J.D. Vance is approaching the halfway point of his term as vice president in an administration that has committed the United States to wars in locations from Ukraine to Venezuela to Somalia to Iran and beyond. All the while, the administration has threatened sending the military into other places across the world including Mexico, Greenland, and Cuba. In short, this presidential administration is fully committed to a warmongering agenda.
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The midterm election coming up in November is looking bad for Republicans. This is supported by polling. It also is supported by similarities between the situation in America now and the situation twenty years ago.
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Phantom Trump Checks
President Donald Trump’s promise to send 5,000 dollars to each adult American citizen after the November election has one big contingency explicitly built in — that Republicans must first keep control of the United States House of Representatives and Senate in that election. It also has another big unstated contingency — that Trump follows through on his promise.
The advance of socialism and rejection of the United States Constitution have been continuing themes in America over several decades irrespective of which party has majorities in the US House of Representatives and Senate. Yet, on occasion — and especially as biennial elections approach, Republicans in Congress like to make a show of their fidelity to the Constitution and enmity toward socialism.
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Marching into Colombia
In January, with the United States military having just attacked Venezuela and rushed off the South American nation’s president to incarceration in the US all in the name of fighting drugs, I warned that US President Donald Trump may soon use the same excuse to sic the US military on two more Latin American nations — Colombia and Mexico. Concerning Colombia, I noted that Trump was already threatening then Colombia President Gustavo Petro and launching allegations against him, saying he “has ‘got to watch his ass’ while accusing him of making cocaine and sending it into America.”
It has often seemed like there is no limit to how much money congressional Republicans are willing to shove into the United States military. But, conditions in America are making it seem less a sure proposition that Senate Republicans will soon be following through on the big military spending demands coming from President Donald Trump.
In his February 24 State of the Union Speech, United States President Donald Trump claimed gas prices in America were much lower than they actually were. This was part of Trump’s effort to claim credit for an asserted vastly improved economy. Several days later, the war against Iran, which Trump started along with the Israel government, resulted in gas prices shooting up further.
Wars of choice, a plethora of changing tariffs and sanctions on countries across the world, and a historically high number of executive orders characterize the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidential term. And all this has been accomplished by the executive branch with minimal pushback from the legislative branch.
Eight years ago this month I commented that “I would not be surprised to see the US government legalize marijuana within the next five years.” That conclusion came upon my consideration of the then 64 percent nationwide support for legalization among Americans who had been recently polled by Gallup, plus — for the first time — majority support among Republicans.
Argentina President Javier Milei came into office as a big booster of Israel and Ukraine wars reliant on aid from the United States government for continuation. In response to President Nicolás Maduro this weekend winning reelection in Venezuela — a long-term US target for “regime change” — Milei is speaking in unison with the US government as well.