Only Trump Can Stop Trump

Thankfully, a second assassination attempt against the former President failed. September 16, 2024 [WEBSITE]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE]( Only Trump Can Stop Trump SEAN RING Dear Reader, This weekend, we had another assassination attempt from The Party of Gun Control™. Fortunately for the world, they don’t teach MKULTRA victims how to shoot straight. As a result, DJT is alive and unharmed. I’m thrilled, as there’s still hope. Because if Kamala wins, things will get much worse before they improve. I think she’s personally loathsome. But pointing that out is not moving the electorate's undecided middle to his side. And neither are the Haitian pet-eating stories. I received many messages about how authentic these stories are. When I wrote Wednesday’s Rude, I didn’t see any real stories verifying them. Other than Springfield’s citizens testifying, I still don’t see much proof. I don’t question their honesty, but joining in the bashing is tough when I’ve only seen a few admittedly horrendous videos on X. In Wednesday’s Rude, I offered Hoppe’s much better argument against free movement across borders rather than the pet-eating stuff. Here are some of the comments I received: Sean, I rely on, and enjoy, your common sense and critical thinking. However, today you fell short relative to the Trump remark about Haitians eating pets. It is far worse than you know...please google Alexis Tellia Ferrell (Haitian who ate the cat!!). The media is denying she is Haitian and burying the police bodycam vid clips, but, in fact, she is. Regards, Susan D. Susan, thanks for writing in. Allexis Telia Farrell was born in Canton, OH, attended Canton High School, and was arrested in Canton, not Springfield. She’s American. [Here’s the police report.]( In it, the police wrote, “The Defendant did torture, kill, and eat a cat in a residential area in front of multiple people.” Do your research. There are YouTube reporters on the ground there interviewing residents. There are police reports and even police bodycam video and audio. Don't just poo poo a story unless you have actually done some real research. You're being just as ignorant as ABC News. Craig V. I did a lot if research yesterday, and the story is true not from the media but from citizens living there. It’s sad that facts are not fiction but a reality in this small town. What citizens are experiencing across this nation is not highlighted or fact checked by the media (or anyone ), that’s why my decision is to bypass emails and television - get to people who are truly on board to make this country great again. Pablo D. Sean- Keep the commentary coming; I enjoy your writing. Had I been Trump, when ABC’s David Muir said there was no credible evidence to the story being real, I would have reminded him about ABC (and others) saying there was no credible evidence to the Hunter Biden laptop being real. You may want to hold off saying the pet eating was real or fake until further investigation occurs. -Jeff C Thanks all for writing. [**Urgent Note From Jim Rickards – Your Response Is Requested By 01/25**]( I’ve just made a [massive change]( to Strategic Intelligence. This is one of the biggest changes to a newsletter in the history of our business… As far as I know, nothing like it has been done before. What’s going on? In short, I’m adding 3 exciting new additions to [this all-new “Pro level”]( of Strategic Intelligence. And as a current subscriber, I don’t want to see you miss out. That’s why — for a very limited time, until the timer below hits 0 — you’ll be able to [upgrade your subscription to this new “Pro level” by clicking here.]( Seriously. [Just click here now to see how to claim your upgrade.]( Once the timer hits 0, however, it’ll be too late… you’ll miss out. I’d hate to see you left behind. [Click here before it’s too late.]( Yes, I’ve heard and read reports of Haitian migrants going down to the pond and stealing geese and ducks. “I, myself, favor a Christmas goose,” said Sherlock Holmes. For the record, Peking Duck is one of my favorite Asian dishes. When Pam and I were in Shanghai, we saw how they cooked the ducks on a stick in a wood-fired pizza oven to get the skin crispy. It was out of this world! It’s amazing how our morals take on an aesthetic quality, n’est pas? And I mean that. Dogs and cats… yuck! But ducks and geese… yum! My point wasn’t that the stories weren’t true. My point was that, if anything, it moves the needle of the moderate voter in the wrong direction. Let me reprint what I wrote in Thursday’s Rude to remind you (bolds for effect): Enough about Springfield’s pets already! It doesn’t matter if it’s true. Why? Because tarring all the migrants with the same brush as one migrant who has a fetish for cats is unseemly. But Trump bit. She must’ve thought, “Thank God he’s such an idiot sometimes!” Newsweek writes: "What they have done to our country by allowing these millions and millions of people to come into our country—and look at what's happening to the towns all over the United States," the former president said. "In Springfield, they're eating the dogs—the people that came in," Trump continued. They're eating the cats. They're eating the pets of the people that live there, and this is what's happening in our country, and it's a shame." Talk about kids getting beaten up, fathers getting murdered, mothers getting assaulted. All of those things have happened. Pets getting eaten? For Pete’s sake, there are about 1,000 ways of making a better point. As I wrote in yesterday’s [Wednesday’s] Rude, free trade doesn’t have to mean the free movement of people. All he has to do is emphasize the community doesn’t want to be overrun and be done with it. Later on in the piece, I wrote: When you mass import a third of a city’s population, you’ve planned an invasion. You’re terraforming life there as the townsfolk knew it. But there’s no reason to continue with the pet-eating claims. Ignore them and move on. Here are some more comments: Sean, Good Man: Commenting on “the debate.” Agree, Trump doesn’t seem to want it badly enough. But, perhaps Trump was taking a page from Ali’s rope-a-dope. An awful lot is set to take place between now and Nov. “My rally crowds are bigger than yours...” All he had to say was, “might be true but I can understand especially after y’all tried to kill me and took out/injured one/some of my attendees at one of my rallies. Besides, my people work.” Would have busted her right in the mouth. Truly, it was Trump vs Harris and ABC. (Hearing she had an earpiece in.) Sadly, that “community organizer” is still running things. Biden and Harris are just his front peeps. Many thanks, Sean! Basil G. Basil, thanks for writing in. Excellent points. I agree. Hi Sean, Absolutely look forward to your daily offerings, and today was no exception, but an aspect of the overwhelming invasion of Springfield left untouched, was the increase in the amount of traffic accidents since their arrival. Not only dangerous, but a school bus accident last year, allegedly caused by a Haitian driving without a license, claimed the life of an 11 year old. That's bad enough, but insurance rates have skyrocketed. I understand leading with the sensational, and column space is limited, but this is real-world impact. Also, and this is nitpicky, but the expression is "fair or foul" which I know you know is from the Macbeth witches scene. But it was clever to think of it, and to use the "fowl" substitute for punning effect. Again, thanks for your daily info. Best, Brian H. Hi Brian, thanks for this. Now, this is critically important stuff. I wasn’t aware of all this and appreciate you pointing it out. The Haitian Newcomers are taking in thousands of dollars a month in taxpayer funded freebies. Importing the Third World to America changes America, not the Third World. They are not here to enhance Western Civilization and Capitalism. Enjoy your articles, Sean. Scott E. Thanks for writing, Scott. I couldn’t agree more. Sean, It's amusing to see your comments from the comforts of Italy, who had no problem and the support of most Italians, turning away boat loads and thousands of "Libyan asylum" seekers at the shoreline. Maybe when you get a few thousand Libyan "immigrants" dumped into your small city your perspective will change. That said, the Trump meme is hilarious and there's always a kernel of truth to all of them. Walt B Walt, when I first arrived in Italy, I went to the ballot box and voted for Giorgia. After a slow start, she’s got a grip on the migration problem. I’m not saying voting solves all issues, but at least there’s something of a mandate. Something is wrong when people on Martha’s Vineyard are pro-immigration and then send home their guests. I don’t want immigrants dumped into any city, especially Springfield, where they took in the equivalent of a third of the population. The real problem is the “mass” part of “mass migration.” Wrap Up Bullets can’t stop the man, but bad arguments can. For all our sakes, here’s hoping The Donald improves his arguments. All the best, Sean Ring Editor, Rude Awakening X (formerly Twitter): [@seaniechaos]( Rate this email Like Dislike Thanks for rating this content! Looks like something went wrong. Please try to rate again. In Case You Missed It… I’m Not Turning Japanese BYRON KING Dear Reader, Today, we’ll discuss the American steel industry, particularly the ongoing saga of how Japan’s Nippon Steel wants to buy an iconic American firm, U.S. Steel. However, Biden, his administration, and presidential candidate Donald Trump oppose the proposed business realignment, so it will likely not happen. What does this kind of politicking mean to American steel, if not the U.S. economy, more broadly? Let’s tap this furnace, so to speak, but first, I admit… I watched the Trump-Harris debate the other night on ABC News. (Yeah, so you didn’t have to.) Who Scripts These Things? Long ago, I gave up watching network news. It’s not really news, anyhow; it’s just big-money broadcast television laced with heavily curated propaganda. It’s not worth the time. I have better things to do than observe a talking head narrate a list of stuff for half an hour. I’d rather read a book. Still, on Sept. 10, I took one for the team and watched the two candidates. At the outset, I sort of believed ABC News' declaration that they didn’t give the questions in advance to either side. But I also wondered what that means and if it matters. At least as I perceived the spectacle, it seemed more like the Harris campaign had provided the questions to ABC. Characteristic of mainstream media content, the overall tone of the two stuffed-shirt moderators was heavily tilted anti-Trump. And when Kamala took questions from the ABC payrollers, she had an easier time of it while still evading any solid answers to hard questions. Then again, give Harris some credit because, apparently, she is coachable, which is definitely something that the people who really run the country want in their bought-and-paid-for politicians, certainly their wannabe presidents. Along the foregoing lines, Kamala was holed up in a hotel suite in Pittsburgh, cramming and prepping for over a week. Her temporary residence in the former Steel City was mostly a local story, although it went national – [New York Times level]( – when she shopped for spices. Yes, I’m serious, this presidential candidate went to a store and bought spices. Debate-wise, Kamala’s handlers pumped a list of scripted, focus-grouped sound bites into her head, which showed as the effort paid off. The repetitious verbal drills – if not (perhaps) the electroshock treatments – worked, and stifled the Democrat candidate’s up-to-now trademark vacuousness; those odd quirks [that we’ve seen many times]( when Kamala Harris begins to speak, and then rapidly descends into giggles, and word salads about things at the edges of her envelope of knowledge. Consider how, up until just a couple of months ago, Harris was the least popular vice president in modern history. Party insiders openly wondered how President Joe Biden could ditch her and not take a huge political hit. And then? Well, you know what happened… Old Joe got the proverbial Heave-Ho, and now he’s baking in the sun at the beach while staff do the lifting. Meanwhile, Kamala-Mamala is the Democrat party nominee, feted widely and the toast of towns across the land, at least in jurisdictions where lots of ballots will get counted. Still, to be accurate, this whole political Kamala Kabuki theater is not about her. It’s all about which party will hold the Constitution’s “executive power” come January 20, 2025. Harris’s name is on the Democrat ticket, and her backers will crawl over broken glass to get her elected. “By any means necessary” is their catchphrase, n’est-ce pas? Obviously, Kamala and Trump disagree on all manner of issues, from federalized abortion policy to the Afghanistan debacle; down to how many pet cats are being stolen and barbecued by illegal migrants who entered through the country’s wide-open borders. It is what it is… But! There’s one issue on which these two candidates do not disagree: something a bit obscure, yet really important, and which returns us to the steel industry. The Eighth Wonder of the World Andrew Carnegie once called steel “the eighth wonder of the world.” That is, take two pounds of iron ore, two pounds of coal, half a pound of limestone, add a dash of manganese; and you wind up with a pound of solid steel, from which miracles can flow. We could discuss Carnegie and steel all day, and I’d love to do that; but for our purposes here, he was key to the American iron and steel business in the late 1800s. In 1901, Carnegie and banker J.P. Morgan folded the Scotsman’s many assets into a business combination called U.S. Steel. Then as the 20th Century unfolded, U.S. Steel was there for America, pouring metal and engineering it into everything from rails and bridges to the beams of the Empire State Building, to Navy ships, Detroit cars, refrigerators and much else. At its peak, U.S. Steel was among America’s largest employers, with over 340,000 workers in mines, mills, rail yards, factories, labs and offices across the land. In fact, for 90 years, from 1901 to 1991, the company’s shares were a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. But today, Mr. Carnegie’s legacy company (U.S. Steel—X) is a shadow of its past. Its market cap is about $7.3 billion, far below replacement cost for its assets and facilities. It’s nearly invisible compared with $3 trillion behemoths like Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia. U.S. Steel employs about 22,000 workers, which ranks it far outside [the top 100 list](. Heck, the fast-food company Arby’s employs almost four times more people, albeit to make sandwiches versus automotive sheet metal. To accomplish its daily work, U.S. Steel pours tonnages that rank the firm about 25th in global steel output, which is far behind [a host of steelmaking names, mostly foreign companies of which you likely never heard](. Some divisions of U.S. Steel are highly efficient and globally competitive; the Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock, Pennsylvania, comes to mind. But many other company facilities are old, as in very old. (In fact, parts of the above-noted Edgar Thomson facility date back to 1875.) Generally, the U.S. Steel story is that its plants and technologies require significant levels of new investments, and large-scale updates to remain competitive in domestic markets, let alone across the world. The company’s wish list for capital runs well into many billions of dollars, and just how can a $7 billion outfit that ranks 25th in the world in its sector raise that kind of money? (Hint: it can’t.) [[Urgent] Starlink Set For The Largest IPO In History?]( He turned PayPal from a tiny, off-the-radar startup… to a massive $64 billion giant. Then, he did it again with Tesla… which is up more than 19,500% since 2010. For perspective, that turns $100 invested into almost $20,000! And now, Elon could be set to do it for the third and final time… with what might be his biggest breakthrough yet. 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