors) would rather lecture distant leaders and countries than go after the enemies in plain sight. I think Exhibit A for that is that Mark Carney can be routinely criticized, but I haven't heard one word spoken against George Soros or Barack Obama. Criticizing Pelosi or Biden might be seen as elder abuse but, for heaven's sake, go after the people who wrecked your country and stop trying to wreck my country.

I wish there was a third option. I supported Ted Cruz in 2016 because I thought he was a more reasonable and knowledgeable person than any other candidate. I suppose I jumped on the Trump bandwagon because everybody loves a winner and it looked like Trump might be the one person who could slay the globalist dragon. But I no longer see that as possible. The globalist dragon has been wounded and is now enraged, and will be coming after Trump with resources that are deep and formidable (and loathsome).

But you will say, God is on Trump's side, Jesus is on Trump's side. And did Charlie Kirk die for nothing?

Good points but indeed, if Jesus is on Trump's side then presumably he thinks Trump's approach will be like the Kingdom. Is that really supportable? I have the view that Americans are (potentially at this point) the chosen Christian people in the way that the Hebrews were chosen people of the Old Testament period. But God was only on the side of the Jews when they were righteous and when they obeyed the commandments. Is what we are seeing a good illustration of that? At the very least, Trump needs to change course, get wiser counsel, fire some of the hotheads and radical ideologues, whose agenda seems to be driven mostly by greed.

If that doesn't happen, I would say a third option led by a populist of less haughty pedigree than Donald Trump is the way forward, somebody who can bring humility and real piety into the task of dragon-slaying. I don't know if there is such a person and some days I think, well then, it has to be the second coming, only Jesus can really fix all this, end the march to inevitable civil war and destructive violence, and speak real truth to power.

So it leads me to believe that the next step, and one that could happen surprisingly soon, would be the return to earth (and more specifically to America) of Jesus Christ. That's a vision I have seen for many years, before Donald Trump got interested in politics even before Obama was a well-known public figure. (not well enough apparently)

Trump may turn things around but I sense he is too obstinate, out of touch with ordinary people, and egotistical, to listen to anybody who hasn't already praised him many, many times to pass the test. It is transparently obvious that a cult of personality developed around Trump, I think many hoped he would snap out of it and realize the true nature of the times and the challenge, but I don't see where that ever happened, and I don't think it will happen.

Well, obviously I don't belong here any more, unless there are more people here who agree with me than I am guessing there might be. I will read what responses are given to these ideas but in all probability what I need to do is concentrate on my own survival in this chaotic and hostile environment, and to pursue that prophetic vision, as I believe I should be alerting more people to this potential for the imminent return of the Lord, whose presence we so desperately need in this world today.

The RINO pussification of MAGA is attempted yet again.

One is either a patriot or not.The requirement of patriots today is that they must become as great as their leader.And now as the point of balance is being reached for the long term recovery of America from leftist totalitarian wet dreams, the RINO factions of privileged Republican country clubbers again raises its ugly head of "resistance."

Trump is hardly like Mussolini or Pinochet. You glibly have your wires crossed. Trump is more like Samuel Adams, and has become one of our Greatest Presidents.

Comparing Trump to despots is actually a tactic used by followers of Saul Alinsky, a trope from the totalitarian, dystopian left, a tactic used by followers of genuine despots,Saul Alinsky and his adherents, because President Trump is actually successfully using presidential authority. This drives the left and their supporting RINOplasts crazy, into using the desperate defamation of a highly effective president because the trajectory of America's downfall is now being changed to an upward evolution of peace,prosperity and increased world influence?

What folly!

Mr. Odonnell,we see your trope.

Its simple. We no longer will be ruled by cowardice and whining.And if that unsettles the faux gentle people who have tried to destroy President Trump for years,then I say, physician....HEAL THY SELF.Then you have a chance at surviving your auditory discomfort at the kicking and screaming of leftist socialists in our midst, who attempt our ruination ,as they are sifted into the dust bin of history, a destination where they can continue to powerlessly not be able to tell the difference between a man and a woman.

Kudos to the Commander in Chief.

Point made about cult of personality.

Yep, I am sure I will not be finding many people who agree with me here, but I am not trying to undermine — I am very fearful of an over-reach followed by collapse of the anti-globalist camp. It was not wise to make enemies of potential friends who meant you no harm. It was not wise to spread disinformation about threats that do not really exist, when there are other threats that do really exist.

I think my point of view is essentially that we have one chance to get this right, as an international coalition of anti-globalists, and we are not getting it right.

I have nothing to do with Alinsky or the radical left, have fought those people all my life. And I know what they are capable of doing. Under Biden’s weak leadership, they did not do very much of it and if they get back into power it will be game over because they will place somebody in the WH much more capable than Biden.

I hope the outcome is that they can never do that. But anyway see for yourselves when 2026 and 2028 roll around, maybe I won’t look quite the same then as I apparently do today.

You really have a messed up biblical view and understanding. Your beliefs are not what scripture says at all. You are just one messed up person.

“Good points but indeed, if Jesus is on Trump’s side then presumably he thinks Trump’s approach will be like the Kingdom. Is that really supportable? I have the view that Americans are (potentially at this point) the chosen Christian people in the way that the Hebrews were chosen people of the Old Testament period. But God was only on the side of the Jews when they were righteous and when they obeyed the commandments.”

This is the major flaw in your thinking:

"It was not wise to make enemies of potential friends who meant you no harm. It was not wise to spread disinformation about threats that do not really exist, when there are other threats that do really exist."

You fail to separate mere puffing from presidential action. President Trump is a master troll.He consistently trolls the MSM so they report non existent presidential plans. This causes large numbers of people to distrust the MSM. It also causes over reaction and fear in those who oppose President Trump.By the time that the opposition realizes they have taken the false bait, the action they did not truly know about has already occurred.Surprise ! Anger! Rants of unfairness.... Who wants to be swayed by leftist drama,who get as many Republicans as possible to believe their faux narratives of gloom and doom. As far as 2026 or 2028, what would you suggest so that we do in order to do well and prevail? Back off the agenda of President Trump, lick our wounds and go home because the battle has become difficult? President Trump is pressing the opposition, exposing their extremism, corruption, fraud and Anti American policies. The electorate will have much truth to consider.We lose the House and the Senate? So what, we will fight like we always have and we will win, whether it takes longer that the current presidential term or not.I doubt we will get the drubbing you fear. We are in it for the long haul and right now we are winning, despite whatever successful false narratives are being cast about President Trump.The noise is simply a by product of winning as the left realizes it is being soundly defeated.

Wrong. Under Biden’s weak leadership they ran amok. They plundered the treasury, weaponized the justice system, and all but destroyed the voting process. They turned 2 genders into dozens, destroyed the lives of sensible women, young and old, declared white men anathema, massively undermined the education system at all levels even worse than before Biden - sorry - this list (inside Amerkca alone) could go on forever - and I haven’t even started on illegal immigration and everything related to that. Internationally, is millions of deads in both Ukraine and Russia not good enough for you? Covering for the biological weapon released on the world by China that killed mostly in the first world nations - also not good enough for you?

You’re eyes that claim to have seen little effectiveness of the globalists under Biden proves you are not being honest or really can’t see well at all.

Go get a better 0air of glasses and come back when you have.

Nice sentiment in that video - perhaps this one will open Peter’s eyes better...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlhxdXudLyI

Peter, you can’t fight true evil with good intentions. Stop spreading the devil’s lies - even if you don’t realize that’s whose work you’re doing. I give you the benefit of the doubt you are sincere - but without better knowledge I’d have to assume you have no children or grandchildren living through the hell they’ve made in the past 10 years and think the bubble you’ve managed to insulate yourself in is the one everybody else is in.

I think your fellow Canadian, Candor7, explained the situation very well... Trump's mean posts and criticisms of his opponents is his formula for success -- and it is works beautifully if history is our guide.

All the economics experts predicted Trump's tariffs would fail miserably. And they are working like a charm. So much for "EXPERTS"...

Trump's sabre rattling over Greenland is over and the issue is more or less settled. But without getting everybody's attention, you would probably never solve the problem as the bucket would get kicked down the road several years.

But let me address one point you made about the Monroe Doctrine being invalid.

How do you square with the fact that more Americans have been killed by fentanyl than soldiers, airmen, and sailors died in World War II?

And it's the drug dealers and certain leaders of Latin American countries (in collaboration with China) who are bringing the deadly drugs into our country.

So should we sit quietly and allow another 700,000 fentanyl murders of Americans?

Re “… And this is the real problem, being ill-advised. The people around Trump are selected mostly on the basis of how loud they can cheer...”

On the point of being Ill-advised, yes, I believe you are correct.

On the point of selecting cheerleaders… that may have been true in the first administration, but I think he was a little more careful and selective this time around.

That doesn’t mean that he’s gonna get it right 100% of the time… Even though at this point we pretty much have to get it right 100% of the time. But he’s a human being, he’s been shot at, wounded, had his entire life turned upside down by these people, so if he’s less than “pious” and less than “humble”, I understand it completely, and am in total agreement with him.

If anything, I think he needs to crack down harder on these leftist scum. They’ve never had anyone crack down on them and that’s why they are as strong as they are currently. They have been allowed to run amok in universities, in “sanctuary cities”, at local and state levels, and the people that are funding them - and we all know who they are for the most part - are still breathing. Trump is the first real resistance they’ve ever encountered, and it’s driving them insane. Like little children, throwing temper, tantrums, but they’re bringing guns along with their tantrum. They are organized, funded, and the hard-core are well disciplined, not like the cannon fodder, useful idiots that they push to the front to become martyrs.

Whitaker Chambers knew what he was talking about. So did Joe McCarthy.

Your point about the next Democrat getting into power is valid; there’s no doubt in my mind that they will try to kill us all if they get the opportunity to.

In my opinion, Trump needs to bring in people with a military mindset and combat experience and surround himself with them; people with counterinsurgency experience, dealing with communists and their Muslim allies.

You’ve basically got the rest of this year to get it right, then the midterms, and if the election fraud hasn’t been taken care of, then this has been nothing more than prevent-defense …

Well Peter, I gotta tell ya I disagree with your pessimistic assessment of 2028. Trump's style will not be on the ballot. JD Vance vs Globalist Democrat Insanity is what will be on the ballot. If the economy has performed well in the last couple years of the Trump presidency - which I think will happen judging from the massive amount of investment in rebuilding America's manufacturing base - then Vance should romp to victory. The congressional elections this year are more dicey. It is unknown if Trump's working class coalition will show up to the polls (they typically don't in off year elections) but it is 100% guaranteed the Democrats' committed Leftists will all show up. The SCOTUS ruling on racial gerrymandering will have a huge impact. That alone would flip about 10 or more seats in the House and could make all the difference.

The Monroe Doctrine is standard practice for any great power. They ALL seek to dominate their back yard - and yes, the Western Hemisphere is America's back yard. The US would be incredibly foolish not to do so while China tries to do a massive land grab militarizing various islands in the South China Sea and while Russia seeks to annex the Donbas. Notice how they don't hesitate to make such moves.

As for "lecturing" others....you mean the Yurps who never hesitated to lecture us and who have been little more than leeches on America for 3 generations? I'm fine with them getting some lectures in return. You mean Iran? Don't put boots on the ground but if we could topple that awful regime, then by all means DO IT. The people hate the regime and everything they stand for.

As for widespread "gun violence" that is mostly inner city drug gangs and the murder rate has been driven way way down by the Trump administration. It turns out deporting hundreds of thousands of criminal illegal aliens and putting the national guard on the streets of some of our most lawless cities actually matters. Carney comes in for smackdowns because he has gone miles out of his way to be adversarial....this despite Canada's massive dependence on America for everything. The Globalist dragon has been coming after Trump with everything it has since before he took office in 2016. They can't try any harder than they already have. They failed just as they fail in so many things.

BTW, I agree with you about some of Trump's advisors. He has a much better cabinet this time than he had last time. This time about half of them are actually good. Pam Blondie has been extremely unimpressive as has Kash Patel. The DOJ and FBI needed massive purges and they needed to actually investigate, arrest and prosecute those who broke the law starting with Crossfire Hurricane before Trump ever took office and extending to the financial backers of Klantifa.

BTW, the populist who is less "haughty" than Trump and who has humility is JD Vance.

“Trump may turn things around but I sense he is too obstinate, out of touch with ordinary people,”

“Ordinary people” are the GOPe Congressional people who have all but destroyed this country, and by that extension their friends the voters that give them the power. The godforsaken fake republicans are the problem here and not the solution, the dems can easily be beat if they had any competition.

Yes, the Congress will likely flip this fall, you know why? THEY DO NOTHING. Well, they do some things like removing a debt ceiling while piling up a debt of $40,000,000,000,000 and $6,000,000,000 a day. The GOPe Congress has allowed millions of illegals a year for two generations and especially the last one.

Your enemy is not President Trump, it is your next door neighbor who has allowed the degradation of this nation along with the GOPe enabler friends: RINOs, uniparty, deep state, elites, establishment, turncoats, assistant democrats, traitors, back-stabbing, lying liars, swamp dwellers, debt junkies, crooks, thieves, scumbags, republicrats, democrat lite, the list can on go if one wants...

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