Who else would have the stamina, the drive, the desire, to take on a Government so entrenched in corruption, so infested with crazy DEI ideals, so hungry with greed, solely for the benefit of the American people….. ?
You can tell when self righteous judges have to explain their actions in verbiage that does not reflect the Constitution or the Founders’ intent. Lady Justice holds her guffaws behind her mask while patiently waiting for SCOTUS to fall in line with her unspoken wisdom. A gal shouldn’t have to wait for Star Students to finally get the answers right.
Perhaps “…I will not be voting for him a fourth time” is exactly the point i.e. Trump recognizes the madness that surrounds and is convinced he is literally on a mission from God (apologies to the Blues Brothers). He knows this term is the last which explains why his focus is all encompassing…not just America but the entire world.
From my perspective, which you know is also all encompassing, Trump’s approach fits nicely into the timeline set forth in the Convergence Matrix; the end of human history as it is understood and a new beginning exactly 400 days from today May 30th 2025.
From Trump’s perspective there is everything to gain and nothing to lose which goes a long way to explain why there is little patience for those who impede his plans and agenda. He knows in his heart of hearts that the end, in very real terms, is nigh.
Think in terms of a plan nearing its end and the 2020 election theft makes perfect sense. Trump is now positioned, along with Bibi Netanyahu, to usher in the last days.
Secular historians "live scrupulously, morally, righteously by the law of historical method but that method leaves us in vast darkness. It tells us that there are facts but does not tell us what they mean.... We cannot take an honest view of human history unless we acknowledge God's work through human kind in history." Arthur Link
You're not alone in this belief, but I have difficulty imagining that many of Earth's inhabitants didn't in their own sincere way believe that they were living in a time of a "convergence matrix" (the end of human history), especially those alive during the 20th century's deadly natural disasters involving heat waves, earthquakes, droughts, typhoons, tsunamis, cyclones, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, and floods. Add to those the notable man-made disasters of economic depressions, WWI, and WWII.
Hang in there, and enjoy the gift of life.
P.S. Maybe Trump loves his family and his country so much that he is willing to risk personal disaster to save it all. He doesn't seem like the kind of person that wants anyone to ask him in the future; 'With all of your resources, why didn't you do something?'
Look, this is quite simple. All of the traits Glenn attributes to "fascism" can be found in practically any form of government. The author of fascism defined it as the conscription of private enterprise into the service of a nationalistic, centrally planned, authoritarian government, ostensibly for the purpose of national security. That's it. Fascism is not liberal or conservative. It is a collectivist ideology and could be considered the right-wing of the socialist spectrum.
It is intellectually and morally impossible to accuse someone who believes in individual rights, small & limited government, low taxes, the Bill of Rights, and an aversion to foreign "adventures" as being a fascist.
Trump is most definitely not a fascist. He is a classic American capitalist with a flair for the narcissistic accoutrements of the Golden Age of the newly rich, New York American Vulgarian. He seeks solutions through win-win negotiations in which both parties co-operate in seeking prosperity. Trump is a ball-buster from Queens. He's a serial exaggerator. That's his style. He can be tremendously generous and philanthropic, but he can be nasty and resort to browbeating in an instant. His negotiating style is always to ask or demand five times what he thinks he can get and then settle at 10% to 25% over the previous deal. He will always over-reach and over-promise, however, he has one great redeeming characteristic: He believes to his core that America can achieve what our detractors think impossible and he always places the interests of America first.
Excellent succinct argument that effectively addresses the "fascism" arguments of the left. Your last paragraph is the best summary of Trump I have seen... period.
I would be happier if Trump toned down the rhetoric, didn't have such a thin skin and go after every idiot who attacks him and just concentrated on passing legislation in the short time we have left.
God uses many different people to accomplish his goals. I like how he stands up because I'm tired of taking it in the chin while the left side of the spectrum misses my tax dollars and impugns my character. We needed a fighter, because nobody else is fighting for freedom There is no perfect person.
To fight against the entrenched "deep staters" it takes someone who doesn't suffer fools gladly, is willing to never give up, and if he gives the lefties some of their vitriol back then that's what it will take to fight them. Would we rather have a Caspar Milquetoast in the Oval Office? The time for quiet is over. Fight on, Mr. President!
And there is not one listing of the very government - fascist government - that has lawfared him for 10 years. Well, nine... Trump has followed the Constitution far more than his four predecessors(yes, Obama controlled Xiden).
Our institutions are almost entirely corrupt and that includes the Supreme Court sans Alito and Thomas. Roberts spends weekends with Norm Eisen in the Czech Republic - what do you think they are doing? Having wine?
Donald Trump is acting with the full power of Article 2 which does not include the word 'judicial' and the judiciary is acting the Fascist against that power which means the Constitution.
Would you please demonize those in our courts that are violating their oaths rather than the man who is fulfilling his? The Federalist Society is as warped as the rest of our institutions; Trump is Normal.
We stood a post while you slept after taking the same oaths.
Can you name a fascist dictator whose top five agendas (or top two for that matter) revolved around reducing the size, cost, and administrative power of the government over their people?
The deep staters and the leftists (and I'm redundant here) have attempted a coup to gain permanent control of the government by illegally bringing in millions upon millions of leftist voters, refusing to enforce the laws of the land, encouraging criminals, rioting, supporting socialists and communist as candidates in local elections using foreign money to get them in office... they manufacture propaganda, bribe the press, they use lawfare (with often ridiculous charges) to hound their opponents, they use government agencies to spy on and fight their opposition, they impeached Trump twice on charges that they seem to be guilty of... they apparently ran the country by usurping the presidency when their man lost his mind (This needs to be listed as a crime equal to treason, by the way)...
These are desperate and power hungry people.
We need a "Patton" to fight them, a "Chamberlain" will not do.
The Federalist Society... neo-cons, not conservatives. Leonard Leo was a nobody until Trump picked him to list judges. Those judges Trump picked like ACB(who is conservative on life and nothing else) are Koch Industries picks and Leo works for them. Now he is a multimillionaire neo-con like the judges picked. A damned Judas to Trump and conservatives.
Since Trump learns who the vipers are he now relies on the Article 3 Project for recommendations which is why all of his judges are illegally junctioning him.
The notion that the judges picked by Trump -- or any of his predecessors -- have become rich from their judgeships, is completely false.
Whether you like them or not, a federal judge could easily make 5 to 10x in Big Firm private practice. And there are no "hot deals" funneled to them, as there typically is for politicians. Heck, even Chief Justice John Roberts who's been on the bench for decades lives in an ordinary house, as do the other Supreme Court justices and practically all the lower court judges.
When you calculate earnings of Supreme Court Justices versus Big Firm attorneys do you include earnings from book sales? I think that because the Justices are public figures and well known that their book sales would probably exceed their lessor known Big Firm attorneys and therefore would perhaps make them equal or close to equal in earnings. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/78217.Books_Written_by_US_Supreme_Court_Justices
I know a little about books and publishing. Books don't make any money. My own books have done OK in terms of reviews and sales, but financially they're nothing.
I doubt any of the Supreme Court justices have made a lousy $100k on their books, much less the hundred million that Big Firm lawyers make over the course of a career.
(And of course, judges who are not on the Supreme Court are lucky to even break even on a book.)
Same thing re speaking fees. I'd be surprised if even a Supreme Court justice gets a fee over $10k. Other judges typically speak for a fee consisting of travel and lodging.
It may be hard to believe, but these people are not in it for the money.
I respect you Glenn and my rants aren't directed at you personally, sir.
Everyone in DC except those connected to Trump end up wealthy. Sorry. That is why they are there - to steal taxpayer money. USAID... and you have NO idea how bad it is because there is no transparency. Hell, ever since we beat Japan and Germany our own 'leaders'(Dulles bros and Kennan) deemed it more profitable to 'contain' situations rather than win wars. See @MikeBenzCyber... JFK wanted to go a different direction... Trump wants to go a different direction.
You're link is about Leonard Leo, not about the personal finances of federal judges. You've therefore dodged the point you made, and I contested, that federal judges get rich from their judgeships.
Unless you have some evidence of that, you should retract the point. It slanders the judiciary, is completely unsupported, and is contrary to my personal experience over the course of a career in the federal courts.
Leo is recommending judges on behalf of the Federalist Society - which has been taught to us to recommend constitutionalist judges.
Have you not been paying attention to the judges unconstitutionally injunctioning Trump for stopping taxpayer funds going to family members' NGO's via USAID? I mean Hunter Biden is the supreme example. Oh yeah, the Chinese paid $20M to the 'Biden family', not Joe.
We need to grow up here and question the unquestionable - unaccountable members of ALL federal institutions that haven't had oversight since we have all been alive.
I will never slander anyone by name, but I can sure be suspicious of federal institutions that are not accountable. Chief Justice Roberts plays games all day every day.
Even now, you refuse to offer evidence to support your slanderous allegation that federal judges are getting rich on their judgeships. Instead, when called out on that allegation, you keep changing the subject.
My take is simply this: One can only take bullying for so long, when one has to “punch back”.
If one tallies up the lawsuits, lies piled on endlessly about one’s morals and methods, and then the ultimate shot to the head, I perceive Trump’s current responses to such abuse as justifiably “restrained”. Heck, even Jesus turned over the tables of the money changers according to the Bible.
LBJ was indeed a bully, but a very effective one. The reason was that he did his bullying behind closed doors.
Once you start bullying people in public, it's much less effective, for two reasons. One, people don't like a bully. Two, the person you're bulling feels he has no choice but to to stand up to you.
For example, does anyone think that Trump's public bullying of Vladimir Putin will work? Of course not. But some backroom LBJ-style bullying might.
The I love Trump, but.........folks just don't get it. The totality of Trump, warts and all, is what makes him who he is and why he is successful. There can be no doubt he loves America deeply. Who else would have taken the slings and arrows (and we all know what they are, including being shot) and still keep going at his own peril and financial hits? Without him, this country's future would be very dark.
Yes, but he is Donald Trump……
Who else would have the stamina, the drive, the desire, to take on a Government so entrenched in corruption, so infested with crazy DEI ideals, so hungry with greed, solely for the benefit of the American people….. ?
You can tell when self righteous judges have to explain their actions in verbiage that does not reflect the Constitution or the Founders’ intent. Lady Justice holds her guffaws behind her mask while patiently waiting for SCOTUS to fall in line with her unspoken wisdom. A gal shouldn’t have to wait for Star Students to finally get the answers right.
Perhaps “…I will not be voting for him a fourth time” is exactly the point i.e. Trump recognizes the madness that surrounds and is convinced he is literally on a mission from God (apologies to the Blues Brothers). He knows this term is the last which explains why his focus is all encompassing…not just America but the entire world.
From my perspective, which you know is also all encompassing, Trump’s approach fits nicely into the timeline set forth in the Convergence Matrix; the end of human history as it is understood and a new beginning exactly 400 days from today May 30th 2025.
From Trump’s perspective there is everything to gain and nothing to lose which goes a long way to explain why there is little patience for those who impede his plans and agenda. He knows in his heart of hearts that the end, in very real terms, is nigh.
Think in terms of a plan nearing its end and the 2020 election theft makes perfect sense. Trump is now positioned, along with Bibi Netanyahu, to usher in the last days.
Secular historians "live scrupulously, morally, righteously by the law of historical method but that method leaves us in vast darkness. It tells us that there are facts but does not tell us what they mean.... We cannot take an honest view of human history unless we acknowledge God's work through human kind in history." Arthur Link
May you live in interesting times.
You're not alone in this belief, but I have difficulty imagining that many of Earth's inhabitants didn't in their own sincere way believe that they were living in a time of a "convergence matrix" (the end of human history), especially those alive during the 20th century's deadly natural disasters involving heat waves, earthquakes, droughts, typhoons, tsunamis, cyclones, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, and floods. Add to those the notable man-made disasters of economic depressions, WWI, and WWII.
Hang in there, and enjoy the gift of life.
P.S. Maybe Trump loves his family and his country so much that he is willing to risk personal disaster to save it all. He doesn't seem like the kind of person that wants anyone to ask him in the future; 'With all of your resources, why didn't you do something?'
Look, this is quite simple. All of the traits Glenn attributes to "fascism" can be found in practically any form of government. The author of fascism defined it as the conscription of private enterprise into the service of a nationalistic, centrally planned, authoritarian government, ostensibly for the purpose of national security. That's it. Fascism is not liberal or conservative. It is a collectivist ideology and could be considered the right-wing of the socialist spectrum.
It is intellectually and morally impossible to accuse someone who believes in individual rights, small & limited government, low taxes, the Bill of Rights, and an aversion to foreign "adventures" as being a fascist.
Trump is most definitely not a fascist. He is a classic American capitalist with a flair for the narcissistic accoutrements of the Golden Age of the newly rich, New York American Vulgarian. He seeks solutions through win-win negotiations in which both parties co-operate in seeking prosperity. Trump is a ball-buster from Queens. He's a serial exaggerator. That's his style. He can be tremendously generous and philanthropic, but he can be nasty and resort to browbeating in an instant. His negotiating style is always to ask or demand five times what he thinks he can get and then settle at 10% to 25% over the previous deal. He will always over-reach and over-promise, however, he has one great redeeming characteristic: He believes to his core that America can achieve what our detractors think impossible and he always places the interests of America first.
Jeff,
Excellent succinct argument that effectively addresses the "fascism" arguments of the left. Your last paragraph is the best summary of Trump I have seen... period.
Do you mean you WOULD not vote for him a 4th time (if he ran)? Or, that you will not be voting for him a 4th time because he won't be running?
Yes.
touche.....or should i respond " wtf"
I guess that since the first choice is an 'if' that won't be happening, the second choice is all that matters..
I would be happier if Trump toned down the rhetoric, didn't have such a thin skin and go after every idiot who attacks him and just concentrated on passing legislation in the short time we have left.
As would 99% of conservatives.
God uses many different people to accomplish his goals. I like how he stands up because I'm tired of taking it in the chin while the left side of the spectrum misses my tax dollars and impugns my character. We needed a fighter, because nobody else is fighting for freedom There is no perfect person.
To fight against the entrenched "deep staters" it takes someone who doesn't suffer fools gladly, is willing to never give up, and if he gives the lefties some of their vitriol back then that's what it will take to fight them. Would we rather have a Caspar Milquetoast in the Oval Office? The time for quiet is over. Fight on, Mr. President!
And there is not one listing of the very government - fascist government - that has lawfared him for 10 years. Well, nine... Trump has followed the Constitution far more than his four predecessors(yes, Obama controlled Xiden).
Our institutions are almost entirely corrupt and that includes the Supreme Court sans Alito and Thomas. Roberts spends weekends with Norm Eisen in the Czech Republic - what do you think they are doing? Having wine?
Donald Trump is acting with the full power of Article 2 which does not include the word 'judicial' and the judiciary is acting the Fascist against that power which means the Constitution.
Would you please demonize those in our courts that are violating their oaths rather than the man who is fulfilling his? The Federalist Society is as warped as the rest of our institutions; Trump is Normal.
We stood a post while you slept after taking the same oaths.
A reminder: https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/08/19/the-day-i-went-head-to-head-with-donald-trump/
Thx for allowing comments.
Can you name a fascist dictator whose top five agendas (or top two for that matter) revolved around reducing the size, cost, and administrative power of the government over their people?
The deep staters and the leftists (and I'm redundant here) have attempted a coup to gain permanent control of the government by illegally bringing in millions upon millions of leftist voters, refusing to enforce the laws of the land, encouraging criminals, rioting, supporting socialists and communist as candidates in local elections using foreign money to get them in office... they manufacture propaganda, bribe the press, they use lawfare (with often ridiculous charges) to hound their opponents, they use government agencies to spy on and fight their opposition, they impeached Trump twice on charges that they seem to be guilty of... they apparently ran the country by usurping the presidency when their man lost his mind (This needs to be listed as a crime equal to treason, by the way)...
These are desperate and power hungry people.
We need a "Patton" to fight them, a "Chamberlain" will not do.
The Federalist Society... neo-cons, not conservatives. Leonard Leo was a nobody until Trump picked him to list judges. Those judges Trump picked like ACB(who is conservative on life and nothing else) are Koch Industries picks and Leo works for them. Now he is a multimillionaire neo-con like the judges picked. A damned Judas to Trump and conservatives.
Since Trump learns who the vipers are he now relies on the Article 3 Project for recommendations which is why all of his judges are illegally junctioning him.
I'll address just one point in your comment.
The notion that the judges picked by Trump -- or any of his predecessors -- have become rich from their judgeships, is completely false.
Whether you like them or not, a federal judge could easily make 5 to 10x in Big Firm private practice. And there are no "hot deals" funneled to them, as there typically is for politicians. Heck, even Chief Justice John Roberts who's been on the bench for decades lives in an ordinary house, as do the other Supreme Court justices and practically all the lower court judges.
When you calculate earnings of Supreme Court Justices versus Big Firm attorneys do you include earnings from book sales? I think that because the Justices are public figures and well known that their book sales would probably exceed their lessor known Big Firm attorneys and therefore would perhaps make them equal or close to equal in earnings. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/78217.Books_Written_by_US_Supreme_Court_Justices
And lecture fees. Are they included also?
I know a little about books and publishing. Books don't make any money. My own books have done OK in terms of reviews and sales, but financially they're nothing.
I doubt any of the Supreme Court justices have made a lousy $100k on their books, much less the hundred million that Big Firm lawyers make over the course of a career.
(And of course, judges who are not on the Supreme Court are lucky to even break even on a book.)
Same thing re speaking fees. I'd be surprised if even a Supreme Court justice gets a fee over $10k. Other judges typically speak for a fee consisting of travel and lodging.
It may be hard to believe, but these people are not in it for the money.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/leonard-leo-tied-nonprofits-businesses-88-million/
I respect you Glenn and my rants aren't directed at you personally, sir.
Everyone in DC except those connected to Trump end up wealthy. Sorry. That is why they are there - to steal taxpayer money. USAID... and you have NO idea how bad it is because there is no transparency. Hell, ever since we beat Japan and Germany our own 'leaders'(Dulles bros and Kennan) deemed it more profitable to 'contain' situations rather than win wars. See @MikeBenzCyber... JFK wanted to go a different direction... Trump wants to go a different direction.
You're link is about Leonard Leo, not about the personal finances of federal judges. You've therefore dodged the point you made, and I contested, that federal judges get rich from their judgeships.
Unless you have some evidence of that, you should retract the point. It slanders the judiciary, is completely unsupported, and is contrary to my personal experience over the course of a career in the federal courts.
Leo is recommending judges on behalf of the Federalist Society - which has been taught to us to recommend constitutionalist judges.
Have you not been paying attention to the judges unconstitutionally injunctioning Trump for stopping taxpayer funds going to family members' NGO's via USAID? I mean Hunter Biden is the supreme example. Oh yeah, the Chinese paid $20M to the 'Biden family', not Joe.
We need to grow up here and question the unquestionable - unaccountable members of ALL federal institutions that haven't had oversight since we have all been alive.
I will never slander anyone by name, but I can sure be suspicious of federal institutions that are not accountable. Chief Justice Roberts plays games all day every day.
Even now, you refuse to offer evidence to support your slanderous allegation that federal judges are getting rich on their judgeships. Instead, when called out on that allegation, you keep changing the subject.
I'm banning you from commentary for 90 days. Bye.
My take is simply this: One can only take bullying for so long, when one has to “punch back”.
If one tallies up the lawsuits, lies piled on endlessly about one’s morals and methods, and then the ultimate shot to the head, I perceive Trump’s current responses to such abuse as justifiably “restrained”. Heck, even Jesus turned over the tables of the money changers according to the Bible.
Frankly, as a bully and a president, I consider Trump to be a piker compared to LBJ.
As for the Supreme Court, it takes two to tango.
This Supreme Court has just ruled that there is such a thing as "Liberal Privilege" and the rest of of must defer to it.
LBJ was indeed a bully, but a very effective one. The reason was that he did his bullying behind closed doors.
Once you start bullying people in public, it's much less effective, for two reasons. One, people don't like a bully. Two, the person you're bulling feels he has no choice but to to stand up to you.
For example, does anyone think that Trump's public bullying of Vladimir Putin will work? Of course not. But some backroom LBJ-style bullying might.
The I love Trump, but.........folks just don't get it. The totality of Trump, warts and all, is what makes him who he is and why he is successful. There can be no doubt he loves America deeply. Who else would have taken the slings and arrows (and we all know what they are, including being shot) and still keep going at his own peril and financial hits? Without him, this country's future would be very dark.