Is Trump another Carter when it comes to Iran - Update

CNN: Reports " Trump has a Carter-style Iran problem as the economy drags before the midterms "

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Trump has one chance not to become another Carter, he has to place ground troops in Kharg Island, and make it plain that if Iran moves it forces he will blow Kharg Island in to the heavens, and place troops to take Iran's nuclear material. The media will worry about casualties, Reagan lost 241 US Marines in Beirut in 1983, but went on to win 49 States, 59% of the vote and 525 Electoral votes in the 1984 Presidential Election.  Also in 1983 he invaded Grenada.  Presidents who lead win, Carter never lead, thus his one term.  This is Trump's last chance.

The King's speech to the US Congress - Update

BBC News: Reports in its 6.54pm post the following, " Charles to call for US-UK 'reconciliation and renewal' in speech to Congress "

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Wisely chosen words from the King, the UK has been allied with US through two world wars and the Cold War.  The UK and the US has seen off fascism and Communism, there have been a few hiccups, Suez, Grenada, and now Iran.  Its healthy to have disagreements, but at its core, when the balloon goes up we are united. God Save the King.

Update: A Kingly speech, stating the alliance between the US and the UK.  Subtle dig at Trump over the Ukraine, the US Congress behaved, the Democrats were happy, the VP less so over the mention of the Ukraine. God Save the King.

Trump is wimping out of Iran War - Update

Guardian: Report the following in its 2.27pm post the following "  Report  : Trump says war with Iran will end 'soon'  "

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President Trump will lose Presidential credibility when he wimps out of Iran, Presidents must stay the course or they are seen as weak, aka Jimmy Carter.  JFK and Reagan as seen as great Presidents, they were tough, Kennedy over Cuba and Vietnam, Reagan surviving assassination attempt, being tough with the USSR, invading Grenada and bombing Libya, and supporting the Contra Freedom Fighters in Nicaragua.  If Trump wimps out in Iran then he fails Presidential greatness.

Starmer is no Churchill - Update

 BBC News: Reports in its 5.09pm post" This is not Winston Churchill that we're dealing with,' Trump says of Starmer,  " 

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This blog has never been so embarrassed by a UK PM, he is an appeaser in the mold of Neville Chamberlain.  The UK PM always sticks with the American President, no matter what, the Great Churchill had to see FDR trying to be friendly with Stalin at Yalta.  Eden learned that the hard way over Suez.  The balance this we should consider that the Great Reagan was slow over the Falklands War in 1982, he supported the Right wing Regime in Argentina, he came around in the end.  Reagan invaded Grenada in 1983, without telling Thatcher, the Queen was head of State, Grenada had become another Cuba threat.  Things will strain sometimes, but it will recover with a new UK PM. Let's remember how close Tony Blair was to Bush 43, he is seen by those on the left as a War Criminal, but that is a minority view, at least Blair was loyal, Bush 43 offered him an out over the Iraq Invasion, Blair at the prospect of losing No 10, kept in with Bush 43, that is loyalty even at being pushed out of office in 2007.

Getald R Ford Aircraft Carrier on the way to the Middle East - Update

CNN: Reports that the USS Gerald R Ford Aircraft Carrier is being sent to the Middle East.

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As the article makes clear Trump wants a deal with Iran, any deal that makes him look good, Tehran has to give the appearance that they are making concessions to avoid a strike by the US.  Thus the Middle East will have two US Aircraft Carriers, the fire power to take down the theocracy Regime.  TEHRAN is lucky, Trump always chickens out, he is weak, and does not have the stomach for a long war, to be fair, neither do the American people.  Trump is no Reagan, that President lost 240+ Marines in one day in Lebanon, the next day he invaded Grenada, that is Presidential character and greatness, something Trump does not have in his character.

Venezuela had ENOUGH of Trump's orders - Update

The Hill: Reports " Venezuela acting president says she’s had ‘enough’ of orders from Washington "

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Thus what will Trump do now that his colony saying NO to his orders, he might want the press to return to the issue of Venezuela, he kidnapped the corrupt President, this blog gave TRUMP praise for that, but now he has internal problems WITH ICE.   Then there is Iran, will POTUS want to take action since the US fleet Abraham Lincoln is in place.  On both issues this blog says NO, it might taken ground troops to be successful in Venezuela and Iran, Trump wants quick victories, no tough WARS, thus Trump with his lack of action towards the defending the Iranian protesters, one can see that Trump is WAR averse, he does not like political hits, and he likes quick wins, his base does not want long term wars.  Reagan lost over 240+ Marines in Lebanon in 1983 and then invaded Grenada following day, Reagan had a backbone, unlike the WIMP Trump,

Trump closes down Venezuela Air Space - Trump47

Sky News: Reports that President Trump has warned that Air Space around Venezuela is closed to planes as Trump sees the Venezuela Government is illegitimate.

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This is additional pressure on the Drug Trafficking Venezuela Government.  The US Department of War has sent in the US Navy in to the region.  The aircraft carrier, Gerald R Ford is heading the fleet.  As stated before in this blog, one doubts that POTUS will take military action against the South American country, it would go against his America First pledge of 2024, Venezuela is not Grenada, and Trump is no Ronald Reagan, he does not have the backbone to take action, his political base would not be happy, 2026 Mid Terms are around the corner, Trump does not need a land War in Venezuela, politics never ends in the US.

Trump and Venezuela - Trump 47

 The Hill:  Reports " Trump says he ‘sort of made up’ his mind on Venezuela "

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This blog doubts that Trump will invade Venezuela, he does not have the backbone to strike Venezuela, he is no Reagan and when he invaded Grenada to prevent it becoming a Communist State, if Trump invades Venezuela it will look like at attempt to divert attention from his domestic problem, the US economy is not great and then there is the issue of his friendship with a dead sex trafficker, the Trump OVAL has directed that the Department of Justice investigate Bill Clinton and other well known Democrats, the DOJ has gone along with this move.    The loyalty of the AG was one of the reasons that Trump appointed her to the job.  

US on Russia and the Ukraine - Update 2 - Biden Era

Sky News: Reports " Russia looking for excuse to invade Ukraine' - but US insists week of diplomacy has not failed...To try to, through sabotage operations, through false flag operations, through blaming the other guy, to create that pretext, to give an excuse to go in, or to make it look like the Ukrainians were the aggressors..." the US Under-Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland, tells Sky News. "

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The Biden Oval if it was smart and not risk averse would send in the 101st airborne, on a surprise New Year military exercise with the Ukraine Forces, this would STOP Putin in his tracks, eve Putin does not want to take on US Forces or NATO forces.  The Russian Bear will back off he knows that he will get his backside kicked and it would be a humiliation for the Kremlin.  Unfortunately Biden is no Ronald Reagan, after losing nearly 240+ US Armed Forces Personnel in Beirut due to a terrorist bombing, the Gipper invaded Grenada to stop a Marxist Coup, that took guts and Reagan was seen as tough by the rest of the World, one does not see Biden doing something to prevent WAR.  The US needs a NEW REAGAN, while the UK needs another Churchill or Thatcher.

Could a INVASION of the Ukraine by Russia start WW3 ? - Biden Era

Sky News: Reports " A full invasion by Russia could trigger World War Three, warns government minister in Kiev...Yuliia Laputina, the minister for veterans affairs - who previously served as a top officer in Ukraine's equivalent of MI5 - told Sky News that her country was ready to defend itself should Moscow launch a new attack.  "

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The above is the reason why the West and President Biden as Leader of the Free World has to be seen and actually be tough with Putin of Russia, it can be argued that Bush 43 and Barack Obama were WEAK when it came to Putin and his invasions of other lands.  The Western THREAT of heavy sanctions will not work on Putin, he has already stated that he wants to meet Biden again and that he wants a LEGAL TREATY that prevents the Ukraine coming part of NATO, he thinks that Biden is a pushover, a weak man and President.  The Biden Oval has to show that Biden is tough and will stand up to Putin, stare down the Russian Bear, the WEAKNESS that Biden showed over Afghanistan has come back to haunt him, IF terrorists can kick the American Army out of Afghanistan, what can Russia do about Biden and NATO and the perception in the Kremlin that it wants the OLD USSR back or something close to that idea.  Thus we come down who blinks first, to quote a famous line from the Cuban Missile Crisis, will Biden SELL out the Ukraine, aka Chamberlain the Czechs in 1938, or will stand tall like Reagan who LOST 241 US Military Personnel  in a terrorist bombing in Lebanon in 1983 and then invade Grenada to remove a Communist Government linked to Cuba.  Sometimes a US President has to stand tall, and do the RIGHT THING, and that means standing up to Putin in this case.

The LAST Presidential Speech by President Trump - End of the Trump Era

BBC News: Reports " US President Donald Trump has made his farewell address before leaving office, saying: "We did what we came to do - and so much more."  "

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The Trumpster slapped himself on the back for a great Presidency, a one term President, who joins the list of Presidents who failed to win re-election was impeached twice.  If the Biden White House smart it will go in to stealth mode, the US and the World needs a quiet Presidency, the daily rantings from the Trump Oval got the President banned for life from twitter.  The US and the World want a " Quiet " PRESIDENCY without worrying what the President might do on any given day.  The Trump Presidency as noted by Trump will go down in history that it did not get in to foreign wars, great Presidents know who to combine the foreign with the domestic, Reagan lost over 240 + Marines in Lebanon and then invaded Grenada the next day, and as the House Speaker stated in his memoirs he made Lebanon go way as if it never happened.  The US is the leader of  the FREE WORLD, that takes sacrifice, Trump was afraid of the body bags coming home from the fight, that was the part the Democrats never understood, Trump was not planning to invade Iran any time soon, if he was he was talked out of the idea. Thus Trump was a impotent President and thus failed the US and the World. 

What would President Reagan THINK of Trump? - Trump Era

Daily Mail: Reports " 'The Gipper would be heartbroken': Ronald Reagan's daughter slams 'autocratic' Trump and says her father would be 'horrified' at the state of the country and GOP "

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It must be CLEAR to those that are kind to read this blog that this writer thinks the Gipper was the greatest President EVER.   The Reagan Revolution changed the domestic and international agenda.   President Trump bends over backwards to please Putin's Russia, he does not want the US to lead the World, the very opposite of President Reagan.   Let's be clear on the Reagan record, in the first term on the domestic front, he cut taxes, cut welfare, increased defence spending, challenged the the USSR in Afghanistan and Central America.  In a famous speech he called the USSR an " EVIL EMPIRE ".   He showed US leadership by invading Grenada to remove a Communist Coup.  In the 2nd term he started the process of ending the COLD WAR with President Gorbachev, in 1987 he called for Gorbachev to tear down the BERLIN WALL, also signed the INF Treaty with Gorbachev in the White House, on the domestic front reformed the tax system, this helped MAIN STREET, and then did immigration reform all this done while the House was controlled by Democrats.   It should be noted that he moved the US Supreme Court to the right, thus helping in the selection of Bush 43 as President in 2000.  Also his VP was his successor, that had not be done in over a hundred years, and has not been done since, Trump is NO REAGAN. 

Is Sanders the LEFT WING Reagan ? - Trump Era

I need laugh after the Brexit MESS, this made me laugh!!

The New York Times: Has the following Opinion article, " The Reagan to Trump’s Carter, the left-wing answer to the first movement-conservative president, can be only Bernard Sanders.  "

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Where to start with this opinion piece, Reagan was the perfect right winger to take on the failed Presidency of Jimmy Carter, the US economy was a mess and the USSR had invaded Afghanistan and the Tehran Regime had taken hostage US diplomats, that would last for 444 days.   The Gipper had charisma, he was a former Governor of California, not Georgia,  also he was a former movie and TV star, he attacked the weak Carter Administration when it came to its deals with the USSR and was seen as a STRONG LEADER.   While Carter was see as WEAK.  There was a joke in the 2016 campaign that Senator Sander took his honeymoon in the USSR and never came back!!  The fly over states are not going to elect a socialist to the Presidency, that is why the founding fathers made sure that the small States had electoral votes.  Reagan in his first term, cut taxes, cut welfare, increased defence spending, called the USSR an EVIL EMPIRE, invaded Grenada, and made the US feel better about itself and its role in the World.  President Reagan in his 2nd term, ended the Cold War in alliance with President Gorbachev, reformed immigration by doing deals with Democrats, also reformed the tax system,  and got through Iran - Contra with a slap on his hands for his management skills, while Nixon resigned over Watergate, and Bill Clinton was impeached.  Also his Vice - President was elected as his successor, no President in over a hundred years had managed that, none after him,   Reagan was a secular political ICON, as was his friend Lady Thatcher, Senator Sanders will NEVER BE A LEFT WING GIPPER.  If the Democrats want to re-elect President Trump then they should nominate Senator Sanders. 

Venezuelan Update - Trump Era

Sky News: Reports " Defiant Maduro compares Trump to 'head of the KKK'...The socialist leader says he will continue to resist calls for him to give up power despite support for his opponent in the West.  "

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The US has to be ready to send in the troops, Presidents Reagan and Bush 41 both used force in the Americas, Maduro has destroyed the oil rich Venezuela, his LEFT WING regime is corrupt and destroyed Venezuela from within.   President Trump will get flak if he takes action, the LEFT in the US has never gotten over Vietnam and the Iraq War of Bush 43.  The Crisis in Venezuela has to be solved soon, if Maduro will not go and the Army will not support the people then the US must consider taking swift and hard military action against Maduro.   The Russians will complain, but what are they going to do, they are hardly going to support Maduro, they will not declare WW3 over the issue.  The Trump Oval has to be tough and follow through with its threats. 

President Trump is CRITICAL of Ronald Reagan - Trump Era

Washington Examiner: Reports " Trump brags, ‘I blow Ronald Reagan away’ "

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President Trump is not worthy to shine the Golf Shoes of President Reagan.   President Reagan had to deal with Democratic House throughout his two terms as President, and then deal with a Democratic Senate in his last two years.  The Gipper could make DEALS, he worked with the Democrats, he cut government spending, he had a major tax cut, the next one of that scale was by Trump,  he then increased defence spending, to such levels that the old USSR could not match it, he used American power Lebanon and Grenada, he showed the US was back after Vietnam.  The Gipper called out the Soviet Union by calling it the " Evil Empire "  In the 2nd term he had summits with President Gorbachev of the USSR, their Summits ended the Cold War, and lead within a few years to the fall of the USSR itself.   On the domestic front Reagan and the Democrats reformed taxes, and showed that the White House could work with a Democratic Hill.   As for Presidente Trump he has not won a 2nd term, he has been far to friendly with Putin of Russia, he thinks he can deal with North Korea, and his tone as President has not been Presidential.  President Trump will be lucky not to get impeached next year.   Ronald Reagan was a GREAT President, his VP won in 1988, neither Bill Clinton or President Obama could get the Democratic nominee after them elected. 

The New Reagan and Thatcher ?= Trump and May - Trump Era

Daily Mail: Reports that even during the great relationship between President Reagan and Lady Thatcher there were tense moments, the article states the following, " The most-quoted example is when in 1983 Reagan sent U.S. troops to invade the Commonwealth island of Grenada (he wanted to block a coup by hardline communists). He didn't even inform Thatcher in advance, which was completely humiliating for her.  "

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IF the above is not America First then this blog does not understand the meaning of the  term, at the end of the day ALL leaders must care about their Countries, or they do not get re-elected.  Also it should be noted that when Reagan and Gorbachev almost agreed to get rid of ALL nuclear missiles, this was done without talking to London.   The White House staff had to get Lady Thatcher to come to D.C to show the President the error of his ways.   All US Presidents since the end of World War 2 have acted in the US national interest, it can be argued that Tony Blair go to close to Bush 43, thus his removal from Office.  Thus PM May should get close to Trump, but not to close, we do not want another Iraq.

Reagan's apology to Thatcher over Grenada - Reagan/Thatcher Years

BBC News: Reports " A recorded conversation between an apologetic Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher over the invasion of Grenada has been published for the first time. "

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The actual talks is itself not secret, it has been documented before, this is the first time that a actual recording has come out.    One can understand why Lady Thatcher was not happy, Grenada was in the Commonwealth.  The Queen is head of the Commonwealth, but on the other hand the Oval Office was worried that Grenada would become another Cuba, one Castro was bad enough, the US public supported the action, the Democratic Nominee for President Walter Mondale could not make up his mind about the action.   This Grenada military action put the USSR on notice that the US was back after the Vietnam War. 

The REAL US Policy in Syria - Syria Crisis 4

Telegraph: Has the following story about the real US view of the Syrian Civil War, " US 'will not intervene in Syria as rebels don't support interests', says top general ".

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Folks the Democrats and the US Defence Department is gun shy after Afghanistan and Iraq, the military feel like they have been left with the baby when it comes to Iraq and Afghanistan, they have taken the terrible losses, while the political top brass take cover and leave the mess for the military to clear up.   If your POTUS you take the advice of the military but you do not allow them to have a VETO, if this had been the case Bush 41 would have waited for sanctions to work to to get Iraq out of Kuwait before the first Gulf War.  After Vietnam the US Military has a typical argument when it comes to taking action, you will need hundreds of troops, it will cost billions and you could lose, President Reagan was a tough War Leader, he lost hundreds of US Marines in a bomb attack in Lebanon in 1983, the the following day he invaded Grenada to protect US Citizens, a  US President must lead, otherwise the enemies of the US will see a weak giant and act, one has to feel sorry for the people of Syria, more will die, SO SAD.