Well said Peter! And I agree with Gbill7. We often talk about how this administration relates to us but their standing among foreign leaders is an important aspect of their overall performance.
Donald Trump has always commanded more respect among the leaders of the world than the corporate media will ever admit.
As much as the media demonizes him, and tears him down as a buffoon, a blowhard, and every other epithet you care to mention, Donald Trump is a substantial and serious man.
We are seeing some of the fruits of that substance and seriousness in the amount of blood that will not be shed in Pakistan and India. The rest of the world is seeing that as well.
The media will want everyone to ignore that. They will do their best to tell everyone that Donald Trump does not matter, that it was really someone else who deserves the credit. And they will again be lying to people when they say that, because they've already admitted otherwise.
God bless Trump, Vance, Rubio, and everyone else working for peace!
Three thoughts come to my mind:
1) Corporate media continues to make public idiots out of themselves. The egg on their faces is going to be cumulative, compounding, and lasting.
2) The Trump administration - especially Trump, the man - is earning huge respect amongst the leaders and power players of the world. That respect is going to work in Trump’s favor in tariff negotiations and in every new issue that arises.
3) Vance and Rubio, who have each been named by Trump as possible candidates for our next Presidential election, have also been earning world respect and hugely important experience in the field of world problem-solving. That’s going to be highly valuable to America in the years to come. MAGA!
There is a teachable moment in that ceasefire, about the limitations of narrative.
There was always a risk the conflict between Pakistan and India could turn nuclear, but that is not the same as saying it was ever likely the conflict would go nuclear.
We do not know what would have happened had Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance not worked both sides over the past few days. Perhaps the Saudis and the Emirates would eventually have prevailed. Perhaps Russia would have intervened at the request of Pakistan.
What we do know is that the coming talks were reported as "US mediated", which in every scenario is a feather in the cap of the Trump Administration.
Regardless of who mediates, however, I for one hope the talks are hugely successful.
Well said Peter! And I agree with Gbill7. We often talk about how this administration relates to us but their standing among foreign leaders is an important aspect of their overall performance.
Donald Trump has always commanded more respect among the leaders of the world than the corporate media will ever admit.
As much as the media demonizes him, and tears him down as a buffoon, a blowhard, and every other epithet you care to mention, Donald Trump is a substantial and serious man.
We are seeing some of the fruits of that substance and seriousness in the amount of blood that will not be shed in Pakistan and India. The rest of the world is seeing that as well.
The media will want everyone to ignore that. They will do their best to tell everyone that Donald Trump does not matter, that it was really someone else who deserves the credit. And they will again be lying to people when they say that, because they've already admitted otherwise.
God bless Trump, Vance, Rubio, and everyone else working for peace!
Three thoughts come to my mind:
1) Corporate media continues to make public idiots out of themselves. The egg on their faces is going to be cumulative, compounding, and lasting.
2) The Trump administration - especially Trump, the man - is earning huge respect amongst the leaders and power players of the world. That respect is going to work in Trump’s favor in tariff negotiations and in every new issue that arises.
3) Vance and Rubio, who have each been named by Trump as possible candidates for our next Presidential election, have also been earning world respect and hugely important experience in the field of world problem-solving. That’s going to be highly valuable to America in the years to come. MAGA!
So far, the ceasefire is holding.
There is a teachable moment in that ceasefire, about the limitations of narrative.
There was always a risk the conflict between Pakistan and India could turn nuclear, but that is not the same as saying it was ever likely the conflict would go nuclear.
We do not know what would have happened had Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance not worked both sides over the past few days. Perhaps the Saudis and the Emirates would eventually have prevailed. Perhaps Russia would have intervened at the request of Pakistan.
What we do know is that the coming talks were reported as "US mediated", which in every scenario is a feather in the cap of the Trump Administration.
Regardless of who mediates, however, I for one hope the talks are hugely successful.