President Trump opposes Israel's new Gaza operation

The bond between President Donald Trump and Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, once a bulwark of mutual resolve, now frays under the weight of diverging ambitions. A report from the often questionable NBC News, citing an array of voices—two U.S. officials, two Middle Eastern diplomats, and two others—reveals a rift that has widened in recent days, marked by sharp exchanges and clashing visions.

At the heart of this discord lies Israel’s audacious plan to launch a new ground offensive in Gaza, a move Trump reportedly deems a “wasted effort.” Evidently, the President doesn't believe that, left to their own devices, Gazans would happily coexist with the Israelis. But at no time in the past has this been realized.

The Israeli Security Cabinet, with unyielding unanimity, has endorsed a strategy to seize Gaza, evacuate civilians southward, and dismantle Hamas through a territorial stranglehold dubbed the “Rafah” approach. Yet Trump, according to sources, views this as a reckless gambit, one that threatens to reduce Gaza to rubble and undermine his own grand design: a rebuilt Gaza under American stewardship, as outlined in his February 4th resettlement plan. 

He pushes instead for a ceasefire, a pause to the carnage, while Netanyahu presses forward, undeterred, for the sake of Israel's future safety.

The tensions spill beyond Gaza. 

Netanyahu, blindsided by Trump’s abrupt halt to strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, finds himself at odds with a White House that seems to flirt with the notion of Iran retaining a civilian nuclear program—a prospect that chills Jerusalem to its core. 

Last week, Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer sought to bridge this chasm in a meeting with Trump, though the outcome remains uncertain.

Trump’s forthcoming journey to the Middle East, beginning with a Saudi-hosted summit, underscores the growing distance. Israel’s invitations for him to visit the Jewish state en route to Riyadh were rebuffed, a snub that speaks louder than diplomatic platitudes. Yet the National Security Council’s James Hewitt seeks to paper over the cracks, insisting, “Israel has had no better friend in its history than President Trump.” He pledges continued collaboration to free hostages, thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and bolster regional security. 

Fine words, but they ring hollow against the backdrop of this unraveling alliance.

Here we stand, witnessing a spectacle of two great leaders, once aligned in defiance, now pulling in opposite directions. One seeks to reshape Gaza in America’s image; the other to crush Hamas at any cost, because having them in power is suicidal to Israel.

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The stakes are not merely strategic but civilizational, and the world watches as the fault lines deepen.

Let's pray for Israel's total victory over Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and any group that would seek the annihilation of the Jewish people and total destruction of the Jewish State.

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Many National Security Council staff fired after Laura Loomer visits White House

The Trump White House just got a spring cleaning, courtesy of activist journalist Laura Loomer, who waltzed into the Oval Office with a stack of opposition research thicker than a D.C. lobbyist’s expense report. 

[H/T The Daily Wire]

Up to ten National Security Council officials got the boot after her visit, and if you believe Axios—who broke the story Thursday—this wasn’t just a random purge. Loomer reportedly handed Trump a hit list of staffers she deemed insufficiently loyal, and the firings followed like clockwork. A source close to the meeting called it “an anti-neocon move,” which is Washington-speak for “someone’s finally draining the swamp, and the alligators are pissed.”

Trump, ever the master of coy confirmation, chatted with reporters aboard Air Force One and didn’t exactly deny Loomer’s influence. “We’re always going to let go of people — people we don’t like or people that take advantage of or people that may have loyalties to someone else,” he said. When asked about Loomer, he didn’t hold back the praise: “Laura Loomer is a great patriot. She’s a very strong person. She makes recommendations and people, and sometimes I listen to those recommendations. I listen to everybody and then I make a decision. She always has something to say and it’s usually constructive … She recommended some people for jobs.” 

Translation: She’s got a loud mouth, a sharp eye, and the president’s ear—deal with it.

The rumor, per Axios, is that Loomer was fuming over “neocons” who’d “slipped through” Trump’s vetting process like cockroaches in a cheap motel. “She went to the White House yesterday and presented them with her research and evidence,” an official told the outlet, adding that three senior NSC bigwigs—plus as many as ten total staffers—got the axe. “Bloodbath” was the word used, and I’m guessing the survivors are updating their LinkedIn profiles as we speak.

CNN, [aka Comedy News Network] never one to miss a chance to clutch pearls, named the fallen: Brian Walsh, Thomas Boodry, and David Feith. Walsh, a former Marco Rubio lackey, was director for intelligence. Boodry, once Mike Waltz’s legislative director, handled legislative affairs. Feith, a State Department vet from Trump’s first term, oversaw tech and security. Sounds like a mixed bag of establishment types who didn’t get the memo that MAGA means business.

The meeting wasn’t a solo act—National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, VP JD Vance, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and personnel guru Sergio Gor were all in the room, per the Associated Press. Axios says Loomer’s beef was that these NSC folks weren’t ride-or-die for Trump’s agenda. Fair enough—why keep snakes in the grass when you can mow the lawn?

NSC spokesman Brian Hughes played the “no comment” card, while Loomer herself dodged The Daily Wire’s request for a chat. Instead, she took to X Thursday morning to blast “people in and around the West Wing” for leaking to the “hostile, left-wing media” about Trump’s private powwows. “I want to reiterate how important it is that people who gain access to the White House or the administration respect the privacy of their conversations with President Trump and his senior staff,” she wrote, sounding like the only adult in a room full of gossipy teenagers. 

But she couldn’t resist a victory lap: “It was an honor to meet with President Trump and present him with my research findings. I will continue working hard to support his agenda, and I will continue reiterating the importance of, and the necessity of STRONG VETTING, for the sake of protecting the President of the United States of America, and our national security.” 

Preach, Laura—someone’s got to keep the RINOs from sneaking back in.

Meanwhile, Trump jetted off to Florida with Waltz, Wiles, Gor, and a few other top dogs, per the travel pool. Sounds like the A-team’s ready to keep the MAGA train rolling, while the B-team’s left crying into their résumés. 

Loomer’s got her critics, sure, but if she’s the one sniffing out the disloyal, maybe she’s the pitbull this administration needs. Neocons beware—there’s a new sheriff in town, and she’s not afraid to bite.

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Free Range Prisoners

They're so "not dangerous" we can't
even show his face

Obama promised to end the war in Iraq, so we left Iraq and nothing ended but we lost what we had won under Bush.

Then Obama promised to close Guantanamo Bay Detention Center and he allowed terrorist prisoners to leave, five of them military leaders, for the release of one of our traitors/deserters, Bowe Bergdahl. It appears we have a revolving door policy with Muslim jihadists who want to kill us.


And Obama, like Jeremiah Wright, says he's a Christian.

Now Obama is transferring six more Gitmo prisoners to Oman, which borders Yemen. Among this group of miscreants are two of Osama bin Laden's bodyguards, both of whom would just as soon behead you as look at you.

Sen. Kelly Ayote (R-NH) said of Yemen that it is "a country engulfed in civil war and that serves as the headquarters for al Qaeda's most dangerous affiliate."

All six of these terrorists call Yemen their caliphate HQ. They left Friday from Gitmo and Obama made them pinky-swear not to do bad things to Americans, except maybe Jews, as he seems to not give a rat's butt about Israel.

Congress has been trying to put restrictions on these moves, mostly because, unlike Obama, they actually believe many of the terrorists will try to reconnect with their brothers in Koran.

When Hussein Obama took the throne in 2008, there were 242 scumcrumpets in Gitmo; now there are 116. That means Barack has released 126 prisoners, and let's face it, nobody has any actual knowledge if they went back to the fight. But people who are willing to die in the name of Allah, have a good chance of doing just that.

National Security Council spokesbutt, Ned Price echoed Obama's argument that keeping Gitmo open weakens national security by draining resources, damages our relations with key allies [not Israel] and partners and emboldens violent extremists.

Let's look at what Price said:

1. Keeping Gitmo open weakens national security by draining resources. 

Yes, it definitely costs mucho dinero to keep those prisoners in Gitmo; about $2.7 million per year per prisoner. But letting them go and having them kill Americans can't be measured in money. Also, the resources we use just to hunt them down far exceeds keeping them locked up.

2. Damages our relations with key allies.

So now you know what has been damaging our relations with our key allies, like Israel and Saudi Arabia. If you believe that keeping Gitmo open does this, then you must think ISIS is an ally along with Iran. 

These are terrorists who think nothing of burning you alive, chopping off your head, stoning you to death, or throwing you off a high building. Do you really care if we hurt their feelings?

3. Emboldens violent extremists.

This is such a liberal mindset it's laughable.

If we let these morons go, do you think they will be grateful and leave us alone, or do you think they return to their 4 wives, 6 camels, and hate-filled imams as heroes? The thing that emboldens these Islamic jihadists, is the Koran. 

Read it and know.

"Even more disturbing is the fact that the administration has not provided sufficient assurances to Congress or to the public that these terrorists will not return to the battlefield. If they are not securely detained, no one should be surprised if they travel to Yemen and re-engage in terrorist activities," Sen. Ayotte said.

I would be surprised if they don't return to the battlefield. That would mean to them and to those who know them, that they are "bad Muslims" unwilling to wage jihad.

This 

Versus this

The six jihadist transfers are Emad Abdullah Hassan. Emad has been on a hunger strike for 8 years, which means he must be eating something. Actually, they force-feed him nutrients, but perhaps they should just leave him alone. He was Osama's bodyguard, which didn't help Osama all that much, as it turned out.

Emad is protesting his confinement without charge since 2002, so you know that when he has his freedom, he's going to not pick up a weapon to avenge us as he realizes now that to forgive is divine.

The other alleged bodyguards to Osama bin Laden are Idris Ahmad 'Abd Al Qadir and Jalal Salam Awad Awad (the latter being no relation to Sirhan Sirhan).  

Sharaf Ahmad Muhammad Mas'ud was a fighter at Tora Bora and was captured in Pakistan (pronounced Pahkeesthan, by Barack Hussein). He has since reformed and is captain of the Afghan knitting club, posing no danger after his freedom to kill is once again acquired.

Saa'd Nasser Moqbil Al Azani (sounds Italian, but don't be fooled) is a "religious teacher" who we believe has ties to bin Laden's religious adviser. To kill for the sake of Islam is supposed to get you into Paradise. 

And here's another Muhammad: Muhammad Ali Salem Al Zarnuki--he allegedly fought for the Taliban since 1998, but like the others, he has mended his way, given up the teachings of the Noble Koran, and ditched 3 of his 4 wives to be in compliance with Western values. (He kept the 12 year old wife.)



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Taliban Five refused to be turned

It's hard to keep a good man down, as the saying goes, and it looks like the Taliban Five may prove this true. Not that these miscreants are good men by our definition, but when it comes to being a "good" terrorist, these guys wrote the Koran.

The Obama administration, as you know, released the Taliban Five for an alleged low-life traitor, Bowe Bergdahl, but what they didn't tell their employees (that's the US citizens, by the way) is that the government tried to recruit them to turn on their own people with intel to kill them.

I mean, like how un-Islamic can we get?

Catherine Herridge of Fox News got the story. She reported that our plans were to "flip" these terrorist leaders into becoming snitches, but they wouldn't go for it, and one of her sources said that the effort was a "total failure." This was backed up by a second source familiar with the plan.

The reason for the attempt to "flip" these creeps was to increase the Obama administration's chances of  reducing terrorist recidivism. Fat chance that these guys would go against their religion when they're willing to die for it.

Josh Notso Earnest, when asked about this matter, made it sound all "hush-hush," as if knowledge of Obama's stupidity would be a security issue rather than a misreading of these Islamic jihadists. 

Obama, with his first-hand knowledge of Islam, should have known better. Perhaps he was putting himself in their sandals by figuring if it was his butt in Gitmo, he would have ratted out his own mother to get free.

Marie Harf (the "H" is pronounced like a "B") State Department Spokesbottleblond, was asked by Fox News if the men's presence [in Qatar] where they were given the hero treatment, would increase their ability to re-engage with terrorist networks.

The Mensa reject answered thusly: "I'm not sure why that would be the case. It seems like pure speculation to me."

Harf never acknowledged the notion that speculation works both ways. Did it ever occur to this Islamic-jihad-friendly administration that the Taliban Five would reconnect with their terror buddies to kill as many infidels as possible once they were freed?

The "head in the nether regions" decision to swap the 5 leaders of terrorism for a scumbag traitor without telling Congress is now the subject of a national security debate, says Fox News.

National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said, "Although we cannot detail the measures the United States and our partners take to mitigate the potential threat posed by these former detainees, it is fair to say that we remain both vigilant and in close contact on these matters. We have relied on extensive monitoring measures and travel restrictions to prevent them from threatening our interests." 

Marie Harf responded to Price, "What does 'mitigate' mean?"

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