News Vérité

President Trump dominated the daytime news yesterday with two events in the White House, both of which were capped by question-and-answer sessions with reporters. Iran and the Strait of Hormuz — and oil prices — naturally were dominant. But perhaps the most interesting Trump comment came when he said he wanted to “take” Cuba. “I think Cuba sees the end,” Trump said in the morning session. “All my life, I’ve been hearing about the United States and Cuba. When will the United States do it? I do believe I’ll be the honor of — having the honor of taking Cuba.” He further elaborated: “Whether I free it, take it — I think I can do anything I want with it, you want to know the truth. They’re a very weakened nation right now.” This commentary led CNN into a frenzy, smacking of dictatorial longings to its reporters. Cuba, however, is already seeing the light of a takeover, or more likely, the fear of imminent economic collapse. Yesterday, it offered Cuban expats living in the U.S. — and others — the opportunity to invest in their homeland. “There are no limitations,” Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Oscar Perez-Oliva Fraga, who also heads

Stocks did a turnaround today when President Trump told a reporter that military action in Iran was “very complete.” A few hours later, he did his best George “Dubya” Bush mime job when he proclaimeed on TV that the air and sea campaign against Iran would end “very soon.” As I posted earlier, Dubya — shortly after launching his campaign to unseat Saddam Hussein in Iraq — told the nation “mission accomplished,” as U.S troops occupied the country. Soon thereafter, bolstered by mobilization and money from Iran, Iraqi resistance groups rose up and continued the conflict for another eight years. Now, do I think something similar will happen in Iran? Frankly, I fear it might. I wouldn’t be surprised to see: a) an order by Trump within the coming days to halt all strikes against the country, and b) shortly thereafter, a resurgence by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to stifle any dissent, even if it means killing another 50,000 civilian protestors. I will be more than happy to be wrong, but I don’t see how Trump figures the action against Iran’s current regime is anywhere near “very complete.” They’re still in power, last I looked, and even just

Now, there were lots of reasons to fire DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, such as the mishandling ICE and calling everyone a domestic terrorist once they are murderized, but it came down to a $200 million ad campaign that she was running. The ads featured her as “problem solver on the job,” but in truth, they were mainly just glamour poses for a presidential run in 2028. President Trump, of course, didn’t take kindly to someone in his cabinet stealing his spotlight, so Noem was given the axe today. In her place will step loyal Trumpista Markwayne Mullin, senator from Oklahoma. To gloss over matters, the White House tried to spin everything as a resignation and as a new opportunity for Noem as a special envoy for the so-called “Shield of the Americas” initiative on Truth Social, whatever that could possibly be. Noem has also been suspected of an extramarital affair with her aide, Corey Lewandowski. To quell those rumors, Noem announced recently that she was having the bedroom removed from her private DHS jet. That should do the trick.