The Short Distance of Loud Speaking Trump is no Theodore Roosevelt

Decided to take on the challenge and start posting in English on my Substack account. This is the First, so I hope you will find it interesting (And sorry for any mistakes in English..🙂 )

"The Short Distance of Loud Speaking - why Trump is No Theodore Roosevelt"
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The Short Distance of Loud Speaking Trump is no Theodore Roosevelt

Decided to take on the challenge and start posting in English on my Substack account. This is the First, so I hope you will find it interesting (And sorry for any mistakes in English..🙂 )

"The Short Distance of Loud Speaking - why Trump is No Theodore Roosevelt"
open.substack.com/pub/benzion7...

Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026 The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is dealing with a glut of supply and slipping sales.

As a Kentuckian and bourbon appreciator, this is bad news.

But at least the Trump administration isn’t bombing the distillery like it is doing to those trafficking other harmful drugs.

www.kentucky.com/news/busines...

The traffickers are winning the war on drugs New decentralised networks are even harder to disrupt than the hierarchical gangs they have replaced

www.economist.com/briefing/202...

US sending aircraft carrier towards Caribbean as Trump increases pressure campaign | CNN Politics Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered an aircraft carrier strike group currently stationed in Europe to the Caribbean region amid a massive buildup of US military forces in the region.

This shows sound judgement, balanced reason and stellar strategic thinking www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

Decades of protectionist trade polices are the reason that Coca-Cola does not use real sugar in its US product. Sugar costs twice as much in the USA as in free-trade countries. sweetenerusers.org/wp-content/u...

Colombia identifies new threat in drug war: the autonomous narco drone sub Country’s navy announced seizure of uncrewed narco sub, first capture of such a vessel in Colombian waters

The vessel was equipped with antennas and a Starlink modem and two surveillance cameras: one on the bow and another inside to monitor the engine and transmission. Officials believe the sub was on a trial run to transport cocaine to the US or to Europe.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

מלחמת ישראל – אירן: משחק צ'יקן אסטרטגי איך תסתיים המלחמה? לאן מכוונות ישראל וארה"ב? מדוע מה שקורה הוא  משחק צ'יקן אסטרטגי שבסופו דווקא אפשרות להכרה אמריקאית במשטר האייתולות ולא שינוי משטר?קראו את ההערכה שלי על הדינמיקה האסטרטגית שי…

איך תסתיים המלחמה?
לאן מכוונות ישראל וארה"ב?
מהו משחק הצ'יקן והדילמות האסטרטגית והאופרטיבית שמוצבות בפני אירן?
ומדוע יתכן ובסופו של האירוע הזה, ישנה דווקא אפשרות להכרה אמריקאית במשטר האייתולות ולא לשינוי משטר?
הנה🧵פרשנות שלי על הדינמיקה האסטרטגית שיצרה התקיפה באירן.

telefus.blog/2025/06/15/%...

המקרה המוזר של המרדף האמריקאי אחר הדרקון בבזאר האופיום האירני מה אפשר ללמוד מהסיפור המוזר של "דיל האופיום" שסגרה ארה"ב עם אירן בראשית שנות ה-50 של המאה הקודמת, על הבזאר בשיחות הגרעין הנוכחיות?…

נישתי אך ברוח התקופה.
בשיטוט בבלוג היום מצאתי משהו שכתבתי לפני 12 שנה (מזקנים!!!) בהקשר המו"מ האמריקאי אירני אז על הגרעין טרם הסכם 2015. ניסיתי לתת מבט מסיפור היסטורי אחר על מו"מ שהתנהל ביניהן בכלל על אופיום וחשבתי שזה יהיה מעניין גם לימנו. מוזמנים.
telefus.blog/2013/11/21/h...

“Delay, Interfere, Undermine” President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a…

President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S. investigation of the MS-13 gang.

By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social & Sebastian Rotella

At least three killed in wave of bomb attacks in southwest Colombia - Colombia News At least three people were killed in at least 13 bomb attacks carried out in southwest Colombia, according to local media. In Cali, the capital of the Valle del Cauca province, at least three explosiv...

At least three killed in wave of bomb attacks in southwest Colombia

13 police and military stations targeted by armed groups in 24 hours colombiareports.com/at-least-thr...

Is Trump Out-of-Touch, Senile, Nuts or Something Worse? It takes a degree of insanity to think sharing a picture of yourself as Pope or as Luke Skywalker is somehow helping raise your plummeting poll numbers.

Has Trump lost a step or blown a gasket? Or might it be something worse? (Spoiler alert: When questions are phrased this way, it's always the something worse. But please, read the column anyway.) My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/is-trump-out...

The DEA Once Touted Body Cameras for Their “Enhanced Transparency.” Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them. An internal email obtained by ProPublica said the agency made the change to be “consistent” with a Trump executive order. But at least two other federal law enforcement agencies are still requiring bo...

www.propublica.org/article/drug...

Massive cannabis burn in Turkey accidentally gets entire town high A massive drug disposal operation in Lice, Turkey, sparked outrage after 20 tons of confiscated cannabis were burned near residential areas on April 18,

en.hespress.com/109491-massi...

60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5

No news in the USA about the Netanyahu ongoing coup etat in Israel. Zero, nada, niet, niente.

Netanyahu is a war criminal.

U.S. border officials have caught more people with eggs than fentanyl this year U.S. President Donald Trump has made stopping fentanyl at both the northern and southern borders one of his administration's top priorities, but American law enforcement data shows that another commod...

The tariffs were never about fentanyl and anyone who still believes that is delusional.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

No paywall, entire piece by @alonpinkas.bsky.social in 🧵

Trump to declare fentanyl “Weapon of Mass Destruction," per draft EO A copy of the draft was obtained and reviewed by The Handbasket.

SCOOP—Trump plans to issue an executive order designating fentanyl as a "Weapon of Mass Destruction," per copy of EO reviewed by me. Source at State speculates purpose is to designate cartels as terrorist orgs/justify military ops in Mexico/Canada.

Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket:

'Can't stand him': From policy to personnel, Trump scores historically low poll numbers YouTube video by MSNBC

The Gallup polls are in after Trump’s first month and the results are devastating for him. Every president starts with a honeymoon period, but Trump’s approval rating started underwater and it keeps sinking. These are the worst 1st month numbers for any president in more than 70 years of polling!🔥🔥🔥

Is there less to Trump than meets the eye? ***

Is there less to Trump than meets the eye? www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025...

Arbel Yehoud, Agam Berger and third hostage to be released Thursday, PM's office says ***

LIVE UPDATES: Netanyahu's office says Arbel Yehoud, Agam Berger and another unnamed hostage to be released on Thursday; Israel updated on condition of 30 hostages set for release

עם רחפנים: סוחרי סמים מהפזורה הבדואית הבריחו קוקאין וחשיש לעזה חשוד מהפזורה נעצר היום אחרי שנתפס מנסה להרים רחפן הנושא עשרות סוליות חשיש, בניסיון להבריח אותן לרצועת עזה. בין היתר הוברחו לאחרונה באמצעות רחפנים גם מריחואנה וכמויות קפטגון, הידוע כמסיר עכבות. "יש ביק...

Even with war and a dire humanitarian crisis, demand for drugs is prevalent. However, I must admit that claims about cocaine do sound somewhat unreal under the circumstances in Gaza.

to the report on MAKO👇

www.mako.co.il/men-men_news...

In recent weeks IL police foiled several attempts to smuggle (by drones) hashish, cannabis Cocaine, and Captagon *from* Israel into Gaza. It seems that with IDF control over the "Philadelphy Corridor" smugglers are now forced to Reroute drug shipments Via Israel (and not Egypt). This shows that>>

Two Americans on Holiday Are Killed in Western Mexico The killings, and other violent episodes this year, have marred the first few months in office of Mexico’s new president, who has vowed to tackle the country’s bloodshed.

And that's how the 2025 US-Mexico war began, Kids.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...

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