Theo Boelens Trust4You

Hij die zijn grenzen kent heeft onbeperkte mogelijkheden

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

BREAKING: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin just threatened federal investigations into voters and state election officials with “fines, by penalties, and even prison time” if states don’t participate in the OPTIONAL federal SAVE program.

This clearly clashes with the U.S. Constitution.

Article I, Section 4 gives states primary authority over the “Times, Places and Manner” of congressional elections. Congress can pass laws to set or override rules, but threatening criminal penalties on state officials for not using a voluntary federal tool exceeds that authority and undermines federalism.

States run elections, not the President!

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

If Trump is disavowing NATO and breaking an 80 year tradition — something’s wrong.

If Trump is praising Vladimir Putin, whose entire economy is slightly smaller than the state of Texas — something’s wrong.

If Trump is disavowing the 1994 defense agreement where we told Ukraine to give up their nuclear weapons and we’d protect them — the agreement that got him impeached in his first term — something is wrong.

He blasts and berates every world leader. Won’t say a single negative word about Putin.

Putin owns him. It’s hard to watch as an American but it’s obvious.

Why does he own him? That’ll probably come out someday.

It’s not just Trump.

Right-leaning podcasters taking money from the Russian government to spout their talking points.

Republicans hanging out in Moscow, repeating the same lines.

The question isn’t whether something exists. It’s what.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Lindsey Graham’s all-time best quote

[D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @DakdaR22]

- Bridget Brink
Former US Ambassador to Ukraine about her resignation:

"I cannot stand by while a country is invaded, a democracy bombarded, and children killed with impunity.

The America I love, the one our grandparents served, would never stand by and let such horrors happen. Or give up helping our friends. Or appease the aggressor.

I resigned ... because the policy was to put pressure on the victim Ukraine, rather than on the aggressor, Russia"

Respect
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[Theo Boelens Trust4You @TheoBoelens]

Meten is weten….

[Roaldcs 🚲 📣 @roaldcs]

🇳🇱 Nederland 🇧🇪 België (2025)

Inwoners: 18,2 mln | 11,8 mln
BBP: €1.150 mrd | €690 mrd
Overheidsuitgaven: €529 mrd | €350 mrd
Uitgaven als % BBP: 46% | 51%
Staatsschuld: €524 mrd | €650 mrd
Schuld als % BBP: 43% | 105%
Publieke werknemers: 1,1 mln | 1,0 mln

Grootste uitgavenposten:

Zorg: €125 mrd | €65 mrd
Sociale zekerheid: €115 mrd | €90 mrd
Onderwijs: €55 mrd | €45 mrd
Pensioenen: AOW €55 mrd | €70 mrd
Openbaar bestuur & veiligheid: €35 mrd | €25 mrd
Rente staatsschuld: €9 mrd | €15 mrd

Apparaatskosten: €173 mrd | €120 mrd
Aandeel apparaat: 33% | 34%

België heeft 35% minder inwoners dan Nederland, maar een hogere staatsschuld, vergelijkbare aantallen overheidswerknemers en fors hogere pensioenlasten als aandeel van de economie.

In beide landen gaat ongeveer één op de drie uitgegeven overheids-euro’s naar personeel en het draaiend houden van de overheid zelf.

[Theo Boelens Trust4You @TheoBoelens]

https://t.co/TSK3BVKyDf

[Ece Temelkuran @ETemelkuran]

This is the official end to democracy in Türkiye. The main opposition party, the founding party of the Turkish Republic, is taken over by the regime, and the new puppet “leader” is installed by Erdogan. If European leaders continue their dealings with Erdogan as if it is still business as usual, they will be partners in crime and will bear the burden of shame.

[Canada Hates Trump @AntiTrumpCanada]

If you live in a civilized country, like I do, your taxpayer dollars are used for things like schools, hospitals/healthcare & infrastructure.

I’d be fucking furious if my tax dollars made these insurrectionist thugs rich. I mean… holy fucking shit, what even is this timeline?

[Marco Fattorini @MarcoFattorini]

Trump: «Xi Jinping è un uomo buono e intelligente».

Ricapitolando. In questi mesi il presidente degli Stati Uniti ha lodato Putin, Kim Jong-un, Orbán, Netanyahu, Lukashenko, Xi Jinping.

E ha attaccato: Papa Leone XIV, Meloni, Macron, Starmer, Merz, Sanchez e la NATO.

[Theo Boelens Trust4You @TheoBoelens]

Bizar wat daar speelt in the USA…

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: SOUNDS OF SILENCE — Senate hearing goes deadly quiet as Trump’s federal judicial nominees REFUSE to admit third term is illegal.
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Donald Trump is nominating people to lifetime federal judgeships who won't confirm that he can't run for a third term when they come before the Senate for their approval hearings.

Let that sink in.

Senator Chris Coons of Delaware asked what should be the easiest constitutional law question in American history at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week. He asked Trump's judicial nominees about the 22nd Amendment.

The first nominee, John Marck, said that his career had been in criminal prosecution and that he hadn't had occasion to use that particular amendment.

A federal judicial nominee. Unfamiliar with the 22nd Amendment. Seeking a lifetime appointment to interpret the Constitution.

Another candidate eventually offered that it "deals with the two-term limitation." Correct. Gold star.

Coons then asked the simple follow-up: is President Trump eligible to run for president again in 2028?

Marck's response was a masterpiece of evasion: "Without considering all the facts and looking at everything, depending on what the situation is, this to me strikes as more of a hypothetical."

Coons was patient. He walked Marck through it like a kindergarten teacher explaining why you can't eat paste. Has Trump been elected president twice? "President Trump has been certified the President of the United States two times." Is he eligible to run for a third term? "I would have to review the actual wording of it."

A man seeking a lifetime federal judgeship needs to review the actual wording. Of the 22nd Amendment. Which is 61 words long.

Coons then turned to the full panel and asked if anyone — anyone — was willing to simply state that the Constitution of the United States bars Trump from seeking a third term.

A heartbreakingly long silence ensued.

He asked again. Anyone willing to apply the Constitution by its plain language?

More ominous silence.

Nobody. Not one of Trump's judicial nominees would say out loud, under oath, in a Senate hearing, that the 22nd Amendment means what it plainly says.

This isn't ignorance. These are lawyers. They know what the 22nd Amendment says. They know Trump has been talking openly about a third term. And they calculated — correctly, based on what happens to people who cross this president — that telling the constitutional truth was more dangerous than staying silent.

The frightening thing is that these are the people who will be interpreting your rights for the next 30 years.

Please like and share this post if you think federal judges should be willing to say the Constitution means what it says — even when the president doesn't want to hear it.

[Ruben Brekelmans @rubenbrekelmans]

Dodenherdenking is een moment waarop we in dankbaarheid herdenken wie in WOII en daarna voor onze vrijheid vochten.

Als je dat ene moment, die ene plek, niet eens kunt respecteren, dan heb je er niks van begrepen. En verdien je wat mij betreft een fikse straf.

[Theo Boelens Trust4You @TheoBoelens]

Bizar ….

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Thanks, Trump!

[Theo Boelens Trust4You @TheoBoelens]

USA onder Trump. Eén groot drama…… ik hoop dat hij binnenkort Orban achterna gaat. Eruit… dus. Ontslagen door de stemmers.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

"Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction." Senator Claude Malhuret stood up in the French Senate this week and systematically torched every single member of Trump's cabinet.

Nobody was spared. Not one.

"A year ago, here in France, I compared Trump's presidency to Nero's Court. I was wrong. It's the miracle court," Malhuret began. Then he went through the roster.

"An anti-vaxxer, former heroin addict as Minister of Health." (That's RFK Jr)

"A climate-skeptic Minister of Economy." (That's Scott Bessent)

"An alcoholic TV host, Minister of the Armed Forces." (That's Pete Hegseth)

"An old Qatar agent, Minister of Justice." (That's Pam Bondi, whose former firm collected $115,000 a month lobbying for Qatar)

"A groupie of Putin, Minister of National Security." (That's Tulsi Gabbard)

Then he pulled back and went bigger.

"A Turkish proverb says: when a clown settles in a palace, he does not become king. It is the palace that becomes a circus."

Malhuret pointed out that since Trump created his so-called Board of Peace, he has launched more military strikes than Biden did in his entire term. He called out the Boeing jet Qatar gifted Trump worth $400 million.

He called out the stock market manipulation that only insiders benefit from. He called out the Gulf investment deals enriching Trump and his family.

"Any one of these conflicts of interest would have caused an immediate procedure of impeachment here," Malhuret said. "But we are not here. We are in MAGA's America where public business is conducted in favor of private interests."

Then came the line that cut deepest. "Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction."

This is how the world sees us now. Not through Fox News. Not through Truth Social. Through the cold, clear eyes of allied nations watching a great country be hollowed out by crooks.

Every American should hear this speech. Share it everywhere.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

Why hasn't Trump asked the Board of Peace to help open the Strait of Hormuz?

[Dick Berlijn @DickBerlijn]

And! Article V says “an attack on one is an attack on all”. It does NOT say: “if one member unilaterally decides to attack another country, then the other members will follow the attack!”

[Sportclub Monster @SC_Monster]

https://t.co/N9Iw0e9g6l

[Elisa Mosini 🇪🇺🇮🇹 @MosiniElisa]

Carney: "Europe, Australia, Canada, Japan and South Korea. This is a coalition with a GDP larger than the US, three times China’s trade flows and the world’s largest investment in R&D. We can build a better future"

Hats off to leaders who inspire hope and a brighter future.

[Sportclub Monster @SC_Monster]

Het gaat best goed aan de kust

[Rutger Bregman @rcbregman]

Peter Thiel literally wrote that freedom and democracy are not 'compatible' and that regulating Big Tech is the work of the 'anti-Christ'. Stop treating this as metaphor. When billionaires tell you they want to end democracy, take them seriously.