If anyone can turn an otherwise average situation into a complete death spiral, it’s Tr*mp. When he speaks, he makes very little sense and is always, always aggressively offensive to someone.
Gloria—your piece lands where it needs to: in the gut. I didn’t need to be told what that E‑4B meant the second I saw it. I grew up sixty kilometers from the East–West border, watched NATO tanks roll past my childhood home during live maneuvers. The sound of metal tracks on village roads wasn’t distant war noise—it was part of the weather. We were raised to know: if something ignites, we’re in the blast radius. So I didn’t need a headline to understand what Nightwatch on the tarmac says. I already knew.
And still, I did the digging. The latest reporting. The military analyses. An AI-assisted sweep of what’s been said, hinted at, held back. Iran has no nuclear weapons. No weapons-grade uranium. Their missiles don’t reach the U.S. mainland. They haven’t struck first. There is no immediate threat here—except the one being manufactured.
This wasn’t a reaction. It was a move. Chosen. Calculated. Escalation as strategy—not because of what Iran did, but because of what they might someday be capable of. The fear isn’t about bombs; it’s about autonomy. This follows a pattern: Gaza. Hamas. Now Iran. And always the same posture—strike first to keep the balance of power from shifting.
And where’s the U.S.? Not caught in the crossfire. Aligned. This isn’t about protecting Israel. It isn’t even about Israel. What I see is Trump, slipping further into grandiosity, cognition visibly unraveling, leveraging American firepower to protect his private alliances. Saudi Arabia. Quatar. The Gulf. Not diplomacy—deals. Not strategy—self-interest.
That plane didn’t land because someone else made a move. It landed because Trump did. This is the quiet preamble to something louder. The staging ground, not the fallback. It’s not about keeping you safe. It’s about preparing for the consequences of an act already in motion.
Nightwatch, in this moment, isn’t about continuity. It’s about complicity. A president gaming out the end of the pageantry before the script is even public.
I don’t see deterrence.
I see a signal that Trump plans to use the U.S. military for ends that serve no one but himself—and the empire he wants to prop up around him.
So yes, your words helped me locate what I already carried. This isn't a drill. This is not random. This is chosen. And the global community would do well to be wide awake—because that playbook’s already open, and the first moves are already made.
Thank you for saying it first. You lit the signal. I just followed it.
I agree with you wholeheartedly. "Orange Blossum" was humiliated by the parade, and frightened by the huge numbers of protesters....he is a small scared boy reacting to a world he cannot control. BUT his actions have consequences for all of us. This needs to end, before it is too late. Congress should do their job and stop him.
Ellen, yes, all true and yet they won’t because they know, they go down with him, full force. Every one of them will loose likely what they have in terms of face and power when this ends. So they will not end it from their position. I do not see it.
“And the global community would do well to be wide awake…”
You have so sagely said out loud what the others take sleeping pills to avoid even thinking.
Looking away, staying silent — quietly shaking in fear, pretending, hoping, are all the ingredients necessary for authoritarianism to rise and double — even with a slight punch down, it is alive and will keep growing.
The solution is simple — and that is not said aloud either.
Global leaders are strengthening their alliances, out of necessity not by choice, leaving the U.S. to fend for itself — they are wise to do so. The New Regime is burning the bridges most strategic to its ultimate survival.
That said, we Americans better recognize the real life implications of being left out.
We are nothing save for our allies. Isolationism is democracy’s demise.
The thing is, this war with Iran is in fact Netanyahu's "Wag the Dog" move - he NEEDS this war to keep his fascist right-wing government in power. The farthest right, pro-settler, anti-Palestinian members of his coalition threatened to leave the government if he did not attack Iran (for supporting Hamas)..... So he attacked Iran with the Air Force to keep his hold on power..... And we are about to leap into the tar pit that is the middle east - again.....
Exactly, Bruce. And when you look at Netanyahu through a psychological lens, it becomes even starker. This isn’t just “wag the dog.” It’s a narcissist’s perfect storm.
To him, the threat of a nearly ready Iranian nuclear weapon isn’t just a geopolitical issue—it’s the stage on which he gets to script himself as irreplaceable. Not because the bomb is real or imminent, but because he needs it to be. That fear keeps his coalition together, silences dissent, and makes his personal downfall feel like national collapse.
Netanyahu doesn’t respond to reality. He responds to anything that threatens his hold on power. And in classic narcissistic fashion, he doesn’t see people—only roles in his narrative. Palestinians, Iranians, even Israelis—chess pieces. If the far-right demands blood to stay loyal, he delivers airstrikes. If the global stage needs a villain, he makes sure it’s someone else. What matters is that he remains the “indispensable one.”
This war wasn’t triggered by Iran’s actions. It was triggered by Netanyahu’s fear of losing control—and his belief that chaos will keep him in the center of everything.
And now, the world is being pulled into that delusion.
Trump, on the other hand, isn’t animated by legacy—he’s animated by leverage. Financial, transactional, personal. His family’s deep entanglements with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar aren’t a side note—they’re the context. He sees this war as an investment. A way to align with Gulf monarchies that fund his projects and protect his wealth. His decision-making isn’t impaired only by cognitive decline—it’s shaped by corruption and greed.
So now we have two unstable men: one clinging to power through escalation, the other enabling it for personal gain. Neither cares who pays the price. Civilians, democracies, global security—they’re all collateral in a game they believe they can rig.
And the E-4B parked at Andrews? It’s not a shield. It’s a spotlight—on what happens when unchecked egos and transnational interests use war as self-preservation.
If you would be willing, please share your comments as posts — following Gloria Horton-Young’s exposé — so that they can be restacked!
The thread stemming from Gloria’s initial post is lengthening in very substantive ways — it needs to become an evolving tapestry of knowledge and warning displayed in full view.
My husband has feared this since that horrible man rode down his golden staircase on his overblown ego. I will make certain he reads this. He’ll start digging that bunker.
I'm hoping this is strategic signalling — a silent announcement that the US is prepared for any scenario, including nuclear, but really, more about posturing and deterrence. That's consistent with Trump's media-savvy style of turning every move into both a military and political performance.
The alternatives — preparedness for command, regional spillover, and/or cyber or EMP attack — are highly concerning.
Yep, born in the 1950's .... in elementary school we did nuclear attack drills outside our classrooms in the hallways. Sickening that tTump has this "toy".
I read a book, decades ago, that stayed with me. Down to a Sunless Sea. I have no idea who wrote it, but it was about a regular passenger plane flying when, suddenly, nuclear bombs begin detonating all over the place. And they can't land. And I was very young when I read it, but I could not put it down, yet I wanted to burn it and not think about something so horrible ever again. Yet here we are.
I hadn't heard of this plane, I don't think. Or maybe I saw it in a film? I don't know. How did you hear about this happening, Gloria?
God, bring back the America we trusted. Get rid of all these warmongers.
A nightmare turned real. Republicans have supported this Idiocracy and can stop it by tanking the budget bill that gives Donnie total rule by ending the courts ability to hold him in contempt. Call Repub senators and wake them up. They need to cross the aisle and vote this whole bill down and replace with the simple budget bill it should be.
Isn't "trump" synonymous with "unhinged"? We knew the depths of his stupidity the first time he asked his generals why we have nukes, if we can't use them!
Since we are in the doomsday mode, watch the movie Don’t Look Up with Meryl Streep as president. More politically accurate now than when it was made. Or read Max Ehrlich’s The Big Eye if you need a Donniebreak.
Why would anyone be surprised that a barely literate president would take us to the brink of nuclear war over some perceived slight or to pretend he’s actually a “real man”? This is a nightmare come to life. The only good thing is I doubt any McDonalds or KFCs will survive in the aftermath so the fat moron will starve to death.
If anyone can turn an otherwise average situation into a complete death spiral, it’s Tr*mp. When he speaks, he makes very little sense and is always, always aggressively offensive to someone.
Gloria—your piece lands where it needs to: in the gut. I didn’t need to be told what that E‑4B meant the second I saw it. I grew up sixty kilometers from the East–West border, watched NATO tanks roll past my childhood home during live maneuvers. The sound of metal tracks on village roads wasn’t distant war noise—it was part of the weather. We were raised to know: if something ignites, we’re in the blast radius. So I didn’t need a headline to understand what Nightwatch on the tarmac says. I already knew.
And still, I did the digging. The latest reporting. The military analyses. An AI-assisted sweep of what’s been said, hinted at, held back. Iran has no nuclear weapons. No weapons-grade uranium. Their missiles don’t reach the U.S. mainland. They haven’t struck first. There is no immediate threat here—except the one being manufactured.
This wasn’t a reaction. It was a move. Chosen. Calculated. Escalation as strategy—not because of what Iran did, but because of what they might someday be capable of. The fear isn’t about bombs; it’s about autonomy. This follows a pattern: Gaza. Hamas. Now Iran. And always the same posture—strike first to keep the balance of power from shifting.
And where’s the U.S.? Not caught in the crossfire. Aligned. This isn’t about protecting Israel. It isn’t even about Israel. What I see is Trump, slipping further into grandiosity, cognition visibly unraveling, leveraging American firepower to protect his private alliances. Saudi Arabia. Quatar. The Gulf. Not diplomacy—deals. Not strategy—self-interest.
That plane didn’t land because someone else made a move. It landed because Trump did. This is the quiet preamble to something louder. The staging ground, not the fallback. It’s not about keeping you safe. It’s about preparing for the consequences of an act already in motion.
Nightwatch, in this moment, isn’t about continuity. It’s about complicity. A president gaming out the end of the pageantry before the script is even public.
I don’t see deterrence.
I see a signal that Trump plans to use the U.S. military for ends that serve no one but himself—and the empire he wants to prop up around him.
So yes, your words helped me locate what I already carried. This isn't a drill. This is not random. This is chosen. And the global community would do well to be wide awake—because that playbook’s already open, and the first moves are already made.
Thank you for saying it first. You lit the signal. I just followed it.
I agree with you wholeheartedly. "Orange Blossum" was humiliated by the parade, and frightened by the huge numbers of protesters....he is a small scared boy reacting to a world he cannot control. BUT his actions have consequences for all of us. This needs to end, before it is too late. Congress should do their job and stop him.
Ellen, yes, all true and yet they won’t because they know, they go down with him, full force. Every one of them will loose likely what they have in terms of face and power when this ends. So they will not end it from their position. I do not see it.
“And the global community would do well to be wide awake…”
You have so sagely said out loud what the others take sleeping pills to avoid even thinking.
Looking away, staying silent — quietly shaking in fear, pretending, hoping, are all the ingredients necessary for authoritarianism to rise and double — even with a slight punch down, it is alive and will keep growing.
The solution is simple — and that is not said aloud either.
Thank you, I appreciate you saying it. It might be my position from Germany has something to do with this.
That position is exactly why
your words of warning are profoundly true.
Global leaders are strengthening their alliances, out of necessity not by choice, leaving the U.S. to fend for itself — they are wise to do so. The New Regime is burning the bridges most strategic to its ultimate survival.
That said, we Americans better recognize the real life implications of being left out.
We are nothing save for our allies. Isolationism is democracy’s demise.
So well and thoughtfully said!
Thank you Lynmadd, I try to do some research in order to my accumulated knowledge of politics, psychology and history. Glad it was so well received.
The thing is, this war with Iran is in fact Netanyahu's "Wag the Dog" move - he NEEDS this war to keep his fascist right-wing government in power. The farthest right, pro-settler, anti-Palestinian members of his coalition threatened to leave the government if he did not attack Iran (for supporting Hamas)..... So he attacked Iran with the Air Force to keep his hold on power..... And we are about to leap into the tar pit that is the middle east - again.....
Exactly, Bruce. And when you look at Netanyahu through a psychological lens, it becomes even starker. This isn’t just “wag the dog.” It’s a narcissist’s perfect storm.
To him, the threat of a nearly ready Iranian nuclear weapon isn’t just a geopolitical issue—it’s the stage on which he gets to script himself as irreplaceable. Not because the bomb is real or imminent, but because he needs it to be. That fear keeps his coalition together, silences dissent, and makes his personal downfall feel like national collapse.
Netanyahu doesn’t respond to reality. He responds to anything that threatens his hold on power. And in classic narcissistic fashion, he doesn’t see people—only roles in his narrative. Palestinians, Iranians, even Israelis—chess pieces. If the far-right demands blood to stay loyal, he delivers airstrikes. If the global stage needs a villain, he makes sure it’s someone else. What matters is that he remains the “indispensable one.”
This war wasn’t triggered by Iran’s actions. It was triggered by Netanyahu’s fear of losing control—and his belief that chaos will keep him in the center of everything.
And now, the world is being pulled into that delusion.
Trump, on the other hand, isn’t animated by legacy—he’s animated by leverage. Financial, transactional, personal. His family’s deep entanglements with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar aren’t a side note—they’re the context. He sees this war as an investment. A way to align with Gulf monarchies that fund his projects and protect his wealth. His decision-making isn’t impaired only by cognitive decline—it’s shaped by corruption and greed.
So now we have two unstable men: one clinging to power through escalation, the other enabling it for personal gain. Neither cares who pays the price. Civilians, democracies, global security—they’re all collateral in a game they believe they can rig.
And the E-4B parked at Andrews? It’s not a shield. It’s a spotlight—on what happens when unchecked egos and transnational interests use war as self-preservation.
If you would be willing, please share your comments as posts — following Gloria Horton-Young’s exposé — so that they can be restacked!
The thread stemming from Gloria’s initial post is lengthening in very substantive ways — it needs to become an evolving tapestry of knowledge and warning displayed in full view.
How on earth did you learn of this? And then report it this quickly? I’m in awe.
We’re living in the middle of a dystopian novel…except I’m pretty sure this is reality.
My husband has feared this since that horrible man rode down his golden staircase on his overblown ego. I will make certain he reads this. He’ll start digging that bunker.
Thank you for this Gloria.
I'm hoping this is strategic signalling — a silent announcement that the US is prepared for any scenario, including nuclear, but really, more about posturing and deterrence. That's consistent with Trump's media-savvy style of turning every move into both a military and political performance.
The alternatives — preparedness for command, regional spillover, and/or cyber or EMP attack — are highly concerning.
Yep, born in the 1950's .... in elementary school we did nuclear attack drills outside our classrooms in the hallways. Sickening that tTump has this "toy".
I read a book, decades ago, that stayed with me. Down to a Sunless Sea. I have no idea who wrote it, but it was about a regular passenger plane flying when, suddenly, nuclear bombs begin detonating all over the place. And they can't land. And I was very young when I read it, but I could not put it down, yet I wanted to burn it and not think about something so horrible ever again. Yet here we are.
I hadn't heard of this plane, I don't think. Or maybe I saw it in a film? I don't know. How did you hear about this happening, Gloria?
God, bring back the America we trusted. Get rid of all these warmongers.
Keep us safe.
Hugs,
Francesca
A nightmare turned real. Republicans have supported this Idiocracy and can stop it by tanking the budget bill that gives Donnie total rule by ending the courts ability to hold him in contempt. Call Repub senators and wake them up. They need to cross the aisle and vote this whole bill down and replace with the simple budget bill it should be.
If the plane takes off, the Orange Twatwaffle should not be allowed on it. Just toss him down the stairs.
No need. He'll trip on his own and blame it on Biden.
I pray for sane voices to prevail, for we know that Trump unhinged is very dangerous
Isn't "trump" synonymous with "unhinged"? We knew the depths of his stupidity the first time he asked his generals why we have nukes, if we can't use them!
I had not heard of any of this. 😳 is no place safe?
The coward-in-chief prepares to flee the wrath of America and the world.
Since we are in the doomsday mode, watch the movie Don’t Look Up with Meryl Streep as president. More politically accurate now than when it was made. Or read Max Ehrlich’s The Big Eye if you need a Donniebreak.
Why would anyone be surprised that a barely literate president would take us to the brink of nuclear war over some perceived slight or to pretend he’s actually a “real man”? This is a nightmare come to life. The only good thing is I doubt any McDonalds or KFCs will survive in the aftermath so the fat moron will starve to death.
Chilling Gloria. Those last few lines. Thank you for keeping eyes wide open x
Let's hope it's Trump bluffing, but that wacko should be no where near the football.