House Leader Jeffries predicts failure amid success signs

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has condemned President Donald J. Trump’s (R-) for launching strikes against the radical Islamic regime of Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei after the collapse of negotiations to eliminate Iran’s continued efforts to build a nuclear weapon along with the rocket launchers to carry it into other countries, including the United States. According to FOXNews Mr. Jeffries said:

“The American people want us to focus on making their life better and making their life more affordable; not getting involved in another endless war in the Middle East that is going to end in failure. This administration somehow found the resources, has found billions of dollars for bombs but can’t find any money to actually bring down the high cost of living here in the United States of America,” Jeffries said.”

So the first question that begs to be asked by the mainstream media – or anyone for the matter is: Based on what information do you predict failure? Do you have intelligence from reliable sources that assures you that America will fail? If so, what are those sources? Do you have special access to Khamenei that is in addition to that provided to Mr. Trump through the myriad of federal agencies who are devoted to the gathering of foreign intelligence? If so, what is that source?

But, more appropriately, is this assurance of failure based on the routine failures of Mr. Trump’s predecessors, including President George H.W. Bush, President Bill Clinton, President George W. Bush, President Barack Obama and Joe?* The problem with this kind of assumption is that those failures were based on listening to the “surrender monkeys,” the Elis of Yale that have staffed the State Department for nearly half a century. Mr. Trump eschews them nearly as much as I do. Ignoring the advice of the embedded Elis by Mr. Trump is proving to be the best advice that he has been given.

No, more likely this is not based on any intelligence assessment, known facts, or demonstrable logic. Instead is is based on a bitter hatred of Mr. Trump by virtually all of the progressive leadership of the Democrat Party. If Mr. Trump is for it, they are against it – against it without reason. If Mr. Trump say “Yes” the say “No.” If Mr. Trump were to describe the sunrise in the East, they would immediately denounce it and claim the sun has always risen in the West. It is the definition of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) and while not a “recognizable” psychological condition by the American Psychological Association (APA) it is widely accepted by others as a psychosis.** The real problem here is that if your psychosis propels you to believe something, your response will be similarly irrational.

It is obvious that Mr. Jeffries speaks as a partisan possessed of TDS rather that an informed expert. He has no better understanding of what is transpiring in Iran than do the other partisan hacks like Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) or Jasmine Crockett (D-TX). That being the case, it would probably be better to keep one’s mouth shut and let others think him a fool instead of opening it and proving himself to be a fool absolutely.

Of course the other way to approach it is to create barriers to success such that it will fail. That appears to be the thinking of Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) when he told those foreign leaders in Munich that Mr. Trump will be gone in two years and then, presumably, it will be back to business as usual under his leadership as the next President.

It’s no wonder that successful people no longer run for public office.

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* I have noted in previous columns that even the worst public figures are entitled to the courtesy of their designated title initially and/or the courtesy title of Mr., Mrs, or Ms. thereafter. However, Joe Biden was the worst head of state in our nearly 250 years of existence. So bad was he that it is impossible to determine whether he actually served as President of the United Sates or just ceded all the power to a cabal of unelected bureaucrats and wealthy donors. He has sullied and corrupted every thing he touched and remains undeserving of any official courtesy.

** According to the Cleveland Clinic, “Psychosis is the term for a collection of symptoms that happen when a person has trouble telling the difference between what’s real and what’s not. This disconnection from reality can happen for several reasons, including many different mental and physical conditions. It’s usually treatable with medication and other techniques.”