President Trump was introduced today by Kid Rock to address the National Guard Association of the United States’ 146th General Conference & Exhibition.  The National Guard association’s annual business meeting — began Friday at Huntington Place, the Motor City’s main convention center. More than 4,200 Guard officers, their spouses and other guests in attendance.

The National Guard conference agenda includes Pentagon leaders and lawmakers every year. During presidential election years, NGAUS also invites the Democratic and Republican nominees for president. The association has hosted at least one major party candidate in every presidential election year since 1992.

President Trump spoke to the NGAUS conference in Baltimore, Maryland, when he was the Republican nominee for president in 2016.  And delivers remarks again today in Michigan.  The full speech video is below.  WATCH:

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Vice Presidential nominee Senator JD Vance, appears on Meet the Press for an argumentative debate on Trump policy.  On the issue of tariffs, this might have been JD Vance’s first opportunity to set the record straight about what tariffs did in the first Trump administration.

Unfortunately, because JD Vance did not have the data to refute the NBC talking points, he missed an opportunity to set the record straight.  Tariffs did not raise prices and consumers did not pay tariff rates in the first Trump administration.  Factually, the exact opposite happened.  Prices dropped when Trump tariffs were put into place, the reasons are explained after the interview. WATCH:  

Our own analysis of U.S. consumer prices in 2019 showed that prices of imported goods actually declined despite the tariffs. A recent report from CPA takes a look at the impact to Chinese exports to the U.S.  [SEE DATA HERE] Bottom line, the tariffs worked to reduce Chinese imports.

CPA – […] Since the Section 301 tariffs were imposed, the share of imports from China has steadily declined from 21.6% in 2017 the year prior to the tariffs to 16.5%, a decline of 5.1%. No other country has lost as much share of total U.S. import penetration over the past five years.

In terms of total import value, Mexico gained the most from the tariffs, adding $110.8 billion. Vietnam gained the second most in import value by $78.4 billion and by far gained the most of total share of U.S. imports. In 2017, Vietnam accounted for about 2% of U.S. imports at $46.5 billion. In 2022, the U.S. imported $127.5 billion in goods from Vietnam, and the share of the total nearly doubled to 3.9%. Other countries in Southeast Asia such as Thailand, Cambodia, and Indonesia all saw significant increases in their value of imports by the U.S. (read more)

With the 2024 election here, it is worth revisiting the actual tariff outcome to American consumers in order to dispel the popular myths about tariffs raising prices here at home.  This might be the cited data you want to bookmark for later reference.

It was the Fourth Quarter of 2019…..

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Pavel Durov and his brother Nikolai are genuinely brilliant tech programmers, mathematicians and entrepreneurs.  The Durov brothers founded the Telegram communication app in 2013.  Telegram now has 950 million active users who can send messages, photos and videos, take part in chats for groups of up to 200,000 people and broadcast to unlimited audiences.

Telegram is the preferred messaging and communication app for those concerned with privacy.  In my own travels, plans and purposeful interactions, I use Telegram frequently.  It is the best communication tool available, and the tech interface is brilliant. However, various government agencies hate Telegram because of the privacy it provides.

Pavel and Nikolai Durov are originally Russian; their app was created and tested deep inside the surveillance state.  The Russian government could not compromise it, and Pavel’s unwavering perspective on private communication has been thoroughly tested in subsequent years.  Telegram is a success because Pavel Durov has proven he is trustworthy.

Pavel Durov was just arrested by the French government for refusing to compromise on the user privacy of his app.

ReclaimTheNet – […] Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the encrypted messaging app Telegram, was arrested this Saturday evening, according to French media.

The incident occurred at Le Bourget Airport just as Durov, accompanied by a bodyguard and a woman, disembarked from his private jet. Durov, who holds dual Franco-Russian citizenship and is 39 years old, had just arrived from Azerbaijan.

The arrest was executed by members of the GTA (Gendarmerie of Air Transport), acting on a French search warrant. This warrant, issued by the OFMIN of the national directorate of the French judicial police, was based on allegations that Telegram’s operational policies — specifically its lack of censorship and lack of cooperation with law enforcement’s censorship demands, along with features such as disposable phone numbers and cryptocurrency transactions — indirectly support illicit activities.

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CTH has expressed our concerns previously.  I always hope to be wrong about intelligence community connected politicians.   That said, I shall be a good team player and hope/pray to be wrong about RFK JR.

Robert F Kennedy Jr is introduced by President Trump at a MAGA rally in Arizona.  According to RFK Jr earlier in the day, President Trump promised a position in the Trump administration.  From the remarks tonight, I suspect that position offered is FDA Commissioner.

During his introduction President Trump heaped effusive praise on Robert F Kennedy as the crowd chanted, “Bobby, Bobby, Bobby!”  It was quite an exciting moment in an auditorium filled with over 20,000 supporters. WATCH: 

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President Trump will be holding a MAGA rally in Glendale, Arizona today with a “special guest.”  Many people anticipate RFK Jr will endorse President Trump at this rally.  The anticipated start time is 7:00pm ET with event speakers before.  Livestream links below:

RSBN Rumble Livestream – RSBN YouTube Livestream

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In between two rallies in Las Vegas and Arizona, President Trump stopped briefly to answer questions from the press pool about the endorsement from Robert F Kennedy Jr. President Trump mentioned it was a “great honor” to receive the endorsement and support from a very popular and influential democrat.

Additionally, President Trump was asked a question about the Secret Service suspensions following the assassination attempt against him. President Trump noted the unfortunate lack of USSS support that seemed to come from the Biden office.

President Trump has never hidden from the media and as typical answered all their (abortion, RFK JR, 2024 election) questions. WATCH:

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A very tanned Robert F Kennedy Jr seemed to endorse President Donald Trump earlier today.  However, RFK Jr’s VP candidate Nicole Shanahan sent a very different message.

There is no way to reconcile the narrative issues factually if RFK Jr is in charge of his campaign.  If he is not, then who is? 👀

Either Nicole Shanahan is totally off the range, speaking without any coordination with her campaign partner RFK Jr, or the duo is pulling some kind of shenanigans.  Shanahan says President Trump must apologize for “Operation Warp Speed” if he expects support from the Kennedy campaign.  Everything about this is sketchy.

“The hesitation we have right now in joining forces with Trump is that he has not apologized or publicly come out and said Operation Warp Speed was his fault. The vaccinations, the lockdowns letting Fauci and Francis Collins run the show, the firing of the other folks at the NIH and individuals at the CDC that were censored…

There was a lot that happened under Donald Trump’s watch that should not have happened and cannot happen again. And if we are going to put our bet with him – and we haven’t – we have not confirmed anything – but we need absolute assurance.” WATCH:

🚨 JUST NOW: SHANAHAN SAYS THEY ARE “HESITANT” ABOUT JOINING FORCES WITH TRUMP

“The hesitation we have right now in joining forces with Trump is that he has not apologized or publicly come out and said Operation Warp Speed was his fault.

The vaccinations, the lockdowns letting… pic.twitter.com/FD9xU8rJ07

— Lauren Lee (@sheislaurenlee) August 23, 2024

Do you know what the system of professional confusion, conflicts and strangely contradictory information comes from?  Seemingly irreconcilable contradictions are consistently a pattern created by intelligence community tradecraft.   Confusion is a frequently used tool by the professional intelligence services.

Before getting to the “Warp Speed” part, in RFK JR’s speech today, Kennedy claimed that President Donald Trump has asked him to JOIN his administration if he wins.

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Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr has suspended his campaign for president and endorsed President Donald Trump.

RFK Jr filed Friday to officially have his name withdrawn from the Pennsylvania ballot “as a result of today’s endorsement of Donald Trump for the office of President of the United States,” according to a brief filed by Kennedy’s campaign attorney. The candidate also filed to withdraw from Arizona Thursday evening.

RFK Jr. made the announcement from Phoenix, Arizona. WATCH:

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(Via Politico) – […] Kennedy said that he’s suspending his campaign but remaining on the ballot in several states. He also said he was offered a role in a potential second Trump administration.

[…] “If you live in a blue state, you can vote for me without harming or helping President Trump or Vice President Harris, and red states the same will apply,” Kennedy said at the press conference. “But in about 10 battleground states where my presence would be a spoiler, I’m going to remove my name.” (read more)

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This is the moment the previous three nights of effort have built toward, the acceptance speech by Kamala Harris at the DNC Convention.

Kamala has never given a major speech with this much attention and her handlers have been working furiously to prepare her for the past 48 hours. There is a lot riding on these next few hours for Barack Obama, the people around him who are trying to install his fourth term of influence, and for James Clyburn and the Democrat apparatus who have steered toward this outcome for the past four years.

If you are watching the events tonight, consider this an open discussion thread.  Kamala Harris is anticipated to speak around 9:30pm ET.

♦ 9 p.m. Eva Longoria, then Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), then comes Maya Harris, followed by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper who will likely introduce Vice President Kamala Harris. However, there could be some surprises.

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According to the Trump campaign, there will now be a special guest attending the Glendale, Arizona MAGA rally tomorrow (7:00pm ET).  A lot of speculation has centered around Robert F Kennedy Jr, likely endorsing President Trump.

Many people within the MAGA community, mostly those associated with the financial benefits of the movement, have been advocating for RFK Jr to be placed in a prominent Trump administration position.

I am taking a wait-and-see approach; however, I do not see any benefit from any RFK endorsement.   The same Republicans who voted for Evan McMullin, are the same Republicans currently supporting RFK Jr.  That group will not change their anti-Trump position with an RFK Jr endorsement.

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There are many vested interests deep inside the Trump campaign who support RFK Jr with great enthusiasm.

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