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Thursday, March 28, 2019

Republicans on House Intelligence Committee Demand Dem Chairman Schiff Resign

Schiff should be held to the same standard he demanded of others!

When Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) was Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee he personally went to the White House to examine FISA warrants that are at the heart of the Trump-Russia hoax.  Dems were outraged and demanded Nunes recuse himself from the House Russia investigation.  Nunes complied.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) led that charge.  Now we learn that Schiff secretly met with multiple witnesses in the Trump probe including witnesses Michael Cohen and Glenn Simpson.  And Schiff was a constant feature on television cable channels repeating every lie that has now been definitively debunked by the Mueller probe.

Schiff appeared on television hundreds of times assserting that he had evidence of Trump-Russia collusion. He never produced that evidence and it has been disproven by the Mueller report.

He has politicized the formerly bi-partisan Intelligence committee and made it clear that he has no credibility to continue with any serious work before the committee. Republicans have had enough.  On Thursday they introduced the following letter:

GOP Letter to Schiff by on Scribd



“Your actions both past and present are incompatible with your duty as Chairman of this Committee,” the letter said. “We have no faith in your ability to discharge your duties in a manner consistent with your Constitutional responsibility and urge your immediate resignation as Chairman of this Committee.”
Good to see Republicans fighting back. Here's the video from Thursday's hearing when the letter was introduced:

Bought and Paid For: In #JussieSmollettHoax Corrupt Chicago Prosecutor Shows Justice Goes to the Highest Bidder

Prosecutor took hundreds of thousands in PAC contributions from George Soros!


Suddenly this week the prosecutor's office in Chicago dropped all charges against actor Jussie Smollett. It wasn't because new information came to light. No,Joe Magats, the first assistant state attorney in Illinois in announcing the decision to drop charges said:
"This was not an exoneration. To say that he was exonerated by us or anyone is not true," Magats said. "We believe he did what he was charged with doing."
The assistant prosecutor said that Smollett had completed 16 hours of community service working with Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Push coalition and forfeited a $10,000 bond. That was deemed sufficient to drop the charges and expunge Smollett's record.

Hundreds of young black men currently in jail in Chicago would love to have that deal. But they aren't supported by wealthy and powerful donors like those who backed the State's Prosecutor Kim Foxx, who despite earlier reports never fully recused herself in this case. Kim Foxx benefited from over $400,000 in PAC contributions to her election by Nazi collaborator George Soros. Big money, and celebrity wins again!

Never mind that this hate-filled and divisive hoax did irreparable damage to race and gender relations not just in Chicago but the entire country.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked: "Where is the accountability in the system? You cannot have because of a person’s position, one set of rules apply to them and another set of rules apply to everybody else," he said.

Prosecutor Foxx also had direct contact with the Smollett family as well as a former Obama Administration official. Text messages show appeals for favoritism. Obviously those appeals succeeded.

Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police has requested a federal investigation into funny business by the Soros funded prosecutor. Federal law enforcement may also file charges against Smollett. Until that happens there is an open question about what price for justice for the poor in Chicago!

 
Contact ReporterChicago Tribune
In some cities, people might be shocked if the mayor called out the prosecutor for running a crooked system that allowed a Hollywood star like the smarmy Jussie Smollett to walk away from charges he created a fake hate crime. But this is Chicago, and is there anything, really, that surprises Chicago anymore?
No.
Thanks to the office of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, Smollett gets to walk away from 16 felony counts of a grand jury indictment. Her office dropped all charges.
Smollett blamed the alleged attack on mythical Trump supporters. According to his story, he apparently fought them off with a tuna fish sandwich in one hand and his cellphone in the other, just like real Hollywood tough guy Jason Momoa.
Or not.
But there’s more to it. There’s always more to it.

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Dem 2020 Presidential Hopefuls Pull A "Kerry." They Were For Green New Deal Before They Voted Present

Such hypocrites!  Watch the video. It's a gem!

Not one of these Dems who demanded the Green New Deal voted for it. The resolution went down to defeat 0-57.



So much for principles hunh?

Sunday, March 24, 2019

Mueller Report Total Exoneration of Trump. Will Critics Who Fanned Flames of Hate, Lies and Hysteria Be Held Accountable?

Sadly, little chance of accountability from Dems who continue to double down on lies, hate and hysteria. It's all politics to them and it always was!


Screaming headlines at the Drudge Report say it all:


Nearly two years of investigation by the Special Counsel, tens of millions of dollars spent; a legal team made up almost entirely of pro-Hillary lawyers and they found NOTHING to pin on President Trump or members of his family.

This despite the unceasing howls of "TREASON" and "TRAITOR" in the media. In one six month slice CNN mentioned Russia 16,000 times. The airtime of both CNN and MSNBC, was nearly entirely consumed by Russia, Russia, Russia.

Here's just a taste of the unfounded LIES that Democrats and the media told to the American people over the last two years:
The lies, hate and hysteria that Dems have fomented over the past two years quickly spiraled out of control. At Mike's America some Trump hating readers made repeated denunciations of Trump as a "traitor." When asked for evidence we were told that it was coming. Just wait for the Mueller report.

 Across the country deluded Trump haters clung to the fantasy that Mueller would save them from themselves and justify their irrational hatred. They praised Mueller to the hilt and feared Trump would fire him. One woman even named her dog "Mueller" because she so believed the Special Counsel would bring down Trump. Others prayed for Mueller. I know the idea of Hollywood celebrities praying is a foreign concept to most but perhaps they were praying to trees?
Mueller was there man. Time Magazine made him their runner up for Man of the Year. He could do no wrong. They even sold t-shirts:
There can be no doubt that Mueller took his job seriously. He even staffed his office with lawyers who were aligned with Hillary Clinton and the Democrats. No one is going to say they didn't try:
Mueller investigation by the numbers
Employed 19 lawyers

Worked with team of 40 FBI agents, intelligence analysts, forensic accountants, and other professional staff

Issued more than 2,800 subpoenas

Executed nearly 500 search warrants

Obtained more than 230 orders for communication records

Issued almost 50 orders authorizing use of pen registers

Made 13 requests to foreign governments for evidence

Interviewed approximately 500 witnesses
So now here we are. After two plus years of lies, hate and hysteria directed at Trump we get the Special Counsel's report and find the charges were nothing but a giant, partisan lie!

NO COLLUSION
NO OBSTRUCTION

Barr's Letter by on Scribd


KEY FINDING: The Special Counsel’s investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. As the report states: “[T]he investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.”
And no more indictments either.  Despite all the Democrats who insisted it was only a matter of time before Trump and his family were going to jail, nothing.  A few people who were indicted were on matters wholly unrelated to Donald Trump and his campaign.

Then there are the others who were totally innocent but who had their lives destroyed by the costs of this investigation. Where do they go to get back what was taken from them?  They should sue Democrats and the media!

Dems Double Down on Lies and Hate

You would think that after it was clear there was nothing in the Mueller report to support Dem's outrageous lies they might stop. But no.  On Saturday in Charleston, South Carolina (not far from Mike's America) Dem candidate for president Robert Francis O'Rourke said this:



O’Rourke: You have a president who, in my opinion, beyond a shadow of a doubt, sought to, no matter how ham-handedly, to collude with the Russian government, a foreign power to undermine and influence our elections.
You want evidence of TREASON? That's it! Lying to the American people when you KNOW the truth and undermining a sitting President is EXACTLY what the RUSSIANS want.

Perhaps now might be a good time to subject Robert Francis O'Rourke, members of his family, associates and campaign staff to the same kind of scrutiny that Trump has endured for two years! Perhaps that should be the rule for ALL these Democrats who lied and continue to lie. Force them all to hire expensive lawyers while government agents dig through every aspect of their lives. Nothing to hide then you have nothing to fear right?

Friday, March 22, 2019

It's Official. It was Trump, Not Obama Who Ended War in Iraq and Syria

Final defeat of ISIS caliphare is the goal that Obama ignored and Trump accomplished!

Obama ignored the advice of his generals and pulled all U.S. troops out of Iraq in 2011.  He then scoffed when ISIS took over the areas the U.S. abandoned. He called them the "JV team" as they went on a killing spree taking tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi and Syrian lives and destroying their cities.

When Trump became President he threw out Obama's non-plan to defeat ISIS and told the generals to take the gloves off. No more dropping leaflets to warn ISIS that the bombers were on the way.  Obviously the Trump strategy worked. Here's proof:

While Democrats continue their partisan campaign to smear and attack President Trump he just keeps on rolling to keep the promises he made to the American people and bring peace to the world!

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Reporter Covered Up Beto O'Rourke Fantasy About Killing Children Until After Senate Election

Not just a clear case of bias and media corruption but a disturbing insight into Robert Francis O'Rourke!


Reuters’ reporter Joseph Menn uncovered shocking information about Robert Francis O'Rourke in the run up to the 2018 election for U.S. Senate in Texas where O'Rourke was competing for the seat currently held by Ted Cruz. What Menn discovered is that Robert Francis was part of a hacking collective in his youth. And while writing under the pseudonym "Psychedelic Warlord" said:
One day, as I was driving home from work, I noticed two children crossing the street. They were happy, happy to be free from their troubles…. This happiness was mine by right. I had earned it in my dreams. 

As I neared the young ones, I put all my weight on my right foot, keeping the accelerator pedal on the floor until I heard the crashing of the two children on the hood, and then the sharp cry of pain from one of the two. I was so fascinated for a moment, that when after I had stopped my vehicle, I just sat in a daze, sweet visions filling my head.
 Pretty sick stuff. Then this:
I need a butt-shine, 
Right now 
You are holy, 
Oh, sacred Cow 
I thirst for you, 
Provide Milk. 

Buff my balls, 
Love the Cow, 
Good fortune for those that do. 
Love me, breathe my feet, 
The Cow has risen. 

Wax my ass, 
Scrub my balls. 
The Cow has risen, 
Provide Milk.
Wow!  Obviously someone with some serious issues.  But of course the Reuters' reporter didn't want that information to damage O'Rourke's senate chances against Cruz. The information only comes out now giving O'Rourke ample time to bury it. Not difficult since you can bet that none of the liberal news outlets will cover it at all.

Think for a minute how the story might have been handled if O'Rourke was a Republican. It would have been released the week before the election with every network running stories.

Apparently it was big news to dig through Justice Brett Kavanaugh's yearbook but not so important when we are talking about electing a President!

Beto with his flailing habit of speech has other problems. He's signed on to the idiot brigade and promises "“If we do not abolish all fossil fuels within twelve years, everything on the planet will be dead. The scientists are 100 percent united on this. "Every word in that is a lie and it will be interesting to see how many Democrat primary voters even care!

In Venezuela's "Green New Deal" The Poor Drink From the Sewer to Survive

All in the name of "social justice" and exactly what will happen if socialist zealots succeed in the United States!


Exactly right Lady Thatcher!  And in Venezuela the social justice warriors eventually ran out of other people's money and look at the result:

Poor Venezuelans gather water from the sewer to survive after services in that country collapsed!
Anyone with half a brain saw this coming a long time ago. Even as Hollywood and elite leftists in the United States continued to praise the Bolivarian socialist revolution in Venezuela the disconnect with reality grew. Shortages of milk and even toilet paper have been common for years. Now, hospitals without electricity or medicine, and the people without safe drinking water. All because the reality of socialism has replaced the fantasy.

Those lucky enough to have been able to flee Venezuela are trying to warn Americans. Daniel Di Martino now in college in the United States came here when he was 16. Things were bad then. He warns:
“People are starving in Venezuela because policies such as the one that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [supported] in her Green New Deal, which in reality is just the ‘red new deal’ which is just a socialist wish list, would destroy the U.S. economy and lead us into the path of Venezuela.”
Nearly every Democrat running for President in 2020 supports the socialist plan for disaster in one form or another. Dems made dash to the far left hasn't gone unnoticed by President Trump. He has vowed repeatedly that "America will never be a socialist country." An ounce of common sense shows how right President Trump is and what a clear contrast he makes with Democrats in their craven pursuit of the radical left.

For anyone who prefers their water from the tap and not the sewer the choice is clear. Vote for Trump in 2020!

Monday, March 18, 2019

In Attacking Second and First Amendment Protections the Left Plays Into Aims of New Zealand Shooter

It's bad enough the left let's Russia influence their political activity, now this!

While the usual suspects immediately blamed Trump for the New Zealand massacre and jumped up with their usual anti-gun rants, more thoughtful souls actually read what the shooter in New Zealand said was his reason for the attack.

Despite left wing lies, he was not a Trump supporter "As a policymaker and leader? Dear god no," he wrote in his manifesto. The man was a self professed "eco-fascist" who aligns with communist China:


His reasoning for the attack was to start a civil war in the U.S. Recently we've seen others on the left seek to do this such as the Jussie Smollett race/gender hate crime hoax:


The shooter KNEW he could count on the usual suspects on the left to amplify his goals by their attack on the NRA. Right on cue the Village Idiot Ocasio-Cortez and others followed suit. Those who said this shooting was motivated by Trump also play right into the shooter's hands and they may as well be accomplices in his larger purpose!

Sunday, March 17, 2019

Bernie Bots Declare Chelsea Clinton to Blame for New Zealand Massacre

These people are so crazy that it might be dangerous!

You won't often find me defending Chelsea Clinton. Her privileged and pampered existence cries out for ridicule. But to hear it coming from left wing zealots is delicious!

Watch this:


NY POST: A student cornered Chelsea Clinton at an NYU vigil for the New Zealand massacre victims and blamed her for inciting murderous anti-Muslim hatred — prompting fellow first-family member Donald Trump Jr. to jump to her defense.

“After all that you have done, all the Islamophobia that you have stoked,” senior Leen Dweik angrily tells Clinton in a since-deleted viral video posted Friday night by student activist Rose Asaf. “This right here is the result of a massacre stoked by people like you and the words you have put out in the world.

“The 49 people died because of the rhetoric you put out there,” seethed Dweik, wearing a Bernie Sanders 2020 T-shirt — and referring to Clinton’s criticism of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments about Israel last month.

“I’m so sorry you feel that way,” Clinton, a co-founder of NYU’s multicultural center who is pregnant with her third child, responded, prompting other students to chime in.

“What does ‘I’m sorry you feel that way’ mean? What does that mean?” a person shouted from the crowd.
Chelsea was blamed after she said in a tweet:
That was enough for her to be blamed for being an Islamaphobe and responsible for mass murder. Since then her Twitter account looks more like that of the Council on American Islamic Relations in which she repeatedly panders to whatever the line du jour is for Muslim grievance mongers. That includes another gem of idiocy from Rep. Occasio-Cortez who blames Trump for the shooting because of his "Muslim ban." Note to fool, there never was such a ban.

The crazy who blamed Chelsea is wearing a Bernie Sanders shirt. This fits the pattern of insane Bernie supporters, one of whom notoriously set out to massacre GOP Congressmen at baseball practice. These are the kinds of people who have and will use violence at the drop of a hat to silence opposition. Just ask Antifa. And it's all being brought to a community near you courtesy of the Democrat Party!

Sunday, March 10, 2019

Here's What Socialism Would Do to America: Ocasio-Cortez Says America is Little "Better Than Garbage" While People of Venezuela Eat Garbage to Survive Socialism's Collapse

Funny how the icons of the left who once praised Venezuela as  model of socialism have gone silent!

This is Caracas Venezuela.  No power for the capital city. The socialist government which promised equality and social justice for all has finally spent all the vast oil wealth of Venezuela and there is none left even to keep the lights on.

Socialism dies in darkness in Caracas.
Where are all the great icons of the left, Sean Penn, Michael Moore, Danny Glover and the rest who praised the Bolivarian Revolution?  Why aren't they commenting now that the lie that is social justice has been exposed?

They're all too busy hyping the latest of what Josef Stalin called "useful idiots" and praising newly minted congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  She's busy attending left wing forums where the subject of Venezuela is swept under the rug. They are too busy planning the American version of this nightmare with their Green New Deal and attacking the free speech rights of anyone who dares to point out how asinine their radical, flawed plans are.

Over the weekend in Austin, Texas Cortez defended her radical plans:
OCASIO-CORTEZ: “I think all of these things sound radical compared to where we are but where we are is not a good thing. And this idea of like, ten percent better than garbage, it shouldn’t be what we settle for.”
Like wow man. Garbage! Tell that to the people of Venezuela who are EATING garbage to survive!

Yeah, like tens of millions of people from failed socialist hellholes are risking death and rape rooms courtesy of open borders Democrats to get here because America is "garbage." All those women told by the smugglers who ferry illegals over unprotected portions of the border they must "pay with their bodies" to get her because it's so awful. Like, someone tell Ocasio-Cortez. Maybe she doesn't read the New York Times.

Saturday, March 09, 2019

In Banning Fox News From Debates Dems Show They Are Enemy of Free Media and Hypocrites for Attacking Trump

Dems also show they can't take the heat of an honest debate!

Every four years Republican presidential candidates submit to televised debates moderated by left of center anchors from the mainstream media.  Many questions are biased and unfair yet Republicans submit to it every time. 

Not Democrats.  The same people who went ballistic when Trump called the media the "enemy of the people" have decided they don't want any tough questions in their 2020 presidential debates. They banned Fox News from hosting any debates.

Yes, the crowd that went nuts when Trump banned CNN's Jim Acosta for his inappropriate behavior is now cheering the Dems decision to cut and run from Fox.  This is especially ironic since Fox News was one of the media organizations which complained when Acosta was banned. This same CNN reporter hasn't said a word in support of Fox.  How typical.

We should also point out that many of these media outlets like CNN and MSNBC go out of their way to attack Fox News and their viewers.

Here you have it: the same people who say any criticism by Trump of the media is dangerous to democracy have banned Fox News from debates and continue to attack the 1st Amendment rights of that organization and it's viewers.  Note to Fox, stop defending these hypocrites!

Friday, March 08, 2019

Another Race Hoax: When Pollen Becomes a Hate Crime Who Do You Charge? Mother Nature?

How do they blame this on Trump?

I washed my car last week and parked it for a few hours in the open. Now it's covered with pollen. Can you hear the laughter if I claimed it was a hate crime?

Mayor Darnell Byrd McPherson, of Lamar, South Carolina, claims her Hyundai and her husband’s Buick were sprayed with a strange residue by a “disgruntled person.” Authorities, however, doubted a crime had occurred and claimed the substance was actually pollen.
Well, apparently Darnell Byrd McPherson the Mayor of Lamar, South Carolina came home to find her and her husband's cars covered with a yellowish substance and immediately assumed it was a racial attack.


In a statement Mayor McPherson said:
We are grateful the person or persons did not try to take our lives but the culprits will be identified and prosecuted.

Love conquers hate and my husband and I refuse to be intimidated by those who perpetrated this act of vandalism which I classify as an act of hatred. "
Investigations were launched by both local and state police despite the fact that officers could clearly see the substance was pollen and is common on vehicles throughout the state this time of year.

It was no coincidence that the Mayor's claim came the same time as bills are before the South Carolina legislature to address hate crimes. Just as it was with the nationwide Jussie Smollett hoax when hate crimes bills were introduced in the U.S. Senate. McPherson mentioned the bills in her statement.

Oh, and for those who continue to repeat the falsehood that hate crimes are on the rise, the only increase has been in the number of agencies reporting hate crimes. 1,000 more agencies reporting and you're likely to see an increase.

Oddly, hate crime reporting shows the biggest target are Jews. "Jews comprise about 2 percent of the U.S. population, but 58 percent of religiously motivated crimes were directed against Jews." Yet Democrats insisted on watering down a resolution condemning antisemitism that criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar who has made repeated anti-Jewish, anti-Israel remarks.

Somehow pollen is now racist and it's Trump's fault!

Monday, March 04, 2019

Green Peace Founder Exposes Green New Deal Hypocrisy

If these Green New Dealers really believed what they are saying why don't they actually live the way they want to force the rest of us to?

Sen. Bernie Sanders thinks the Soviet Union was a great example of equality for all.  He honeymooned in the Soviet Union, there are videos of him drunk and shirtless signing with Russians in 1988 (video provided by backers of Francis "Beto" O'Rourke). As Mayor of Burlington Vermont he flew the Soviet flag outside his office. Bernie was colluding with Russians back when the left thought Russian collusion was cool.

On ABC's The View Bernie was asked if the Green New Deal was too extreme and went too far. He responded "You cannot go too far on the issue of climate change. The future of the planet is at stake, OK?”" Anything goes. Take away people's cars, don't let them fly on planes. Force them to rebuild their homes and businesses.

Too bad the ladies of The View didn't ask Bernie about his multiple homes. Bernie is real big on telling the rest of us how to live.... but...

And perhaps someone needs to ask Bernie how he can afford a $600,000 vacation home on a U.S. Senator's $174,000 salary?

Ocasio-Cortez Flies High and Drives Hard

The left's new darling du jour Rep. Ocasio-Cortez is another prime backer of a plan that would vastly restrict how Americans live. Yet after the release of campaign spending reports we learn that despite having a subway station 138 feet from her office she and members of her campaign were notorious for their use of car services. And she would have the rest of us give up jet travel and take the train. But not her. Plenty of spending on air travel. Oh, and did I mention that she wants Americans to give up eating beef? After all, climate change is like World War II or something. Bernie said so. He should know. He's old enough to have fought in that war but back to AOC:


Ocasio-Cortez is a bridge too far even for some on the left who must be embarrassed that this no-nothing is taken seriously by anyone.  Patrick Moore, a co-founder of Green Peace has had enough. His Twitter feed shames this "pompous little twit" so often it must leave a mark!



Democrats All in to Abuse Power w/ Massive Document Demands of Trump Family and Associates

Imagine the reaction if Republicans had gone after Obama's children and family!

The Democrats opening gambit in their hate Trump 24/7 abuse of power went nowhere with the hearing last week of Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen.  Despite their best efforts to spin, Cohen testified that there was no collusion of Trump with Russia, no risk of Trump being blackmailed and a further debunking of the Steele dossier hoax. But since when did facts get in the way of the Democrats hatred of Trump?

Not content to stop there the abuse of power ramped up this week with this demand of Trump family, Administration personnel and associates:

I can't think of any precedent for this kind of obvious fishing expedition. No doubt critics will say these folks have nothing to fear if they've done nothing wrong. But each person will have to hire an expensive Washington lawyer to make sure they do not find themselves in legal jeopardy for failing to comply. Clearly that was one intention of the Democrats. Can you imagine Republicans ever doing the same? Will the Senate Judiciary Committee under Republican control be issuing demands of Obama's family? No way.

This is all part of a very public show trial strategy by Democrats to smear Trump and everyone associated with him by any means fair or foul. It harkens to the show trial era of Stalinist Russia. Talk about collusion! What Dems are doing is a bigger hoax on the American people than Jussie Smollett but using the same tactic. Lie over and over and hope someone believes you!

Friday, March 01, 2019

Trump Pulls a "Reykjavik" at Vietnam Summit. Will Phase Two Work as Well as Reagan's?

And will the same critics who attacked Reagan's walk out strategy and also attacked Trump for his admit their mistake if we succeed?

I know they don't teach history in the public schools anymore and what they teach in universities is heavy on propaganda and short on facts so I offer these reflections for those who were deprived of the truth.

Reagan's Reykjavik walkout worked!

Mainstream media spin has it that the Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi was a failure.  Many of the news reports use that word. President Trump broke up the meeting early because North Korea insisted on a gradual lessening of sanctions and refused to agree to the program of total denuclearisation that has been the subject of discussions between U.S. and North Korean sides.

But history teaches us the lesson that a walkout, which might be considered a failure at the time, is anything but.  It's another Reagan lesson.  Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev offered a stunning deal on nuclear disarmament if only President Reagan would give up the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) also called "Star Wars."  Despite the Soviets offering Reagan everything else he wanted he walked rather than back out on his core commitment to preserve U.S. defensive developments against missile technology.  That same technology is protecting America today in many ways.

Here's the famous photograph from the Reagan Library summit archive showing a deeply unhappy Reagan. Similar expressions in other official photos recording the scene (1,2,3,4)


Reagan records in his personal diary his thoughts:

Sunday, October 12, 1986

Final day & it turned into an all day one even though we’d been scheduled to fly out in early afternoon. Our teams had given us an agreement to eliminate entirely all nuc. devices over a 10 yr. pd. We would research & develop S.D.I. during 10 yrs. then deploy & I offered to share with Soviets the system. This began the showdown. He wanted language that would have killed S.D.I. The price was high but I wouldn’t sell & that’s how day ended. All our people thought I’d done exactly right. I’d pledged I wouldn’t give away S.D.I. & I didn’t but that meant no deal on any of the arms reductions. I was mad—he tried to act jovial but I acted mad & it showed. Well the ball is in his court and I’m convinced he’ll come around when he sees how the world is reacting. On way out I addressed our mil. force & familys at Air base. They were enthused & cheered my decision.
On the journey home aboard Air Force One Reagan and his aides worked out a public relations strategy to put a positive spin on these events. It partially succeeded with the New York Times reporting "Reagan Triumphs From Failure in Iceland." Hard to believe the New York Times reporting this way on Trump's summit with Kim but it shows how far the Times has declined as a newspaper. Other partisan media were less generous. In Rolling Stone we had this:

Reagan Flubs Reykjavik Summit

At his big meeting, the President’s obsession with Star Wars allowed Gorbachev to outmaneuver him on arms control
This just shows that Rolling Stone was headed to the bottom long before they made false accusations of rape at fraternity at the University of Virginia.   

Little more than a year later President Reagan invited General Secretary Gorbachev to the White House where the two signed the Intermediate-Range  Nuclear Forces Agreement. A treaty on which Russian President Vladimir Putin would later cheat and Trump cancel.

President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev signing the INF Treaty in the East Room of the White House. 12/8/87.
In the view of many history now records that the Reykjavik summit was not a failure but the moment the Cold War truly ended. Will history repeat itself?

It's quite possible that within a year or so we might have Chairman Kim visiting the White House to sign historic agreements ending the Korean War and a total denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. And wouldn't that be just months before the 2020 election?
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