Below is my column in The Hill on the restoration of voting rights for D.C. residents without the need for a constitutional amendment. That path has always been open and has been used before. It is called retrocession. The problem is that Democrats have long opposed the change because it would deny them two additional Senate seats, even though it would give them at least one new House seat.
Here is the column:
The deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. has led to a media and political meltdown. In the New York Times, a column lamented that the military had not revolted against the civilian president.
Even, so, commentators declared a “coup” because the federal government reasserted its constitutional power over the federal district. A Justice Department employee went so far as to scream profanities at federal officers on the street and assault one of them with a submarine sandwich. He was declared a “freedom fighter” against “the Gestapo.”
The utter lunacy of the left was again triggered by Trump with an almost Pavlovian predictability. Trump rang the bell, and suddenly thousands of Democratic leaders began to salivate. In addition to denying a very real crime crisis in the district, Democrats immediately pivoted on the issue to renew unpopular demands for D.C. statehood.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, insisted that this was only happening because “American citizens lack the protections of statehood.”
Ankit Jain echoed that view. Jain occupies a farcical position as “D.C. shadow senator,” an unpaid position in which he pretends to be a member of the U.S. Senate. Jain wrote that “it’s entirely possible that people will die as a result” of the deployment. He insisted that this would not occur in states where democracy governs: “We may not have it in Washington, but if you live in any of the other 50 states, you do.”
Over the years, I have testified five times in the House and Senate to argue for the restoration of full representation for residents in Washington, D.C. Residents could have a governor, two real U.S. senators, a voting representative in the House, a state legislature, and every other trapping of statehood. It needs only to go back whence it came.
D.C. needs to return to Maryland through “retrocession.”
In academic writings, I have advocated for what I called “modified retrocession” where Maryland would take back the land given initially to create what was called “the federal city.”
The Framers did not want the capital under the control of any state, so they created the federal enclave to be under the control of Congress as a whole. Originally, the outlines of the federal city were laid out by none other than George Washington as the surveyor. It was a diamond shape, with territory ceded by both Virginia and Maryland. Within a few decades, Virginians in what is now Arlington County and Alexandria came to regret not having direct representatives and were allowed to retrocede back to their state.
That left the triangle of territory from Maryland. However, Marylanders did not agree with their Virginian counterparts. They liked living in the federal enclave and decided to remain without direct representation.
Congress previously allowed retrocession and could do so again. Under my prior proposal, the federal enclave would be reduced to the small sliver of land upon which our Capitol, Supreme Court, and the White House rest.
It would finally give every Washington resident full representation. Also, in a city notoriously mismanaged for years, D.C. residents would be part of a state that excels in areas like education that could materially improve their positions.
So if the lack of representation is so intolerable, why wouldn’t Washington return to Maryland? It would give every Washington resident a voting representative in the U.S. House, two senators, a governor in a sovereign state, and a state legislature.
The reason is politics at its most cynical and hypocritical.
Democrats only want two senators representing D.C. if it boosts their numbers. It’s not good enough to give them Maryland’s senators. What’s more, Maryland Democrats will not suffer a shift in the center of their state’s political gravity from Baltimore to Washington. Finally, D.C. Democratic leaders are not eager to share power with Maryland Democrats, as they might gain all the trappings of a state.
This is why, for decades, Democrats have settled to leave D.C. voters without direct representation in Congress. They decided it is better to lament the lack of representation on license plates than to give residents such representation through retrocession of the residential sections of D.C. to Maryland.
Polling shows that most Americans still oppose statehood for this one city — a Vatican-like city-state. That is why Democrats are not keen on attempting a new constitutional amendment to change the status of the city. They would rather bewail the lack of direct representation while, ironically, trying to achieve effective statehood without a direct vote of citizens on a constitutional amendment.
The fact is, Trump has every right to deploy the National Guard in Washington and to take over the D.C. police. Those are entirely lawful and constitutional orders. Yet the New York Times appears to have changed its position on the danger of insurrection.
The Times recently ran a bizarre column by former Obama officials Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson, “We Used to Think the Military Would Stand Up to Trump. We Were Wrong.” They complain that “it now seems clear to us that the military will not rescue Americans from Mr. Trump’s misuse of the nation’s military capabilities.”
The “rescue” would have meant military personnel disobeying a direct order from the commander-in-chief because they disagreed with the need for the deployment. In fairness to the New York Times, that is not exactly an insurrection — it is more of a mutiny.
What is striking about this debate is how entirely untethered it is from anything that touches upon reality.
Statehood remains easily attainable for Washington, if Democrats would only stop opposing retrocession. Meanwhile, the deployment is clearly constitutional, regardless of how many columns or submarine sandwiches you throw about in another furious fit.
The only thing that is clear is that Washington residents are again being played. They remain political props left stateless because returning them to full representation is not politically advantageous. They are given make-believe “shadow senators” and protest license plates rather than restoring their prior status. As with the debate over crime, few want to discuss how to solve this problem.
Given the opposition of the Democrats, Trump should take the lead and order federal officials to develop a blueprint for retrocession. He should use his office to fully inform the American people, and particularly D.C. residents, of the benefits of returning to Maryland.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and the author of the best-selling book “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”
I’ll heartily agree with giving most of DC back to the various states-upon one condition. That being that the part that Virginia would gain, along with the northern part of Virginia that’s become DC minor, go to Maryland.
Only Maryland and Virginia transferred territory to the “federal district.” Virginia’s was returned a long time ago.
If Washingtonians wish to have the right to vote then Washington D.C. should honor this vote held in 1826 and have Maryland take them back into the fold.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85025006/1826-03-03/ed-1/?sp=3&st=image&r=0.347,0.252,0.313,0.185,0
The only reason why they won’t do that is because, as someone else had pointed out, they won’t get two sitting senators, along with their new statehood status. And that’s the only thing the democrats care about: Power. Unlimited Power.
https://tenor.com/view/u-unlimited-power-star-wars-lightning-gif-14542323
If Washington D.C. were to become the 51st state then the State of Jefferson should separate from California and become the 52nd state of the Union. And if Puerto Rico join the Union as the 53rd state then the eastern half of Oregon should separate from the western half. Not to join Idaho to form Greater Idaho but to form a state of their own. They can call their new state, East Oregon.
Of course, if the Canadian province of Alberta separate from the rest of Canada and wish to join our Union, they should be allow to. Given how unequal Alberta is treated among their government, I would think they would jump at such an opportunity to do so. Because even though Alberta have close to 5 million people living there, they only get 6 (unelected) senators. While the province of New Brunswick having less than 800,000 people living there, they get 10 (unelected) senators.
:Crazed Canadian MP ATTACKS The USA – MESSAGE TO LOSER CHARLIE ANGUS” – PJ The Belt (YouTube)
It is of course motivated by power first and foremost, as you so rightly pointed out. But right behind that, is money. A new State of DC would have millions of square feet of premium (and occupied) real estate conveyed to it from the Federal government. The new state would commence billing the Federal government market rates for every square ft.. of it – billions annually.
A simple and perfect solution made impossible by the Dems. They can’t be satisfied with an extra House seat–they laughably want statehood and two senators representing a teeny-tiny slice of population and land. They truly belong in Sillyville (a childhood place in a story I used to read to my son–when he was 4).
I have supported retrocession to Maryland since the 1970’s.
DC is merely a city, or a handful of neighborhoods — not a state. The demand for the rights of statehood has long been drowned in a form of Woke that precludes all rational discussion, as the issue is little more than religiosity and emotionalism.
Turley’s proposal is the most reasonable: trim the federal district to just a few central federal buildings, and restore the voting rights to DC proper by retrocession with Maryland.
Washington, DC, is 68 square miles. Los Angeles, CA, by contrast, is 469 square miles. I would say it’s patently absurd to even consider making the seat of government its own state, but clearly Democrats are crazy like a fox. They simply need to frame it as making DC its own state is the only possible way to allow the citizens of DC representation, and their voters won’t question it.
*. Yes, PT’s solution sounds fine. Originally it was 10×10 Sq miles or 100 square miles. Portion was taken back or given back to Virginia. Maryland can do the same. The easiest solution is likely the best.
OT: Wasn’t there fighting in Crimea between 2 factions before Putin entered? Even with a peace agreement what will stop the two entities from fighting? Putin will help the same people again.
Perhaps scaling this problem way back to Crimea is an approach. Crimea voted in 2014. Make Crimea into its own tiny country and let them fight it out. Everyone hands off. No arms sales etc. Zelensky nor Putin can help. If Crimea causes WWIII that’s a problem. Divide Crimea. Deeply concerning.
Carpe Diem
*. Another article regarding AI, The Atlantic, August 18, 2025, AI Mass Delusion.
It’s become bizarre. Jeffries is threatening Noem. Absurd DC statehood. Maybe Texas can split into North and South Texas and maybe all other States can follow the idiocy. Ot as the city of Gaza in Israel declaring itself a the nation of Palestime maybe NYC can declare itself a nation.
Exactly what does DC the State have to offer the other 49 States as a State? Your brilliance, talent, scholarship, industry, your virtues? Quid pro quo, what are you offering?
“what does DC the State have to offer the other 49 States”
There are 50 other states you f-ing imbecile.
Jeezus i get tired of reading your gibberish.
Who is forcing you to?
*. Actually the Bering Straits is used by Russia thus the meeting in Alaska. The straits between Crimea and Russia can be used by either Ukraine or Russia. If Russia wanted a landmass for invasion they have it. It’s ridiculous. 70 to 80 percent of crimea speak Russian but if Ukraine doesn’t keep crimea it won’t have access to straits.
Good luck
If you know the history of Ukraine you would know there are a lot more than two factions in Ukraine, which has been ruled by multiple countries over the centuries. Ukraine was a territory and never a country until August 24, 1991. Many of their politicians and diplomats are in the pay of foreign countries. But that’s another problem.
The eastern provinces are home to a lot of ethnic Russians (but not a majority as often reported) who want to break away and join Russia. They mostly live in enclaves that allowed Ukraine to send missiles in killing many residents.
Ethnic Composition of Donbas
Ukrainians: Approximately 56.9% of the population in Donetsk Oblast and 58% in Luhansk Oblast identify as ethnic Ukrainians.
Russians: Ethnic Russians make up about 38.2% of the population in Donetsk Oblast and 39% in Luhansk Oblast.
Other Ethnic Groups: The remaining population includes various ethnic minorities, including Belarusians, Tatars, and others.
This is very unlike Crimea which was fought over for centuries by the Russians and Turks and was part of Russia before Joseph Stalin included Crimea in Ukraine as a purely administrative measure. That means the vote to with Russia was assured.
That is not true with Ukraine, no one knows how the break away republics would vote. The area is rich with natural resources and has much more fertile soil than Russia poor soil. Ukraine is known as the ‘bread basket of Europe’. Both sides covet and want those Oblasts (i.e. state) in their country. That is why a land swap is being suggested. Certain areas would return to Russia and other areas in Russia would be put in Ukraine.
The ethnic problem is not just from years of Russian rule. Stalin purposely manipulated populations by moving whole ethnic populations out of mineral rich areas and replacing them with Great Russian populations to assure loyalty to Russia. As you can see it is not an easily solved problem with just a ‘vote’ and whatever the outcome their will be dissenters with neither side satified. The land swap might actually be a better alternative.
Ukraine should join forces with Syria to lead a push north to Moscow from Sumy and Belgorod
in a sort of “Prigozhin 2.0”, if you will.
….regardless of how many columns or submarine sandwiches you throw about in another furious fit.
The Democrats/Leftists could throw a black lesbian impersonating Jesus Christ and a drag queen as Judas. Yup, they did. Bereft by no other name.
Anna Barren: ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ – poster child of deconstructionism
For every version that rolls out, “Jesus Christ Superstar” merits accusations of blasphemy. The latest version, performed in early August at the Hollywood Bowl, is no exception. But this blasphemous rock opera should also receive criticism for its artistic failure. Not surprisingly, it gets resounding praise instead, lauded for its uneven, wild, challenging nature. “It’s revolutionary. A masterpiece.” But it’s not revolutionary. It’s already been done. And no, casting a black lesbian as Jesus and a drag queen as Judas doesn’t make it any more revolutionary than when it came out in the 1970s.
Now it’s just on a stage that looks like they forgot to set it, filled with poorly costumed actors and distracting fake fingernails. It’s deconstruction at its finest, an icon of postmodernity demonstrating what we are losing by entertainment like this.
https://1819news.com/culture/anna-barren-jesus-christ-superstar-poster-child-of-deconstructionism
I liked the 1973 movie. That was before wokeness.
I’m just shocked to find out that Nazis hate it when they are called…Nazis.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/elon-musks-thermonuclear-media-matters-lawsuit-may-be-fizzling-out/
– – – posted by a Media Matters troll.
“I’m just shocked to find out that Nazis hate it when they are called…Nazis.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/elon-musks-thermonuclear-media-matters-lawsuit-may-be-fizzling-out/”
Gigi, I’m sorry to say that your leftist tech media is wrong as usual. You’re going down, and not just behind the dumpster.
I’m just shocked to find out that Nazis hate it when they are called…Nazis.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/elon-musks-thermonuclear-media-matters-lawsuit-may-be-fizzling-out/
AND-Arstechnica is so reliable with their Tesla and Musk write-ups….LOL 😂 Keep trying Junior…..
https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/bbenbz/ars_technica_writer_timothy_lee_consistently/
Turley leaves out that the primary reason for VA retrocession was DC’s decision to ban the slave trade. Alexandria had a large slave trade, and its (voting) residents wanted to retain it.
So, politics has unsurprisingly always been the reason for anyone on this issue to want anything.
Funny, so Democrats then were for retrosession so that they could keep their slaves, but now Democrats oppose retrosession so that they can keep their slaves. Whatever keeps the blacks on the Democrat plantation. At least they’re consistent.
When reprehensible slavery inevitably ended, blacks left the plantation…
and were compelled by law to locomote to the nearest harbor and obtain passage to fairer climes.
Problem solved.
Whatever happened?
Oh, yeah, that pesky Supreme Court, which wouldn’t know a “law” if one was stuck in the faces of its justices, illicitly “interpreted,” aka, partially and arbitrarily amended, again.
Why do legislators bother to write and pass laws?
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Naturalization Acts of 1790, 1795, 1798, 1802 (four iterations for maximal clarity)
United States Congress, “An act to establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization,” March 26, 1790
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That any Alien being a free white person, who shall have resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for the term of two years, may be admitted to become a citizen thereof….
Federal prosecutors said that they went to a grand jury twice to try to indict a D.C. woman, Sydney Lori Reid, for assaulting an FBI agent during an arrest by ICE — and were twice rejected.
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/us-attorney-jeanine-pirros-office-admits-grand-jury-refused-charges-against-dc-woman-twice-sydney-reid-dc-jail/65-dc64747e-a8d4-4ad9-89e2-f6317f0fa2bd
Notably, she faces the same charge as the District’s alleged sandwich thrower.
It’s extremely rare for a grand jury to decline to make an indictment.
Twice in the same case suggests that prosecutors can’t read the room—this grand jury is refusing to indict their ham sandwich.
That doesn’t bode well for their indictment of the Subway sandwich bandit.
If they can’t indict the guy who threw the sandwich, can they indict the sandwich itself?
I mean, I’ve read for years that they can indict a ham sandwich. Is there something about a sub that exempts it from prosecution?
A sub has many layers and multiple actors, conspiring together as one organized sandwich, so they really need to look for a RICO indictment I think.
You are definitely on a roll with that idea.
Maybe a charge of salt and buttery would stick.
Or perhaps assault with a breadly weapon.
Lettuce celebrate grand jury resistance
The charge couldn’t pass mustard
It’s not rare in DC if the person being investigated is a Democrat/liberal and there is a political element to the case with includes this case. I would say it is standard operation procedure!
DC voters (which grand juries are drawn from):
Election Year 2020
Democratic Vote Percentage 92%
Republican Vote Percentage 7%
Other Candidates Percentage 0%
Democrats/liberals are NOT going to get indicted and if they do they will never get convicted.
Republicans/conservatives will always get indicted and convicted.
See the Michael Sussmann trial if you don’t believe me, Hillary’s lawyer that lied to the lying FBI and got off.
Gigi, nobody cares. I’m sorry that you got caught on multiple phone cameras when you assaulted a federal officer, but crying about it now isn’t going to help.
It is long past time to irrevocably extirpate “Venue Corruption!”
The DC license plate complains of “taxation without representation.” That slogan, as most on here know, was used by the Colonies to protest England imposing taxes, the revenue from which did not flow back to the Colonies, but went to pay down the debt incurred in the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian War), and to maintain a standing army in North America.
I think someone should look at how the taxes levied on DC residents are spent. One question that seems relevant: how much money flows into the government’s coffers from taxing DC residents, and how much money is then spent on programs and services that benefit DC residents? How do these two amounts compare. If (as I suspect) more money flows in than out, then the District’s reliance on the Colonialists’ slogan is misplaced – at least partially.
You’re probably right, but it really doesn’t matter. If they want representation, move out of DC. I’ve been there, I didn’t see walls keeping the residents locked in.
I no longer read any comment by anyone listed as Anonymous. I suggest everyone do the same
HullBobby,
I tend to agree with that suggestion.
However, there are some times there needs to be a degree of push back. Like noting how desperate our annony moron is to deflect or highjack the good professor’s blog. Their desperation needs to be pointed out as how they are on the, what is it? 80/20 side of stupid. Them being on the 80% of stupid and the rest of us sane and normal people are on the 20%. You know, like biological men should not be in women’s sports, locker rooms, bath rooms, or pornography should not be in elementary school libraries. Or, not defunding the police. Or putting additional federal agents or the NG on the streets to reduce crime in a Democrat controlled, lawlessness city. Or, talking with heads of state to end war, prevent WWIII nuclear Armageddon.
All common sense.
Something our anonny moron friend lacks.
How marvelous!
I represent that…
Intensely!
No, no, resent.
I resent that intensely!
Sorry. My bad.
@hullbobby
Same here. For those that think they have to post anonymously for their actually salient comments, again I say – you can still post anonymously with a moniker, that in itself is suspect. You are just as traceable, ultimately, posting anonymously as with a handle. I’m convinced there is only one daily troll here, posting over and over and replying to themselves, who is occasionally joined by others. Waste of pixels.
I agree there is one troll, but there are also a lot of people posting as Anonymous that are not trolls and many even conservatives. I used to read them but it is so confusing now I do not read any comment by Anonymous. It is just to confusing and it is not hard to think up a alias name. If you can’t or won’t do that your comment is not worth reading. It would also not stop trolls who would just post under multiple aliases. The only way to do that is to REQUIRE registration, and I believe Mr. Turely thinks that would limit freedom of speech. You on the other hand can chose to to read and respond to, and ignoring certain people is not a violation of free speech. Chose wisely.
Internet Trolls Are Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Sadists
Trolls will lie, exaggerate, and offend to get a response. – psychologytoday
“Utter lunacy”–is, according to Turley, DC residents rejecting martial law by an election cheater who is on a power trip. Of course, Trump LIED about crime in DC to justify his power trip. Of course, Turley, being part of the MAGA media echo chamber, attacked Democrats for opposing the use of the national guard for political purposes. WHY shouldn’t residents of DC be upset over federal troops in their city, when the crime rate, according to the DOJ, has been consistently going down? There is no “consistent crime crisis” as Turley claims–if the stats are improving, it’s not a “crisis”. It’s all part of the ego power trip, and it is disgusting and unconstitutional. Before Trump, Republicans supported states rights. There is NO Republican party any more—the party now lives according to the whims of a wannabe dictator.
Turley accuses Democrats of wanting retrocession of part of the land ceded by Maryland only if it benefits them. How laughable, given the command by Trump to Texas and Indiana to create more Congressional districts because of his fear of Republicans losing in the midterms. Despite his bluster, he KNOWS the polls show how unpopular he is as are the Big, Ugly Bill, his tariffs, his lie about being able to end the Russia-Ukraine war before taking office, and his doing nothing about Israel’s deliberate starvation and abuse of the Palestinian people. Of course, Turley has to throw in some digs at mainstream media and Democrats—that’s what he’s paid to do.
And, if Trump thought he was going to roll over Zelenskyy today like he did in February, he got a reality check. Leaders from the EU invited themselves to stand in solidarity with Ukraine. Trump was prepared to try to bully Zelenskyy into ceding the Crimea and other territory to Russia and to agree for Ukraine to give up pursuing NATO membership. This was after he stopped US aid to Ukraine and relaxed sanctions against Russia. How laughable it is for Trump to blame Biden for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine when Putin seriously stepped up the attacks against Ukraine when Trump took office–it’s because Putin, a former KGB agent, KNOWS how to manipulateTrump by appealing to that fragile ego. But the facts speak for themselves. The war got much worse when Trump took office, and that IS his fault. All ceding territory to Russia would do is reward Putin for invading Ukraine, and like smarter people know–which is almost everyone other than Trump who lives in his little bubble in which he must believe that he’s a master negotiator–Putin has no intention of honoring any long-term agreement to stop attacking Ukraine. He would, later on, proceed with completely taking over Ukraine and then move on to Poland and then the Baltic countries. He has SAID his goal is to reconstitute USSR. Putin opposes Ukrainian membership in NATO because NATO would stop him. Leaders of the EU know that, which is why they are standing in solidarity with Ukraine.
“Putin opposes Ukrainian membership in NATO because NATO would stop him.”
I’ll grant that statement as true.
“Putin has no intention of honoring any long-term agreement to stop attacking Ukraine.”
So, your solution is to admit Ukraine into NATO? And when Putin invades Ukraine again, which you just said that he will, then what? World War III? Good thinking chump. Real genius, there.
This war only occurred because of one person: Joe Biden. Talk about fragile egos, that man could write the book on them. Or his ghostwriter, at any rate.
Putin invaded Ukraine because he believed that Trump had so insulted and alienated our EU allies that Biden couldn’t pull together a united front to oppose him. Did you forget that Trump essentially called our EU allies deadbeats? Putin was wrong about Biden and the power of the decades-long relationships he forged with our NATO allies, who knew they could him, and who never trusted Trump, who called Putin’s invasion of Ukraine “genius”. Did you forget that? Trump actually praised Putin for invading Ukraine. And, because of Biden’s strengthening of our ties to NATO, Finland and Sweden joined NATO. Did you forget that? NATO exists to prevent WW III–and if Ukraine joined NATO, Putin’s dreams of a reconstituted USSR would go up in smoke because he doesn’t have the power to go against NATO that would present a united front to defend Ukraine. Trump is urinating into the wind if he thinks he can bully Zelenskyy to capitulate to Putin.
And, “old man from Kansas”, hullbobby” and Upstate Farmer” are the same thing as “anonymous”–they aren’t your real names or identities.
I, have more respect and credibility than you ever will.
Do not forget it. And all those you named, they too have more respect and credibility then you ever will.
How marvelous.
Do you think you are an objective decision maker about the extent of your credibility and respect? And, what group of people are you claiming respects and believes you to be more credible than me? Other MAGA mavens? This blog has become a mutual-admiration society of a handful of the same pro-Trump people who do what MAGA media does–attack anyone who points out Trump’s failures and who criticize him. MAGA is a personality cult of people who rely on MAGA media established to push back against valid criticism of Trump by spinning his failures and attacking mainstream media. It has been proven over and over again that people in the MAGA cult are immune to the truth and cannot accept factual information because they don’t want to.
Trump DID praise Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as “genius”, he DID brag that he could end the war even before taking office, Putin IS ex-KGB and is well-trained and skillful in playing someone like Trump, who has a fragile ego. And Putin will only stop his attacks on Ukraine when Ukraine has enough weapons and other assets it needs to defeat Russia. Joining NATO would go a long way toward ending this outrageous invasion. Trump HAS, via his weakness and narcissistic belief that he is some kind of master dealmaker, emboldened Putin, and it IS a fact that Putin stepped up his attacks against Ukraine after Biden left office. These facts are inconvenient, but still true.
“Putin invaded Ukraine because he believed that Trump had so insulted and alienated our EU allies that Biden couldn’t pull together a united front to oppose him.”
Hahaha, really? You just made that up, that’s freaking hilarious. No, of course it had nothing to do with the disastrous Afghanistan bugout that happened just a few months earlier. You remember that, when Biden bent over for the Taliban and made the US look like a bunch of bumbling idiots on the world stage. You’re such a tool.
TRUMP is the one who did the following without getting any of our people and allies out first: 1. drew down our troop strength from 14,000 to 2,500; 2. turned loose 5,000 Taliban from prison; 3. failed to negotiate for any air or land base as a refuge and from which we could get people out; 4. refused to involve our Afghan allies in negotiations with the Taliban–so they just gave up.
TRUMP set the stage for the mess he left Biden to deal with.
Was it Trump that, in a move of pure tactical genius, abandoned Bagram Air Force Base in the middle of the night? Before we even had our people evacuated?
NO. That was your boy Biden. What an absolute disgrace he was. The Afghanistan disaster is all on him. Nobody doubted this truth at the time, and I’ll be damned if I let you try to rewrite history now over the bodies of dead American service members.
WHY didn’t Trump pull out our people and allies BEFORE releasing 5,000 Taliban AND drawing down our troops from 14,000 to 2,500? WHY didn’t he negotiate for an air base? We have air bases in Japan, Germany, etc FOR A REASON—so we have a base of operations. TRUMP is the one who cut the deal with the Taliban—NOT Biden.
Why don’t you get your facts straight, gigi. And if Trump’s withdrawal was so bad, why did Biden continue it, clown? the DISASTER hit when BIDEN was president/
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/timeline-of-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/
Putin invaded Ukraine because he believed that Trump had so insulted and alienated our EU allies that Biden couldn’t pull together a united front to oppose him.
That’s your excuse for why Putin invaded Ukraine in 2014? TWO YEARS BEFORE TRUMP RAN FOR OFFICE?
That’s your excuse for why Putin – after Trump “insulted” our Allies by demanding they pay what they owed for their NATO protection – waited four full years until ANOTHER feckless, cowardly, Soviet Democrat president was in office to invade a SECOND time?
You really need to work on that sophomoric logic you dragged out of the Commie Clown Car with you, George.
Coward, what was your MOS?
“Coward, what was your MOS?”
Why, are you recruiting for a unit that you’re taking over? Can I be a major?
Trump COULD HAVE quietly worked with our NATO allies to get them to increase their own defense spending, but he didn’t—he publicly insulted them and essentially called them deadbeats. And, no U S President has ever publicly insulted our allies like this before. One reason is that Trump is deeply ignorant of world history, the value of the relationships forged over decades with our allies, the mutual respect and assistance that has flowed in both directions and the importance of international diplomacy. It’s always about that ego. His narcissism required him to announce that he had bullied other world leaders into paying more for their defense. He is deeply disliked both here and abroad — his poll numbers keep going down.
So, your solution is to admit Ukraine into NATO?
If our country’s promises and commitments to allies were actually trustworthy, rather than being a big bowl of BS once we no longer desperately want something from them, why would Ukraine EVER need to join NATO – rather than happily reject any offer of membership in NATO?
After all, Ukraine didn’t agree to surrender their 3,000 nukes and their delivery platforms in exchange that, if they were invaded, America would give them some Korean War vintage blankets and rations and then leave them to fight on their own. Or perhaps, at best, some Javelin missiles to replace those long-gone nukes, to again fight on their own.
If America had been credible as being the replacement for those nukes as Ukraine’s deterrence and defense, with the US reliably living up to it’s commitments to protect Ukraine, why would they need NATO? Or the obligation to come fight in defense of NATO nations like America if they were attacked? If the US will actually live up to their promises to protect, why would you ever need other NATO nations like Turkey? (That said, when we were attacked on 9/11, Ukraine who was not attacked was one of the first countries to go into Afghanistan beside us – and then one of the first again when we went into Iraq)
Ukraine has “no cards” as Trump says, because they no longer have those nukes that would have ensured Putin was a good boy, and Putin made a very good bet that that American presidents both Democrat and Republican would renege on the promises made to Ukraine to get them to surrender those nukes they had pointed at the new Russian Federation.
And that’s why we have a war, and that’s why those former Ukraine nukes are now pointed at America as our reward for reneging on our promises, not Putin and the Russian Federation.
But hey…. NATO, right?
I can only assume that you’re referring to the Budapest Memorandum. Nothing in there bound us to do anything in defense of Ukraine. There were no promises of American support. Why don’t you read up on it and try to sound less uninformed?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum
Ukraine never had nuclear weapons. The Soviet Union (later Russia) had nuclear weapons on Ukrainian soil. It would be like saying that Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado have nuclear weapons; no, the US government has nuclear weapons in those states. Also, the Ukrainians had no ability to keep or maintain the Soviet weapons, or other military assets such as Tu-160 bombers, so they let the Russians take them back. You really don’t have a point here.
Coward, what was your MOS?
“Coward, what was your MOS?”
Maybe he was gay but couldn’t hide it as well as you.
“DC residents rejecting martial law by an election cheater who is on a power trip.”
Thanks for being so clear right up front about your insanity. Saved me a lot of time that would have wasted taking any more of your rant seriously.
*. The United States is hosting an historic meeting today. Peace.
It appears our leftist friends are rather desperate to highjack the good professor’s blog today. Must be something about all that Trump and MAGA winning. I mean getting criminals off the streets, making it safe for the citizens of DC. An encouraging meeting with Putin in Alaska and now Trump is meeting with Zelensky with several other EU leaders. This could be the closest to ending the war.
You are confusing free speech wth desperation. Encouraging meeting with Putin? He got nothing done. He was walked over by Putin and made to look like a fool. Didn’t he promise to not leave that summit without a cease fire? Putin told Trump to be a good boy and shut up. Trump is an idiot
“You are confusing free speech wth desperation. Encouraging meeting with Putin? He got nothing done. He was walked over by Putin and made to look like a fool. Didn’t he promise to not leave that summit without a cease fire? Putin told Trump to be a good boy and shut up. Trump is an idiot”
Gigi, as usual you have no idea what you’re talking about. Unless you have clairvoyance you know absolutely zip about what was said during this meeting. Why do you want innocent Ukrainians and Russians to continue dying? Just so you can snipe at Trump? What a sick prick you are.
By the way, you know the Putin talking points are hopeless dated? Nobody but total nitwits like you thinks that Putin has any power over Trump. You’re just desperate as usual.
Meetings with foreign leaders, esp. opponents, are generally helpful, even if they don’t bring about immediate results. The first step in diplomacy is the refusal to recognize that the “other side” is composed of other human beings. The Eisenhower-Khrushchev (and Nixon-Khrushchev) meetings were helpful in the late 50’s in relaxing tensions b/n the USA and the Soviet Union. We have fools in this country who say that meeting with Putin “normalizes” him. These people are the warmongers.
EdwardMahl,
Well said and spot on. We have seen our leftist friends and MSM try to make all kinds of allegations about Trump rolling out the red carpet for Putin and giving legitimacy on the world stage or some other nonsense like that. Like it or not, Putin is the leader of a major world and nuclear power nation. There is a acknowledge set of diplomatic courtesies for visiting heads of state. It is only when one nation does not respect another when they do not roll out those courtesies. Kinda like the Saudis did not for Biden but did for Trump in Trump’s second term. Which nation sent a lower level diplomat to greet Biden on his visit? China? I don’t recall as I did not care. No one did. Who would ever respect the Biden admin?
Wrong.
In free speech, one presents a point of view or argument and backs it up with facts. You, in your desperation, throw out allegations, assertions, or obvious lies. Like, what you claim to know about the Trump/Putin summit. You were not there. You have no knowledge of what was said. And then you repeat those lies, over and over again. Further confirming your desperation to deflect from all the Trump and MAGA winning.
How marvelous!
That is one thing I can always count on you, annony morons. You throw out your MSM gaslighting, your lies, time and time again. You make wild assertions, allegations or outright lies for things you cannot have any kind of knowledge. Like your repeated wild assertions, allegations or outright lies of what happened at the Trump/Putin summit. You were not there. You have not a single reliable source of what actually was said. Of what they thought. Yet, you try to claim you know so how of what transpired. Some how you should be believed. That you, as a annony moron, should be believed to be an expert on anything. When, your claims of expertise is nothing more than your own replies to your own stupid and crazy comments.
As such, all the sane and normal people scroll past and would never take you seriously.
How marvelous!!!!!!!
*. I seriously doubt people such as OMFK, Hullbobby, Upstate, Estovir, Diogenes, Jeanne in the Kitchen, Dianna Bec, Lin, Dustoff, Honest lawyer, Wise old lawyer, and others EVER troll liberal sites as you do in your desire to annoy and destroy.
It’s unworthy behavior, anon.
*. Yes, UF. I’m old so won’t see the fruit of these labors of the recent 20 years. I’m glad about that.
The vote would be essentially moot if America had a judicial branch that supported the “manifest tenor” of the Constitution and Bill of Rights in Article 1, Section 8, and the 5th Amendment.
Communism is unconstitutional, and the communists can’t vote out the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Congress has the power to tax for and fund only debt, defense, and general welfare; general welfare means all, or the whole, well proceed, and excludes individual, specific, and particular welfare, favor, and charity—general welfare is security and basic infrastructure.
Congress has the power to regulate only “the value of money,” “commerce among nations, states, and Indian tribes,” and “land and naval Forces.”
The communists want to redistribute other people’s money, but the Constitution doesn’t allow it.
The communists want to regulate all endeavor, but the Constitution doesn’t allow it.
The communists want to abolish the absolute 5th Amendment right to private property, but the Constitution doesn’t allow it.
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“…courts…must…declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor of the Constitution void.”
“…men…do…what their powers do not authorize, [and] what [their powers] forbid.”
“[A] limited Constitution … can be preserved in practice no other way than through the medium of courts of justice, whose duty it must be to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor of the Constitution void. Without this, all the reservations of particular rights or privileges would amount to nothing … To deny this would be to affirm … that men acting by virtue of powers may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid.”
– Alexander Hamilton
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“[Private property is] that dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in exclusion of every other individual.”
– James Madison
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“The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property”.
– Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
*. We the people of the United States…
So basically, it is I want the whole loaf and if I cannot have it I am going to scream how unfair it all is to me. The good professor gave a reasonable explanation and option. Here is another, just move and your entire problem is solved. NYC Mayor David Dinkins raised taxes years ago and said if you did not like it you can move, so I did and you know what? It worked!
“NYC Mayor David Dinkins raised taxes years ago and said if you did not like it you can move, so I did and you know what? It worked!”
🤣
Wait! Do real people actually live in New York?
Actually not Americans!
Actually Americans should impose mandatory secession of the population as compassionate repatriation, not dissimilar to the inverse of the “great replacement” theory or a “reverse mortgage.”