THIS IS MAGA:

 

They really don't get the fact that they're a distinct minority in this country. More Americans are against Trump and his policies than are for them. She, like most MAGA, doesn't understand the visceral disgust a huge majority of Americans (and most of the world) have for what Trump and his supporters and enablers have done and are doing to this country.

They refer to the majority of Americans as "barbarians." Recent national polls show that public disapproval of Trump reaches roughly 63% to 64%, while his approval rating hovers around 32% to 33%. This means nearly two-thirds of the public views his performance negatively.

But MAGA will not internalize this information because it would be too painful for a Trump supporter to admit they were bamboozled by a conman and his lies and stupidity. What would that say about them??

He is correct, of course……..Will the RIGHT VOTE?

Posted on September 3, 2026 by geeez2014

IF we do lose the Midterms (Republicans are not good at bringing out voters in Midterms), which is quite possible, and barbarians take over Congress, will Iran have won as they waited us out till a liberal congress calls off the war in late November, 2026?  I thought, about 20 years ago when I wrote about this here at Geeez, that Socialists would have waited till about 2030 to make absolutely sure the voting public is mostly young, university-indoctrinated, in most judicial appointments, and in charge of the leftwing, anti-Christian themes of movies and TV before they started their SOCIALIST PUSH….but they’re here NOW and WE NEED REPUBLICAN VOTERS IN THE MIDTERMS.   PLEASE REMIND YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY!

“You don't reinforce failure. You move on. You find something else."

 

The Other 98%:

French General Michel Yakovleff just compared joining Trump's Iran war to "buying cheap tickets for the Titanic" after it already hit the iceberg. And then it got even worse for Trump.

Yakovleff is no random talking head. He's a three-star general, former commander of the legendary French Foreign Legion, and held senior positions within NATO itself. He is one of the most respected military voices in France and regularly weighs in on matters of international security. 

So when he was asked about Trump's desperate pleas for Europe to join his Iran catastrophe, his answer carried serious weight.

He didn't mince words. He laid out five distinct reasons why every European nation should flatly refuse. And each one is more damaging than the last.

First, Trump doesn't understand how NATO actually works. You don't get to launch your own unilateral bombing campaign and then invite allies to run a separate operation underneath you. That's not how alliances function. 

If Trump wants NATO involved, NATO takes command. One operation, one flag, one chain of command. "I don't think he understood that," Yakovleff said. That alone is a devastating indictment of a man who claims to be the greatest dealmaker on earth

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Second, nobody knows what the actual strategic goals are. Beyond forcing open the Strait of Hormuz, what is the endgame? Regime change? Containment? A negotiated settlement? Trump hasn't said. He apparently can't say, because he doesn't know himself.

Third, and this one is particularly brutal, you can't coordinate a multinational military campaign through tweets that change every two minutes. If allied nations are going to put their soldiers in harm's way, they need explicit, written objectives from the United States. As Yakovleff put it, "It's going to be necessary for Trump himself to know what he wants." The quiet contempt in that sentence could strip paint off a wall.

Fourth, there is the fundamental issue of trust. Trump has abandoned allies before and everyone knows he would do it again without hesitation the moment it became politically useful. The Kurds know it. The Afghans know it. Europe knows it. "He would let us down whenever it suited him," the general said. Why would any nation put troops on the line for a leader with that track record?

And fifth, the knockout punch. Yakovleff cited a principle he said he learned at the U.S. Army War College: "You don't reinforce failure. You move on. You find something else." A decorated French general is using American military doctrine, taught in American war colleges, to explain to the world why following this American president into battle would be strategic malpractice.

The global response has been just as damning. Japan said no. Australia said no. The United Kingdom said no. The European Union said no. Meanwhile, Iranian missiles and drones have made the Strait of Hormuz so dangerous that insurance companies won't cover oil tankers passing through it.

Twenty percent of the world's petroleum normally flows through that strait. Oil prices are skyrocketing and consumers everywhere are feeling it.

Trump started this. He escalated it. He isolated America from its allies in the process.

Wendell Erdman Berry (August 5, 1934 – August 31, 2026)

 

One of my favorites, Wendell Berry.

"Critics and scholars have acknowledged Wendell Berry as a master of many literary genres, but whether he is writing poetry, fiction, or essays, his message is essentially the same: humans must learn to live in harmony with the natural rhythms of the earth or perish."

THE PEACE OF WILD THINGS

When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

IN ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATION, DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN...

 

this would enrage the politicians in Congress and in the general public.

Where's the concern? The questions? The Congressional hearings? The explanations from the POTUS and his Secretary of Defense?

From Axios:

"Two key reasons led to Army Secretary Dan Driscoll's resignation, announced Monday: the feeling that his modernization initiatives were being blocked, and the chaos created by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's firing of senior generals. 

Why it matters: Driscoll's wartime resignation, on top of Hegseth's firing of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George this spring, leaves the military's largest service without Senate-confirmed leadership, civilian or uniformed. 

Behind the scenes: Driscoll recently spoke with President Trump and expressed his concerns about the state of the Army. Another person described the situation to Axios simply: 'Sad.' " 

 A White House official said Driscoll was asked to stay longer, until after midterms. But Driscoll told the White House he felt like it was time for him to go. Driscoll is expected to leave the Pentagon in the coming days, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported his resignation."

You have to admit, Vance/Armageddon is going to be a tough ticket to beat in '28

 

JD Vance Says He’s OK With Bringing About the End Times 

Vice President JD Vance isn't sure if we're living in the "end times," but he's not afraid to bring them about, either. 

 In a sit-down interview with 22-year-old evangelist podcaster Bryce Crawford, Vance said that he's "OK" if his work on earth brings about a biblical doomsday event. 

 "Do I think we are in the end times? I don't know," Vance said in the interview released Monday, noting that it would be bad for him spiritually if he were to spend too much time thinking about that query. 

"While I'm fascinated by it, I think that focusing on it too much can be very bad."

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"Ultimately, Vance gave Crawford more than an hour of his time, while the White House aggravates long-standing Western alliances, embraces Russia, wages war on Iran, undermines voting rights, and further divides the American public—among other sordid realities."

Trump's Iran Debacle

 

Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations 

A recent classified assessment advised that prolonged large-scale operations in the Middle East risk weakening U.S. capabilities elsewhere. 

 “Several U.S. military leaders have advised Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that prolonging large-scale operations against Iran is unsustainable and risks weakening their ability to confront threats elsewhere, including the U.S. homeland, according to people familiar with a recent assessment prepared for the Pentagon chief.

The warnings — detailed for Hegseth by the heads of the Army, Navy and Air Force and the four-star commanders overseeing U.S. operations throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America — appear in the Aug. 14 edition of the Secretary of Defense Orders Book (SDOB), these people said. They described the assessment to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity because the document is classified. 

The SDOB, typically produced twice monthly, outlines the worldwide availability of U.S. warships, aircraft, personnel and weapons systems. It reflects the president’s priorities for the force, which are carried out by the defense secretary, and includes insights from the military’s top generals and admirals that inform the directives the Pentagon issues.” 

 

Excerpt From “Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations” 

The Washington Post