So, you're telling me 155,000,000 legal voters voted in 2020, are you? You really believe this, and it's the lawful truth? Uh huh. Tell you what, throw in a bridge to Manhattan and you've got a deal. I'm buying. Oh yeah.
4) So here's where I actually stand. Just two for the moment:
And that is how I'm rolling forward. My guy is still my guy. He's the greatest President America ever had. He did more for us than any previous president.
5) You could argue me down over Lincoln and Washington, neither of whom I'm as big a fan of as you might expect. But if we qualify, greatest President since Lincoln, I'm in. I apologize to you Reagan supporters. I don't think he faced what Trump has. For me, Trump is #1.
6) But rank is actually of no matter. Only law matters here. It was the amazing @gailmiller999 who showed me that this morning. Gail teaches us that Trump is simply, still the lawful - LAWFUL - President. I'm the one shouting in caps. Gail is more polite than me.
7) Here's where I've landed. Here at Twitter, absolutely, but across all social media, email, telephone trees, and even snail mail communications routes, it is on the 80,000,000 of us voted for Trump to NOT stand down. The election was stolen. This is a simple fact.
8) So what do we do now? We follow our President's, our LAWFUL President's leadership still, as we always have. The law is the law. Theft is not legal. Sow's ears don't make silk purses, and lipstick doesn't make sows into super models. The President is the President.
9) And here I am at Twitter. Go figure. I don't know why Cap'n Jack hasn't evicted me, but, well, so it goes. Think about all of Cap'n Jack's notices about how Trump's claims have been disputed before he had to kick @realDonaldTrump off the platform. I have to opine.
10) What a cowardly, snively, wimpy, vicious thing to do. The President of the United States of America is not welcome here. Uh huh. Oh, what a cool kid Jack is. And what a stooge, a goon, a thug, and a traitor he is. I'd say shame on him, but he's not wise enough to be shamed.
11) So where are we. Well...we have a speech. I have deemed it the first speech of the second term. Here, again, is it's link. If you haven't read it yet...what are you waiting for? Go read!
12) Happily assuming you haven't here's where my role comes in today. It's a little dicey. I have some negotiations to accomplish. That means there's a bit of a story. Here we go. Coming off my every single damned day commitment following November 4, @KateScopelliti said no more.
13) And I agreed and am and WILL live by that blessed new law. But she said more, which I also UTTERLY agree with. Kate told me my threads are too long, and in her power set the new limit at 30 or less. I have embraced this new law. Here's the dicey part.
14) Today's thread is going to be longer than that. Here's why. First, I got rid of POTUS' introduction including where he thanks Pence and my head explodes. Got rid of that. I have also NOT included his closing section. I'll come back to that.
15) The thing is, the middle section converts, once processed, into, please be patient with me, 48 tweets. Yeah, I know. And here's I've already consumed 15 of my 30-tweet limit. But honey, I am NOT going to comment on ANY of POTUS' points. Please don't be mad at me. Please!
16) So with just one further comment, I'll commence below, quoting 45's comments here at the beginning of his 2nd term. Where possible, I will insert the hashtag:
Evidently there's this thing called The Swamp that hasn't realized this yet. Here we go...
1) We must never forget that while Americans will always have our disagreements, we are a nation of incredible, decent, faithful, and peace-loving citizens who all want our country to thrive and flourish and be very, very successful and good. We are a truly magnificent nation.
2) All Americans were horrified by the assault on our Capitol. Political violence is an attack on everything we cherish as Americans. It can never be tolerated.
3) Four years ago, I came to Washington as the only true outsider ever to win the presidency. I had not spent my career as a politician, but as a builder looking at open skylines and imagining infinite possibilities.
4) I ran for President because I knew there were towering new summits for America just waiting to be scaled. I knew the potential for our nation was boundless as long as we put America first.
5) So I left behind my former life and stepped into a very difficult arena, but an arena nevertheless, with all sorts of potential if properly done. America had given me so much, and I wanted to give something back.
6) Together with millions of hardworking patriots across this land, we built the greatest political movement in the history of our country. We also built the greatest economy in the history of the world.
7) It was about “America First” because we all wanted to make America great again. We restored the principle that a nation exists to serve its citizens.
8) Our agenda was not about right or left, it wasn’t about Republican or Democrat, but about the good of a nation, and that means the whole nation. With the support and prayers of the American people, we achieved more than anyone thought possible.
9) Nobody thought we could even come close. We passed the largest package of tax cuts and reforms in American history. We slashed more job-killing regulations than any administration had ever done before.
10) We fixed our broken trade deals, withdrew from the horrible Trans-Pacific Partnership and the impossible Paris Climate Accord, renegotiated the one-sided South Korea deal, and we replaced NAFTA with the groundbreaking USMCA...
11) ... — that’s Mexico and Canada — a deal that’s worked out very, very well. Also, and very importantly, we imposed historic and monumental tariffs on China; made a great new deal with China.
12) But before the ink was even dry, we and the whole world got hit with the China virus. Our trade relationship was rapidly changing, billions and billions of dollars were pouring into the U.S., but the virus forced us to go in a different direction.
13) The whole world suffered, but America outperformed other countries economically because of our incredible economy and the economy that we built. Without the foundations and footings, it wouldn’t have worked out this way.
14) We also unlocked our energy resources and became the world’s number-one producer of oil and natural gas by far. Powered by these policies, we built the greatest economy in the history of the world.
15) We reignited America’s job creation and achieved record-low unemployment for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, women, almost everyone. Incomes soared, wages boomed, the American Dream was restored, and millions were lifted from poverty. It was a miracle.
16) The stock market set one record after another, with 148 stock market highs during this short period of time, and boosted the retirements and pensions of hardworking citizens all across our nation. 401(k)s are at a level they’ve never been at before.
19) To make life better for working families, we doubled the child tax credit and signed the largest-ever expansion of funding for childcare and development.
21) When our nation was hit with the terrible pandemic, we produced not one, but two vaccines with record-breaking speed, and more will quickly follow.
26) When our nation was hit with the terrible pandemic, we produced not one, but two vaccines with record-breaking speed, and more will quickly follow.
28) We created choice and transparency in healthcare, stood up to big pharma in so many ways, but especially in our effort to get favored-nations clauses added, which will give us the lowest prescription drug prices anywhere in the world.
30) We confirmed three new justices of the United States Supreme Court. We appointed nearly 300 federal judges to interpret our Constitution as written.
31) For years, the American people pleaded with Washington to finally secure the nation’s borders. I am pleased to say we answered that plea and achieved the most secure border in U.S. history.
32) We have given our brave border agents and heroic ICE officers the tools they need to do their jobs better than they have ever done before, and to enforce our laws and keep America safe.
33) We proudly leave the next administration with the strongest and most robust border security measures ever put into place. This includes historic agreements with Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, along with more than 450 miles of powerful new wall.
35) We reclaimed our sovereignty by standing up for America at the United Nations and withdrawing from the one-sided global deals that never served our interests. And NATO countries are now paying hundreds of billions of dollars more than when I arrived just a few years ago.
36) It was very unfair. We were paying the cost for the world. Now the world is helping us.
37) And perhaps most importantly of all, with nearly $3 trillion, we fully rebuilt the American military — all made in the USA. We launched the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces in 75 years: the Space Force.
38) And last spring, I stood at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and watched as American astronauts returned to space on American rockets for the first time in many, many years.
40) We obliterated the ISIS caliphate and ended the wretched life of its founder and leader, al Baghdadi. We stood up to the oppressive Iranian regime and killed the world’s top terrorist, Iranian butcher Qasem Soleimani.
42) As a result of our bold diplomacy and principled realism, we achieved a series of historic peace deals in the Middle East. Nobody believed it could happen. The Abraham Accords opened the doors to a future of peace and harmony, not violence and bloodshed.
45) Above all, we have reasserted the sacred idea that, in America, the government answers to the people. Our guiding light, our North Star, our unwavering conviction has been that we are here to serve the noble everyday citizens of America.
47) As President, my top priority, my constant concern, has always been the best interests of American workers and American families. I did not seek the easiest course; by far, it was actually the most difficult. I did not seek the path that would get the least criticism.
48) I took on the tough battles, the hardest fights, the most difficult choices because that’s what you elected me to do. Your needs were my first and last unyielding focus.
This is Twitter's great power for America. In spite of its evil leaders' evil intent. We can rock this platform, even still.
65) Please understand. I am ready at a moment's notice for Evil, Vile, Stupid Cap'n Jack to suspend my account. I have not settled on which platform to move to, but so far, the strongest bet is Gab. I'm @ThyConsigliori over there. So, let Jack do what Jack will do.
66) Let's linger there. Jack does NOT own social media. Big Tech does NOT own social media. We. Us. Little posters one by one. WE own social media. The very moment we take our usage elsewhere, whatever platform loses us, has lost.
67) I'd love to take down Section 230. I would. But follow me now. That's a top-down remedy for a top-down created problem. Bottom-up is the mode I prefer. Let's just take our business where we take it. Ha! But till Jack boots me off, I'm staying right here, intending victory.
68) There's another hero to talk about before we're done. Her name, in real life, is Tamara Leigh. She's built up her account to 75,000 followers and then had Jack send that ship into Davy Jones Locker, only to return it again after years. Who knows why?
69) The real Tamara Leigh is my teacher, mentor, and guide. She taught me this. Right here at Twitter, patriots like herself gave GIGANTIC boost to Candidate Trump's message in 2016. They were our vanguard. I was not involved in any of that. Tamara is our hero here.
70) Just like President Trump, General Flynn, and Sidney Powell, Tamara has been given the boot from this platform. Why? For two great reasons. Tamara was instrumental in making the #ClearFlynnNow and #PardonFlynnNow movements succeed. It goes further.
71) It was Tamara who created the #PardonOfInnocence hashtag that has now forever ensconced itself into American history. Her hashtag was incorporated in President Trump's letter of pardon. It was the first time in American history that a pardon was granted, by innocence.
72) Imagine that. A social media movement, reduced to a single person's creativity and passion, #PardonOfInnocence, has now entered into the rolls of America's history. We did this, right here at Twitter, and Tamara is the one who invented that hashtag. It's history now.
73) I have NO idea who first generated #TrumpIsMyPresident. I see that Cap'n Jack is already attempting to suppress it. I don't know if it will win the day, either, eventually. But before Jack's goons suppressed it, it was winning the day, today.
74) Let's return to the presentation of 48 tweets from @realDonaldTrump above. Every single one of them - each one - could easily generate a thread, perhaps many threads, reaching down to the depths. My actual case is that it was the first speech of his second term.
75) Dig in, patriots. Find your voice. Find your topic, your avenue into the issue. Speak up. Shout out. Sing your song, and sing it strong. Cut loose. Let go. Kick up your feet and lose your blues. Footloose. Fancy free. What's your hashtag?
The brilliant tweet below, by my friend @FloridaBoyMedia, solved a YUGE problem for me. Why did @realDonaldTrump support @kevinomccarthy for speaker? Until the tweet below, I could not square that circle. Now I can.
2) The simple fact is that McCArthy is a natural enemy of Trump's, and of the #MAGA Movement, exactly as Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell are. All of us sycophantic Trump supporters wanted him to be a temporary Speaker, himself. Alas.
3) Thing is, if we know nothing else about Trump, we know he does business with his enemies. Think of Kim Jong Un. No missile tests during Trump's administration. And how many since Let's Go Brandon? It ain't zero.
2) I was not in DC for the 6 January 2021 Rally. I wanted to go. Fiercely. It wounded my ego to NOT go. Allow me a martial arts term: Zanshin. It comes from the Samurai and means your sense of threat or danger. For the Samurai it was almost a mystical concept.
3) In Akira Kurosawa's great film The 7 Samurai (which was the basis of the Magnificent 7), there is a scene in which a Samurai being recruited and tested, refuses to walk past an open door, which was, in fact, hiding an attacker. He was the greatest recruit. That was Zanshin.
1/ I have now watched our podcast below. If you haven't seen it yet, find the time. It's worth it. I sure wish I could learn to make my eyes look at the camera instead of the person's face on screen. Alas.
2/ As to the coming thread, though, I walk away feeling some other ground needs to be covered. Try to stick tight if you can. Look at this list:
1) Doctrine 2) Strategy 3) Tactics 4) Execution
Why does it seem the other side has all four, but we only have the last two?
3/ I want you to try to answer that question for yourself, and my spoiler alert is for the next tweet, not this one. And by all means, please comment. Let me know what your thoughts are, please.
Can you say "getting into the weeds?" I don't imagine too many will care, but for some strange reason I've decided I want to know about the Rules Package. So, here's the best version of the current package I've yet found.
2) The PDF above is the one they call "The 55 Pages."
So, knowing I do not know this language, I decide to just start reading and here's a screenshot of the first thing I find.
3) Who knew? Who had any idea? the 118th Congress begins its own rules by adopting the rules from the 117th Congress. I'd never have imagined. Okay, a bit of searching - it does NOT pop right up - and, I found this:
General Flynn's voice is heard strong and clear. He pulls incredible audiences. His analysis and writings are very powerful as well. Here's his New Year's guidance!
2) We'll walk through his counsel in detail later in this thread (which may take a few days to complete). But let's cut straight to the chase. @elonmusk, can you give General Flynn his Twitter account back, please?
3) No, @elonmusk, there is not - to my knowledge - a major Twitter story behind the unhinged attacks that our government executed against General Flynn and his family. But, the simple fact of his purging from Twitter is, in its own right, an important story.
Analysis 4 - 31 December 2022 - Hammer & Scorecard
Do you follow @maryclairerose? If not, please do so right now! She will be our guide in today's work. She's one of our very best analyst/writers, period.
2) We'll dive into @maryclairerose's work in a moment. First, I have a bit of backstory to share. I met Marcy Claire in 2016. I'll never forget the call I got, shortly after we met, where Mary Claire explained the illegality of Obama's money drop to Iran. Who remembers that?
3) Mary Claire always combines brilliance with patriotic passion. Throw in far more than anyone's fair share of writing talent and you start to get the picture. As I recall it, none of her editors were willing to run with her scoop.