Who’s Fault Is That 👀
Trump faces hard decisions with Iran made all the harder by the media and Democrats
Whose fault is that🤦: The New York Times is out with a column trashing the US military and blaming President Trump
📰The New York Times headlines “The U.S. Military Was Losing Its Edge. After Iran, Everyone Knows It.”
What I am thinking💭: Maybe if Team Biden hadn’t spent four years focusing on DEI in the military, it would be in better shape
By chance🎖️: I am at the United States Naval Academy for a special on America’s Greatest Sailors — stay tuned for Memorial Day
👍Never before should we be prouder of those signing up to defend the country.
May Tomorrow🛠️: CBS Chicago reports Chicago public schools will take kids on a field trip to anti-Trump rallies tomorrow for May Day
🤦Entire schools can’t read or write at grade level — glad they are focused on the right thing, hating Trump and using city-funded buses to take kids to these rallies…
Moment😆: NewsNation’s Libbey Dean asked Trump if he is going to wear a bulletproof vest
What I am thinking💭: Trump’s comedic timing is one of his most effective yet underappreciated skills
Libbey: “Are there talks about you potentially wearing a bulletproof vest?”
Trump: “I don’t know if I can handle looking 20 pounds heavier.”
Iran Options‼️
👍The best news about Iran came from Miami today — the first American Airlines flight in nearly 10 years left for Caracas, Venezuela.
👏The flight is further proof of success for Trump’s Maduro raid — it fundamentally changed the relationship, and now the (new) Venezuelan government is playing by our rules
Why it matters‼️: The same experts saying Iran is a quagmire and Trump is trapped blah blah blah said the same thing about the Maduro raid.
What’s coming⏩: The Iranian regime promised it would continue executing its own citizens “swiftly and ruthlessly”
They know how vulnerable they are to domestic protests
What I am thinking💭: Now is the time to finish the job, and Trump appears ready
Trump: “Nobody knows where the talks are except myself and a couple of other people. They want to make a deal badly.”
Wonder why🤷: Drudge cites The Mirror US to claim the war on Iran is less popular than Vietnam — that might well be true.
📰The Mirror US headlines: “Eye-opening graphic shows how Iran war is most unpopular conflict of last 76 years”
More important‼️: Why is the war in Iran so unpopular — likely because most of the media — see The New York Times story above.
Watch tonight📺: Ambassador John Bolton on the options for Trump to topple the regime both overtly and covertly.
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Denial vs. Reality
😬Pretty soon Donald Trump is going to have to do the one thing he hates doing — admit things aren’t going very well economically.
📈Gas prices jumped from $4.18 to $4.30 in two days.
✈️People are not going to be able to afford summer vacations and airline tickets
💸Two economies — Trump faces an economy doing great for him and fellow rich folks and terrible for the rest of us.
💰Touting retirement accounts
Trump: “The great thing for millions of Americans who lack employer sponsored plans, this will be really revolutionary because they’ll be covered. Nobody thought that was possible.”
📈Stock market records
Trump: “Since my election, the stock market has set 59 — this is in a little bit more than a year — 59 all-time record highs”
The Dow jumps 850 points today
S&P 500 hit a new intraday high
But at the same time —
⛽Gas prices are rising
Today, gas is at $4.30 a gallon
Last week: $4.03
✈️Summer travel plans are changing — according to a YouGov poll:
33% of travelers say they are traveling less due to added costs
25% say they are choosing cheaper and closer destinations
👎Trump’s economic approval is crashing
📉Personal finance outlook is plummeting
💭Let’s think about the American family sitting around the dinner table tonight —
🤦No family that is trying to figure out how to pay for their summer vacation is looking at each other, saying, “It’s okay, we can’t take our kids to Disney this year because we finally have a ballroom at the White House”
😬Only around a quarter of Americans support the ballroom
Good read 📰: Axios headlines “Trump’s attempts to remake D.C. fall flat with Americans,” writing:
“Trump’s grand vision for a White House ballroom where the bulldozed East Wing once stood and plans for an enormous triumphal arch aren’t resonating with Americans as the president stares down a tough midterm election.”
What I’m thinking💭: Is this a case of Trump’s advisors only telling him what he wants to hear?
Watch tonight📺: Daniella Diaz, Christina Pascucci and Annalyse Keller
Is it real❓
Foreign Espionage?!⚠️: As weird as the missing scientists cases are, what should worry us the most are the scientists who’ve just completely disappeared.
What I’m thinking💭: We don’t know who could have taken them, if they simply ran away or if this is a potential national security risk
Sound the alarms🚨: It could very well be the Russians or Chinese behind all of this — that should scare us all
🎤Just listen to Chris Swecker last night:
“The missing scientists cannot be explained. If there’s anything going on at all here, it is what I would call a garden-variety espionage. It’s the stuff that happens daily with nuclear scientists, rocket propulsion scientists. Anyone who’s working on sensitive technology is the target of espionage from Russia, China, and other hostile foreign intelligence services.”
Tonight📺: NewsNation’s Tracy Walder and former CIA operations officer Lindsay Moran
Throw the Bums Out🤾
‼️Today, Maine’s milquetoast establishment, Democratic governor threw in the towel on her Senate run, clearing the path for Nazi tattoo-wearing lobster man Graham Platner.
😬It’s a hell of a sentence
📰Our friend Evan Barker explains why headlining:
Zoom out🌍: Planter in Maine, Zohran Mamdani in New York and Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan.
😡The Democratic Party is angry.
Hope🙏: Celebrity Spencer Pratt is now No. 2 in the LA mayor race.
📺His ad is incredible.
😆He compares taking out the basura (trash) to Mayor Karen Bass
Be real🤷: Bass’s policies aren’t much different than Mamdanis, etc
Watch tonight📺: Evan Barker joins us