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Molly K.'s avatar

MAGA will turn on Trump. We should defund both Ukraine and Israel. We’re 37 trillion dollars in debt. We can’t afford any of this! So much for America first…

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Scott Coghill's avatar

Very good production with plenty of good information, but my biggest take away was in the last 2 minutes. I am a product of the Canadian public school and public university system, so I am a little slow on the uptake and very new to libertarianism (not exactly promulgated in the People's Republic of Ontario!), but Doug said if you have the means, have a Plan B, if you don't, "shame on you". Immediately, the hackles on my neck went up, but then I realized...he's right. If I am to take this path seriously, then I need to apply radical personal responsibility for the situation I am in. I cannot blame my parents, my schooling, or even my very corrupt government. Only I am responsible for my current situation. So, thanks Doug and Matt, for the motivation to improve myself and to work towards putting myself in the position to have a Plan B. Hopefully ,by next year, I will be able to join you in Uruguay.

P.S. I don't believe radical honestly is equal to Trump Derangement Syndrome

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Matt Smith @ Crisis Investing's avatar

I too am a product of public education and wasn't afforded any other advantages in my upbringing. Somehow I managed to claw myself way beyond my station. There's some luck involved, no doubt. But, without the part that's in my control - total acceptance of personal responsibility in all matters - I'd be, best case, trapped on a treadmill - running hard but getting nowhere.

Congrats on responding well to the sting of Doug's comment. It isn't easy to do.

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Fulgurite's avatar

"Agent Of Chaos?"

Na, just an Agent of Israel. 😉

That was clear already in 2016 if anyone had bothered to pay any attention to Trump's campaign financing (Adelson) and neocon/Zionist cabinet hires. 🙄

Trump 2.0 is just a repeat of Trump 1.0 because you can't expect some 79 year old geriatric narcissist to change his character.

Something with a frog and a scorpion crossing a river comes to mind...

Anyway, the Trumptards wanted this so I hope they will thoroughly enjoy it, whilst making up the usual "he was misled" (by the people he HIMSELF hired (🤡), "he is playing 3-D chess" and "trust The Plan" excuses and PsyOps.

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RJ ALLENZA's avatar

The US is not going to bomb anyone. Think about it. The US it's involved in ukraine , involved in gaza , do they really want To get involved in Iran? Spreading yourself too thin.

What happens? Should china give it all tomato to the philippines and taiwan? The u s is spread too thin .

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Matt Smith @ Crisis Investing's avatar

we shall see.

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RJ ALLENZA's avatar

The jews have paid off most of the US GOV'T POLITICIANS i can't forget the judiciary either.They've been paid off. NETANYAHU basically runs the us government. He has a warrant out for his arrest.

Yet he is addressed congress twice this year. The u s has provided him with sanctuary status. In other words, the us government is corrupt. Israel would not have attacked iran without backing from the US. Why does israel have nuclear bombs in violation of law?

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Lauran's avatar

Trump is being pushed into this by the Neocons, including, I am sorry to say, BiBi Netanyahu. Trump is a businessman and not a politician. He is listening to "the powers that be". Too much on his plate in too short a time!. Putin is a good chess player, not stupid; and he will not really have too much to do with Iran. China? Do not think so. This is the UN meddle-ing, and they know it. Yes, we should get out of ALL foreign wars, but that has never happened, and probably never will. I wanted the US to be isolationists a long time ago. We have enough here in the US that we can provide for all here, if people will accept that and work towards it.

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Required's avatar

“The interests behind the [U.N.] Administration, such as the CFR, the Trilateral Commission founded by Brzezinski for David Rockefeller – and the Bilderberg group have prepared for and are now moving to implement open world dictatorship within the next five years." - Official of the German Ministry for Defence and advisor to NATO, Dr. Johannes Koeppl

the cows yeast infection can wait!

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Kevin Beck's avatar

After watching that segment of the Sen Ted Cruz interview, I'm surprised Sen Cruz didn't tuck his tail between his legs and storm out of the studio.

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Ric Desan's avatar

My most profound gut feeling with Iran now compared to Iran in the past is that they are clearly using a real defined ladder of escalation that seems VERY structured and strategic compared to all the past chaos and havoc.

Iran has a plan .. one that reeks long term and my gut tells me it wont be pretty. Lets also not forget that Russia and China is now a close strategic partner which is something that is recent and there is no way to know what kind of assistance will be offered since Israel is now a threat to trade and business in the region and the belt and road mindset.

Orange man screwed the pooch here by attacking Iran egregiously for the much hated Zion butchers and if he puts Iran against the wall and make them declare jihad Americans will die and the ROW will have zero sympathy for the west ever again.

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Nicolau Teixeira's avatar

Do you guys think this can be related to defaulting on the USA debt? Cheers.

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David Otness's avatar

Never has the the phrase "...but nobody's buying it anymore..." ever been so resplendently on the lips of the world's nations who were alwys stalwarts in buying our debt.

That party: over.

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An Ol' LSO's avatar

The U.S. never has to default - the Fed can keep printing money until the "cows come home". That doesn't mean the US$ maintains its current status as the World's reserve currency. Today that is in transition at least into two (2) worldwide accepted currencies with one being partially back by gold. Default - No! Currency losing purchasing power - Absolutely! Diversify outside the US$ - muy importante as they say down Mexico way.

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andy's avatar

... can keep counterfeiting until the cows stay home & bill gates burgers are all that's on the menu.

counterfeiting is defaulting.

how much ruin in a nation? the logrollingrithmic answer rhymes with "empire."

sempire fi fo fee fumbling toward gomorrah-rah-rah-sis-boom-bah humbug ...

& all the insectile humburgers you can eat.

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