29a. TRUMP - ROUND TWO
STRUGGLES TO MOVE FORWARD
CONTENTS
 The Trump Administration gets up and
running
 Muslims seem to have their own ideas about
America's future
 A sad projection of America's fertility rate
 Middle America's financial catastrophe
 The young Christian-revival generation
 Trump expands his personal management
of American foreign relations
Note that the material on this particular page has come into play after the 2021 publication of
America – The Covenant Nation
THE TRUMP ADMINSTRATION
GETS UP AND RUNNING |
Trump's bizarre proposals Soon
after the November election, but before actually taking office in
January of 2025, Trump began to make pronouncements as to how things
were going to change, now that America was about to have him as
president. He felt that it was time for America to take
control of mineral-rich Greenland. Needless to say, Denmark, whose
territory that actually is, was not consulted on this matter. He
also talked about the fact that it was high time for Canada to come
into the American Union as its 51st state –
shocking Americans and outraging Canadians in the process. And he
declared that the Federal government (and soon Google Maps as well)
would no longer designate the waterway below the American southern
coast as the Gulf of Mexico. It would now officially be known as
the Gulf of America. Americans wondered why was that so important
... especially to Trump, when no one else had thought that there was a
need for such change. But if Trump gets his own thoughts on
matters, that's all that matters – as Trump sees things. Indeed,
America needed to get used to the idea that with Trump in the White
House, presidential aides, including cabinet members, were there not to
advise Trump wisely, but only to obey Trump ... in carrying out
whatever his most unusual mind was working on at the moment.
Turnover would once again be rapid in the Trump cabinet to those
that did not understand the Trump program. With
Trump in the White House, an immediate reversal of America's (and its
NATO allies) support of Ukraine in its fight to fend off Russian
aggression was announced. Trump even blamed Ukrainian President
Zelensky for having "started" the war –
ignoring the fact that there was no such war until Russian President
Putin took it upon himself to invade Ukraine and bomb its capital city
Kiev – without warning or any particular provocation coming from Ukraine. Trump
claimed that by ending further support of Ukraine, this would force the
combatants to come to peace terms ... a strange thing to propose by
someone supposedly knowledable about how power works on the world
stage. In fact all this would do would be to support Putin in his
Hitler-like urge to secure his regime by bringing surrounding peoples
under his control. That's what the whole thing was about from the
very beginning. Trump
was acting like Chamberlain in 1938 when he let Hitler take over the
Sudenland, with the naiive (and costly) belief that by doing so he was
bringing peace to the world. Surrendering Ukraine's ability to
defend itself from a massively larger military power bent on muscling
its neighbors back under a Russian dependency (that those nations had
broken away from at the end of the 1980s) would not only end Ukrainian
independence, it would likely then result in a Russian grab of Estonia,
Latvia, and Lithuania. And Finland understood that danger of
playing into Putin's hands by recently joining NATO –
as did even "neutral" Sweden. In fact, all this "Trump diplomacy"
would do would bring the world back to an ugly Cold War. So why was Trump so bent on pulling a "Chamberlain" on Ukraine? And
when Zelensky came to the White House at the beginning of March (2025),
he was simply shouted down by both Vice President Vance and by Trump
... the well-televised meeting proving to be most ugly – and shocking to all. What was going on here? The border wall was a big issue in the 2024 campaign, a quite serious matter –
as it had been for years, even back in 2016, when Trump first ran for
the presidency. Sections of the wall were already in place when
Trump first took office, some 654 miles ... although they were not
terribly resitrictive walls. They needed to be upgraded ... and
added to considerably. And during his first four years in office,
most of the effort went to upgrading walls already in place. Of
the 452 miles worked on during those years, only 80 miles of that were
new coverage. The
actual cost of building a truly prohibitive wall across the 1,954 miles
stretching from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico (Trump's Gulf of
America) is massively expensive, way more than the Federal government
was was willing to take on. To make things even more confusing,
the Biden administration, adamant from the beginning that construction
of the wall was to cease, was forced (May 2024) to spend funds
designated anyway by Congress for the construction of the wall – after he had tried to redirect those funds to other
areas of the Federal budget. Then in his last days in office,
Biden was caught by the Attorney General trying to sell cheaply
sections of the wall already in place (the bid starting as low at $5
per section). He was trying to make border wall construction as
handicapped as possible – despite the fact that this was an issue supported strongly by America's voters. Texas,
in the meantime, proposed to do part of the job itself, expecting
its 1,254 mile stretch of the border to cost an estimate
$25 million per mile (and rising in cost) and another 30 years and
more than $20 billion to complete – building
a half-mile of wall per week. As of mid-2024, only some 34 miles
had been completed. But the work has continued. And with
Trump coming to power, more construction contracts were signed ... with
Texas hoping that Congress might somehow reimburse the state for its
part in the effort.
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Deeply shocking to most of the world was the way talks at the White House with Ukrainian President Zelensky on March 1st turned so combatative.
A well-organized
anti-Trump "Hands Off!" protest across the nation on April 5th
involving 150 different organizations, with Indivisible.org and
MoveOn.org taking the lead.
Millions
of people particpated in over 1000 locations – in Europe as well
as America – protesting Trump's anti-Woke policies ... and calling for
his impeachment and removal. But most amazingly, the press gave
relatively little coverage of the event!
MIDDLE AMERICA'S FINANCIAL CATASTROPHE |
Sadly, the financial figures speak for themselves
Notice the jump coinciding with the Covid outbreak
Not only are
houses more expensive than any middle class individual can afford, the
rent is becoming way beyond reach for most Middle Americans
Meanwhile
the political-social system that has been directing this country over
the last couple of generations serves incredibly well to make the rich
all the richer ... at the cost of the lower and middle classes.
And
nobody of any political signifigance seems interested in doing
anything about this grand social-moral catastrophe. After all,
those in power benefit the most from such inequality.
THE YOUNG CHRISTIAN-REVIVAL GENERATION |
On Wednesday, September 10, 2025 – while speaking before a huge audience at the Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah –
very popular (at least with America's younger generation) Charlie Kirk was shot and
killed by a very expert rifleman located atop a distant
building. The reaction of
America was fairly uniform ... even among American Liberals: the
killing of a young man (he was only 31!) who was well-known for his
strong promotion of Conservative American values – but only through polite discussion and debate – was itself another attack on America's moral foundations themselves. This
needed to stop! But how? And who was to blame for this
horrible piece of thuggery? Was this a lone act? But the
event was expertly planned ... with the rifleman even able to make a
clean escape. Was this a part of something bigger –
politically speaking? Prominent Liberals – such as Obama and Biden – were quick to condemn the act. So who – or what – was behind this
well-planned event? Charlie
Kirk was an amazing young man. His entry into politics came
early, even while still in high school, Kirk working to support a
Illinois Senate candidate, writing an essay for Beritbart News,
and getting even Fox News's attention! He headed off to Harper
College ... but soon dropped out in order to devote himself to the
promotion of Conservative politics among America's youth.
Thus in 2012 – when only 18 years old – he founded a youth-focused political organization, Turning Point USA ... designed basically to contest MoveOn.org, the
strongly pro-Democratic-Party internet organization. By
2016, at age 22, he was even called on to address the Republican
National Convention on his views ... views he claimed were those held
widely by American youth. Kirk
was particularly opposed to what he saw as the indoctrination of
college-aged American youth by the Liberalism that formed the
foundation of American higher education. He insisted that America
not lose its traditional social values –
undercut over the past few generations by "Progressive" thinking ...
thinking that was purposely aimed at exactly those traditional social
values – Progressives
claiming that in doing this, they were "freeing up" American thought.
But Kirk found such "freeing up" in fact to be quite "unfreeing"
in the way it cut off serious debate – or even just discussion – discussion
of these vital moral matters. Such "free-thinkers" had a habit of
cutting off all discussion attempting to come from those not agreeing
with them. He
was accused of spreading hatred ... when in fact his style was to go
around to campuses and invite those that stood opposed to his
Conservative (and Christian) values to come forward and explain what it
was that they were opposed to ... and why they supported the values
they did. And he was well-known to respond simply quite carefully
– actually quite gently – in explaining why
he held the values he did. This was not spreading hatred.
It was an attempt to open back up the discussion about the
country's moral foundations. What
was particularly annoying to his opponents was the immense popularity
he seemed to be acquiring among American youth ... millions of them.
His
three-hour talk show – begun in 2020 – was widely popular, and his
podcast was downloaded each day at a count reaching from 500 to 750
thousand daily. Unsurprisingly,
he thus had something of a huge impact on that younger generation
... getting many of them out in the country's elections to help bring
Conservatives (Republicans) to power. He
identified closely with Trump's "Make America Great Again" campaign ...
which pleased Trump mightily ... and infuriated deeply the anti-Trump
world. So ... someone finally decided to end the debate ... and simply take Kirk out of the political discussion engaging America.
Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University ... just prior to being shot and killed – September 10, 2025
But ... according
to a well-researched documentary film viewed during a huge Christian
revival
held only a month earlier at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
(August 2025), the Gen Z spiritual awakening is so strong that this
event is not likely to cripple the movement going on within this rising
generation.
We certainly hope not ... because America needs badly to get back on its original spiritual track.
Sadly, the financial figures speak for themselves
Notice the jump coinciding with the Covid outbreak
Not only are
houses more expensive than any middle class individual can afford, the
rent is becoming way beyond reach for most Middle Americans
Meanwhile
the political-social system that has been directing this country over
the last couple of generations serves incredibly well to make the rich
all the richer ... at the cost of the lower and middle classes.
And
nobody of any political signifigance seems interested in doing
anything about this grand social-moral catastrophe. After all,
those in power benefit the most from such inequality.
THE YOUNG CHRISTIAN-REVIVAL GENERATION |
Charlie Kirk. On Wednesday, September 10, 2025 – while speaking before a huge audience at the Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah –
very popular (at least with America's younger generation) Charlie Kirk was shot and
killed by a very expert rifleman located atop a distant
building. The reaction of
America was fairly uniform ... even among American Liberals: the
killing of a young man (he was only 31!) who was well-known for his
strong promotion of Conservative American values – but only through polite discussion and debate – was itself another attack on America's moral foundations themselves. This
needed to stop! But how? And who was to blame for this
horrible piece of thuggery? Was this a lone act? But the
event was expertly planned ... with the rifleman even able to make a
clean escape. Was this a part of something bigger –
politically speaking? Prominent Liberals – such as Obama and Biden – were quick to condemn the act. So who – or what – was behind this
well-planned event? Charlie
Kirk was an amazing young man. His entry into politics came
early, even while still in high school, Kirk working to support a
Illinois Senate candidate, writing an essay for Beritbart News,
and getting even Fox News's attention! He headed off to Harper
College ... but soon dropped out in order to devote himself to the
promotion of Conservative politics among America's youth.
Thus in 2012 – when only 18 years old – he founded a youth-focused political organization, Turning Point USA ... designed basically to contest MoveOn.org, the
strongly pro-Democratic-Party internet organization. By
2016, at age 22, he was even called on to address the Republican
National Convention on his views ... views he claimed were those held
widely by American youth. Kirk
was particularly opposed to what he saw as the indoctrination of
college-aged American youth by the Liberalism that formed the
foundation of American higher education. He insisted that America
not lose its traditional social values –
undercut over the past few generations by "Progressive" thinking ...
thinking that was purposely aimed at exactly those traditional social
values â Progressives
claiming that in doing this, they were "freeing up" American thought.
But Kirk found such "freeing up" in fact to be quite "unfreeing"
in the way it cut off serious debate – or even just discussion – discussion
of these vital moral matters. Such "free-thinkers" had a habit of
cutting off all discussion attempting to come from those not agreeing
with them. He
was accused of spreading hatred ... when in fact his style was to go
around to campuses and invite those that stood opposed to his
Conservative (and Christian) values to come forward and explain what it
was that they were opposed to ... and why they supported the values
they did. And he was well-known to respond simply quite carefully
– actually quite gently – in explaining why
he held the values he did. This was not spreading hatred.
It was an attempt to open back up the discussion about the
country's moral foundations. What
was particularly annoying to his opponents was the immense popularity
he seemed to be acquiring among American youth ... millions of them.
His
three-hour talk show – begun in 2020 – was widely popular, and his
podcast was downloaded each day at a count reaching from 500 to 750
thousand daily. Unsurprisingly,
he thus had something of a huge impact on that younger generation
... getting many of them out in the country's elections to help bring
Conservatives (Republicans) to power. He
identified closely with Trump's "Make America Great Again" campaign ...
which pleased Trump mightily ... and infuriated deeply the anti-Trump
world. So ... someone finally decided to end the debate ... and simply take Kirk out of the political discussion engaging America.
Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University ... just prior to being shot and killed – September 10, 2025
But ... according
to a well-researched documentary film viewed during a huge Christian
revival
held only a month earlier at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
(August 2025), the Gen Z spiritual awakening is so strong that this
event is not likely to cripple the movement going on within this rising
generation.
We certainly hope not ... because America needs badly to get back on its original spiritual track.
TRUMP EXPANDS HIS PERSONAL MANAGEMENT OF AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS |
January 3, 2026 – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife are seized by U.S. agents
and marched off to captivity in New York City ... under Trump's claim that Maduro was deeply involved in drug trafficking.
February 25, 2026 Trump – in cooperation with Israel's President Benjamin Netanyahu –
began the bombing of Iran, at first claiming this to be only a brief venture to destroy Iran's nuclear capacity ... but then explaining that in fact this was likely to become a longer-lasting conflict ... especially with the death of Iran's leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei – killed in the Teheran bombing (no nuclear facilities in Teheran ... only Iran's political base!)
So the bombing of Iran continued... with the Muslims striking back with major attacks
on American diplomatic and military facilities around the Middle East.
A war was now on ... with Congress actually having authorized no such war ... Trump doing this on his own "authority."
Go on to the last section: The Lessons of History
 Miles
H. Hodges
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