Day 1 of Trump's Presidency... and all the days that follow

[Jaak]

[Rizotto]

Must watch: Tucker Carlson on the Kentucky primary that just took place, the huge role that the Israel lobby played in it, and the use of 'anti-semitic' slurs to obfuscate that role.

Even though Israeli media itself says it clearly:
Haaretz: "The Most Consequential Republican Primary for Israel is Happening in Kentucky"

Tucker Responds to Mark Levin

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=DvjJKzSjBL4

[jaybee]

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If Trump had endorsed Massie (regardless of how much money was pumped into the Primary election and by who).... he would have won - (IMO)

The whole thing is being framed in a simplistic way - re Israel - but it was individual American GOP voters who swung it BY VOTING for the candidate that was endorsed by Trump...

In reality it certainly looks like the main battle lines for BOTH sides were drawn up OUTSIDE the district - with competing influencers piling in - (ie according to the following quote.... 94% from the outside the congressional district)

Analyses of FEC data reported by local outlets found that the overwhelming majority of named individual contributions to both Massie and his opponent came from outside the congressional district; NOTUS calculated that less than 6% of named individual contributions originated in district zip codes

source


result....

Ed Gallrein - 57,822 votes - 54.9%

Thomas Massie - 47,539 votes - 45.1%

source

[rgray222]

Posted by jaybee (here)
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If Trump had endorsed Massie (regardless of how much money was pumped into the Primary election and by who).... he would have won - (IMO)

The whole thing is being framed in a simplistic way - re Israel - but it was individual American GOP voters who swung it BY VOTING for the candidate that was endorsed by Trump...

In reality it certainly looks like the main battle lines for BOTH sides were drawn up OUTSIDE the district - with competing influencers piling in - (ie according to the following quote.... 94% from the outside the congressional district)

Analyses of FEC data reported by local outlets found that the overwhelming majority of named individual contributions to both Massie and his opponent came from outside the congressional district; NOTUS calculated that less than 6% of named individual contributions originated in district zip codes

source


result....

Ed Gallrein - 57,822 votes - 54.9%

Thomas Massie - 47,539 votes - 45.1%

source

Massie made the race about defiance of Donald Trump, even though he said otherwise. That defiance turned the race into a national referendum. Massie lost by a very large margin, even though the district was not a MAGA stronghold. The election spoke volumes about Trump. It is amazing how many people continue to misjudge him.

People are upset about AIRPAC and other pro-Israel American groups donating money to elections. But, honestly, that's just how the system works. If enough people cared about the Israeli issue as Massie does, they could have donated millions to support his campaign. For example, if one-third of all Americans had given just $1 each, Massie could have raised a war chest of $110 million. While the vast majority of people in Kentucky are quite knowledgeable about politics, the Israeli issue does not really affect their lives.

[mountain_jim]

copying here

Posted by mountain_jim (here)
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/br...l-intelligence

Tulsi Gabbard Resigns As Director Of National Intelligence

by Tyler Durden

Friday, May 22, 2026 - 01:07 PM
Tulsi Gabbard is stepping down from her role as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to support her husband, Abraham, as he battles an extremely rare form of bone cancer, according to Fox News.



Gabbard informed President Donald Trump of her decision during a meeting in the Oval Office on Friday. Her last day at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) will be June 30, 2026.

In her formal resignation letter, obtained exclusively by Fox, Gabbard expressed deep gratitude to Trump, writing:

"I am deeply grateful for the trust you placed in me and for the opportunity to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for the last year and a half. Unfortunately, I must submit my resignation, effective June 30, 2026. My husband, Abraham, has recently been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of bone cancer."

She added that her husband "faces major challenges in the coming weeks and months," and that she must step away from public service to be by his side.

"Abraham has been my rock throughout our eleven years of marriage... His strength and love have sustained me through every challenge. I cannot in good conscience ask him to face this fight alone while I continue in this demanding and time-consuming position."

Gabbard noted the significant progress made during her tenure, including major declassification efforts (more than half a million pages), reducing the size of the intelligence community and saving taxpayers over $700 million annually, dismantling DEI programs, and establishing a "Weaponization Working Group" to address government weaponization.

https://x.com/DNIGabbard/status/2057...l-intelligence

The news comes roughly a week after a controversy involving the CIA reclaiming approximately 40 boxes of sensitive documents - including files related to the JFK assassination and MKUltra - from the ODNI. The incident sparked accusations of a “raid” on Gabbard’s office by some lawmakers, though her team pushed back against that characterization amid her broader push for declassification.

Gabbard was confirmed as DNI in early 2025 and has been a key figure in advancing transparency within the intelligence community.

[Ravenlocke]

More about Tulsi Gabbard resigning from Fox and from Reuters


https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2057873347472441698

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2057880175396729173

[Rizotto]

Just a few thoughts to keep in mind. Prior to her resignation Tulsi Gabbard had long been sidelined and her office raided. In particular, last summer Tulsi confirmed that Iran posed no threat to the USA. The Trump regime attacked Iran anyway.

So, Tulsi's husband developed a 'rare form of bone cancer'? There is known radiation technology that can cause cancer when applied in focused set-up.

[Rizotto]

Tucker Carlson:
AIPAC put out an post stating that "Pro-Israel Americans are proud to defeat anti-Israel candidates!".
The Trump administration is planning a multi-city tour that will frame criticism of Israel as 'anti-semitism'. "This is identity politics."
Curtailing free speech in this manner is a sure way to give rise to anti-semitism.

Online comment below this video:
"I think we are finding out that America is part of the greater Israel project."

AIPAC’s Worst Nightmare Is About to Come True…

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=v9U9hkb-Cxg

[Rizotto]

Israel isn't only controlling USA's political scene.
Here are examples of Israel’s malignant interference in the politics of Latin America and Europe:

“If We Have To Kill People” TERRIFYING Leaked Audio EXPOSES Israeli Interference in Latin America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1c7gZbuTeI

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https://www.rt.com/news/640352-israe...nce-blackcore/

May 22, 2026

Wired for war: The Israeli spy-tech machine strikes again
BlackCore allegedly ran a campaign of dirty tricks against pro-Palestine election candidates in France

Excerpt:
“French authorities are investigating an alleged election meddling plot by an Israeli “information warfare” company targeting candidates critical of the Jewish state. The scheme – involving fake profiles and AI nudes – follows a familiar pattern.

Multiple intelligence agencies in France are investigating the work of BlackCore, an Israeli firm that allegedly carried out an interference campaign against three left-wing mayoral candidates in Marseille, Toulouse, and Roubaix in March, Reuters reported last on May 13.”

(long article, to view full article click above link)

[BMJ]

Trump's Pincer Move: The Strategy That Destroys the Left Forever

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=pAVpirwvmJk

Promethean Overviews
May 21, 2026
Summary:
00:00 Intro
00:58 Hannibal’s Pincer Strategy
02:07 The Democrat Collapse
03:21 Rebuilding the American System
04:43 The War Against Globalization
05:52 Trump’s Industrial Revival
07:01 Expanding the Coalition
08:04 The Cultural Battlefield
09:24 America’s Spiritual Foundations
10:38 Lincoln, Prayer, and National Unity
11:46 The Nature of the Human Soul
12:42 Reviving American Civilization
13:12 Final Thoughts

President Trump’s political strategy is becoming something much bigger than a traditional election campaign.

As the Democrat coalition fractures, the administration is pursuing a two front strategy aimed at reshaping American politics for a generation — rebuilding the American System of industry, manufacturing, and national production while simultaneously reviving the cultural and spiritual foundations of the nation itself.

In this episode, we break down Trump’s expanding political coalition, the collapse of the globalist economic order, the restructuring of the Republican Party, the revival of industrial nationalism, and the deeper cultural battle over the future of American civilization.

From Hannibal’s legendary pincer movement and Lincoln’s vision of national unity to the restoration of American manufacturing, economic sovereignty, and spiritual purpose, this is a look at the long term strategy that could permanently transform the political landscape of the United States.

[Rizotto]

https://www.rt.com/business/640377-t...ion-postponed/

May 22, 2026

Trump shelves AI oversight order
The move reportedly comes after pressure from tech moguls including Elon Musk

US President Donald Trump has postponed signing an executive order tightening government oversight of artificial intelligence, arguing the proposed rules could undermine US competition with China, though media outlets cite pressure from tech moguls.

Reports about the proposed regulation first surfaced earlier this month in the New York Times, which said the Trump administration was mulling reviewing advanced AI models before public release.

The plan reportedly included a voluntary framework for developers to engage with US authorities before launching new systems, partly to prevent fallout from potential AI-driven cyberattacks, and give officials early access to models with possible Pentagon applications.

Asked about the order during a press event on Wednesday, Trump said he postponed the signing because parts of the proposal could slow American AI development and weaken its supposed lead over China.

“Because I didn’t like certain aspects of it, I postponed it… We’re leading China, we’re leading everybody, and I don’t want to do anything that’s going to get in the way of that lead,” he said.

Trump added that he feared the proposal could become “a blocker” for the rapidly growing AI industry, which he said was generating “tremendous” economic growth and jobs. He also said he had discussed AI safeguards with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his recent Beijing visit, arguing the US and China were leading the global AI race while other countries were “way behind.”

US media outlets including Semafor and the Washington Post, however, claimed the plans were delayed after lobbying from xAI founder Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and former Trump AI adviser David Sacks, who reportedly feared the order could hurt profits by slowing AI rollouts or forcing changes to address security concerns. Musk later denied influencing Trump’s decision.

“This is false,” he wrote on X. “I still don’t know what was in that [executive order] and the president only spoke to me after declining to sign.”

Meta and Sacks’ venture capital firm Craft Ventures did not comment.

The push for stronger oversight comes amid growing concern in Washington and the private sector over cybersecurity risks linked to advanced AI systems, including Anthropic’s Claude Mythos model, which the company withheld over fears it could expose critical software vulnerabilities. It also follows tensions between Anthropic and the Pentagon after the firm refused demands to loosen safeguards on surveillance and autonomous weapons, earning it a “supply-chain risk” designation now being challenged in court.

Public opinion appears to favor Anthropic. A February ITIF survey found 67% of Americans believe companies should limit how their AI products are used, even by governments, while 47% described punitive action against the firm as “government overreach.”

If signed, the oversight order would mark a major shift from Trump’s hands-off AI policy. Since returning to office, he has championed minimal regulation, pledged to make the US an “AI state,” and called the technology “a beautiful newborn baby” vital for competing with China.

[Rizotto]

If you have the time to watch only one short video today, this is the one. As a former supporter of Trump, and most popular podcaster in USA, Tucker Carlson knows exactly what he’s talking about.
Quoting Carlson: “The change (in Trump) is demonstrable. When I first noticed it was last summer (2025). And the spark wasn’t the war with Iran, it was the Epstein files.

"The strange silence surrounding Jeffrey Epstein proves the system is rigged. Tucker explains."

The One Epstein Video That Will Make You Question Everything

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=CxqYBrnNLIY

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by Rizotto (here)
The change (in Trump) is demonstrable. When I first noticed it was last summer (2025).

My working theory remains that Trump was replaced by a (shorter) double in the summer of 2025, after, if I recall correctly, a trip to Greenland.

The real power plays continue, like powerful ocean currents beneath the surface. The "new", post summer 2025, Trump provides an increased amount of confusion and views that the MAGA lobe of my brain disagrees with. Hence I listen less to Trump now, but the main stream media and anti-Trump commentators have plenty of grist for their mills. I try to listen more to those who study the deeper currents to figure out what's going on.

When someone becomes as much a "brand name" as Trump or Putin, the real powers behind and leveraged on their brand have enough on the line that they work hard to determine the rise and fall, life and death, of the public figure, independent of any particular human being "wearing that suit or crown" that day.

[Rizotto]

This documentary is brilliant. If you have time to only watch one video today this is the one. (39 minutes)

It even has clips of Donald Trump admitting that the Zionist lobby is all powerful in the USA.

Quoting only a few portions (but there’s a lot more presented that you wouldn’t want to miss):

“Israel does not have enough resources to fulfill its people expansionist ambitions and carry the Zionist project to the next stage (i.e. greater Israel). Zionists confronted this problem a long time ago, and their answer was simple. If we already built the Zionist state by stealing other people’s land, why not use other people’s resources to expand it. If the entire Zionist project is already built on dispossession, then tapping into the resources of the richest (country) is not a contradiction, it’s just the next logical move.”

“The Zionist lobby will try to weaponize your values against you, reframing support for Israel as religious obligation, democratic duty, or a strategic necessity.”

Those americans who stray from Zionist goals are met with harsh punishment. For example, the ADL classifies the “America First” slogan as anti-Semitic and racist. Right now they’re actively trying to install censorship laws to curtail free speech.

The Zionist lobby considers that their biggest threat are those Americans from the left and the right, who join forces and actively work across party lines to put USA’s interests first. “Country Over Party”

Israel Is Losing America — And There’s Nothing It Can Do About It

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=NfdG391lnxw

[BMJ]

Trump's American Genius: Escaping the Maelstrom of Globalist Destruction

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rgFey_LzpKE

Promethean Overviews
May 24, 2026
Summary:
00:00 Intro
01:10 Escaping the Maelstrom
02:18 America’s Culture of Self Destruction
03:28 Rebuilding the Nation
04:34 Trump and the Iran Crisis
05:49 The Globalist System
06:47 Trump’s Peace Strategy
07:52 Poe and Creative Reason
08:45 Political Cults and Fragmentation
09:39 America’s Spiritual Foundations
10:27 Rubio’s Vision of Western Civilization
11:18 America’s Secret
12:06 Truth, Culture, and Civilization
12:52 Reagan’s Warning
13:08 Final Thoughts

America is not simply facing a geopolitical crisis — it is confronting a cultural and spiritual maelstrom decades in the making.

In this episode, we explore Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Descent into the Maelstrom” and how its deeper message may hold the key to escaping the collapse of globalization, cultural decay, and political fragmentation in the modern West.

As President Trump pushes to rebuild American industry, challenge the global order, and pursue stability in the Middle East, a larger battle is emerging over the future identity of the United States itself.

From Poe, Lincoln, and Reagan to Rubio’s recent speech on America’s spiritual foundations, this episode examines the connection between national revival, creative reason, industrial growth, Christianity, and the enduring principles that shaped the American experiment.

This is a look at the struggle between destruction and renewal — and the question of whether America can rediscover the cultural mission that once transformed the world.

[mountain_jim]

[BMJ]

CFR WAVES WHITE FLAG: Trump Just Killed Britain's 100-Year American Project

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=QaGlOZOSJ7Q

Promethean Updates
May 26, 2026
Summary:
00:00 The Monday Brief - CFR WAVES WHITE FLAG: Trump Just Killed Britain's 100-Year American Project - May 25, 2026
02:50 Economics, Not Geopolitics, Reshapes the Mideast
06:51 The CFR Admits Defeat
10:54 Russia, China, India — and the New Shape of the World

Susan Kokinda analyzes President Trump’s suggestion that Iran could someday join the Abraham Accords, arguing it reflects a foreign policy built on “real physical economics” rather than geopolitical rules. She contrasts this approach with criticism from figures like Mike Pompeo and highlights White House Communications Director Steven Cheung’s sharp rebuttal.

Kokinda points to the National Security Strategy’s focus on reindustrialization “the future belongs to the makers”—and frames energy independence, supply-chain security, and tariffs as “hard power.” She interprets the Council on Foreign Relations’ new “Future of American Strategy” project as an admission that the liberal international order and the U.S.-U.K. “special relationship” are ending, citing CFR contributors who dismiss reindustrialization.

The episode also notes emerging diplomacy and economic cooperation involving the U.S., Russia, China, and India.

Marco Rubio, quote: " (5:35 minutes) The United States is very clear. We have to be able to make our own stuff. We cannot depend on China or any country for that matter for 100% of anything that we need. You know, when you depend on any other country for 100% of what you need, you're very vulnerable. The president's very committed to bringing back factories, bringing back industrial capacity of the United States, and diversifying where we get our rare earth, our critical minerals, our supply chains. (Take note western countries)"

[mountain_jim]

https://x.com/catturd2/status/2059238914641002974?s=20





Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

🚨 JUST NOW: President Trump posts image of Hunter Biden snorting drugs in the Oval Office, the autopen, and Hussein and Hillary controlling Joe Biden

This is basically what happened for 4 YEARS

[Rizotto]

... and it's still happening with Trump, who has been observed numerous times falling asleep during meetings and ceremonies. As well as sending numerous psychotic posts on his Truth Social media.

Is it ever time to acknowledge that the problem isn't just senile old men that are hand-picked to serve as decoy 'leaders'. The problem is the apparatus behind whoever is hand-picking USA candidates. The prize is control over USA's powerful military, which is usually used to serve Israel's agenda of 'Greater Israel'. (And that's probably just one notch in a bigger plan.) It is getting scarier when they don't even try to hide this anymore, but they even gloat about it.

https://x.com/accordingtowoz/status/2059036283171717361

[Rizotto]

Scott Ritter: 'Trump is NOT agreement capable, he's insane.'

Scott Ritter : Why Bother to Negotiate With Trump?

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=7u8xEdmI_hQ