Quick Takes from the Past 24-48 Hours

The ‘Speed of Trump’ continues.

The following is an installment of Trump-Vance team accomplishments (each article is linked for further info):

1. President Trump Said He Is Working on a Plan for Ukraine to Pay Back the $350 Billion the U.S. Sent to Ukraine

A proposal put forth by US Treasury Secretary Bessent, Trump is pressing for the return of $350 billion from Ukraine. Zelensky has turned down the latest offer, which was an agreement on rare earth metals.

The President stated:

So, as you know, Europe is putting up money, and they’re getting it in the form of a loan.

Further:

And the United States, under Biden, didn’t do loans. They just handed money. Every time somebody walked in from Ukraine, they just handed them money foolishly. This should have never happened. It should have never started.

And:

[O]nce it did, other things should have happened. Other things should have taken place. So we’re getting security on our money. We’re going to have it secured by… They have raw earth, and they have oil and gas, and they have a lot of other things. And we’re asking for security on our money. They’ve agreed to it. Ukraine has agreed to it.

2. U.S. Tells Europe to Handle Its Own Defense

The U.S. is no longer willing to subsidize prosperous countries that will not defend themselves.

The rationale behind President Trump’s upending protocol is not clear to We the People, but the results so far are amazing to watch, so:

– Why rename the Gulf of Mexico?

– What is this fixation on annexing Greenland?

– Does anybody really want to find out what happens if we add Canadians to the U.S. Senate?

But the president is right that allies have been allowed to shift the costs of their defense to the United States for decades, and they have relied on the U.S. to resolve what are largely European problems. With the U.S. government spending far beyond its means, it is time for our NATO allies to step up, as U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently stated:

The United States remains committed to the NATO alliance and to the defense partnership with Europe, full stop.

But the United States will no longer tolerate an imbalanced relationship which encourages dependency.

According to the A.P.:

Hegseth’s speech threw ‘the world’s biggest military alliance into disarray.’

[W]hat really brought the message home for attendees was when the U.S. defense secretary emphasized that America has security obligations throughout the world, particularly regarding China. That means, with NATO, the U.S. would focus on “empowering Europe to own responsibility for its own security.”

To that end, Hegseth urged U.S. allies to exceed the 2-percent-of-GDP target for defense spending set by the alliance—which most fail to meet—and to aim for 5 percent.

3. The Propaganda Media Love Negative Trends, but America Keeps Moving in the Right Direction

A few years ago, media were abuzz with the bad news that bees were dying out in record numbers.

Many culprits were suggested. Climate change. Insecticides. A mysterious disease known as “colony collapse disorder” seemingly caused worker bees to spontaneously go on strike, wander off, and die

The trend is now different. According to the most recent Census of Agriculture:

[T]he twice-per-decade federal counting of all domestic and farm animals in the United States, the number of bee colonies is up 31 percent since 2007.

Due to how the Department of Agriculture collects those data, the bee renaissance may be somewhat less dramatic than reported—private organizations that also track the number of beehives say the recovery has been more gradual. Still, the line is moving in the right direction.

4. Cemetery Commentary: Three Turkeys Perform a Perfect Reenactment of Today’s Communist/Globalist Crime Syndicate

Is this not perfect? Turkeys running in a mindless loop around the tombstone of What’s Her Name—if that is not her presidential campaign in a nutshell, who is to say what is?

5. Fans Cheer as Trump’s ‘Beast’ Limo Leads Drivers Around the Track at Daytona 500

The “Beast” limo was not the only way Trump wowed the crowd in the stands on Sunday. He also directed Air Force One to fly over the track and stands before landing nearby to offload the heavily armored limo for the pace lap.

As the limo motored around the track, the president delivered a radio message to the racers.

He told the drivers:

This is your favorite president. I’m a big fan, I’m a really big fan of you people.

How you do this, I don’t know, but I just want you to be safe.

You’re talented people, and you’re great people and great Americans. Have a good day, have a lot of fun and I’ll see you later.

Trump also gave the starting command to kick off the first leg of the race:

6. Germans Who Laughed at Trump Over Russia Are Now Weeping Bitter Tears of Regret

Recall in 2018, the current Munich Security Conference Chairman Christoph Heusgen was one of the clutch of German politicians laughing at President Trump as he warned them of the danger of sole dependence upon Russian natural gas for their energy.

Moving forward to present time, in his closing remarks, Heusgen was in actual tears:

Just as Trump warned them about the national security risks—and, quite honestly, had the Germans not been totally reliant upon the goodwill of Russia to run their economy, the Russians would probably never have invaded Ukraine—Vance warned them about the cultural rot of untrammeled immigration by people who hate Europe’s culture and have made no secret of their desire to supplant it.

Also, Vance warned them of the creeping totalitarianism of, as he put it, commissars who view the ordinary people as problems to be managed and not a source of national strength.

Nothing stings more painfully than the words, ‘I told you so.”

7. Hungarian Leader Orbán Reveals How Soros and U.S. Taxpayers Are Funding Organizations Around the World to Promote Radical Liberal Ideology

Tucker Carlson interviewed Hungarian President Victor Orbán this weekend and during their conversation, Victor Orbán explained how the liberal globalist elites are using U.S. taxpayers’ money to spread their ideology around the world.

This includes the financing of more than 60 NGOs, paid politicians, and media outlets in Hungary.

The Gateway Pundit has reported on these dirty Soros-funded NGOs for years; only recently did We the People learn U.S. taxpayers’ dollars have been funding these far-left organizations.