There are many people that I meet in politics that are professional whiners. Sadly, most of those people to I know in that descriptor comprised the “down the escalator” base of Donald Trump’s original campaign for President. They don’t get him. They are the first to bail on him when times get tough. I used to call them the “Rage-Based Coalition”. I saw them as living their vicarious frustration with the political system through Donald Trump’s loud mouth… until they fart and change their minds about what they want.
I got an article from the National Review that sums up one of the aspects of Donald Trump that even his most hardcore don’t get:
The least diplomatic president in U.S. history is scoring diplomatic victories.
Over the last couple of days, Donald Trump has gotten NATO to agree to a defense spending target of 5 percent and backed Canada off imposing a digital services tax on American tech firms.
He’s done this while being loathed by many of his foreign interlocutors. In fact, Trump has executed a near-complete inversion of the typical diplomatic formula. He’s not nice. He’s not conflict-averse. He’s not euphemistic. And yet he’s gotten results.
Dear National Review: Trump’s “Un-diplomacy” is actually diplomacy in a language everyone outside of the academically retarded understand. Mine is bigger than yours, so bow to me. It wins arguments and gets good stuff for America.
He persuades by pressuring.
He coaxes by threatening.
He de-escalates by escalating.
He wins friends and influences people by convincing them he thinks they’re freeloaders and losers.
I have never seen so much stupidity and outright hatred from Trump’s base until the recent action against Iran. The more reasonable people said this is another “WMD” lie. Then, the world media post bombing of Iran admitted the Mullahs were close to making the bomb. Were there any admissions from the Libertarian anti-war base that the basis of the action was indeed factual when proven so? Nope? In fact, many of them still have leftist news sources questioning the pre-bombing intel on their facebook walls, oblivious to the pivot from the world media.
But, the fact that Israel was involved, reminded me of my original revulsion to Donald Trump. Before the one-sided purging of Twitter (commie Jew-Haters are still ok, but Nazi Jew-Haters were banned), the Nazi Socialists were posting vile anti-jew messages in between saying Donald Trump was going to save the world. Barf. Then, in 2025 those same people were losing their minds when it became clear America was going to honor its’ alliance with Israel.
The ferocity and near psychosis of the opposition was unlike anything I had seen including Ukraine, Serbia, Kosovo, (name the war here).
Then I saw former CRP officers posting cartoons that may well have been made by the Palestinian authority, I’ve documented a sitting CRP board member liking a post accusing Israel of Genocide. I should not be surprised as Jew-Hate is surging worldwide, starting with the fringes I am describing. (CRP = California Republican Party)
And below is another bizarre section of “logic” from these folks.
Make it make sense. ( FYI: John Paul White is a board member of the CRP)
I remember the insanity of early Trump well and was brought right back to seeing all of the fringe whack-jobs who were too extreme for CRA and other groups brought to life by Donald Trump – so he could win a primary and then get ritualistically shit on by them every time they changed their unstable minds or were triggered by support of Israel and “thoz joos”.
Which brings me to the “Big Beautiful Bill”. People are shocked that a populist – their words, not mine – is doing “Un-Conservative” things in his signature bill. You guys knew what he was when you savaged people like me for working for DeSantis. Now that rage is turned on Donald Trump because he is trying to get 50+1% of Congress to go along with some stuff, welfare cuts, tax cuts, border stuff, military stuff, etc. But since it is not perfect, they are acting like we are defending Israel again!
And I find myself defending the President and his policies when his ardent hard-core supporters are trashing him. I have a headache, make it stop.
Will the Big Beautiful Bill pass? Who knows, but the outcome is no thanks to them. Trump is being almost universally opposed by the dems and as Republicans, we need to close ranks and help the President with his agenda. Remember, “Trust the Plan”? Or perhaps that changes with whims of emotion and/or medication levels.
I can’t believe I am the one writing this, as I worked against Trump twice in the GOP Presidential primary (2015 and 2023). If people don’t stop being stupid, the Dems are going to clean our plows in the mid-terms and watch the wall never get built (again), deportations stop and impeachments start. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
OBBB is not fiscal Conservative bill. It explodes the debt by $4T, so why the cult accepting everything Trump says and wants by artificial July 4th deadline.
July 4th is supposed to be “Independence” but instead Republican pols are falling over themselves for approval from Trump just to stay in office.
Well said. Trump is a force of nature. Those who hate him should look anew at what he’s doing.
Tulsi Gabbard told the truth, now she’s on the shite list. Iran has been “close” to a nuclear weapon for 20 years and if you don’t believe we needed to bomb bomb bomb Iran in the MEMORY of John McCain, you’re a dirty rotten commie.
I wish more people would study the actual words and work vs just want they see in memes. On the economy, everyone should be listening and follow Sec. Bessent. Unless you have a degree in micro and macro economics we all need to listen and study. There are many, too many, out there who are making $$$ off of bad economics and they know their gig is up.
On the other aspects of the BBB, I wish there were more cuts, I am very small government person, but I know that this is a massive ship to turn around. We are just getting to the point where the force momentum is just slowing down. We are only on day 164 so there is plenty of time to get more cuts in. Lastly, I have from day 1 loved Trump’s approach. Flip the tables. He is a standard construction site type of guy with a “get it done” approach. In my perfect world, congress would be a part time job (same for CA Legislature) and they would be forced to streamline and WORK. Those who are whining now and all the time just can’t let go of the attention. Everyone needs to pause, many need to grow up, and move the Country forward. Period.
Cyndi – THANK YOU. Hear Here.
Dear “Truth” – everyone in the course of trying to make Trump look bad (see also claiming the strikes did not work) has admitted that Iran was really close to having a Nuke. Before the strike they were claiming Trump was lying about Iran’s nuke program. Please go away now before you get entangled in your own mess.
P.S. Tulsi released a statement stating clearly that the media distorted her words, including a dissertation of how they distorted them. You either ignored this or missed it.
Not a soul commenting here has any clue about what Iran does and does not have. How could we? It’s just logic.
And not a soul commenting here (or writing the blog itself) can read Trump’s mind.
Time to look at each other and ask: What/Who is the real enemy? You know, the one keeping humanity in the dark cave of ignorance. Commenters and blogger need to admit we are all in the dark and stop acting like we are more righteous or more MAGA or more intelligent than we are. Humility goes a long way toward understanding each other and HELPING each other. No man is an island. Blogger has the platform to unite us. What will he choose? Insults? Feigning righteousness? Feigning MAGAness? We need to be better. Trump is America’s savior whether you want him to be or not, but it is us that must do “the work”. He can’t do it without us loving each other.
I support Trump 100%. Always have. Hell, I even supported him over Romney in 2012 and took a beating over that one in the Redding paper. We will do just fine in the Mid Terms…I expect we will gain seats in both houses. Why, because the pundits do NOT get it, including Aaron. Trump is one of us, he talks like us, he acts like us and he makes decisions based on what is best and not on what is politically correct. Like I said….100% Trump support here!
and just like in the real world, all the ‘That A Boy’s’ go away if you screw up…and you get fired. Government officials fired! Gawd that is refreshing!!!!!
Tonight on fox…..Jake Seinfeld is considering running for CA GOV.
(Trump in the news) Trump accuses Putin of talking ‘bullshit’ on Ukraine or on Isreal and Iran ‘They been fighting so long that the don’t know what the Fuck they are doing”….
He is one of us, he thinks like us, he talks like us. 100% support!
Lolol, oh Charlie…. Too funny.
Greetings friends, how’s life and things in it for you all?
I’d like to leave some of you, with some links for YOUR viewing pleausre…feel free to pass along:
https://x.com/i/status/1942975576220033341 <—MOST interesting
https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/abc10-originals/wild-west-of-education-an-investigation-into-highlands-community-charter-and-technical-schools/103-9cf5ca57-9441-4f0c-853a-6e3061989d46—————–< WTF is this??
Some of you 'diligent' know-more-than-me-political types, may be asking:
What do YOU know on handling things like this??
heh. LOTS!
I don't play, when it comes to Public/Government funding.
IF you come clean, I'll help you get thru it.
IF I have to find you and get you out of the shadows? You're toast.
Charlie MAY get this, but then again, I doubt he was ever deeply into Military Finances and doesn't get all the nuance's of the business. Suffice to say, if it was HIM?? He'd be on charges that I would submit against him.
On THIS topic? Those who stole, helped steal or had a hand in taking money and misusing it? You'll be arrested and charged.
Those listed above? You OWE the Government money back, and we'll collect.
Those who failed to inform anyone AND knew of this travesty? You'll be fired.
Those who failed to DO their jobs correctly? Ditto.
The School? Possibly closed, with a debt due. School officials? Possibly terminated after an investigation of THEIR actions. Call a Union Rep, if you feel you'll need one? Cause you more than likely will….ps?? I was one of those too, so you can already KNOW, how that is going to end.
DEEDS not WORDS…………..I've got over 30 years of experience on THIS topic. My counterparts?? Political novices who don't understand the concept.
Next comparison???
Leo WTF are you rambling about? You have no idea what I did in the military, or school boards. Aaron does a bit…but you are clueless.
Were you in military finance? Nope. Your own admissions.
Did YOU steal money like the folks on this board?
Keep up. Read the article.
Reread the comments.
https://leonaranjo4gov.com/
enjoy.
getting real….lol