Are You Keeping Up with Trump? Your GOP Politicians Aren't, Which Means They Need a Wake Up Call From YOU
First, we need to make sure you are keeping up...
Two Major Concerns We Are Seeing
Outside of the expected criticisms from many, there is a longer-than-normal lag from the time President Trump implements something to …
Citizens are truly understanding what Trump is doing
GOP politicians realize what is truly happening - and they have more information than the citizens (so we have to ask just WHAT are they prioritizing in their reading list?)
This lag is indicative of a lack of understanding about what is happening, which could lead to clashes among conservatives, as well as between constituents and politicians.
Some Of the Recommendations We Have Read and Heard
First, know that there is going to be fake news like there has never been before - including the demise of MAGA.
The Leftists are going to use the same tactics on all conservative content as they did on social media.
For that reason alone, we need to be way more familiar with our politicians’ stances than we have previously, especially on Trump’s vision and agenda.
We don’t have to agree on how things are carried out, but we must educate ourselves on the outcome President Trump wants, which is what the majority of We the People want.
Based on comments and posts we have seen on social media, as well as here, some of you do, most of you think you do, and most of you don’t know what is truly going on.
If you think the trade agreements made in South Korea for Eurasia were just that, you are in the last category just mentioned.
This is not a new perspective; anyone thinking the Founding Fathers were united in constructing a new country would be sadly mistaken.
There is hardly ever a 100% consensus on how to do things, unless our country has been attacked, internally or from foreign powers, so this is nothing new.
Heck, even the 13 Colonies were not on the same page - hence the Federalist Papers.
What will be new for many is educating themselves on what is REALLY going on, who the actors and leaders are, as well as how to debate anything.
Debating is a challenge for many - we’re so accustomed to being triggered in the past 15-20 years that most of us are sensitive to anything that may appear to threaten our peace and security.
As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
- Proverbs 27:17
The word ‘friend’ is the proper translation from the Hebrew, meaning such conversations should occur between people who trust one another.
Not with just anyone.
Wisdom dictates a debate - and it is not uncommon to step away from the discussion when someone is either trying to entrap, talks in circles, consistently redirects away from the topic… You get the picture.
Though many conservatives are on the same page, that page is still up to interpretation by those we know as well as love.
If my assertion, for centuries, that the British empire’s elites, as well as several royal families in Europe, are behind most of what we have been blind to until recently, is news to you, you need to catch up.
DETRACTORS TO THE U.S. SEEM TO BE EVERYWHERE
ICYMI, Susan Kokinda joins me to discuss Mark Carney’s checkered past and how his shift to Asian trade partners is a sign of concession for the globalist class.
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Transcript for the above video1
The discovery that British Empire elites and European Royal families’ involvement was first exposed indirectly by Myron Fagan in the 1960s, and many of those came to light through others, such as William Cooper.
Even this much is believed to be unknown or denied by many of the GOP politicians.
Sometimes I wonder if Democrats like Fetterman know more than many of the GOP politicians, based on his interviews and the words chosen to express their opinions about things (the devil is always in the details).
Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses the economic impact of the government shutdown, the Democrat strategy to undermine Trump, and more on ‘Kudlow. Transcript2
My Thoughts
We should not treat anything we hear as truth, even from trusted sources or if it stands to reason, until we have verified and qualified that information.
For this Substack, that means the 10-15 posts a day is going to drop, to what level I am not sure yet.
That drop in volume means that we must ensure the quality of our content is even higher than it was before.
I keep a list of endorsed media - those that we find to be either on the mark, providing correct information ahead of its time, or uncovering information that most have not yet heard or seen, of which will also become scrutinized.
Our objective now…
Identify any source or resource that still favors the rules-based order of liberal free trade, which promotes a financial and investment economy, rather than the principles of building and production, will be tracked on a separate list from the endorsed media, with the expectation that the list will be fluid.
Lastly, posts will be more informative, though less frequent, meaning that quality content is a must and that it must be focused, for now, on the mid-term election as well as educating the populace on what Trump is doing with our economy.
That’s my end…
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Should the Democrats gain any leverage in the coming months, they could not only regain their position but also risk losing everything we have fought for thus far.
And THAT is a why-type of question our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren will be asking
Susan Kokinda - If people know Mark Carney’s background, before he was the prime minister, he was not only the head of the Bank of Canada, but he (was also) the only foreigner to ever be head of the Bank of England, which is really the premier central bank of the central banks in the world.
So when you’re looking at Mark Carney, you’re sort of looking at the central banker’s central banker.
And what he stated in that clip, and what he said even more dramatically at a press conference at the end of the apex summit, is he said the last period of rules-based order of liberal free trade going back to 1989 is over.
And that was the most dramatic concession of defeat that I can think of in terms of what Carney represents.
And what Carney represents is, as I said, the central banker for the central banks, but he is one of the key spokesm(e)n for this entire globalist free trade so-called rules-based order, which means their rules.
And their rules are rigged to destroy sovereignty, to subjugate nations economically, and to keep us in perpetual wars.
Larry Kudlow: All right, Democrats doing everything they can to sabotage the Trump economy. Yep, yep, yep.
Joining me now is the great Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution senior fellow.
Victor, you and I are tracking the same thing.
I mean, I love one of your points in here, but the Democrats want to sabotage the Trump economy, win the midterm elections in the House, and then start impeaching Trump all over again.
Now, how sick is that?
But you know what?
I happen to agree with you.
Certainly, the left wing of the party would go there in a nanosecond.
VDH: I think it’s a certainty they will.
I think the shutdown was in part not just to affect the elections recently, although it did, but we’re starting to learn that maybe they took out a point or a point and a half of GDP in the fourth quarter, and I think they’ll do it again before the midterms.
If they think that, along with artificially keeping interest rates high and the media talking about recession, Wall Street collapse, tariff wars, China, all of this negative news along with the high interest rates and shutting down the government will hurt the economy, at least they think, before the midterms.
And that’s what the midterms are going to be decided on, I think.
I think everybody agrees on the status of the economy.
Kudlow: No, I surely agree.
And you know what?
Listen, we had Kevin Hassett on last evening, and they’re going to take the shutdown, this crazy shutdown, which was so unnecessary and so damaging to ordinary people, you know, trying to take airplanes and just do their job and so forth and so on.
Anyway, that shutdown will stop the 4% growth momentum that was already developing in Q2 and Q3.
So Q4 is going to be a couple of percentage points lower.
And then, Victor, you recoup it next year.
But if they go back, January 30th or 31st is the end of the current, the new CR.
So if they shut down the government again, they will stop the economy’s momentum or at least slow the momentum in the next spring, which is a crucial time.
I mean, what a strategy that is.
VDH: Yeah, I think we have to be a little bit less naive.
I think everybody’s saying, well, they blew it.
They didn’t get anything out of it.
That’s not what they think.
They think they helped win those elections, even though they were blue states.
But more importantly, they think they slowed down the economy.
And now it’s a proven formula to repeat when it really matters in 2026.
So I’m afraid they’re going to do it again.
Kudlow: I mean, it’s just sabotage.
Their policy is sabotage, and they’re all these left-wing groups.
I don’t know if ordinary Democrats, whoever they may be, are in favor of this, but it’s all these NGOs and foundations and left-wing groups and Southern Poverty Center-type groups.
They’re the ones behind this.
They’re the ones pushing the party in this direction.
VDH: Yeah, I think that’s also out of fear.
I think we’ve never pumped 14 million barrels a day.
And given Trump’s initiatives, we could be up to 16 million and we’ve never really had these tariffs that are not just, they’re not causing a war yet, but they’re bringing in revenue.
They’re getting more symmetry and trade; we’ve never had 2 million people deported and have those jobs open up to the degree some of them were working and we’ve never had this level of foreign investment.
I don’t know what the ratio is; the economists can’t agree how many billion dollars in foreign investment creates, how many jobs, depending on where it’s invested. but if half of what Trump says turns out to be reified, we could have 6 or 7 trillion dollars starting to come in next year; so they see all this and they think, oh, my God, this economy could really take off in 2026, what are we going to do about it?
I think that’s the frame of mind right now.
Kudlow: But here’s the other thing that Donald Trump didn’t create the affordability crisis.
The affordability crisis is inflation prices are higher than wages for working folks, middle class and lower income people, OK?
Joe Biden, created 9% inflation with 21% cumulative increase in prices.
That wasn’t Donald Trump, that was Joe Biden that did that.
J.D. Vance made the case last night, I think, or the night before, that basically the average price of a home doubled under Biden, went up 100%, doubled.
That wasn’t Trump; it was under Biden.
Now I’ve got the Democratic Party and the lefty media blaming Donald Trump.
VDH: Yeah, I mean, if you take the 21% increase over 4 years, they averaged 5% inflation every year of those 4 years.
And then when Trump came in, we’re forgetting he didn’t get in until January 21, really. and it takes months to get geared up, and he inherited about a 2.7, 2.8 inflation rate, depending who you listen to.
So I don’t think they got that message out, that they inherited an inflationary economy.
It had gone down, but it never had reduced prices.
The rate of inflation had gone down, but it still averaged 5% over 4 years.
And prices remained high, especially on cars, houses, insurance, the things that really matter to people.
But they didn’t get that message out yet.
Kudlow: Well, I think so.
If you take this now and get into the midterm political season, it would seem to me that the president, the vice president, and all the senior staff, cabinet members, and whatnot, they’ve got to get out there, they’ve got to fan out, make the case, Victor.
I think they’ve got to really, for example, explain what’s really in the one big, beautiful bill and how it, for example, next year, tax refunds are going to be up enormously for tips, overtime, seniors, and auto loans.
You know, why the factory is coming over here, reshoring, how that will hire jobs.
You follow me?
I mean, they got to do some old-fashioned selling, marketing, communicating, don’t you think?
VDH: I think they do.
And I think they have to point out that every one of these initiatives that is ostensibly not economic, really is, and you meant oil is.
It’s going to lower prices, and having symmetry on trade is, foreign investment is, lowering the crime rate is, and deporting 2 million people who are on social services is going to be an enormous doge saving.
So, doge is going to be, they all have to talk about all the initiatives that don’t seem connected in terms of finance and economics, as economics, because I think they’re going to kick in. Nobody kind of appreciates what they’re doing in that sense.
Kudlow: Well, I think it’s there for the taking.
The early, you know, the early results are very good.
But he’s, look, Donald, no better communicator than Mr. Trump.
So, you know, we’ve got to get him out there.
But he’s got others that, you know, they’ve just got to get out there, it seems to me.
That’s a big thing.
And, you know, you can’t let the lefty media run this place.
You just can’t.
It is fake news.
I mean, it just is fake news.
No.
VDH: Yeah, and he had such, I know he’s had all these successes with ceasefires in the Middle East and the Iranian nuclear program, but George W. Bush won the Gulf War in 91, he had about a 90% rating, and then the Clinton people convinced everybody we were in a moderate recession, which was greater than the Great Depression, and he lost a year later.
So foreign affairs are very important, but they rarely determine an election, and I think they have to keep that in mind as well as he’s done about it.
He’s got to talk about the economic achievements far more than the foreign affairs.
Kulow: I would tend to agree with that; he’s done fabulous work on foreign policy, you’re absolutely right, the trade policy too, but we need the bread and butter stuff right here at home.
Victor Davis Hanson, nobody better. Thank you, sir.