Grrrr….
(See full size editorial below)
Congress has overreacted re: the provision in the NDAA that requires a president to consult Congress before withdrawing from NATO. (Let alone the fact that they voted in this piece of National Defense Act excrement to begin with).
Tying Trump’s hands
They are tying the hands of a President’s (in this case, Trump, the master negotiator) ability to negotiate terms that WILL BRING NATO countries to belly up to the bar and pay their fair share as EQUAL PARTNERS in NATO, something that has not been done since 2014.
“Mr. Trump is right that the Europeans have allowed their defenses to atrophy to the point of embarrassment, though the picture is improving.”
And here’s WHY it is improving: Trump threatened them with withdrawal. NATO heads understand that Trump isn’t fukking around. He means what he says and they don’t know if or how far he will go to make his threats a reality. So they’re forced to reexamine their past history in view of the fact there’s a new sheriff in town who’s not going to let America continue to be robbed and raped.
And THAT is his negotiating power. Read The Art of The Deal! He always demands MORE than he wants when negotiating because:
1 – it gives him tremendous leverage
2 – it tells the people across the table that though his demands are HIGH, they’re a fair starting point, they aren’t sure if he’s serious or not, but he just might be, thus they hesitate to try him and would be wise to take him at his word, and play the cards he’s dealing. Or consider the alternative: he’ll walk away from the table.
3 – He always asks for much more than he expects to get, which brings the ultimate figure/goal close to — OR at what he intended to get all along. READ THE BOOK!
Our NATO partners understand Trump is not like any other “owned, communist Kenyan, CIA spook, or bought off” president. Trump is sentient, he’s sharp, he’s a businessman who understands the nature of negotiation and is a masterful player. It’s what has made him the successful businessman he is today.
That’s my first point.
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Second point:
The fact that Tim Kaine is a socialist D who ran as Hillary’s vp prick, discounts him right off the bat. You trust him? Really? To paraphrase Trump’s poem, Virginia, you knew he was a snake before you let him in.
The fact that Marco Rubio, who was up traitor McCain’s fanny the whole time he was with the Gang of Eight and is NOT considered to be a strong America First representative (a short of stature weakling ) discounts him right off the bat. The Miami Cubanos keep him in office. He’s one of theirs. You trust him????
I don’t.
The WSJ neocons efforts to hamstring Trump’s negotiating power is well beyond detrimental to our country. This is pure political maneuvering by the neocon/socialists uniparty to maintain their power status quo, keep their pockets lined, and/or their names out of the police blotter headlines, or all three. You trust them???
Trump was 100% correct when he tweeted in 2018, “The US is paying for 90% of NATO with many countries nowhere close to spending 2% of their economy on defense. NO!”
His message is that if those countries do not keep up their end of the NATO agreement, the US will form our own modern day alliance, and leave them to their own defenses. THAT is his negotiating tool.
This editorial points out that Trump is correct that the “Europeans have allowed their defenses to atrophy to the point of embarrassment, though the picture is improving.”
Is it improving? By what measurement? Why would it “be improving?”
I’ll tell you: Because Trump has challenged them.
Who among you believes it’s happening because the NATO fairy waved a magic wand? Hell no. It’s because these NATO parasites are afraid to NOT believe what Trump is telling them. They don’t know what he’s apt to do, and that’s his power. The very power that has the WSJ crowd pissing themselves.
The WSJ implies that Trump has had nothing to do with improvement. How dare they? WSJ is owned by our enemies. Anything Trump is trying to accomplish on America’s behalf is anathema to them.
They argue that NATO has been slack, but they give no credit to Trump for attempting to remedy that. Instead, they agree with war mongers like Rubio, Kaine, and Bolton (!!!), to cut Trump off at the knees (or negotiating table.). Traitors!
They quote Bolton as though he is the Alpha and Omega of foreign policy. He is not. Just the opposite.
When Trump “unloaded on Sec Gen Stoltenberg, Bolton “and others” tried to pull Trump back. Like wolves pulling at Trump’s coat. That’s just WRONG. Trump knows exactly what he’s doing and how to get the results he wants: a strong NATO alliance with everyone pulling their weight.
“Mr. Trump’s rhetoric often exceeds his grasp.”
Well duh! Of course. It’s his negotiating tactic. Interesting that WSJ either doesn’t “get that” or they do, but it runs counter to their desires/objectives, and they’re trying to convince their neo-con readers that their view is the correct one. Excuse me? Their view is what got us into this NATO quagmire to begin with.
Furthermore, Trump knows the dirty little secrets about how and to what extent NATO is involved in global corruption… trafficking, illegal oil deals, nation-toppling with their partners in crime (CIA) and SO much more. Read Sy Hersh. Read George Webb. Read Sybil Edmonds. Put down the goddam WSJ and read what REAL investigative journalists have uncovered. I assure you, it runs counter to what the WSJ/Murdock/WallStreet crowd want you to believe and have been propagandizing you for decades. They have HUGE stakes in this, and will do anything to neuter Trump’s goal of making and keeping Americans First among equals.
Then these WSJ jamokes go on to posit — without proof — that the NATO provision is “nonetheless useful in showing Europe that the US support for the alliance is strong and bipartisan.”
Uh, excuse me? Since when do WE have to prove anything to these derelict countries who have been getting a free ride at our taxpayer expense since God knows when? Why, because the traitorous warmonger ‘stache and his ilk say so? Profit by it?
I stand behind Trump 100% because I believe… no, I KNOW… that Trump has our nation’s best interest and will use his brain power and negotiating skills (one and the same) to make the rest of the world shoulder their obligations and clean up their crap as he is doing with America First.
This has NOTHING to do with “isolationism,” which is a shibboleth the WSJ thugs love to thrown around when it suits their objectives. How does making NATO members pay their fair share and undertake their responsibilities qualify as “Isolationist”? Labels. They love to throw around labels and hope they stick.
Bottom line… this editorial is pap and is dangerous. It is my fervent hope that people read through this BS and understand that AMERICA FIRST is NOT isolationist, and these WSJ establishment neocons maneuvers run counter to our nation’s health, strength, and future.
As was said about Reagan, “Let Trump be Trump.” He knows what he’s doing, whether you agree or not.
I have a lot more faith in him than I do Congress at this time in our history. Do you?
The positive news is it takes both houses to pass a bill. I doubt the House will sign on to any shacanary.
The House already has. They passed the NDAA before they left for the Christmas break.
Remember? This is 5th dimension chess.
All of y’all should know to expect this.
At least 97% of Congress, even more of the Senate, are corrupt. They HATE us.
They are there for the money. Not the salaries and golden parachutes, but the outrageous amount of money from all those who buy them, filling their pockets and offshore accounts with obscene amounts of money.
Mike Johnson is a perfect example.
The so-called ‘oath’ they took means absolutely nothing to them.
Greed for money and power drives the evil deep state. I’ve said this for decades.
Our Presidents’ first term was to set in place an environment to catch the deep state / cabal. It was successful. Nothing will get past those who are with him.
Count on it.
As I’ve stated recently, the deep state / cabal must know they are losing as they’re throwing everything against the wall hoping something would stick. The indictments, prosecutors and the demons who are conspiring with them are failing, a perfect example.
I said the next 11 months would appear to be the worst we have encountered.
Count on it. Be alert, stay aware, be prepared.
Mark. My. Words.
Never give up. Never give in. Never BACK DOWN. Never SURRENDER.
We will win.
NCSWIC