It would be deeply ironic but sometimes in times of change it may need a steer in a china shop to move something. Glad the Israelis found someone equally arrogant.

Posted by: SOS | May 9 2025 7:42 utc | 1

It has been said:

IF it sounds too good to be true THEN it probably is too good to be true

Too late already OR could it happen now? Could DT apologise, cut off arms to Israel completely = save himself? rgds

Posted by: skrik | May 9 2025 7:51 utc | 2

Red Letter Day!

I echo your optimism b but am prepared that unless he finally walks the Talk - this administration’s honeymoon period will end in the usual dysfunctional imperialist death throes

Victory Day in Moscow WITHOUT the unreliable ‘partners’ of WW2, U.K. and USA.
With the fellow target of the ziofascist collective wests never ending Great Game to take EurAsia, Chinas Xi.

Without also their other satrap giant Humpty Dumpties - Modi and Erdogan.
A very handily timed ‘open warfare’ in the subcontinent as an excuse for the former.
No idea what the latters ‘washing hair day’ is?

It can seem the pantomime villain role has to be taken by Nutty!
Maybe an attempt to hang onto the gains of the illegal apartheid entity in the Levant and Syria now.

The idea that a ‘private’ meeting can take place in the WH! And the message of that is ‘leaked’ by the participants - when it has been recently reiterated about ‘confidentiality’ of such high level discussions - strikes as odd.

Drumpff just got a win - the American Pope!
(Which means the African Christianity is being left in the hands of the Protestant wing)

The New Papa having been long chosen, trained and placed in authoritarian roles in the Vatican as the Conciglieri of Choice.
A son of the Gangsters of Chicago - ziocentral in the US - the Collective Waste is casting off and recentering itself wholly in North America and what will remain of the 5+1 Eyed unipolar century.

I’d like to believe it’s a real u-turn, a discovery of a reverse gear.
It seems like clear blue water begining to flow into a seemingly widening crack in the ziofascist imperiums superstructure.

As long as it’s not all it is! A crack that will not lead to an actual break.
Just a deflection from the lack of a seat at the New Yalta in Moscow right this minute!
DJT could have invited himself for a visit without making it about himself.

Who or How could he have been stopped from making such a decisive leadership move?
Only the Old Global Robber Barons and their praetorians. The fascist dynastic owners. Those shapeshifters.

Posted by: DunGroanin | May 9 2025 8:11 utc | 3

The problem is that Trump is too erratic for us to be able to define a policy based on his opinion of the moment. Today he's angry with Israel, tomorrow he may again follow Nethanyaou like a poodle.

Posted by: John V. Doe | May 9 2025 8:16 utc | 4

This may thus well be much more than political theater.

From your lips, to God's Ear.

Amen!

Posted by: phynyte | May 9 2025 8:22 utc | 5

Thanks b
I agree it may be Trump's ego but does he have the agency to do it for himself?

There is likely tacit approval as the stench of an American genocide is staining The Shining City
The longer this goes on the worse it will be for JUSA and cabal

Too many incidents to name have shown Israelis for the obnoxious power drunk psychopaths they are. The anti genocide crowd is really bringing out the worst Zionist behaviour caught on tape.

Israelis are being shunned and kicked out of restaurants all around the world and they are being called out in public in spite of dystopian lawfare.

Ordinary people are chasing Israeli dignitaries and calling them genociders.

Perhaps the Owners want the extermination to die down for a while and wait for the next mowing.

besides
Team Trump needs to focus dwindling military resources for Taiwan and Ukraine.
(Perhaps little Marco will be the next backstabber to get fired.
one can always hope

Posted by: ld | May 9 2025 8:25 utc | 6

The source of all these ideas is the controlled media: MSN, Reuters, NYT and so on.
They are creating all these stories to make it look like president Camacho is doing something, being important, "fighting" Bibi, halting strikes on Iran and so on. Didn't he tell Iran a few days ago that they will never be allowed to have npps because they have "so much oil"?

Posted by: rk | May 9 2025 8:57 utc | 7

Wishing this is not wishful thinking…

Posted by: Newbie | May 9 2025 8:58 utc | 8

Reads to me like Trump is pretending to distance himself from netanyahu just as the worst of the genocide in Gaza happens - during the starvation.

That means he can pretend he has no influence over Netanyahu right now - and no responsibility.

This ain't good news - this is a disaster for humanity. And Trump is washing his hands of it.

Posted by: Michael Droy | May 9 2025 9:20 utc | 9

It would be deeply ironic but sometimes in times of change it may need a steer in a china shop to move something. Glad the Israelis found someone equally arrogant.

Posted by: SOS | May 9 2025 7:42 utc |
There's a first time for everything.
But Trump’s so compromised by the Israelis.
You have to wonder.

Posted by: jpc | May 9 2025 9:43 utc | 10

Has Trump truly delinked his Yemen policy from Israel? Have the Houthis launched missiles at Israel since this deal has been announced? Until that happens, we won't know if protecting Israel was an unofficial part of the deal.

Posted by: Bob | May 9 2025 10:04 utc | 11

Trump plays good cop and bad cop all in one person. One moment being your friend next moment being your enemy. He's been doing the same with everyone so far: Zelensky, Putin, Netanyahu, now Xi Jinping with the latest news about him seeking his help on Ukraine while planning war against China within his administration. It's another way to get a lot of attention which is mainly what he want. He gives with one hand takes with the other. In then end it leads to be see as being untrustworthy especially combined with his lies and exaggerations. Eventually he will be seen to be purely duplicitous and like Biden speaking with a forked tongue.

Posted by: George | May 9 2025 10:14 utc | 12

It would not be the first time US/Israel put on a show for the masses as part of their proven always vile schemes. (even if DT is mad at his Israeli counterpart as the media are spreading, that is not going to change US long standing interests and goals nor in any way affect US/Israel unity because they are one. Also, anger comes, and goes. Especially with characters like DT who is not a politician but a cowboy bandit in whose world everyone else is an Indian).

In any case, the Trumpians will not, and can not, change US strategic goals in the Middle East, as is evident by their actions in the first 100 days. (the world has to endure four years of this terror). Some tactical moves are to be expected.

The Trumpians can not come up with any kind of "peace deal" for Gaza that could be good for Gaza and the Palestinian cause, not only because the US has long-term strategic goals in the region regardless of administration, but because they are hardline Zionists openly advocating the erasure of the Palestinians one way or another and the establishment of Greater Israel in which Gaza is a boon for developers and a future tourist resort

Actions are important. Words mean something only coming from demonstrably responsible, reliable and trustworthy officials.

Posted by: JB | May 9 2025 10:15 utc | 13

I'm not as optimistic, though I can understand why anyone would back off of Iran, which has been consistently taking the "high road" (and With Strength! Ha!). With Gaza, perhaps even Trump's stomach for violence has been turned one time too many.

I've seen some details of his program for Gaza on X, better than earlier versions, but still far short .. don't yet know what Gazans. If they are still steadfast, they won't agree to it. If they are flailing, they might just cave. I suspect it is aimed at de-escalation back to the status quo of October 6th, supported by most of the Arab vassal states as well, a "compromise" similar to the compromises once settled in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Not a word about the increased escalations of apartheid walls & fences, violence & destruction activity in the West Bank camps either. Nor the Occupation of Lebanon. Or Syria. Just "freeze" it in a de-escalated position, gain time for everyone to forget.

Until the next time.

Thing is, Netanyahu needs continued war to keep his power, the more fronts the better.

Posted by: Rain | May 9 2025 10:26 utc | 14

All that shit remind me the Engineer and the manager joke :

A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised my friend I would meet him half an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."

The man below says: "Yes. You are in a hot air balloon, hovering approximately 30 feet above this field. You are between 40 and 42 degrees N. latitude, and between 58 and 60 degrees W. longitude."

"You must be an engineer," says the balloonist.

"I am," replies the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost.

"The man below says, "You must be a manager."

"I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"

"Well," says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you are going. You have made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is you are in the exact same position you were in before we met, but now it is somehow my fault."

Posted by: Savonarole | May 9 2025 10:53 utc | 15

It's a trap!!! Don't be so sure. This is a classic bait-and-switch tactics they usually employed to allow some breathing space while the main sh*t's about to go down. It's meant to fool the opponent into a false sense of security and complacency. The settler colonial project is the glue that binds the Western elite together and they're not dumping it anytime soon. Every now and they have these fake blow-outs(eg: Trump's EU tariff) to throw their enemies off balance.

Don't fall for it!

Posted by: Zico | May 9 2025 10:58 utc | 16

Ukraine and World Affairs: Weekly Update, May 9th 2025: May be useful to some: https://robcampbell.substack.com/p/ukraine-and-world-affairs-weekly-75d

Posted by: The Busker | May 9 2025 11:01 utc | 17

I do not believe the "leaks" at all. Trump is frustrated by the Houthis. Hamas and Hezbollah resist
superior technology and military yet refuse to be defeated. This is causing serious consternation at the Pentagon re Iran not because there is any disconnect between Trump and Bibi but because of war game simulations and planning. Trump needs some domestic cover and media headlines for the genocide and unwinnable wars. He is presented as a maverick that he is not. He lacks agency to a great extent despite his circus acts and media headline creations.

Posted by: epistemologia | May 9 2025 11:01 utc | 18

Well, staring at being sentenced to life imprisonment for genocide for Israel seems to have woken President Trump back to his senses. There is International Law after all , and it's breathing very close to the Potus' neck.
Alhamdulillah. Praise be to God.

Donald Trump appears to be a man who's prepared to ride the Tsunami of Zionist arrogance , and survive. I take back my rude comments about the man, unreservedly. My Full Apology. Eat crow, in US vocabulary.

This is the first time a US President has consulted his conscience in living memory. Allah is in charge of all things. Allahu Akbar.

Posted by: Giyane | May 9 2025 11:02 utc | 19

Trump is well known for reneging on deals as is the Washington regime in general, with regards to Yemen and Iran, Trump might be just stalling for time whilst some sort of nefarious plan takes shape in the background.

Posted by: Republicofscotland | May 9 2025 11:09 utc | 20

Good news.

It's been said about Trump that his crazy talk somehow represents what he's thinking at the time. This is not true. He says whatever he does to make folks see and feel what he wants them to.

/off for the weekend.

Posted by: persiflo | May 9 2025 11:27 utc | 21

I would have thought the issue is that Trump allows his personal interests to override even his commitment to Israel. He makes a deal with Yemen because he doesn't want Yemeni missiles up his backside while he's nearby in Saudi. He doesn't go along with Netanyahu's desire to attack Iran, because, while's he's being heavily advised against participation by the military, he actually doesn't want all the hassle from an attack that could turn into a long war. As for Gaza, he hasn't actually gone against Netanyahu's plan.

Posted by: laguerre | May 9 2025 11:32 utc | 22

I don't believe for a minutes that Trump cares about life, morals or law. He just hates getting nothing out of a deal so no more free lunches for Israel. As he is also wont to use any leverage he can the Zionists are a fairly easy target right now for a shakedown. He may well intend to take Gaz-al-Lago off their hands as evidenced by the plan to put it under US stewardship with paid "food aid"

Posted by: SOS | May 9 2025 11:34 utc | 23

In terms of pure transaction Trump can support Hamas for free just by paying less to Israel. As they have a claim to power Hamas can offer a lot more than Israel at this point.

Posted by: SOS | May 9 2025 11:39 utc | 24

I would have thought the issue is that Trump allows his personal interests to override even his commitment to Israel. He makes a deal with Yemen because he doesn't want Yemeni missiles up his backside while he's nearby in Saudi. He doesn't go along with Netanyahu's desire to attack Iran, because, while's he's being heavily advised against participation by the military, he actually doesn't want all the hassle from an attack that could turn into a long war. As for Gaza, he hasn't actually gone against Netanyahu's plan.

Posted by: laguerre | May 9 2025 11:39 utc | 25

Aside from the two odious individuals involved...

... and not to dampen your apparent good spirits on this fine Victory over fascism Day .... b - hope health all good or better than reasonable - excuse if I'm a little realistically flippant ...

# On Iran - The Pentagon said "NO fu€king way right now .... we'd get our arzes kicked all the way to St Diego or Garcia ... maybe in a few years" - The Treasury and the Fed NO NO - global depression global depression the HOrmuz man- the HOrmuz

# On Yemen - The US Navy said "We're sitting fu€king ducks over there" - "Stop it now before we lose a carrier"

# On Saudis - look at the size of that Wealth Fund - can we Tarrif it? What can we give them? An NPP - no problem - balance the Eye-Ran-ians. We are all Ferengi now and profit for the family is the game ... where is Jared? I want another few billion from this - do you want me to retire as a pauper Bessant?

# On Gaza & West Bank - let that two-faced manipulative Polish-Ukrainian Mileikowsky handle it - or you will be tainted as Genocide Don - Don. Build the Gaza Tower and Golf Course later on Don [a trusted adviser]

# On Gunz - give them all they want - and they always want more .... where is Jared?

# On Russia - He won't talk to me ...

# On China - He won't talk to me either

# Can I meet the Pope? Get me a hotline to the Vatican. The Pope won't talk to me! Deport him ...

same as it ever was - same as it ever was - same as it ever was

Posted by: Don Firineach | May 9 2025 11:49 utc | 26

When at war with an entrenched gang, you gotta pick your fights carefully. Getting some of the gangsters to believe you're on their side in an internal struggle can help (divide and conquer doesn't just work against the plebes). It is clearly a very complex faction fight in the imperial leadership, with lots of competing interests. Trump's biggest fight is still against the imperial Establishment in the US (mass media, academia, Deep State, and their foolish TDS brain-damaged culture war shock troops).

I think Trump is trying to demonstrate to the zionists that their hand (using Trump's card game analogy) is not as strong as they think it is, and if they don't want to lose it all they will have to rein in their attack dogs in the Jew-controlled mass media and in academia and show him and his program a little respect. Trump may be trying to show that he can screw the zionists really hard (grab them by the pussy, perhaps?) if they don't start playing ball with his domestic efforts. If the mass media backs off on pumping up the Trump hysteria then we will know they got the message and we can expect Trump to put on his super-zionist masque again.

I doubt this will work out so cleanly, though, since the zionists have a lot at stake in the culture war going on in the West. Victim culture is a key element of Jewish identity, and promoting it as a replacement for traditional honor culture is part of their very long term program to shackle the masses with internalized chains. Their point is to update the old Xtian "the meek shall inherit dirt" and "give unto Bill Gates what is Bill Gates'" subservience since old-school religion is losing influence in the West. This programming update has some bad side effects that has some of the oligarchy seriously concerned, though, such as falling birth rates among the masses. Sure, some of the oligarchy want to see global populations drop to a billion, or better yet half a billion, but the rest are a little more realistic in their understanding of what that would mean in the real world, and how the current approach could achieve that.

I think the zionists will continue to try and manipulate Trump (they're Jews, after all. Like the scorpion's nature, it's what they do) by stroking his ego, but Trump may not be fooled if he doesn't see immediate and concrete changes in their stance in America's internal culture war.

"That's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for them."

Posted by: William Gruff | May 9 2025 12:26 utc | 27

Has Trump stopped or even lessened the flow of US armaments and dollars to the Zionist entity? That’s all that really matters.

Otherwise all we have is some personal pique (Trump expects deference from everyone) and some disagreement over whether Jewish settlements or a Trump casino should be built over the corpses of 2.2 million Gazans.

Posted by: malenkov | May 9 2025 13:06 utc | 28

This may have something to do with the fact that the FOUNDER OF UBER IS PACKING A COALITION IN IRAN TO OVERTHROW THE DICTATORSHIP THERE. Exciting news.

Posted by: Fortuna | May 9 2025 13:08 utc | 29

oops I meant backing not packing, typo.

Posted by: Fortuna | May 9 2025 13:09 utc | 30

I think this should be seen as confining us support to defending Israel against extinction but not supporting it's imperial ambitious across the mid east.

It's also about not bailing out foreign countries when they step in shit, let them figure it out.

It's a continuation of Obamas lead from behind strategy. I know that's the opposite of leading but even the us has to avoid over extension.

Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | May 9 2025 13:15 utc | 31

Tattoo-addict Mr. Peter Brian Hegseth (PBH) has cancelled his trip to Israel.

The titanic is shaking.

Posted by: pepe | May 9 2025 13:19 utc | 32

Perhaps the founder of Über should better back a revolution in Israel, before the Likud destroys it.

Posted by: Exile | May 9 2025 13:19 utc | 33

The source of all these ideas is the controlled media: MSN, Reuters, NYT and so on.
They are creating all these stories to make it look like president Camacho is doing something, being important, "fighting" Bibi, halting strikes on Iran and so on. Didn't he tell Iran a few days ago that they will never be allowed to have npps because they have "so much oil"?

Posted by: rk | May 9 2025 8:57 utc | 7

Exactly. Quoting msn here is a new one for me.

Posted by: elmagnostic | May 9 2025 13:24 utc | 34

I doubt this will work out so cleanly, though, since the zionists have a lot at stake in the culture war going on in the West.

Posted by: William Gruff | May 9 2025 12:26 utc | 27

Understatement of the year. But let's steelman your argument and say Netanyahu can order the NYT to call off the dogs. Ezra Klein and Bret Stephens won't be elated, they'll be shocked. International Jews (aka globalists) depend on neoliberal media and governing structures for basic jobs, never mind group security. American Jews specifically are being asked to choose between their support for Israel and the basic foundation of "international law." If anything, making them support President Trump will make them -more- likely to renounce Zionism. Not out of any true virtue, but merely to keep justifying their employment.

Posted by: They Call Me Mister | May 9 2025 13:47 utc | 35

Repeat of food aide donation sites, with 2 additional at top:

https://www.palestinercs.org/en/Donation

https://www.gofundme.com/f/yfwstc-help-us-in-gaza

https://www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-in-gaza-daily

https://www.gofundme.com/f/operationolivebranch

https://www.gofundme.com/f/etaam-food-aid-initiative-feeding-families-in-gaza

Hot meals 4 Starved Palestinian Kids in north Gaza
https://www.gofundme.com/f/wefeedgaza

https://www.gofundme.com/f/global-urgent-gaza-appeal-mansour-shouman

Our works continues in Gaza despite the siege - I will be uploading the work your donations have made happen whether it be food, water, shelter, medical and helping the disabled and injured.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/enfants-de-gaza-nous-sommes-la

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-poor-palesinian-peoples-from-surviving

https://www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-aid-help-over-15-gazan-families-survive

Posted by: Mary | May 9 2025 13:59 utc | 36

see the excellent Dialogue Works 37:16 video with Laith Marouf at the link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx9w5Y2wtRo
Laith Marouf: Trump Drops Bombshell on Yemen—But Yemen Fires Back with a Bold Statement!
Dialogue Works

"Ben Gurion airport (in israel) is going to be destroyed, as the Sana'a airport was...." - Laith Marouf

"We already saw the Jordanian vassal regime open the Amman airport um to flights that were supposed to land in Ben Gurion now are redirected to Amman airport, and the Jordanian vessel regime organizing these buses from the airport to the borders of occupied Palestine for these uh flights..." - Laith Marouf

Posted by: michaelj72 | May 9 2025 13:59 utc | 37

DunGroanin | May 9 2025 8:11 utc | 3

Never miss a groaner, dripping with well-deserved disdain! Pure gold.

Posted by: Doug Terpstra | May 9 2025 14:00 utc | 38

Maybe Trump got tired of being pushed around. Look at this video of Trump pushing in Netanyahoos chair so he can sign a document. The Look on Trumps face is classic. Best video of the year IMHO.

Inside Trump, Netanyahu's Meeting: US Prez Pulls Out Chair For Israel PM

Posted by: circumspect | May 9 2025 14:00 utc | 39

There are videos this morning of Zionazi Israeli rats running for their lives from Yemeni missles. Seems as though Mrs. Adelson might be having 'buyers remorse' for all those hundreds of millions of USD paid to Trump. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Posted by: Ralph Conner | May 9 2025 14:06 utc | 40

There is very simple way to prove the US is decoupling from Israël: stop all weapon delivery. All.
As long as the US doesn't achieve that, Trump can state whatever he want, he will remain a genocidal president.

Posted by: scc | May 9 2025 14:13 utc | 41

see the 15-second video at the fourth/final link

https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/1920796183179497617
MenchOsint @MenchOsint

Trump's Administration is apparently 'taking distance' from Israel .. so if Israel does anything (like striking Iran's nuclear facilities) the US will be able to say "we're not involved" & will avoid retaliation from Iran on its military assets in the region.

Or its genuine 🤷🏻‍♂️

https://x.com/Pataramesh/status/1920804349086777423
Patarames @Pataramesh

I think similarly

The U.S. is enabling 'mad man' behavior for 🇮🇱 by creating some political distance

But Iran has deterrence against any non-nuclear operation

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https://x.com/Gritty20202/status/1920178417560846569
Gritty is the Way @Gritty20202

"They're not hostages. They're in prison for crimes."

the crimes:

https://x.com/xIsraelExposedx/status/1920085785383952738
IsraelExposed @xIsraelExposedx

Palestinian children being arrested for walking on a Jewish only street in the West Bank.

Posted by: michaelj72 | May 9 2025 14:23 utc | 42

Is the "5D chess" that Trump supporters talk about? I hope so though I remain sceptical as always

Posted by: Chris N | May 9 2025 14:33 utc | 43

Please let this be true and hold. I can see an "Iranian assassination" attempt on Trump or a new 9/11 if the Zionist Entity doesn't get its American war on Iran by November.

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | May 9 2025 14:33 utc | 44

Lots of words. I'll wait for deeds then comment. Trump's policies are failing everywhere, and his ratings are going into a hole.

Posted by: karlof1 | May 9 2025 14:35 utc | 45

Maybe just half way to a 360 degree turn, who knows. Only time will tell.

Posted by: Norwegian | May 9 2025 14:37 utc | 46

"Trump's Administration is apparently 'taking distance' from Israel .. so if Israel does anything (like striking Iran's nuclear facilities) the US will be able to say "we're not involved" & will avoid retaliation from Iran on its military assets in the region."
Posted by: michaelj72 | May 9 2025 14:23 utc | 41
-----------------------
Except that he will supply all the bombs, missiles to Israël for its campaign against Iran, as the US does with Ukraine "without being involved".

Posted by: scc | May 9 2025 14:37 utc | 47

Is it possible that the Trump administration will trade something with Israel. The position of Israel in West Asia will change, in the ways that the post describes, but in exchange the Israelis will get the final go ahead for the total annihilation of the Palestinian people. That is to say, you don't get your war with Iran, you don't normalize with Saudi Arabia, but as a consolation prize we'll support the complete destruction of anything Palestian: "And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven."

I'm not optimistic about these moves from the Trump administration.

Posted by: Pete L. | May 9 2025 14:42 utc | 48

Maybe just half way to a 360 degree turn, who knows. Only time will tell.

Posted by: Norwegian | May 9 2025 14:37 utc | 45

If history is any guide, you're probably 360 degrees from the truth. ;-)

Posted by: Pete L. | May 9 2025 14:42 utc | 47

I agree with both of you pending actions and not words, but I still suspect that the Zionists will "give Trump a reason" to attack Iran anyway. Of course that "reason" will be cloaked in an Iranian (or Iran-backed _____ terror group) flag.

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | May 9 2025 14:52 utc | 49

Is this the same Good Cop/Bad Cop charade Trump and the Europeans are trying to fool Russia with?

Don't forget that Washington controls the printing press. Which means the US government owns the western political class and Israel(America's 51st state).

Just wondering: if it's full steam ahead with arming Ukraine and Israel continues to be armed to the teeth and the US military has spent over a billion dollars bombing Yemen...is the US running short? That might explain Trump's change of tone.

Posted by: EoinW | May 9 2025 14:55 utc | 50

The "ceasefire" with Ansar Allah is only USA escaping the high chances of seeing poor goat herders in sandals sinking an USA aircraft carrier.

The announcement of a nuclear "deal" with Saudis is just to try to beat the Russian and Chinese competition.

The "peace" in Gaza is just like the "peace" in Ukraine: USA dirtying nice words just to masquerade its real imperial genocidal hegemonic aggressive goals.
The "israel" illegitimate colonial entity would not have announced plans to destroy even more of Gaza and permanently occupy it without the full support of Washington DC's disgusting criminal zionists, of which Trump is just one of many.

The day the White House is on fire and USA citizens pick up weapons to defeat the CIA/DeepState is the only moment when we can expect real change and a more peaceful world and the start of truthful statements coming from USA, coming from the revolutionary representative new regime.

Until then, it's just business as always. Lies upon lies, manipulation, movements in the shadows, PsyOps, propaganda, and genocidal imperialism and zionism=nazism.

Posted by: Miguel | May 9 2025 14:59 utc | 51

Like many, I don't believe it. Seems like just another exercise in "perception management", in light of public opinion polls.

Is Miriam Adelson going to get a refund on her campaign and inauguration event donations?

As always, "follow the money" and "watch what they do, not what they say".

Posted by: Fool Me Twice | May 9 2025 15:02 utc | 52

I agree with others that this is more kabuki that does not show us really how this will play out.....I still see this as a civilization war with Ukraine as one proxy war, Taiwan being another and Occupied Palestine being a third.

And Trump is the current lead puppet of the God Of Mammon cult and is playing his Hollywood role in this, yet to play out, theatre of our species evolution/devolution.

MOAR popcorn!

Posted by: psychohistorian | May 9 2025 15:06 utc | 53

https://x.com/Ahmed_hassan_za/status/1920842888444887211
Ahmed Hassan 🇾🇪 أحمد حسن زيد @Ahmed_hassan_za

All flights (to Ben Gurion airport) have been canceled and all planes are returning to where they came from. Like the settlers will do soon

Because Yemen told them to.

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/231419/Iran-s-defense-minister-issues-stark-warning-to-Americans
Iran's defense minister issues stark warning to Americans

Speaking to the Iranian national TV presenter in an interview aired on Sunday evening, which also showed the new domestically made Iranian missile Qassem Basir, the defense minister warned the Americans that "If we are attacked or a war is imposed on us, we will respond with might."

"We will attack their interests and their bases, and we will not be reluctant and will not see any limits in this regard," General Nasirzadeh underscored.

"We are not enemies of our neighboring countries, and they are our brothers, but American bases on their soil will be our targets," he warned.

Posted by: michaelj72 | May 9 2025 15:07 utc | 54

I mean, Trump clearly has more agency that Biden. Blinken, a blind follower of anything Israel commands, made all foreign policy decisions, not Biden.

So, yeah, Trump probably doesn't just jump whenever a zio commands it, like Blinken. Still, I tend to see this as image control more than anything. Trump looks, talks and acts like a zio useful idiot. That probably bugs him, so he wants to look like he's calling the shots more.

I can imagine millions of Trump voters don't give a rats ass about Israel (it's basically like the Zelinsky government in Ukraine, but more aggressively and successfully parasitic). They are likely increasingly wondering why Trump appears to care more about it than his own country. The sentiment maybe popping up on truth social for all I know. If Trump starts to hear this, he'd want to correct that image problem.

Also, it's pretty likely the Signal gate deal was a zio trick to drive out elements of the Trump clique that might not be OCD for yet another losing war, this time on Iran.

I'm glad B noted this minor shift. I'll look closer, but I'm pretty convinced Trump is in reality just another Zio stooge. I think every US president will be until the inevitable big collapse. At that point, a lot of strong propaganda will evaporate into thin air and the parasitical nature of the Zios will appear more clearly to the broader population.

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | May 9 2025 15:28 utc | 55

any chance netanyahu gets pushed out of power in israel?? is that a remote possibility?? i am not sure who would replace him.. maybe someone worse.. i suppose that is always possible...

i wouldn't trust trump... he took at the zio money to get elected and he regularly swears allegiance to israel.. he might be playing a sophisticated game as william gruff suggests, but i very much doubt it..

Posted by: james | May 9 2025 15:31 utc | 56

If Qatar had any guts and any regret for the thousands of muslims who have been slaughtered since the Arab Spring because of its manipulations, it would let hundred of journalists film a pile of starved children when Trump is in KSA thinking he is the new Pope on the 13th...

Posted by: Tom | May 9 2025 15:34 utc | 57

Trump administration taking distance with Israhell? Just for the KSA visit. PR only.

Posted by: Tom | May 9 2025 15:37 utc | 58

Yemen just hit ben gurion with a hypersonic.

Israelis run from beaches as sirens go off:
https://t.me/presstv/138946

Press TV
🔴 Sirens sound in Tel Aviv as Israeli Army says detected missile launched from Yemen @PressTV
🔴 Yemeni army says Ben Gurion airport successfully targeted with hypersonic ballistic missile

🔴 Yemeni army says carried out drone operation against "vital Israeli target" in Tel Aviv area

Posted by: Mary | May 9 2025 15:42 utc | 59

The only significant change would be recognizing the state of Palestine. The rest is all noise.

Failure to establish a sovereign Palestinian state means Israel will be back to genocide as soon as troops are rested.

Trump is still a Zionist surrounded by Zionists.

Until Palestine is free, this is probably another manipulation with a lot more killing to come.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 9 2025 15:45 utc | 60

Wow! Has the world stopped rotating? Are pigs flying now? Has hell frozen over? I keep looking for the 'angle' to discern how this will all help Israel. How all this is actually BS. If Trump is truly breaking from the Zion vise, it would elevate Trump certainly not to the level of 'Greatest President Ever', but in the eyes of the electorate, certainly within the top ten.

Posted by: rgl | May 9 2025 15:53 utc | 61

One of my faves Savonarole 15, good joke!

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I am not hopeful but, not because I fall into the mindless/endless chorus of:

Trump is the most evil person EVER, The US must be completely destroyed then...the age of aquarius begins with ponies and rainbow sprinkles

No, I'm not hopeful because Israelis/Israeli-Americans/Israel-Firsters have shown themselves to be at least as cruel as Nazis but, a whole lot smarter. They murder without compunction, they collect compliant pedophiles place them into power, entice them with more victim or threaten them with blackmail, they use extortion on the rest, comply or, have your life destroyed.

While those infected with TDS, the "blue-no-matter-who-crowd" insist that "all Trump has to do is [fill in the blank with their dictata and...ponies]", it's as simple as pushing a button, even a caveman could do it. Newsflash TDSers, reformation is much harder than destruction/revolution. Reformation requires great deftness, grace under fire and a will of iron, a rare combination of human traits. Yes...yes..those infected with TDS, the "blue-no-matter-who-crowd" assure us they are so endowed but frankly, I've seen little evidence to confirm their conjecture. On the other hand, that is exactly what Putin did, it was slow at first but, over time he succeeded. And so too FDR. JFK considered taking a shot at it but, the deep state shot first and here we are.

Is Trump Putin's equal in these matters? No, but he's at least trying, something we haven't seen in the US since that sunny November day in 1963.

Posted by: S Brennan | May 9 2025 15:56 utc | 62

What next? Will AIPAC try to get Trump impeached for dissing Bibi? Will they start a campaign calling him anti-Semitic? Or will they simply be content with extending their overreach to thwarting his domestic agenda?

If they think that they have the power to drag Trump into a war against any country that doesn't obey Zionist diktats, they most likely have the chutzpah to try most anything to bring him to heel before "the masters of the universe," as former Senator Norm Coleman calls them.
https://thegrayzone.com/tag/norm-coleman/

Posted by: JohnH | May 9 2025 16:08 utc | 63

Ayman Hanideq | Journalist
Amit Segal:

Two suspected attacks against Israel globally - within hours:

Shots fired at a building near the Israeli consulate in Istanbul. The shooter was arrested, and no injuries were reported.

A suspicious envelope was received at the Israeli embassy in France and dealt with by local forces.

Posted by: Mary | May 9 2025 16:16 utc | 64

I need to learn new vocabulary. If this was a “CAPITULATION” by AnsarAllah, then someone has to explain to me why there was another hypersonic attack on Ben Gurion airport, and why the carrier strike group high tailed it to northern Red Sea. Oh, and the empire's THAAD system failed to intercept.

Posted by: Sakineh Bagoom | May 9 2025 16:16 utc | 65

Trump at bare minimum with one phone call could enforce Israel to instead of breaking the ceasefire, to restore it full, allowing aid to get into Gaza. This is the same inept imbecile that wants to turn Gaza into a resort and forcibly evict its population. Unless you are the victim of a moral narrow-mindedness (and there seems to be an epidemic of this defect nowadays), it should be obvious to you that Israel has descended into barbarism. Why barbarism? Because in Israel, cruel, murderous, and otherwise criminal behavior has become state policy.

Posted by: HandSignals4TheBlind | May 9 2025 16:17 utc | 66

Brian Berletic is perfectly correct. Since 1945, the strategy of the UK and the USA has not changed by one iota.

Trump's job is to pretend that things have changed. They have not.

Posted by: Alfred (Hurghada) | May 9 2025 16:26 utc | 67

Trump's budget cutting crew may have discovered how much the US gives Israel. The transnationalist capitalist class wants that money and have already secured Israel as their gateway to West Asia.

Posted by: Keme | May 9 2025 16:27 utc | 68

IMHO, there is no 5-D chess. All this speculation is a waste of Trump was put in to wreck the place; and he's doing a bang-up job. TPTB just want to keep things from going nuclear, so they manipulated Trump into being mad at Nutty Yahoo. Interestingly, Trump is doing nothing about India/Pakistan. Does that imply we have no means to intervene in the conflict?

My take on Trump is Trump is Tracy Jordan cos-playing Mussolini

After I used the image of Tracy as a Jedi, someone pointed out that the WH put out an actual Trump Jedi image. LOL.

Posted by: john brewster | May 9 2025 16:38 utc | 69

Lots of words. I'll wait for deeds then comment. Trump's policies are failing everywhere, and his ratings are going into a hole.

Posted by: karlof1 | May 9 2025 14:35 utc | 45

A simple metric of the Trump effect would be the daily casualties each day in Gaza. Compare pre-election data with post-election data. Can someone post that info?

Posted by: tucenz | May 9 2025 17:13 utc | 70

It is premature to think the US is breaking with Israel. Not telling the Israelis about the ceasefire isn't necessary if the US has no intention of keeping the ceasefire a moment longer than is convenient. How can it be convenient for the moment? Because devoting resources to an ineffective campaign against Yemen interferes with deploying resources to threaten or attack Iran. The US is still financially and militarily and diplomatically committed to the Israeli genocidal assault on Gaza. As of this moment it is more wishful thinking to find hopes that Trump is breaking with Zionism as such. My opinion is that I won't change my opinion yet. I'm waiting to see more.

Posted by: S Brennan | May 9 2025 15:56 utc | 62 Resident fiction writer claims FDR went slow too, as part of the ongoing apologetics for Trump. You can start with wikipedia

He immediately summoned the United States Congress into a three-month (nearly 100-day) special session, during which he presented and was able to rapidly get passed a series of 15 major bills designed to counter the effects of the Great Depression.[1] With President Roosevelt's urging, Congress passed 77 laws during his first 100 days as well, many directed towards reviving the economy of the United States through various public works projects. Following Roosevelt's three terms in office (and just under three months of a fourth term), many other presidents also made significant decisions during their first 100 days. Roosevelt signed 99 executive orders in his first 100 days.

Posted by: steven t johnson | May 9 2025 17:16 utc | 71

Netanyahu and Zelensky are creations of US policy. Their function is to bait the evil Communists in Ruussia and China who also don't exist except in the echo chambers of US malice.

There comes a point at which the kabuki will take over and destroy the planet.
Trump has grasped that reality and has imposed a long needed dose of reality onto the kabuki monkeys.

I'm not saying the kabuki game is over, just that mummy has entered the bedroom and told the child to come downstairs and eat a meal. Allahu Akbar.

Posted by: Giyane | May 9 2025 17:16 utc | 72

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Mummy being Russia and China informing the brat US that an attack on Iran and the extermination of Palestine/ Sham will result swiftly in WW3.
There are still adults , functioning as adults, in the house, and Trump has been yanked into reality into stopping the kabuki game. Not for five minutes, but permanently stopping now that the kabuki game has shown its outcome.

Posted by: Giyane | May 9 2025 17:38 utc | 73

Yemeni forces announced on Friday that they had attacked Ben-Gurion Airport in Lod and a key target in the occupied Jaffa region with a hypersonic missile and a drone.

The Armed Forces confirmed that the Rocket Force conducted a high-quality military operation using a hypersonic missile against Lod Airport (known in Israel as Ben-Gurion Airport) in the occupied Jaffa region. They stated that, thank God, the missile reached its target and that the interceptor systems failed to intercept it, forcing millions of Zionist occupiers to flee to shelters and bringing airport traffic to a standstill for about an hour.

The armed forces added that the Air Force, using a drone from Jaffa, carried out a military operation against a key enemy Israeli target in the occupied Jaffa area.

The armed forces renewed their warning to companies that have not yet complied with the ban, calling on them to immediately cease their flights to occupied Palestine, as other companies have already done. They reiterated that the decision to ban air traffic to airports in occupied Palestine, as well as the ban on Israeli ships passing through the Red and Arabian Seas, in addition to support operations, will remain in place until the aggression against Gaza ends and the siege is lifted.

Air raid sirens sounded in more than 200 locations in occupied Palestine as a result of a rocket fired from Yemen.

The enemy media reported that the rocket triggered mass panic, especially on Tel Aviv's beaches, forcing millions of people to seek shelter. The enemy media also confirmed the occurrence of massive explosions that shook the center of the structure.

Posted by: Air Berlin | May 9 2025 17:56 utc | 74

Posted by: S Brennan | May 9 2025 15:56 utc | 62

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Just 2 weeks ago, Trump was slaughtering Yemeni civilians as he was supporting a mass starvation atrocity. America will never improve until it matures beyond being seduced by words. Infantile.

You get no credit for talking about not committing more genocide.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 9 2025 18:05 utc | 75

It's pathetic that I respond but, in the interest of those who may not read past his invective which is, after all, just a plea to be noticed:

Much of FDR's EO's of the first 100 days were overturned by the SC, however, while his lasting legislative achievements took time, those achievements still stand today.

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which solidified the 8-hour workday and a 40-hour workweek as the national standard

Posted by: S Brennan | May 9 2025 18:14 utc | 76

Some Americans get agitated when I talk about responsibility for all of the war crimes.

They would like to believe that they can be proud Americans and simultaneously have no responsibility for what America does.

I don't think every individual in America is a war criminal, but those who know what America has done and is doing and still support the US state are completely culpable, IMO.

If you're cheering for Trump, you own Trump's crimes against humanity. The ROW doesn't care about right vs left, or woke or the Deep State. Those are American problems for Americans to clean up. Blame games are distractions that work incredibly well in the West.

The global majority can't afford such games because they are busy trying to survive the colonialism of America and the West.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 9 2025 18:20 utc | 77

@ Mary | May 9 2025 15:42 utc | 59

haaretz is saying the missile was intercepted..

Posted by: james | May 9 2025 19:07 utc | 78

I saw all of this coming with the UK Conservative politicians criticizing Israel.

They would never have spoken out unless the status quo had changed. That's ok, there is no statute of limitations for genocide.

The days of the West being above the law are one of many collapsing processes.

I'm less worried about justice than I am in finally slaying the racist Anglo-American Judeo-Christian beast. There will be no comeback from this fall. There may be new future evils, but this one was era-specific.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 9 2025 19:13 utc | 79

here is an analysis of Trump's "decoupling

US fighter jet is now at the bottom of the Red Sea, causing Trump to cave to Yemen's demands for an end to the war. Prof. Mohammad Marandi, Ali Abunimah and Lowkey expose the truth about the ceasefire brokered by Trump and the Houthis and why his spin cannot hide the embarrassing losses of US that caused the US to retreat just as Israel began its own bombing campaign against Yemen. This must-watch video tells a story that you won't hear in western mainstream media.

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

Posted by: ld | May 9 2025 19:22 utc | 80

Posted by: Miguel | May 9 2025 14:59 utc | 51
Until the White House is on fire and USA citizens pick up weapons to defeat the CIA/DeepState it's just business as always
<=Insufficient preconditions Dupont, Google, Microsoft, Blackrock, Wall Street, City of London etc.

Posted by: Fool Me Twice | May 9 2025 15:02 utc | 52
Is Miriam Adelson going to get a refund on her campaign and inauguration event donations?
<=You don't suppose she will need that refund to lawyer up to defend unregistered foreign agents.

Posted by: snake | May 9 2025 19:32 utc | 81

Posted by: Miguel | May 9 2025 14:59 utc | 51
Until the White House is on fire and USA citizens pick up weapons to defeat the CIA/DeepState it's just business as always
<=Insufficient preconditions Dupont, Google, Microsoft, Blackrock, Wall Street, City of London etc.

Posted by: Fool Me Twice | May 9 2025 15:02 utc | 52
Is Miriam Adelson going to get a refund on her campaign and inauguration event donations?
<=You don't suppose she will need that refund to lawyer up to defend unregistered foreign agents.

Posted by: snake | May 9 2025 19:33 utc | 82

Posted by: Miguel | May 9 2025 14:59 utc | 51
Until the White House is on fire and USA citizens pick up weapons to defeat the CIA/DeepState it's just business as always
<=Insufficient preconditions Dupont, Google, Microsoft, Blackrock, Wall Street, City of London etc.

Posted by: Fool Me Twice | May 9 2025 15:02 utc | 52
Is Miriam Adelson going to get a refund on her campaign and inauguration event donations?
<=You don't suppose she will need that refund to lawyer up to defend unregistered foreign agents.

Posted by: snake | May 9 2025 19:33 utc | 83

Posted by: Miguel | May 9 2025 14:59 utc | 51
Until the White House is on fire and USA citizens pick up weapons to defeat the CIA/DeepState it's just business as always
<=Insufficient preconditions Dupont, Google, Microsoft, Blackrock, Wall Street, City of London etc.

Posted by: Fool Me Twice | May 9 2025 15:02 utc | 52
Is Miriam Adelson going to get a refund on her campaign and inauguration event donations?
<=You don't suppose she will need that refund to lawyer up to defend unregistered foreign agents.

Posted by: snake | May 9 2025 19:33 utc | 84

an astute analysis of The trump decoupling by Mahmood OD

He believes there is a split

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ20Bmxd3Pw

Posted by: ld | May 9 2025 19:37 utc | 85

I would love to see the US break-up with Israel. It's an abusive relationship: Israel is a stupid, spoiled, psychotic, bloodthirsty, sugar baby stamping her foot and demanding more 'gifts' from daddy without offering anything in return. Firing Mike Waltz was absolutely the right choice.

Now, if Trump fires General Kellogg, he might be able to start making some real progress on a peace deal with Russia...

Posted by: Monos | May 9 2025 19:49 utc | 86

@69 john brewster

"Trump is doing nothing about India/Pakistan. Does that imply we have no means to intervene in the conflict?"

Plenty of means, and Trump made it clear to Khan previously, embarrassing him. There are many various Hindu ties in US government, and currently India is ramping the hype (many say via disinfo) to mobilise the population for larger conflict. Not to forget India is client to "Israel" also.

So it would look as though US is accepting (or encouraging) escalation. Non intervention means not intervening to ask/force India to tame its actions.

In Pakistan, the mood appears to be a mixture of calls for major retaliation, while the existing government stifles that, or otherwise is not competent or willing to raise the stakes.

So the combination of these realities are part of a confusion that allow various rhetoric to take hold, generate uncertainty, and raising anger/fear levels.

Posted by: Ornot | May 9 2025 19:49 utc | 87

here is another analysis from middle east eye who also seems to acknowledge there is a riff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSgrWYUP8NM

Posted by: ld | May 9 2025 19:54 utc | 88

sorry wrong link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSgrWYUP8NM

Posted by: ld | May 9 2025 19:56 utc | 89

Children, drunks, Z and DJT say the darndest things.

DJT never forgets a slight. Nuttuyahoo was the first to congratulate Biden when elected as President.

Posted by: Acco Hengst | May 9 2025 19:58 utc | 90

From @62

On the other hand, that is exactly what Putin did, it was slow at first but, over time he succeeded. And so too FDR. JFK considered taking a shot at it but, the deep state shot first and here we are.

FDR did not start slow. Evidence it took time to overcome resistance is not what was said, thus the attempted rebuttal is typically wrong. Skipping over how successful in ending the Great Depression FDR really was, the proper rebuttal would be, but Trump didn't win a landslide popular vote victory, not even 50%.

It would have been much more effective to point out my grammatical error, where I incorrectly wrote "Not telling the Israelis about the ceasefire isn't necessary if the US has no intention of keeping the ceasefire a moment longer than is convenient." It should have been "Telling the Israelis about the ceasefire isn't necessary if the US has no intention of keeping the ceasefire a moment longer than is convenient." Except of course, that doesn't find a reason to portray Trump as boldly breaking with Zionism. I repeat, I'll keep an eye out, but I'm not buying it yet. Withdrawing from Afghanistan was a redeployment. Ditto, the air war on Yemen?

Posted by: steven t johnson | May 9 2025 20:02 utc | 91

Here is proof that "Trump Decouples U.S. Middle East Policy From Israel's Interests" is not happening:

Witkoff, in an interview with the conservative outlet Breitbart News published Friday, ramped up U.S. demands, and after weeks of mixed messaging, said the U.S. would not allow Iran to maintain a uranium enrichment program, which had been a main criticism of the 2015 nuclear deal reached during the Obama administration.

“An enrichment program can never exist in the state of Iran ever again,” Witkoff told Breitbart. “That’s our red line. No enrichment. That means dismantlement, it means no weaponization, and it means that Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan — those are their three enrichment facilities — have to be dismantled.”

Witkoff also said that during the talks Iran had reiterated it did not want to acquire a nuclear weapon, something that Iranian officials have said for years.

“We believe that they cannot have enrichment, they cannot have centrifuges, they cannot have anything that allows them to build a weapon,” he said.

He added that if the talks on Sunday were not productive, “then they won’t continue, and we’ll have to take a different route.”

https://www.newser.com/article/52bf4b066d9b8b422cfc6fad53b6bb6b/iran-and-us-to-meet-in-oman-for-more-talks-on-tehrans-advancing-nuclear-program.html

Comment:
Who do the Trumpians think they are telling any state what it can or can not have.
DT even said that the negotiations with Iran are about the US blowing up Iranian nuclear facilities, either with Iran's consent, or without!
This very, very bad comedy is not going to have a funny or happy end for the Trumpericans.

Posted by: JB | May 9 2025 20:28 utc | 92

Posted by: ld | May 9 2025 19:37 utc | 85

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Mahmood is a fantasist. He thought Jolani would bring peace to Syria. Instead, it's another genocide. He does have decent sources, but he is a lousy analyst, IMO.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 9 2025 20:30 utc | 93

Trump was not supposed to be in a position to pull this kind of crap. At least that was the plan.

But then, along came failure at Butler PA.

Posted by: Johnny Dollar | May 9 2025 20:37 utc | 94

53 psychohistorian "I agree with others that this is more kabuki that does not show us really how this will play out.....I still see this as a civilization war with Ukraine as one proxy war, Taiwan being another and Occupied Palestine being a third.

And Trump is the current lead puppet of the God Of Mammon cult and is playing his Hollywood role in this, yet to play out, theatre of our species evolution/devolution."

Wow that says a lot. What are the gods telling us poor mortals that it's a Trump to put such weight (where?) on the scales?

Posted by: Lavieja | May 9 2025 20:56 utc | 95

shrik 2 - Josepsh Robinette Biden is without one doubt the worst POTUS in American history.

That is no contest.

Jailed thousands of political prisoners, sent SWAT teams to raid the homes of Catholic families, increased the federal debt to $34 T, attempted to start WWIII with Russia, allowed a genocide in Gaza to occur, surrendered to China over covid, took bribes from Ukronazis, promoted communists to cabinet posts, caused the greatest inflation since WWII.

Plus suffered from Stage III dementia and was totally addled.

Posted by: tobias cole | May 9 2025 21:19 utc | 96

I am not hopeful but, not because I fall into the mindless/endless chorus of:

Trump is the most evil person EVER, The US must be completely destroyed then...the age of aquarius begins with ponies and rainbow sprinkles

No, I'm not hopeful because Israelis/Israeli-Americans/Israel-Firsters have shown themselves to be at least as cruel as Nazis but, a whole lot smarter. They murder without compunction, they collect compliant pedophiles place them into power, entice them with more victim or threaten them with blackmail, they use extortion on the rest, comply or, have your life destroyed.

While those infected with TDS, the "blue-no-matter-who-crowd" insist that "all Trump has to do is [fill in the blank with their dictata and...ponies]", it's as simple as pushing a button, even a caveman could do it. Etc..

Posted by: S Brennan | May 9 2025 15:56 utc | 62

I don't agree with the whole comment, but I can see where S is coming from. There has been a massive effort in the Dem press (basically the MSM) to create the illusion that everything was great before Trump, which is so false and provocative it's irritating. The problem is that a great number of anti Trumpers were gleefully supporting genocide Joe and his Ukronazis (maybe a good band name for amatuer guitarist Blinken?).

For all you Trump obsessives: Just opposing Trump doesn't mean shit! And frankly it's highly suspicious, if your opposition is not explicitly anti Imperialist!

The Democratic Party opposes Trump, people! That don't impress me much!

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | May 9 2025 21:27 utc | 97

I refuse to believe that Trump is out from under the thumbs of Israel and the Israel lobby as long as the U.S.is funding and arming the genociders. Until that changes, I will withhold my applause.

Posted by: Rob | May 9 2025 21:47 utc | 98

Interesting times: Biden and Blinken have been referred to the Hague; discussions of similar referrals for European high officials are on the table. US spends one billion attempting to shut down Ansarallah but not only fails, but appears to hit no military targets while decimating a migrant facility, killing many civilians, including women and children. Loses two 60 million fighter jets off the Truman, expends millions on expensive drones, the most complex of which were shot down. THADD, David's Sling and other drone and missile interception systems have shown themselves as totally inadequate against Hezbollah, Ansar allah and Iranian missiles. Israel is on the verge of a civil war or insurrection, Netanyahu and team are repeatedly and consistently shown to be dishonest, corrupt and to green light the worst of atrocities against Gaza, West Bank and within their prison system. Sde Tiedeman is synonymous with atrocious physical, sexual and mental torture. Infants, toddler, children, adolescents, women, medically fragile, elderly of Gaza are cachetic and dying for lack of food and water owing to Israeli seige. Every hospital and clinic destroyed and virtually all health care providers have been killed with due deliberation or maimed, tortured, die in the prison system. All of these are playing out in full technicolor across the world on multitudinous social media outlets few of which include US friendly sites such as Meta, Twitter etc. Even the UK is turning tail, with the notable exception of Starmer. Such events do not paint a robust picture of US military prowess; nor the US as a country with a scintilla of respect for the Geneva conventions or anyother corpus of international law. Respect for US diplomacy was massively eroded by Blinken on all fronts. Trump tariffs have ensured that the US has few, if any, true international friends at this time. On the other hand, Iran is treaty bound with Russia, has the full support of China and the BRICS as well.

In this context US is going to take on Iran???? Back up Netanyahu who is requesting US boots on the ground owing to high casualties, refuseniks and many, many military eligible who have simply flown off to the US and Europe joining their coreligionists. Again, we live in interesting times.

Posted by: abierno | May 9 2025 21:54 utc | 99

Must be Kabuki... Trump read the relevant files, so he knows what happens to Presidents who don’t toe the line.

Posted by: Cato the Uncensored | May 9 2025 21:59 utc | 100