Now, let it be known that I’m a Trump supporter and voter (three times) and nowhere near a Never-Trumper, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have beefs with the man. One of the beefiest areas for me is the man’s monologues.
For instance, I just got through watching Trump the President introduce his seventh cabinet meeting. Naturally enough, he went on and on about his accomplishments, but one has to ask, how much of today’s “beef” was exaggerated.
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Let me put it this way: Donald Trump, in a monologue, relies on a “B” word — no, not the one that has an “sh” in it — but one that is rarely heard. That word is bragadoccio.
In short, Trump exaggerates and can’t even maintain consistency in his exaggerations. I don’t know how many times in one monologue, I’ve heard him say there were 5,000 deaths last week in the Ukraine war, and then a few sentences later, claim there were 7,000 deaths. He also puts the overall death toll at 1 million.
This got me thinking — how many deaths have there been throughout the war in Ukraine?
AI sources wobbled and couldn’t come up with an answer, so I used good ol’ Google search, and the best answer I could find came from a publication called The Kyiv Independent.
That publication’s article, “What is the death toll of Russia’s war in Ukraine?,” noted that figures are hard to come by and often haven’t even been calculated. However, the article concluded:
“According to figures released by Kyiv, U.N. statistics, and open-source data published by Mediazona and BBC Russia, the total death toll of Ukrainian and Russian soldiers, as well as Ukrainian civilians stands at 170,521 as of June 12, 2025.”
That’s pretty far from 1 million, and if you divide that number by three years of fighting (yes, I’m rounding off for simplicity’s sake), you get about 1,100 deaths a week (i’m rounding off again).
Now, I apologize for using death totals to make my point that Trump relies on bragadoccio when giving his monologues, but it was the most obvious area of contention given ongoing peace negotiations.
You could just as easily (if you had the resources) figure out how many “trillions” of dollars have been pledged to economic development in the U.S. by foreign nations and organizations.
I’m sure you would catch trump relying on the “B’ word again in his speechifying about foreign investments.
‘Nuff said. I’ve already dug a big enough hole for myself, and I’m trying to fashion a way out.
Let me conclude this way: Even with his bragadoccio, Trump is the best we’ve got to run the country and reorient the world to be a safer place. I’d vote for him again.
PICTURED: A Trump Cabinet meeting. My question: Who makes tables so huge?