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When is the Deep State coming out with the info that Bondi had unnatural bestial relations with Poms and Chihuahuas 20 years ago?

Three weeks ago, when Trump first issued his blanket pause on federal spending and his new, Schedule-F “at will” category for federal workers, I suggested that he was laying a trap. You’ll recall we discussed the Reagan-era “unitary executive” theory of Executive Branch powers. I told you then that Trump’s blanket orders were inviting lawsuits right out of the gate to tee up a final showdown at a Supreme Court poised to cement Trump’s budgetary and employment powers into law.

Well, the judges couldn’t resist and have taken the Trump bait. The dizzying slew of TRO’s contains some of the worst and weakest judicial reasoning ever excreted from the federal bench. Patience, young Jedi. We should celebrate these particular TRO’s instead of freaking out over them. Weak, injudicious, poorly reasoned orders are much easier to beat than judicious, well-reasoned orders.

My appellate mentor once told me that an overlong long, apparently devastating order packed with pages of ridiculous factual findings is the best kind of order— even though at first it looks like a death sentence. “The more the robes talk,” my mentor said, “the more we have to work with on appeal.” That advice is truer now than it ever has been.

There is no need for panic. The worst thing Trump’s team could do is overreact and start openly defying court orders—that’s a losing strategy with long-term constitutional consequences. Trump has the Supreme Court. It’s much smarter to let these weak orders pile up and then race them up the appellate ladder, which is exactly what is happening now. ...

That’s why we must show restraint and hew to the rule of law. Let these leftist lower courts exhaust themselves with legally dubious rulings, and then let the Supreme Court do what it was built to do: settle the matter decisively.

I don’t believe it was accidental that Trump practically invited these challenges from Day One. The President knows all about this kind of lawfare—it was background music throughout Trump 1.0. We have enjoyed a brief, encouraging sprint of cheap success while the Swamp was caught off guard, but we always knew this day of lawfare would come. We are now entering the second phase. Trump is playing a longer game. Everything he is doing now is intended to expand his legal authority—constitutionally—using the very same court system that is currently chucking sand into the machine of reform.

“The Trump administration probably will prevail in some cases,” the WaPo finally admitted, late in the article, “as they wend through the appeals courts or make their way to the Supreme Court.” ...

... the highly visible battle for commonsense reforms infuriates the public, spotlights the left’s contradictions, and forces Democrats to waste valuable political capital defending the indefensible. The best prize lays at the end of the fight: a Supreme Court order completely cutting off lower courts from micromanaging the Executive Branch.

Trump’s legal strategy is brilliant, and it is working. Let the man work.

The Mar-a-Lago Accords: A Structural Overhaul of U.S. Debt & Global Power

Jim Bianco
@biancoresearch
was on the MacroVoices
@MacroVoices
Podcast to discuss something very interesting. Focus on point 3. Here are the high level notes - America First on Steroids:

Trump’s team has a bold economic strategy to address the $36T U.S. debt—a three-pronged approach that could redefine global finance & security:

🔹 1. Tariffs as Leverage & Revenue

•Trump aims to use tariffs as both a negotiation tool and a funding mechanism.
•Plan to create an External Revenue Service (ERS)—shifting from income tax reliance to tariff-driven revenue.

🔹 2. U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund

•Executive order signed to monetize U.S. assets (gold, land, potentially Bitcoin).
•Revaluing gold from its official $42 price to market rates (~$2,900) could unlock $800-900B. [
@tomyoungjr
POV is that revaluation to a much higher number should be considered -- say $10K or higher]
•DOJ holds 207K BTC (~$12B) from criminal seizures—likely moving to this fund.
•Unlike traditional sovereign funds (Norway, UAE), this is more of a leveraged hedge fund than a cash surplus investment vehicle.

🔹 3. Restructuring Global Security

•End of free U.S. military protection for allies (NATO, EU, etc.). NATO must pay 5% of GDP AND pay USA for "security back taxes".
•Debt swap plan: Countries holding U.S. treasuries must exchange them for 100-year, zero-coupon bonds. The zero-coupons cannot be sold, BUT bonds can be used in repo arrangements with the Fed at Par - providing liquidity and yielding interest payments to Fed.
•If allies refuse? Expect tariffs & potential U.S. military pullback.

🔹 Potential Outcomes & Risks

✅ If successful:
•U.S. reduces debt burden, boosts domestic industry, and forces allies to pay for security.
•Gold & Bitcoin rise as stores of value.
•The dollar weakens, making U.S. exports more competitive.

⚠️ If rejected:
•Trade wars, fractured alliances, & rising inflation.
•NATO & EU may seek alternatives, shifting alliances (China, Russia?).
•U.S. bond markets face volatility, leading to higher interest rates.

🔹 Big Picture:

•This could be as significant as Bretton Woods (1944) or the Plaza Accord (1985).
•The status quo is ending—whether through debt restructuring or crisis.
•Trump’s “America First” economic strategy is shifting global power dynamics in a way not seen in decades.

This feels like a upending of the economic and political order. If Trump is able to couple this with major tax cuts for the middle class and maintain strong populist support -- then this should be taken seriously.

NATO must pay 5% of GDP AND pay USA for "security back taxes".