What should sink in to the consciousness of every thoughtful American based on what Donald Trump has done for the past nearly three months can be summed up in two words:
Infinite Incompetence
There is no limit to the ineptitude of Donald Trump. That is a product of his extraordinary stupidity, profound ignorance, and mindless belief in his own infallibility and brilliance.
All of that should have been understood by every American voter in November 2024, but to the extent that anyone who ultimately voted for Trump was at all aware of this problem, they ignored it and voted based on delusional wishful thinking. They believed the ridiculous and transparently false campaign promises of the most notorious political liar in US history.
Sadly, that problem -- the failings of the American electorate -- has not disappeared simply because disgruntled voters are angry about inflation and other things that it is not possible to ignore because they are right in front of everyone's face and require no effort to see. Without a national effort to improve the quality of our electorate we will face the repetition of irresponsible votes for the foreseeable future. I believe that is among the sources of Waj's concern about what the 2032 elections could deliver.
Explain what we are doing waging war against Iran, so far we have been told it’s to stop Iran from making a nuclear bomb, taking over their current supply of nuclear materials and removing the evil regime. Which is it? Now with the Straight of Hormuz closed by Iran, DJT🫏 has added a blockade preventing vessels from traveling to or from Iranian ports. In hopes of using it as a weapon to get Iran to stop and surrender. Now tell me how we are going to get out of this mess? Keeping in mind, before DJT🫏’s first term there was an agreement between Iran and the US that addressed their nuclear program, which was initiated by President Obama. That agreement was set aside by DJT🫏, because he thought he could reach a much better deal. All he has done is kill thousands of Iranians, civilians and military personal. He has bombed schools killing at least 150 young girls in one strike, hospitals, roads and bridges. He has threatened to bomb power plants, water desalination facilities and the obliteration of an entire race sending that country back in time to the dark ages. Sending two real estate
agents instead of experienced diplomatic negotiators to work on a solution to end this war is not an intelligent move, neither are threats, demands or refusing to compromise. So far according some estimates to this conflict has cost taxpayers between 25-72 billion dollars.
Most people do not know that 60% enriched uranium is not in the form of easily removable with radiation shielding uranium metal. It is Uranium Hexafluoride, which is what is used for uranium enrichment. UF6 can easily shift from solid to gas and the gas is required for enrichment. UF6 is extremely chemically reactive. It becomes hydrofluoric acid (HF + water) when it encounters water vapor. This is so corrosive that it is used to etch glass and it is fatal to breathe because it destroys the lungs. Once this has been destroyed by bombs hitting the centrifuge line, it is basically unrecoverable as enriched uranium at any percentage. The US claims to have destroyed the deep underground enrichment facility yet the incompetent Trump Administration with no scientific brains really within it demands that Iran give them the 60% enriched uranium which frankly probably no longer exists. I strongly doubt that Iran ever removed the 60% enriched UF6 from the deep under a mountain enrichment facility. They supposedly removed truck loads of material before the bombing, but UF6 would have been removed in large steel cylinders not in something that could easily be in a truck. You can see some of the United States massive supply of UF6 (mainly D - for Depleted Uranium) UF6 in this photo https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/DOE-approves-operation-of-DUF6-conversion-faciliti. DUF6 is what is left over after natural uranium, which is only 0.7% fissile (can be used in a reactor or bomb) Uranium-235 has been extracted. The rest of natural uranium 99.3% of it is non-fissile Uranium-238 and depleted uranium is just 99.6 to 99.8% U-238 and until it has been converted at some considerable cost to Uranium Oxide, it is in this highly dangerous form DUF6.
I subscribed to Debra Shushan's Substack, The Debrief, some time ago. It is the most information dense Substack I currently subscribe to. Her guests are often not people we would normally see. Many are experts on Jewish and Israeli issues and history and the importance of what they offer is hugely important to the US and good people everywhere who care about the rule of law, justice, and human rights. What has happened to Israel under Netanyahu was extremely instructive for Americans since we are Israel's major ally and enabler. Joe Biden is complicit with Netanyahu in the war crimes and genocide that Israel perpetrated in Gaza using US provided weapons. The US today, and previously, has been a truly disastrous role model for constructive international behavior. To Biden's credit he was supportive of building strong relationships with other democratic countries, but he lost his way in supporting Israel and Netanyahu in their response to the barbaric Hamas attack of October 7, 2023. Now, Trump is picking up where Biden left off and, because he is a lawless thug, Trump is going to do extensive damage to the international system and the standing and success of this country.
Donald Trump has now joined with Israel and Netanyahu in continuing to trash international law and commit war crimes. Tragically, as Deb points out here, the majority of Israeli citizens are now supportive of Israel's international crimes. The upcoming Israeli elections may remove Netanyahu from power, but there seems to be no chance it will bring about a significant change is Israel's desire to dominate everyone it considers a foe. If you don't know what "mowing the lawn means," look it up. It is Israel's policy of routinely attacking and bombing other countries from time to time in order to ensure they are in such a constant state of disarray that they can pose no problems for Israel. Another name for this is "endless war."
I highly recommend that everyone who appreciates Waj's content should subscribe to The Debrief. After watching several Debrief discussions, books that were either recommended or written by guests now dominate my reading list.
The Debrief is invaluable. Debra Shushan is a highly intelligent, engaging host with a wealth of knowledge about critical issues and the ability to attract exceptional guests and conduct important discussions that should matter to Americans.
Agree! I subscribe to both Debra and Waj and greatly appreciate both. Their insight and compassion help me to feel glimmers of hope in these crazy, terrifying times.
...ashamed (as one) that Jews would conduct themselves this way after what was done to the Jewish people throughout history and especially during the Holocaust. This behavior is apparently being justified, justified by hate and that very history-- vengeance unjustly taken out on Palestinians, vengeance that has to be an inbred attitude, a culture by now passed on from the history, from trauma, causing more.. Shameful and also causing more anti-Semitism in the process.
Excellent conversation Waj and Debra. Look at Israel for lessons not only Hungary.
This the sad part of tale of the Jewish people, traumatized, taking unwise and harmful lessons from the Holocaust, and causing more pain. They have created a state that succumbed to militarizing, and violence for "never again", asking to be judged as exceptional- to be allowed to bring more violence, to teach lessons- supposedly. Instead more hate and anti-Semitism is created. It's more than sad, ironic, that this is a place to run from. Sad is the inability to make peace. I am not surprised that so many are leaving the country rather than staying to help build this Israel, a different country than it once envisioned itself and was envisioned by others to be and become, but one always at war, hunkered down sending their young into it.
What should sink in to the consciousness of every thoughtful American based on what Donald Trump has done for the past nearly three months can be summed up in two words:
Infinite Incompetence
There is no limit to the ineptitude of Donald Trump. That is a product of his extraordinary stupidity, profound ignorance, and mindless belief in his own infallibility and brilliance.
All of that should have been understood by every American voter in November 2024, but to the extent that anyone who ultimately voted for Trump was at all aware of this problem, they ignored it and voted based on delusional wishful thinking. They believed the ridiculous and transparently false campaign promises of the most notorious political liar in US history.
Sadly, that problem -- the failings of the American electorate -- has not disappeared simply because disgruntled voters are angry about inflation and other things that it is not possible to ignore because they are right in front of everyone's face and require no effort to see. Without a national effort to improve the quality of our electorate we will face the repetition of irresponsible votes for the foreseeable future. I believe that is among the sources of Waj's concern about what the 2032 elections could deliver.
Explain what we are doing waging war against Iran, so far we have been told it’s to stop Iran from making a nuclear bomb, taking over their current supply of nuclear materials and removing the evil regime. Which is it? Now with the Straight of Hormuz closed by Iran, DJT🫏 has added a blockade preventing vessels from traveling to or from Iranian ports. In hopes of using it as a weapon to get Iran to stop and surrender. Now tell me how we are going to get out of this mess? Keeping in mind, before DJT🫏’s first term there was an agreement between Iran and the US that addressed their nuclear program, which was initiated by President Obama. That agreement was set aside by DJT🫏, because he thought he could reach a much better deal. All he has done is kill thousands of Iranians, civilians and military personal. He has bombed schools killing at least 150 young girls in one strike, hospitals, roads and bridges. He has threatened to bomb power plants, water desalination facilities and the obliteration of an entire race sending that country back in time to the dark ages. Sending two real estate
agents instead of experienced diplomatic negotiators to work on a solution to end this war is not an intelligent move, neither are threats, demands or refusing to compromise. So far according some estimates to this conflict has cost taxpayers between 25-72 billion dollars.
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Most people do not know that 60% enriched uranium is not in the form of easily removable with radiation shielding uranium metal. It is Uranium Hexafluoride, which is what is used for uranium enrichment. UF6 can easily shift from solid to gas and the gas is required for enrichment. UF6 is extremely chemically reactive. It becomes hydrofluoric acid (HF + water) when it encounters water vapor. This is so corrosive that it is used to etch glass and it is fatal to breathe because it destroys the lungs. Once this has been destroyed by bombs hitting the centrifuge line, it is basically unrecoverable as enriched uranium at any percentage. The US claims to have destroyed the deep underground enrichment facility yet the incompetent Trump Administration with no scientific brains really within it demands that Iran give them the 60% enriched uranium which frankly probably no longer exists. I strongly doubt that Iran ever removed the 60% enriched UF6 from the deep under a mountain enrichment facility. They supposedly removed truck loads of material before the bombing, but UF6 would have been removed in large steel cylinders not in something that could easily be in a truck. You can see some of the United States massive supply of UF6 (mainly D - for Depleted Uranium) UF6 in this photo https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/DOE-approves-operation-of-DUF6-conversion-faciliti. DUF6 is what is left over after natural uranium, which is only 0.7% fissile (can be used in a reactor or bomb) Uranium-235 has been extracted. The rest of natural uranium 99.3% of it is non-fissile Uranium-238 and depleted uranium is just 99.6 to 99.8% U-238 and until it has been converted at some considerable cost to Uranium Oxide, it is in this highly dangerous form DUF6.
Israel is a rogue state in my opinion.
I subscribed to Debra Shushan's Substack, The Debrief, some time ago. It is the most information dense Substack I currently subscribe to. Her guests are often not people we would normally see. Many are experts on Jewish and Israeli issues and history and the importance of what they offer is hugely important to the US and good people everywhere who care about the rule of law, justice, and human rights. What has happened to Israel under Netanyahu was extremely instructive for Americans since we are Israel's major ally and enabler. Joe Biden is complicit with Netanyahu in the war crimes and genocide that Israel perpetrated in Gaza using US provided weapons. The US today, and previously, has been a truly disastrous role model for constructive international behavior. To Biden's credit he was supportive of building strong relationships with other democratic countries, but he lost his way in supporting Israel and Netanyahu in their response to the barbaric Hamas attack of October 7, 2023. Now, Trump is picking up where Biden left off and, because he is a lawless thug, Trump is going to do extensive damage to the international system and the standing and success of this country.
Donald Trump has now joined with Israel and Netanyahu in continuing to trash international law and commit war crimes. Tragically, as Deb points out here, the majority of Israeli citizens are now supportive of Israel's international crimes. The upcoming Israeli elections may remove Netanyahu from power, but there seems to be no chance it will bring about a significant change is Israel's desire to dominate everyone it considers a foe. If you don't know what "mowing the lawn means," look it up. It is Israel's policy of routinely attacking and bombing other countries from time to time in order to ensure they are in such a constant state of disarray that they can pose no problems for Israel. Another name for this is "endless war."
I highly recommend that everyone who appreciates Waj's content should subscribe to The Debrief. After watching several Debrief discussions, books that were either recommended or written by guests now dominate my reading list.
The Debrief is invaluable. Debra Shushan is a highly intelligent, engaging host with a wealth of knowledge about critical issues and the ability to attract exceptional guests and conduct important discussions that should matter to Americans.
Agree! I subscribe to both Debra and Waj and greatly appreciate both. Their insight and compassion help me to feel glimmers of hope in these crazy, terrifying times.
I am disgusted and ashamed by this report Nick Kristof NYT today.
(gift link): https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion/israel-palestinians-sexual-violence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hlA.N66y.eqF0_ON6c0-6&smid=url-share
...ashamed (as one) that Jews would conduct themselves this way after what was done to the Jewish people throughout history and especially during the Holocaust. This behavior is apparently being justified, justified by hate and that very history-- vengeance unjustly taken out on Palestinians, vengeance that has to be an inbred attitude, a culture by now passed on from the history, from trauma, causing more.. Shameful and also causing more anti-Semitism in the process.
Excellent conversation Waj and Debra. Look at Israel for lessons not only Hungary.
This the sad part of tale of the Jewish people, traumatized, taking unwise and harmful lessons from the Holocaust, and causing more pain. They have created a state that succumbed to militarizing, and violence for "never again", asking to be judged as exceptional- to be allowed to bring more violence, to teach lessons- supposedly. Instead more hate and anti-Semitism is created. It's more than sad, ironic, that this is a place to run from. Sad is the inability to make peace. I am not surprised that so many are leaving the country rather than staying to help build this Israel, a different country than it once envisioned itself and was envisioned by others to be and become, but one always at war, hunkered down sending their young into it.
Thank you both!
Amen
fatastic program.