My grandpa, and later my father, used to say something at particular moments that generally annoyed me but turned out to be entirely accurate, much to my youthful angst… “Well, hang around a one-legged group long enough, and you’re eventually going to end up limping.”
Yup, I learned to hate that lesson because the truth of it was always annoying.
This is perhaps the first time in memory when I look forward to Donald J Trump getting out of the Mar-a-Lago bubble and back to Washington DC. Good grief, just typing that I can’t believe I’m saying it. Here’s why:
Having followed and written about the optimal solution approach within the Trump Doctrine, a process that assigns responsibility to regional actors, then exits while providing support but not direct involvement [the delegation metric of high-support/low-direction], perhaps that is unfolding again in the background. However, it seems like Trump is accepting the annoying Iran monkey problem on our behalf. [REF: How to Make The Monkey Jump]
To be clear in my personal position, charity begins at home. (1) I don’t want conflict with Iran, nor do I really care about their internal political struggles; most of my day-to-day contacts feel the same. (2) At the same time, yes, I can imagine a scenario where Venezuela represents a threat to our continental objectives and national security, but would prefer to see them isolated from the outside. Embargo them, stuff them inside an economic confinement zone (if needed), tell them why, then let the internal mess work itself out; most of my day-to-day contacts seem to feel the same.
Granting President Trump the long view of support; I mean, we don’t know what he is aware of; I sure hope all of this Iran stuff has a direct connection to American strategic interests.
Simultaneously, I can certainly see where deconflicting the USA, vis-a-vis Ukraine (literally London and the EU) from friction with Russia, has a strategic interest and factual bearing on the dollar-based trade system. Attention on the Ukraine vs Russia stuff does have direct, albeit complicated outcomes attached to the economic standing of the average American. Iran less so.
Pictured Center: a one-legged man.
Looking at it from a geopolitically logical approach…. President Trump and Marco Rubio need Syria to remain stable.
Secretary Rubio has explained this aspect very well when he summarized the reason for President Trump lifting the sanctions against Syria. I get that part. But is this “locked and loaded” simply a brush back pitch against Iran to stop them from disrupting Trump’s Gaza objective. Maybe so, it does make sense; thus, we extend the benefit of doubt.
If Syria destabilizes the tenuous Israel/Gaza stuff gets more complicated. Iran can destabilize Syria. Therefore, putting pressure on the Iranian regime while simultaneously telling Israel to cool it over their Turkish opposition to the Gaza assist again does make sense.
Benjamin Netanyahu dislikes Recep Erdogan immensely and doesn’t trust him an inch. I get that part also, but Turkey is a weird place held together by Erdogan’s very specific brand of Muslim Brotherhood patriotism.
In very direct ways keeping Syria stable helps Turkey and by extension the EU.
If Syria erupts, the refugee exodus heads north, and cunning Erdogan – a tenuous NATO member seemingly never giving up on his Ottoman Empire rebuild – will play his “I can only absorb so much” card, thereby opening the gates for more authentic Islam travel further north into Europe.
[Our solid contacts in Istanbul have confirmed around 5 million Syrians have repatriated since President Ahmed al-Sharaa started his agenda to stabilize the region. The busy former al-Qaeda guy, 43-years-old, is also a bridge between Trump and Putin. So, there’s that.]
Keeping Syria stable also permits Trump’s Arab state coalition to deal with Gaza/Hamas in a constructive way. Trump told Netanyahu this publicly during the recent visit, essentially rebuking Israel’s justification for more IDF military action in Gaza. Again, President Trump is dancing through the minefield here with the long game to get us the f**k out of it, while Netanyahu is hugging Trump to pull the USA deeper into it.
If you understand the Iranian tentacles that still remain in Syria (see recent ISIS attacks), confronting Iran makes Israel very happy; however, it’s not Netanyahu’s happiness that stands behind Trump’s motive for the confrontation. Ultimately, the motive is Syria’s stability, Turkish Gaza support and the Arab money/engagement needed for the Mideast mess.
If our suspicions are correct, we should see Team Trump leaning toward Recep Erdogan, toward the Arab coalition and toward Syria at the same time he is managing Iran, managing Israel and managing a U.S. congress.
If the Ayatollahs are busy tamping down street protests, they are less likely to be poking Syria.
All of that is giving President Trump the maximum benefit of the doubt combined with the application of common sense.
♦ Meanwhile inside Russia, you might not hear about it from western media, but Ukraine and NATO are striking non-military targets, civilian areas, throughout Russia currently focusing heavy drone fire at Kazan, Russia’s third largest city.
STATE DEPT: “There have been drone attacks and explosions near the border with Ukraine, and in Moscow, Kazan, St. Petersburg, and other large cities.
Russian citizens are now very familiar with the sound of air raid sirens as increased drone attacks from Ukraine are extending into Russia. This noticeable increase in activity is happening in combination with U.S/Ukraine strategic discussions on an EU created ceasefire agreement.
The Rubio state department has now updated the Russia advisory summary warning all Americans of the danger in traveling throughout Russia.
The update is also timed with the increased drone attacks into Russia’s main population centers and is likely due to concern that Americans would be street targets for angered Russian nationalists.
If President Trump walks away from the EU/Ukraine peace agreement construct, Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin will likely increase retaliatory attacks against Ukraine by significant levels. One of my good contacts shared, “if Trump walks away, Kiev will now be leveled.”
Apparently, despite the incoming fire increasing, Putin is holding back his response to give Trump room to operate, while still carefully managing the Kremlin politics and striking into Ukraine to appease those in Russian government who want the full weight of the Russian military to come down hard on Zelenskyy.
…”If Trump walks away, Kiev will now be leveled.”
The first movie I saw as a child, in the early 50s, was “The Crimson Pirate”.
I now see (from afar) a “Silver Pirate” upon the high seas, committing piracy, murder and mayhem – plus picking fights with countries around the world – the old “It’s my way or the highway” adage seems appropriate.
Not all people around the world agree with this, even though their ‘leaders’ might (for fairly obvious reasons).
Many of these Middle eastern countries need a brutal ruler to keep them in line, for that is their heritage and mentality, whereas Western nations’ peoples have been subliminally indoctrinated to believe whatever their ‘News Media’ tell them – whilst the powers behind the throne create havoc.
I really wish USA citizens were far better educated (and perhaps more humble) and capable of at least suspecting there is much they do not know – and that they make an effort to learn.
Curiosity Deficit Disorder (courtesy Prof. Angus Dalgleish) springs rampant.
I also note that there is a debt of about 3 trillion due for payment shortly (I think) – so where is that money coming from (from a country that many would consider is technically broke)?
Is the seizing of Venezuela and their mineral assets part of an attempt to shore up the US position to enable further borrowings to meet this debt – because China is, I suspect, the only country in the world that might have that amount of ready cash.
Will the US have to do a deal with China to obtain some greenbacks?
Hummm… Which is easier for Uncle Sam: make deals with Red China or make “point & click” dollars on FED & US Treasury computer screens?
The FED said in December, ’25 they were going to begin their form of QE by $40 Billion USD. Reading the FRED sheets tell us now, a month later the actual number was $140 Billion USD… in a month..! My bet isnt on Red China.
Is “peace through strength” a legitimate concept? I see a lot of angst in this article.
Trillions are at stake….our trillions…our tax money…that could have helped our own families. Gone to Ukraine…gone to Somalia via Minnesota (can’t believe I even typed that truth)….now gone to “save” a South American 3rd world country? Drugs come into this country from abroad but only dumb-ass, weak Americans make the market!
I don’t give a damn about anywhere outside the USA borders until our house is clean and in order.
Surely you jest! “Don’t call me Shirley!”
Our debt is so large that you and I only own what we can touch with our hands. Our UniParty leaders have us indebted up to our eyeballs.
That said, we won’t clean and order our house 100% until we eliminate the root causes of immigration and migration, which is the chaos and violence caused by our our utopian, statist, communist, Marxist, Democrat UniParty politicians.
Which means that you had better care about what happens outside of our borders.
Our debt is ginormous due to the ginormous amount of fraud and foreign aid. America First – if truly America First, then our debt should shrink.
You evidently don’t understand, or underestimate, human nature.
I see your neighbors, and your fellow citizens trying to grift dollars out of the system at work every day. We’re talking American born, not just immigrants.
At what point does an entitlement mentality become fraud?
And lest you take my statements out of context, Nancy Pelosi used to lie about how valuable immigrants are and I posted that if immigrants are so valuable to a country’s economy, then why are other countries trying to steal our immigrants and why isn’t Mexico building the wall to keep their valuable citizens from leaving?
Of course the answer is that the immigrants aren’t valuable! They are a drain on any country’s economy.
Agree – there should be an all-out ATTACK on allowing illegals into our country. We are signing out own death warrants (in some cases, literally true).
…then why are other countries…
Should read, “then why aren’t other countries….”
Too late to edit.
I thought this meme might have just hit the nail on the head. The only thing I think it missed is that Venezuela is where the voting machines came from (and its software too) — you know, the ones that stole the 2020 election?
Please check this out:
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PDJT is playing 3 dimensional chess and so far is tracking all the pieces. If he can get a few of those pieces off the board it will be much easier. Soon, very soon, I predict, all of a sudden Checkmate.
BINGO 💯 🎯 💯 🎯 💯 🎯
If this was a ruse to get those Dominion voting systems databases and infrastructure destroyed, color me happy.
I have wondered if this was a part of the reason for this operation.
Yes, that’s what I think at least part of this was for…
Me too. It would be great to present real evidence about the election fraud. Maybe even win Trump a chance at an extended term.
”If Trump walks away, Kiev will now be leveled.”
Please, Mr President, walk away now. Nothing would be better than to see Kiev leveled to the ground and Zelenskyy removed from power.
No matter the innocent lives, I see.
Few people in this generation fundamentally know why the Monroe Doctrine was proposed by President James Monroe in December, 1823.
It was originally a reaction to keep European countries (specifically England) from meddling in US foreign affairs in the Western Hemisphere, ie, our own backyard.
Unfortunately, due to politically insane ideals brought forth by the Democrat Party the past 80 years, enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine was completely ignored as forces of socialism, Communism, and terrorism grew in countries within the Western Hemisphere.
Fortunately, we are witnessing history’s third US President ever stand up against evil and win by leading with Righteousness granted him by The LORD GOD ALMIGHTY!
I believe we are about to witness an unprecedented capitulation of socialist, Communist, and terrorist-led regimes to US-led transitional governance just as we are seeing in Venezuela.
Did you see the videos of the citizens of Caracas cheering and shouting sounds of FREEDOM this morning? Their shouts were awe-inspiring!
Oppressed peoples of the world WILL react to those shouts of FREEDOM coming from Caracas, just as the good Persians of Iran are now doing.
Oppressive regimes can’t stand up to the God-ordained principles of liberty and freedom The United States of America was founded upon 250 years ago.
As I see it, the Monroe Doctrine was an organic reaction to foreign threats against a sovereign nation at a time of shifting global alliances. It was a throw down by President Monroe that signaled to the world the US was powerfully ready to protect its interests both foreign and domestic.
Thankfully, The LORD GOD has granted Donald Trump the power and authority to rescue The United States of America from the jaws of certain demise by socialists, Communists, and terrorists, and righteously flex that power and authority against the foreign and domestic enemies of this Nation.
Love you for what you wrote here. Thank You!
Brilliantly stated. Thank you, Hunter!!
“Fortunately, we are witnessing history’s third US President ever stand up against evil”… Washington? Lincoln? Trump
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8IZXf8YPC8U
Wonder if this is true?
Oh, I believe it is. Benny is connected. Thanks for posting this. You might want to let people know what this video is. Just FYI, all, this is Benny Thompson talking about a friend in high places and what the deeper issues are (and why the left is panicking) related to Venezuela, both national and international.
Thank you! Otherwise I would have scrolled by it. A little info with a link makes the difference!
I would like to add another piece to this geopolitical chessboard: Somalia
Somali occupies an influential position in terms of resources and location. I began to examine it in light of Nick Shirley’s revelation and the correlative massive cover up of these huge crimes.
The cover up’s, the non action of electoral corruption as revealed by O’Keefe, de facto ethnic cleansing by Somalis – sanctioned by dem’s – in Minneapolis, and now this truly massive and obvious fraud, prompted me to think about why this is so important to the deep state, other than destroying our Constitution and making us slaves.
Somali is rich in oil, uranium and the rare earth element yttrium. The Chinese are involved in Somalia, but, I think Turkey is now getting involved and, in particularly, with oil drilling. So, there is involvement of Turkey and China at the mouth of the Red Sea.
There is an international issue that is, in my opinion, more consequential than the stability of Syria: the stability of Egypt
Ethiopia wants to build dams across the Nile. And, I think that they anre in process of building it. Egypt said that this would be an act of war. So, Egypt, I believe this is correct, has troops in Somalia in order to do something about it. And, Ethiopia disputes ownership of land with Somalia that would give Ethiopia direct access to the Red Sea. Ethiopia is a Christian nation surrounded by muslim nations, incidentally.
I proffer this for your consideration.
Speaking of Somalis, both whites and blacks are hating them and reveling in their painful downfall.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/KKBci3PgN7Rg
I watched the link you posted until I couldn’t anymore. Very entertaining to say the least! I have a friend who used to work for an airline in ticket sales. One of their favorite customers was someone “looking for a cheap ticket to Bombay.” His experience is now a long time family favorite thing to quote. Looking for that cheap ticket.
I imagine Illan is, in light of developments in Venezuela is packing her bags, getting her “financials” transferred , and will be self deporting herself ASAP. But I don’t think even Bombay (forget the new name – Dubai?)) would give her a cheap ticket, let alone safe haven.
Where to go? I am truly entertained by the Universe unfolding, as it has, and always will.
So who is the “one-legged man pictured center”…?
Looks like Mark Levin, or am I missing something.
Good question. Good guess?
Oh, but this is your circus now.
We don’t need a return to GW Bush’s “Freedom Agenda,” roaming about the world looking for bad guys to attack.
Think of the world stage the way you’d think of a prison yard: from time to time, taking out the loudest bully makes everyone else fall in line.
The irony is rather striking: we liberate Venezuela from a Marxist scourge while, back at home, a jihadi-Marxist has just been inaugurated as mayor of New York City. Reconciling that contradiction is nearly impossible.
However, my suspicion is that Venezuela is Trump’s way of throwing a juicy bone to the people who actually control the Ukraine situation. It sounds conspiratorial, I know. I have no evidence; this is a hunch, not a claim. But we will find out soon enough whether it holds any water.
My take on the ME is as follows:
Turkey is the most aggressive and dangerous actor in the region, with ambitions that clearly exceed its borders. It is not a status-quo power. Ideologically, however, Saudi Arabia and especially Qatar represent a far greater long-term danger to the United States through soft-power penetration, financial leverage, and corruption inside U.S. institutions. There is simply no intellectually honest way to deny the Saudi and Qatari investments in Affinity Partners controlled by President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. Additional investments have flowed into companies linked to members of Trump’s family and inner circle. That is a textbook conflict of interest, regardless of whether one likes Trump or not.
Iran’s revolutionary Islamist regime is dying. It will be defeated either through internal destabilization, a popular uprising, or a Venezuela-style military intervention. This is not a long-term projection. Iran can still cause trouble through Hezbollah and asymmetric retaliation, but its strategic reach in the Middle East and Latin America has already been largely contained. That does not mean we should take our eyes off the mullahs. Desperate regimes behave like cornered animals, and desperation tends to produce irrational violence.
Syria matters only insofar as it has served as a platform, first for Iran and Russia, and now for Turkey’s jihadi aggression and expansionist activities. Russia is massively overextended in Ukraine, and Syria is no longer a priority theater. The (former) terrorist Ahmed al-Sharaa, now repackaged and promoted by MBS as Syria’s “president,” is not some imagined bridge between Trump and Russia. Moscow has zero leverage over him. al-Sharaa watched Russia fail to save Assad and drew the obvious conclusion.
Egypt is a U.S. issue, primarily because of the Suez Canal. Control, stability, and uninterrupted access to that artery are core U.S. and allied interests, which means Egypt must be actively managed, not ignored. Israel has handled this relationship remarkably well, despite Egypt having materially violated the Camp David framework by militarizing the Sinai, explicitly prohibited under the original security annexes. That breach is documented and ongoing, yet Israel has chosen restraint in the interest of regional stability. The problem is not Egypt’s ambitions per se, but the fact that the canal makes Egypt strategically indispensable whether we like it or not.
Lebanon is a failed construct that cannot be stabilized without the full defeat of the Iranian regime. The demographic balance between Christians and Muslims has collapsed, and no serious actor can credibly predict where the country is headed. Anyone claiming otherwise is lying or delusional.
Jordan is another political wildcard. It contains a large, largely uncivilized, uneducated Muslim population–think Gaza–ruled by a foreign royal house more interested in Star Trek, riding Harley-Davidson choppers, and helicopter piloting than in the religious or social realities of the Jordanian street. The country is brittle and could become unstable quickly. As a threat to the United States, however, it remains mostly insignificant.
Israel has no expansionist ambitions beyond Judea and Samaria, which it regards as ancestral land. It would be perfectly content to be left alone. It has demonstrated that it can coexist pragmatically with moderate Muslim states such as the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, Jordan, and even the Arab nationalist Egypt. Within the next decade, Israel will likely wean itself off U.S. aid and reduce U.S. leverage by rebuilding its own military-industrial base. I strongly suspect that Qatari money has corrupted elements of Israel’s own “Deep State” ecosystem, effectively paralyzing decision-making on the “Palestinian” problem. That said, this is not America’s problem and does not threaten the United States unless Washington chooses to meddle, or is dragged in by Saudi and Qatari pressure to restrain “Israeli aggression.”
Which brings me to the core issue: the single largest long-term threat to the United States from the region is the globalization of Sharia norms through Gulf-funded soft-power operations, with Qatar at the center. This is not about tanks or missiles. It is about capital flows, institutional capture, and elite influence. Beyond NGOs, universities, mosques, and media, Qatar and Saudis have embedded themselves in the boardrooms of major banks, asset managers, infrastructure funds, and multinational corporations. Through equity stakes, joint ventures, sovereign wealth partnerships, and financing arrangements, they quietly shape incentives at the highest decision-making levels. Infrastructure projects, real estate, energy assets, ports, and data centers become leverage points. Executives do not need to be ideological allies; they only need to internalize what not to question. Over time, Sharia-adjacent norms are laundered into “stakeholder governance” and “cultural sensitivity,” hollowing out legal neutrality and free speech without a single vote ever being cast.
Official U.S. policy makes the problem even worse. According to the National Security Strategy published in November 2025, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are treated as America’s closest partners. Full stop. No qualifiers.
Watching New York landmarks, including the rebuilt World Trade Center, lit up in green to celebrate “resilience, compassion, and the contributions of Muslim communities” made me physically sick. That is historical amnesia mixed with moral cowardice.
By the way, the newly elected Mayor of New York did not happen in the vacuum. We already know who is backing him, and it is not a mystery state or a fringe actor. It is Qatar. That fact alone should end any pretense of innocence or spontaneity. Yet the same people who claim to be hyper-alert to “foreign influence,” including the entire peanut gallery of conservative media influencers and Trump administration officials, suddenly and completely lose interest in confronting a Marxist calling for the end of the American individualism in favor of the Soviet-style collectivism, when the money comes from Doha.
Again, Mamdani is not an accident, not a fluke, and not an organic grassroots phenomenon. He is a downstream product of a permissive environment where Gulf influence is normalized, protected, and selectively ignored because it is financially inconvenient to confront.
“…Israel has no expansionist ambitions beyond Judea and Samaria, which it regards as ancestral land. It would be perfectly content to be left alone. It has demonstrated that it can coexist pragmatically with moderate Muslim states such as the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, Jordan, and even the Arab nationalist Egypt….”
Thank you for writing this synopsis, I think you have things in as accurate a perspective us outsiders can have.
I will say that Steve Bannon’s constant reference to “the greater Israel Project” is misleading, and calculated.
I listened to War Room every single day since 11/6/2020. I find he brings guests I would never be exposed to, and I have learned a lot of history, but this animus towards Israel is just sticking in my craw. I don’t want to throw out the baby with the bathwater, but I feel offended every time he says it.
The larger threat is of course sharia. The idea of the World Trade Center being lit in green is indeed a stomach turner.
I don’t think this augurs well for peace in Ukraine… Putin will not agree with or like Trump’s actions in Venezuela… While he has his hands full in Ukraine he will not agree with this unilateral strike on Venezuela just like he opposed the unilateral war in Iraq
Think of President Putin like you think of a schoolyard bully. This demonstration of our operational military prowess will make him think twice when Trump says ‘the demonstration can be arranged at your earliest convenience.’
Your anti semitism is showing again.
So, on Friday Jan. 2, 2026, at 2:58 am EST, President Trump personally types out a short message that he posts to his Truth Social page saying that the Armed Forces of the United States are “locked and loaded” and aiming toward the Islamic Republic of Iran. The intelligence agencies of the Governments of Iran, China and Russia report to their leaders that the US military readiness activity observed during the day on Jan. 2 is obviously related to an active Trump threat against the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (“as is their custom”), pointing to the Soleimani strike. The CCP ministry official meeting with Maduro on the afternoon of Jan. 2 tells him not to worry because the CCP intelligence agency has determined that the crazy Trump is rattling sabers at Iran. (Meanwhile, in the USA, the Trump Truth Social post gives many conservatives pause, wondering what Monday Jan. 5 will be like.)
Then Operation Absolute Resolve is launched and successfully concluded. I’m still looking for photos of the bombed-out mausoleum of Hugo Chavez. The US Constitution makes the Office of the President the toughest job on earth. Through the grace of God, we hired the best man for the job, Donald J. Trump. This is what I voted for.
Putting Hugo Chavez in the correct place in history. True history. That is a good thing.
On the one legged concept, another good one is “if you fly with the crows don’t be surprised when you get shot at.”
No, all this “Iran stuff” has nothing to do with American interests and EVERYTHING to do with what the jew wants. (((they)))are just using American manpower and money to do their dirty work as always.
Turkey, thanks to Mustafa Ataturk, was once a secular state. Recep Erdogan appears to prefer the Muslim Brotherhood. That is a problem. Ukraine and NATO, striking non-military targets, are not helping.
Russia could have taken Ukraine in a weekend. Why they have chosen to make this conflict a long-term project is puzzling to me. Maybe it is part of a plan to bring down the British financial stranglehold on the world.
I am not sure when Make America Great Again / America First became isolationist. Iran is probably the number one destabilizing force on the planet. They are the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. They were working with Maduro to train TDA gang members on Margarita Island- in conjunction with Hezbolah – and recruits were being sent to Iran for follow-on training. The idea that we have to sit here in a hemisphere dominated by cartel communism- that Maduro courting the CCP and the Russians while training terrorists to invade the U.S. in partnership with Iran- is absurd. J.D. Vance has said this about the general decay of our cities, but it applies to everything else: We don’t have to live like this.
Good point, America won’t be great again until a few countries who have been enriching themselves at our expense are taken down a notch.
Also, roaring economies require a modicum of peace.