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JonSCKs
Posted 1/3/2026 09:44 (#11495100 - in reply to #11494970)
Subject: This will play out on several levels..


Charles Québec - 1/3/2026 08:20

Russia has it hands full. Thery didn’t help Yemen, Hamas, Syria, Iran for a reason. On a strategic Level, war in Ukraine free the USA And it’s proxy to to whatever they want elsewhere


I voted for Trump all three times.. basically as the “least worst” option.  There are things which Trump has done which is good.. as well as things.. “not so much.”

The Good.

Trump has wielded military power strategically coupled with Americas Economic power.. limited U.S. “forever wars” (so far) but US citizens have felt it in their pocket books.  See the K economy.  As noted above Russia which has tried to exert its power through the BRICS is bogged down in a brutal resource War.

The timing is correct to “clean up the mess” in the “America’s.”  Similar to taking Noriega.

https://www.noiser.com/real-dictators/the-rise-and-fall-of-manuel-noriega 

There are pitfalls.. challenges.. but also opportunities..  

Trade with the largest economy on the planet is the real Force.. “You’re either with us.. or against us.”  Trump has been/is criticizing that Iraq war costs were all born by the US.  I expect that as the Trump administration consolidates its gains.. Venezuela as The largest reserve of Crude in the World.. will become a factor.  

This puts Putin.. et all.  In a difficult position.  

And here’s an Ag impact.. I would suspect that Trump will keep the pressure on prices.. which (if successful) will be deflationary.  The dollar will rally.. interest rates will come down.. Good, Silver, Crude, commodities will come under pressure.. again if successful.

In order to keep the BRICS in check.. we could write a book about all the possibilities.


The Bad.

”Only 50% hate Trump.”  There’s no doubt that Trump was/is upside down in the polls with most betting sites rating the odds of the Dems taking the House over 80%.. depending upon how this unfolds.. Trump May see a bump.. or further erosion is his political power.

I made an attempt to offer a peace pipe to MAGA.. which is a solid 28% to 33% of the Country.. a minority but a vocal one.

Nearly.. just as large is the Hispanic vote.. which Trump was successful in moving not totally in his favor.. but enough.. to secure a majority to be elected.. that support is HEAVILY damaged up to now.  However, if changes occur..

This makes sense.  A lot of Hispanics in the US are conservative.. family values..  even Roman Catholic.  They thought Trump was going to go after “the bad guys” and clean up the drugs.. and drug traffickers.  Taking out Maduro does line up in that path.

However with ICE raids going after the lawn worker at an IHOP.. the father of Three US Marines.. as well as NUMEROUS other breeches in what was promised…

I have been a vocal supporter of the Hispanic group in my area.  Before Christmas I had a conversation with a green card holder.. businessman who is Hispanic which He initiated..

Thank you, for support of us Brown Skins.  My people are SCARED, some don’t want to go to work as reports of ICE raids.  Reports exists that ICE is raping the women (direct quote.). My people have wanted to be here legally.. many have tried to get their green cards.. first it’s expensive.. upwards of $15k..
Second the immigration system in the US is BROKEN.. 18++ plus year wait to get in.. etc
.

me “It’s wrong.  Migrants Fed us during Covid.. showed up.. did their jobs.. at the feedlots, the trucking supply chains.. the meat packing plants.. etc. And this is how we repay them.  I’m SHOCKED at the amount of Racisim being exhibited right now.. and the means in which some explain it away.”

I watched an ESPN 30 Ghosts of Ole Miss.. this week which I thought was very timely.  Ole Miss football team (all white) was undefeated during the year when Kennedy moved to desegregate the University.. facing different but the same issues we face today.  Imho.

https://www.espn.com/watch/catalog/5ba3a483-bba1-4719-a149-1875bed6cedd/ghosts-of-ole-miss

I have always been proud of being a Mississippian. I am doubly proud tonight, because the people watching "Ghosts of Ole Miss" get to learn about the football team that made my dad fall in love with sports, and because, at the end of the film, people will see how far Mississippi has come in these 50 years. I have been doing interviews in the past few days -- which is an uncomfortable position for someone used to holding the trigger, not looking down the barrel -- and someone asked me what my hopes are for the film. I hadn't given that much thought, frankly, since I mostly just wanted it to get finished on time to be aired.

But I've been thinking about it in the past few hours. And here it is: If you are not from the South, I hope you watch this and realize how far my state has come, what incredible changes have been realized in the past 50 years. If you are from the South, I hope you watch and realize how far we have left to travel.

I'll be watching in Oxford, not far away from the building where the riot broke out. When it's over, I think I'll head out to the Square and celebrate the end of a long process. I'm pretty sure I'll put on those cufflinks, to allow my father to come out with us and to honor the idea that all of us are beholden to our fathers, to our past, and they are watching us, seeing what we do with the world they handed down. 

 https://www.espn.com/espn/espnfilms/story/_/id/8572413/ghosts-ole-miss-deeply-personal-story-integration-family-home 

I believe our Country faces a similar choice as Civil Rights are debated again.

If Trump can navigate both foreign and domestic challenges.. we’ll there’s a lot riding on it.. again Obama was elected after W Bush’s incursion in Iraq was basically rebuffed at the ballot box.

The Trump administration should work to build brides to shore up NEEDED support.

and that remains my position. 



Edited by JonSCKs 1/3/2026 09:57
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