Had enough winning yet?
Are you weary of seeing politicians get elected to seats in congress from places like Des Moines, Iowa, or Rochester, New York as middle class earners and returning four, six or eight years later at multi-millionaires?
Are you tired of everybody from the president on down to the local city council lying about everything, all the time?
Have you had your fill of incessant political posturing from governments from local to federal, promising everything and delivering nothing?
Skyrocketing gas prices, food prices at least 40% higher over the last seven years, politicians and their contributors making millions and billions while you wonder how to pay the mortgage, the utility bills, and the taxes are exacting a heavy price on the American psyche. Topping it all off, Americans have been graced with the most ridiculous, out-of-touch and maybe out of his mind president possibly ever in the 250 years of the once great republic.
Consider his post on his very own social media platform, TruthSocial, from yesterday:
Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE! We will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!! President DJT
First off, it's a lie. Iran has never asked for a ceasefire. But, who talks like this, blasting Iran into oblivion, back to the stone age. It's not very presidential. It's not even remotely civilized. This is not how Americans want their elected officials to speak or act. Americans voted for Donald J. Trump for a variety of reasons. He was, as is usually the case in presidential races, the better of the two candidates presented by the completely corrupt two-party system. Supposedly. He promised plenty, delivered little. Immigration? He closed the border, but how many illegals have actually been deported since January 20, 2025?
Considering that as many as 20 million crossed into the U.S. illegally during the Biden years. Maybe it was only 10 million. Maybe it was five million. Trump, for all the bluster and bragging, has removed somewhere between three and eight percent of the just the most recent illegals. He's failed to keep that promise.
The worst breach of trust comes with the current hostilities in the Middle East. There was no cause to attack Iran other than to protect Israel, who started the war, dragging the U.S. into the fray. Trump promised not to start more "endless" wars, and, since this one is only five weeks old, it's still somewhat embryonic. Judging by Trump's speech on Wednesday night - touting the usual destroyed their navy, destroyed their missile production, etc. - it's not about to end any time soon, with Trump using words like obliterate and annihilate repeatedly, saying the U.S. doesn't need their oil, as if America was the only country that mattered. If the U.S. doesn't need Iranian oil, why is it embroiled in a horrific military struggle? No answer to that. It was difficult to watch.
Just days ago, Trump sounded like he would pursue peace. Markets leapt for joy. After Wednesday night's tired rhetoric, stock futures are pointing lower, WTI crude oil futures are trading above $110/barrel. Stock futures are sliding into oblivion. An hour before the opening bell, Dow futures are down 680 points. NASDAQ futures are down 492. S&P futures are off 108 points. With stocks down, gold and silver are also taking a beating. Silver is down more than six percent, to $69.99. Gold is off 3.6%, $4,584. Makes perfect sense.
All the while, amid the noisy tweets and empty speeches, Trump, his sons, Howard Lutnick, Scott Bessent, and anybody else close to this gang of crooks are making money hand over fist, trading the market as if it were their own little toy and treating the barbarian assaults on Iran and the military hardware and personnel as playthings.
It's absolutely disgusting.
Anyone who has reached a certain age of maturity, say, 40, 50 years of age or beyond, has witnessed a steady parade of sleazy, dishonest presidents, senators and representatives that have seemed to be getting more craven and dirty with each passing election, but this current crop is by far the worst. Their only concerns are grifting money from the government's coffers and getting re-elected. Nothing for the American people. Nothing to stave off the coming collapse of the nation's economy. Nothing but lies, theft, and barbarism.
For those who haven't figured it out yet, Iran is not the enemy, not a problem. The federal government is the problem. Always was. It's just become more obvious these days.
It's pretty depressing.
Thankfully, markets are closed tomorrow for Good Friday. Here's how the major indices have fared this week, through Wednesday's close:
Dow: +1,399
NASDAQ: +892
S&P 500: +206
With apparently nothing better to do this morning, Trump posted this:
Bad, and very boring singer, Bruce Springsteen, who looks like a dried up prune who has suffered greatly from the work of a really bad plastic surgeon, has long had a horrible and incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, sometimes referred to as TDS. The guy is a total loser who spews hate against a President who won a Landslide Election, including the popular vote, all Seven Swing States, and 86% of the Counties across America. Under Sleepy Joe and the Dems, our Country was DEAD, and now we have the “hottest” Country, by far, anywhere in the World. MAGA SHOULD BOYCOTT HIS OVERPRICED CONCERTS, WHICH SUCK. SAVE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY. AMERICA IS BACK!!! President DJT
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Happy Easter.
At the close, Wednesday, April 1, 2026:
Dow: 46,565.74, +224.23 (+0.48%)
NASDAQ: 21,840.95, +250.32 (+1.16%)
S&P 500: 6,575.32, +46.80 (+0.72%)
NYSE Composite: 22,180.72, +91.29 (+0.41%)
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