Self-declared “peace president” Donald Trump has bombed 10 countries, more than any other US leader. Now he plans to raise the military budget to $1.5 trillion -- nearly the rest of the world combined
It becomes an important part of what I call the Hearsean Archives of the Antiquated West -- in other words the true historic record of the demise of the West over the last hundred years. It has been a pitiful spectacle to watch and I have been an eye witness for half a century.
How any civilization can be so blind to its self-destruction simply staggers the imagination. The bones of the Republic are being picked. These are very sad times. War, endless violence and utter stupidity have killed the West.
Thank you for this deep dive into the contradictions. All of this appears to be the delusional thinking of the wealthy. I do hope your analyses reach a growing number of people and then grow a movement strong enough to take aim at the Achilles heel. The monster is bound to have one (or more). They always do.
This is the same political figure — backed by the same state apparatus and openly violating international law — who now proposes a “Board of Peace” and speaks of turning Gaza into a “Riviera.”
The level of cynicism here is hard to overstate. It’s roughly comparable to Jack the Ripper founding a women’s shelter and asking to be applauded for his humanitarian vision.
When the individual who holds the record for bombing more countries than any other U.S. president presents himself as an architect of peace, the problem is not messaging. The problem is the normalization of moral inversion.
I’ve analyzed this contradiction in detail — how coercion, sanctions, and military escalation are being rebranded as “peace initiatives” — here:
Thanks Ben , keeping us straight on how lethal all our presidents have been. Trump just lost the battle over Greenland. Our allies stopped him in his tracks. China is just waiting to work with countries that get screwed by Trump’s art of negotiation!!
As ever Ben your reportage is outstanding.
It becomes an important part of what I call the Hearsean Archives of the Antiquated West -- in other words the true historic record of the demise of the West over the last hundred years. It has been a pitiful spectacle to watch and I have been an eye witness for half a century.
How any civilization can be so blind to its self-destruction simply staggers the imagination. The bones of the Republic are being picked. These are very sad times. War, endless violence and utter stupidity have killed the West.
Thank you for this deep dive into the contradictions. All of this appears to be the delusional thinking of the wealthy. I do hope your analyses reach a growing number of people and then grow a movement strong enough to take aim at the Achilles heel. The monster is bound to have one (or more). They always do.
great work Ben!
big TQ for this, almost sickening in many ways.
The irony goes even further.
This is the same political figure — backed by the same state apparatus and openly violating international law — who now proposes a “Board of Peace” and speaks of turning Gaza into a “Riviera.”
The level of cynicism here is hard to overstate. It’s roughly comparable to Jack the Ripper founding a women’s shelter and asking to be applauded for his humanitarian vision.
When the individual who holds the record for bombing more countries than any other U.S. president presents himself as an architect of peace, the problem is not messaging. The problem is the normalization of moral inversion.
I’ve analyzed this contradiction in detail — how coercion, sanctions, and military escalation are being rebranded as “peace initiatives” — here:
https://www.michael-hollister.com/2026/02/01/board-of-peace-part-1/
Peace is not declared by those who create the wreckage. It is defined by those who stop producing it.
Thank you Ben 👍
Little wonder the living standards of ordinary citizens never improve while the military complex 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
And, he has deployed an Armada to the middle east to start a war with Iran
😀 😃
Thanks Ben , keeping us straight on how lethal all our presidents have been. Trump just lost the battle over Greenland. Our allies stopped him in his tracks. China is just waiting to work with countries that get screwed by Trump’s art of negotiation!!