The Native Iowan

Pondering, ruminating… on this fine Sunday morning… blood sports on the tube… cloudless powder blue skies… flora and fauna active and happy… a herd of young deer frolicking outside my window…

I am trolling through the various news feeds… trolling as in “trolling for fish”… not “Trolling” in the modern social sense:

I am going through the various comments and thoughts regarding the Alaskan Summit. I am trying to see what folks on all sides of this discussion think. I am finding it difficult. There is soooo much illogical BS going on…

I wonder if I watched, experienced, the same thing that other folks saw. What people close, important, respected saw, heard, experienced…

I watched and saw a pretty interesting international event… I watched the Authoritarian Leader of Russia meet the Democratically Elected Leader of the USA… At an airbase in the USA (Alaska)… with a show-of-might fly-over of the world’s most deadly aircraft.

I watched as Vlad Putin appeared small in stature next to DJT. I watched as Vlad Putin did a triple-take on the show-of-might flying above his head. I watched as DJT appeared to be welcoming, charming, in control.

I have listened to the talking heads, read the articles left and right, spoke to many people near and dear…

So many folks are illogically defending the indefensible position that TRUMP is weak, TRUMP is bad, Trump is evil.

I had one such near and dear explain to me that Vlad Putin won the day, Trump got played, looks like a fool, was only there to perform oral sex on Vlad…

That was deep and meaningful!

I dont get it… we all watched the same thing…

Putin met with Trump at an agreed location in the USA. I call that home court advantage. I call that being the shot caller, getting to choose the location for the meeting. I call it “being in control” when someone I’m doing business with travels to meet me at the venue of my choosing.

But, no chance, none what so ever that our TDS afflicted friends and family will see this for what it really is. Nope! Folks with their heads still stuck in the “hand up dont shoot” BS, folks still believing George Floyd is a martyr, these folks will never see anything DJT does or accomplishes as good, successful, positive…

Nope, not possible with folks sick, ill, afflicted with TRUMP Derangement Syndrome…

And I find this very sad. I am sad and disturbed that sooo many smart, thoughtful, aware and learned folks simply dont see, cant see the factual reality I see…

I see a situation that has been allowed to ferment in an era of incompetence and negligence. An era starting decades ago when the Clintons and the Obamas, with a side-kick named Biden kicked a high octane Pay-to-Play scheme into gear. Operated out of the white house, this scheme was suppose to be the new SOP… standard operating procedure. Using foundations and family members and non-profit orgs, the Clintons were raking in huge $$$s. Selling influence and access. While lining their pockets.

The Obama team was going to do the same, wanted to do the same, the same as the Clintons… charge half-a-mil for a couple hour speech. Charge a hundred-grand for a round of golf with the ex-USPrez. Charge for dinner meetings. Charge huge bucks to sit on Boards, to be on a committee, to influence and assist, to grease the corrupt wheels that run the DC machines.

As near as I can tell, anyone or anything that interferes with the greasing of the corrupt wheels gets disappeared ala’ Clinton style suicide.

Using the Alaskan Summit as a starting point and looking backwards… In 2025 we are attempting to resolve a military conflict that has been going on since 2014…
February 2014:Russian troops, initially without insignia, began appearing in Crimea, taking control of key locations like airports and government buildings. 
March 2014:A referendum, widely considered illegitimate by the international community, was held in Crimea, with results showing overwhelming support for annexation by Russia. 
March 2014:Russia formally annexed Crimea and Sevastopol, incorporating them into the Russian Federation. 
International Response:Most of the world does not recognize the annexation, considering it a violation of international law and Ukraine’s sovereignty. 
Ongoing Conflict:The annexation of Crimea and Russia’s support for separatists in eastern Ukraine (Donbas) led to a prolonged conflict in the region, with fighting continuing until the 2022 invasion. 
Death and Destruction: Over 2million combatants and civilians have been killed or injured since 2022.

Quick important note… Barack Obama’s tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017.

Obama allowed the initial actions of this now decade long war to take place, and though he spoke of lines in the sand, I never thought he was honest about his intent to resolve the Crimean issue. To stand up against Vlad Putin.

Biden allowed the Russo/Ukraine war to happen. In 2022 the Russian invasion was accepted without overt response or action. Putin knew he could ride rough over Biden. Even after Biden said “dont”.

And where are we now…

For many folks they remain in illogical defence of an illogical position.

More later