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Kamala didn’t pick up the phone to congratulate The Donald… November 07, 2024 [WEBSITE]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE]( 47! BYRON KING Dear Reader, Kamala was not available for that proverbial 3 am phone call. That is, she didn’t pick up a telephone to contact Donald Trump to say, “Congratulations, Mr. President-elect-twice. Obviously, the numbers are rolling in, and you’re coming out ahead. It was a long road and a tough campaign, and we said a lot of things, and the country is divided. But life goes on. And now, considering what we know, you can say that I conceded and also that I wish you and your family well. Looking ahead, we all must work to get the country back on track. Best wishes, sir.” Nope. Instead, the losing candidate summarily sent the crowd home from her now-irrelevant “victory” watch and, per various accounts, berated her campaign staff. Return of the Trump Yes, he’s back. Donald J. Trump, once and future president: Numbers 45 and 47. Grover Cleveland redux, one might say. With promises to build the wall. Deport criminal illegals. Tariffs on imports. End wars. Higher wages. Less inflation. Lower prices. No more DEI from government. Crackdown on crime. No tax on tips. Rebuild the military. Drain that swamp. And more. Hey, that’s just on Day One. The other side is apoplectic. Two days ago, the inaptly named sourpuss Joy Reid of MSNBC compared Trump to Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, and even Venezuela’s Maduro, all in about two run-on sentences. As I understand it, Joy attended Harvard in the 1990s and majored in Film Studies, meaning she watched movies for four years. Along such lines, thank goodness for cue cards, I suppose. Because I don’t think she really knows much about, say, real history. Meanwhile, the New York Times sniffily chastised Trump for claiming victory before all the “official” numbers were certified from every state. Yeah, like, let’s await those cliffhanger results from Alaska and Hawaii. I think there’s some guy on Attu Island in the Aleutians whose ballot hasn’t quite made it to Cold Harbor yet. With Trump inbound, the price of oil is holding steady. Gold dropped a small fraction, reflecting a very slight strengthening in the dollar. The Chinese yuan fell as Asian traders priced in the likelihood of Trump tariffs on exports. [How To Profit From Starlink’s $180 Billion IPO Jackpot?]( Have you heard the big news? [Elon Musk’s company Starlink is preparing to announce their IPO in as little as a few weeks!]( According to Quartz, “Elon Musk’s Starlink IPO may lift off as soon as [2024.]” And for the first time ever, you have the rare chance to see how to profit BEFORE the IPO takes place. [Click here now for the time-sensitive details.]( [Click Here To Learn More]( Meanwhile, Trump’s Truth Social company (DJT) shares are up pre-market, as are shares in Elon Musk’s Tesla. And I suspect that the underlying value of X, formerly Twitter, just firmed up quite a bit as well. If you didn't see this coming, it’s time to short the Green New Scam. Offshore windmills are definitely out; Trump told Joe Rogan that they kill whales, which is basically correct. The low-frequency, long wavelength, whump-whump-whump infrasound is inaudible to human ears, but rings like a gigantic bell to the sensitive hearing of whales, dolphins, etc. Electric vehicles, too, are a fading play. Yes, there’s room for EVs in specific niche markets, but the national-scale mandates are toast. So no, unlike the case with the unfortunate whales, there will be no large-scale die-off of internal combustion engines, not for the foreseeable future. Car companies that went all-in, like Ford, have a rocky road ahead. Drill baby, drill? Considering the long supply and personnel chains required to ramp up any major energy effort, it's not as easy as it sounds. But yes, it’ll be easier with Trump and his people in office; and note the looming Republican Senate, which means that Trump’s appointees will get confirmed. Also, along those energy lines, look offshore into the Gulf of Mexico. The Biden administration has been awful for offshore development these past four years, especially deepwater, where the large oilfields remain. But again, drilling offshore takes time, about five to ten times the fracking timetable on any sort of project. With regard to overseas military expeditions, Trump said on the campaign trail that he’d “settle the wars” before he even took office. Well, no, because the U.S. has only one president at a time, and right now, that guy is Joe Biden, and he’s preoccupied with other matters like binge-watching Netflix shows. Frankly, I’m a “Commander in Chief” sort of voter. I served my early Navy days under President Reagan, and always believed he had our back. Other presidents, not so much. And then there was this Biden-Harris administration, which turned the Afghan withdrawal into a debacle. And famously, Biden himself looked at his wristwatch during the return ceremony of dead personnel at Dover Air Force Base. I’ll leave it at that. More broadly, I suspect that Vladimir Putin will be interested in learning what Trump wants to do about Ukraine, certainly, now that President-elect 47 is on the cusp of returning to political power. In other words, it’s one thing to sit in the bleachers, even 50-yard line seats, and critique the plays. And it’s quite another to be the head coach down on the field. More specifically, how much money and how many more weapons will Trump dump into the Ukrainian cauldrons? Or will he tell the Ukrainians that it’s over and the Russians are going to present terms, and we’re going to deal with it? No easy answers here. And then there’s Israel-Iran. Again, beware of a country that has 50,000 long-range missiles stored in caves. If they shoot 100 per day, that’s enough for a 500-day war, and there’s no way that Israel can handle it. All this while those Houthis in Yemen have all but closed the Red Sea to ship traffic that they don’t want cruising past their shores. How bad is it? Well, recently, both the German and British navies decided to sail their flagged warships back to Euroland by taking the long route around Africa versus risking getting shot at in the Bab el Mandeb. Okay, there’s plenty more to discuss about what happened two days ago, November 5, 2024, and into the evening and night as the vote tallies rolled in. People will write books. For now, just go about your business and day. The lights are still on. There’s water in the pipes. Food on the shelves. And the Deep State cowers in fear in the Beltway shadows. Thank you for subscribing and reading. Best wishes… Byron W. King 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… TRUMP SEAN RING As I sit here at 5:32 am Eastern Time in my hotel in New York City, the Woke Era has ended. Joe Rogan, Elon and X, and Hispanic and White Men have taken back the country. They defeated one issue (abortion) women. So far, Trump has just won 276 electoral votes, as Wisconsin was just called for Trump. I’m thrilled beyond belief because America will get back to being America, at least for a few more years. When I criticize policy—and I will criticize Trump’s policies—I will do so from the position of someone who’s no longer worried about The Executive undermining the country. Just a bit of housekeeping first. I’m flying back to Italy tonight, so I won’t be able to land there in time to write tomorrow’s Rude. Luckily, my friend and colleague Byron King has already stepped up. I’ll return on Friday to follow up on the election and today’s FOMC meeting. Now, let’s see how The Donald pulled it off. Trump Won South Texas Hispanics' average age is 29. They have college degrees, and English is their first language. And they’re Catholic, not charity cases. Trump turned South Texas into a Republican Heartland. The Democrats’ strategy of winning Texas’ cities and keeping South Texas has turned to dust. It seems ironic at first glance: Hispanics care deeply about the border. But a deeper look makes it easy to understand. They came to America to make a better life for themselves, not to turn America into the place from whence they came. Kamala Should’ve Picked Shapiro, Loses PA I’ve long thought Kamala’s head was emptier than deep space. It was a monumental error not to choose Josh Shapiro as her running mate. How the DNC allowed it is utterly beyond me. As a result, she lost Pennsylvania, and the rest of the Blue Wall followed (below). Luckily for Trump, Kamala was wrong on fracking, tax on unrealized capital gains, and DEI. As Veep, she was utterly incompetent on the border, foreign policy, and the economy. She couldn’t distance herself from the Biden Administration’s policies, as she took credit for many of them. So awful was Harris’ performance, the DNC may even let their constituents pick the nominee next time. Rogan’s Endorsement Changed The Game Joe Rogan’s interview with Trump and endorsement of him terraformed American politics. Watching NBC’s election coverage team admit Rogan affected the election was positively delicious. Along with Rogan, having Elon Musk and RFK Jr on his team changed the electoral landscape. Formerly apathetic young white men voted in droves. Hispanic men voted for Trump, bad jokes about Puerto Rico notwithstanding. The Mainstream Media took a fatal hit with this election. It’s not that they were wrong about everything; they’re merely irrelevant. X is not a fountain of misinformation. It’s the Town Square of America and where you must be if you want to know the truth. [Nearing Retirement? 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American Lear and His Unwise, Disloyal Fool All Joe Biden had to do was be a kindly old man. Instead, he vilified half the country. Biden was a mentally incapacitated, angry old man who was unfit for the office even when he had all his marbles. Without them, he was The American Lear minus the tragic enlightenment, and Kamala was his unwise, disloyal Fool. But Biden isn’t the only one whose day has come. It’s the end for Barack Obama, as well. The would-be Democratic kingmaker made a tragic mistake when he tapped his buddy George Clooney on the shoulder to pen that infamous op-ed in The Los Angeles Times. With Biden removed, Obama thought Harris would get behind the Resolute Desk and he could mentor her. Of course, Obama underestimated just how much resolve The Donald has. Market Update From The Wall Street Journal: Futures tied to major U.S. stock indexes jumped. Dow industrials futures led the way, gaining more than 2.5%. Futures for the small-cap Russell 2000 index rocketed more than 5% higher. Bond yields climbed—particularly longer-dated ones. The threat of a larger supply of Treasurys has pushed down bond prices. The dollar strengthened, as the euro and currencies in countries such as Brazil, China, Japan, and Mexico swooned. Bitcoin advanced above $73,000, notching a new record intraday high. Wall Street’s fear gauge, the VIX, plunged to a roughly six-week low as investors cut bets that election uncertainty could stoke market volatility. The Stoxx Europe 600 jumped more than 1.5%. Wrap Up Congratulations, USA! You’ve got a leader who loves you. He’s far from perfect, but he operates from a place of genuine patriotism and love of his country. I’m thrilled for you. The real game begins this January. In the meantime, God Bless America. All the best, Sean Ring Editor, Rude Awakening Twitter: [@seaniechaos]( ☰ ⊗ [UPDATE PREFERENCES]( [Contact Us]( © 2024 Paradigm Press, LLC. 1001 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. By submitting your email address, you consent to Paradigm Press, LLC. delivering daily email issues and advertisements. To end your Rude Awakening e-mail subscription and associated external offers sent from Rude Awakening, feel free to [click here,]( or manage your newsletter preferences [here.]( Please note: the mailbox associated with this email address is not monitored, so do not reply to this message. We welcome comments or suggestions at feedback@rudeawakening.info. This address is for feedback only. For questions about your account or to speak with customer service, [contact us here]( or call (844)-731-0984. Although our employees may answer your general customer service questions, they are not licensed under securities laws to address your particular investment situation. 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