Matt

Financial Advisor / USMC Vet

[Matt @mgvian]

A few months ago it was, yes there’s still inflation, but have you seen fuel prices? They are low. So much for that.

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Here is 2 minutes of Donald Trump on the 2024 campaign trail pledging to lower your energy and electric bills by 50% within 12 months of taking office.

Can we get an update on this from MAGA?

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Interest on our debt hit $1.22 trillion this year. More than we spend on defense. My Six Penny Plan fixes this. Congress just has to have the courage to cut six cents on the dollar.

https://t.co/HakgZP8ftR

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

POTUS is laying out two courses of action—a negotiated settlement, or a major escalation.

There is a third option, and he should take it: recognize there is no way to force a positive outcome and simply leave.

The region is not ours to fix. President Reagan chose this path in Lebanon in ‘84, withdrawing U.S. forces after the Beirut barracks bombing once it became clear the mission’s stabilization goals could not be met, effectively ending direct American military involvement and avoiding a deeper quagmire and long-term entrenchment in the region.

A negotiated settlement is unlikely to work or be taken seriously by the Iranians unless we make concessions on the enrichment issue. As we saw yesterday in the SOH, the IRGC is empowered to act without the consent of the civilian leadership, so it’s likely they won’t honor any deal reached.

A major escalation will lead to a very destructive outcome for Iran, the region, and eventually the U.S. If POTUS chooses brute force and targets civilian infrastructure, we will create another generation of radicalized Iranians who will rally around the regime and escalate the war by any means possible.

If POTUS opts to strike the civilian infrastructure, declare victory, and then leave, we will only further erode our standing in the world, the petrodollar, and eventually our status as the world’s reserve currency holder. We need to get out now.

Don’t double down on failure. Avoid the sunken cost trap, leave now, and put America’s interests first.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

This month, I am reintroducing my Penny Plan because someone has to be responsible with your money.

[Matt @mgvian]

@a_newsman Give Trump to Iran as a peace offering.

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

A true display of American strength would be NOT taking the escalation bait. Don’t double down on failure by committing ground troops & increasing air strikes.

Show the world we can still lead by restraining Israel & negotiating w/Iran to open Hormuz, restoring order is power.

[Matt @mgvian]

Bombs > Supporting Americans

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

CAMPAIGN TRUMP: “Child care is child care. You have to have it. We’re going to make this into an incredible country that can afford to take care of its people. America first.”

PRESIDENT TRUMP: “We can’t take care of daycare. Just military.” 🤔 🤷🏼

#StopTheWar

[Matt @mgvian]

We can always find huge amount of money to fund foreign wars, but not money to American people whether it’s for Medicaid, Medicare, daycare or infrastructure. We just blow up tax dollars overseas and kill people. Sad

[Joe Rogan Podcast News @joeroganhq]

Donald Trump: "We can't take care of daycare. We're a big country. We're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things."

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

WATCH: The White House took down this video, but we still have it.

Trump: We can't take care of daycare. We're a big country. We're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things.

[BreakThrough News @BTnewsroom]

Rubio: Imagine if Iran funded the well-being of its people, rather than its military

Trump, two days later: We can’t fund daycare or Medicaid, we need more money for our military

[Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 @FmrRepMTG]

End the war in Iran.

The U.S. should have never started it alongside Israel.

This is not at all what the American people voted for and is leading America and the world in the wrong direction and is killing many innocent people.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

The national debt just passed $39 trillion. My Six Penny Plan cuts six pennies out of every dollar Washington spends. Balanced budget in five years. If your family can live within its means, so can the federal government.

[Matt @mgvian]

@Mrbankstips @grok China is building amazing infrastructure for citizens while the USA spends money on bombs. America first. 😢

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Senator @RonJohnsonWI is right. $39T in debt is not a footnote. It's a crisis. My Six Penny Plan cuts 6 cents of every federal dollar spent and gets us to a balanced budget in 5 years. The plan exists. Washington just lacks the will to pass it.

[Reseth @ResethO]

I never thought I'd see the day...

[Ron Paul @RonPaul]

It's not hyperbole to say that America is broken; badly broken.

The hope that Donald Trump would put America on the right path has also been broken.

Yet another Middle East war is the very last thing that our nation needed.

With each passing moment, the costs are mounting. How much can the American people, who are already strained economically, endure?

Watch @RonPaul & @ChrisRossini below:

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

The Iran War Powers Resolution narrowly failed, but we put everyone on record.

We’re being told this military action could last months. That’s the exact circumstance in which the Founders intended for Congress to authorize war, but sadly we’ve now abdicated that responsibility.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

We just gave the Pentagon nearly $1 trillion.

Then Trump asked for $500 billion more.

Now he wants even more money for a war he started in Iran without congressional approval.

The answer is NO.

We need to invest in the American people, not more endless wars.