Trump’s mercenary war

For $100 million you to can buy the United States military.

Adelson gave Trump that much for his 2024 campaign. Now, she gets what she wants along with MBS and any other Sunni with enough money to gift Trump a palace in the sky.

Donald be sure and announce to the entire world your plan’s to decimate the Shi’ite homeland so no one gets in the way of Hegseth’s blundering.

How’s the World Cup coming?

Things quiet in Lebanon yet? 

No War Powers Act, huh? 

With any luck the stolen Iranian oil will make it to the market before the vote of 2026.

It is called racketeering.

Blaming the victim for a strategy of crime is a cover up. Scott Bessent is doing exactly that. He is attempting to deflect from Trump's abuses to blame Congress for bringing it up in the first place.

It isn't as though they don't know.

May 22, 2026

By Michael Scanlon

A Congressional Research Service (click here) report released this month tallied 42 U.S. aircraft lost or damaged during Operation Epic Fury, the 40-day campaign against Iran that began Feb. 28. It is the most complete public accounting of a war the Pentagon has yet to assess on its own terms.

The May 13 report, “U.S. Aircraft Combat Losses in Operation Epic Fury: Considerations for Congress,” draws on news accounts and statements by the Defense Department and U.S. Central Command to compile the list....

Is everything with Hegseth an emergency?

Watch a female U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III pilot perform a stunning emergency takeoff at full throttle, pushing this massive aircraft to its limits. With seconds to decide and no room for error, this thrilling moment demonstrates elite training, raw power, and incredible courage.

 But, how? Why?

Hegseth

 The USS Gerald Ford was on fire. 

The USA military is striking Iran?

 What left is there to strike?

Ya wanna know who is a hero?

 Joe Biden.

CO2 Emissions in the United States (click here) increased to 4632160 KT in 2024 from 4618270 KT in 2023. CO2 Emissions in the United States averaged 4868161.25 KT from 1960 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 6135287.21 KT in 2007 and a record low of 2880505.51 KT in 1961.

According to this source (Emissions Database for European Commission) the USA had four lower emission levels of CO2 during the Biden years. It should be as close to zero as possible to reverse the deadly trend of greenhouse gases. 

Is there any wonder why Biden was demonized by the Republicans? 

Who cared about the kids the most, Joe?

Led by the oil and gas industry, (click here for Open Secrets) this sector regularly pumps the vast majority of its campaign contributions into Republican coffers. Even as other traditionally GOP-inclined industries have shifted somewhat to the left, this sector has remained rock-solid red.

Since the 1990 election cycle, more than two-thirds of this sector’s contributions to candidates and party committees has gone to Republicans. Besides oil and gas, the electric utilities industry is another big donor in this sector. Less generous, but even more partisan, is the mining industry. [Read more Background]

Now, why would Trump be delighted at inflation?

The inflation doesn't effect Trump. He has no real costs so much as profits from inflationary trends. Sure, sure the stock market has been having ups and downs, but, for the most part it has been up and up and up (click here).

Then there is the Republcian agenda to be happy about, too. They want to end Social Security. Well guess what the CPI does to SSI?

(click here)

June 10, 2026

Trump: ‘I love the inflation’ (click here)

President Trump told reporters Wednesday that he loved “inflation,” after he was asked about inflation spiking in May.

“No, I love it. The numbers were great,” Trump said when asked if he was concerned about the latest data, which showed the consumer price index rising to 4.2 percent over the past 12 months — with an increase of 0.5 percent in May alone, according to the Labor Department.

Then there is Nividia. Trump is a repeat offender.

May 19, 2026
By Bernard Condon

Recent presidents (click here) have stayed away from trading stocks in companies whose fortunes they could lift or scuttle with the stroke of a pen, but Donald Trump smashed that precedent in the first quarter of this year with more than 3,600 buy and sell orders, many of them involving companies whose profits have been directly impacted by his decisions as head of the government.

Among the Trump trades in a recent report filed with a federal ethics agency was as much as $6 million in Nvidia, whose advanced chips Trump approved for sale to China last year. His portfolio also scooped up stocks of several U.S. military suppliers impacted by the Iran war, including Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman.

“If he were defense secretary, he would be committing a crime,” said Richard Painter, the chief White House ethics adviser in the George W. Bush administration and a big critic of congressional trading, too. “Technically he can do this, but it is a fundamental breach of trust.”...

Take a close look at the chart from today of USA stocks (click here). Catastrophic, right? The DOW lost 900 points. Every company on the Big Board is falling, right?

The tech stocks are doing fantastic this year. Yes, they lost today, except, for Apple. But, look at the year in returns so far. Every tech stock is in the green except Microsoft and Meta.

I feel so bad for the country. It simply isn't fair we have to go through this. I hold Congress responsible.

What is very concerning is that it appears Congress has as much of an agenda as Trump. I cannot believe they authorized such large payments to ICE and the Border Patrol given the very bad performance of those agencies. They should be ashamed of themselves for being so weak and their party for being so corrupt.

I congratulate Kristen Welker on an incredible interview exposing Trump for his meanspirited method of attempting to impose lies on the American people. Thank you. I understand there is supposed to be a second interview. I doubt if there will be transparency to what he is up to with all the money Congress gave him. I actually expect him to divert it to elections where he believes it is necessary to create hysteria to impose emergencies when Americans are balloting. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the California elections. 

Senator Jon Ossoff was given information about the incredible corruption taking place with Kazakhstan. He made a YouTube video about it and it is jaw dropping. Kristen should provide equal time to Senator Ossoff and interview him regarding his findings. The truth is out and there is no taking it back.

My understanding is simple. The president of Kazakstan called Trump and stated he wanted an American company to mine tungsten. Why? Kazakstan doesn't have companies that mine? Europe doesn't have companies that mine? Why ask a country across the Atlantic to take an interest in Kazakstan tungsten?

At any rate, Trump found a company in the USA to mine tungsten. It wasn't as though he was happy for the country and the company, that wasn't it at all. He first purchased stock in the company. Not only that but he had his two sons make a trip to talk with the president of Kazakstan about the good news. No doubt the boys had a sizeable amount of stock in the company, too.

It doesn't stop there. 

Once the contracts were signed and the news was out on Wall Street and the stock price was rising Trump reached into his presidential bag of tricks and gave the company an enormous grant of taxpayer money. Got that? The American company who has partial ownership now by Trump and his sons received monies from the American people in order to carry out the mining.

There is one word for this and it isn't corruption, it is racketeering. The American people are now engaged in racketeering empowered by the president, but, it isn't as though it is benefiting the USA Treasury, it is benefiting Trump's treasury. Racketeering is highly illegal. I doubt if the American people consent to illegal use of their tax dollars.

June 7, 2026
by AnnaMarie Houlis

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) (click here) is raising questions about a Kazakhstan mining project that has become linked to Donald Trump's sons, saying in a recent X post (1) that "$1.6 billion of your tax dollars" is backing the venture that's now expanding the Trump family's business footprint in critical minerals.

The Georgia Democrat's criticism centers on a tungsten mining project that reportedly received significant U.S. government support before becoming associated with a company tied to Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. The allegation has fueled debate over both government spending and potential conflicts of interest....

And the Kazakhstan president's reaction. Amazing. He couldn't be happier. 

June 10, 2026

By Adele Zhanbirova

Tokayev, in turn, (click here) conveyed his respect to President Trump and reaffirmed Kazakhstan’s interest in further strengthening bilateral cooperation, Akorda reported.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed the implementation of joint trade, economic and investment projects, as well as prospects for cooperation in key sectors, including critical minerals, transport, logistics and digitalization.

Special attention was also given to the work of the Board of Peace, an international organization established earlier this year at President Trump’s initiative and supported by Kazakhstan.

Tokayev reaffirmed Kazakhstan’s readiness to continue contributing to international stability and humanitarian initiatives. The two sides also exchanged views on current regional and global issues.

Let's not window dress this and normalize it. It is criminal. Just that simple. Trump took out stock in the company and subsidized it to remove operating costs and increase profits. This isn't about benevolence for either the USA or Kazakhstan. This is about the profiteering of Trump and his family. It is illegal and is taking place while the Republican majority of Congress is looking the other way. No doubt they will praise Trump for bringing tungsten to the USA. 

Hold it right there!

The tungsten is going to the highest bidder even if it is the communists.

Say good-bye to the treasury of the USA. It is going into Trump's pockets.

Proof

Where is the actual proof that the helicopter was shot down by Iran?

Why was the helicopter in Iranian airspace? 

What is wrong with this picture?

 War crisis in:

Lebanon 

Iran 

Ukraine 

Cuba

Are any of them made worse by Trump?

A Trumpworld Quiz

Q. Why allow a virus without a vaccine?

A. So everyone’s soul can go to heaven.

At the end of Trump’s first term more than a million Americans died of COVID-19. 

Why Ebola?

It is a virus. 

It is RNA. 

It has flourished in impoverished counties. 

How often does a virus mutate to survive in one month? Now, multiple that by 12 months. Multiple that by decades of time.

How close is Ebola at this time to completely incorporating human metabolism to use the body to death of the species?

Why is it important to fight such diseases at their source?

If you can’t answer that you can’t think for yourself.

Knowledge is different than intelligence.

Survival takes intelligence. Survival’s intelligence is best served by knowledge. Sharing knowledge is empowerment to survival. Prioritizing survival over hate is survival. Common ground is a universal quality.

Iran and USA seeking deal.

 LOL

Trump is stalling until the Mid-Term Elections and installing the military draft.

National Security

Trump carries on about the White House and his personal security, but, yet he is more than willing to place the country's national security in the hands of an imbecile and AI.

And, oh by the way, where is Congress on this? I mean when does a Congress become as meaningless to Americans as the geography of the world?

June 5, 2026

The White House (click here) said on Friday it would accelerate the development ​and use of AI for national security applications, while stressing that the technology should not ‌be used to carry out unlawful surveillance.

The Trump administration said earlier this week that it would ask leading AI developers to voluntarily submit their most capable models for government cybersecurity tests before releasing them to the public, as ​security fears mount in Washington over powerful new AI systems....

THERE ARE NO QUALIFIED HUMAN BEINGS LOOKING OUT FOR OTHER VULNERABLE HUMAN BEINGS.

What's this guys focus, the ballroom?

Bill Pulte, (click here) now the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, during his confirmation hearing in Washington last year.

President Trump on Tuesday named Bill Pulte, who has pressed for investigations into the president’s foes, to serve as the acting director of national intelligence, giving him oversight of U.S. intelligence agencies....

So basically, Pulte sits in on a cabinet meeting and is a yes man that agrees the most intense national security threat are the other parties and possibly the president's own party. Is that about it? 

This is more of the same Big Lie issue. The Big Lie is an issue. Trump is doing his damnest to change the history and dialogue of this country. The Big Lie IS A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE. ABSOLUTELY IT IS. 

Does Pulte even know what the National Threat Assessment says over the past decade?

The Intelligence Community's Worldwide Threat Assessment (click here) is released by the Director of National Intelligence annually at public hearings of the IC oversight committees in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Often referred to simply as the "ATA," the Annual Threat Assessment provides an unclassified summary the Intelligence Community’s evaluation of current threats to U.S. national security, including cyber and technological threats, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, crime, environmental and natural resources issues, and economic issues.

Credit...

A Nazi like Trump can't simply come into the White House and order a complete change in direction of the National Threat Assessment without someone screaming treason.

There is a logical progression to the development of these important documents. The issues that are a threat have to be resolved before they can be dismissed as inconsequential. Anyone leading the NSA must have a clear understanding of The Assessment and the brevity it carries. A working knowledge is mandatory to the job of National Security Director.

The White House Ballroom

I think the justices of the DC Circuit have it right. The Organic Act of 1916 doesn't really give permission for major structural changes to any aspect of the Park Service. It does appear that Trump acted in haste when the construction was begun. 

June 3, 2026

The National Park Service (click here) has complied with a comprehensive Freedom of Information Act request, releasing more than 35,700 public comments submitted in response to a controversial federal review of historical signage. The records, which took federal agencies 313 days to process and release, reveal overwhelming public criticism of a White House initiative aimed at re-evaluating how American history is presented across public lands.

The vast public database includes more than 1,700 entries submitted specifically for Colorado's 13 National Park Service sites. An extensive review of the logs indicates that a substantial majority of unique entries strongly object to the federal campaign, with visitors expressing a deep attachment to the park system alongside calls for increased financial and structural support....

The people are especially important when it comes to the benefits of the National Park Service.

There was absolutely no public comment period in regard to the demolition of the East Wing and the start of construction. Basically, Trump completely disrespected the taxpayer and their understanding of what is important as an American, especially when considering the importance of the iconic White House.

Here again is the overshadowing philosophy of Trump, "Just take it."

June 5, 2026

BY Ryan Knappenberger

...“When did it become impossible for courts to stop this?” (click here) Millett asked, adding whether it was when the East Wing was demolished or when the underground portion began.

“I think it would have been improper to enjoin it even on day one,” Roth said.

“If this were complete lawlessness by the government, couldn’t be stopped,” Millett said.

“I think that’s right,” Roth replied.

Thaddeus Heuer, of Foley Hoag and representing the National Trust, urged the panel to affirm Leon’s preliminary injunction and the fact that Congress, not the president, owns the White House.

“Everyone understands, if you go to Yellowstone [National Park], you use the park by going and looking and Old Faithful, you look at the bison, you look at the mountains, that’s how you use Yellowstone,” Heuer said.

Similarly, Americans use the White House complex the same way as a site “for national discourse about what it means to be an American,” he said....

Ebola

Trump is carrying out a VOLUNTARY process to prevent the transport of Ebola to the USA.

The problems in regard to Ebola is impoverishment and not the ability to keep people alive to survive the damn stuff.

The virus is highly covert. After finding a path into the body when a person comes in contact with other contaminated bodily secretions the virus is invisible from the immune response. It is a virus that replicates quickly and mutates even faster to survive the ability of humans to kill it. The most recent strain is a powerful mutant that has circumvented the body's defenses. The development of a vaccine is hope for the people of the region in Africa. 

The problem in surviving Ebola is staying alive long enough for the body's immune response to catch up with the viral load. The problem is that the human body begins to crash causing multiple body systems failure because of the free floating the virus and the lack of effective immunity. The other immune processes recognize something is amiss and tries to combat the invasion without the help of attack cells. It is sort of like the response to septic shock. There is a cascade of failure that leads to death. Primarily dehydration. The loss of fluids is so profound the body has no reserves and it's ability to survive is lost.

The survival of Ebola in the USA is 90 percent because of advanced support systems like dialysis and respiratory ventilation. The body survives the initial onslaught and with time the immune response takes shape and destroys the virus. It is the loss of fluid, the lack of any kind of support systems, and enormous lack of funding that has resulted in the Ebola deaths this year. The new virus variant developed because of THE OPPORTUNITY presented by impoverishment and lack of other vaccines and health care once provided by US AID. That has always been the role of US AID. It interrupted poverty and provided health care and education to people outside the USA to prevent disease, hence, ELIMINATING the threat of disease in the USA.

Ground Zero to the current Ebola emergency.

At the (click here) Kanza Kanza gold mine in Mongbwalu. The lure of lucrative wages draws miners to the area.

The mine needs to be quarantined and the disease eliminated. That mine is putrid.

U.S. embassies continue to keep Americans informed of the latest travel, safety, and health information. (click here)

The Department’s highest priority and focus remain protecting the health of the American people and preventing this Ebola outbreak from reaching our shores. To that end, the Department of State, in close coordination with the CDC, DoW, and the broader U.S. interagency, has published guidance on a voluntary process to assist U.S. citizens who have possible Ebola exposure or who request assistance to depart the DRC, South Sudan, or Uganda during the ongoing Ebola outbreak. U.S. citizens will remain subject to relevant U.S. and foreign government health, travel, and screening measures. Information regarding this new process may be found on the Department’s Ebola information page.

U.S. citizens are strongly encouraged to enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) for the most up to date information for their specific location.

As a result of the Memo of Understanding of Afghanistan there are stranded refugees still today.

Key Facts Regarding Camp As Sayliyah and Afghan Relocation Operations (click here)

By the Numbers

1,100 Afghan wartime allies and family members currently living at Camp As Sayliyah

800 residents in the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) pathway

300 residents in U.S. consular immigration pathways (SIV/IV)

150 residents are immediate family members of active duty or recently separated U.S. military personnel

More than half of residents are women | More than half of residents are children

More than 700 residents are women and children

March 31 deadline for relocation from the camp under current U.S. plans

The Afghan families currently living at Camp As Sayliyah were brought to Qatar by the United States government after being vetted and transported on U.S. government flights. They were told the camp would be a temporary step before relocation to the United States. Today, more than 1,100 Afghan wartime allies and their families remain there as relocation pathways to the United States remain suspended and the facility prepares to close....

They are still there!

April 22, 2026
By Miriam Khan

...VanDiver (click here) said his understanding of the administration's plan is that the Afghans will be given the choice to voluntarily resettle in Congo or move back to Afghanistan where, he said, they could be targeted by Taliban forces.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

"The DRC is not a responsible option," VanDiver said during a briefing Wednesday. "You cannot call a choice voluntary when the two options are the Congo and the Taliban. Civil War, or an oppressor who wants to kill you."...

And Rubio stated in his hearing that Trump doesn't care where the refugees go so long as they are nowhere near him in the USA which is to be reserved for white people he approves of.

June 3, 2026

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (click here) said on Tuesday that no Afghan refugees are currently allowed to enter the United States and that those stranded at Qatar’s Camp As Sayliyah would instead be resettled in other safe countries.

In the same hearing, Senator Chris Coons said that around 1,100 former Afghan colleagues, including 400 children and 150 family members of US service personnel, remain stranded in Qatar.

He warned that these individuals could be sent back to Afghanistan or transferred to countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is currently grappling with the spread of the Ebola virus.

The Democratic senator called on the US Secretary of State to work with Congress to bring these individuals, particularly the family members of US service personnel, to the United States....

Hello?

The current majority of Republicans in the House and Senate are worthless and Trump in his dictatorship over them is even more worthless.

The last Memo of Understanding by Trump.

Trump's retreat from Afghanistan was a Memo of Understanding. It lead to a disasterous withdrawal later on the next administration.

 ...A comprehensive peace agreement is made of four parts: (click here)

1. Guarantees and enforcement mechanisms that will prevent the use of the soil of Afghanistan by any group or individual against the security of the United States and its allies. 

2. Guarantees, enforcement mechanisms, and announcement of a timeline for the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Afghanistan. 

3. After the announcement of guarantees for a complete withdrawal of foreign forces and timeline in the presence of international witnesses, and guarantees and the announcement in the presence of international witnesses that Afghan soil will not be used against the security of the United States and its allies, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan which is not recognized by the United States as a state and is known as the Taliban will start intra-Afghan negotiations with Afghan sides on March 10, 2020, which corresponds to Rajab 15, 1441 on the Hijri Lunar calendar and Hoot 20, 1398 on the Hijri Solar calendar. 

4. A permanent and comprehensive ceasefire will be an item on the agenda of the intra-Afghan dialogue and negotiations. The participants of intra-Afghan negotiations will discuss the date and modalities of a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire, including joint implementation mechanisms, which will be announced along with the completion and agreement over the future political roadmap of Afghanistan. The four parts above are interrelated and each will be implemented in accordance with its own agreed timeline and agreed terms. Agreement on the first two parts paves the way for the last two parts....