Trump tells Iranian regime what will happen if there's no deal

President Donald Trump may be the funniest and most amusing president the country has ever seen, but he isn't kidding around with the Iranian regime. He told Fox News Sunday what he planned to do if the regime fails to agree to his deal once the ceasefire ends

"If the deal isn’t done, the deal that we made, then I’m going to take out their bridges and their power plants," he said as he fired off another warning to repeat his threat to end "civilization" in Iran. "If they don’t sign this thing, the whole country is going to get blown up." Hopefully, he wasn't including the anti-regime citizens who so bravely stood up against the Ayatollah and have lost tens of thousands of peaceful protesters in the events that followed.

"We’re preparing to hit them harder than any country has ever been hit before because you cannot let them have a nuclear weapon," Trump added.

Those remarks came as Trump mocked the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in a Truth Social post for staking claim to a Strait of Hormuz "blockade" the U.S. military had already put in place.

"Iran recently announced that they were closing the Strait, which is strange, because our BLOCKADE has already closed it," Trump wrote. "They’re helping us without knowing, and they are the ones that lose with the closed passage, $500 Million Dollars a day! The United States loses nothing.

"In fact, many Ships [sic] are headed, right now, to the U.S., Texas, Louisiana, and Alaska, to load up, compliments of the IRGC, always wanting to be 'the tough guy!'"

Notably, Trump told Fox News that there is turmoil in Iran, over control of a country whose multiple layers of leadership had been killed over the past few months of strikes by Israel and the U.S.

"There's a little bit of a fight between the moderates [in Iran] and the crazies," Trump said. "Nobody's winning it."

"Our Navy has done an unbelievable job," he continued. "We haven't even been challenged." 

Trump declared that Saturday's IRGC fire was "a total violation" of the ceasefire."Iran decided to fire bullets yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz — A Total Violation of our Ceasefire Agreement!" his Truth Social post began.

"Many of them were aimed at a French Ship, [sic] and a Freighter [sic] from the United Kingdom. That wasn’t nice, was it? My Representatives [sic] are going to Islamabad, Pakistan — They will be there tomorrow evening, for Negotiations [sic]."

Trump remains hopeful, albeit not completely grammatical, about diplomacy, while he is not ruling out a return to force, where he once warned about ending "civilization" in Iran as they know it.

"We’re offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it because, if they don’t, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran," Trump's stern warning continued.

"NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!

No more [sic]s.

"They’ll come down fast, they’ll come down easy and, if they don’t take the DEAL, it will be my Honor to do what has to be done, which should have been done to Iran, by other Presidents, for the last 47 years. IT’S TIME FOR THE IRAN KILLING MACHINE TO END!"

Trump's Middle East peace envoys are going to take the next step toward a diplomatic resolution first, he told the outlet.

"Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are heading to the Middle East," Trump said. "They will be leaving [Monday]. Their meeting will begin on Tuesday morning. It’s a very simple deal, they’ve agreed to much of it."

"It's almost like they don't learn," he said.

Trump added that he has not made a decision on targeting water infrastructure, including desalination plants.

"I hate to do that one," he said.

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Newsom disses Israel and Netanyahu, says Trump's strikes due to his 'grift'

In a vicious attack on President Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the longstanding U.S.-Israel alliance, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom called for a serious rethink of American support for Israel, smeared the Jewish state as an apartheid regime, and took vicious swipes at Trump, 

The comments came during an appearance with former Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor at an event promoting Newsom's autobiography, "Young Man in a Hurry." When asked whether Democrats should reconsider U.S. military aid to Israel given Netanyahu's leadership, Newsom didn't hold back.

"Well, he's making that easy right now," Newsom began, launching into an attack on Netanyahu. "The issue of Bibi is interesting. Because he's got his own domestic issues. He's trying to stay out of jail. He's got an election coming up. He's potentially on the ropes. He's got folks, the hard line, that want to annex the West Bank."

Newsom then channeled the notoriously anti-Netanyahu New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman to push the tired leftist falsehood that Israel is heading toward "an apartheid state," adding, "For two years, they haven't even been able to solve the Hamas question in Israel."He went on to imply that Trump's actions against Iran were driven purely by Israeli influence.

"In so many ways, that influence in the context of the conversation of where Trump ultimately landed on this is pretty damn self-evident," said Newsom. "When you bring two aircraft carriers out there and you assemble the kind of military force that Trump did over the last few weeks, it didn't surprise me ultimately that they moved that direction."

When directly asked, "Do you think, looking down the road, that the United States should consider, maybe, you know, rethinking our military support for Israel?" Newsom feigned heartbreak.

"It breaks my heart because the current leadership in Israel is walking us down that path where I don't think you have a choice but that consideration."

He then pivoted to what he called "the grift and the corruption" tied to regional politics, dragging in Trump family members by name, including Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner. 

"The fact that we are in this now, a regional war. All these proxies and all the grift and the corruption that also marks a huge part of this," he said. "And that's a real conversation we need to have, this Board of Peace. In the piece that the Witkoff family is getting, in the piece that Kushner is getting, in the peace that Trump Jr. is getting."

Newsom's remarks represent the predictable anti-Israel turn from a Democrat desperate to signal virtue to the progressive base, even as he wraps it in crocodile tears about a broken heart. The governor's willingness to echo smears of Israel as an apartheid state while questioning aid amid ongoing threats shows just how far the party has drifted from its once-stalwart support for America's closest Middle East ally. And throwing in baseless jabs at the Trump family for good measure? 

That's just par for the course in the current Democratic playbook.

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Biden understands the "Passion" of his anti-Semitic base and sympathizes with them

We seek tolerance and respect for every person in order to make this world a place where all can enjoy a life of dignity and hope, no matter their race, faith or ethnicity--from the Abraham Accords Declaration

It's more than ironic that Joe Biden calls former President Donald Trump a Nazi, especially since Trump recognized Jerusalem the capital of Israel and was instrumental in the Abraham Accords along with his Jewish son-in-law Jarod Kushner. 

Meanwhile Biden and his administration is calling for Israel to cease fire after Israelis were raped, burned, beheaded and slaughtered in their beds on October 7 last year. His administration isn't asking Hamas nor Hezbollah to do the same.

And worse is the fact that Biden's Secretary of State Antony Blinken, a Jew, continues to pursue policies that reward anti-Semitism, such as when he restored funding to Mahmoud Abbas, a freaking Holocaust denier who promotes anti-Semitic blood libel and "pay to slay" policies for killing Jews, including Jewish children.

So who's the real Nazi here? 

Anyway, our houseplant-in-chief spoke at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC on Monday. While he mumbled, a Hamasshole fan shouted, “Ceasefire now! Ceasefire now! Ceasefire now!” 

Biden immediately replied, “That’s all right. That’s all right,” 

But another Hamasshole lover, worried that the Jews were winning the war continued, “Will you call for a ceasefire?” Members of the audience betting that Biden would live to finish another term as our alleged President shouted, “Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!”

Biden then stated in the mush-mouth way he has, “Look, folks, I understand their — I understand their passion. And I’ve been quietly working — I’ve been quietly working with the Israeli government to get them to reduce and significantly get out of Gaza. I’ve been using all that I can to do that. But I understand the passion.”

The only reason Israel is in Gaza is because of the unprovoked Hamas attack that killed over 1,200 Israelis in one day. Israel was out of Gaza, forcibly removing every single Israeli, including the dead and buried, in 2005. The following year Gazans voted Hamas into power and this is what they got. 

The Hamassholes invaded Israel and committed the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, an event that Abbas denies ever happened.

Biden has the moral clarity of a person who sees no problem with burning a baby alive in an oven. 

He hasn't even been able to pressure Hamas to release our hostages, much less Israeli hostages.

I have no sympathy for him and his dementia.

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Trump may go the nepotism route: they all did it

President Trump is possibly considering appointing his son-in-law Jared Kushner as White House Chief of Staff, according to the Huffington Post.

Current Chief of Staff John Kelly is leaving the position by the end of the year, or possibly early next year, and the president is currently in search of his replacement.

“John Kelly will be leaving — I don’t know if I can say ‘retiring.’ But, he’s a great guy,” Trump said earlier this month. He says that about all the people he hires at first, but if they pull a "Michael Cohen" on him, well, not so much. [See Rex Tillerson; see Omarosa M. Newman.]

Kelly initially joined the Trump administration as Department of Homeland Security secretary. He replaced former Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus as chief of staff in July 2017, Fox News reported.

According to the Huffington Post, a “top Republican close to the White House” leaked that Kushner is interested in the chief of staff position.

If he does select his son-in-law, don't let the cries of nepotism fool you--JFK did it with Bobby as his AF, Bill Clinton, because nepotism goes back to the Founding Fathers of this country.

On Thursday, the president told reporters Thursday that he has his list of potential candidates down to five finalists. Perhaps he plans to trot them out in front of the cameras and have the studio audience guess which one is his choice, to add to the drama.

“We are interviewing people now for chief of staff,” Trump said, according to the Post.

Nick Ayers, who is the current chief of staff for Vice President Mike Pence, was also believed to be at the top of Trump’s list but he announced on Twitter that he plans to leave the White House and return to Georgia at the end of the year to have a life.

Ayers tweeted:

Thank you @realDonaldTrump, @VP, and my great colleagues for the honor to serve our Nation at The White House. I will be departing at the end of the year but will work with the #MAGA team to advance the cause. 🇺🇸 #Georgia
— Nick Ayers (@nick_ayers) December 9, 2018

The president debunked claims that Ayers had been chosen for the position on Twitter in order to seem as if no one ever turns him down. He tweeted:

“I am in the process of interviewing some really great [aka: tremendous] people for the position of White House Chief of Staff,” Trump wrote. “Fake News has been saying with certainty it was Nick Ayers, a spectacular person who will always be with our #MAGA agenda. I will be making a decision soon!”

Despite the Huffington Post’s [often fake news] report, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said she was not aware of Kushner’s consideration for the position, the Washington Examiner reported.

Well, it's anyone's guess as to who will be Trump's pick. Will it be Jared? Ivanka? Ben Shapiro?

Who do you think will take the White House Oscar? Please comment below.

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Mueller hired 8 more lawyers for Trump probe

Special Counsel Robert Mueller is going full-hog into the Russian 2016 campaign interference investigation and hired an additional eight lawyers for the case President Trump just can't stop tweeting about.

The probe will cover alleged collusion, obstruction of justice and foreign interference. It is also looking into Trump's top aides and former campaign advisers and will include Jared Kushner, his son-in-law. Of course, former national security adviser Michael Flynn will be under the legal microscope as well.

The Daily Wire had previously reported about the three attorneys brought in by Mueller who were donors to Democrats including Hillary Clinton. In fact, one lawyer, Jeannie Rhee, actually represented Crooked Hillary twice, "once personally, and once for the Clinton Foundation." [Also personally, in a way]. 

CNN said that Mueller will probably bring on even more attorneys, but who can believe what they say? But in any case, they said his "investigators have asked for informatin and will talk to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and National Security Agency Director Adm. Mike Rogers, according to a source [obviously an anonymous as is their wont], who said they have also sought information from recently retired NSA Deputy Director Richard Ledgett."

If what we know of the evidence [that is, there is no evidence] proves that's all there is, President Trump would be well off--but only if he could keep his Twitter finger in his pants.


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POTUS considering 'cleaning' the White House

President Trump is reportedly considering 'cleaning house' of his White House staff and bringing back his top campaign strategists. He is frustrated over his staff's inability to contain the Russian interference story over the presidential campaign.

Trump is recruiting legal teams and PR experts, the Associated Press reported as new information surfaces about Moscow's interference and possible improprieties with the Trump campaign and associates. The disclosures shadowed the president during his first trip as POTUS and threatens to stall his agenda.

The most recent reports allege that Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, allegedly spoke with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. about setting up a back-channel communications network with Moscow during Trump's transition into the White House.

Rather than defending Kushner, Trump attacked the "fake news media" on Twitter and focused on leaks, both from the White House and an intelligence leak the UK blamed on the US regarding the Manchester bombing.

While Trump was schmoozing overseas, his own personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, became a member of his legal team to deal with the Russian interference in the election and the potential involvement of any of his associates. More lawyers with heavy experience in Washington investigations are expected to join the team along with communications experts.

The AP reported that Mr. Trump believes he's facing more of a communications problem rather than a legal one, despite the intensifying inquiries.

Trump is considering bringing back his former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski and his former deputy campaign campaign manager, David Bossie and both talked to him before he left on the trip.

Trump has his hands full this week as he next has to decide whether or not to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement of 2015. If he's really going to undo Obama's cluster fudges, he should pull out, but that isn't a 'given.' He will also have to deal with the healthcare plan soon and he's getting pushback from both parties on that situation.


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POTUS receives the King Abdulaziz al Saud Collar

Saudi King Salman placed the King Abdulaziz al Saud Collar around the neck of President Donald Trump on Saturday during a ceremony in Riyadh. The gold medallion is the kingdom's highest civilian honor and represents something huge and very tremendous.

Mr. Trump received the medal during a sandstorm ceremony at the Royal Court in Riyadh shortly after he touched down on his first foreign trip as president.

Obama bows to Saudi King

The host of the event declared that President Trump was being honored for "his quest to enhance security and stability in the region and around the world," the AP reported.

The White House delegation in attendance included, in part, First Lady Melania Trump, first daughter Ivanka Trump, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner and Chief Strategist Steve Bannon.

Interestingly, the women in the White House delegation were not covered, and also, both Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are Jewish. 

Saudi Arabia, along with 15 other Islamic countries, do not allow Jews to enter their country.

The additional countries that forbid Jews to enter are: 

Syria, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Algeria, Bangladesh, Brunei, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malasia, Oman, Pakistan, Sudan, United Arab Emirates.

Isn't that just so special?

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Ivanka's ski trip costs about $66K in Secret Service costs

(Photo: Getty)

An obviously left wing website, TeenVogue.com , posted an article about Ivanka Trump, in a clear example of how the left censors whatever positive exists within the Trump administration as they churn out anything they can spin into negative press.

The post referred to specifically is titled: "Ivanka Trump's Ski Trip Racks Up Over $66k in Secret Service Costs." It said that the costs Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner (her husband) and their children "racked up over $66k in Secret Service costs, which included $59,654 in hotel expenses and $6,884 for "multi-day ski passes."

Now that's an expensive vacation by any standard, and I believe that all politicians, except perhaps the President and Vice President, should have to pay their own way, and that's particularly true about their family members.

But the problem I have with this piece (I use the term 'piece' to refer to more than one thing) is the failure to consider that Trump has forgone a salary and donated his first quarterly check to the National Parks Department, totaling over $78k. 

Another problem is that while the Trump administration is spending at a faster pace than the previous Obama administration, it's very early in Trump's first term and the comparison is premature.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are certainly not paupers. They can afford to pay some of the expense themselves, but Jared is an official administration employee and Ivanka is the President's daughter, and they along with the kids, are entitled to Secret Service protection. Indeed, given the way the left has been behaving of late, absolutely need protection.

What I find amusing about the left is how they criticize conservative spending when they have a history of hiking taxes and making very poor investment decisions--think Solyndra (google it).

I am not a yuuuuge fan of this kind of spending--I wasn't happy when Michelle Obama and the kids took a separate jets to meet up with Barack Obama for vacation when they actually left the same day. 

But the hypocrisy isn't so much about the amount of unnecessary spending involved in the process of going on vacation, but the fact that the so-called "environmentally-friendly" Obamas did twice the polluting when it wasn't called for.



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Ivanka Trump--is she the reason Donald doesn't go after Putin

Back in August, Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of Donald Trump, vacationed with Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch, and Wendi is reportedly dating a guy named Vladimir Putin. He happens to be the same Putin that Donald spoke highly about during his campaign and also happens to be the President of Russia.

Wendi and Ivanka have been friends for years, and Ivanka posted a photo of her and Wendi.

Wendi was the person who introduced Ivanka to her eventual husband, Jared Kushner, says People Magazine.

Back in March of this year, the rumors flew about Wendi and Vladimir close relationship, but she denied ever meeting him in person.

Ivanka and Jared evidently traveled to Croatia over the summer with their three children where Wendi joined them. This came at a time when Donald expressed his admiration for the Russian dictator, and it was learned that others in his campaign and advisers have Russian ties.

Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign manager, worked as a consultant for the deposed, pro-Russian Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. 

After the Croatian vacation Ivanka and Jared hung out on a yacht with Hollywood billionaire David Geffen, a Hillary Clinton supporter and close buddy with Obama. Geffen is a big money donor to the Democratic party.

Luckily for Donald, he is still a total "outsider." 

Geffen, who is openly gay, gave money to Obama's campaigns and "donated the maximum amount allowed to both Sanders and Hillary," reported The Daily Mail. He has referred to Hillary Clinton as "an extraordinary, smart, accomplished woman," and when pressed said her biggest accomplishment was her uterus.

So what does all this mean in terms of Donald Trump kissing up to Putin?

I'm not sure and I'm not going to speculate.

What I do know is that Donald Trump and his family of "Trumpettes" are not "outsiders" anymore than Donald Duck is a fish. 

Trump is certainly not a conservative, but insofar as the Supreme Court is concerned, he is the only chance the GOP has of remaining relevant and the country remaining a constitutional democracy. 

Because as sure as the sun will rise, the Supreme Court will swing so far over to the left, it "will make your head spin," as Trump might say. 

Believe me, folks.




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