{"id":71902,"date":"2026-07-13T08:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=71902"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:13:28","slug":"what-is-trumps-current-play-on-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=71902","title":{"rendered":"

“What is Trump’s current play on America?”<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Invade Canada (and save Iran)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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One of the benefits of working in the ER in Canada is that it develops a deep understanding of human psychology and the consequences that come from it.<\/p>\n

The repercussions of addiction show up in many ways, especially in the hospital. The obvious ones are overdoses, accidents from intoxication and gluttony -> arthritis -> heart attacks then strokes. The psychology of fear driving people to their deaths doesn’t just affect the fear plagued individual (for example the fear of infection driving people to take an even more deadly medical experiment) Unreasonable fear can drive others to their deaths as well. (for example soldiers being sent to die in the middle east over non-issues) The consequences of addiction, particularly to narratives has far reaching consequences. For example Armageddon addiction was directed by Pete Hesgeth to get US soldiers excited for dying for and killing in the name of Rapture. Powers that be know all the prevalent narratives out there, and maybe even are the authors of a lot of them, even the 1000 and 2000 year old stories. What is undeniable, is how much they are experts in leveraging those narratives today to manipulate followers.<\/p>\n

What is Trump’s current play on America?<\/strong> (the Armageddon one seemed to have failed)<\/p>\n

First take note of the back and forth seesaw of “Peace” then “No Peace” in Iran.
\nThe US is perfectly capable of telling ships to follow Iran’s approved shipping routes and paying tolls. This would bring lasting relief for Americans and the entire world immediately.<\/p>\n

But this isn’t happening. Americans get the hope of peace, only to see the US government trash it over and over again.<\/p>\n

What’s the game?<\/strong><\/p>\n

When hopes get betrayed repeatedly what happens?
\n(Families of addiction patients in the ER are great examples of what happens when promises are broken over and over again. First there’s, frustration, then escalation (“You’ve got to fight the addiction harder!”) and finally dejection when escalation to the 9’s doesn’t work.)<\/p>\n

Is Trump trying to frustrate and anger Americans?<\/strong>
\n(Is he ramping up for an escalation with the repeated failures of cease fires?)<\/p>\n

Why would he want to do that? First let’s take a step back and look at Trump’s big problem.<\/p>\n

The Problem:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

There is massive opposition to the war. The first news of automatic enlistment in the draft earlier this year didn’t go well. Competent college kids would rather disappear into the woods than get scooped up, sent far away and shot at. The odds of survival, (or not dying the slow death of mandatory military vaccinations and Gulf War syndrome (yes American history showed time and again that the state likes to use soldiers for experiments) are far higher roughing it in the woods with bears than it is surviving under someone’s “command”.
\nThere is so much opposition that the idea spread widely that it is better to shoot the recruiter and go to jail than be dragged off to die in the middle east. Most people have already seen the videos from the Ukraine where husbands and fathers are dragged off to die on the frontlines. While Ukrainians may only have household implements to defend themselves, in a country that has second amendment rights, I don’t think Americans will put up with it. I don’t think there’s enough swat teams to go after all the soon to be draft dodgers objecting to the war in Iran.<\/p>\n

Trump’s Long Game<\/strong><\/h3>\n

To create support for more attacks and maybe even a ground invasion, the state may be trying to leverage high food prices, high gas prices, and inflationary pain. Even a market crash can be blamed on Iran with the right spokesperson spinning the right narrative.
\n(Why market crash? For those who still have money in stocks, eventually putting food on the table takes priority over making money for retirement. My guess is a 401k selloff might be the trigger this time, once food and fuel reach the breaking point.)<\/p>\n

People becoming frustrated with the seesaw broken promises of peace then war, combined with escalating costs of life, are more likely to support a war just to “get it over with”.<\/p>\n

Trump creates the problem, ramps up the anger and frustration, then gives a scapegoat to take the blame. What does it take to create support for sending the next generation to go and die for “prosperity”? A great depression?<\/p>\n

Who, knows for sure, but that seems to be the direction that government is pushing towards.<\/p>\n

Solutions?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1: Invade Canada. If a war must be won to bring down gas prices…. a ground invasion of Canada will have far fewer casualties and is far cheaper.
\nThe body count of US soldiers will be negligible, and an invasion could be successfully completed without having to do a draft. (Plenty of oil, and also very cheap to occupy)<\/p>\n

2: Bypassing the US government in negotiations is another possible solution. This would put the ball is in Iran’s court. How could that be done?
\nIran could publicly negotiate with Americans directly through media with statements such as “The Iranian government wants affordable fuel for everyone, even America. (Please just leave us alone, and you can have affordable food and gas again) This can redirect American anger to where it belongs: the US government.<\/p>\n

3: The living different solution. Along the same line as college kids disappearing from the government’s recruiters, people can isolate themselves from government destruction by barter and trade outside the financial system. Food paid for by the trade or exchange of labor can keep people alive. Scrap the lawn and have food beds. Less store, more garden. Grow as much as you can on your own, whether on a windowsill or apartment rooftop. (Or just invade Canada and take the agricultural output. It’s ok, empires do that all the time.)<\/p>\n

Independent fuel is a bit more complicated. But for people who are motivated it is feasible. Guerrilla oil refining isn’t rocket science. Depending on where you are, crude oil is easy to get. It literally comes up from the ground, sometimes even when the pumpjack is not even running. (A friend of mine used to run grey market oil across the border from Canada to the US. Canada has quota limits on refining that left a lot of oil unharvested, sometimes pooling around the wells. US refineries would take this grey market Canadian oil and pay cash to the tanker trucks that ran it across the border.) If all you want is diesel, it can be done with a simple still setup. Heat the crude with steam in a short tower till the propane, butane and pentane rise to the top. Flare that off. Tap off and collect hexane, heptane and octane just below. Light diesel, heavy diesel, and heating oil come off one after the other as you get closer to the bottom. After a refining run, the waste at the bottom of the still is tar. The Mad Max dystopia and leather costumes are all completely unnecessary. (In a way, you could say that the entire movie series was Hollywood programming people to have fear of small and locally sufficient civilizations.)<\/p>\n

Cheers.
\nDr. Nagase<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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