For the better part of this year, I have been noticing publicly on the Twitter, and on these pages, how the financial interests of the global/political establishment elite, and a host of affiliated Technocrats formerly outlined as the Sea Island group, seemingly have been working an operation to divide MAGA.
That operation is to separate President Trump from his support base.
President Trump has been navigating this dynamic, sometimes failing -not surprisingly given the scope of the issue- yet keeping his focus on the larger objective, the ‘ultimate solutions’ approach he is known for.
ISRAEL – To wit, many people have criticized President Trump for being too close to Israeli interests. As if those voices do not understand the scale of institutional interests toward maintaining foreign influence in U.S. politics (perhaps many don’t). [Ex. If Ron DeSantis had won in ’24, right now we would be talking about forward operating USA bases in Iran]
Perhaps people criticized President Trump for attending the Knesset legislative session of Israel, yet did not notice the totally Trumpian move of calling out Mariam Adelson during those same remarks. In essence, President Trump candidly spotlit the very nature of the thing that people are upset about.
Trust me, you can tell from the nervous responses the local audience didn’t miss Trump’s words, nor what they meant. They were considerably jaw agape at the brutal honesty. That boss move did not win Trump any benefits there – RJC lack of attendance notwithstanding.
There is a reason Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and Indonesia support President Trump as the ONLY one who can organize the solution to the Gaza conflict long-term. They have said they cannot see anyone else delivering a solution to this generational problem. Those middle east nations trust the humanitarian agenda of President Trump specifically, because he is strategically and objectively detached from the narrow agenda of Israel.
On the H1B visas. No one wants to see H1B visa abuse; yet, do we accept the scale and scope of the tech sector in exploiting/using this system? Have we forgotten Elon Musk’s December 2024 statements, or those of Vivek Ramaswamy, which highlighted the tech REDLINE position?
Do we understand the tenuous nature of the coalition candidate Trump put together to defeat the professional UniParty, which included the same very influential tech leaders as lukewarm allies to MAGA? Big Tech is border averse, institutionally minded globalists, i.e. in traditionally comfortable relations with Democrats.
On Chinese university students. Again, no one wants to see American kids stopped from attending colleges and universities. Those 300,000 per year foreign students are paying out-of-state tuition, in full and in cash, and while the system might be in need of change, President Trump is not proposing anything that doesn’t already exist. 600,000 student visas per 2-year-term is the current enrollment rate, not an increase.
On 50-year-mortgages. No one wants to see first-time homebuyers ripped off; but again, optimal solutions. No one is going to stay in a home for 50-years; the average is seven. This is the way for young people to afford a smaller payment and begin to build some equity or at least own something. It’s an option, not a requirement. It’s an alternative that might help some people afford to move in an ongoing housing crisis.
For Banks and Financial Interests. Many people are upset about President Trump having working dinners with bankers and members of high finance. Yet, if President Trump collapsed the U.S. dollar, we’d never hear the end of it – nor survive as a prospering nation through the ramifications of it. President Trump is trying to build a strong domestic economy for the U.S, while still maintaining the dollar as the best alternative for global investment and trade currency.
Trump is the national steward for your economic way of life, and without him there would be little to no hope for long-term stability. As much as you might decry President Trump for focusing attention to the globe, without that effort our financial house would shrink rather quickly.
This brings me to the most frustrating part of watching Republicans that most MAGA-minded folks are missing.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS – We are watching the professional Republican apparatus going through a state level congressional redistricting effort, using the statistics from the 2024 electoral coalition that President Trump delivered. Every state is using the MAGA voting bloc as the baseline for their congressional redistricting.
Those votes, and as a consequence, those districts, are of such a significant scale and Republican Party benefit, only because candidate Donald Trump delivered those voices to the polls. However, these are the same professionals within the Republican Party apparatus who are trying to split the MAGA coalition.
Think about how Machiavellian and typically Republican this operation is.
The Republicans are using the votes that Trump delivered to enhance their state Republican voices, while simultaneously trying to break apart the coalition that gives them the ability to scale up their Republican influence. I doubt you could ever show me a more perfect encapsulation of how the abuser/abused relationship works in politics.
Any one of these hot button issues, or a combination therein, might be the trigger point for you to withdraw support. Okay, I get your frustration. However, each one of these issues is a smaller part of a coalition of support that delivered the result in 2024. There’s a bunch of special interests I do not support, yet I fully understand why Trump may take a different approach toward that issue.
Do I still support President Trump?
Yes, because the alternative is a Republican.
I’m not sure some people don’t understand …
“Never attribute to
malicestupidity that which is adequately explained bystupiditymalice.”In other words…..
In NC, both houses are majority R. The Guv has no veto authority over redistricting. NC isn’t purple, it’s mostly Red. The urban counties (CLT/Meck, Greensboro/Guilford, W-S/Forsyth & Wake/Raleigh) are rife with voter fraud.
I, too, live in NC in a rural county, not urban, but I agree that the counties you mention as rife with voter fraud.
Illegals Voting
It was reported today that 1 in 6 residents of Charlotte is an immigrant. That is 150,000 out of a population of 900,000. We’re not going to stay red if we don’t take care of election integrity.
and illegal immigrants
Bravo, Sundance!
I love SD, but unless 10/7 was a GOPe operation, I find his recent description of the MAGA/Sea Island internecine conflict narrow in scope and limited in its explanatory power.
Sundance said he was not finished also. He had to rush it out.
Feel free to expand your comment and present your insights.
Uh hmm.
Sure.
Because its not blatantly obvious, and has not been discussed before, on these pages.
SMH, whatever….
Reading comprehension is key. Go with that, and proceed.
“All of this is said to frame the context for 2025, and the objectives of the political influence agents to break up the MAGA movement into smaller digestible pieces. The wedge issue is not accidentally Israel.
Israel has been selected as a wedge issue to divide MAGA, because Israel-First influencers viewed themselves in a vulnerable position. This too needs context.”
Do go on…
What is blatantly obvious, exactly?
Sundance expects his readers to be willing to study the issues and follow information threads. MAGA/Sea Island has been going on for a long time and is not an easy concept to understand (it violates all the GOP expectations Normies have), much less grasp all the ramifications. My guess is that many people have a very narrow scope of information retention and limited in their comprehension power.
The reason for his vague comment.
If I stipulate that I’m informed by naivete and motivated by apostasy, will you admit that we wouldn’t have an internal debate about Gaza without the events of 10/7 and IDF’s response? Hardly seems like an engineered political tempest, to me. Rather a long overdue examination of principles and priorities.
So, Sea Island did 10/7. Thanks. Clears that up for me.
Seems to me that the debate about Israel on the American right started before 2025, but I’m a thirsty horse in an abyss…or something.
Well, SD brought the water to the horse. Horse doesn’t recognize water. It seems we may be in an abyss. Frustrating.
Thank you for that explicit and detailed explanation, Sundance. The illumination you provided is very much appreciated!
This is exactly why I refuse to support “regular”Republicans, and I refuse to enter into the chaos and side-taking of Tucker Carlson, MTG, Candace Owens, etc.
President Trump has earned my trust. I trust him to make the best decision possible in an array of bad choices available. He isn’t perfect, he doesn’t know everything and he’s not always right, but he’s the best we’ve got and without him and his north star orientation, we really would be lost in the wilderness, and lambs led to the slaughter.
In other words, the enemy of the good is the quest for pure perfection.
It is like the folks who are all for forcing SNAP receipients to purchase fresh fruits and vegatables for at home preparation of a balance plate of all 4 food groups, but have no concept of the work involved in preparing and serving such a meal. While that may be the ideal, the reality is that lasting change comes from many small decisions to follow a different path.
The best plans are formulated with the end in mind and the recognition that progress is never a straight line. I remember many comments were filled with arm chair resolve right after the 2024 election when the pain of change was ahead many folks were committing to accepting a little short term chaos in return for a real change in direction.
I too want accountability and change to happen yesterday, but I believe Trump learned during his first term that rushing into change has many hidden consequences and ultimately results in a longer time line to enact lasting change. My observation is that plans and actions are more strategic and methodical this term resulting in delayed satisfaction (A little like cooking with an oven vs. a microwave – Speed is not always optimal).
What is needed is more rugged perserverence and a little less fair weather sensitivity. Remember, there is One greater than Trump that truly has everything under control.
I am sure if he WERE a fascist dictator he could snap his fingers and the Deep State would melt like the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz. But he is one man doing the best he can with ankle biters and lead weights attached.
I have a bowl of soup a foot to my right hand.
Personally think people are weak in the head to at this point in his administration start to question PDT, period full stop. One of my former employees was a retired Gunnery Sargent. He would tell me constantly when other employees would complain about total bs, ” Some people just can’t stand prosperity”. Seems fitting with the current MEGA base.
“Yes, because the alternative is a Republican.”
Thank You for honesty, Sundance, and a good chuckle!
The LORD, HIMSELF, has BLESSED us indeed with President Trump!
Living our Best Life with the help of Almighty GOD!
AMEN & AMEN
Dave Ramsey’s Team discussed the 50 year mortgage in detail on their YouTube channel
If Trump wants to make an impact then mandate that payments on a mortgage must be applied at 80% on principal. People don’t get equity on a house for a decade the way it is now.
The lack of equity development early in the course of a loan is the consequence of math. No more, no less.
This reminds me of when “everyone” was saying tariffs wouldn’t work. “Show me the math.” they’d say.
Well, now look at the math.
Sundance is right look at the math and consider we only stay in a house seven years before we move to another one.
I don’t see any evil in a 50 year mortgage. As a real estate investor, it sounds like a way to get a lower payment for an investment house that I will sell or refinance in the next seven years anyway.
This is not a partisan issue. It sucks!
A 50 year mortgage is fine if you are house hopping. If you want to build equity and own something, it’s horrible.
7 years…..did you read the WHOLE article?
Not really. If you are purchasing a starter home chances are you will move on to a different home within ten years. Chances are your salary will also improve as you gain more experience and seniority.
A prudent borrower would then pay down principal to reduce the loan term, if they are worried about the length of the mortgage. That’s what we did, paying off our 30 year mortgage in half the time.
I don’t know anyone who still resides in their starter home. They often obtain a larger home to accommodate a growing family, then downsize after the children leave the nest.
My daughter just moved into a starter home whose previous owners lived there for eight years.
The younger generation changes homes -and employers- more frequently than did previous generations. Loyalties to employers went out the window forty years ago with the advent of 401K retirement accounts that move with the employee.
A fifty year loan won’t really be a fifty year loan. That has not been the trend at all.
And if house prices decline and you also need to relocate for better employment…then what?
The opposite could also be a factor. It is likely house prices and valuation will increase and provide more equity.
I heard “mobile” loans mentioned.
We have lived in our house for 30 years. We have not paid off the loan but have a huge amount of equity, in part due to 2.62% interest.
People complain about unaffordable housing but the house my Dad built for us in 1959 was one story, brick, three bedrooms, and about 2000 square feet. The size of homes has gone up and builders do not want to build three bedroom houses these days. Not enough profit.
With 50 foot ceilings. Wassup with that?
People that would get a 50 yr mortgage could not own a home without it probably. A lot of first timers might appreciate it until they can increase their income and refinance when rates come down and/or get a shorter term.
“People that would get a 50 yr mortgage could not own a home without it probably.”
“This is the way for young people to afford a smaller payment and begin to build some equity or at least own something.”
Looking at an amortization schedule for a 50 year mortgage, the people with that loan will never own their home. Get married in your late twenties. Save up for the home purchased in your early thirties. You’re in your mid eighties before the note is paid off. Kids would be past college age before refinancing to cover tuition could even be considered. Many won’t even live that long. Die in debt, ’cause it’s the American way!
The amount of money paid in interest is obscene at that term length. It’s mind boggling how we ever allowed ourselves to pay the amount of interest that we do on a 30 year note.
Sundance’s atricle is not about a 50 year mortgage, but since you brought it up, any mortgage can be paid off sooner by contributing more than the PITI monthly payment, designating the additional funds to the principal. As a result, one pays less interest over the term, pays off the loan sooner and builds equity.
We have a much bigger issue here: College student loan borrowers that graduate in debt and cannot afford a mortgage; this, all the while colleges get the money immediately when a student matriculates leaving those in debt to fend for themselves. Where people think colleges get the money to pay charlatans like Elizabeth Warren. Colleges should not get paid immediately, perhaps spaced over the years a student attends. From that perspective, a 50 year mortgage might look good for those newly in debt to Uncle Sam.
“Colleges should not get paid immediately, perhaps spaced over the years a student attends.”
Is there any restraints on college tuition price hikes when the government is picking up the tab?
Colleges should not get paid by a government schemed tuition loan program where there’s no connection between the money paid out and the end product, the demonstrated education of the student. When student tuition money came from the parents refinancing their home, the students were more likely to study in college rather than waste their tame attending frat parties. They had to answer to their parents for their actions.
Is there any connection between the government’s oversight on college student loans and the “ObamaCare” Affordable Care Act? Back when that legislation was passed it was rumored that an assortment of federal government student loan programs were tucked (snuck) into that bill.
I bought my first home just before turning 40.
It was a 30 year that I brought down to 19 years with extra 10% payments to principal.
So no, I was not stuck with it for the original term, and neither will be youngsters buying starter homes and fixeruppers.
PDJT is superbly versed in real estate. If he thinks the 50y is a good idea, I’m fine with it.
Silliness. No one is obligated. It’s a means to an end.
This will be impetus to build something that will last, not some clapboard that explodes with a puff of wind.
Dave Ramsey also said that Senator John McCain was a great senator.
Dave Ramsey thinks that when two people become business partners that they should have a partnership agreement that specifies what happens when the partnership fails. He also thinks that two people who enter a partnership called a marriage don’t need to put into writing (ie, a prenup) beforehand what happens should the partnership fail. He thinks that rather than make an agreement beforehand while they love each other, they should wait until they despise each other and own a home and have 3 kids.
Dave Ramsey spent the last 4 years telling people to buy real estate.
“Dave Ramsey spent the last 4 years telling people to buy real estate.”
Does Dave Ramsey have any financial instruments making money for him off of interest paid by others on their mortgages?
He loves to hear himself talk.
McCain owned ten homes.
How do they know? Idiots.
We are screwed in 28 even if the fake-MAGA Vance wins.
No need to pile on Trump. Enjoy the ride.
Agree, I just don’t appreciate the gaslighting about it. The truth has no agenda right?
These people are looking a gift horse in the mouth — what President Trump could achieve in three years — and turning away crying wham, wham, wham but he didn’t… (insert their pet peeve).
Their brains are fried.
Three years is all we have!
I am filled with gratitude for all he’s done and pray for him and us that we get these next three years.
I pray for Trump when his term is over.
The Greeks and Shakespeare didn’t write all the tragedies. History continues.
“Enjoy the ride.”
Yes. But keep your seat belt buckled and get ready for a spectacular dismount.
There certainly appears to be a lot of tension amongst the MAGA commentariat lately no doubt, but out here in the real world, I’m just not seeing it. Sure, some people care more about Israel than others, and some people care more about Epstein than others. But if President Trump can deport a few million more illegal invaders and somehow manages to get gas prices down to $2 per gallon then everything else will be just background noise to the MAGA base.
James Carville was right at least once when he said “It’s the economy stupid”. It was true then, and it’s true now.
Those who listen to paid commentators and tune into faux news sources seem to be more influenced by the naysayers. They don’r seem to realize that their go-to news sources are biased against MAGA, indeed the free world, and have been all along. It’s better not to pay them any mind.
I’m at the point where I literally do not care what anybody says. The only thing that matters are results.
The problem I think is that the MAGA base is so large and so diverse and yet all so beaten down that everyone is hoping for a savior. And any little thing that even suggests that somebody is failing them causes some faction within MAGA very real psychological pain.
See Sundance’s other article tonight about James Comey.
My only concern is what comes after Trump. You can pretend not to notice all you want but there is no replacement for MAGA/Trump and the New Normal fake pandemic induced fraudulent elections have blocked all grassroots MAGA candidates from higher office leaving Trump isolated and alone on an island surrounded by the swamp. You better believe the vultures are circling above.
Restoring some sense of election integrity, at least to pre-fake pandemic levels (before mass mail-in ballots and endless election nights) might save us. Otherwise the Club will continue to install whoever they choose.
And the next time the globalist cabal fake a pandemic, there really will be a covid passport powered by AI.
Fake Pandemic
Fake 46th pResident
Fake Wars
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Sure wish Susie Wiles wasn’t hog-tying RFK Jr and Dr. Oz. Of all the “broken pieces” of the Uniparty System – OBAMA-DONT-CARE should have been killed off on Day 1. Maybe Susie’s biggest supporters don’t like anyone messing with their vehicle for indenturing the American public and stealing our middle American wealth? Since when is Ozempic better than practicing functional medicine?
Domestically, I care about 1) judicial malfeasance, 2) the complete destruction of our healthcare system, 3) election integrity, and 4) stopping illegals from stealing from our public treasury. Internationally – don’t give one wit about anyone else.
She’s the top problem.
She should have no say in anything except when the boss’s office gets cleaned. Everything else is for the winners of elections. Period.
I sense the problems with Susie are becoming increasingly clear to certain people who have the president’s ear.
In the matter of H1b visas and Chinese college students, I find myself deeply opposed to President Trump, and that’s unlikely to change. I also think he has chosen to promote unnecessary feuds with members of the legislature who oppose him on a thing or two but support the overall direction of his administration. But do I still support him? Yes. Knowing what I now know, would I still have voted for him? Yes.
‘members of the legislature who oppose him on a thing or two but support the overall direction of his administration.’
What?! They oppose President Trump’s policies.
President Trump is not the problem. The uniparty and their donors are.
Not one CONgress critter has passed the critical legislation needed to cement President Trump’s executive orders beyond his second term. Not one CONgress critter will vote to recess so he can finally choose his own MAGA cabinet, when only *one* vote is necessary to do so.
These legislators oppose President Trump on EVERYTHING. They won’t even legislate immigration reform for Pete’s sake!
I support Trump BUT ….I 100% disagree with allowing H1B visa holders to take AMERICAN jobs and allowing 600,000 student visas per 2-year-term for Chinese spies taking seats that AMERICANS should have. I think anyone with children who have been harmed by these policies will agree with me.
Economy and immigration were the top issues in the 2024 election. It’s one thing to have Elon or Vivek say bad things about Americans, but to have Trump say them on national television is a whole other ball game. My kids have just been branded lazy, stupid, and unskilled compared to the Chinese and Indians – by the President of the United States!!!!
Maybe Trump is thinking of Don Jr when he says the US doesn’t have enough smart people.
Come on, people! PDJT is not talking about the IQ level of American youth, he is basing his opinion on the very low condition of our public education. Many other nations have far better educational systems compared to America therefore are producing individuals better qualified for colleges, universities and, ultimately, skills above the American counterpart! It will take several generations to repair the damage done to our children’s children’s children. That is assuming our public education CAN improve!
Excellent piece, Sundance. Thank you!
I especially appreciate the clarification on Israel.
You omitted and might consider adding in a follow-up piece: Epstein, J6, and the Kirk assassination (especially Candace Owens).
Candace Owens is a paid influencer to divide MAGA.
She doesn’t give a crap about Charlie Kirk’s assassination only her bank account and she isn’t the only one.
The Israel first, Qatar first and pseudo conservative influencers are trying to divide us.
President Trump is surrounded by sharks and he still fights for the American people.
It is time to get into this game to stop the RINO’s and defeat the dems! We need boots on the ground to register new MAGA voters. We need to join together in our neighborhoods and communities and work on bottom up. We need to get to the offices of our congressional reps. They need to hear from us that we will not tolerate their “do nothing and wait Trump out” stance! WE CAME BEFORE TRUMP! So many of us were Patriots or Tea Party! Now and through to the next year we need to get mobile. We can’t sit back. All the Executive ORDERS NEED TO BE MADE INTO LAW BY THE REPUBLICANS. We also need to see all republicans as democrats. NO ONE IN WASHINGTON DC IS on our side!
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Great post written by an adult who deals with reality.
Maybe a whole bunch of us should send a little email to these losers telling them if they fail to support Trump we the people will simply see that they are removed from their positions at the earliest opportunity. Remember the saying from some old movie or TV show “I brought you into this world – I can take you out.”
President Trump is the absolute most transparent president ever. The enemymedia fails miserably at exposing it.
Is it me, or has Steven Miller been awfully quiet lately?
I have seen him a couple of times – once on Robb Schmitt at Newsmax.
Thank you for explaining these issues. I was curious about each of the issues reviewed here b/c of the conflicting information out there. Because of that, I kept looking to see what you, Sundance, would say. Thanks again for this.
1 million LEGAL immigrants is what the Globalist Labor Party is bringing into 26 million population Australia annually, many of them Muslims who will never integrate. This malice towards the white population is not just in the USA. Pres Trump is the only hope for the rest of the world as well as USA, please everyone support him.
“please put on your oxygen mask before assisting others”…..that is my analogy for saving the world
YES!! MAGA!!
God bless President Trump!!
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DJT is not a king.
He is the most diligent, pro citizen president of my lifetime.
He has personally suffered the most, and has fought the hardest under dire circumstances. Neither party wants him to succeed.
He came damn close to assassination twice.
Yes, I don’t want foreign students and workers pouring in one door while booting out the illegals through another.
As I said, he isn’t a king. He has to negotiate. ♥️🤍💙
Can not someone show some measure of the benefit of H1B vs the illegals? Bribe Musk to shut up. He may have a golden goose of an H1b recipient, but there’s more young people ready for DOGE team…and some older people too.
My question is, how important was it to get these wars settled or in a stable place (where you don’t hear about them every night) to getting the economic plans PDJT has in place? Could he have turned his back on the international sceene and still been able to get his econmy in place without stopping all these forexer wars?
I notice that the Ukraine/Russia issue hass cooled to the point it is a minor blurb in most newscasts.
I wonder why it took PDJT so long to call the DIMMSS bluff on Epstein. Show us where Trump is involved. Show us where all the PEDO Dimms were on Epstein’s Island.
Play the Frazzeled.rip file on the evening news all channels.
It is time for PDJT to tell some of these lower court judges and John Roberts that he is no longer going to allow them to obstruct the Article II Branch. If they want to find out who the US marshals answer to, that guard their courts, they are about to find out.
Its called Judicial Courtesy, there is no law requiring the Article II branch to bend its knee to the lower courts.
Maybe it is time the Judiciary extend a little courtesy to the Executive Branch.
Getting wars settled means less money going to them (democrats and RINO’s) via foreign aid.
“Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.” -Jerome John Garcia
With all due respect, Trump was re-elected to pull down the system around the ears of the dirtbags who own and profit from it. “I’m going to drain the swamp and obliterate the deep state.” Instead he is playing footsie and throwing bones to globohomo and foreign interests at the expense on those who backed him while these same interests tried to bankrupt, imprison, and murder him.
The fact is that Trump is still funding Ukraine, still bombed a middle east country at the behest of Israel, is still exempting all existing H1-B visas, is still building the biomedical security and total surveillance state via palintair, still hasn’t released the Epstein files, still hasn’t held anyone accountable for rampant criminality, and still hasn’t improved the lives of Americans in any significant way in affordability or quality of life.
We can blame the machinations of the Sea Island group for dividing the base, but in politics, perception is reality, and Trump is not doing anything to correct the perception.
Ridiculous. Your pet issues aren’t the only issues.
We all agree on WHAT Trump was elected for; BUT, the HOW is where so many of us differ. Being almost 80 years old, I look at things much more pragmatically than when younger and more idealistic. What CAN be accomplished wile fighting off all of the snakes, alligators and Judas/Brutus friends, is totally different than what we would like to see completed.
As is said:” Hard times make for strange bedfellows”.
All of Trumps enemies have stonewalled, laid traps, Slow walked (6months+ just to get a Cabinet) contested (commie judges) EVERY SINGLE STEP. Also keep in mind that if POTUS could snap his fingers and have everything cleaned up, it would collapse the economy and guarantee a flip in 2026/28 due to the millions of lazy, entitled, commies that would be flaming mad.
You can’t expel 20 million illegal people in a few of years and not colipase the economy.
Securing the vote is critical, BUT, how can this be done, given the forgoing?
Nobody can fix 50 years of infiltration/greed/commies in our government in 4 years. This is a long war.
I don’t always understand, but give grace to our POTUS because he is the one on the front line, in the middle of the battle, not me. He is the on-the- ground field commander, not an armchair general.
God be with and protect him.
Well done, Oregon Miner!
If I were Trump, I’d ignore the bulk of these hair-raisingly presumptuous comments.
FAKE NEWS, he would say!
Here we go again. Someone who thinks President Trump should be Superman. He needs some help getting these things accomplished. He can’t even get the Senate to vote on his nominations.
Then go vote for James Donald Bowman, aka James David Bowman, aka James David Hamel, aka JD Vance in 2028.
One thing I don’t get is the online environment. If I’m not interested in an online persona I just don’t read/watch/listen to it. I don’t start a crusade to silence them. Lately the online discourse has been even more contrived than normal. Recent example, I bet most of you never heard of the institute of republican studies. Let alone the 2 members who penned a wall of text on twitter attacking several republican figures and generally twisting the conservative message. Yet somehow thier wall of text was pushed to every account everywhere. I had to scroll past that stupidity at least 20 times. Catturd, cerno, poso, jesse kelly, people you’ve heard of, all quote tweeting some nobodies from nowhere who probably couldn’t get 50 clicks between them. It’s absurd. Now I’m not accusing anyone of getting paid, it could be they all got pushed that from the algorithms and felt it was so incredibly stupid they had to respond. I’m a Musk fan but he’s still suspect, and the x feeds right now are playing right into the online fracture attempts, which brings it all back to the subject at hand. Is x infested with liberals still, or is Elon doing it?
I’ve never been tempted to open a social media account for the reasons you just highlighted. I can barely tolerate hearing opinions directly from the people I know personally.
I would rather take a polar bear plunge than to follow paid social media influencers. The opinions of all the paid propagandists mean absolutely nothing to me.
All good questions!
The anti-Trump Right and the anti-Trump Left are conducting their pinzer maneuver on MAGA. They know they have little time to move the needle. So it’s intense. Thousands of influencers are carrying the same garbage message, i.e,.”I voted three times for Trump, but now he’s lost me. I’m still America First but…”
It is easy to disagree with people over any subject. You have to look at the big picture of what choices you have. I hate the H1B visas as I witnessed to many people lose their jobs to this scam all to lower wages. Reality is can you really get Congress to work on limiting them? I realize Trump has to pick his battles and understand what are priorities. Trump’s policies and actions are the most closely aligned to what I voted for than any other candidate, Republican or Democrat. This is why I support Trump and won’t pull my support over all the noise. My biggest frustration is how people who should be supportive of Trump are working to split MAGA into MAGA and AFAO (America First and America only). How would AFAO like it if as a result of their divisive work someone like Kamala or Newscum were president – virtually any Democrat would be closer to America Last and push for another never ending war. It is much better to support getting 80% of what you want as opposed to 20%. I’ll end with this. There are only two other people that I agree with most of the time, they are me and myself; when we disagree the three of us have a debate.
“The person who agrees with you 80% of the time is a friend and an ally, not a 20% traitor” – Ronald Reagan
Hmm. It only took a few months for daddy Bush to destroy the Reagan legacy.
I totally agree with Sundance. Each of us MAGA people has our own “special interests,” but if we lost Trump, right away all of us would be doing everything we could to re-connect with him.
Sometimes we imagine Trump as solving all our problems, as if that is what we elected him to do.
But there is no man or woman who can solve all our problems no matter how skillful they are.
We are fortunate to have a man who has thought for a long time about these issues. It’s not like this is his first year of thinking about them. So he’s been thinking for a while how to deal with RINOS, how to deal with the UNIPARTY, how to deal with the democrats, how to deal with foreign Muslim countries, all of whom would like to see Israel destroyed; he’s thought about Israel, and he’s thought about Iran. He’s thought about the dollar, and he’s thought about how to get Americans out of debt slavery.
He’s thought about about gold backed currency. He’s thought about how to work together with Putin and Xi to deliver more freedom from debt slavery to more people, including Americans but not limited to just Americans.
He’s thought about how to get investments in manufacturing back to the US, and what that would the price of that be. He’s decided the price of that is worth paying.
He’s been working for a peace deal in Ukraine, and he’s been working for an end to the war in Gaza/Israel. But think about what he is working against: when it comes to Israel, he is working against an international coalition of Muslim nations who want Israel destroyed. They have zero interest in protecting the rights of Israelis. Out of all those nations that hate Israel, some might be able to be helpful to the US, so he has sought them out, regardless of the fact that they hate Israel.
He’s tried very hard to work out a solution to the Ukraine War, but I believe he is up against a globalist coalition of forces some of whom are members of Congress who benefit highly from the money laundering business that Ukraine is all about. You’ve seen them go to Ukraine and pretend they care about Ukraine, making speeches from Ukraine about how important it is for America to support Ukraine. In reality they were telling you: “I make my money from Ukraine. Therefore it is essential that the US shovel more taxpayer dollars from your bank accounts into mine.”
This is what he is up against. If he never is able to make peace in Ukraine I won’t really blame him. If he is never able to make peace in Israel/Gaza, I won’t blame him. It is clear that there are psychopaths who want to kill as many people as possible, whether it is in Ukraine or Gaza. In Ukraine it’s those who gain money from continuing the war who benefit from the piles of dead bodies. In Gaza, it’s the psychopathic mass murderers, Hamas, who put their own people in the line of fire to protect them from death. I dare anyone here to compare the methods used between Hamas and Israel. There is no comparison. Israel has gone so far out of their way to protect civilians that they have achieved the lowest civilian to combatant death rate EVER of any combat army IN HISTORY. Yes, far better than even the US has achieved.
The point is Trump has to navigate all of this and everyone’s self interests, and MAGA people are much more attuned to these issues than the people on the left.
I recently have mentioned to family members how people in MAGA are focused on policy. They look at me like this was an idea that they never heard of. I said, “Yes, we care about specific policies and elected Trump based upon those policies.” They don’t know what to say. These are intelligent people. But the people on the left are used to parrotting what they hear on the MSM. They don’t think for themselves. They don’t explore the issues.
Trump’s base is a lot of people who have looked at a lot of issues and have specific ideas about the policies and issues.
Next time you hear someone say “The democrats stick together,” just think, “The democrats who have no idea what policies they want or they don’t want, stick together and parrot what they hear someone say on the radio.”
We patriots are not like that. We are laser focused on policies that we believe will lead to greater liberty and a return to a Constitutional Republic.
We know what we want, and there is still a lot that has not been accomplished. I disagree with all of those who say, “Aha! He’s not going to deliver.” No, some things are not delivered yet. Give the man some more time. How long have we waited for Trump to be President and have a decent team working with him? Is everyone on the team perfect? No. Is that a reason to give up?
No.
Yes because of the abusive relationship between us and “the government” we tend to get hopeless pretty quickly. But the positivity must come from us. We must have the capacity for trust in President Trump so we give him a good chance to deliver. If he doesn’t deliver we will know, but before we pass judgment, I believe we must put our judgment aside to consider where he is coming from, and what he is dealing with.
He’s already delivered enough for me to see him as the greatest President in my lifetime.
Anything else he adds to the plate is just gravy now.
Gutfeld is right – we don’t deserve PDJT.
Why even hold elections when the crooked unlawful judiciary is running everything?
… formerly outlined as the Sea Island group, seemingly have been working an operation to divide MAGA – this includes Wiles and Scammy Jo correct? Certainly Pres Trump can do something about that.
Spot on Sundance,, despite it all, whatever my thoughts may be,, Trump has my support .And, I trust the Guy
Who is RJC?
Republican Jewish Coalition. There actually is such a thing. Who knew?
Enter Lyin’ Ted Cruz, for prez. ‘28
The Canadian guy?
He is unhinged.
Whenever they attack Trump or Vance, they are telling you that their goal is to divide MAGA.
Do they attack Vance?
They are attacking Vance through one of his young aids.
Vance isn’t MAGA.
I disagree:
As VP he has been extremely loyal.
He’s working the TPUSA crowd to get their endorsement, and he really doesn’t have to as he already has Erika’s.
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” Those middle east nations trust the humanitarian agenda of President Trump specifically, because he is strategically and objectively detached from the narrow agenda of Israel.”
What is the narrow agenda of Israel?
Not wanting “Palestinians” in Gaza murdering them or raping their wives? That’s a narrow interest? This is after 2005 when Israel totally withdrew from Gaza and said, “Hey, why don’t you Muslims create a Singapore here?” Even President Trump suggested that. Nope, the Gazans agreed to a man that their objective was to kill all the Jews. Stuck on stupid, much?
Better question:
Why is there not one Arab nation and (there are 22 of them) and not one Muslim country (there are 56 of them) who want Palestinian “refugees” in their country as permanent residents or even as visitors? They all detest the “Palestinians.”
Wonder why?
“Not wanting “Palestinians” in Gaza mutilating them, murdering them, and raping them, their children and their wives?“ [FIFY]See
For context:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15290853/Ive-writing-October-7-rape-horrors-day-one-new-accounts-sex-assaults-men-women-girls-expose-greater-depths-Hamass-depravity-writes-NATALIE-LISBONA.html
There’s even more fake noise lately – from the TC/Nick Fuentes BS to Epstein to the MTG/Trump soap opera, much of it fueled by Soros’ funded Anti-israel Drop Site “news”. It’s more worrisome to some than the proliferation of islamic fundamentalism and socialist mayors – and neocons don’t care as long as they benefit.
Open Society Foundations’ public grants database shows that George Soros’ OSF awarded $250,000 to DropSite News, an outlet branded as “pro terror” for its Hamxs and Hezbollah friendly coverage
https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/1990395964281008617#m
We should all appreciate the candor. We have to tell each other the raw truth at all times. President Trump has the big extended family, so I don’t believe there’s any doubt he’s prioritizing for the long term. He’s not looking to saddle his grandchildren with the dystopian image Sundance posts sometimes.
As a truth teller, I am anti H-1B for all the normal reasons, plus the national security threat of letting non-USA born people operate our infrastructure. This must stop – kiosks and tellers in India must not be allowed to begin. What we already have now, is a grave threat to the USA. Too much of our institutional / corporate / enterprise IT is ultimately touched by, or managed by, foreign nationals – people not born in the USA, and by other foreign nationals, who are not even present in the USA.
Data often leaves the USA without notification to the owners.
“The Republicans are using the votes that Trump delivered to enhance their state Republican voices, while simultaneously trying to break apart the coalition that gives them the ability to scale up their Republican influence”
The inability to think logically and critically.
More of a moral/ethical courage and integrity issue than of logic, IMHO.
NEVER withdrawing from my support!
But disappointed in gas prices again, grocery prices and general inflation still going on. I can’t believe chuck shoulder is $7/lb ON SALE. I wouldn’t buy it when sale price went up to $5/lb. I don’t understand what’s going on with beef in general and my husband just told me it’s slated to go up 60% next year. And my yearly natural gas budget went from $90 a month to $125. My husband mentioned about Chinese owning beef processing, i know they own our largest pork processors, Smithfield and related brands.
I do not l like Vivek Ramaswamy and President Trump is shoving him in for Ohio governor. So David Yost dropped out of the race. Mr h1b visa loving himself. I will have to hold my nose but i am.very bitter about it. Not ever voting Democrat.
Prices are higher the bluer the state one lives in. I see it here in blueMA. Just my opinion of course.
Stands to reason the blue gummint corruptohacks are finding ways to skim off the cream produced by PDJT’s policies.
I do believe President Trump when he said it will be painful for a while. I lived through Jimmy Carter’s four years. I can wait.
SD thanks for the noise update. I will pretty much remember this every day until President Trump sadly leaves office. This is all one needs to remember with all the “noise” money, influence, agendas and satan working overtime can deliver to MAGA.
Do I still support President Trump?
Yes, because the alternative is a Republican. FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT! Questions..
For those who have begun to sour on DJT, keep in mind that he’ll be gone before you know it and none of his policies are permanent. After 2028, we are back to business as usual, with the Uniparty’s relentless push down The Road to Serfdom and the managed decline of America. Cloward-Piven will be running rampant and we’ll be starting fresh wars in central Asia, if not stoking the smoldering embers of old ones. DEI and anti-Western propaganda will once again be Job #1 in the school curriculum. Russia will regain its evil bogey man status and China our best friend. In short, welcome to the third world United Socialist States of America!
Be careful what you wish for and the unintended consequences of DJT loosing his base of support, or we won’t have to wait until 2028 for these reversals to start kicking in.
2026 not 28, because Trump will be a lame duck.
SD: pls don’t frame it as a binomial discussion. That’s the trap being laid.
I can love President Trump AND be anti HB1. Someone else can love President Trump and be frustrated about foreign entanglements.
It’s not an either/or discussion. Those who frame it that way are trying to divide us.
Are you going to go cuss out and fire your foreign doctor?
Everything you say sounds reasonable, though I don’t understand it all, but I find his alliance with neocons & Zionistas distasteful, and always have done. And I don’t think any substantive reform is possible when allied with such. I hope to be proven wrong and am heartened by your continued faith, or conviction, but I will only be convinced by results, not endless promises or expectations. And to date, the Deep State is still mainly in charge, just like during the first term.
Personally, I think US Republic 1.0 as constituted failed in its purpose to curtail tyrannical, oligarchic or foreign power from enslaving or abusing the citizenry. It is no longer fit for purpose and thus the Union is not only far from ‘perfect’ but needs to be dissolved for a while. Return to independent States with mutual non-aggression pact and customs union, then after a generation or two try again with Republic 2.0 and this time do a better job.
I agree, and in a comment this morning that seems to have disappeared, I answered someone who was disappointed in Trump by pointing out we have:
– secure borders
– deportation of the worst of the worst illegal aliens as fast as humanly possible
– a relatively quiet Middle East
– no more involvement in Ukraine than we had at the end of last year
– hundreds of billions of trade deals
– tens of billions of dollars in tariff revenue
-stable employment
– stable inflation
– indictments of Deep State actors like Bolton and Comey
– cuts in NGO funding
– two dozen SCOTUS rulings favorable to MAGA
-other things I have forgotten
All this with a Congress that does NOT have Trump’s back.
So, I don’t care if the Epstein files are not released. It is a side show compared to everything else. Don’t call me a pedophile defender because I am content to let the cases work their way through the courts (or not).
Trump is attacking in all directions at once and nobody else could accomplish half of what he has in ten short months.
DT needs you out front once a week!
That said we live in a messed up world where people will sell 15 year car loans ( that will never turn a profit for the owner) all day long to people that can’t afford it, just for a few extra $$. This is the norm across the board. We know this is not the way it used to be. 40 under doesn’t.
How do we make sure this doesn’t happen with a 50 yr mortgage?
Thank you
“How do we make sure this doesn’t happen with a 50 yr mortgage?”
1) Refinance when rates get lower
2) Don’t take out a 50 year mortgage
H1B1 can be hired if they are that smart. But they have to work from India. There is no need to import them.
The ladies at Promethean Action said it best, “Nobody in the GOP Congress or senate understands the American Economic system Trump is resurrecting, let alone why it is our last great hope to save the country. He’s all alone on the field.” The RNC completely failed the November 2025 candidates. None of them ran on the American system Trump is building. They all ran on immigration and how crazy the Democrats have become.
I think a lot of people understand. The ones with their muzzle stuffed in the trough just do not want to look up. They might see the strings.
President Trump’s base are the working men and women, and their families, of this nation. He talks their language, and he knows their needs and desires. He is an American traditionalist, not a Republican, and MAGA means the return to the traditional values of our Founding Fathers and of the loyal Citizens of the United States.
The base votes for President Trump and his aim to re-industrialize American and restore our pride and prosperity. The question is, who can maintain their enthusiasm and loyalty when he is not on the ballot next year, and in 2028?
I suspect it is a problem that only President Trump himself can address. Can he turn his outstanding Cabinet into a steering committee for a New Republican (MAGA) movement? Somehow he has to ensure that the enthusiasm and the energy he inspires does not wain. If not, I fear the Uniparty will flood the ballots, and like the Reagan Democrats and the Tea Party, the Trump MAGA base will drift away like November leaves on the river.
unless a RINO list starts no one will have a clue what to do. without calling out it will NOT resonate with voters.
I get it Sundance. Thank you.
I see some very convincing comments against PDJT, but, we don’t know what’s happening behind the scenes and the outcomes always seem to be a step in the right direction. What I do know is that whoever is writing those very convincing comments is nearly as clever as my ex-wife, who could take anything I did, good or bad, and make it sound as if I was the least capable man on the planet. If I see very convincing comments against PDJT, I KNOW that the comment maker is simply trying to split MAGA. So I block them.