Question for the Trumpers…did that “speech” inspire confidence?
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Today's CPI report was more "inspirational."
Combined with the Big Beautiful Bill "policies," 2026 is potentially a boom year economically.
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/inflation-slowed-much-more-than-expected-in-november-its-the-first-release-since-the-government-shutdown/ar-AA1SBn5O?ocid=BingNewsVerp
A bit of a Gish gallop.
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Just getting home…he didn’t announce a war! Woo hoo!
Normally presidents request last-minute network time for serious matters. Lately that has meant war.
I sometimes forget that nothing about this guy is normal…and thank god it was not a war announcement. Little victories!
Didn’t watch. When is the war starting?
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All indications point to…soon. Maybe it was a “Trump fake-out,” huh?
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No clue. Nothing he was going to say tonight was really going to change anything for me. Why
Waste my time on it? All I know is that I was told a war was being announced tonight. I guess I’ll add it to the list of panic for no reason. That list is pretty long.
It won’t take much for something to happen…
Trust me…I’ve seen it close up. Trump only needs a small excuse. He already has a hard on for it. If it goes off, my hope is that the military tacticians study Operation Just Cause, which was a textbook deployment showing the overwhelming might of the military. I lost some buddies down there. Sad as fuck, but we fucked some shit up. Parachuted in, conducted ops, and every mission was accomplished.
Getting hit sucked, but I don’t regret one thing I did. Hated pulling the trigger, but that’s what I was trained for.
Possibly but he hasn’t ever reacted with war, so why start now. I think he likes to claim he is
The only President not to start one. I don’t see him losing that. For some reason, it’s important to him.
Soooo, I take it no war announcement? (Didn't watch the speech. Did you?)
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Not yet. Like I said…if we commit…do it with overwhelming force…
We could use more combat experience in the military. A lot of the GWOT guys are getting out. Gotta be really To fight the big one. Agree?
Agree. Seems like Mexico should be first in line, though.
Total failed state. Cartels need to be taken out. Easier target than Venezuela, too.
We should respect Mexico's border as much as they respect our border.
That’s a touchy one…
And I wouldn’t doubt that we already have spec ops units in country already. Most likely working with the Mexican Army and police in advisory roles.
The Mexican Army and police are compromised.
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I’m sure there are elements of both that are compromised…
And there are loyalists as well. That’s where we have to rely on the pros to determine if there’s trust.
Easy to vet who wants to assist us in taking down current powers.
Harder to vet who embraces our views on freedom, democracy, etc.
That's what we found out in Afghanistan: It is one thing to fully vet a guy for killing our enemies, but it is much harder to fully vet those we can trust not to bite the hand that feeds them later.
Bottom line, you can't give a stable democracy to a people. They have to want it, and take it. But, who knows, maybe we can help out in Mexico.
Vetting isn’t an exact science. Never was and never will be…
Our intel and spec ops forces are the best in the world. They do their best.
Like with the DC NG shooter, good job fully vetting a shooter, not so good vetting for life in USA.
Different things need to be vetted for. I suppose our green berets will be better at the former rather than the latter.
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