Guardian: Reports in its 8.48pm post the following, " 'We're in war': Trump says downing US jet won't affect negotiations with Iran "
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POTUS has woken up to the fact that this is a REAL WAR, not reality TV. If the pilot that is uncounted for is caught, it will be nightmare for the Oval, and victory for the Tehran Regime, the pilot would be a hostage of the Regime, it would be on the US TV all the time, 444 days comes to mind and the failed Presidency of Jimmy Carter.
Guardian: Reports in its 4.40pm post the following, " US to deploy of thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, "
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This could really be about Kharg Island in Iran, the Island is the tap for the oil from Iran to the outer world, taking this would force to Tehran Regime to talk, they would not have the money to keep support in Iran, the Islamic Regime is as bent as you can come, they keep their street support through paying for thugs to harm and kill people. The move on Kharg Island would be risky, there would be ground troops, Iran would try to kill or kidnap the troops and show them on Iranian TV as way to get to Americans, on the other hand this would be a mistake, the American psyche still recalls 444 days that Iran held the US Embassy staff in Iran, during the Carter Presidency. Trump will want to win and quicky, he has the Mid Terms coming in November.
Guardian: Reports the following, " Trump says Iran war is ‘very complete, pretty much’ as economic toll rises "
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Trump remembers the 1970's and the Carter Presidency, and effect the oil crisis and hostage crisis had on Jimmy Carter re - election bid against Ronald Reagan, he lost. Thus Trump does not want a LONG WAR in Iran, he wants his VP to have clear run for Presidency in 2028, Trump does not want lot of body bags returning to the US. Thus Trump will not probably go for a long war, just enough destruction to warn Iran off going nuclear. Trump keeps eyes on the Markets, as we all should today.
Guardian: Reports " Trump’s current war on Iran picks up where a longstanding enmity left "
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444 days will always be in the memory of this blog and haggard look on Jimmy Carter, the President during the Hostages Crisis of 1979 -81. IRAN has been an evil presence in the International system since then. The hostage crisis in Lebanon, and the IED's in Iraq developed by Iran. If this is the end of the theocracy, that is good, there is an hell for the Supreme Leader and his supporters or prison for those still alive.
BBC News: Reports that Iran has stated the Iranian- US talks on Iran's ambitions are in the US Court.
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The Tehran Regime know that Trump is a TWACO, Trump will always Chicken Out, he does not have Presidential credibility, he likes quick OPERATIONS, no loss of American lives, such as in Venezuela, likes good headlines, also there are elections in November, the Congress is up for elections, he is NO Reagan as mentioned in previous post, also to be honest the MAGA base after Afghanistan and Iraq do not like long and costly wars. The exception is weak Presidents, Carter, Biden, will Trump add his name to weak holders of the Oval Office. Trump's predecessor, Joe Biden never recovered from the mess of the US leaving Afghanistan, image's that are iconic now! So what will Trump do about Iran.
Fox News: Reports "Kamala Harris hints at possible 2028 run, says some call her 'most qualified candidate ever'....Harris said she was 'just speaking fact' after claiming some called her the 'most qualified candidate ever' to run for president "
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The former VP and the Democratic Nominee is running in 2028, as if that is wise, the simple answer is NO, she is not the most qualified candidate ever, let's see from the modern period, the nuclear age, Truman in 1948, he dropped the bomb on Japan, the only President that has used nuclear weapons, Eisenhower planned D - Day and was a crafty President, he gave the impression that he played golf all the time, his hand was on the tiller so to speak. Then in 1960 Nixon was the most qualified to be Ike's successor, Vice - President for 8 years and had a great mind, but he lost to the charming JFK. LBJ has been President for a year before 1964 and was firm supporter of civil right, Senator Barry Goldwater was to right wing, in 1968 Nixon came back and beat LBJ's VP, of the two on cv it was Nixon. Thus Nixon swamped the Democratic Nominee in 1972. In 1976 Reagan nearly beat President Ford for the nomination but lost by a 100 votes, Ford was beaten by Carter, neither was fit to be President. In 1980 Reagan beat Carter by 44 States, he had been Governor of California and and was more suited to being President since 1968, he was a dark horse candidates but lost to Nixon. In 1984 Reagan beat former VP Mondale by 49 States, 525 Electoral College votes and 59% of the vote. In 1988, Bush 41 Beat the Democratic Nominee because it was seen as Reagan's third term. No future President has managed that kind of victory not even Obama. In 19992 Clinton was the better politician if not the best man for the Presidency. In 2000 VP Gore lost to Texas Governor Bush 43, either would have been a good fit for the Oval. The 2004 election saw Bush 43 beat Senator Kerry, he was the better politician and he had been President on 9/11. The age of Obama came in 2008 when he beat a WAR HERO, ego better than actual President, in 2012 he won re-election even if he had misjudged Putin. Thus we come to 2016, the election of Trump 45, he lost in 2020 to better candidate at the time, former VP Biden. The President made a mistake of running in 2024 and the rest is history.
The Hill: Reports " Tulsi Gabbard details Obama-related intel findings at White House press briefing "
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The theory mad MAGA has reached out of the White House to target President Obama and his handling of the 2016 election. There is tradition of former Presidents staying out of the way of their Successors in the Oval Office, Reagan never mentioned Jimmy Carter by name in his eight years in the White House, it was always the previous Administration. Whatever you think of the former President they had class on the whole to stay out in the wings, well Carter sometimes broke that rule, that is why he was never popular with the successors. President Obama was never my favourite President, that will always be the Gipper, and he left office with a good 58% in the Gallup poll for job approval, Reagan after 8 years had 63% and the old hound dog, Bill Clinton was on 66%. The Gipper was happy, his VP become President, no one in modern memory had that happened, with the exception of assassination and resignation, and it has not happened since. One has to lift one's hat to Obama, he acted with style and class and just released a statement. The left wing media are his troops and those on the World wide Web.
CNN: Reports " Biden didn’t recognize George Clooney at 2024 fundraiser, new book says "
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The books have started on how President Biden was on the decline during his first term. How can you not recognize George Clooney, an A Lister if the term mean that much in Hollywood these days. This adds to the argument that President Biden should not have run in 2024 that he was protected by the Democratic machine and by the liberal media, the media should have been all over this during the primaries, when DNC moved South Carolina to the front of the pack and prevented a proper primary challenge. The disastrous debate performance was seen by over 51 million Americans, the elites for a few weeks tried to say that the people had not seen what they had seen. It was the WORSE debate performance in US Presidential history, worse even than when President Ford in 1976 debate said that Eastern Europe was not under Soviet Control. Let's look at the future, none of the Democrats impressed at the moment, its only 2025, how about George Clooney for 2028, he as made his political bones with his letter, he has the backbone, time for another actor in the Oval.
CNN: Reports on a new CNN poll that finds President Biden"s job approval at 36%.
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The Biden Approval numbers are in the toilet, not as bad as Jimmy Carter in 1981 and Bush 43 in 2009. The American people view the Biden Presidency as a failure, the economy in the view of people is bad, groceries cost to much, and the buck does not cover every day costs. The Ukraine - Russian War is stalled. Today we have news of a ceasefire between Hamas and Gaza, months to late. The Biden view of his Presidency is to rosy.
BBC News: Reports in its 7.27pm post on the funeral of Jimmy Carter.
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The funeral of Jimmy Carter celebrated his whole life, from peanut farmer, Governor of Georgia to President of the United States, and his decades of work for Democracy to charity work building houses. Quite respectfull, but would Carter give up all the post Presidential work for a 2nd term and to be treated better by historians and history. That is an interesting question.
Guardian: Reports on how former US hostages held for 444 days praise former President Carter for his handling of the Crisis.
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One understands the need to show respect for a DEAD US President, but let's get real, Carter was a failed one term President, the Iranian hostages held for 444 days, the failed rescue attempt, the invasion of Afghanistan by the then USSR. The bad economy, inflation, being nice does not cut it, let's deal with the real world, Reagan was a great President, Carter was deeply flawed and out of his depth, always see the real world reader.
Guardian: Reports in its 9.37pm post that President Carter's coffin has arrived at the US Capital.
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I wonder if the press will be so nice to Trump when his day comes, it comes to all humans. IT was said that politicians came to Nixon's funeral to make sure he was DEAD, they still feared Nixon. President Clinton stated that Nixon should be remembered for more that one thing, WATERGATE, the same thing could be said about Clinton and his affair with an intern, that happened a few years after Nixon died. At lest Americans can do ceremony.
Sky News: Reports " Jimmy Carter dies: President Biden leads tributes to 'a man for all time'....Asked if there were any lessons president-elect Donald Trump could learn from Jimmy Carter, Joe Biden answered: "Decency, decency, decency". "
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This blog has covered the Carter Presidency, its one high point and the rest of the disasters that happened to President Carter, let's know look at the success that Carter made of his post Presidential years, he founded the Carter Centre that helps with elections, he built houses and he gained the Nobel Peace Price for his work, that is more than he said of President Obama, who was given the award for doing nothing. That is not to say that he did not sometimes come in to conflict with his successors in the Oval, North Korea is the classic case in 1994. The death reminded this blog of the memoirs of Senator Edward Kennedy, no love lost between them, Kennedy ran against Carter in 1980, he recalled be called to the White House with to discuss with the Carter the issues of the day, on arrival he was given a lecture and Carter showed how much he knew about the problems he faced, not so humble when it came it. One term Presidents can learn from Carter, let's recall that Biden is in the same situation as Carter, one term, President, he should get to work on his legacy as soon as he leaves OFFICE, the Carter Centre will need a new leader! Time being the only enemy,
BBC News Reports in its 8.51am post, that former UK PM Gordon Brown has stated that Jimmy Carter was not probably prepared for the Presidency.
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CNN: Reports " Biden comes to grips with a diminished role on the campaign trail...Biden has embarked on some soul-searching, those close to him say, reflecting on both the long arc of his career and its abrupt end – his decades as a beloved party operative and, more recently, persona non grata. "
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As LBJ used to say that they would ram Vietnam WAR up his backside, well future historians will look at the decision by Biden to quit and run out of Afghanistan, at the cost of 13 American Soldiers lives at the point his polls never recovered, when he was Senator and later Vice President it did not matter what he thought, he was against President Obama sending in Sea Team 6 to get OBL, he thought it was a political mistake, foreign policy has never been his thing. After Afghanistan he had signed his own POLITICAL DEATH WARRANT, it was an open sore, and his disastrous debate with the Trump was the end him. Biden will joint the club of one term Presidents, who either did not run because they had lost the Country, as was the case with LBJ OR Jimmy Carter, Bush 41 and finally Trump lost re-election. The one good part of his legacy will be that his successor will be the first female President, the 2nd African - American, VP Harris. As POTUS said to Israel, take the win!
