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Trading Strategy for Ideology

Trading Strategy for Ideology

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A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

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July 31, 2026

Trump is reportedly “exasperated” that the Iran War, for which
there was no real strategy, is dragging on and his advisors can’t
agree on what to do, Trump told reporters he plans on heavy
military strikes against Iran, Instead of a strategy, Trump and
Secretary of Defense Hegseth had an ideology, That ideology
celebrates individualism, and sees education, expertise,
cooperation, and coalition building as weaknesses not
strengths, Trump and his aides are attacking the International
Criminal Court as Trump and administration officials appear to be
worried about future prosecution for human rights violations,
Strikes against small boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific
have killed more than 220 people and appear to have done little
to stop the flow of illegal drugs, The leadership of US combat
commands support the restoration of Pentagon personnel whose job
it is to protect civilians but Hegseth has not committed to that
restoration, At an AIDS conference in Brazil, an official of the
US State Department showed a map of Africa on which there were
fake countries with the names of random real countries.

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