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You are quite correct “in theory”. However, the reality is, last time Trump was President, all we heard was “he’s so nasty, he sends mean tweets, he’s cruel, he’s tacky”, his style embarrasses us globally, “ etc. Then next election came along and some folks said, “we need a quieter, gentler approach, Biden is more a traditional President, he will unify America and the world”. Instead, look at the cost, wars, the illegal invasion, the economy, and censorship that clown show for 4 years has produced.

So, the point here is: speech, mean tweets, orange tan, bleached combover, bodacious bloviating…we accept it all. We are glad to have him and his “speech” back because the alternative, no matter how eloquent or attractive, have not looked out for America, or the people the President is supposed to serve. They are props, empty vessels who hate America and it’s citizens. They are coastal elites who bow to their donors and love to be global citizens.

Trump with his warts and all.. is the real deal.

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Absolutely 💯%!! This current fake administration has done nothing but lie and gaslight the American people with their tyranny and division and force jab people with control and fear. We're just cattle fodder, slaves to them, just "shut up and do as your told." We've been enslaved since 1871. Trump will restore our republic. 🙌🇺🇲

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In lieu of "like" votes I offer up "like" words: Excellent comments, you two: NMainer and SheilaE.

TY

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..."Anyone who aspires to be elected President of the United States should be extremely careful in his choice of words when he speaks about using the military for any purpose at home or abroad."...that cannot be stated more succinctly. Will we have more medical tyranny this time enforced by the freaking marines? This is why Rome never let their army within the city walls. To protect the citizens from outright terrorism.

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... and how exactly did that work out for Rome?...

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They 'Crossed the Rubicon' - and the Republic fell - replaced by an Empire.

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John, I completely understand what you're saying. Here's how I see it: The only laws (or regs) anticipating the use of the US military on US citizens, regardless of how remote the chance, seems to have been recently enacted under the current Biden-Harris administration. We would all like Trump to do something better than--or in addition to-- what he talks about, and how he goes about it. . Problem is, if he listened to all of us, he'd sound like a word salad. And that's exactly what the Dems are giving us.

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Pray. Very. Hard, friends.

Kamallla has demons whispering her lines into her ear, so she sounds like someone she is not…and tricks millions…

Pray for Trump to have a better listening ear to the Holy Spirit, and be surrounded by the Heavenly host of angels.

And then trust, because the Devil wants us worried and anxious and distressed, trust that God, the God Who revealed Himself to the Psalmists and through His Incarnate Son, trust that God will make good of all Trump’s goofs, mistakes and flaws, because he has placed himself and our country in His Hands, as we should.

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Many Christians don't believe the Holy Spirit is active in the world today.

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Then they're not paying attention...

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I agree, but thousands attend services where this is what the famous Pastor preaches.

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The holy spirit doesn't do inactive; it's not a quality of the hs, ever. More subtle than human senses can detect, sure; inactive, no.

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It is the belief by expository Christians, who attend a mega church with a well-known Pastor. That is the preaching there. They don't believe in miracles either, thousands attend the Church weekly, I find it to be a very discouraging belief being spread. I truly hope the teaching is very wrong.

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Believe me, the teaching *is* very wrong. It says all over Scripture that even the faithful will be deceived by false preachers and false prophets… well, here it is.

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They believe a different gospel, which is no gospel at all.

The New Testament is replete with warnings against such, principally from Paul. I love reading his letters -- all those years ago and nothing has really changed. God remains faithful even while we are not: he cannot deny Who He is.

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They follow the 'inerrancy' of the Bible approach. The Pastor who is world-renowned, and written many books, sounds very convincing. Thousands attend and are all certain they are following the correct religion; I think a form of Calvinism. There is no point arguing, because it will always go back to 'this is what the Bible say's' so I keep my mouth shut. I think it is sad though to preach out the 'Holy Spirit' and 'Miracles' from the modern-day spiritual experience.

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Boy, are they in for a shock!

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I recommend to you and your readers , John, two very focused interviews available on Tucker Carlson Network. Miranda Divine and Amaryllis Kennedy, each a woman of integrity and intellectual courage. Each addresses the "enemy within" in irrefutable terms. Direct talk. No obfuscation. No sucker punches. Just the truth .

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Cheryl Atkinson is another true journalist who speaks the unfettered truth!

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Concur, Sir. I recall clearly when the Obama cabal spied on her and CBS threw her to the wolves. Top shelf lady.

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John I have an example of a great trainer only complimenting his fighter. It was Angelo Dundee while training Muhammad Ali. Dundee knew that Ali’s ego was massive and he had tricks to get Ali to train the things he was lacking in even though he hated hearing that he needed work on some part of his game. I remember a story about Dundee wanting Ali to throw more uppercuts, probably in one of the fights against Joe Frazier, and to get Ali to throw more in sparring after a round Ali threw none, Dundee yelled out “great uppercuts kid, that punch is looking great.” And Ali’s ego inflated and he started throwing more and more as Dundee complimented him and Ali went on to win that fight

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Makes sense - I will say he does appear to be listening to those around him, several very articulate speakers in his midst whom hopefully see and advise!!

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My perception is that he has improved quite a bit lately, especially on being more careful not to unnecessarily offend independent women voters with such buzz words that are triggers to that group.

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I confess that, many months ago, I found myself hoping that Trump, in interviews, would make focus and detail in his answers a priority. His tendency to go off on tangents mid-answer, and casually apply words like “stupid”, “disaster”, “low-IQ person” etc. to various people without explaining _why_ they deserve those descriptors, has worried me a lot because I’ve really thought these habits could hurt him with undecided voters. Very fortunately, he is up against a person whose deficits are so glaring that I think a great many of those undecided voters are going to grit their teeth and do what they thought they would never do, simply because Trump is obviously the better choice for the country. I myself have always been MAGA, because of Trump’s long history — from his days as a young businessman onward — of independent-mindedness, brilliant decision-making, and coolness under pressure, combined with the obvious concern for our country that motivated him to seek the presidency in the first place and to persevere in spite of vicious, unrelenting opposition.

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Trump has always had an easygoing sometimes brusque way of speaking - the no bullshit kind, from the heart. And really, no matter what he says, how, or whatever….I deeply believe he still speaks the same way, always will, and that he is way beyond caring about criticism! Love that guy, his honesty and human faults!!

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If he were perfect, if we found no fault in anything he says or how he says it, perfect in all he does (by our standards--as diverse as they must be among so many supporters) the more our country's enemies would find reason to paint him as lower than a centipede.

Trust him or don't. Each man makes his own determination.

I trust him; he will make mistakes. But be sure you don't become part of the problem.

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Harris obiden regime have signed for the military to use lethal force on Americans! I believe you are confused!

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Well, truly, and most righteously said.

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John, I completely agree that Trump could do a much better job with precision of language. But the real problem is that the media and his enemies just make stuff up and intentionally misquote him. Even if he were perfect, they would just lie anyway. One need not look any further than Russian collusion.

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Yes, I agree with you. So, why do "we" keep criticizing him?

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Fascinating discussion. I've always thought that Trump was a master in messaging. What you perceive as errors do not appear to be so to me. It took me quite some time to grasp his approach, which I often took to be in error, only to later understand his move. With the boxing analogy, Trump at times appears to be sloppy, but then one realizes he was only setting you up for his next, even harder, punch. He has performed, in my estimation, like a master in the ring with twenty homicidal fighters all at once. More or less like the old Samurai films. Like the blind Samurai.

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I agree. It seems his words, and the timing of them are quite calculated. Bringing this up now does not seem to be by chance.

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You know what? I’m sick to death hearing about Israel and the Palestinians. I’m sick to death of our men and women having to fight senseless, needless wars in the Middle East. I’m sick to death of Jew haters, or any haters, for that matter. The truth will come out, but in the meantime, I’m worried about my country, my people, and saving our country. They better fix it this time, because I know longer want to be the protector of the whole got dang world. You have to know how powerful they’ve become, and he didn’t make them powerful; the rest of the slugs in our Government did, just like they made Ch👁️na a world superpower, so if you’re angry with DJT, there’s plenty of that to go around. He didn’t create this almost impossible situation.

As far as warp speed, Dr. McCullough just put out a Substack on Naomi Wolf’s book, “The Pfizer Papers,” and Steve Bannon, who is a good friend of POTUS45, played a big part in the book getting done. The info is damning, so I’m sure POTUS45 did what he had to do with the information he had, and we shall soon find out.

Right now, I just want to survive this whole situation, and I’m voting for the person who will help us to do that, and that is President Donald J. Trump.

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The people who bamboozled the majority of the world's people and petrified them into taking an unsafe and ineffective jab yielding disastrous consequences (still being felt, for now and beyond) are the same ghouls who led PDJT down the garden path.

There are a number of people I'd like to see walk the plank. And PDJT is NOT one of them.

You can be sure I'll be reading the Pfizer Papers, as I did "The Real Anthony Fauci" 3.5 years ago, Breggin's "Covid 19 and the Global predators," 4 years ago, and others, plus my current read, "The Courage to Face Covid 19," Leake and McCullough, as well as other books on this topic. Stephani Seneff's "Toxic Legacy" tells us how criminally minded certain business leaders/manufacturers can be in their pursuit of profits over people. She is a meticulous researcher with the academic chops to know the implications of her findings.

Human nature has not changed, even with the warnings/evidence of the ghastly 20th Century. We are no different today.

But we are different from our Founders who recognized evil when they looked it in the face.

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I’m so glad to hear you say that. It looks like you’re well informed on the subject, so I thank you for that information.

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Correction - I voted for him on October 16, 2024. I haven’t been able to confirm my vote yet. It’s been difficult.

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You said that very well! After supporting him for nine years, I so agree with you. To some, he comes off like a clumsy, bumbling idiot, but he is a master at strategy, psyops, and a lot of things he says, for instance, is to bring attention to a situation like the Springfield eating the pets. He gets no press unless they can attack him like a pack of hungry hyenas for something they consider outrageous.

This sneaking fake refugees in, seeding them all over the country is a problem and a major expense to the taxpayers. It’s also devastating to hardworking Americans.

He’s a successful billionaire, and he’s smart as Hell, and he’s fast on his feet. Has he said things that make me cringe? Hell, yeah, but I’m more forgiving. There’s so much more good about him.

If he says anything like that about the military, there’s a good reason for it. Of course, I love him like I would a family member, so I’ll always have his back, but I never fail to contact him and tell him how I feel about certain matters, tell him I don’t agree with something he’s done. I don’t like sycophants either.

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I feel the same as you, 100. I love him, too.

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Trump may be smarter than he comes across as, but he has huge critical knowledge gaps - the Middle East being a prime example and lacks the intellectual curiosity to do his own homework and get input from a range of opinions.

Pretty sure that although he as backed off mentioning it he still thinks Warp Speed was his own idea and saved a bazillion lives - when the reality is that the playbook was set long before by the Gates cabal/Big Pharma as a way to fast track/steamroll/normalize mRNA gene 'therapy'. Which otherwise would have taken years and likely never flown at all if real safety testing was demanded.

'His' ME Peace deal a similar situation - was mostly put together by grifter son-inlaw Jared K. with Bibi Netanyahu, corrupt Sunni leaders and a few select US and Euro Jewish billionaires.

OK, fine for them, but was designed to marginalize Iran and screw the Palestinians out of any prospect of a real two-state solution, and as such contributed directly to 10/7 and the current conflict - 10/7 being something of a Hail Mary (or whatever the Islamic equivalent of that is) operation to prevent it from being finalized. Which it was, albeit at great cost, successful in accomplishing.

I believe Trump got played with both Warp Speed and Abraham Accords - and either still doesn't realize it, realizes it and fails for reasons of ego to not acknowledge it... or *did* know what was going on and was complicit.

Any of which ought to be regarded as serious red flags.

With you on not liking sycophants - so it hasn't been pleasant to see people I have supported and had a fair degree of respect for - talking RFK Jr., Tulsi, Vivek. Mike Flynn and DJT - doing huge suck ups to Israel and parroting Zio talking points. All the while claiming to be 'America First'.

Any 'MAGA' that can't even prioritize American INDEPENDENCE is bogus. It's either faked and hypocritical or duped - and deserves to be called out.

If I were in a swing state DJT might have gotten a 3rd vote from me despite the above.

I'm not, he didn't.

'Deal of the Century'

https://x.com/iamsoothsayers/status/1757307633353331099

Gas, Grifters 'n Gaza

https://moneycircus.substack.com/p/insight-europe-gas-and-the-endgame

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I have heard this same thing from one of his religious consultants.

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AGREED that certain "mistakes are totally unnecessary and they supply valuable ammunition to his opponents."

I have supported President Trump since he was elected in 2016...HOWEVER, he IS his own worst enemy many times due to the above.

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Trump should not support the "Zionists". Nor should the Biden admin and the entire US Congress. Yest, here we are.

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System isn't letting me like comments, but consider yours liked.

Problem kind of goes beyond their simply supporting Zionists - they are complacent about and complicit in US policy being dictated by Israel. Congress owned. Media owned...

How are we supposed to respect people claiming to be 'America First' that can't even prioritize American *independence*?

Would anybody in the Trump orbit - say, Mike Flynn, Vivek, Tulsi, JD, dare to publicly debated Douglas MacGregor or Scott Ritter on ME policy and who the real terrorists are?

I seriously doubt it.

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Bingo!

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Garbage. Our 1 true ally in the Middle East. The obumabitemkamel triumvirate of shame do not support Israel. Trump, heck yeah. Are you completely so antisemitic as to want more genocide of Israelis? Seems so. Go join humus or fight in that dirty proxy war in Ukraine. That support is completely immoral and unconscionable for that dirty monkey brotherhood, shillinsky, bitem.

Good gravy, go protest in Gaza.

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Not in the least, and why the assumptive leap to Antisemitism? Need a wider angle lens perhaps?

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I couldn't agree more, John, but my interpretation of these mistakes is different from yours. I believe they reveal a serious character flaw in Trump which I have been aware of for over 8 years. Let me say I think he would be light years better in office than his sorry Democratic opponent. Nevertheless, these gaffes reveal a certain carelessness, impulsivity, and tendency to overplay his hand out of what I see as hubris. In spite of the fact that his platform stands in huge contrast to Harris' non-platform, and is more pro-Constitution, and anti-Globalist, I believe these character flaws will come back to haunt him yet again. They already did in his promoting the "Warp Speed" genocidal plan without vetting it properly, dismissing the sage advice of his own hired consultant Scott Atlas, and failing to accept responsibility for erring in promoting the deadly COVID vaccine. Trump is a better candidate than Harris by far. I'll grant him that much. But he is deeply flawed, and America ignores these flaws at its own peril. I'm voting for Chase Oliver, myself, who also is not perfect, but I find avoids the dangerous flaw of hubris.

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I think there is truth in much of what you say, but I very much hope that you will change your mind and vote for Trump -- the opposition is undoubtedly planning myriad ways to subvert this election, and our best hope may be a tsunami of Trump votes so enormous that the villains will have no way of obstructing it without exposing their criminality in the process. Meanwhile, though, your words have motivated me to learn more about Chase Oliver.

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