TRUMP UNHINGED!

From Demolition of East Wing of the 
White House, to Cutting ✂️ deals 
with Foreign Nations 
And Possibly Going to
war with Venezuela.
Stay Tuned, it's UNHINGED!

Things ARE Going to GET CRAZY 🤣😧.  We  didn't warn you enough. There are definitely SIGNS of something going down 👎. We the first sign is the demolition of the East Wing of the White House to build a 300 million dollar Ballroom. Right in the middle of this chaos is a GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. We are building a bit of momentum, the shutdown might linger for 30 days or more . The shutdown is a economic wrecker, and a total expose of a failed Government system. Now Trump like Biden has gone AWOL flying around doing and signing fancy Peace agreements between nations . But at the helm is a wrecked White House, and a Defunct Congress of Clowns . 

East Wing Demolition Team.

Now the East Wing Demolition, the Ballroom is perhaps the biggest political blunder on Trump.I think it’s a weird thing to do amidst a government shutdown.: so I gather the project is apparently privately funded and done by contractors; can you really use private funds to modify a publicly owned building? The White House still belongs to the country right? And I question why you wouldn’t postpone the project until the government is back up and running. I heard from an architect that it would be the most expensive ballroom built at dollars per square feet. so expensive it’s unbelievable that it would actually cost that much. plus to accommodate 999 people it would have to be about 2-3 times bigger that what the mock up shows. so even though this source is suspect, there’s no way that what he has shown is anywhere close to real. The BIGGEST question ⁉️ do was as a nation really need a new Ballroom addition to the White House? Yeah, that photo of the White House looking half torn down is like the perfect image of to sum up Trump's effect on the country. Nothing but destruction of tradition, all in service of one man's ego and bank account. It's not even the cost. It's that as of Aug. 10, he hadn't even submitted any plans to the National Capitol Planning Commission for review and approval of this project, as required by federal law. If it's anything like Trump's Atlantic City ventures, he'll wait until it's completed and tell the contractors that they did a terrible job so he's going to pay them pennies on the dollar, and if they try to take him to court he'll declare bankruptcy. Then when they walk away he'll tell everyone how "the art of the deal" saved us all a bunch of money.  Are you telling me any president/first lady can make any changes they want to the WH without any oversight? What if his "design" isn't structurally sound? What if it causes flooding in the area? What if the demolition includes asbestos and lead (which allegedly it does)? There are people working at the WH and directly across the street. Insane given the stated goal at the start of this whole administration to cut costs. Instead, we have our tax money spent on a $200 million dollar ballroom? Not mention the billions being given to Argentina and all of the other wasteful spending going on (those 2 luxury private jets, for example).It would take years to build this abomination, anyhow. Trump will be long gone from office one way or another before this thing ever sees a single state event. So either funnel more tax dollars into this infinite hole for a decade to come cause this shit is built cheap as fuck or tear it down again and restore the East Wing, which will be even more expensive. It will effectively be a construction ruin and money sink for a generation to come. Between all of that and the obvious corruption around crypto, gifts from foreign countries and business deals for his family and this… thing… going viral around the World: TRUMP DEMOLISHED THE WHITE HOUSE.

Time to INVADE VENEZUELA, and Loose 🤣!!! 

As The Lame Duck 🦆 CONGRESS remains to keep the GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN going. Remind me again about how Trump was the Anti-War Candidate? There is a lot of static that Trump is going full regime change war with Venezuela. So far , the State Department has gathered American aircraft carriers near Venezuela. With wars in Ukraine, Palestine, and Taiwan either happening already or about to start with US personnel in the firing line Trump would be well advised to stop murdering South American fishermen it’s not so much that Trump’s boasting about US influence and ability to act with impunity is the action that China will respond to by strengthening its relationships with South American countries including Columbia, Venezuela and other nations, China will jump at the opportunity to move-in creating friendships with South America as the United States creates enmity for itself in the region .Maduro offered Trump a dominant stake in Venezuela’s oil, gold, and mineral wealth & agreed to cut ties with Russia and China. Trump declined and just sent 10,000+ troops and 10% of the entire U.S. Navy to the region. 

WAR With Venezuela (and possibly Colombia) may be MAGAs true undoing.

Trump admin. seems to be determined to remove Venezuela's leader from power. I do... agree, in principle, that he is a dictator running the country into the ground and that he should probably be removed from power, but does that mean we should declare war on Venezuela or try and tease our way into one with them and potentially Colombia as their ally? Well, I always like to start with the facts, in order of their relevance to us as Americans when I can:Fact: Venezuela isn't some distant, nebulous place. Its a 3 hour plane ride from Florida. It is in our backyard.Fact: Venezuela's capitol city is virtually inaccessible from the ground. It is surrounded by difficult, mountainous terrain and tunnels/bridges can simply be blocked/defended/destroyed. Fact: 5 million people live in Venezuela's capitol, and while you can bomb it from the air, refer to the prior fact when assessing the cost/reality of getting food and other aid to the people that live there after the US potentially attacks. Fact: The American people, overwhelmingly, hate the idea of another war fought this way and more broadly, they completely reject prior US missions that involved "regime change" and "nation building." (Cite Iraq, Vietnam, etc.)Not completely irrelevant is the fact that the optics of the Israel/Gaza conflict were so bad for Trump admin, even conservative leaning pollsters report Trump lost up to half of his support from conservatives under age 50 on that one issue alone. It is hard for me to see how Trump/MAGA can "win those people back" by starting a war with Venezuela. The optics really don't work on the issue to me as a centrist in that Venezuela is this sort of small, weak country and the US sort of "lowers itself" to a hot conflict with them over (narrative wise) fentanyl.

Venezuela War !? Lots of Questions ❓ 

My summary view is that fentanyl (the substances to make it) originate primarily in China. If the goal is to stop fentanyl moving into the US, it seems you'd target China with severe sanctions and retaliatory tariffs until those stopped being shipped out... I cannot find any reliable research to point to Venezuela being a significant source of illegal drugs that end up in the US today, it seems the US has been "interrupting" shipments like that from Venezuela a long time now (in other words, we have known the country is run by cartels a long time, and we already seize most of what comes here from there at ports today, which is little to nothing at all at this point). As others have said, I can’t imagine this making any difference. A million things have happened already that were “supposed” to be disqualifying or red lines that people would find unacceptable. Instead everyone just complains, shrugs or cheers. It’s sad to watch American exceptionalism just fade away like this, but the reality is it turns out we’re just like any other country during an authoritarian takeover, despite all our fancy talk about the Constitution and 2A. Now fentanyl has nothing to do with Venezuela and it’s clearly just a bullshit argument by the Trump admin. But you’re talking about people that somehow got elected on “the economy” while clearly saying they were going to send us into a recession (tariffs and deportations) so there’s no reason to think voters are capable of understanding this issue any better. >What are the potential risks of escalating U.S. military involvement in Venezuela? Do y’all support military involvement against Venezuela? Would love to hear y’all’s thoughts. If this happens it would be a political disaster for Trump. A large part of Trump voters believed in "No new wars" and this would be a new war. It would be a disaster geopolitically as well. An America distracted by a war in Venezuela is an America less able to defend Europe from Russia or Taiwan from China. Attacking Venezuela has no benefit to the United States, and only cements the perception that America is an imperial power. We've worked decades to remediate relations with South American countries from our boondoggles there in the past, and now we will have to again.

Government Shutdown. Last Days of America!?

Is this how it starts? Is this how they collapse the US from within? It would be the perfect storm - starting in the winter with the non-renewal of SNAP. I don't think people understand just how many this will effect. The two friends I do know that work government jobs have not been paid in weeks. Many politicians are smart, but they dumb themselves down for their constituents to appease them. What’s scary to me is when Americans embrace a Salem witch hunt mob like mentality that is devoid of logic, reason, and empathy. When angry Americans go into zombie mode it’s like night of the living dead or a zombie apocalypse. Trump is like MAGA’s pied piper. He can trigger them at will.  They are running on savings and eating the bare minimum day to day because they have no idea what is going to happen. If no deal, they'll sign the clean CR by Nov 15 which only funds the government till Nov 21. The government will open for a week to get the people backpay and then they shut it down again during Thanksgiving and Christmas to cause travel chaos. This provides maximum leverage for negotiations. This is a reality for so many people and honestly it would just be the perfect catalyst if they let this keep going. I am sure you have seen videos of some national parks - people aren't even showing up for work - and people are just driving straight in. I am sick of mundane conversation with people in my daily life. I don't give two fucks about an album from TSwift. Who cares about the beef with such and such. We are nearly 40 trillion in DEBT with this country. It isn't going anywhere. We have ICE acting as a gestapo with no consequence to what they're doing. What are we doing here. It's all fucked and people just want to get high and go out and party. This shutdown doesn't feel like the others not even Trump's last one. As chaotic and long as that was. There is the same confusion, same lack of details but this time there seems to be a worry with a hint of panic coming from higher ups where it's usually a positive confidence. “I know this sucks, but we'll get through it and we have a mission to do” has been replaced with “I don't know any more than you. I'll let you know, when I know. We’ll see what happens” It gives me the impression that they do know more and it's not good. Then there is the obvious- who's running it. (motherfucking Russel Vought) The seemingly Freudian slips from Trump and others. Putting the house on leave. Talking about layoffs and that they are calling it a layoff and not a RIF.  I guess that is just a cope. This just proves that it does not belong to humans to direct their own steps. It is so irresponsible. The democrats do not care about the American people. Th eir Greed has consumed them. SOON THE EARTHLY GOVERNMENT WILL FALL More power to them.

GAZA Post BIBLICAL TRUMP.

 
I wish PEACE ✌️ 🕊️ Were REAL
but there is a Snake 🐍 
in the whole Process.

Miracles do happen, but for American President Donald J Trump paying off Bibi Natanyahu to get a cease -fire after two years of dropping bombs on buildings , killing civilians, and  beyond the scope of " fighting Hamas" . There seems to be hope for a " ceasefire".  A new deal is on the table. Not a ceasefire, but maybe the start of one—and at this point, it’s hard to refuse. The Palestinian side has already signaled yes. The U.S. is pushing. Even Israel’s own murderous security chiefs are begging their war criminal (take it with the Hague) Netanyahu to pause. But let me be clear: I don’t trust Israel or its so-called deals—they’ve broken every promise before in two days 300 have already been killed. Gaza is not just tired—it is starving, displaced, and bombarded without end. Any step, however flawed, could be the fragile lifeline the survivors need to keep breathing.  FOR TRUMP it's BIBLICAL. [ TRUMP wants to be seen as the peace maker, prophet sent by God as most Christian Evangelicals believe.] Curious about this one... my suspicion is it would only win over the more Trumpian types if anything, but I do wonder if something like this would affect bigger picture approval ratings or if Americans see what's going on in this country and it doesn't move the needle much if at all... Also just to be clear I do hope this deal actually holds and the violence in the middle east can end, but I was wondering how this plays into stuff like our politics here. Now if the democrats messaging as well as their actual stance on the issue still has to change. AIPAC endorsements or general handwashing of this genocide could become the kiss of death for people in primaries. Whatever Netanyahu’s true reason may be, perhaps the bottom line remains: this summit, coordinated by Donald Trump with world leaders, is a way of signaling to Israel that Gaza is no longer under its sole authority. Maybe it’s just the cynic in me, but Netanyahu is probably more concerned with making deals at home to keep himself out of prison than he is in shaking hands with a few leaders. The war is over – as Trump keeps saying – and now others will take charge. On the other hand Americans have such Goldfish brains that they’ll just forget it . Is it time to accept that peace - real peace - is never going to happen with Israel-Palestine? In Gaza and the West Bank there are also celebrations, as up to 2,000 Palestinian detainees start to be released – though there is distress, too, due to uncertainty about who is being freed and where they will be sent. In northern Gaza, people can finally return to dig through rubble for the remains of an estimated 10,000 missing people. I know it's a central tenet of enlightened western thinking that anything can be solved with diplomacy, understanding each other and working out a mutually beneficial agreement. Within just a few hours of Israel receiving its captives the IDF has killed a Gazan man in Khan Younis and there is footage of three tanks firing on children. Imagine the hysteria if just one Israeli had been killed this afternoon. And yet western media is silent on Israel breaking the ceasefire in less than a day.But it's been ~90 years. In comparison to other long-running conflicts Israel/Palestine has had an unparalled amount of attention and diplomatic effort towards a solution, yet none has been made to work. Because the fundamental wishes of the two groups involved are incompatible; the problem is intractable. That saying about the definition of insanity would seem to apply.It would be interesting if pro-Palestinian voters just fall in line now even though the Democrats (especially Biden) did nothing to alleviate the situation in 2023/2024 and paid dearly for it. The reality is that Israel basically cashed out all the good will they had or at least the lack of knowledge/opinion that people have with the issue. I don’t know if Israel could even reclaim like 30% of the goodwill they once had. The fight for the hostages and the calamity in Gaza are two sides of the war’s coin. That will remain the case in the days to come. But as time goes on, more and more focus will probably shift to Gaza, its rehabilitation, and the truth that lies beneath all the rubble.

US TROOPS in Israel and Gaza.

The best assumption to make is that Gaza is riddled with unexploded Israeli ordnance, IED's and booby traps set by Hamas. Not to mention building shells that can and will collapse at any moment. The idea that any nation will send its "peace keeping troops" into that hellhole is whimsical. So is any thought of rebuilding until such clearance is achieved. Lots of joyous photos of Israeli’s celebrating. Cut to, one or two photos of wafer thin Palestinians searching through the rubble for their tens of thousands of dead loved ones. No houses, no hospitals or schools, no running water, no power. And yet there are still people, above and below the line, asking why aren’t they more grateful. This was a new shiny thing for Trump, and an albatross around the neck of Netanyahu, who pawned his troubles off on the international community. Hamas, which was given an ultimatum to accept the deal or not, is absolutely not disarming and are retrenching. Israel, having completely destabilized Gaza will now be able to point the finger at others if the situation sours, while promising to do absolutely nothing to materially change the situation. As usual-the Palestinians are treated as completely undeserving of any input into their disposition. Hard to see how this changes anything in the long term. I give it 2 years before everyone gets bored and tired of trying to convince the Palestinians to accept peace in the absence of a two state solution while Israel continues their illegal land grab in the West Bank, and squeezes Gaza as they have done for a decade.

Who WILL REBUILD GAZA? 

And who will be responsible for rebuilding Gaza? THE AMERICAN TAX PAYERS? It is estimated that it will take $53 billion to rebuild Gaza. Israel, Europe, and the United States don't seem to be interested in footing this bill. I also have not seen any of the Arab states agreeing to commit billions of dollars to rebuild Gaza, and this assumes the money doesn't get stolen. It seems like Egypt should have found a way to cut the cost in half. So the question is who will pay to rebuild Gaza. In the few minutes I could bear watching Trump in the Knesset - e.g. stressing about the fact that Witkoff is a real estate trader who "didn’t know too much about politics, wasn’t that interested" - I actually heard him boast about all the US weaponry that has made Israel strong and that Israel has "used very effectively", i.e. laying waste to Gaza. Trump cannot be trusted — his “plans” for Gaza are nothing but schemes for displacement and occupation. He talks about “peace” while plotting to uproot its people and hand their land to Israel for his own gain. He’s back at the same nonsense today . Despite all the footage we've seen over the past two years, I was shocked to see this BBC Verify feature about wanton destruction that has nothing to do with eliminating Hamas. Talking of footage ... But as the TV presenters and panelists persisted with the good news theme, you could not help but notice the other footage. It's a shame that Israeli TV has given its audience a minimum of exposure to the murderous and criminal horrors its government and armed forces have unleashed on Gaza. A majority of Israelis say that they do not trust the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a poll aired Friday on Channel 12, with most of the public also opposed to policy on the hostages and disapproving of the budget passed this week. So now when the war is over and Hamas will be replaced with peaceful civilian government, will Israel join other countries in Gaza reconstruction? I mean, since Israel is the one who destroyed 83 percent of Gaza infrastructure. Some deliberate some by accident ("oopsie") Pro-Israeli side often makes comparison with other wars to justify destruction and killings, like American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan or Russian in Ukraine. But those countries helped rebuild destroyed afterwards- Americans helped Iraq and Afghanistan and even Russia rebuilt cities like Mariupol for example. They say their fight was against Hamas, they want also to free Gazans from Hamas so I guess they will be happy to participate and share the financial burden. If Israels desire is to create lasting peace and a connection with the Palestinian people that would help to mitigate extremist Islamic influence, then yes. Israel should be generous to the people of Gaza dispite the long history of hatred and Islamist violence. Israel has no obligation to fund the reconstruction, but if they wish for a better relationship, that is exactly what they should do. Um Israel didn’t pull out of Gaza? They’ve literally been killing them as recently as 2022. Israel’s the bigger culprit here. They occupied Gaza until 2005, then locked it down with a blockade that’s kept most people on aid. Literally seen a vid of IDF using Palestinians as human shields couples days ago amongst their many war crimes. as well they’ve been caught dressing detainees in uniforms for tunnel sweeps which was banned by their own courts in 2005 yet they keep doing it. Hamas sucks but Israel’s control and these tactics are the root of the misery. Japan got aid to rebuild, Gaza gets rubble and restrictions. 

AMERICAN TAXPAYERS WILL PAY FOR GAZA REBUILD. HERE IS WHY.

The United States, under the Biden and Trump administrations, has provided at least $21.7 billion in military assistance to Israel since the start of the war on Gaza two years ago, that being said... If you look at how Hamas came to power in the first place there were a very specific set of circumstances and contributing factors that no longer exist. A sweeping plan to reconstruct Gaza, which has been shared with Trump administration officials, features the names and logos of more than two dozen companies like In the presentation, logos from Tesla, Amazon Web Services, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) appear alongside bullet points about the benefit "private industry investment” may have in Gaza in terms of building out "key infrastructure" like data centers and "gigafactories." On one slide, the logos of several companies, including Ikea, appear alongside descriptions of large-scale "infrastructure rebuild" and "peacekeeping (optional)" in Gaza. They represented a populist approach to solving an existential threat which was a perception of the failure of the Oslo accords, which won many Palestinians over (as populist candidates generally tend to do).The Costs of War Project at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs—which has long been the premier source for statistics on the human and economic costs of ongoing U.S.-led post-9/11 wars and militarism in the Middle East and beyond—called the $22.76 billion estimate “conservative.” “This figure includes the $17.9 billion the U.S. government has approved in security assistance for Israeli military operations in Gaza and elsewhere since Oct. 7—substantially more than in any other year since the U.S. began granting military aid to Israel in 1959,” report authors Linda Bilmes, William Hartung and Stephen Semler wrote. Yet the report describes how this is only a partial amount of the U.S. financial support provided during this war. In addition to the repeated multibillion-dollar rounds of military aid to Israel, related U.S. operations in the region, particularly bombing and shipping defense in and near Yemen—where Houthi rebels have attacked maritime commerce and launched missiles at Israel—have cost over $2 billion since October 2023. In the last two years, the U.S. sent nearly 18 billion dollars to Israel for its war on Gaza. Most of that (12 billion) came from Trump in 2025. That money didn’t go to rebuild roads in Kentucky or reopen hospitals in Texas. It didn’t help people struggling with rent or medical bills. It paid for bombs. It paid for missiles that killed thousands of kids. That is not a guess. That is confirmed. And while all that money flew overseas, Trump added over 8 TRILLION DOLLARS to the national debt. This war was part of the tab. They called it support for an ally. But no one asked us. Israel is armed to the teeth. There was no threat to us. No debate. Trump rushed the money. Biden followed with another six billion. Both parties signed off like it was nothing. When it was Ukraine, at least people talked about it. With Israel, silence. This is not America First. It is not putting the country or its people first. It is sending billions to someone else’s war while our own people are being left behind. And everyone should be asking why. “It has been difficult for the U.S. public, journalists, and members of Congress to get an accurate understanding of the amount of military equipment and financial assistance that the U.S. government has provided to Israel’s military during the past year of war,” the report states. “There is likewise little U.S. public awareness of the costs of the United States military’s own related operations in the region, particularly in and around Yemen.” This war however has proven that they are not the way... we are now seeing huge anti Hamas protests in Gaza. People are fed up with the violence. There is a real opportunity for a more moderate government system to rise from the ashes. So long as Israel and the United States don't try and annex Gaza and instead hand it over to a coalition of third-party states or the UN establish an interim government and gradually facilitate a transition to a democratically elected government...There is a chance for something good to come. 

Government Shutdown and WAR!!

We have had so many Government 
Shutdowns in the last decade, that 
Congress must come to the 
Realization that America is
broke.

WHAT a terrible 😞 Mix . A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN and impending WARS ( Israel, Iran , Ukraine, Russia, Venezuela, and Taiwan) hold the seat of your PANTS 🩳. Regardless of how it ends, Schumer's leadership ability during this budget negotiation has been awful and Democrats need to change Senate minority leadership.🔥🔥🔥The U.S. government is heading toward shutdown — but this isn’t chaos, it’s sabotage. They're gonna shut down the government while also going to war with Iran at the same time. MIGAkeks, prepare for your ultimate fell for it again award. While the globalists bleed the system dry, Trump stands alone, blocking the blackmail and defending real Americans. let me help you.... Every government shutdown is engineered. Both parties are guilty. Republicans borrow recklessly and pretend tariffs or efficiency "savings" will square the books. Democrats demand still more entitlements, paid for with money we don't have. They use brinkmanship as a distraction, turning the most basic government housekeeping into hostage drama. They know what they have to do. they are just refusing to do it and hold everyone hostage in the process... this should be treason. It really is too early. People are unlikely to remember this in a year in the run up to the midterms. It is almost worth pushing this can to right after summer next year for it be the most impactful. Just before this whole fiasco started, it appeared as though he was about to back down on the wall, at which point an immediate and severe backlash from his group of supporters ensued. Almost immediately DJT decided it was time to fight for the bitter end for his wall, instead of backing down as he seemingly had been preparing to do. But in reality, shutdowns are just noisy political theater. Every dollar we borrow today piles new burdens onto tomorrow’s taxpayers and inches us closer to a full-blown fiscal crisis. The shutdown fight may grab media attention, but the real crisis is what’s happening when government is open for business.They rarely cut government spending, they don’t rein in the debt, and they don’t force lawmakers to make the tough choices our nation desperately needs.

War AS A GOOD DISTRACTION during A Government Shutdown.

The federal government just accumulated an additional $2 trillion in debt over the last 12 months. That's the kind of debt surge America usually racks up in wartime or during major national emergencies. For most of the world, a government shutdown is very bad news - the result of revolution, invasion or disaster. But in the US, it has become a kind of bargaining tool for political leaders - and a perennial phenomenon. For several decades, the federal budget process has become increasingly dysfunctional. This breakdown may be traced to the post-Watergate budget reforms enacted in 1974, which shifted power away from the President and to the Congress. Most budget experts from both parties agree that the reforms made the budget process weaker, less predictable, less capable of reconciling competing demands, and more prone to fiscal crises. Prior to 1974, the federal government had never ceased operations for lack of funding. Since then, it has “shut down” 22 times, completely or partially. There have been only four years in which Congress passed its annual appropriations bills on time, and a series of near-defaults and other fiscal crises. In the absence of reliable budgets, Congress has enacted hundreds of short-term stopgap “continuing resolutions” to pay the bills. In this context, it was convenient for all the stakeholders to fund the wars as an "emergency” outside the regular process. The Trump administration sent $230 million to Lebanon in a last-minute action to save the funds from expiring during a government shutdown, assistance that helps protect a fragile ceasefire between Beirut and Israel. The Pentagon has decided to EXEMPT Ukraine operations from a potential government shutdown if lawmakers fail to reach a deal by the end of the month. This means tens of billions will continue flowing into Ukraine regardless. Why is that even legal? One party chose to waste weeks of time that could’ve been used to negotiate by sending Congress into an early recess to avoid an embarrassing vote. Said party also told its members to avoid all negotiating with the other until about 2 days ago. I think that party has more blame than anything. The Republicans refusal to do anything with Democrats is the main cause of this. Yes the Democrats aren't signing off on the Republican bill which is "blocking" it from passing but when the Republicans cancel their meeting with Dems and literally say fuck them and won't compromise on anything why would Dems just sign off on what Republicans propose? Republicans ram through anything that they can and they just can't on this one thing. This is just theater.  I’ve been following Middle East politics since I was a kid. I have lifelong friends from Lebanon and Iran. My views are unapologetically anti-capitalist and anti-oppression. I don’t back any state, but I care deeply about people, culture, and working-class struggles. So here’s the blunt version: You’re being bombarded with misinformed, misleading, or outright manipulative coverage. The chance of accurate information reaching anyone outside already-locked-in circles is near zero. Right now, the sudden escalation around Iran is a classic Israeli distraction. The goal is to derail Western focus from the starvation campaign in Gaza and protect the ongoing U.S. arms pipeline.  sam-squared The sad truth is the US government will continue to do nothing to aid those suffering in Gaza, no matter how strong the public pressure. The current administration is too cocky and incompetent to do anything based on public opinion. On top of this, taking European hostages isn’t a great look for Israel, but for the most part, they’ve highly publicized how quickly and humanely they’ve returned said prisoners i.e., Greta Thunberg. And you can bet your bottom dollar that Israelis themselves have NO problem with this on the whole. Given that, I can see a world where maybe a public opinion shift factors into the the reason they bombed Iran last night…. but there is just no evidence right now to support it being the MAIN reason when we have much stronger evidence pointing in other directions. Namely that the US was positioned to sign a nuclear deal with Iran. That Iran was close to completing their nuclear weapon. That Netanyahu has absolutely gotten a big head over how the Gaza genocide has been going and has aims beyond the borders of Israel. Israel arrests, processes and releases westerners in situations like this, just like most countries do. Yes, things can get dangerous. Escalation is always a risk. But the timing of this isn’t about danger. The Iran nuclear issue is real, but there's nothing new that justifies this sudden flare-up. It's manufactured urgency.  RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WAR ✖️ .The next 20 year war based on lies is around the corner. By the time anyone realizes what's really going on they'll be asking "didn't we hear the same quagmires during Vietnam and GWOT?" There were 3 government shutdowns during his last term. Are we supposed to be in 1 60 year war right now or 3 20 year wars based on this information. Meanwhile: War Minister Hegseth, the USA is fighting the last battle. Tonight the shutdown begins because salaries can no longer be paid and, like every declining empire, war is supposed to be the last resort.