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Violinmaven's avatar

Thank you for the wonderfully excoriating column! I’m pretty fed up with DJT right now. You vote for someone you know will be way better than the alternative and you STILL get John McCain!! 😡 Something has happened to DJT. This guy is NOT the same man who campaigned all over and promised action. That near miss/hit in Butler, PA followed by the idiot in FL has done something to him. Is it possible (actually we know it is bc of the many different “Joe Biden’s” they paraded around in front of us), that they have replaced the real DJT with a clever look alike?

DJT used to look healthy and determined. Now he looks worn out and not focused. It’s not Alzheimer’s-but something is weird.

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aDoozy's avatar

I can agree with you, Violinmaven.

I have noticed how much his face has aged since Summer 2024, and continues to droop since he took office.

I think that his viewpoints and decisions have made turnabouts within just weeks. For instance, he said that he had cut off supplies and money for Ukraine, then all of a sudden the spigot was on again. Plus, all of the drones and missiles that hit civilian Russia targets earlier this Spring had to be coordinated with Intel and satellites a la USA. There have been more Trump on and off intentions all over the planet.

It seems too chaotic for it to be some kind of 5-D chess.

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john fiore's avatar

And what exactly is this Saudi "Investment" in the US? certainly nothing an American needs...certainly nothing to do with infrastructure....nor perhaps a new health insurance company...nor a new airport...No...just bullshit speculative commercial real-estate...and why do they need to invest anyway? what the hell is going on there?

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Ron Chism's avatar

I'm Muslim. It troubles me that a prophecy of Prophet Muhammad (sws) clearly appears to have come true: "In the Last Days, there will be nothing left of Islam but its name, and nothing left of Qur'an but its pages." He also said, "The Mosques of those days will be filled with believers but devoid of guidance." He also said, "The religious leaders of those days will be the worst of creation under the sun."

I was born and raised in the U.S., as a Catholic, for 14 years (pre-1960s). I accepted Islam in the year 1975. I'm now 74 years old, and will go to my death as a Muslim. I "broke free" of what we used to call "The System" [now called "The Deep State"] in the year 1968, and became a so-called "revolutionary." It was the '60s.

Anyway, I have NEVER, in all of my adult life, supported the evil that my country, the U.S., has practiced on this planet, killing scores of millions of human lives. But!! While much, yes, of the turmoil in the Middle East lay at the feet of imperialist/colonialist/Euro and U.S. forces, it is THE MUSLIMS THEMSELVES, OF THE MIDDLE EAST, who appear to be the WORST enemies of THEMSELVES.

Not ONE Arab country has lifted a FINGER to help the Palestinians!!! The Resistance is the ONLY entity fighting for the Palestinians. This brings up ANOTHER saying of Prophet Muhammad's about his own people: "The Arabs of the desert are among the worst of creation under the sun."

There's a new Pope on the set. MAYBE I should become CATHOLIC AGAIN!!!!! (Dominus Vobiscum)

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riffat.azad's avatar

A great summary of some of the events that happened in the mid east. I really do appreciate your analyses. This play book though was amazingly articulated very well by Simon Dixon of Bitcoin Hardtalk. Everything that's happening with Trump and the middle east seems to following Simon Dixons analysis. Would urge all to check him out.

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