Alex_Krycek

Dealin' Donny does what his number one donor, Elon, wants. And big brain Elon would love a slice of TSMC.

As a simple stochastic strategy it would just make logical sense: throw money and praise at as many Western elites as possible, and hope some of them rise to positions of political power. For someone with an ego and intellect as vulnerable to praise and manipulation as Trump, coupled with his need for financial backing due to lackluster business performance, it would be a slam dunk. The book, American Kompromat is seeming all the more believable in light of his recent actions. "This is going to be great television. I will say that.” - Donald Trump, after his meeting with Zelensky on February 28th. It was clearly and obviously a preplanned ambush, a stunt for his base. Trump knows his base don't read, they don't understand the history of Ukraine or geopolitics - all they will pay attention to is emotional based reality TV. Hence why Zelensky was provoked by Vance. They just needed a reason to go for the jugular, and apparently Zelensky daring to challenge his majesty and speak up for basic facts was enough. Through all the sound and the fury (signifying nothing), Zelensky was only trying to warn America, nothing more.

Europe has been planning for this since 2020, since Trump finished his first term. They knew this day would come.

Based on that logic, can we conclude you'd also be fine with a Democratic President pardoning ANTIFA rioters for doing the same thing?

If one is aware of the research about population collapse, which is the path the world is currently on, the question isn't who should have children, it's who shouldn't have children. This isn't some far off problem. By 2030, countries in all regions of the world except for Africa and the Middle East will have fertility rates lower than replacement levels - i.e. their populations will begin self-eradicating. https://www.healthdata.org/news-events/newsroom/news-releases/lancet-dramatic-declines-global-fertility-rates-set-transform

Considering how expensive and time consuming it is to have children in the developed world, we need as many people willing to take on this challenge as possible. The population demographics of western countries are imploding, in case you weren't already aware.

RE: Jack Smith and the classified documents case. Smith made the right move to "wind down" the cases. The logic is as follows: 1. By voluntarily winding down before Trump's second term, Smith removes Trump's ability to "Fire Jack Smith!!!", a punitive personal victory Trump has broadcasted countless times. 2. Secondly, and most importantly, there is nothing to prevent the Special Counsel from refiling charges after Trump leaves office. The case hasn't gone to trial, so there would be no double jeopardy if a future trial commenced, thus there are no constitutional reasons why the case couldn't be resumed in the future. 3. It respects the convention of not bringing charges against a sitting president.

Trump is whoever you want him to be. He's a shapeshifter, a cult of personality. Remember MAGA dwells in an alternative facts multiverse.

Actually I wasn't dissing him considering he's one of the greatest actor / comedians of all time.

Walz is every grandpa from an 80s movie, which I think plays well. John Candy would be proud.

Trump's interview at the National Association of Black Journalists...wow. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse.

In that clip Trump repeatedly says "we're going to fix it so good you won't have to vote again"; I think we all know what that means. https://www.project2025.org/

I hope you're not calling me sexist or racist because the candidate I tend to favor just happens to be a white male, rather than a black woman. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you didn't mean it that way.

All good points. However when the President meets with the aliens, Kelly can say he's left Earth, so he may carry some extra credibility with them. Other than that I do think the points you made about being a successful trial lawyer will bode well for Kamala. She's up against a criminal after all.

I'd point to Kelly's career as an aviator and astronaut. He's a combat veteran and was commander of the Discovery space shuttle. To me the skills, training, mental and physical discipline that's required to excel in those two roles amount to more than any legal training ever could.