✪ THE BIG FRIDAY SOOPER THREAD

▶️ VDH: THE PIECES OF TRUMP’S PEACE

⭐️ HelloKitty’sGotAHairTrigger

VDH: THE PIECES OF TRUMP’S PEACE

kkk

hat did Donald Trump do differently to obtain at least temporary calm in the Middle East compared to the failed efforts of past administrations, foreign powers, and the United Nations? Let us count ten different approaches:

1. Trump curtailed a considerable amount of Iranian oil income and its dispersal. He stopped; for the near future, the Iranian effort to build a bomb. Trump also allowed Israel to destroy Tehran’s air defenses, humiliate it militarily, and eliminate many of its top military officers and nuclear physicists. Thus, Israel’s half-century-long worries about Iranian nukes were addressed. At the same time, its stature as a military power soared to an all-time high—even if it became more isolated politically. Israel became more confident but also more sensitive to past, current, and future American military and political support—or pressure.

2. Trump allowed Netanyahu to destroy Hamas, cripple Hezbollah, and retaliate at will against the Houthis. That liberation led to general dejection among Israel’s enemies and a resurgence in Netanyahu’s own political fortunes. And that rise of Israel and the collapse of the Iranian terrorist network—the “ring of fire”— explain the greater chances for a ceasefire and possibly a peace. Trump allowed no daylight between Israel and the U.S., which, under the Biden Administration, may have sent the wrong signals to Hamas prior to October 7.

So there is now no terrorist Palestinian leader, such as a Yasser Arafat or an all-powerful Hamas killer, to sandbag negotiations. Instead, Trump involved a number of self-interested surrogate Arab officials who have the money and influence to rebuild Gaza and restore calm on their own terms. Trump and Israel are not just negotiating from positions of historic strength, but they have also empowered the reasonable Arab nations to have honor and clout in Middle East negotiations in an unprecedented fashion.

3. Trump also leveraged all his benefactions to Israel by pressuring it to agree to a ceasefire. Even the optics of a strong Israeli leader conceding to Trump that there would be no annexation of the West Bank gave the U.S. credibility in the Arab world as an honest broker and yet paradoxically helped Israel’s global reputation—as well as Netanyahu’s—as a more flexible negotiator.

4. Trump used the Abraham Accords and his much-maligned tariffs, along with expanding or curtailing commercial access into U.S. markets, to pressure—or persuade—the Gulf and moderate Arab states to ensure funding for Gaza reconstruction and the continued political weakening of Hamas. There is a sense in the Middle East, as elsewhere, that when it comes to new technologies such as AI, robotics, genetic engineering, and cryptocurrencies, the U.S. will remain the global leader, and thus a nation to court and please.

5. Trump, in carrot-and-stick fashion, promised a defense protection pact with Qatar—the proverbial untrusted wild card of the Middle East. But his new quid pro quo “protectorate” also implied reining in Qatar if it should resume its customary double-dealing that so infuriates its neighbors and increasingly enrages the West. The Israeli attack on Hamas leadership in Qatar, and the signal Israel could strike again at will, terrified Qatar and drove it to seek protection in—new dependency on—the U.S.

6. Trump dealt with enemies, allies, and neutrals from a position of strength, comparative advantage, and national ascendance, unlike the appeasing and anemic Biden years or the apologetics of Obama. The successful complex bombing of the Iranian nuclear facilities and the past elimination of terrorist Iranian General Qasem Soleimani and ISIS founder and thug Bakr al-Baghdadi ensured Trump was seen as more serious than either Obama or Biden ever were.

The Arab world and Israel also understood that there are no alternatives to Trump. Russia’s Syrian outpost is gone. Moscow is bogged down in a forever war in Ukraine and under sanctions. It is no longer a force in the Middle East.

Trump has confronted China and exposed its economic vulnerabilities, ensuring that the Arabs saw no outside power comparable to the U.S.

Chinese and Russian allies, like the Iranian theocracy and the former Assad dynasty in Syria, were also shown over the last year to be shrill, impotent, losing clients. At home, restoring the U.S. border, strengthening NATO, rebooting the U.S. military, fast-tracking energy development, and cracking down on crime fed the impression of an American renaissance rather than the continued Obama-Biden-managed decline.

7. Trump was entirely transactional. Unlike the Biden Administration, he did not libel the Saudis, or demonize Netanyahu, or take seriously any of the past proverbial empty “peace plans” of a corrupt UN or of terrified Europeans. He had no sooner destroyed Iran’s nuclear capability than he allowed a ceremonial but innocuous “hit” on a U.S. base in Qatar and then declared he wanted to “make Iran great again.” For someone who is supposedly mercurial, holds grudges, and is reckless, Trump was careful to treat all the major parties with deference and a clean slate and offered them trade and military deals rather than diplomatese and platitudes.

8. Europe went from sandbagging Trump in 2017 to 2021 to calling him “daddy” once they realized that only Trump could save Ukraine and, by extension, Europe from Putin. The result was not an anti-American Europe trying to intrude into the Middle East negotiations or ankle-biting the U.S. To the degree that Europeans save face, it is by symbolically recognizing a Palestinian state, but not materially altering realities on the ground in Gaza. For the most part, there is now a calmer Europe, relieved that Iran was denuclearized and the Palestinian terrorists in the Middle East might no longer trigger unrest among Europe’s own restive and unassimilated Muslim populations.

9. At this 11th hour, Hamas was reminded that it has no real alternatives—as the rubble of Gaza attests. Trump signaled to Israel that it could and can still go medieval on Hamas and its remnants should they resume terrorism. Otherwise, Gaza remains a bombed-out wreck. Qatar will be pressured to kick out its conniving Hamas billionaires. The result is a stark choice: any Hamas attempt to rebuild its terrorist networks will ensure that it—and everything around it—will be moonscaped. Trump made it clear there are now no more sacred cows in the Middle East, no more safe spaces, and no more off-limits targets—juxtaposed to numerous win-win incentives that can lead to prosperity and security.

10. The Middle East was not seen as a one-off U.S. peace effort—as is usually the case. Instead, it was envisioned as a continuation of a series of prior successful Trump-led ceasefires between Rwanda and Congo, Armenia and Azerbaijan, India and Pakistan, Kosovo and Serbia, Cambodia and Thailand, and Egypt and Ethiopia. The Israelis and the Palestinians saw Trump’s success elsewhere and may have felt from such momentum that the same might be possible in Gaza.

And if the ceasefire holds, or at least reduces the violence, global attention will next turn to Ukraine. Expectations in and outside the Middle East will rise that if there can be quiet in war-torn Gaza, then that momentum might lead to progress toward peace on the Ukrainian border as well. ✪

▶️ PUBLIC HEALTH HAS DESTROYED ITS OWN CREDIBILITY

PUBLIC HEALTH HAS DESTROYED ITS OWN CREDIBILITY

kkk

he actions of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are endangering the health of the nation,” declared six former U.S. Surgeon Generals appointed by every Republican and Democrat president since George H.W. Bush in a Oct. 7 op-ed at The Washington Post. “The profound, immediate and unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored,” the Surgeon Generals declared. Whatever the merits of such criticisms of RFK, its alarmism is undermined by decades of the medical establishment wantonly kowtowing to harmful policies promoted by leftist ideologues.

It would be easier to countenance such admonitions if this isn’t precisely what the American medicine and scientific establishment has done when it comes to abortion, transgenderism, or the Covid pandemic. They have no credibility to criticize RFK Jr.

The Conceit of Abortion As ‘Good Medical Practice

Though the American medical establishment was historically opposed to abortion, in 1970, the American Medical Association formally reversed its earlier position on abortion and voted in favor of legal abortion. Was this because of overwhelming evidence overturning scientific consensus regarding life in the womb being uniquely human, or analysis that abortions would not result in negative consequences for the women who underwent the procedures? Of course not.

Both simple logic and developments in scientific research are sufficient to know that life in the womb is human; with heartbeats beginning at the end of the fourth week of gestation and thus deserving of legal protection. Arms, hands, fingers, feet, and toes are fully formed by week ten. And can we really believe that the medical establishment would think that a violent, invasive procedure that destroys a living organism inside a woman’s body, that her body is intimately united to and shares her DNA, would not in some sense harm that mother?

No, the medical establishment changed its position on abortion because of rising public pressure and social norms stemming from the sexual revolution. The feminist movement for female equality and empowerment demanded that women have more control over their bodies, enabling them to assume (and maintain) a competitive place in the workplace and attain more power in sexual relationships. Babies were (and remain) an obstacle to professional and personal development. Thus, suddenly, the AMA decided that “reproductive care is health care.”

This, despite the fact that a bevy of peer-reviewed quantitative analysis demonstrates that post-abortive women have an 81 percent higher risk of mental-health problems when compared with women who had not had an abortion, as authors Ryan T. Anderson and Alexandra DeSanctis have noted. Studies show that after an abortion, women suffer higher rates of anxiety disorders, alcohol abuse, suicidal behaviors and marijuana abuse. And, obviously, abortions are catastrophic for the health and well-being of life in the womb. Nevertheless, the AMA to this day decrees that abortion is “good medical practice.”

Transition-Related ‘Care’ Is an Oxymoron

The story is strikingly similar when it comes to transgenderism, a movement that was all but peripheral; and even deemed a mental disorder by medical professionals, until the last decade-and-a-half. Now, the AMA issues declarations like one in 2021 which urged governments to oppose legislation that would “prohibit the provision of medically necessary gender transition-related care to minor patients” because “we believe this legislation represents a dangerous governmental intrusion into the practice of medicine and will be detrimental to the health of transgender children across the country.” Today, the AMA opposes restrictions on trans persons entering restrooms correlated to their perceived gender identity.

Again, we may ask, did the medical establishment change its position on transgenderism because of scientific evidence proving that “gender is fluid” or that a person can somehow reverse their inherent sexual biology? Did the medical establishment conduct decades of studies carefully considering the physical, mental, or emotional impact of encouraging people to assume new gender identities distinct from their sexual biology? No, they didn’t.

And, as recent studies — and such illuminating books as Abigail Shrier’s book Irreversible Damage are sadly showing, the results have been disastrous. Children placed on hormones and subjected to surgeries soon realize such treatments are permanent and may prevent them from ever naturally conceiving a child. Youths encouraged to embrace their “gender dysphoric” identities struggle with skyrocketing levels of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation.

▶️ 1 Hour 50 Seconds

And, as we are increasingly learning (despite purposeful underreporting), there seems to be a correlation between transgenderism and violence, which is unsurprising given it is indeed a mental illness to be clinically and pastorally treated, not indulged and celebrated.

The Total Disaster Of Covid Restrictions

We also need spend little time remembering the unscientific, patronizing and erroneous advice and dictums issued from the medical and scientific establishment regarding the coronavirus during the pandemic. Social distancing, masks, school and business closures — almost all of it was unnecessary. These totalitarian measures saved relatively few lives, cost our nation trillions of dollars, and imperiled the educational and social development of an entire generation.

Yet who, exactly, has admitted their errors or paid any serious price for their disastrous “expert advice” and “recommendations?” The unflappable and unrepentant Anthony Fauci has paid no price for his errors, nor has former Planned Parenthood president and WaPo contributor Leanna Wen.

When it comes to RFK Jr.’s medical assessments and recommendations, they can sometimes seem to lack sufficient evidence and rely more on foregone conclusions about the harmful effects of certain drugs or foods than unbiased, longitudinal research. That said, to accuse him of eroding public distrust in our nation’s medical establishment is risible. RFK Jr. didn’t vitiate the medical establishment’s reputation. They did it to themselves.✪

▶️ BLUE STATES HAVE NO WAY TO DEFEND BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP

BLUE STATES HAVE NO WAY TO DEFEND BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP

jjj

our states suing the Trump Administration to defend the citizenship of illegal aliens and a nonsense definition of “birthright citizenship” do no have any evidence to prove the “harm” they claim in the lawsuit, according to records obtained by America First Legal (AFL). A case that should have been thrown out immediately for lack of evidence supporting blue states’ claims is now being appealed to the Supreme Court.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order, “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” which recognizes the only sane understanding of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause: that it does not apply to the entire globe’s worth of people just because they happen to be born on American soil. Put simply, a child born to aliens within the United States does not automatically become a citizen of the United States.

According to the states’ lawsuit, Washington, Arizona, Illinois, and Oregon are concerned that if anchor babies’ citizenships are no longer recognized, they will be “harmed” by the loss of “federal funding or reimbursements to programs that the Plaintiff States administer, such as Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), foster care and adoption assistance programs, and programs to facilitate streamlined issuances of SSNs [Social Security Numbers] to eligible babies — among others.”

In other words, they are concerned that they will lose federal funding to give tax dollars meant for American citizens to individuals who should never have been considered citizens in the first place; and who must be returned to their noncitizen status.

AFL filed public records requests with the plaintiff states to see if they had the data or records to prove their own claims. Not one did.

“America First Legal tested whether several plaintiff states challenging the President’s birthright citizenship executive order actually suffered the harm they alleged: that they would have to spend more money on children deemed noncitizens because the federal government would no longer be covering costs,” AFL Vice President Dan Epstein said in a statement. “The evidence either did not exist or was simply not something the states monitored. Suing a presidential Administration without a concrete injury is an abuse of the courts and the justice system. States must do their homework before running to court with allegations lacking evidentiary support.”

When AFL reached out via public records request to prove their claims with actual data, Arizona’s Department of Education replied, saying it “does not compile or aggregate data in a manner that can fulfill your request. We conducted a thorough search of our database and did not find any relevant information.”

Oregon’s Health Authority said, “There are no responsive records to your request for records reflecting ‘all expenditures from January 1, 2022, through August 1, 2025, used to provide services to children born to mothers who lacked a lawful immigration status in the United States or children where both parents lacked a lawful immigration status in the United States.’”

The Department of Human Services in Illinois said, “The Department does not independently track the requested information for the Home Visiting Program, the Early Intervention (EI) Program, or the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP),” adding, “there are no responsive records showing total payouts to undocumented persons . . . for Cash or SNAP benefits . . . and that immigration status for the parent is not part of the eligibility determination and is therefore not collected on the application” for the state’s summer electronic benefits transfer program.

Illinois’s Department of Healthcare and Family Services similarly replied that it has no records, and Washington’s Healthcare Authority said it also has no records.

As is the case with many left-wing operations governing health data (see abortion) and government program expenditures, it is entirely possible these states actively decide not to collect this data so that it cannot be used against them as proof of giving American tax dollars to illegals or others who do not deserve them.

AFL stated:

“Blue states are claiming one thing in court — that they are harmed by Trump’s executive order — while telling AFL that they either lack responsive evidence or simply do not track that sort of data. This is yet another reason why rogue district court judges should not be rubber-stamping leftist lawsuits enjoining President Trump’s constitutional exercise of executive authority.”

The responses from the plaintiff states also suggest that this case should have been immediately thrown out of court for lack of standing to sue because they cannot actually prove any harm has been done; a baseline requirement for any lawsuit.

Despite that, rogue judges at each step of the way allowed the case to not only move forward, but actually placed nationwide injunctions on Trump’s executive order.

One similar case, consolidated with this one, got all the way to the Supreme Court, where the justices finally decided to enter the discussion about the judicial power-grab that is inherent in nationwide injunctions from lower-court judges.

Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote:

“Federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch; they resolve cases and controversies consistent with the authority Congress has given them. When a court concludes that the Executive Branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too,”

The high court’s opinion only took on the issue of preliminary injunctions, which were running rampant across lower courts since Trump took office in January. The merits of the case, however, were sent back to the lower courts.

In September, the Trump Administration appealed the case again to the Supreme Court in order to address the merits.

Last week, AFL filed a brief with the Supreme Court on behalf of House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and 17 other members of Congress asking the high court to restore the proper understanding of the 14th Amendment and end the “birthright citizenship” scam which has been run for decades.

AFL stated:

“AFL’s brief argues that allegiance is a reciprocal bond requiring loyalty from the individual and consent from the sovereign. When that consent is broken, citizenship cannot be claimed. The Fourteenth Amendment enshrines this principle, granting citizenship only to those born or naturalized in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction — meaning total, exclusive allegiance and lawful presence, not mere location.”

▶️ JOHN BOLTON MAY BE TOAST

JOHN BOLTON MAY BE TOAST

jjj

illions of patriotic Americans are skeptical of real repercussions being handed down to members of the Deep State. We’ve seen it play out before where notorious criminals working from the halls of government and secret rooms at Langley get “caught” engaging in nefarious actions, but nothing happens.

▶️ 7 Minutes 20 Seconds

However, with the Trump Administration, it may be different. We might see some actual punishment hitting those who work against America’s best interests, and former National Security Advisor John Bolton appears to be the most likely first domino to fall. As hard as it is for us to not let go of our cynicism after being burned so many times, we may have reason for hope.

Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett said Thursday that former National Security Adviser John Bolton will struggle to convince any court that he’s a victim of retribution by President Donald Trump.

▶️ 2 Minutes 55 Seconds

A federal grand jury in Maryland indicted Bolton on 18 counts for allegedly mishandling classified information. In an appearance on “The Evening Edit,” Jarrett said Bolton’s legal defense mirrors James Comey’s old argument that Trump pursued “selective and vindictive prosecution.” Jarrett said that such a claim rarely succeeds.

“His defense, I think, is going to be a page out of James Comey’s playbook, that he’s a victim of retribution by Donald Trump, that this is all selective and vindictive prosecution,” Jarrett said. “The problem with that is that under the law, it’s an uphill climb for anybody who tries to ply that defense in a pretrial motion to dismiss the case because the burden is on the defendant to prove with clear evidence that there was an unjustified motive for the prosecution.”

Jarrett added that a grand jury has already determined there was probable cause to indict.

“If the evidence is there and it’s justified, that’s not a defense. And remember, a grand jury has found that it’s justified by probable cause in issuing the indictment,” Jarrett said. “The irony, of course, is Trump was really the victim of historic weaponization of the law, politically driven prosecution.”

Prosecutors say a hacker tied to Iran breached Bolton’s email after he left office and accessed classified material he had shared with two others. Bolton now faces eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of unlawfully retaining it.

FBI agents found documents marked “confidential” and “secret,” including material referencing weapons of mass destruction, during an Aug. 22 raid on Bolton’s Washington, D.C. office, according to a September court filing. Bolton’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, said the materials had been cleared years earlier as part of the pre-publication review for Bolton’s book. ✪

▶️ NY JEWS ARE LIKE CHICKENS VOTING FOR COLONEL SANDERS

NY JEWS ARE LIKE CHICKENS VOTING FOR COLONEL SANDERS

lll

ew York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is an avowed Jew-hater who has repeatedly demonstrated over the last decade his hatred for Israel; his support for Hamas; and even his support for a “global intifada,” which by extension, includes the destruction of the United States as we know it. And yet, according to recent polls, 43% of New York Jews are supporting him, including 67% of Jewish voters between the ages of 18 and 44.

This is analogous to black voters voting for former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke (who ran for president in 1992). How is it even possible for these Jewish New Yorkers to be supporting a man who wants a nation of Palestinian state that would eliminate the existence of Israel as we know it?  

The answer to this question actually lies in an understanding of Judaism and how it is different from other religions. Comedian Evan Sayet has simplified it perfectly when he says the following: A Christian has accepted Jesus as his savior. A Muslim accepts Allah as God and Mohammed as his one true prophet. But, as Evan accurately explains, “to be called a ‘Jew,’ however, one does not need to believe anything at all. To be called a Jew, all one needs to have done is to have fallen out of a Jewish woman’s womb.” (The statement is not totally true, as one can also become a Jew through conversion.)

Judaism is a religion based on God’s word through the Revelation at Sinai. It is a faith based on the observance of the 613 commandments found in the Torah. Holidays like Passover, religious laws such as keeping kosher, and the belief in one God are all cardinal tenets of the faith. But, ironically (and sadly), a person can be considered a “Jew” if their only relationship to the theology is, as Evan puts it, they fell out of a Jewish woman’s womb.

And here lies the challenge that explains the Jewish New Yorkers who support the anti-Semitic Mamdani. They came out of a Jewish womb, so by definition they are “Jews.” But they have absolutely no relationship to the theology or practices of Judaism.They are more agnostic, or even atheistic, than Jewish; they  do not practice the laws of Judaism. They do not accept the philosophies and theologies of the religion; and they barely, if at all, observe any Jewish holidays. For most of these “Jews,” their connection is not religious, but only cultural: eating bagels and lox, liking Adam Sandler and Barbra Streisand, and enjoying lunch at a deli. These are the “Jews” who, when their grandmother dies, tell the officiating rabbi that they are having a Jewish funeral for her out of respect for her, but “Rabbi, it has to be Jewish, but not too Jewish.”

However, human beings need some sort of personal philosophy or theology in their psyche. So these Jews in name only (JINOs?) find their personal theology in politics: and almost always as leftists.

Leftism has replaced Judaism as their religion. Like an overzealous convert to a new faith, they embrace their new religion of leftism with blind fanaticism. Like young children, they rebel against the time-tested and honored beliefs and practices of their ancestors. Everything progressive and on the left is good; while anything “God-based” is evil in their eyes. If something is antithetical to their grandparents’ practices and Judaism, then it is considered to them, to be worthwhile. All things on the political Left are excellent, while the moral and ethical foundations of Judaism, and of the United States, are condemned.

These Jews in name only worship at the altars of AOC and Bernie Sanders (a prime example of the corrupted Jew), who is possibly history’s biggest example of this sickness. Their hatred for Donald Trump knows no limits, as he embodies the Jewish values of loving God, pursuing justice, and doing actual good deeds.  

These leftists choose to ignore thousands of years of history, in which the persecutions of Jews happened to observant and non-observant Jews alike. They turn a blind eye to the historical reality that the assimilated Jew throughout history was oppressed in the same way as the one who kept the Jewish laws. They forget that Hitler didn’t differentiate between the observant Jew and the assimilated Jew when he filled the death camps. And these leftists refuse to accept the blatant truth the Hamas did not ask their victims whether they kept kosher or not; but rather tortured and murdered everyone equally.

These useful idiots hold signs saying “Jews for Palestine,” oblivious to the simple reality that this “Palestine” they cheer for would be based on Sharia Law; and ultimately demand that each of them be converted to Islam, enslaved, or killed.

And they support Zohran Mamdani. This is a man who wants to see Israel destroyed; be it financially through his support of BDS or militarily through Hamas; who refused to co-sponsor a bill commemorating the Holocaust; and who would arrest duly elected Israeli officials, choosing to subscribe to international anti-Semitic resolutions over American law.

Yes, these leftists support a man who wants their destruction, regardless of their level of Jewish religious observance. They truly are like the chickens who would vote for Colonel Sanders.

Little can be done about these extremists who have rejected the religion of their birth in favor of political leftism. But, as a rabbi who is committed to the United States and is politically conservative, I have a plea for all of my fellow Americans, and especially conservatives.

Please do not judge all Jews by these leftist extremists. Because they do not speak for Judaism; and certainly not for other American Jews who are committed to supporting both America as our home, and Israel as the one democracy and true American ally in the Middle East. While these leftists may have abandoned the United States as the bulwark of freedom that it is, this is not how the majority of American Jews feel. Most Jewish Americans recognize that for over 200 years the United States has been the safest nation for Jews in history. Jewish roots in this country go all the way back to its founding. Most of us are grateful to be an integral part of this great country & its history.

America is our home, and we are proud to be Jewish Americans.

So when you think of American Jews, I implore you to think of the many Jewish Medal of Honor recipients going all the way back to the inception of the award in the Civil War and continuing through every war right up through 2018. Think of the commitment that your Jewish neighbors have to American values; and remember that most of us have values that are consonant with your own. Most American Jews see Mamdani for what he is: as self-serving, anti-American, and anti-Semitic. “Jews for Mamdani” is the same as “Jews for Palestine, Jews for Hamas,” and even “Jews for Hitler.” It is a slogan of these leftists who are crying out for their own destruction.

I often say that I have more in common with my friend Rob McCoy, Charlie Kirk’s pastor and spiritual advisor, than I do with these secularized Jews who have converted to the religion of leftism. Please remember this is also true for most of us.

And may God have mercy on the souls of those who were born as Jews, but have renounced their faith in favor of the secular god of leftism. ✪

▶️ HOW TRUMP CRUSHED THE LEFTIST MEDIA MACHINE

HOW TRUMP CRUSHED THE LEFTIST MEDIA MACHINE

kkk

onald Trump is the undisputed master of memes; and of the media. No modern political figure understands better how to energize the long-humiliated conservative patriotic soul which has been crushed for decades by a Left-liberal media zeitgeist. His Gaza performance is the latest chapter in the ongoing media revolution of our time.

Peace in Gaza. The guns have now fallen silent between Israel Defense Forces and Hamas. What was unthinkable for decades has happened: a historic breakthrough. Hostage and POW exchanges; all brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump.

This achievement alone commands extraordinary respect. However, with Trump now mediating in Armenia-Azerbaijan, between Israel and Iran; and pressing ahead with unfinished work in Ukraine, a Nobel Peace Prize would seem almost inevitable.

And Trump, ever the media virtuoso, has translated this geopolitical power move into the perfect, iconic imagery.

Trump Plays The Leftist Media Like A Violin

Whether delivering his address in the Knesset or receiving European leaders and global political elites, the spectacle was unmistakable: a parade of dignitaries bowing before the American president. A display directed not just at European audiences but at the power brokers of the Arab world as well.

The scene recalled the now-famous White House moment during the Ukraine debate: Ursula von der Leyen, Friedrich Merz, Keir Starmer, and Emmanuel Macron lined up like schoolboys at the teacher’s desk, listening to the president.

The moment culminated in Trump’s demonstrative handshake with Macron; a symbol of Europe’s complete submission to Washington’s dominant player.

Total Alpha Dominance

The world witnessed it in real time: Trump controls the iconography of power like no one else. He projects himself as the new ordering force in the Middle East, backed by allies like Saudi Arabia, now tied to Washington through billions in investment. Traveling aboard Air Force One between Washington, Tel Aviv, and Sharm el-Sheikh, he turned diplomacy into a livestream event.

Europe, once the colonial power in the region, was reduced to a spectator role. Even the congratulatory statements from European heads of state looked awkward against Trump’s monologue. His media strategy leaves no room for co-stars. This is a one-man show. And Trump plays the lead.

A Masterclass In Iconography

The list of Trump’s choreographed power moves is long. Remember the handshake with von der Leyen sealing the U.S.-EU trade deal? It was all about the image.

He hosted his European counterparts at his private golf resort in Scotland, flying them in via his personal helicopter — no military escort. Everything followed a scripted, perfectly timed playbook. The message: America is back on top.

Europe, dimmed to its real geopolitical size, played second fiddle. The era of European globalism sneaking through the American back door — via forums like World Economic Forum — is over. So is the age of U.S. presidents pushing the European climate agenda, from Bill Clinton to Barack Obama to Joe Biden. Trump is burying the CO₂ climate cult in America once and for all.

The Second Declaration Of Independence

Repeatedly, the same image played out: in the Oval Office. Trump signs executive order after executive order, driving his cabinet to implement a deregulation blitz; a second Declaration of Independence from the Old Continent.

Another media bombshell followed on April 2 in the Rose Garden. Trump declared a global tariff war. Through a few bold, poster-sized charts, he ended an era: the era of free riding on the dollar system was over.

Two days after the last London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) contract expired, the pricing of dollar credit returned to Washington’s control via the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR).

Beyond Mere Symbolism

Most Europeans still don’t grasp the signal: the U.S. will no longer let itself be hitched to Europe’s geopolitical cart; certainly not to die on European battlefields again. Not in a war with Russia that isn’t in America’s strategic interest.

The Trump-Putin media plot in Alaska made that message unmistakable.

Trump’s power lies in his ability to dominate narratives, shape symbolic language, and project an unapologetic American patriotism. Europe’s reaction is defensive: through Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, planned chat controls and digital IDs, Brussels tries to claw back control of the narrative by brute bureaucratic force. But against Washington’s renewed self-confidence and civic model, the Eurocrats look like yesterday’s men.

The Butler Event

The turning point came in Butler, Pennsylvania: after the assassination attempt, Trump, bloodied and defiant, raised his fist and shouted “Fight! Fight! Fight!” in front of the American flag. That image burned itself into the national psyche. It was a declaration of war against cultural Marxism; the ideological core of Europe’s eco-socialist movement.

Trump had cracked the media code long before that. From flipping burgers at McDonald’s to posing as a garbage truck driver; and it wasn’t just cheap campaign theater. It was strategic authenticity, in stark contrast to the aloof eco-socialist bureaucrats.

The result: attention shifted to him, away from choreographed smear campaigns and the concealed frailty of Biden. Trump didn’t fake being “the people.” He embodied it — and weaponized authenticity into power.

Dismantling The Left’s Media Machine

After his election, Trump moved fast to dismantle the left’s media machine. The breakup of United States Agency for International Development was a key moment. State-aligned broadcasters folded, funding pipelines to statist media, green ideology, and eco-socialist activism dried up.

Trump struck a chord with the times. He transformed media dominance and narrative instinct into electoral power. His biggest coup? Killing the CO2 myth. In Trump’s America, CO2 is no longer the demon gas upon which an eco-socialist nightmare could be built.

The question now is: How long before this media collapse of the Left reaches Europe? When it does, the rising conservative forces in Eastern Europe — led by Viktor Orbán — may find their historic hour has come.

In politics, good governance alone is never enough. You must project it with the right imagery, in tune with the zeitgeist. ✪

▶️ THE ARMY ACCELERATES NEXT GENERATION M1E3 ABRAMS TANK

THE ARMY ACCELERATES NEXT GENERATION M1E3 ABRAMS TANK

lll

he United States Army is poised to make a significant leap forward in its ground combat capabilities with the rapid development of the next-generation M1E3 Abrams tank.

In a major announcement at the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C., industry leaders and Army officials outlined the latest timeline and innovations propelling this ambitious project forward.

According to Danny Deep, Executive Vice President for Global Operations at General Dynamics, the company expects to have a “pre-prototype” of the M1E3 Abrams tank in the hands of soldiers by the end of 2025.

This marks a substantial acceleration from traditional military procurement cycles, which often stretch out over the course of a decade.

Deep emphasized the value of direct feedback from those who will ultimately operate the vehicle, stating, “We’re going to have it fielded in the next 12 months for soldiers to touch it, see what they like, see what they don’t like.”

This approach underscores a broader trend within the Army: prioritizing real-world user input and practical needs over endless design refinements.

Rather than waiting years for a perfect solution that may be obsolete by the time it arrives, Army leadership is focused on getting effective tools into the hands of troops much faster. ✪

▶️ DONATE VIA PAYPAL (DEBIT & CREDIT CARD)

ALL PayPal Transactions Are Encrypted For Card Holder Privacy & Security

▶️ DONATE VIA ZELLE (DIRECT BANK CASH TRANSFER)

ZELLE is the perfect online alternative to PayPal. It’s an incredibly simple, secure, easy, fast and FREE way to send or receive money to recipients directly from your online banking account without a middleman. Best of all, there’s NO fees.

ZELLE is a service provided by your bank and is already built in to your online banking account. You only need to activate it first before using. If you’ve already activated ZELLE in your online bank or credit union account, you can donate to The New Americanist by using our ZELLE address:

vip@thenewamericanist.com

To activate your ZELLE, follow these easy instructions (a simple two minute process):

▶️ DONATE VIA SNAIL MAIL

▶️ RSBN LIVESTREAM LINK: Trump Meeting With Zelenskyy

⭐️ TokaiseBlessedPatriot