This week, I announced Operation Stork Speed to expand options for safe, reliable, and nutritious infant formula for American Families. The @US_FDA will use all resources and authorities at its disposal to make sure infant formula products are safe and wholesome for the families and children who rely on them. Helping each family and child get off to the right start from birth is critical to our pursuit to Make America Healthy Again.
Ok, but now it is 2025 and we are on the brink of World War III. We need Realpolitik, not the wishful thinking virtue signaling, and profligate spending that got us here.
The hard truth is this: Ukraine is not a NATO member, nor is it a formal, treaty-bound U.S. ally. It is a proxy in a conflict that is pulling us closer to World War III. President Zelensky must recognize that without U.S. support, Ukraine would not exist as it does today. Zelensky needs to align with American interests, not the other way around. He failed at that.
Also, we no longer live in the post-World War II era consensus. The world has changed. Great powers are forming strategic alliances and the world is moving toward a multipolar order.
A Policy Failure That Shifted the Global Balance
Consider this: Putin did not invade any new territory while President Trump was in office from 2016-2020. However, under both Obama and Biden, Russia expanded aggressively. Why? Because both the Obama and Biden administrations engaged in empty rhetoric rather than serious diplomacy.
Instead of maintaining the long-standing U.S. foreign policy objective of keeping China and Russia from forming a strategic alliance, Biden’s inept leadership drove them into each other’s arms. Now, Russia and China have formed an economic and military bloc that directly challenges U.S. power.
Great power conflicts ignite when leaders fail to grasp geopolitical realities and refuse to talk. By refusing to engage in serious discussions with other global powers, the Biden administration risked setting the stage for a catastrophic conflict that no one wants to see. The Trump administration now aims to correct that mistake.
Ukraine’s Role is Marginal—U.S. Interests Come First
Some argue that the U.S. must present a unified front, along with Ukraine and Europe, against Russia. That’s a nice soundbite, but it ignores reality. The U.S. is the front. We are NATO, accounting for 70% of its total military power and spending.
Ukraine’s position is irrelevant from a power standpoint—if we withdrew support, Kyiv would collapse overnight. Zelensky should have approached the meeting with President Trump (@realDonaldTrump/@POTUS) and Vice President Vance (@JDVance/@VP) with deference, not demands and threats.
Furthermore, this is a European war on European soil. If European nations are truly invested in Ukraine’s survival, they need to shoulder more of the burden. The U.S. cannot and should not be expected to foot the bill for an open-ended conflict on European soil.
Ukraine Cannot Win. It’s Time for a Peace Deal.
Zelensky knows that Ukraine cannot achieve a decisive victory against Russia. Instead, his goal is to pull the U.S. and NATO into direct conflict with Russia—to turn this into a global war rather than a regional one. That would be catastrophic.
The reality is clear: Ukraine is running out of men, munitions, and strategic options. The only viable path forward is diplomacy. The sooner Ukraine acknowledges this, the sooner we can prevent further escalation and ruin.
The Biden Administration’s Dangerous Path
Things are not yet spiraling out of control, but they would have if the Biden administration’s approach had continued unchecked:
- A protracted, unwinnable war in Ukraine.
- Escalating tensions with Russia.
- The growing risk of direct U.S. military involvement.
- The increasing probability of a nuclear conflict.
The game has changed. To win, we need a strategy based on realpolitik, not wishful thinking. That means recognizing geopolitical limits, securing U.S. interests first, and preventing unnecessary wars that cost our blood and treasure.
The time for reckless interventionism is over. The time for real statecraft and diplomacy is now.
The impossibly rich lifestyle of DC liberals, funded by YOU the taxpayer, without your consent or approval. This is how they live, and the receipts prove it.
USAID, the NEA, and other taxpayer-funded programs issue billions of dollars in grants. John and Jane, or Pete and Pete, each work at non-profits who receive these grants.
The non-profit pays them $300,000 or more. In some cases, such as the Kennedy Center, the CEO is paying $1.5 million.
A married couple takes in $750,000 together, and often much more. Off of your back.
Year after year, and the perks don't stop with salaries. Believe it or not, that's small potatoes.
If they want a free ski vacation in Aspen? Well there's a conference being held annually. The non-profit will of course fly them there and provide accommodations. Every meal is of course non-profit related. Eat well.
Itching for a trip to Switzerland or Paris? Same deal. The non-profit would be delighted to host a conference on some subject.
How they cut their family and friends in on the scam.
Their nepo babies start a "conference organizing business," and pay them from the non-profit to put on events.
Maybe they take on an ownership interest in these businesses via an offshore account.
How will anyone be able to track down this money? It's stash in the Cayman Islands or in Switzerland via one of the many "businesses" that provide "services" for the non-profit USAID industrial complex.
Speaker fees for their friends?
Yes, of course. That's how to really get the big bucks going, as speaking fees and vendors aren't accounted for item-by-item on the Form 990.
Hold a "gala" and pay everyone $100,000 to give a talk. Pay millions to the "vendors" run by nepo babies and others in on the corruption.
Even judge / their families are in on these scams.
It's why DC judges are issuing lawless rulings. Their spouses, friends, and families are all taking a piece of the action.
The end result of that DC exists entirely off of your back.
This corruption must end, and that's why they hate Elon.
They won't go down without a fight. These are all people living lIke billionaires for doing nothing.
Think this story is exaggerated. Look at these salaries from "non-profits," which are funded by taxpayers via grants and other "aid."
Now you understand the anger.
They are thieves!
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