Even in a consensual democracy, the yoke of a police state never entirely disappears, but it is light...and controlled by accepted rules. We all drive on the right...and get where we are going.
Maybe it’s just me…. But when I began reading Bill’s note about the Big Man, I thought he was discussing Franklin Roosevelt in 1933 & after. Closed the banks and only allowed his buddies to reopen. Grabbed the nation’s gold. Prosecuted former cabinet officers like Treasury’s Andrew Mellon. Economic ignoramus, but…. Micromanaged the economy to benefit political pals. Heck…. Case of Wickard vs Filburn made it illegal for farmers to grow their own crops.
Choices determine outcomes. Values determine choices. Therefore, outcomes are values-based. In my lifetime (I was born in 1952), we have gone from praising and cherishing individual rights to the verge of collectivist statism. Bill seems to believe Mr. Trump is the problem. Others believe Mr. Trump, much like Mr. Lincoln, a former "Big Man", is bending, breaking, ignoring the rules in order to overcome tremendous and horrendous challenges. We're here, because this is what we chose. We chose to be here because of changing values. Return to the top and repeat. Best always. PM
We keep reading and especially commenting because people of good conscience PUSH BACK against outright lies, half-truths and gaslighting where and when we can. We do it out of Compassion for our fellow man - we don't want to see others misled when we know the Truth about certain things.
Pretty safe to say that none of us owns a TV or Radio station (?), so we come here to do our small part in trying to keep the record straight. It really is that simple...
I've got many concerns about the President I voted for twice, but not as many as the anti freedom lunatics before him. As for war, they aren't his wars, but he has to deal with them. Can any clear thinking person believe America would not respond to Hamas in a similar way. How does the world take their side over and over when they have always been the aggressor? And if tariffs are so bad for our country why are they good for the others ?
Pretty much everyone I know who had considered thoughts on the Israeli response to invade Gaza thought it would kill a lot of civilians and not destroy Hamas: it is an idea nurtured by the Israeli actions over many years, the moderate Palestinian response has been ineffectual. Every woman and child killed by the Israelis has a son that will support Hamas or something similar. Israeli settlers continue to harass and murder Palestinians in the West Bank to steal their land.
Tariffs are generally very low across the world, the Orange King is a bit of an exception.
Well "said", Dennis. Saved me a lot of time. Now my time is being reminded of the Biden BS of prices and his INFLATION!!!!! Hey Bonner: DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MUCH A GALLON OF GAS COST?
Exactly William! Hamas and the democrats are very similar. Both parties are controlled by extremely demented people. Both parties use their constituents as pawns and fodder. Both parties rely on an extremely ignorant and mentally unstable following. Both parties raise their children to be as demented as themselves. Dysfunction breeds dysfunction. As we see in America today, you just can’t fix stupid 🤔
Bill, I am so done with your missives. I have been an interested reader, no an eager reader for many years. Now I am appalled with your position on the " big man". You impley he is governing outside of the constitution, really? There are many of us, maybe even the majority of your readers, who support his governance. We do not perceive him to be outside of the law. Rather we see him as implementing the law. Where the ideological democrats would not close the boarder stating congress needed to enact new laws. In comes the "big man" using the current laws and closes the boarder overnight. Now, we have the DC killing pit. Trump, using existing laws, has moved expeditiously on multiple fronts to end the carnage and you call him the "big man" who circumvents the constitution to eliminate crime. No, he is well with the purview of the constitution. So, Bill your are going have replace my readership as I am done with mainstream media ideology.
Yes Tom, Bill has fallen off his chair and is in a terrible mental state. TDS has affected a few million mentally impaired people, and Mr Bill has totally shown his commitment to the defense of his globalist fellow’s. It seems the more Trump wins, which is every day, the more demented Bill and the left get. I get it. The left is on the verge of losing everything they worked for these past few decades. Obamamama and his demented power, deception and corruption team are getting ready for the gallows. It’s all burning down now. It’s truly a shame. I believed that Bill was one of the good guys. I guess that senility can be to blame, but even in this most demented state, the old Bill still rears his head a few days a month. That was the writer I admired. Well—Nothing lasts forever 🤔Best wishes Tom🙏
Mr. L, The last two years, Bill has increasingly made lots of generalizations and often cherry-picked stats, just like leftists/propagandists regularly do. Then he will snap back and sound like the old Bill. Yes, something is not quite right here.
Yes, Bongo Bill is a silly, pathetic, demented old man whenever he writes about Trump. I notice you've got a lot of likes for your post while your critic, little Patty boy, got none.
Sorry to disappoint you, Patty boy, but I'm staying unless they kick me out. Bongo Bill is not why I subscribe to this newsletter. It's Dan and Tom. And I can easily ignore people like you.
Johnie , Then why do u keep up with Ur juvenile name calling and ridicules off the wall comments on Bills articles. Cant stand the truth of the world situation right now , huh? I suppose U want readers to believe U are smarter then Bill Bonner , Well, from my reading of Ur gibberish U have a long way to go for that.
🤣 You're a hoot, Patty boy. I do insult Bongo Bill because his columns are insulting in the half-baked analysis that he does. But many times, I do more than that and explain why Bongo Bill is off base. In a response to "Angry..", on this page, who was concerned Trump is not very articulate, I enumerated several policies that Trump gets right, policies Bongo Bill never mentions in his one-sided deranged analysis of the Trump administration. Take a look. But I have gone into detail many times previously, more so in the past because Bongo Bill just regurgitates the same things over and over and I'm not going to waste my time anymore repeating the things I've written many times before. He's not worth it and neither are you.
Sick of the anti-Trump rhetoric and lies that he violates the Constitution, since every single thing he does is examined by bogus District Courts operating as if they have veto power over the chief executive, which Constitutionally they do not, plus further scrutiny by the Supreme Court. The President has the obligation to take over DC in the absence of the rule or law or safety for the citizens and Federal government officials and staff.
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Where was your Constitutional concern over the bogus ‘election’ of the brain dead puppet, Joe Biden and previous attempts by Obama along with his puppet, to destroy the Constitutional Republic, import 30 million illegal aliens, destroy the fiscal soundness of the USA, and foment race and class hate to take down the USA by internal strife or even civil war. Obama’s pro-tranny anti-family stance, his DEI BS, and destruction of foundational subject teaching in favor of far left social values was an effort to end the competition of a true meritocracy, his and the democrats NGO money laundering scam bled the US Treasury for years, with no audits or verification of a benefit to the nation,
We now know that Hillary and Obama and many others in the leftist Deep State colluded to take down a sitting President from 2016 through 2020, followed by bogus prosecutions for four years and culminating in 2 Assassination attempts before the 2024 election. The facts are coming out about all of this and we can hope these CRIMINALS face a just sentence for TREASON.
What has Trump done since January 21, 2025:
- 7 peace treaties to date(August 13, 2024)
-DOGE audits of government fraud, waste, abuse, with new monitoring systems in place.
-ended the money laundering under USAID and other NGO linked scams
-ended DEI /CRT bias and race based policies in school, government and institutions.
- ended Trans gender males in female sports and private spaces
-ended gender based mutilation of children under age 18
-removed over 100,000 illegals and established a self deportation system,
-reinforced law enforcement across America
- closed the Southern border to criminals, illegals, and cartels
-bolstered the enlistment and re-enlistment of US Military with several programs.
- closed the payments of our tax dollars Medicaid, Snap, etc, to non US citizens
- closed the department of education (really indoctrination)
-gives God Credit for our many blessings
-picked the best cabinet we have ever had
-got Congress to pass the big beautiful bill
- returned Christmas and Easter to the White House
- requires accountability in government agency budgets and contracts: verification of benefit to taxpayers and work completed.
-Federal funds for areas neglected particularly farms and law enforcement
-new programs to support our veterans.
-4th of July celebration in our Capitol.
-ongoing efforts to end the Ukraine/Russia War.
-ongoing efforts to end the Middle East crises and bring relief to Gaza.
-requires Universities to protect all students of any race or religion and condemns mistreatment of Jewish students.
-negotiated dozens of tariff programs to provide some parity with tariffs USA pays out.
- reversed the Panama Canal giveaway by Carter, to return control to USA
-brought fun into the Republican Party via MAGA
-required NATO countries to pay more of their share.
-took us out of the corrupt WHO
- Melania!
- all the other Trumps.
Anyone who gets their political news from the WSJ OR WaPo must know is is a biased leftist source of opinion, not fact.
Trump is not perfect but he is way better than any President of my lifetime. He, unlike the lying left, is doing what he promised the electorate.
I was a democrat for over 50 years and came to my senses during Trump’s first term. In 2025 he was ready, he is strong, he will not be deterred by the lies of MSM.
For those of you keeping track at home and at the risk of exploding some pin heads - when it comes to Appeals and/or SCOTUS rulings over the last 7 months, Trump is 𝟭𝟳 - 𝟬. And that doesn't count the victories over prior dimocrat communist Lawfare through Dismissal or Overturning of nearly every bogus "verdict" you morons chirped incessantly about for the last 4 years. You've now lost nearly ALL of those too.
Y'all are LOSING - Badly. We are taking back our Country. Nearly time for you domestic enemies to turn violent - as the left always does....
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mary. Your excellent post will be lost on Bongo Bill, but for those of us lucky enough to have read it, it was a great summary.
This is probably the most hateful Trump diatribe I have ever read. The wars are not Trump's wars. He is trying to end them and the wars were created by the limp-wristed Biden Administration. You make no mention of the other nations of the world putting tariffs on us? Nor the millions of factory jobs which have left the USA over the past 50 years due to our very own policies. Nor the liberal law enforcement policies of the left driving up crime in the USA. Nor the inflation and the lawfare of the previous administration.
It is fine to attack the Big Man, but at least provide some context to what he is up against. He is trying to do something about it, unlike his recent predecessors. He was under attack the whole of his first administration and is only now free to make changes. Do I like everything he is doing? No! But please be fair, lest you end up like the rest of the fake-news propagandists.
I've stopped taking Bongo Bill so seriously as to give him the serious and truthful reply that you just did. He's beyond any rationality when it comes to Trump. As I noted in my post: it's a new heavy metal band: Bongo Bill and the Drivelthons! He deserves no more of a response. But it is always refreshing to read an intelligent response to Bongo Bill's drivel.
Guess Bill just can't help himself, again! I thought BPR was a financial newsletter but I guess the Big Man (Bonner) also has decided to use it as his personal opinion platform to educate and inform his readers about his political and other views/opinions. Yes, Bill, you are entitled to your opinions and viewpoints on any and all political and other issues (just like your readers) but I'm not interested in paying BPR to read your views and opinions on US politics, including but not limited to your dislike and criticism of President Trump. Yes, we know he's not perfect but he's a hell of a lot better than anyone the Dems could put in office. BPR needs to focus on its primary mission which I thought is publishing a financial newsletter. Sorry, you're not helping the team with your political BS. With all due respect, you need to focus on renovating your homes and let Dan and Tom carry the ball. It's time, and they are doing a great job.
Oh, give Bongo Bill a break. He only writes the stuff he writes because he's an idiot. Writing and hating Trump are two of his hobbies. So, he's been able to combine them in this forum. I get much more out of the responses to Bill's missives then what Bill writes.
Damn Bill, a police state! If that means keeping people safe when they’re walking the streets of our capital city then I say, bring it on. You worry me sometimes.
My theory is that Bill and Donald played a game of chess about 40 years ago, and mid-game Bill realized Donald was playing 3D CHESS! Bill's king was then a mere pawn and the game was over. As a trained medical professional, I diagnose PTSD in Bill, festering lo these many years.
Some people have the gift of words, some don't. Being articulate gives the plausibility of intelligence, but it is not always the case as I have witnessed over and over. I will admit that there are many who are articulate and who are actually intelligent but who have accepted ideas and a political philosophy that is in complete contradiction to the fundamental facts of reality.
Trump is not articulate, but in his own way, he is wise. He understands fundamental facts like: it takes productive effort for human beings to survive and flourish; it takes reliable energy to fuel productive effort; it takes taking down roadblocks (regulations) to unleash productive effort; our country will not survive in a dangerous world as a service economy - we must produce the critical items we need to survive as a nation; it takes law enforcement to curb crime.... etc. He may talk like a blue collar worker, like a "truck driver", but he's driving the truck in the right direction. As opposed to the effete socialist pigs - or as I call them, the Progressive Fascist Nihilist Enviro-Nazi Horde - who have no idea how reality works but can articulate their idiotic ideas in the most articulate way. This is why most of what we call philosophy is nothing but intellectual gibberish.
BB is one of the last fiscal conservatives left, in the UK the bond markets stop us borrowing much more, unfortunately there seems no limit in the US, until there is, one day.
Not sure in world where nations are 250 trillion upside-down that a fiscal conservative is what the world needs today. Seems a bit late in the game. We need a worldwide monetary system that is based on various commodities and, I think it is about ready to happen.
The circus never leaves town, it just gets a bigger tent. President Trump, WE’RE GONNA DO IT ALL AGAIN! Deport the poor! Tax their ashes! Make America White Again, like a big ol’ load of political laundry bleached to death in the sun! Hell Yes! 😂
It’s funny, you know… funny in the way terminal illness is funny, because you’re already screwed, but you get to watch it happen in slow motion. The founders wanted a government that couldn’t do this… but here we are, with a guy who treats the Constitution like a hotel Bible, keeps it in the drawer until he needs to bludgeon someone with it.
Hell yeah, the Big Man’s just reloading the same policy shotgun he emptied last time. Border crackdowns, Medicare gutting, social security trims, call it what it is, cutting the safety net so tight it turns into a noose. Bombs for breakfast, tariffs for lunch, and another pandemic for dessert, served with a side of martial law because “practice makes perfect,” right? The DC police takeover? That’s just the dress rehearsal for Act Two of the Apocalypse: The Lockdown Boogaloo.
By the time the curtain rises on 2026, the Big Man will slip his collar completely, running the show like a game of “Simon Says” where Simon has nukes, a Truth Social account, and an allergy to reading. Tariffs? Sure, but let’s call them what they are, massive taxes on Americans, with the bonus feature of pushing allies straight into China’s waiting arms. Constitution? More like a speed bump on the road to “Because I Said So-ville.” And the kicker, he’s doing it all while telling us it’s for our own good, the same way a pickpocket tells you he’s just “adjusting your wallet for comfort.”
So yeah, this ain’t new. This is the sequel nobody asked for but everybody’s getting, and the joke, just like the empire, is on us.
Yeah… the meds thing… funny… I guess that’s what folks say when they run outta arguments but still want to sound clever. If I was medicated, I’d need a higher dose just to endure the tragic sitcom you call a political worldview. The only prescription I need is for a bigger audience that knows a DICTATOR when they see one! 😂
Lemme know when you, Bonner and people who think as you do are no longer allowed to write/post things about Trump that are derogatory and untrue - then we can consider your "Dictator" fantasy....
You know, we can all complain it’s not a dictatorship, and we can all also scream while we are sinking in quicksand, but it doesn’t mean the global economy is not going under. Dictators love letting you talk, it’s how they figure out who to round up first! Freedom of speech isn’t worth much if the people in charge treat it like a Yelp review for a restaurant they already plan on bulldozing. You don’t measure tyranny by whether they let you talk, you measure it by how little it matters when you do.
Trouble is SE, by then it’s too late. Egypt echos my concerns. That said, when is the last time we could trust our government? Ike? The lies of Vietnam and Watergate began the corrosion of trust that has led us to a President who has made a living lying, whether to entertain, or to fleece those foolish enough to invest in him.
Well I reckon that’s a mighty fine question there, first thing? Stop confusing the stock market with the economy, one’s a casino, the other’s whether people can afford bread without pawning their teeth. Invest in Education, Infrastructure, and Healthcare, because if your people are Starving, Sick, and Dumb, you’re not a superpower, you’re a reality show waiting for cancellation! Stop treating democracy like a vending machine where you shove in corporate money and expect freedom to come out. And here’s a crazy idea, follow the Constitution, trade fairly, keep your allies, and quit acting like the world’s drunk uncle at Thanksgiving. You’d be amazed how far that’ll take you.
Instead, what we’ve got is an Administration confusing GDP growth with actual prosperity, patting themselves on the back while wages crawl and debt skyrockets. We’re still shoveling billions into defense while roads crumble, students drown in loans, and small businesses get squeezed like a juicy lemon for the multinationals!
Instead of protecting democratic norms, they’re cherry-picking when to respect the rules, kinda like a referee who bets on the game. Foreign policy? Half reactive, half performative, alienating allies we need for stability, while cozying up to regimes that treat the word “democracy” like a punchline. It’s like they read the playbook, upside down.
First I agree we need to take care of our people. To do that we need to turn this big ship 180 degees. We can not allow the rest of the world use us as their police, their dumping ground of cheap shit we don't need. Our people have lost their jobs, or work at wages of China or
Mexico. The large multinationals & Clinton sold us down the River for power & profit.
Big ships don't turn on a dime, & they don't turn at all with out radical change.
Let us buck up and get it done.
Then we will be able to do the items you want done.
...what is funny, your accusations of anti-democratic policies aimed at the current President, which if measured by real or perceived actual acts of unconstitutionality would arguably render his predecessor as or even more culpable.
I get it, you’re also playing the “but the other guy” game, like some kid caught stealing cookies pointing at his brother’s crumbs. Real top tier civic discourse there, Champ! Yes, we know the last guy was a train wreck too, but that doesn’t mean we let this one drive the next train off the same Cliff. Your logic is like saying your surgeon killed the last patient, so you might as well let him operate again, because, you know, consistency matters. Congrats, you’ve officially argued that because the last arsonist burned down half the city, this one’s entitled to torch the rest, Hell yeah, democracy’s in great hands! 😂
I get it, so it’s like trading in your rusted-out Pinto for a hearse with no brakes, then blaming the undertaker for suggesting you ditch the Pinto. You bought a car that was already on fire and now you’re mad at the guy who pointed out the smoke! If that’s the case, why not just become a marriage counselor and advice your repeated customers, let’s call them “clients” to marry someone worse than their ex just to spite them, then act surprised when they burn down their house. 😂
Oh, sure, let’s play the old “name two saints to fix the sewer” game, because that’s what fixes systemic rot, more names for the Rolodex of disappointment. How about Abraham “Honest Abe” Lincoln, oh wait, he’s busy being dead, just like your hope for competence. Yeah, names are easy, the hard part’s finding one that won’t turn into a bloated caricature of themselves in six months. Ok Fine, hire Jesse Ventura, because if we’re gonna have a circus, we might as well hire a guy who already knows how to wrestle clowns and body slam corruption. A governor who’d walk into congress wearing camo and demand to see the receipts! The guy’s half conspiracy nut, half pro-wrestler… so basically, the perfect resume for modern politics. Hell, at least he’d scare the lobbyists into wetting their loafers, which is more than I can say for your average party-line meat puppet.
I feel like I'm on crazy pills reading your latest newsletter. The President has the authority to use the DC police for emergencies. It may be unprecedented, but not illegal. It is a bold move by a leader who wants to improve the nation's capital city while working within the framework of the law. It is obvious to anyone with a pulse that DC is a filthy crime ridden mess. Day or night, you are wise to look over your shoulder to make sure you are not being targeted. The city is being managed by woefully incompetent leaders, and it is time to show some pride and take it back.
Whenever the President of the United States determines that special conditions of an emergency nature exist which require the use of the Metropolitan Police force for federal purposes,” the law provides, the president may require the city’s mayor to provide him “such services of the Metropolitan Police force as the President may deem necessary and appropriate.”
Is it possible to get a transparent accounting of how the BPR portfolio has performed since the “Trade of the Decade” on 1/27/21 (when XOP was first added), including dividends and all closed positions reinvested on a prorated basis into the remaining open positions or new recommendations (ie, real-life decisions)? It would be nice to compare to other benchmarks to see if it is worth wading thru all the Bonner opinions.
Francis P. Sempa wrote in "The Diplomat" of January 26, 2019: "In his 1904 paper “The Geographical Pivot of History,” Halford Mackinder warned that China could one day threaten to upset the global balance of power by organizing the resources of Eurasia and building an invincible sea power. Today, China’s cooperation with Russia, its Belt and Road Initiative, its growing presence in the Indian Ocean and Africa, and its burgeoning sea power are evidence of Mackinder’s prophetic powers."
So the policy which the State Department has followed since the fall of Communism, of pushing at Russia, seems to be helping all this to come true.
Mackinder went on to write: “What if … the whole World-Island or a large part of it, were at some future time to become a single and united base of sea-power? Would not the other insular bases be outbuilt as regards ships and outmanned as regards seamen? Their fleets would no doubt fight with all the heroism begotten of their histories, but the end would be fated.”
Now they`re pushing at India too. If you make enough enemies, you`re finished.
Maybe it’s just me…. But when I began reading Bill’s note about the Big Man, I thought he was discussing Franklin Roosevelt in 1933 & after. Closed the banks and only allowed his buddies to reopen. Grabbed the nation’s gold. Prosecuted former cabinet officers like Treasury’s Andrew Mellon. Economic ignoramus, but…. Micromanaged the economy to benefit political pals. Heck…. Case of Wickard vs Filburn made it illegal for farmers to grow their own crops.
But then it struck me…. Oh yeah…. Trump.
Choices determine outcomes. Values determine choices. Therefore, outcomes are values-based. In my lifetime (I was born in 1952), we have gone from praising and cherishing individual rights to the verge of collectivist statism. Bill seems to believe Mr. Trump is the problem. Others believe Mr. Trump, much like Mr. Lincoln, a former "Big Man", is bending, breaking, ignoring the rules in order to overcome tremendous and horrendous challenges. We're here, because this is what we chose. We chose to be here because of changing values. Return to the top and repeat. Best always. PM
Trump is living in Bonner’s head, rent-free. Not an essay goes by that doesn’t confirm this.
Yes, in his head, replacing his brain as Bongo Bill doesn't appear to have one left.
So why do you guys keep reading?
Hi Jonathan -
We keep reading and especially commenting because people of good conscience PUSH BACK against outright lies, half-truths and gaslighting where and when we can. We do it out of Compassion for our fellow man - we don't want to see others misled when we know the Truth about certain things.
Pretty safe to say that none of us owns a TV or Radio station (?), so we come here to do our small part in trying to keep the record straight. It really is that simple...
Why did Charlie Brown keep trying to kick the football?
Perhaps we’re just eternal optimists, like Charlie 😁
"The unending cycle: History repeating itself."
History is the product. Human nature is the cause/source. Best always. PM
Exactly, that human nature thing. An answer exists , but it is not human, only Spiritual.
Human History is caused by Human nature; not all of history. Our forebears didn't leave those dinosaur tracks
Yes, Bongo Bill is totally bonkers!
I've got many concerns about the President I voted for twice, but not as many as the anti freedom lunatics before him. As for war, they aren't his wars, but he has to deal with them. Can any clear thinking person believe America would not respond to Hamas in a similar way. How does the world take their side over and over when they have always been the aggressor? And if tariffs are so bad for our country why are they good for the others ?
Pretty much everyone I know who had considered thoughts on the Israeli response to invade Gaza thought it would kill a lot of civilians and not destroy Hamas: it is an idea nurtured by the Israeli actions over many years, the moderate Palestinian response has been ineffectual. Every woman and child killed by the Israelis has a son that will support Hamas or something similar. Israeli settlers continue to harass and murder Palestinians in the West Bank to steal their land.
Tariffs are generally very low across the world, the Orange King is a bit of an exception.
Well "said", Dennis. Saved me a lot of time. Now my time is being reminded of the Biden BS of prices and his INFLATION!!!!! Hey Bonner: DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MUCH A GALLON OF GAS COST?
I know what your saying.
The children would join Hamas no matter what Israel does as in the past
Exactly William! Hamas and the democrats are very similar. Both parties are controlled by extremely demented people. Both parties use their constituents as pawns and fodder. Both parties rely on an extremely ignorant and mentally unstable following. Both parties raise their children to be as demented as themselves. Dysfunction breeds dysfunction. As we see in America today, you just can’t fix stupid 🤔
If you was born in Palestine, the chances are you would also be a terrorist.
Bill, I am so done with your missives. I have been an interested reader, no an eager reader for many years. Now I am appalled with your position on the " big man". You impley he is governing outside of the constitution, really? There are many of us, maybe even the majority of your readers, who support his governance. We do not perceive him to be outside of the law. Rather we see him as implementing the law. Where the ideological democrats would not close the boarder stating congress needed to enact new laws. In comes the "big man" using the current laws and closes the boarder overnight. Now, we have the DC killing pit. Trump, using existing laws, has moved expeditiously on multiple fronts to end the carnage and you call him the "big man" who circumvents the constitution to eliminate crime. No, he is well with the purview of the constitution. So, Bill your are going have replace my readership as I am done with mainstream media ideology.
Yes Tom, Bill has fallen off his chair and is in a terrible mental state. TDS has affected a few million mentally impaired people, and Mr Bill has totally shown his commitment to the defense of his globalist fellow’s. It seems the more Trump wins, which is every day, the more demented Bill and the left get. I get it. The left is on the verge of losing everything they worked for these past few decades. Obamamama and his demented power, deception and corruption team are getting ready for the gallows. It’s all burning down now. It’s truly a shame. I believed that Bill was one of the good guys. I guess that senility can be to blame, but even in this most demented state, the old Bill still rears his head a few days a month. That was the writer I admired. Well—Nothing lasts forever 🤔Best wishes Tom🙏
Mr. L, The last two years, Bill has increasingly made lots of generalizations and often cherry-picked stats, just like leftists/propagandists regularly do. Then he will snap back and sound like the old Bill. Yes, something is not quite right here.
Yes, Bongo Bill is a silly, pathetic, demented old man whenever he writes about Trump. I notice you've got a lot of likes for your post while your critic, little Patty boy, got none.
Like my mom used to say (RIP) " thats the way it goes" and as Tyrus would say "nuff said". So we move forward with thoughts and a modicum of wisdom.
Johnie , hope to see u are going also. don't let door hit u in the ass either.
Sorry to disappoint you, Patty boy, but I'm staying unless they kick me out. Bongo Bill is not why I subscribe to this newsletter. It's Dan and Tom. And I can easily ignore people like you.
Johnie , Then why do u keep up with Ur juvenile name calling and ridicules off the wall comments on Bills articles. Cant stand the truth of the world situation right now , huh? I suppose U want readers to believe U are smarter then Bill Bonner , Well, from my reading of Ur gibberish U have a long way to go for that.
🤣 You're a hoot, Patty boy. I do insult Bongo Bill because his columns are insulting in the half-baked analysis that he does. But many times, I do more than that and explain why Bongo Bill is off base. In a response to "Angry..", on this page, who was concerned Trump is not very articulate, I enumerated several policies that Trump gets right, policies Bongo Bill never mentions in his one-sided deranged analysis of the Trump administration. Take a look. But I have gone into detail many times previously, more so in the past because Bongo Bill just regurgitates the same things over and over and I'm not going to waste my time anymore repeating the things I've written many times before. He's not worth it and neither are you.
All they know is LIE, then when caught, it's Deflect, Deny, Ignore.
The same tired playbook over and over. And they've convinced themselves that they are the intelligent ones.
LMAO....
Tom , don't let the door hit u in the ass.
For sure
Sick of the anti-Trump rhetoric and lies that he violates the Constitution, since every single thing he does is examined by bogus District Courts operating as if they have veto power over the chief executive, which Constitutionally they do not, plus further scrutiny by the Supreme Court. The President has the obligation to take over DC in the absence of the rule or law or safety for the citizens and Federal government officials and staff.
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Where was your Constitutional concern over the bogus ‘election’ of the brain dead puppet, Joe Biden and previous attempts by Obama along with his puppet, to destroy the Constitutional Republic, import 30 million illegal aliens, destroy the fiscal soundness of the USA, and foment race and class hate to take down the USA by internal strife or even civil war. Obama’s pro-tranny anti-family stance, his DEI BS, and destruction of foundational subject teaching in favor of far left social values was an effort to end the competition of a true meritocracy, his and the democrats NGO money laundering scam bled the US Treasury for years, with no audits or verification of a benefit to the nation,
We now know that Hillary and Obama and many others in the leftist Deep State colluded to take down a sitting President from 2016 through 2020, followed by bogus prosecutions for four years and culminating in 2 Assassination attempts before the 2024 election. The facts are coming out about all of this and we can hope these CRIMINALS face a just sentence for TREASON.
What has Trump done since January 21, 2025:
- 7 peace treaties to date(August 13, 2024)
-DOGE audits of government fraud, waste, abuse, with new monitoring systems in place.
-ended the money laundering under USAID and other NGO linked scams
-ended DEI /CRT bias and race based policies in school, government and institutions.
- ended Trans gender males in female sports and private spaces
-ended gender based mutilation of children under age 18
-removed over 100,000 illegals and established a self deportation system,
-reinforced law enforcement across America
- closed the Southern border to criminals, illegals, and cartels
-bolstered the enlistment and re-enlistment of US Military with several programs.
- closed the payments of our tax dollars Medicaid, Snap, etc, to non US citizens
- closed the department of education (really indoctrination)
-gives God Credit for our many blessings
-picked the best cabinet we have ever had
-got Congress to pass the big beautiful bill
- returned Christmas and Easter to the White House
- requires accountability in government agency budgets and contracts: verification of benefit to taxpayers and work completed.
-Federal funds for areas neglected particularly farms and law enforcement
-new programs to support our veterans.
-4th of July celebration in our Capitol.
-ongoing efforts to end the Ukraine/Russia War.
-ongoing efforts to end the Middle East crises and bring relief to Gaza.
-requires Universities to protect all students of any race or religion and condemns mistreatment of Jewish students.
-negotiated dozens of tariff programs to provide some parity with tariffs USA pays out.
- reversed the Panama Canal giveaway by Carter, to return control to USA
-brought fun into the Republican Party via MAGA
-required NATO countries to pay more of their share.
-took us out of the corrupt WHO
- Melania!
- all the other Trumps.
Anyone who gets their political news from the WSJ OR WaPo must know is is a biased leftist source of opinion, not fact.
Trump is not perfect but he is way better than any President of my lifetime. He, unlike the lying left, is doing what he promised the electorate.
I was a democrat for over 50 years and came to my senses during Trump’s first term. In 2025 he was ready, he is strong, he will not be deterred by the lies of MSM.
Great job spitting FACTS, Mary.
For those of you keeping track at home and at the risk of exploding some pin heads - when it comes to Appeals and/or SCOTUS rulings over the last 7 months, Trump is 𝟭𝟳 - 𝟬. And that doesn't count the victories over prior dimocrat communist Lawfare through Dismissal or Overturning of nearly every bogus "verdict" you morons chirped incessantly about for the last 4 years. You've now lost nearly ALL of those too.
Y'all are LOSING - Badly. We are taking back our Country. Nearly time for you domestic enemies to turn violent - as the left always does....
PS - You're gonna lose badly there as well....
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mary. Your excellent post will be lost on Bongo Bill, but for those of us lucky enough to have read it, it was a great summary.
Brilliant, Mary, well done!!!
Beautiful Mary💕💕
Very well written and thought out, Mary! Congrats!
Thanks to all who commented. Your encouragement means a lot to me,
MaryR
Yikes Mary!
This is probably the most hateful Trump diatribe I have ever read. The wars are not Trump's wars. He is trying to end them and the wars were created by the limp-wristed Biden Administration. You make no mention of the other nations of the world putting tariffs on us? Nor the millions of factory jobs which have left the USA over the past 50 years due to our very own policies. Nor the liberal law enforcement policies of the left driving up crime in the USA. Nor the inflation and the lawfare of the previous administration.
It is fine to attack the Big Man, but at least provide some context to what he is up against. He is trying to do something about it, unlike his recent predecessors. He was under attack the whole of his first administration and is only now free to make changes. Do I like everything he is doing? No! But please be fair, lest you end up like the rest of the fake-news propagandists.
Too late....
OK, Gang... Get Murray's "Laugh of the Day" right here! Best always. PM
I've stopped taking Bongo Bill so seriously as to give him the serious and truthful reply that you just did. He's beyond any rationality when it comes to Trump. As I noted in my post: it's a new heavy metal band: Bongo Bill and the Drivelthons! He deserves no more of a response. But it is always refreshing to read an intelligent response to Bongo Bill's drivel.
"𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘝𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵/𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵/𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘌𝘚𝘎, 𝘋𝘌𝘐 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴."
Fixed it for you, Bill. You're welcome.....
The Dems have no one to blame but themselves for the reign of Trump.
"Fixed for you, Bill. You're welcome.... " 🤣
Guess Bill just can't help himself, again! I thought BPR was a financial newsletter but I guess the Big Man (Bonner) also has decided to use it as his personal opinion platform to educate and inform his readers about his political and other views/opinions. Yes, Bill, you are entitled to your opinions and viewpoints on any and all political and other issues (just like your readers) but I'm not interested in paying BPR to read your views and opinions on US politics, including but not limited to your dislike and criticism of President Trump. Yes, we know he's not perfect but he's a hell of a lot better than anyone the Dems could put in office. BPR needs to focus on its primary mission which I thought is publishing a financial newsletter. Sorry, you're not helping the team with your political BS. With all due respect, you need to focus on renovating your homes and let Dan and Tom carry the ball. It's time, and they are doing a great job.
Oh, give Bongo Bill a break. He only writes the stuff he writes because he's an idiot. Writing and hating Trump are two of his hobbies. So, he's been able to combine them in this forum. I get much more out of the responses to Bill's missives then what Bill writes.
Damn Bill, a police state! If that means keeping people safe when they’re walking the streets of our capital city then I say, bring it on. You worry me sometimes.
The only reason I subscribe is for Dan's information. BB has gone off the deep end a long time ago.
My theory is that Bill and Donald played a game of chess about 40 years ago, and mid-game Bill realized Donald was playing 3D CHESS! Bill's king was then a mere pawn and the game was over. As a trained medical professional, I diagnose PTSD in Bill, festering lo these many years.
... I am hopeful most all of the Donald's policies are affective as planned.
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But... have you "really listened" to Trump's attempts at articulation?
He does not appear that intelligent.
Often I have heard the "3D chess" analogy and I don't agree.
Not sure the Donald even knows the proper chess piece moves.
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I see it while the world plays chess, Trump is mastering 3-D tic tac toe.
Some people have the gift of words, some don't. Being articulate gives the plausibility of intelligence, but it is not always the case as I have witnessed over and over. I will admit that there are many who are articulate and who are actually intelligent but who have accepted ideas and a political philosophy that is in complete contradiction to the fundamental facts of reality.
Trump is not articulate, but in his own way, he is wise. He understands fundamental facts like: it takes productive effort for human beings to survive and flourish; it takes reliable energy to fuel productive effort; it takes taking down roadblocks (regulations) to unleash productive effort; our country will not survive in a dangerous world as a service economy - we must produce the critical items we need to survive as a nation; it takes law enforcement to curb crime.... etc. He may talk like a blue collar worker, like a "truck driver", but he's driving the truck in the right direction. As opposed to the effete socialist pigs - or as I call them, the Progressive Fascist Nihilist Enviro-Nazi Horde - who have no idea how reality works but can articulate their idiotic ideas in the most articulate way. This is why most of what we call philosophy is nothing but intellectual gibberish.
...I still disagree that Trump possesses any deep inteligencia.
Understanding fundamentals society needs does not require a diploma.
Trump does not hide the fact he is likely the most conceited man in the world.
... talks to anyone.
... has no problem saying stupid things.
... does not hide when confronted and revels in confrontation.
Trump is genuine... and I believe that is the attraction for many.
That's why liberals fear him.
They recognize the man means what he says.
When Trump speaks, liberals hear dictator.
I get it. You might be right. I'm keeping my fingers crossed like lots of others, maybe have a laugh along the way.
Maybe, and that's ok with me. I'll take Actions and Results over Words any day of the week...
BB is one of the last fiscal conservatives left, in the UK the bond markets stop us borrowing much more, unfortunately there seems no limit in the US, until there is, one day.
Not sure in world where nations are 250 trillion upside-down that a fiscal conservative is what the world needs today. Seems a bit late in the game. We need a worldwide monetary system that is based on various commodities and, I think it is about ready to happen.
Everything Mr. Bonner laments has truth.
It’s always interesting bestowing just one side.
Trump is taking liberties that had his predecessor not conversely engaged in the same, it might be more disturbing and perhaps not as compulsory.
The Kenya Times? wth.......... Also, any rag that calls themselves "independent" is likely not
The circus never leaves town, it just gets a bigger tent. President Trump, WE’RE GONNA DO IT ALL AGAIN! Deport the poor! Tax their ashes! Make America White Again, like a big ol’ load of political laundry bleached to death in the sun! Hell Yes! 😂
It’s funny, you know… funny in the way terminal illness is funny, because you’re already screwed, but you get to watch it happen in slow motion. The founders wanted a government that couldn’t do this… but here we are, with a guy who treats the Constitution like a hotel Bible, keeps it in the drawer until he needs to bludgeon someone with it.
Hell yeah, the Big Man’s just reloading the same policy shotgun he emptied last time. Border crackdowns, Medicare gutting, social security trims, call it what it is, cutting the safety net so tight it turns into a noose. Bombs for breakfast, tariffs for lunch, and another pandemic for dessert, served with a side of martial law because “practice makes perfect,” right? The DC police takeover? That’s just the dress rehearsal for Act Two of the Apocalypse: The Lockdown Boogaloo.
By the time the curtain rises on 2026, the Big Man will slip his collar completely, running the show like a game of “Simon Says” where Simon has nukes, a Truth Social account, and an allergy to reading. Tariffs? Sure, but let’s call them what they are, massive taxes on Americans, with the bonus feature of pushing allies straight into China’s waiting arms. Constitution? More like a speed bump on the road to “Because I Said So-ville.” And the kicker, he’s doing it all while telling us it’s for our own good, the same way a pickpocket tells you he’s just “adjusting your wallet for comfort.”
So yeah, this ain’t new. This is the sequel nobody asked for but everybody’s getting, and the joke, just like the empire, is on us.
Off your meds, huh?
Yeah… the meds thing… funny… I guess that’s what folks say when they run outta arguments but still want to sound clever. If I was medicated, I’d need a higher dose just to endure the tragic sitcom you call a political worldview. The only prescription I need is for a bigger audience that knows a DICTATOR when they see one! 😂
Lemme know when you, Bonner and people who think as you do are no longer allowed to write/post things about Trump that are derogatory and untrue - then we can consider your "Dictator" fantasy....
Star-Man! ⭐️💫🪐🚀👽🛸
You know, we can all complain it’s not a dictatorship, and we can all also scream while we are sinking in quicksand, but it doesn’t mean the global economy is not going under. Dictators love letting you talk, it’s how they figure out who to round up first! Freedom of speech isn’t worth much if the people in charge treat it like a Yelp review for a restaurant they already plan on bulldozing. You don’t measure tyranny by whether they let you talk, you measure it by how little it matters when you do.
News Flash - Throughout History the words have never mattered unless they were followed up with caps a'poppin' and bodies droppin'....
Trouble is SE, by then it’s too late. Egypt echos my concerns. That said, when is the last time we could trust our government? Ike? The lies of Vietnam and Watergate began the corrosion of trust that has led us to a President who has made a living lying, whether to entertain, or to fleece those foolish enough to invest in him.
Starry ,To numerous to list for U.
... I think the meds comment is meant to be exactly what it implies.
You seem to think there is something more to it.
Likely the same issue you have ciphering Trump.
I beleive you are anticipating what is simply not there...
What would you do to save America?
Well I reckon that’s a mighty fine question there, first thing? Stop confusing the stock market with the economy, one’s a casino, the other’s whether people can afford bread without pawning their teeth. Invest in Education, Infrastructure, and Healthcare, because if your people are Starving, Sick, and Dumb, you’re not a superpower, you’re a reality show waiting for cancellation! Stop treating democracy like a vending machine where you shove in corporate money and expect freedom to come out. And here’s a crazy idea, follow the Constitution, trade fairly, keep your allies, and quit acting like the world’s drunk uncle at Thanksgiving. You’d be amazed how far that’ll take you.
Instead, what we’ve got is an Administration confusing GDP growth with actual prosperity, patting themselves on the back while wages crawl and debt skyrockets. We’re still shoveling billions into defense while roads crumble, students drown in loans, and small businesses get squeezed like a juicy lemon for the multinationals!
Instead of protecting democratic norms, they’re cherry-picking when to respect the rules, kinda like a referee who bets on the game. Foreign policy? Half reactive, half performative, alienating allies we need for stability, while cozying up to regimes that treat the word “democracy” like a punchline. It’s like they read the playbook, upside down.
First I agree we need to take care of our people. To do that we need to turn this big ship 180 degees. We can not allow the rest of the world use us as their police, their dumping ground of cheap shit we don't need. Our people have lost their jobs, or work at wages of China or
Mexico. The large multinationals & Clinton sold us down the River for power & profit.
Big ships don't turn on a dime, & they don't turn at all with out radical change.
Let us buck up and get it done.
Then we will be able to do the items you want done.
...what is funny, your accusations of anti-democratic policies aimed at the current President, which if measured by real or perceived actual acts of unconstitutionality would arguably render his predecessor as or even more culpable.
But... here you are.
I get it, you’re also playing the “but the other guy” game, like some kid caught stealing cookies pointing at his brother’s crumbs. Real top tier civic discourse there, Champ! Yes, we know the last guy was a train wreck too, but that doesn’t mean we let this one drive the next train off the same Cliff. Your logic is like saying your surgeon killed the last patient, so you might as well let him operate again, because, you know, consistency matters. Congrats, you’ve officially argued that because the last arsonist burned down half the city, this one’s entitled to torch the rest, Hell yeah, democracy’s in great hands! 😂
...actually I am of the opinion the predecessor prompted the current lout.
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The relevancy it seems is the same un-democratic meddling that you're bellyaching about, motivated even those inflicted with TDS to go Orange.
I get it, so it’s like trading in your rusted-out Pinto for a hearse with no brakes, then blaming the undertaker for suggesting you ditch the Pinto. You bought a car that was already on fire and now you’re mad at the guy who pointed out the smoke! If that’s the case, why not just become a marriage counselor and advice your repeated customers, let’s call them “clients” to marry someone worse than their ex just to spite them, then act surprised when they burn down their house. 😂
... I don't think you understand, Trump is POTUS precisely because of what folks previously voted for.
Whether the "trade" you reference is a Hearse or a Maserati is subjective.
Seems you enjoy hand wringing.
Use soap, it lubricates and cleanses...
“It’s a floor wax!” “It’s a dessert topping.” “Wait - you’re both right!”
From an ancient SNL skit.
Time will Tell, Gypt.
The difference is that if what you write comes to pass, only one of us will be cheering.....
Please tell us who you think would and could do a better job, just a couple of names (regardless of party affiliation), please.
Oh, sure, let’s play the old “name two saints to fix the sewer” game, because that’s what fixes systemic rot, more names for the Rolodex of disappointment. How about Abraham “Honest Abe” Lincoln, oh wait, he’s busy being dead, just like your hope for competence. Yeah, names are easy, the hard part’s finding one that won’t turn into a bloated caricature of themselves in six months. Ok Fine, hire Jesse Ventura, because if we’re gonna have a circus, we might as well hire a guy who already knows how to wrestle clowns and body slam corruption. A governor who’d walk into congress wearing camo and demand to see the receipts! The guy’s half conspiracy nut, half pro-wrestler… so basically, the perfect resume for modern politics. Hell, at least he’d scare the lobbyists into wetting their loafers, which is more than I can say for your average party-line meat puppet.
I feel like I'm on crazy pills reading your latest newsletter. The President has the authority to use the DC police for emergencies. It may be unprecedented, but not illegal. It is a bold move by a leader who wants to improve the nation's capital city while working within the framework of the law. It is obvious to anyone with a pulse that DC is a filthy crime ridden mess. Day or night, you are wise to look over your shoulder to make sure you are not being targeted. The city is being managed by woefully incompetent leaders, and it is time to show some pride and take it back.
Whenever the President of the United States determines that special conditions of an emergency nature exist which require the use of the Metropolitan Police force for federal purposes,” the law provides, the president may require the city’s mayor to provide him “such services of the Metropolitan Police force as the President may deem necessary and appropriate.”
Where is the proof that an emergency exists besides the questionable word of the potus.
You are truly a moron, Patrick. Just because you ignore reality doesn't mean it isn't there....
Is it possible to get a transparent accounting of how the BPR portfolio has performed since the “Trade of the Decade” on 1/27/21 (when XOP was first added), including dividends and all closed positions reinvested on a prorated basis into the remaining open positions or new recommendations (ie, real-life decisions)? It would be nice to compare to other benchmarks to see if it is worth wading thru all the Bonner opinions.
The Constitution officially jumped the shark in 1861.
And to this day honest (LOL) Abe is still lionized as a super hero president.
Francis P. Sempa wrote in "The Diplomat" of January 26, 2019: "In his 1904 paper “The Geographical Pivot of History,” Halford Mackinder warned that China could one day threaten to upset the global balance of power by organizing the resources of Eurasia and building an invincible sea power. Today, China’s cooperation with Russia, its Belt and Road Initiative, its growing presence in the Indian Ocean and Africa, and its burgeoning sea power are evidence of Mackinder’s prophetic powers."
So the policy which the State Department has followed since the fall of Communism, of pushing at Russia, seems to be helping all this to come true.
Mackinder went on to write: “What if … the whole World-Island or a large part of it, were at some future time to become a single and united base of sea-power? Would not the other insular bases be outbuilt as regards ships and outmanned as regards seamen? Their fleets would no doubt fight with all the heroism begotten of their histories, but the end would be fated.”
Now they`re pushing at India too. If you make enough enemies, you`re finished.
Excellent points, I guess. A few post-1904 things come to mind, among them: Airplanes, Missiles and Atomic Bombs....