Trump has finally realized that the art of the deal does not apply to nuclear world wars. His success in Venezuela gave him ambitious objectives in Iran with the “help” of Israel to bolster his ego. His plans for Lebanon, Cuba, Greenland and Ukraine have not come to fruition. Russia and China have been very patience with him because they continue to prosper as the New World Order collapses.

So where are we? We are still divided and distracted. Congress has completely abandoned the nation and is 98% controlled by Israel. Voter fraud is still rampant as the Senate blocks the SAVE act, the economy is collapsing and consumer sentiment has hit another low. As has Trump’s approval rating. NGOs funded by our tax dollars are still causing riots against ICE and civil unrest by black teenagers continue unabated.

What should we be focusing on? Trump.

Trump’s bombastic approach to international negotiations has led us to a nuclear world war. Assassinating foreign leaders and their negotiators coupled with lies concerning the terms of a treaty have left our credibility in the trash bin. It does not matter what the pundits say, Trump’s “red lines” have been completely ignored by Iran and have shown the world that the United States is a paper tiger. China’s new GPS coupled with Iran’s drones and missiles have devastated US and Israeli strategy. Reaper drones are destroyed quickly and our aerial surveillance in the area has been eliminated as our bases were bombed.

Our military has used up our materiel and supplies so that we cannot effectively conduct even a short term war in Iran, let alone other hot spots or targets. And the worst part: Trump cannot negotiate even if he has good faith because Israel will sabotage any peace. In short: Trump’s only options are to withdraw (surrender) or launch tactical nuclear warheads since we have drained our conventional weapons.

And there is the inconvenient truth that the rest of the world will not support Israel in the Middle East. NATO and the EU will dissolve as the efforts to assimilate third world morons (literally) into their populations will devolve into more civil chaos and then civil wars. Russian and China will pick up the pieces as a new multipolar world emerges.

Again, what to focus on? The US has been exposed as a paper tiger as I doubt even Trump’s ego will launch a nuclear strike. Even if he did, I doubt the military would follow his orders. So that leaves a withdrawal which would still leave the world in an energy and economic crisis due to the Strait of Hormuz closure. US companies will expedite their transfer to AI and crush the labor market. Economic collapse and civil unrest will quickly follow.

It does not matter if Trump, Congress or Israel are to blame for this situation, the bottom line is that Trump is trapped and the rest of the world is circling our bones.

Pepe Escobar and I received the following intelligence report last Thursday, which was produced by a knowledgeable source with access. I am not reproducing the entire report, but want to highlight the issue of whether or not Iran now has, or soon will have a nuke. Let me emphasize that I firmly support past US intel community assessments that Iran, until now, had no interest in obtaining a nuke.

However, it appears that the surprise attack on 28 February, which followed the aborted color revolution attempted in late December 2025, played a decisive role in changing Iran’s view on this matter. Here is a portion of what Pepe and I received last Thursday:

Continue reading Sonar21 …

It would seem that everything the United States government does results in the opposite of what it declares it wants. It seems to always make things worse than when it interfered. Before the U.S. unprovoked attack on a nation that posed no threat to it, the Straights that were open are now closed and the nation that declared it would not build a nuclear weapon and which our intelligence concluded that they weren’t, apparently has decided to build one after all. Thank you President Trump. More from Sonar21:

The secondary effects of this standoff are rewiring the global strategic and financial architecture in real time:

• The Collapse of the Abraham Accords: The political infrastructure sustaining Israeli-Arab normalization is functionally dead. Pakistan has publicly rejected it, Saudi Arabia has frozen all back-channel discussions, and Qatar and Oman are actively preparing a six-to-nine-month timeline for U.S. forces to vacate their military installations.

• The Emerging Security Axis: A new Saudi-Pakistan-Turkey-Egypt security architecture is being constructed, completely detached from U.S. backing. Pakistan has elevated itself from a peripheral player to the indispensable operational pivot, leveraging an Islamic cultural proximity that neither Washington nor Beijing can replicate.

• Systemic Risk to the Global Order: An Iranian nuclear demonstration would obliterate the global non-proliferation framework and hand Beijing an unearned, definitive proof-of-concept regarding the limits of American hegemony.

I think this coverup of Charlie’s death will haunt America. The FBI, Congress and Trump should be held accountable for assassinating Charlie and covering for Israel.

I do not write much about my personal life for operational security reasons and privacy. Also, I find it just provides details for people to attack and marginalize me.

Personal guidance from above for me has been consistent: food production. To, that end, I have been planting more trees, fertilizing and planting more food crops.

But the tradeoff has taken a toll on my health which has sidelined me for the past three and half weeks. I have not written as much lately due to being sick which included a brain fog. While I am mostly back on my feet, I will hopefully be writing more and be able to complete the fence around my expanded garden.

Greater Israel is the goal. Everything and everyone else is just collateral damage. Trump was the perfect fall guy: arrogant, unskilled in diplomacy, and put into line with assassination attempts and blackmail.

I read Jane’s comment concerning Roth’s posts on Appalachian Renegade and wanted to respond. For some perspective, this is not the first time that Jane has “left” this site. I had to moderate all of her comments in the past but only recently removed that restriction. As most of you should already know, personal attacks in comments are not allowed. Reasoned arguments help us grow, learn and hopefully survive in the future.

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I met Roth in 2010. He had graduated from the seminary at that time and pastored his church on his farm on Sunday. While I am a Christian who believes that the Lord will guide us if we ask Him humbly, I also know that God’s ways are not our ways. In other words, we do not dictate terms to God.

Roth is still Pastor Bob to me and you can see a sparkle in his eyes. Have any of you gone out and put your freedom on the line to protest abortion in the manner he has? Have you had the courage to ask a valid question of church doctrine which was not answered and caused him to be defrocked?

There is much misinformation and downright arrogance in our country. I see it here where people attack anyone who does not believe in what they believe. It may be freedom, religion or just intransigence that people are limiting what others can say or do, but we still have the freedom (but not Liberty) to have free speech and freedom of religion.

I may not believe in Pagan gods but I believe the Great Commission does not include abandoning good people. And I believe that God watches over all of us. If He didn’t, what would be the point of wasting souls?

As you see, Roth is a passionate man who will absolutely fight the evil that has overtaken this country. You may cast the first stone but God will still have the last word on Judgment Day. Roth is looking for a few good people to fight evil, what are you looking for?

As for me, I am looking for the return of Jesus Christ. What are you looking forward to?

From DD Geopolitics
Iran’s negotiating team has halted all dialogue and text exchanges via mediators, citing continued IDF operations in Lebanon as a violation of ceasefire conditions Tehran considers binding on all fronts.

Iranian officials have demanded an immediate halt to IDF operations in Gaza and Lebanon and full withdrawal from occupied Lebanese territory. Tehran states there will be no talks until these conditions are met.

The Resistance and Iranian armed forces have also placed on the agenda a full closure of the Strait of Hormuz and activation of additional fronts — including the Bab al-Mandeb strait — as punitive measures against the Zionist regime and its backers.

Awaiting confirmation from other sources …