T. Belman. Goldman may be right in everything he wrote except for this,
“His obsession with the highly-improbable notion that vote fraud decided the 2020 election is self-destructive. His encouragement of the Jan 6 Capitol Hill protests — to whatever extent it occurred — was ill-considered in the extreme.”
He takes a cheap shot at Putin, “There’s nothing to like about him.” while at the same time acknowledging ” the boss of bosses who rationalized and limited the looting and allowed Russia to get back on its feet.”
By David P. Goldman, PJ MEDIA JUN 19, 2022
Former President Donald Trump told the “Road to Majority” conference in Nashville on June 17:
Now we have the nastiest inflation that we’ve ever seen, we have a war in Ukraine with perhaps millions and millions of people dying in the end…you’re talking about tens of thousands of people dying…and perhaps it’s going to lead to World War III because of the way we’re handling it… We just gave $40 billion on top of another $16 billion, so we’re in for $56 billion…we want to help those people—we have to also save our country, by the way—and it’s horrible, horrible what happened. But when you look at Europe, and Germany and France and all these other countries – they’ve given a tiny fraction of what we’ve given…It should have never happened. If I were president that would have never happened. One hundred percent, that would never have happened.
He’s absolutely, magnificently right, and he’s right in direct proportion to the hysteria his Nashville remarks brought forth from the Global Liberals. Hillary Clinton told the London Financial Times the same day that Trump’s possible re-election was Vladimir Putin’s only possible path to victory. Clinton bears the lion’s share of the blame for the horrific bloodshed now underway in Ukraine: As Secretary of State, Clinton and her chief Europe aide Victoria Nuland helped stage-manage the Maidan Coup in Ukraine that set the present war in motion.
It is revolting, but not surprising, to see the leaders of the Republican Establishment try to out-shout the Democrats over Ukraine. The consensus echo chamber generates a stream of chatter so deafening that it takes a big voice to boom over it, and Donald Trump is the only American politician with a voice that big. Thank God we have him.
I’m no Trump apologist. His obsession with the highly-improbable notion that vote fraud decided the 2020 election is self-destructive. His encouragement of the Jan 6 Capitol Hill protests — to whatever extent it occurred — was ill-considered in the extreme. His China tariffs are a dismal failure, as I predicted they would be. His corporate tax cut encouraged stock buybacks by Big Tech but hurt capital investment by manufacturers. He mishandled the COVID-19 epidemic for months. He was wrong about many things but right about one overriding big thing: The United States has no business starting wars to make the world safe for democracy.
That’s why the Deep State went after Trump with a vengeance, claiming that he was in cahoots with Putin to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. Andrew McCarthy, Lee Smith, and others have published book-length exposés of this egregious fraud.
There are a dozen small reasons to oppose Trump and one big reason to support him: The existence of civilization just might be at stake as a result of the fanaticism and incompetence of the U.S. foreign policy establishment. I would favor Ron DeSantis as the 2024 Republican candidate, but if the estimable Florida governor wants a shot at the top slot, he has to take a stand on the Ukraine disaster.
Russia has been the White Whale of the Global Liberal/Neoconservative cabal since the Fall of Communism. We expected Russia to turn into a liberal democracy after 1990. But the “free market” policies we pushed onto Russia (I was part of the first wave of neo-con economists to visit Russia in the early 1990s) allowed oligarchs to loot the corpse of the Soviet economy and plunge Russia into chaos and bankruptcy. Putin emerged as the capo di capi, the boss of bosses who rationalized and limited the looting and allowed Russia to get back on its feet. He’s the Lucky Luciano of Russia. There’s nothing to like about him.
But Russia remains a state with interests, and Russia will no more tolerate the expansion of NATO up to its Ukrainian border than we would tolerate Russian missiles in Mexico. I explained the causes of Putin’s Ukraine invasion in March in an essay for The American Conservative. That is substantially what Pope Francis told the Italian daily La Stampa on June 14:
“The danger,” said Francis, “is that we only see [the violence], which is monstrous, and we do not see the whole drama that is unfolding behind this war, which was perhaps in some way either provoked or not prevented. And I register an interest in testing and selling weapons. It is very sad, but basically this is what is at stake.” The Pope warned against “reducing complexity to the distinction between good and bad, without thinking about roots and interests, which are very complex.”
Trump would not have pushed Putin into a corner. He’s a deal-maker, and he would have found a formula to avoid war. Russia, after all, proposed the Minsk II framework in which Ukraine would remain neutral, and the Russian-speaking areas of Eastern Ukraine would have autonomous rule within a sovereign Ukraine. Washington and London encouraged Ukraine to junk the Minsk framework and helped it to re-arm.
Now the U.S. establishment is backed into a corner. Russia’s economy isn’t collapsing; it will shrink by about 8% this year, according to the International Monetary Fund, not the 50% that Biden predicted. Russia is making more money from energy exports than ever. Rather than collapsing, Russia’s military is running a reasonably efficient war of attrition in Eastern Ukraine, which Ukraine — with far smaller resources — cannot win. Sanctions on Russia turned into an “own goal” as our inflation rate jumped with the oil price.
Trump is right about the risk of nuclear war. For example, a losing, desperate Ukraine might use Western weapons to attack targets well inside Russia, provoking Russian attacks on arms depots in NATO countries bordering Ukraine.
Of course, letting Putin get away with an illegal and reprehensible invasion of Ukraine would be a black eye for the West. That’s humiliating. But a negotiated settlement of the kind Henry Kissinger proposed earlier this month in Davos would be better than two black eyes, and maybe getting our head blown off.
@Sebastien Zorn
Thanks for the info.
This confirms my suspicion that things are still going on “as they should” and that FDR had a point.
@Reader but they were compared https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2016/02/29/for-nearly-200-years-weve-played-by-martin-van-burens-rules-then-the-2016-presidential-race-happened/
You too can grow up to be president, little ones. Just like Martin Van Buren.
@Reader
Trump is related to different royals from the rest but shares royal ancestry with Hillary Clinton.
Martin Van Buren the only commoner descended from Dutch settlers.
@Reader Fascinating. What about Trump?
The above is from 2012, I suspect nothing changed since then.
We are all convinced that the election was stolen. How can anyone think otherwise. So I wonder how a smart guy like Goldman, doesn’t see it. I recently talked with an American friend who also lives in Israel. He was skeptical about the findings of 2000 Mules. It shocked me because it was so obvious to me that it was stolen. My daughter the same. I think that naysayers are liberal and take take their cues from the MSM whereas we are informed by the independent truth telling media.
@peloni1986
Yours are wise words of caution and moderation. You obviously still hold some hope that the men (and women) of the court will step up and do the right thing. I don’t hold that same expectation. If they have not shown devotion to truth and justice by this time, why would they change when things get even harder? I understand your hesitancy to step into the unknown, but is this not why we were schooled to remember the events of 1776?
@Raphael
You are not wrong in any of what you state here, as so too has our legal system and our political system been completely corrupted. I will submit that the sheriff’s are a potential untapped source of power thus far left to be clearly challenged to act according to their authority and their duty, but they are soon to be challenged to do exactly this.
It remains, however, a cold harsh reality that the courts failed to resolve the election dispute in a timely fashion, as was incumbent upon them to do so, and it is only due to the SCOTUS’ lack of fortitude which led them to demure when it was clearly their duty to deliver a considered opinion on the matters related to the election theft, clearly discerning what they deliberately left obscured, judicially speaking. This being stated, their want of conviction did leave the matter quite unresolved in a state of permanent equivocation, rather than resolving to legitimize such open corruption as the new legal standard. In doing so, it has displayed a well baked dishonor upon itself, rank with an obvious self-loathing amid its loss of an ability to act to deliberate the dispute between the legislative and executive branches, for which they alone have the ability and therefore a certain duty to resolve, in accordance of historical tradition and legal judgement.
Still, their evident lack of resolve to clearly assert an obvious fraud as being legitimately supported, does display a possible potential for them to act with the courage of their better natures and the requirement of their office. We have little to lose, and everything to gain, by forcing them to consider the evidence on this matter, evidence which is clearly apparent, without any potential dispute of its source or its illicit implications. To pursue this matter to its final conclusion, it remains their duty to provide a deliberated judgement, but it is our duty to force them to deliberate upon the evidence. Should we fail to force this issue, we leave them the kindly gift of seeking solace in their prior half step measure to leave this matter forever unconsidered and unjudged, mooted for all time. For justice to be granted, the aggrieved must remain both vigilant and resolved. We will have our day in court on this matter, and the justices will be forced to judge the evidence to our satisfaction or to their infamy.
Only then will we hear the final verdict, upon the evidence and upon the justices. As we owe it to our children to have this case legitimately litigated, the justices likewise owe it to themselves, their office and their nation to provide an answer to the now pressing question, “Is fraud now the legal law of the land.”
So, whereas I share your outrage of the desperate position in which we find ourselves due to the extensive corruption about us, I do see a further merit in pressing this matter to its fullest extent. Do recall that corruption comes from fragile judgements exercised by weak men seeking the easy rewards with the least exercise of courage. This is what I discern about these jurists from their choice to render moot that which so clearly called for a certain judgement from an impartial SCOTUS. For myself, I mean to see them stand to a man and state clearly for all that the legal code by which their lives have been strung means nothing at all to them, or that it remains the very structure by which we will all continue to live our lives. Til they are forced to clearly settle this matter decisively, victory, to some level at least, is still within our grasp and we should persist until we persevere, or so I am given to believe, in any event.
Should our persistence ultimately fail to render justice, it will be a time to consider our plight in a more desperate light than that in which we stand today, as sorrow will be the limit of our future and ruin will be the outcome of our every choice. Rather than walk that road prematurely, we should, I believe, run every path to its fullest length and render from it, the greatest potential, in an attempt to avoid that unenviable outcome which none of us should choose to accept before it is fully forced upon us to do so. This is our best pathway to victory, such as it is. Again, only speaking for myself, as I see things.
@ T. Belman I agree with you
@ peloni1986
I’m not disagreeing with you, but the stealing of a U.S. Presidential election goes far beyond anything that the courts can be trusted to handle. Not only has our electoral system been completely compromised, but so to has our judicial system. Do you really expect that the courts, which uniformly declined to hear any challenges to the election results, can, or will, render true and comprehensive justice? That’ll be a cold day in hell. We can’t play nice any more with people who subvert the law and the Constitution to destroy our nation.
@Reader
It is about the treaty agreement details. The treaty is to protect Europe, and yet the Europeans couldn’t muster a protection force to patrol a soccer match. I read a report where Germany stated that they had only 50 working tanks. If this is true, it fairly demonstrates the complete lack of any concern that the Europeans had in their own defense. This demonstrates the reality that they recognized the threat that they opposed was quite marginal, and likely less than marginal.
The statement of Sweden(might have been Finland) demonstrates the how Europe sees NATO. They stated that under the NATO treaty, they would only need to spend 2% of GDP and that they spend a great deal more than this currently, so by joining NATO they could save on defense costs. This was exactly the spectacle of abuse by the member states that Trump was referencing.
@kgoldfisher
Well described.
But there are, at this point only two key facts that need to be referenced to demonstrate the fraud was significant and unquestionably present in the machines, even ignoring the vote harvesting exposed by TrueTheVote.
1. CISA, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which is a part of the DHS, and US govt organization issued a statement including the following clause:
This advisory identifies vulnerabilities affecting versions of the Dominion Voting Systems…While these vulnerabilities present risks that should be mitigated as soon as possible, CISA has no evidence that these vulnerabilities have been exploited in any elections.
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-154-01
CISA states that
This is simply not true.
2. Due to the courageous efforts of Tina Peters, we know a great deal about the vulnerabilities on the machines. As Jeffrey O’Donnell, a forensic analyst explains in his Mesa County Forensic Report #3
https://www.israpundit.org/how-democrats-cheated-in-the-2020-election/#mh-comments
There was a script present in the machine which could not have been placed on it thru direct access. The script automatically changed the election result without outside interaction. There is no reason to believe that this was an isolated event, and no explanation rendering this malicious activity as anything other than malicious. Furthermore, the evidence to establish the fact that this same script was present on all the other voting machines was destroyed due to the efforts of the manufacturer who overwrote the evidence that would expose them even more completely.
So when CISA states that
We know they are lying. Which raises a new question of why would CISA obscure the fact that we know what we know. Just one more question to add to your list of questions.
The reality is that we caught them. They know we caught them. Now we simply have to prosecute the responsible parties and seek a just remedy, but even ignoring this, this evidence is irrefutable.
ask the question of Mr. Goldman and others, what is it about these simple details that seem to render you into a state determined ignorance.
So, should “they” have given more or should “we” have given less, and what should have been the total amount given to Ukraine?
It sounds to me like he is upset about the Europeans not contributing enough to the pot.
@kgoldfisher
Well described.
But there are, at this point only two key facts that need to be referenced to demonstrate the fraud was significant and unquestionably present in the machines, even ignoring the vote harvesting exposed by TrueTheVote.
1. CISA, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which is a part of the DHS, and US govt organization issued a statement including the following clause:
This advisory identifies vulnerabilities affecting versions of the Dominion Voting Systems…While these vulnerabilities present risks that should be mitigated as soon as possible, CISA has no evidence that these vulnerabilities have been exploited in any elections.
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-154-01
CISA states that
This is simply not true.
2. Due to the courageous efforts of Tina Peters, we know a great deal about the vulnerabilities on the machines. As Jeffrey O’Donnell, a forensic analyst explains in his Mesa County Forensic Report #3
https://www.israpundit.org/how-democrats-cheated-in-the-2020-election/#mh-comments
There was a script present in the machine which could not have been placed on it thru direct access. The script automatically changed the election result without outside interaction. There is no reason to believe that this was an isolated event, and no explanation rendering this malicious activity as anything other than malicious. Furthermore, the evidence to establish the fact that this same script was present on all the other voting machines was destroyed due to the efforts of the manufacturer who overwrote the evidence that would expose them even more completely.
So when CISA states that
We know they are lying. Which raises a new question of why would CISA obscure the fact that we know what we know. Just one more question to add to your list of questions.
The reality is that we caught them. They know we caught them. Now we simply have to prosecute the responsible parties and seek a just remedy, but even ignoring this, this evidence is irrefutable.
ask the question of Mr. Goldman and others, what is it about these simple details that seem to render you into a state determined ignorance.
The same way that transferring Kennedy’s limousine back to Michigan for restoration the day after and the body being removed from Dallas despite Texas law, the disparity in the Parkland trauma doctors describing an exit wound at the back of the head versus Bethesda’s autopsy, and the CIA’s NPIC having possession of the Zapruder film the day after… in the same way one has to answer how it was that battleground states simultaneously stopped counting the night of the 3rd, why Secretaries of State violated state election law in several of those same states, how Arizona was called within 5 minutes of polls closing for a supposed 10,000 vote margin, why audits are not allowed to be completed and why the media have to call it a lie to discuss the entire shady enterprise…
Thomas Sowell said that some ideas are so ignorant that only an intellectual could believe them. Stealing an election is not something we have to teach our politicians to accept gracefully. Rather it is a goad to an American populace to insist that our government and its intelligence agencies accept who we elect and the policies we desire.
The Nov3rd 2020 election was absolutely stolen…and Jan 6th was a preplanned event by Pelosi with a lot of help from FBI….to think otherwise is willful ignorance….
@Ted I agree but he’s also wrong about Trump’s handling of China and Covid. I didn’t understand his criticism of corporate tax cuts leading to buybacks by manufacturers but clearly they led to lower consumer prices and boosted the economy.