In addition to the oil could this “war” be a way to stall or eliminate the next couple election cycles? He and his clowns are so brazen they seem convinced they can’t lose power.
Here is how they can and should lose power. The Joint Chiefs of Staff may say to each other, “Enough is enough“! and purge Washington DC of the corruption, during the swamp and force an amendment to the constitution that makes it easier to remove criminals in Congress, the courts and the White House. They could do this simply by requiring everyone in the federal government to sign the same contract that soldiers are required to sign. This may sound harsh but it is common sense. If you ask yourself who is held to a higher standard than, the White House, Congress, the courts, corporations and billionaires, the answer is, EVERYONE ELSE! Does this make sense now? Make every public servant sign a contract and that way they can’t weasel out of their responsibility and their oath and affirmations to serve only the American people.
Federal workers used to have to take an oath. When there's no punishment for breaking that oath, whether given orally or in writing, what difference does it make? I agree that the military or someone is going to have to go in and physically remove them but when will enough be enough? Every day I think he's gone too far and surely NOW they'll move to remove him, but every day there's a new and more heinous act.
Certainly Trump and his appointees are wrecking havoc and breaking laws, and it appears that what's remains of law enforcement (after the purges by Bondi and Patel) isn't getting the job done. However...
" I agree that the military or someone is going to have to go in and physically remove them..."
- If the military has to get involved, it means that all laws in our nation have been suspended. That would be even more scary, I think, than what's currently happening.
No, we need a re-set. Stop everything and get reorganized. Scary? Yes. But what this regime is doing is horrific. It has never occurred before because the founding fathers didn't think the people in Congress would be stupid enough to hand their power to provide a check on the executive branch over to the executive branch. They thought Supreme Court justices would be politically neutral and would follow the law, not grant the president immunity to do whatever he liked. They didn't anticipate today's technology and evil foreigners who would rig an election so that a greedy despot could take over, rip away healthcare from the people and starve children. It MUST be stopped. Every day is a new atrocity.
Well that is too late now. ALL of trump cabinet/ joint chiefs ARE TRUMP LOYALISTS!!!
the Joint Chiefs of Staff don't initiate the 25th Amendment; it's the Cabinet (VP + department heads) who declare a President unable to serve, but some Joint Chiefs members were reportedly so concerned by Trump's behavior they researched the Amendment, while ex-Chief of Staff John Kelly in 2020 supported invoking it, highlighting deep unease within the administration about Trump's fitness, especially after January 6th, as reports. But today, Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, has been working for trump for 26 years.
Key Points:
Who can invoke it: The Vice President and a "majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide" can declare the President unable to perform duties under the 25th Amendment.
Joint Chiefs' Role (Indirect): The Joint Chiefs are military advisors, not part of the Cabinet for this purpose, but their deep concern was noted. One officer reportedly researched the Amendment after a tense meeting with Trump, as revealed in former Defense Secretary Mark Esper book.
Cabinet Discussions: After the January 6th Capitol riot, many Cabinet members and officials discussed invoking the 25th Amendment due to Trump's behavior, though it didn't proceed.
President Trump's top military advisor is
General Dan Caine, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, leading the full Joint Chiefs,
( trump gave Caine a pardon from his 25 years to life for raping and committing 3 murders on female US NAVY colleagues. Then promoted him to GENERAL)
OTHER MEMBERS TRUMP HAS pardoned and promoted in order to guarantee loyalty includes members like Vice Chairman Gen. Christopher J. Mahoney, Army Chief Gen. Randy George, Marine Commandant Gen. Eric Smith, and Navy CNO Adm. Daryl Caudle, all serving under Trump's administration as of late 2025
Doesn’t sound harsh at all, solidifies the oath already took and should be upheld. Besides, if it’s required of our military why wouldn’t/shouldn’t it be required of those who instruct our military?! Makes perfect sense!
He lies, says one thing then in the next minute does exactly the opposite. All those crazy cult maga creeps are so unhappy with their own lives they voted a crazy child brained person into our white house. He and they are not fit for America.
Plus all the money being extracted & funneled into corrupt pockets...We can be sure 'all the angles' will be leveraged to amass power & wealth, that's what war always is, not for the good of the people. War is being waged on us.
All talk, NO ACTION. All these SOB‘s who used to fly their “Don’t Tread on Me” flags, and they’re “treading” all over the place now. Where are they? We have a toxic masculinity problem in this country.
We need to ask why the commander of the ship that intercepted the tanker agreed to follow that order… sure seems like an unlawful order given there has been no war declaration by Congress… why is the military brass going along with this lawlessness?
He's a known Trump supporting MAGAt. I'd guess he's quite stupid despite his high rank: Was loyalty to Trump worth risking his career and possible imprisonment for the rest of his life?
We really don't want such people in our military; they are a danger to every American. What goes around comes around. If our nation becomes known for such atrocities, it will generate hatred toward every American... starting with military abroad, but extending to civilians in contact with foreigners... and certainly will promote another 9/11.
Completely agree and well said David. I keep waiting for something, anything to stop this chaos. But nobody is stepping up!! We are going down in real time with this pig, and the thing is, these people on the Hill, they’re throwing their freedoms away and do they see that, is it worth not fighting Trump, WTF!!!🤬 Regardless of how hard, how often, and in any way we can, We the People don’t have the ability to put pen to paper to stop him. So, where are those we pay their salary to?
Not everybody hates us. I see lots of comments from non Americans saying they sympathize with the many, including you and I, who oppose Trump and must live under Trump.
The horrors of fascism are better known in many places outside USA. They know better about what we have yet to suffer.
I'm with Peaceandlove's stance. With the downgrading of our rank in the world based on how we act, many people living abroad are changing their tune. The deeper this regime takes us into their dark hole, more and more will walk away from us in pure fear. How are they going to distinguish between us? Plus, we're all rather complicit in the length of time we're allowing this to go on. Perhaps our weekend protests aren't enough to show the world that those of us who are sane are getting things under control. Hell, they've given us a year to start turning the ship around. We can't show one solid step that's been taken in a different direction. Quite the opposite with his looming declaration of war. Whoever is actually driving the short bus Crumpet is riding have a stranglehold on our government. Congress doesn't seem able to stop it, SCOTUS refuses to stop it, and his croonies want to ride their lucrative appointments until the last ember is out. We're in a shit, the rest of the world knows it, and they're taking cover.
The level of security for a US president today is staggering.
Many are certain that the supposed rifle wound to Trump's ear was staged. For starters, a rifle bullet is expected to tear the entire ear off, not leave a scratch that disappears from an 80 year old man within days.
As in warfare, the easiest targets are what suffer the most. There's a small army looking to the security of the president and his staff. It's far easier to blow up a school full of kids, to send a harsh message to the "nasty Americans" who elected Donald Trump.
It is truly a crime that USA doesn't give Palestine the military aid they need to repel the colonizers, while sanctioning and embargoing Israel (the way we've been unjustly sanctioning Iran since the 1970's). That alone would solve the problem... USA would not have to place any "boots on the ground". Just redirecting money and sanctions would be enough; every problem that worries us in Middle East would then be solved by natives.
He certainly makes more enemies on any given day, than allies, so yep, it’s surprising. And, the two(??questionable) who did try were disaffected trump voters. The foreign actors haven’t even tried….yet.
Absolutely! Trump pardoned the president of Honduras who is the biggest drug trafficker in the western hemisphere. As to the oil Trump probably wants to give that to his boyfriend Putin. Because everything with Trump revolves around obscene wealth, he probably wants to eliminate the illegal drug competition so that only a few of his criminal pedophile friends in south and Central America can get more for their products. This kind of criminality is Trump 101.
Seizing the tanker is an unequivocal act of war. It's my understanding that the oil tanker was on its journey to china. If that is true, so now we're pissing off china. They have the largest navy in the world. Trump is not only a f****** moron, he is a dangerous and mentally unbalanced pirate with a clear onset of dementia. China has the ability to crush our economy. And why is that the chief of staff Susie wiles gets a free ride. No one and I mean, no one ever mentions her name. And she's gotta be some devious witch to be attached to fat a**.
Though I think every last one of Trump's appointees will likely need to face trial for something, Suzie Wiles seems one of the least "criminal". Despite being chief of staff, she's got little to no role in military decisions, nor does she give public speeches excusing and encouraging crimes on behalf of Trump.
Trump stole an oil tanker and I’m guessing that under maritime law that would be considered piracy. As far as China goes, anything that hurts China is a good thing. Right now Russia is hurting for refined products because Ukraine is destroying their refineries. 👍
Since Trump is Vladimir’s girlfriend part of his plan might be giving Russia a foothold in the western hemisphere.
We are watching--with our jaws on the ground--this person making choices (illegally) that put all of us at risk and destroy our relationships worldwide,
Trump and his whole band of thieves should be loaded on a small fishing boat and dropped off in the middle of the ocean somewhere between here and Venezuela.
Name one thing that Trump has done in the past DECADES which doesn’t ultimately benefit Putin? Even Trump’s pretend “scolding” of Putin is probably choreographed to give cover to craven obedience.
I don't understand why Trump and the puppeteers controlling him cannot be stopped. What can we do to actually remove him, Vance, Vought, Miller, and the rest of them? Short of storming D.C. of course. 🙄🤨
The oligarchs behind this push for theocracy and dictatorship should have their billions seized and they should be deported. Elon and Thiel anyway.
In addition to the oil could this “war” be a way to stall or eliminate the next couple election cycles? He and his clowns are so brazen they seem convinced they can’t lose power.
Here is how they can and should lose power. The Joint Chiefs of Staff may say to each other, “Enough is enough“! and purge Washington DC of the corruption, during the swamp and force an amendment to the constitution that makes it easier to remove criminals in Congress, the courts and the White House. They could do this simply by requiring everyone in the federal government to sign the same contract that soldiers are required to sign. This may sound harsh but it is common sense. If you ask yourself who is held to a higher standard than, the White House, Congress, the courts, corporations and billionaires, the answer is, EVERYONE ELSE! Does this make sense now? Make every public servant sign a contract and that way they can’t weasel out of their responsibility and their oath and affirmations to serve only the American people.
Federal workers used to have to take an oath. When there's no punishment for breaking that oath, whether given orally or in writing, what difference does it make? I agree that the military or someone is going to have to go in and physically remove them but when will enough be enough? Every day I think he's gone too far and surely NOW they'll move to remove him, but every day there's a new and more heinous act.
Certainly Trump and his appointees are wrecking havoc and breaking laws, and it appears that what's remains of law enforcement (after the purges by Bondi and Patel) isn't getting the job done. However...
" I agree that the military or someone is going to have to go in and physically remove them..."
- If the military has to get involved, it means that all laws in our nation have been suspended. That would be even more scary, I think, than what's currently happening.
No, we need a re-set. Stop everything and get reorganized. Scary? Yes. But what this regime is doing is horrific. It has never occurred before because the founding fathers didn't think the people in Congress would be stupid enough to hand their power to provide a check on the executive branch over to the executive branch. They thought Supreme Court justices would be politically neutral and would follow the law, not grant the president immunity to do whatever he liked. They didn't anticipate today's technology and evil foreigners who would rig an election so that a greedy despot could take over, rip away healthcare from the people and starve children. It MUST be stopped. Every day is a new atrocity.
He doesn’t have to follow laws! He has never been held accountable for his corrupt actions and the GOP doesn’t care!! The Supreme Court gave him
the power to disregard the constitution.😡
Well that is too late now. ALL of trump cabinet/ joint chiefs ARE TRUMP LOYALISTS!!!
the Joint Chiefs of Staff don't initiate the 25th Amendment; it's the Cabinet (VP + department heads) who declare a President unable to serve, but some Joint Chiefs members were reportedly so concerned by Trump's behavior they researched the Amendment, while ex-Chief of Staff John Kelly in 2020 supported invoking it, highlighting deep unease within the administration about Trump's fitness, especially after January 6th, as reports. But today, Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, has been working for trump for 26 years.
Key Points:
Who can invoke it: The Vice President and a "majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide" can declare the President unable to perform duties under the 25th Amendment.
Joint Chiefs' Role (Indirect): The Joint Chiefs are military advisors, not part of the Cabinet for this purpose, but their deep concern was noted. One officer reportedly researched the Amendment after a tense meeting with Trump, as revealed in former Defense Secretary Mark Esper book.
Cabinet Discussions: After the January 6th Capitol riot, many Cabinet members and officials discussed invoking the 25th Amendment due to Trump's behavior, though it didn't proceed.
President Trump's top military advisor is
General Dan Caine, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, leading the full Joint Chiefs,
( trump gave Caine a pardon from his 25 years to life for raping and committing 3 murders on female US NAVY colleagues. Then promoted him to GENERAL)
OTHER MEMBERS TRUMP HAS pardoned and promoted in order to guarantee loyalty includes members like Vice Chairman Gen. Christopher J. Mahoney, Army Chief Gen. Randy George, Marine Commandant Gen. Eric Smith, and Navy CNO Adm. Daryl Caudle, all serving under Trump's administration as of late 2025
I doubt it's going to happen.
Doesn’t sound harsh at all, solidifies the oath already took and should be upheld. Besides, if it’s required of our military why wouldn’t/shouldn’t it be required of those who instruct our military?! Makes perfect sense!
He lies, says one thing then in the next minute does exactly the opposite. All those crazy cult maga creeps are so unhappy with their own lives they voted a crazy child brained person into our white house. He and they are not fit for America.
Plus all the money being extracted & funneled into corrupt pockets...We can be sure 'all the angles' will be leveraged to amass power & wealth, that's what war always is, not for the good of the people. War is being waged on us.
If we the people refuse or unable to do what is necessary to force Crump out, we deserve what we get. I advocate for broad based strikes.
Of course.
All talk, NO ACTION. All these SOB‘s who used to fly their “Don’t Tread on Me” flags, and they’re “treading” all over the place now. Where are they? We have a toxic masculinity problem in this country.
Don’t tread on me always smelled of white racism to me! Just saying
Could this be an aggressive takeover in order to take the oil, take rare earth minerals, and take the Panama Canal?
Clair here💕.. Recall when Trump was elected he said their would be no further elections for president
His actions speak loudly to this . 💕
Good work Adam keep digging till this administration collapses!🙏🏽
We need to ask why the commander of the ship that intercepted the tanker agreed to follow that order… sure seems like an unlawful order given there has been no war declaration by Congress… why is the military brass going along with this lawlessness?
Looks like the Military isn't gonna save us, after all!
He's a known Trump supporting MAGAt. I'd guess he's quite stupid despite his high rank: Was loyalty to Trump worth risking his career and possible imprisonment for the rest of his life?
Depends on how old he is.
Why does that depend? No one wants to trade a life of privilege for prison!
This is what I’m wondering, too. What is going on with the military right now? And what happened to all the people on the tanker?
Military members, I have only one question for each and every one of you:
Are you going to allow him to take you down…as he goes down?
He’s reckless, reactionary, power hungry, sadistic, obtuse, and an old man in an Al Capone fantasy.
It’s very simple…it’s up to you.
We really don't want such people in our military; they are a danger to every American. What goes around comes around. If our nation becomes known for such atrocities, it will generate hatred toward every American... starting with military abroad, but extending to civilians in contact with foreigners... and certainly will promote another 9/11.
Completely agree and well said David. I keep waiting for something, anything to stop this chaos. But nobody is stepping up!! We are going down in real time with this pig, and the thing is, these people on the Hill, they’re throwing their freedoms away and do they see that, is it worth not fighting Trump, WTF!!!🤬 Regardless of how hard, how often, and in any way we can, We the People don’t have the ability to put pen to paper to stop him. So, where are those we pay their salary to?
Everyone hates us already
Who is "us"? [Are you a MAGAt?]
If so, I believe that's true.
I am not. But, as you know, in a war situation, people do not distinguish.
Not everybody hates us. I see lots of comments from non Americans saying they sympathize with the many, including you and I, who oppose Trump and must live under Trump.
The horrors of fascism are better known in many places outside USA. They know better about what we have yet to suffer.
I'm with Peaceandlove's stance. With the downgrading of our rank in the world based on how we act, many people living abroad are changing their tune. The deeper this regime takes us into their dark hole, more and more will walk away from us in pure fear. How are they going to distinguish between us? Plus, we're all rather complicit in the length of time we're allowing this to go on. Perhaps our weekend protests aren't enough to show the world that those of us who are sane are getting things under control. Hell, they've given us a year to start turning the ship around. We can't show one solid step that's been taken in a different direction. Quite the opposite with his looming declaration of war. Whoever is actually driving the short bus Crumpet is riding have a stranglehold on our government. Congress doesn't seem able to stop it, SCOTUS refuses to stop it, and his croonies want to ride their lucrative appointments until the last ember is out. We're in a shit, the rest of the world knows it, and they're taking cover.
Yes! They don’t seem to understand, that they will be the first casualties of following unlawful orders!
Some may not like my comment, but I am surprised that he hasn't been taken out.
The level of security for a US president today is staggering.
Many are certain that the supposed rifle wound to Trump's ear was staged. For starters, a rifle bullet is expected to tear the entire ear off, not leave a scratch that disappears from an 80 year old man within days.
I'm praying for it.
I’m praying Netanwahoo gets it as well.
Yep, him too.
Me too. And not necessarily by us but by some other country.
As in warfare, the easiest targets are what suffer the most. There's a small army looking to the security of the president and his staff. It's far easier to blow up a school full of kids, to send a harsh message to the "nasty Americans" who elected Donald Trump.
Exactly.
Just as USA & Israel have been doing in Palestine.
It is truly a crime that USA doesn't give Palestine the military aid they need to repel the colonizers, while sanctioning and embargoing Israel (the way we've been unjustly sanctioning Iran since the 1970's). That alone would solve the problem... USA would not have to place any "boots on the ground". Just redirecting money and sanctions would be enough; every problem that worries us in Middle East would then be solved by natives.
Me too.
He certainly makes more enemies on any given day, than allies, so yep, it’s surprising. And, the two(??questionable) who did try were disaffected trump voters. The foreign actors haven’t even tried….yet.
Shocker. The oil is what he's wanted all along. His "war on drug trafficking" was just a distraction.
Absolutely! Trump pardoned the president of Honduras who is the biggest drug trafficker in the western hemisphere. As to the oil Trump probably wants to give that to his boyfriend Putin. Because everything with Trump revolves around obscene wealth, he probably wants to eliminate the illegal drug competition so that only a few of his criminal pedophile friends in south and Central America can get more for their products. This kind of criminality is Trump 101.
Oil, minerals, Panama Canal
Seizing the tanker is an unequivocal act of war. It's my understanding that the oil tanker was on its journey to china. If that is true, so now we're pissing off china. They have the largest navy in the world. Trump is not only a f****** moron, he is a dangerous and mentally unbalanced pirate with a clear onset of dementia. China has the ability to crush our economy. And why is that the chief of staff Susie wiles gets a free ride. No one and I mean, no one ever mentions her name. And she's gotta be some devious witch to be attached to fat a**.
Everything Trump has done since gaining office had been to the detriment of our nation. This fits the pattern perfectly.
Thankyou Ben, I agree with you totally. She looks absolutely evil herself.
Though I think every last one of Trump's appointees will likely need to face trial for something, Suzie Wiles seems one of the least "criminal". Despite being chief of staff, she's got little to no role in military decisions, nor does she give public speeches excusing and encouraging crimes on behalf of Trump.
Release the Epstein files! Venezuela is a cover
So now we're impeding China's oil supply by seizeing tankers.
heading to china. Are we becoming the bad country on the planet?
Trump stole an oil tanker and I’m guessing that under maritime law that would be considered piracy. As far as China goes, anything that hurts China is a good thing. Right now Russia is hurting for refined products because Ukraine is destroying their refineries. 👍
Since Trump is Vladimir’s girlfriend part of his plan might be giving Russia a foothold in the western hemisphere.
Yes we are and nobody is going to come to our rescue!
We are watching--with our jaws on the ground--this person making choices (illegally) that put all of us at risk and destroy our relationships worldwide,
Trump and his whole band of thieves should be loaded on a small fishing boat and dropped off in the middle of the ocean somewhere between here and Venezuela.
Remove Trump now !
He is going to deliver that oil to Russia. I am sure he will.😟
I wondered the same thing. What's he going to do with it? Sail it to Russia? Where is the ship now and where's it headed?
Can we just drop him Caracas and let him be their problem?
Let’s drop the whole lot of them in Alligator Alcatraz!
Name one thing that Trump has done in the past DECADES which doesn’t ultimately benefit Putin? Even Trump’s pretend “scolding” of Putin is probably choreographed to give cover to craven obedience.
Thank you for your hard work Adam.
I don't understand why Trump and the puppeteers controlling him cannot be stopped. What can we do to actually remove him, Vance, Vought, Miller, and the rest of them? Short of storming D.C. of course. 🙄🤨
The oligarchs behind this push for theocracy and dictatorship should have their billions seized and they should be deported. Elon and Thiel anyway.