Leading stories this morning were Knicks beat Spurs 94 -90 to win their first Championship since 1973! Followed by President Trump announcing he had won another war and would be signing an agreement with Iran today (Sunday), although Iranian leaders don’t think so. Breaking news may still happen… sometime. Finally, some soccer teams beat some other soccer teams, and FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) teams in Groups A – L continue the long championship until Sunday, July 19, in East Rutherford, N.J., at 3:00 p.m. ET.
In other news congressional Democrats say regardless of signing any agreement, Donald Trump lost the war, and the U.S. is worse off than when we began attacking Iran. In fact, they say Iran is more powerful than ever, and U.S. is in weaker position.
On FOX News Sunday, Senator Jack Reed (RI-D) smirked that “For a hundred days we’ve been hearing constantly there’s going to be a deal, there’s going to be a deal…the precipitating issue today is the president wants to give himself a birthday present and we have paid for it with hundreds of billions of dollars.”
Reed continued, “The point the president just made that they’ve agreed not to develop a nuclear weapon, they did that with president Obamba’s JCPOA. That was the agreement they held to not build a nuclear weapon. And we’ve disrupted the world economy, and we’ll be getting basically less than what we had under the JCPOA that President Trump walked away from so I think the one point I think you could emphasize is the strait (of Hormuz) will open.”
Nevertheless, I believe we are being distracted again by the media and the feuding congress. The elephant (non-partisan) in the room wonders how many terrorists President Biden and Democrats allowed to cross our open borders? How many of those terrorists are affiliated with Iran? How many are affiliated with China?
Remember, terrorists are more enemies than other nations. The goal of all terrorists is to disrupt. What is going on this summer in America that might be a target for disruption?
According to the USA.gov website: “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) works to improve the security of the United States. The Department's work includes customs, border, and immigration enforcement, emergency response to natural and manmade disasters, antiterrorism work, and cybersecurity.”
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin expressed confidence in the agency’s ability to respond to any attacks or issues during the World Cup matches. In a comparison, Mullin said, “We have to keep in mind 78 Super Bowls in 38 days throughout the United States and 11 different host cities," he said. "Each one of those had to be treated like a Super Bowl.”
DHS and other law enforcement agencies have their work cut out for them. It’s even tougher when political forces impede the challenges. "We're ready," he said. "But I feel positive that we could have been even in a better position if we weren't having to deal with the gamesmanship of the Democrat Party through this whole political theater of keeping the Department of Homeland Security shut down." "The truth is, though, with the Democrats defunding ICE and CBP for 115 days and DHS for 76 days, it made it tough," Mullin said.
Celebrating championships and birthdays always attracts attention. Buckle up!
Daniel L. Gardner is a columnist who lives in Starkville, MS. You may contact him at PJandMe2@gmail.com.
11 comments:
Daniel, once again you've lost the thread. Trump has not ended the war he started when he caved to Bibi, Israel and Lebanon are still going at it, Iran claims to have closed the Strait of Hormuz again, and we, the American taxpayers, demand to know how many billions of our dollars Trump wants to give to Iran to save face.
So the thing with Iran didn't turn out like he planned. So what? If this were one of his business deals he would simply declare bankruptcy and move on. Although he can't do that he can move on. Just enjoy the ride. MAGA.
President Trump recently stated, We can’t have a great country, with a dishonest press…I say, We can’t have a great country with a dishonest President.
Some people in Washinghton DC are saying that MAGA means Make Algae Great Again. If that's what they think it means, they could be right! Possible some of these people are visiting the new improved reflecting pool and are talking about the green water that hides the blue paint job that was recently done.
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I feel like science is overrated and hope DL provides his wisdom on how they can fix this.
Tell me DL, did Trump send you the list of vandals who damaged the reflecting pool?
No, D. L., that’s not the elephant in the room. The elephant in the room is the little terror that unduly influences the politicians it buys — harumph, excuse me, the politicians who accept its political “contributions” and who unduly influences the news media.
So... we didn't "obliterate" Iran's nuclear capability (using Trump's verb)? Instead, we have a the "framework agreement" to get Iran to the negotiation table for 60 days.
The agreement includes a $300billion "reconstruction fund" for Iran. We agree to unfreeze Iranian funds and assets (could be tens of billions for Iran) and we " waive sanctions" just to get them to meet with us?
DL should first read the JCPOA agreement that was in effect (Trump gleefully " tore it up" but it had been published when signed) that included China, France , Russia, the UK, Germany and the EU just to give Iran relief from sanctions that were then in place.
I fear that our former allies don't trust us to keep our treaties and agreements with them anymore. I fear our President's impulsiveness; lack of good manners and ignorance of protocols now leaves us isolated.
Sock puppet city.
D.L., You need to start by reading the JCPOA agreement President Trump " tore up". It included China, France, Russia, Germany, the UK, EU, and the U.S.A.
Trump withdrew unilaterally from JCPOA in 2018 and imposed sanctions on Iran and THAT is when Iran re-started their centrifuge and enrichment program. Trump now is offering Iran $300 billion " re-construction fund" and removing sanctions just to get them to a negotiation table for 60 days. And, given Trump's lack of manners and hollow boasts, I doubt our other treaty agreements are consider worth the paper they are written on anymore. Indeed, the term " Gentleman's Agreement" assumes honor and trustworthiness and good manners as defining characteristics of the word " gentleman".
P.S. D.L. even a publicist ought to study a subject before he opines in public.
Trump is handling the problems with the Reflecting Pool, like my 4 year old twins when something goes wrong they blame each other or their older sister. This is a cosmetic overhaul, just wait for the toll of the mid terms.
I'll bet when Trump was a kid he went around kicking ant beds or shaking wasp nests then running away and bragging. What a guy!
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