Watched Trump and King Chuck give their speeches before the State dinner – Trump was in good form, clearly enjoying himself. And Charles also seemed pleased as punch. This ultimately stems from both men simply knowing who they are and further knowing that nobody can take it away from them. I have many disagreements with Charles and I’m horrified at his going along with Islamists in the UK…but he has that self-confidence which is supposed to be the supreme mark of the gentleman. Trump has it, too. It is a crucial aspect of leadership – knowing who you are. Not having to pretend and not wanting to, either. People like Biden and Clinton have faked it their whole lives. Obama, too. They have to say the enormous lies because it is their way of establishing dominance…to lie to our faces and defy us to do anything about it. Charles may be wrong about things – heck, Trump may be wrong about things – but they’re going to say what they want to say and not try to bamboozle us. It seems clear that Charles and Trump get along – because they recognize each other.
And that is the way it is supposed to be. We will not all agree. Not ever. At least, not this side of every knee bending and every tongue confessing that Jesus is Lord. But we’re supposed to meet each other on the level. Even war with each other on the level. That is what is really missing in modern society – it is so stuffed with cowards and cheats who lie to cover up that the whole world stinks. Everything is a crisis. Nothing gets solved because the liars and cheats won’t let us – fearful that if we fix things, we’ll start to ask why the liars and cheats are living so well.
But that is changing. Sure, Comey’s indictment might not lead to any jail time – but it is an indictment. It is a statement that a lying weasel is just that – and should be treated as such. We’re going after the fraudsters. We’re exposing the liars. We’re bringing reality back…and in reality, those who are truly worthwhile start to emerge, as from the shadows..and at times in quite terrifying forms because we’re simply so unused to it.
You think about the great leaders of the past – Caesar, Napoleon, Lincoln and Bismarck…towering figures who dwarfed all those around them. But, also, not terrifying because they rose out of reality. Napoleon beat Francis II time and time again…but never once did Francis lose his nerve or throw in the towel…he bided his time, built his army, forged his alliances and went to work with a will when the time came. Because Francis was as real as Napoleon. Grant as real as Lincoln. But who is as real as Trump? Vance. Hegseth. Rubio. But keep in mind these men, too, were initially dismayed by Trump…they, too, had bought the fraud that to be great was to be to at least some degree a liar and a cheat…all the liars and cheats said so. But under Trump’s auspices, these men – and many others – have come to firm ground, and they are becoming real, too. All of us who haven’t gone insane with TDS are simply better at it than we were pre-Trump. Less afraid to speak. More willing to risk. Quickly penetrating the fraud. We might disagree with each other. We might be mistaken. Even gravely so. But we’re all real – we’re all thinking and doing and trying to get to the truth as best we can.
I, for one, am glad go be in the real world.