Trump’s Strategy for Winning the Midterms
The party that holds the White House usually loses ground in the midterm election. It’s happened so often that people treat it like a law of physics. At the RNC’s midterm convention in Dallas this week, Trump said he asked his team why this keeps happening. The answer is that the midterms are treated differently. Presidential elections have campaign rallies, door knocking, and grassroots efforts to turn out the vote. Hundreds of millions of dollars…
Strategy of Denial: Trump’s Plan to Defeat China and Iran
If you watch President Trump’s foreign policy moves one headline at a time, they look chaotic. Tariffs on China. Diplomatic pressure on Panama. Sanctions on Iran. New money for Argentina. A kidnapped Venezuelan president. A promise to free Cuba. Insistence that the US must have Greenland. A trade war with Canada. Taken one incident at a time, none of it seems to make sense. When viewed under the right filter, it’s a single strategy. I…
Trump’s Goal With Iran
You can surmise President Trump’s endgame for the military operation in Iran if you know his history and his deal-making strategy. As a real estate billionaire, when he’s negotiating a deal, Trump always has a primary goal in mind. He wants to acquire a specific property at a set price. That’s Plan A. Plan B is the contingency if Plan A doesn’t happen. Plan B might be the same property at a different price, or…
Reconciling Iran Nuclear Claims: Gabbard, Trump, and the Dirty Bomb Reality
For decades, critics have mocked the claim that Iran was “two weeks from having a nuclear bomb.” Yet, here we are in 2026, and the Islamic regime still has not produced a functioning nuclear weapon. DNI Tulsi Gabbard testified in March of 2025 that U.S. intelligence assesses “Iran is not building a nuclear weapon” and Supreme Leader Khamenei had not reauthorized the program suspended in 2003. President Trump, meanwhile, has argued that Iran’s enriched uranium…
What Crime Will Spygate Conspirators Be Charged With?
I’m acquainted with a former Federal Prosecutor on X who has been following the Spygate scandal. When people began speculating about the criminal charges the DOJ may bring against James Comey, James Clapper, and John Brennan, it seemed a conspiracy statute might apply. My attorney friend challenged his non-attorney friends to name a specific crime that could be charged as a conspiracy. I did some research and posted my reply on X this morning. Here’s…