IS PRESIDENT TRUMP A POT HEAD?

PRESIDENT TRUMP RECLASSIFIES MARIJUANA

By: Derek Varsalona

President Trump has taken a step in the right direction by reclassifying marijuana.  The news classification does not legalize marijuana in the United States... just yet, but it opens the door to possible legalization.

The need classification of Marijuana cites that it is a "less dangerous substance".  So marijuana is now seeing the light of day.  I think there are many Republicans who are hidden advocates of marijuana; they just can't say that in public since their donations would go up in smoke.

I have smoked marijuana before.  It helps me relieve tension in my muscles caused by Cerebral Palsy.  Marijuana, marijuana for me, is a pain relief substance.  I do not smoke it regularly, but have smoked marijuana on occasion and enjoyed it.

It was smart for President Trump to reschedule marijuana.  He also sees the Conservative position of being against marijuana is going up in smoke.  As always, comments are accepted.

President Trump supports Marijuana Reform
Image: NORML
Sunday, December 21, 2025

Source: Olivia Montes. " Trump Plans to Reclassify Marijuana. What does that mean for Delaware?" Delawarenews. Dover, DE: Saturday, December 20, 2025. https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/20/trump-plans-to-reclassify-marijuana-what-this-means-for-delaware/87842891007/

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS RIGHT TO SUSPEND GREEN CARDS

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RIGHT TO SUSPEND GREEN CARDS

By: Derek Varsalona

President Trump was right to suspend Green Card lotteries this weekend.  The move comes after the Brown University shooting.

President Trump suspended the Green Card lottery Program.  It should be an honor to be an American citizen.  It is not a right of passage into the nation if you are not born an American citizen.  America is the best country in the world. Everyone wants to come here.  

America, should have a policy on immigration that is tied to work experience.  Americans should adopt a policy that allows them to bring money into the country and start a business, much like they can in Canada and other nations around the globe.

America is a great country, and freedom makes it unique.  It should be an honor to come to America.  As always, comments accepted.

President Trump is suspending Green Cards

                                        

Source: BBCNews.com " U.S. Visa Lottery: U.S.Suspends Green Card Visa Lottery." Washington, DC: Friday, December 19, 2025. 

THE TRUMP ECONOMY SLUMP

THE TRUMP SLUMP

By: Derek Varsalona

President Trump is heading into Christmas with a lump of coal in his stocking.  He is riding the Trump Slump as of right now, and things are not looking pretty for him.  

The current economic downturn was first created by President Biden, and his successor, President Trump, is not doing any better. America would be doing better with a former businessman in office, who was not a career politician.  I was wrong, and I will admit that.  The nation is doing better under President Trump than it is doing under President Biden.

President Trump is polling at 39%.  But that does not matter to his loyal supporters, whom, by now, my readers know I am definitely one of.  President Trump is not dead in the water.  There is time to rebound from this mess.

The best present President Trump can give America is another tax cut that does not tax the rich and makes the poor pay for the taxes.  The fact is, the Democrats have already taxed their own base the poo,r with inflation.  Inflation is a tax on the poor.  With inflation, the rich just deal with the consequences, while the poor suffer and starve.  As always commentsare accepted.

The Trump Economy Slump

Source: Steven Collison. " Trump's Dark Christmas Story Doubles Down on Political Error." CNN.com Washington, DC: Thursday, December 18, 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/politics/trump-address-economy-affordability-inflation-analysis

REPUBLICANS ARE MAKING HEALTH CARE LESS AFFORDABLE

REPUBLICANS ARE MAKING HEALTH CARE MORE EXPENSIVE

By: Derek Varsalona

The House Republicans just made health care more expensive.  They passed a bill, which President Trump will sign, making health care more inaccessible to millions of Americans.  I agree with Republicans that the Affordable Health Care Act does not work.  But what Republicans did was leave people in a sticky situation.

The House Republicans left people hanging by a thread as they passed their health insurance bill without subsidies.  This is the new definition of cruel and unusual punishment, which technically is illegal under the Constitution.

As of right now, 20 million people are covered under the Affordable Care Act, which is not making insurance affordable.  But cutting these people without health care premiums is not the way to go.  

The best way to go is to destroy the Affordable Care Act and put a waiver on premiums until the Republicans replace it with something better.  As always, comments accepted.

GOP Is making Health Care Less Affordable
Image: Axois.com
December 17, 2025

Source: Pete Sullivan. " House Passes GOP Health Bill Without Subsidies." Axois.com Washington, DC: Thursday, December 18, 2025.   https://www.axios.com/2025/12/17/house-gop-health-bill-obamacare-aca-subsidies

ZELENSKY SHOULD TAKE TRUMPS DEAL

TRUMP TO HEAD UKRAINE DEAL

By: Derek Varsalona

President Trump is supposed to propose a deal to Russia and Ukraine this week.  No, not that kind of proposal, but President Trump is supposed to be politically married as it seems to Dictator Vladimir Putin.

President Zelensky should take any deal that is presented to him.   If it were not for President Trump, then President Zelensky would be a dead man by now.  Zelensky knows it, Putin wants that, and  Trump knows that Zelensky would be dead if it was not for President Trump.  Frankly, the whole world knows it at this point.

At this point, President Zelensky is best to swallow the poison pill and take it down the throat with water.  Sure, it will leave a bad aftertaste, but the penalty in this situation is death.

But the real reason why Zelensky is holding out is due to the fact that he wants to go down as a martyr. As always, comments are accepted.

Zelensky and Trump

Source: Barak Ravid and Dan Lawaler. " Ukraine and U.S. Divided over Territory After Intense Negotiations." Axois.com Washington, DC: Tuesday, December 16, 2025.

AMERICA IS BACK TO WORK UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP

UNITED STATES GAINES JOBS

By: Derek Varsalona

The United States gained 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,00 jobs in October.

I know that the Liberal media is going to keep focusing on the number of jobs that are lost, as they should.  America is not economically sound under President Donald Trump, but we are heading in the right direction, both financially and politically speaking.

I suspect that job reports will increase for the month of December, as holiday jobs are being filled.  The economy will lose jobs in January.  President Trump is doing all he can during this transition but it is not fast enough,  This is almost like a President Hoover and Hoovervilles situation with the economy.  As always, comments accepted.

U.S. Gaines Jobs Under President Trump
Whitehouse.gov: Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Source: Paul Wiseman ." U.S. Gained 64,000 jobs in the Month of November, Unemployment up by 4.6%" LATimes.com Washington, DC Tuesday December 16, 2025

SHOOTING AT BROWN UNIVERSITY

SHOOTING AT BROWN UNIVERSITY

By: Derek Varsalona

Over the weekend, there was a shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.  The suspect is still at large.

Now comes the Liberals' cry for more gun control policies.  But gun control would not have stopped this mass shooting.  What we need is more security on the campus, and with more security, we need more security with guns.  

The Liberals live in a fantasy world.  No shooter walks into a building that is heavily armed,
or armed for that matter.  Most shooters scope out the area and plan out the attack.  Most active shooters know that no armed guards are manning the site where the shooting does or will take place.  Most shooters research the area before the shooting occurs.

The Liberals always cry gun control.  But the best way to control your guns is to prevent them with two hands and not more gun control laws that only make law-abiding citizens defenseless.  As always, comments accepted.

Shooting at Brown University

Source: CNNUS. "Hunt for Brown University Shooting Suspect Underway After 2 Students killed and 9 Injured." Providence: Sunday, December 14, 2025. 

PRESIDENT TRUMP SEIZES ANOTHER DRUG BOAT

TRUMP SEIZES ANOTHER BOAT

By: Derek Varsalona

President Trump seized another Colombian and Venezuelan drug boat off the Caribbean Coast.

This move is counterproductive.   The move suggests that President Trump is acting like the Grinch during the holiday season.  Maybe the reason why President Trump wants to seize the drugs is so that he can use them for personal use.  The problem is that America has an addiction to oil consumption.  President Trump is not helping his Republican Party.  This money from oil sales is then used to fund the illicit drug market.

President Trump would make a better market for the drugs if he and the FDA just legalized all drugs.  As always, comments accepted.

Trump Seizes Another Drug Boat
Image: Al Jazeera.com
September 16, 2025

Source: Sky News. "Venezuelan Oil Exports at a Standstill After US Seizure." Washington, DC: December 13, 2025.

BACK TO THE PUBLIC OPTION IN HEALTH CARE

REPUBLICANS HEALTH CARE PLAN FAILS

By: Derek Varsalona

I am proud that the Republican lead health care plan has failed on Republican Party lines measure.  Everyone knows that ObamaCare is a disaster and can not be fixed with more government intervention.  

Congress will never give the people what is needed.  They will never give people a choice in the health care market.  The best solution for health care is to make it possible to buy insurance across state lines ,freeing up  the competition and free markets for the best possible price.   Government control of the health care market is not good.  The government is always going to give the people a hard deal that is no good for the public.

The best place is to have a strong public option.  But not like the one that President Obama wanted that was horrible.  The best public option would be for people to buy health insurance across state lines, freeing up capitalist competition with a strong public option.  The public option should be a buffet of many different plans to choose from.  Two of those plans that should be available are the President's Health Care Plan and Congress's Health Care Plan.

The government does not want to give people a public option since the government wants to control who lives and who dies.  The other problem is not to only give people a public option but let the public option compete with private insurance that can be bought across state lines.  The problem for the Democrats is that they want the strong public option to be the only option.  As always, comments are accepted.

Back to the Public Option
Image: ObamaCare Facts 
January 31, 2025

Source: Alex Bolton. "Senate GOP Health Care Plan Fails on Mostly Partyline Vote." The Hill.com Washington, DC: Thursday, December 11, 2025.