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Posted on 05/11/2026 8:18:29 PM PDT by Rummyfan
President Donald Trump has been compared to many historical figures, by opponents (who claim he’s another Adolf Hitler) and by boosters (who cite Andrew Jackson or Teddy Roosevelt).
With his blockade of Iran, though, maybe we should start comparing him to Gen. Winfield Scott.
In the mid-19th century, Scott was America’s preeminent military mind, the architect of victory in the Mexican War and the “Grand Old Man of the Army.”
As the Civil War loomed, he developed a plan to defeat the Confederacy with the smallest number of casualties possible.
He called it the Anaconda Plan — and like its namesake it was about applying a squeeze, and squeezing hard, until its object was squeezed to death.
Rather than winning a single decisive battle or a series of major confrontations, Scott wanted to cut the Confederacy in two by seizing control of the Mississippi River, while choking off the South’s foreign trade — upon which it was enormously dependent for both money and materiel — with a naval blockade of its Atlantic and Gulf ports.
Scott’s plan had few takers at the beginning, when enthusiasts on both sides thought the war would be finished in months, with daring cavalry charges and the like.
But when that didn’t happen, the plan became the basis for the Union war strategy — and it worked.
The South was beaten on the battlefield, but its loss came in no small part because it was being economically squeezed on all sides.
Today, Trump is following a similar strategy both at home and abroad.
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Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Winfield Scott were all real soldiers who served in combat.
Trump was on the bowling team.
Bob Wills IS still the king!
And you’re still a silly know-nothing progressive suffering from TDS.
He is Commander in Chief, nonetheless. 🤣 While YOU are still the jester.
You are consistent.
How do you see anything, with your head so far up your butt?
Sure. Never mind the three assassination attempts.
UFB!
Turns out Trump was TEN STEPS AHEAD… this ENTIRE TIME. Rumble MattMorseTV 16:30
The blockade is really against China.
Yes, it should be an interesting meeting between Trump and Xi in a few days.
Here’s a list of Presidents who never served in the military.
John Adams No formal military service; served in political and diplomatic roles during Revolution
Thomas Jefferson No formal military role; held civil leadership positions during the Revolutionary War
John Quincy Adams Served diplomatically and in government during wartime, not in the military
Martin Van Buren Political career focused on law and public service; no military background
Grover Cleveland Legally paid a substitute during the Civil War, which was allowed under the draft law
William H. Taft Career focused on law, judiciary, and administration; no wartime draft during his age
Woodrow Wilson Academic and political career; no military conflict requiring his service
Warren G. Harding Was of age during peacetime; no military conflict requiring service
Calvin Coolidge Came of age post-Spanish-American War; not drafted or enlisted
Herbert Hoover Civilian humanitarian work during WWI; not in uniformed service
Franklin D. Roosevelt Assistant Secretary of the Navy (civilian role); never enlisted or commissioned
Bill Clinton Received educational deferments; later entered draft lottery during the Vietnam War
Barack Obama Came of age post–Vietnam draft; no conscription; pursued academic and political career
Donald Trump Received four student deferments and a medical deferment (bone spurs) during Vietnam
Joe Biden Received student deferments and a medical deferment (asthma) during the Vietnam War
https://constitutionus.com/presidents/us-presidents-that-never-served-in-military/
Imagine that. Jefferson and Adams never served in the military. How often have you mocked them for not serving?
One can hope. It remains to be seen if we have the wherewithal to develop the skilled labor to absorb and deploy the magnitude of current manufacturing investment in a sufficiently timely fashion.
Unlike many of his predecessors, who tried to micromanage US military actions, Trump in military matters defers to the experts.
This squeeze strategy likely originated from somebody on Trump’s team or it could be maybe even suggested by Netanyahu?!
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