And the Pendulum Swings the Other Way

A new dawn? A new day?

Donald Trump won over 90% over counties in the US, leaving no blue states…only some blue cities and counties.

The selection—yes, that s is intentional—has come and gone. For many, it’s been a celebration. For others, it’s been a collective meltdown. And yet, regardless of who won, I knew I wouldn’t be jumping up and down about the results. Politicians are, after all, merely puppets dutifully serving a bigger agenda—some more controlled than others.

Sure, the US may no longer be charging headlong into communism, like the UK and Germany, but it may be charging headlong into something else that could prove sinister further down the road.

While that statement may pique the interest of readers who supported Harris, I realize that it’s also probably got Trump supporters scratching their heads or branding me insane right out of the gate.

Regardless of where you sit on the political spectrum, I have one request: indulge me. I will do my damnedest to pull together the threads I’ve chased in previous posts. My goal is that you’ll be anchored a bit more in reality and less in blind jubilation or hatred.

Trump’s win means the timeline of the US has shifted. The important things right now are what Trump is doing and who he is surrounding himself with. I’m not going to cover everyone or everything, but enough to give you an idea of the future the US has decided to move towards. Let’s start with a few of his closest allies.

Susie Wiles

I had never heard of her until Trump thanked her in his victory speech. He called her forward and asked her to say a few words. She refused and went back to hiding behind others on stage. I found that peculiar. Who the hell is Susie Wiles?, I asked Dr. Google.

It turns out she’s quite the “political operative,” according to Politico (article). In fact, she was credited with saving Ron DeSantis’ bid for the Florida governorship in 2018. But what I find most interesting is her deep entanglement with the pharmaceutical industry. (See the Politico article linked at the top of this paragraph.) Keep an eye on this one. People who operate in the shadows—like Fauci did for so long—are the people for whom I have no trust.

Remember, how Trump and DeSantis were once closely allied? Well, that allegiance was blown up in the last 18 months, and DeSantis became a falling star. Who better to take him down than his own kingmaker? It’s just a guess, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Ms. Wiles is the one behind this

Scott Bessent

Trump’s pick for Treasury Secretary is an interesting one. Bessent is well-respected in the world of money, but the fact that he was once partner at the Soros Fund Management gives me pause. The SFM is the vehicle that Soros and his son Alex uses to fund the communist-centric, open borders-sponsoring Open Society Foundations. However, Bessent left SFM with the pile of money he made and started his own hedge fund. He doesn’t necessarily align himself with Soros-backed initiatives these days. According to asset management expert, Edward Dowd, Bessent is likely a good pick because of the US’s horrendous economy—“turd of an economy” was his preferred phraseology—and dire fiscal situation, but also because of Trump’s interest in Bitcoin, etc.

Dr. Janette Nesheiwat

His picked for Surgeon General is atrocious. During the global shutdown from 2020-2022, this woman advocated for policies that have been proven to be highly detrimental to public health—mental, physical and emotional—including vaccine mandates, mask-wearing, and lockdowns. For those of you who flip out at the aforementioned statement, you need to look at a basic fact: based on VAERS data (government run injury/deaths database )—back in 2022, Harvard estimated that only 1 to 2% of cases are actually reported—more people died as a result of the COVID jab than in World War II.

Let that sink in.

Let it sink in for a long while because the woman Trump nominated still supports such policies. The fact that he chose her and that he orchestrated “Operation Warp Speed” makes me doubt that he gives a shit about the health of the American people. The man eats McDonald’s religiously and drinks Coke like it’s water.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

I’m not sure if any of you saw the image Don Jr circulated of Trump, Don Jr, one or two other people and RFK Jr on Trump’s private jet. It felt like a humiliation ritual of sort: They’re all sitting there with Big Macs and sodas in front of them, and RFK Jr looks genuinely disgusted and displeased.

I believe his intentions are genuine, but have you noticed how his focus shifted once he joined Team Trump? This is the man who wrote a mind-blowing exposé of a book on Anthony Fauci, which features thousands of citations from official government documents, and who spoke out regularly against the damage the COVID jabs have been wreaking. But now his primary focus is food and seed oils?

And while the latter are important issues and I hope they are tackled in a serious way, they were not the focus of his pre-Trump campaign. It was getting government overreach out of people’s medical/health decisions and halting the use of COVID jabs.

Once aligned with Trump, it seems as if he’s been subjugated—politically castrated, if you will. As one of the world’s leading neurosurgeons, Dr. Jack Kruse, and ENT, Dr. Mary Bowden, have recently pointed out that: RFK Jr’s focus has changed. They both believe that Callie and Casey Means have something to do with this, but I would also say whomever Trump answers to—and make no mistake, all politicians answer to someone—is calling the shots (no pun intended) on health.

Elon Musk

I’ve always been skeptical of Musk. He’s an advocate of trans-humanism, and that is something I can’t get behind. But I won’t get into that here. My question is what does Musk get in return for helping Trump win the selection? And how will he continue to benefit in the future? The most immediate is that the incoming administration wants to scrap the car-crash reporting rule that Musk is against (re: self-driving vehicles). My guess is that there will be more to come.

One thing I am fan of is the new Department of Government Efficiency. Musk and Ramaswamy are likely to make headway, particularly if they get the support of Congress, as it seems they will.

Remember, bureaucracy exists to perpetuate itself. Without serious diligence, it’s why almost all governments bloat over time and continue to do so. Government no longer exists for the people it’s supposed to serve, but instead serves itself (the people on the payroll). I have firsthand experience with this. If you think the US bureaucracy is painful, my beloved 2nd home country here in Europe is plagued by a massive bureaucracy that is hair-pullingly infuriating. Bureaucracy expands until a country reaches near paralysis.

Bureaucracy is the taxpayer’s parasite, and in the name of progress, it deserves a swift death.

The Trump Effect

Within 48 hours of Trump’s victory, world leaders began falling in line. The President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, called for Europe to align with US and maintain a healthy trade relationship, suggesting that the EU needs to start purchasing American products. Shortly before that, Ursula von der Lyen, President of the European Commission, said that the EU should purchase liquified natural gas from the United States instead of Russia. Tariffs are tariffs, but they’re also bargaining tools. Softbank Chairman and CEO, Masayoshi Son, announced $100 billion investment in the US, including a minimum of 100,000 jobs, over the next four years.

And shortly before that was announced, Justin Trudeau flew down to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate to beg for mercy—the US subsidizes Canada’s economy in the form of unequal trade by the same amount Softbank is going to invest in the US. Yep, that’s right: approximately $100 billion per year. Of course, Trudeau went home with his tail between his legs and being trolled by Trump who offered Canada the “opportunity” to become the US’s 51st state.

What’s more, both Putin and Zelensky expressed confidence that Trump is better equipped to broker a peace deal than the current President. And they’re not wrong: Trump likes business and money. He likes to make deals. He prefers peace. The fact that he’s the only President in my lifetime to have started no new wars says a lot. In fact, he brokered the Abraham Accords during his first time between Israel, the UAE, Bahrain and Morocco.

What a Trump presidency 2.0 means for the Middle East, I’m not sure, but I suspect it will be better than the horror show we’ve been hearing about from afar these last 15 months. Of course, there’s also the question of whether China will invade and takeover Taiwan.

Peter Thiel, Palantir & Beyond

Peter Thiel, a long-time conservative political donor, is one of the founders of the payment platform PayPal and the AI-driven surveillance company Palantir. In a previous posts, I’ve discussed how Palantir contracts with a certain agency within the US government to do what said agency is not legally allowed to do: spy on its own citizens. The technology specializes in “pre-policing,” which means using people’s online data, including data from other means of surveillance, to thwart “threats” and “crimes” before they happen. Will we live in a world that eventually sees people being disappeared as they were in Argentina from 1976-1983?

Sounds a bit like what’s happening across the pond in the land of tea, biscuits, and Dickens right now, no? For those out of the loop: ordinary citizens are being locked up for years for simply stating online (or to the wrong person) that they’re not happy about the unfettered immigration and how it is taking over their communities.

What’s more, Thiel is a major Trump-donor, has been deeply supportive of JD Vance since Vance’s days at Yale—financially and careerwise—and he has also worked with Elon Musk (PayPal).

Keep in mind that Trump has openly supported a “digital wall” for border control, which translates into a digital ID and the full collection of individual biometric data. Will Palantir have its fingers in that?

And when Trump says to forget smart cities, and that the US will build “freedom cities,” will Thiel manage to finagle a deal for Palantir to surveil said cities in the name of “protecting freedom”?

Is the swapping of ‘smart’ with ‘freedom’ one of those pesky language switcheroos that are used to deceive us? A wolf in sheep’s clothing? It’s hard to know. Only time will tell.

And never forget: no matter how much this tech-loving conservative donor claims to be a Libertrian, he has admitted that he prefers authoritarian governments as they are better for business. So much for liberty.

Language that Steers & Controls

Language is a control mechanism, so notice how things change moving forward. In the last few months, Black Rock has started ditching terminology such as “ESG” in exchange with other less familiar terms because of the severe backlash against wokeism and the controlling of humans in the name of “saving” the planet. It’s similar to the whole “global warming” bit.

For example, TPTB realized that people could argue to no end against the notion of a warming planet—because we’re experiencing both more severe cold and heat and the weather has become more erratic—so they rebranded it “climate change.” The people who once preached “global warming” now say “climate change,” as if it means the same thing. It doesn’t, and therefore not interchangeable, even though people love to believe they are (and TPTB would love us to think so). The climate has always changed over time. It’s a guarantee. But the planet is not necessarily warming everywhere. Tell the folks in the Great Lakes area who are experiencing sub-zero temperatures and have several feet of snow before Christmas that it’s due to global warming, and they’ll laugh at you. Say it’s climate change, and it makes sense. I highlight these in hopes that you pick up on the shapeshifting language of TPTB moving forward.

The Future of the US

While I certainly don’t have an all-knowing crystal ball, here is where I see things going:

The Trump administration and Congress have some massive challenges ahead of them: the mother of all debt crises, a “turd of an economy” (according to former BlackRock asset manager, Edward Dowd), and the beast that is Amercan bureaucracy. Getting proper help and aid for the people devastated by the Hurricane Helene months ago, many of whom are still living in tents—this is a disgrace—and those who lost everything during the Maui fires of 2023 are also big issues. (Watch for Lahaina to be rebuilt as a smart city.)

Yes, Trump will broker deals for investment in the US. Yes, we’ll become energy independent again. Yes, peace deals around the world may be negotiated. And yes, I think there will be an American Renaissance of sorts. Yes, the border will be secured. However, I think it’s important to look beyond the tip of our noses.

I’m thinking more along the lines of a post-Trump America where, if his administration does even half of what it promises, JD Vance will likely become the next President. An America where the pendulum that swung so far to the socio-political left continues its swing with equal force to the far right. (Newton’s Third Law of Motion.) If I’m honest, I think we could be very well marching towards a society dictated by modern interpretations of Christian values—and not always the benefic ones—and policed accordingly.

And from where I sit, it feels orchestrated—particularly with famous players, such as Jordan Peterson and Russell Brandt, coming out and frequently talking about their newfound relationships with God. Read the comments section under one of their posts or videos on the subjects, and you can see how trendy they’re making Christianity. TPTB took us so far left and so deep into crazy that many people are seeking safe harbor in the sanity the Christian right seems to offer. The moment Joe Rogan starts pontificating about Jesus, you’ll know the agenda is in full swing.

While I appreciate and respect the more elevated and universal truths that all religions espouse, including Christianity, I feel it’s still important to call a spade a spade: the pendulum has already begun to swing to the right and it could take us somewhere equally as dark.

Go on a platform where conservatives tend to convene, like Truth Social, and you’ll bear witness to the right’s version of virtue-signalling: quoting scripture. John 3:16. Philippians 4:13. Deuteronomy 31:8. And on, and on. It’s even happening all over X too. (Thank you to those who allowed me to use their accounts to see how this is manifesting.)

Moreover, it was recently announced that Bible sales have skyrocketed in 2024 due to “fresh editions” and a “new audiences,” per Religion Unplugged. And for the current 2024-2025 academic year, Oklahoma public schools are required to teach the Ten Commandments. And let’s not forget that mass baptisms of thousands of people are becoming a thing, and California leading the way. Is Christianity the new New Age?

While this may seem all fine and good now, it’s important to be aware of the direction it could take us: a path towards a heavily surveilled state in which modern interpretations of the Bible dictate how we all live our lives and the rule of law. If people are healthy and able to get by without too much stress, they are much more likely to turn a blind eye to unjust policing and persecution, to look past government overreach. They’re also more likely to support modern day witch hunts with witches being redefined or replaced by certain “transgressions,” as the Far Left has so often done with Christians and conservatives for not playing along (de-banking is a major one that comes to mind).

I also foresee US men and women being propagandized into serving in the military and fighting on behalf of Israel—in the name of Christianity, even though Israelis are not Christian. World War III will not be one country versus another. It will be (and some would argue already is) a war between Christianity and Islam.

To be clear, I’m not saying this is where we’re going. I’m saying that this is where I believe we’re being herded. Whether we, Christians and the rest, agree to go there is another story. And since comfort, like religion, is a great opiate of the masses, watch how quickly people are willing to go along with what’s presented to them by the politicians they pay. Watch how things change in the US once the cost of living goes down and the job market improves; people will stop paying as close attention to what the government is doing as they have been the last few of years.

The good news is this: we all have a choice as to how we move through this world. Every day is packed with dozens and sometimes hundreds of choices that can positively shape our personal worlds if we are conscious and mindful. We are only victims if we allow ourselves to be.

Nearly everything in life is a choice, and I hope that you all will join me in continuing to move in a positive direction irrespective of what the government does or does not do. And with that comes great optimism.

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On a personal note: It seems things are moving in a positive direction regarding the family home over here in Europe. I’ve got several of my family members on this side of the pond involved, and our attorney is quite confident that the law will come down on our side. Of course, things have been shut down for several weeks during the holidays, but should resume as of next week.

That said, I still believe this publication has come to its natural end. I simply cannot prioritize the writing that is demanded of such a project.

I thank you for your readership and engagement. I am a better person for having had this community, and I wish you all abundant and joyful 2025 and beyond.

Reminder: I know some of you have your paid subscription renewals coming up. Remember to cancel them, and I would hate for you to be charged for a service I’m no longer providing here.