The Second Term of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States of America

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Onlookers mystified by behavior they've witnessed commonly make the mistake of concluding:
I (the witness) don't understand it, therefore the witnessed is stupid.
It's a conclusion that's commonly wrong.

"U.S. military officers are encouraged to cultivate leadership skills." s #3,535
We ought not be surprised if Major Watson brought others to his protest.
Acting alone, he spares others repercussion.

Accepting a U.S. military commission, and obtaining promotions to the rank of Air Force Major usually requires skilled application of talent.
There are multiple plausible explanations for Major Watson's behavior.
Included among them, he could no longer justify sworn oath of fidelity to a madman.

Major Watson's a big boy. He can speak for himself.
The unfortunate reality is, Trump is expelling top talent from our ranks, and concentrating the dead-wood.
This is a conspicuous danger to U.S. national security. How bad?

Trump commanded the U.S. military into War against a second-rate power like Iran.
And Trump has forced himself into a stalemate, wherein he will be very lucky to
return the U.S. to the advantageous position the U.S. was in with Iran at the end of the Obama administration.

Farewell Major Watson
 
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Wall Street Journal: Trump family ‘cashing in on the presidency in big and sketchy ways’​

Ashleigh Fields / Thu, July 2, 2026 at 11:52 AM GMT-5

The Wall Street Journal's editorial board published a Wednesday op-ed slamming President Trump and his family for "cashing in on the presidency" after his financial disclosures showed the president brought in $2 billion last year alone.
Trump's crypto venture, effectively managed by the Trump Organization, reaped in more than $526.8 million in proceeds from tokens sold by World Liberty Financial.
The benefits weren't exclusive to Trump's sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. but also helped support the family of special envoy Steve Witkoff, including his son, Zach Witkoff. The Witkoff family co-founded the decentralized finance platform and crypto business in question.

"The Trump clan is cashing in on the Presidency in big and sketchy ways. The 927-page report shows Mr. Trump made some $1.4 billion last year from crypto alone. Yowzers," they added in reference to the president's recent financial disclosure.
They cite the odd timing for the meme coin's launch, which happened days before Trump's inauguration.
"The Trumps are seeing their opportunities and taking them, in the tradition of what Tammany Hall's George Washington Plunkitt called 'honest graft,'" the board wrote, referring to the idea of profiting from insider political knowledge without breaking the law.

"Assuming all of this is legal, it's still an unseemly display of using the Presidency for family profit," it continued.
 
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