Trump has denied these reports for now:
There is also some not-so-great messaging coming from Trump:
In his post he has a short clip of Netanyahu referring to the plot that Iran threatened to assassinate Donald Trump. Obvious propaganda. But, when I first heard these words in his speech they suggested to me that this was the plan all along - kill Trump, blame it on Iran, and off we go to WWIII.
But upon seeing this tweet I wondered if perhaps the "divine intervention" that led to Trump surviving assassination might be interpreted by him as anointment by "Yahweh", and all that that might entail. We know very well that many die-hard Christians believe that the end of the world and the return of Jesus is predicated on the destruction of Israel via conflagration in the Middle East. As Laura
wrote 16 years ago:
This is an hypothesis I will hold in medium-to-low regard, seeing as how I believe Trump to be much more down-to-earth and peace-seeking than those die hard Evangelical lunatics. But it is still a possibility, so I'll mark it down.
That said, there are some white pills coming from Senator Dick Black, US Army veteran who served as Senator from Virginia. The below is a really interesting interview from a sober elder statesmen.
He discusses the many drastic changes to the US political landscape since the first Trump administration. Some bullet points:
- JD Vance is a good pick, being extremely skeptical of NATO leadership
- NATO being the means by which the US controls all of Europe
- Trump's first term was blocked by a vast conspiracy, beginning with the sabotage of General Michael Flynn his national security director, which immediately handicapped his administration
- The Republicans elected along with Trump were all globalists who worshiped the Deep State
- Since then there has been a dramatic change in Congress - anti-Trumpers face serious pressure from MAGA Republicans
- MAGA is not as socially conservative as many want, but they wish to tie the branches of the government back to their Constitutional basis
- The Supreme Court has even revoked the Deep State's power to unilaterally impose laws on the country by revoking the Chevron Deference in July 2024, which allows federal agencies to issue regulations outside of the legislative branch
- This constricts the bureaucracies
- The question of what Trump can do in Gaza is a tremendously difficult question (54:20) due to extreme opposition against him within Israel
- He thinks Trump would want nothing more than to end the conflict, and will probably do everything he reasonably can to end the war