The Ben Shapiro Report:

Trump: No More 'Apology Tour...We Will Show The Whole World How Proud We Are To Be American'

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Ben Shapiro

September 7, 2016 

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Teleprompter Trump is the best Trump.

That’s what we’ve learned over the past three weeks, as Trump has shelved his freewheeling, on-the-fly routine in favor of a more planned attack strategy on Hillary Clinton and the legacy of Barack Obama. He did it again with aplomb on Wednesday, speaking in Philadelphia about national security.

Trump led off by attempting to seize the mantle of Ronald Reagan – part of a broader attempt to effect a rapprochement with disaffected conservatives. He invoked Reagan’s “Peace Through Strength,” then added, “I am proposing a new foreign policy focused on advancing America’s core national interests, promoting regional stability, and producing an easing of tensions in the world. This will require rethinking the failed policies of the past.”

Disavowing Bush-esque nation-building, Trump instead said that “our actions in the Middle East will be tempered by realism. The current strategy of toppling regimes, with no plan for what to do the day after, only produces power vacuums that are filled by terrorists.” This is correct, of course – but it is a shift from his statements in support of Hillary Clinton’s Libyan war, for example.

Trump went on to declare that while he has no current plan to defeat ISIS, his generals – the same ones about whom he said, “I know more about ISIS than the generals do” – would devise a plan to rid the world of ISIS within thirty days. Speaking in broad generalities, Trump said he would disown Obama’s “apology tour,” instead working to “proudly promote our system of government and our way of life as the best in the world – just like we did in our campaign against communism during the Cold War. We will show the whole world how proud we are to be American.”

This is the sort of language that originally drew Republicans to Trump – the patriotic verbiage so disdained by President Obama and his post-patriotic order. It’s a departure for Trump, who said in the recent past that American exceptionalism was an offensive term to other countries. But it’s good material, nonetheless. His speechwriters have been doing their best to shave off Trump’s sharper edges, and it’s working well.

Then Trump turned left. Attempting to outflank Hillary Clinton from both sides – right on patriotism, left on warfare – Trump said, “Unlike my opponent, my foreign policy will emphasize diplomacy, not destruction. Hillary Clinton’s legacy in Iraq, Libya, and Syria has produced only turmoil and suffering…. Sometimes it has seemed like there wasn’t a country in the Middle East that Hillary Clinton didn’t want to invade, intervene or topple. She is trigger-happy and unstable when it comes to war.”

This is patent nonsense. Hillary’s legacy has produced turmoil and suffering, but except in Libya, that isn’t the result of militarism – it’s the result of diplomacy. Assad is still in power. Iraq is a disaster zone because of a precipitous pullout. Afghanistan received a fake surge from Obama, but that’s about it. Hillary was Secretary of State, not Secretary of Defense, meaning that her diplomacy was the problem. But Trump’s foreign policy is an odd combination of Pat Buchanan-esque isolationism and brash bellicosity, so presumably it makes sense to him.

Trump was at his best, as always, while attacking Hillary head-on. He bashed her for her recklessness regarding her private server, quoted last Friday’s devastating FBI document dump, and concluded, “Her conduct is simply disqualifying.” All true.

But again as always, Trump’s diagnosis may be correct but his prescription is spotty. He slammed the Obama administration for cutting the defense budget, then said he would attempt to eliminate the defense sequester – a solid idea, but one that would come with a blowout budget that the Democrats would negotiate on the other end. To cover the cost of additional defense spending, Trump blithely assured Americans that he would “ask Congress to fully offset the costs of increased military spending. In the process, we will make government leaner and more responsive to the public.” Where would such offsets come from? From waste and fraud, of course! That means nothing, other than increased deficits.

Trump’s policy on NATO is similarly incoherent. He stated that he’d be “requesting that all NATO nations promptly pay their bills,” including leveraging additional cash from Germany, Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia. He didn’t say what he’d do to leverage that cash, but presumably he’d threaten to abandon them to the whims of America’s enemies, as he’s stated before.

Trump did get highly specific about his proposed defense budget, however:

We will build an active Army of around 540,000, as the Army’s chief of staff has said he needs. We now have only 31 Brigade Combat Teams, or 490,000 troops, and only one-third of combat teams are considered combat-ready. We will build a Marine Corps based on 36 battalions, which the Heritage Foundation notes is the minimum needed to deal with major contingencies – we have 23 now. We will build a Navy of 350 surface ships and submarines, as recommended by the bipartisan National Defense Panel – we have 276 ships now. And we will build an Air Force of at least 1,200 fighter aircraft, which the Heritage Foundation has shown to be needed to execute current missions – we have 1,113 now. We will also seek to develop a state of the art missile defense system.

This is excellent. And Trump was similarly specific about cybersecurity, classification rules (“Nothing threatens the integrity of our Democracy more than when government officials put their public office up for sale”), and assessment of strategic vulnerabilities.

Finally, he concluded with a veiled reference to Colin Kaepernick and Barack Obama’s support for him: “And we will follow their example of unity. We will work across all racial and income lines to create One American Nation. Together, we will have one great American future. We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag.”

Overall, it was another excellent speech from Trump. Whoever has been keeping him on a leash is doing a spectacular job of it, especially given what we know about Trump’s pathological inability to control himself. The polls reflect a tightening race. While Trump still has a steep hill to climb, he’s at least trying to climb it publicly. He still hasn’t built the campaign infrastructure necessary to prevail, but he’s becoming the more disciplined candidate so many people have been seeking for months.

No Bible in her hand! Supreme court, here we come .... REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER!

No Bible in her hand!

Supreme court, here we come ....

 

Muslim Woman Judge Carolyn Walker, hand-picked by President Obama, sworn in as judge of the 7 Municipal District, Brooklyn by holding the Holy Quran at Brooklyn Boro hall on December 10, 2015, it was a Historic Day!!

 

Since the Quran forbids all law but Sharia Law, I guess she will head the first Federally sanctioned Sharia Court. Kinda makes you proud, doesn't it?

 

Gives me chills up my legs said Chris Mathews.

 

Very little media coverage on this ......Another chink in the armor, no one cares, until it's too late!

 

Step by step by step....this is how our culture will end.

Obama supporters, you're "Destroying America" dream is coming true.......

 

This can't be forwarded enough....

'Our planet is full of amazing sights, if only we take the time to look!' Enjoy!

 

 

CHICAGO FROM AFAR

 

A DESERT OASIS IN LIBYA

 

THE ALPINISTS

 

INSIDE THE OLD METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE

 

TITANIC'S ENGINES UNDERWATER

 

SUNRISE OVER LONDON'S TOWER BRIDGE

 

OUR SUN ERUPTS

 

SNOWMOBILING THE NORWAY-SWEDEN BORDER

 

A TINY HERMIT CRAB CLOSE-UP

 

THE COCONUT OCTOPUS

 

A CLOUD ILLUMINATED BY LIGHTNING

 

A TINY RIVER HOUSE IN SERBIA

 

A SUBMARINE SURFACES THROUGH ARCTIC ICE

 

A WALL OF FALL

 

AN AIRPLANE CROSSES THE MOON

 

LIONESSES AT THE WATERING HOLE

 

DEATH BEGETS LIFE

 

MOUNT FUJI FROM ABOVE

 

THE VENEZUELAN POODLE MOTH

 

THE PERSEIDS METEOR SHOWER

 

AN X-RAY OF A STINGRAY

 

MOTH TRAILS AT NIGHT

 

JUST A PINCH

 

EVOLUTION OF THE NEW YORK SKYLINE

 

AN ELEPHANT MEETS A SEA LION

 

AN OLYMPIC FULL MOON       (now this was a clever idea!)

 

BASE JUMPING IN RIO 

 

THE BOMBING OF DRESDEN

 

WHERE THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA MEETS THE SEA

 

THE CHICAGO SKYLINE FROM INDIANA

 

LIVING ON THE EDGE

 

THE MOLOKINI CRATER IN HAWAII

 

IF JUPITER WAS THE SAME DISTANCE AS THE MOON

 

 

A SEAHORSE INSPECTS A DIVER'S WATCH

 

EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING

 

MOUNT RAINIER CASTING A SHADOW ON CLOUDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wakes up every day in a house built by slaves...bullshit!

I didn’t think Royalty was part of the American Elected Officials.  Oh, I forgot, Wife of the President is not elected.  I wonder what this would look like if Wild Bill were the unelected spouse of the President?

 

 

As our first family begins  its annual 14 day vacation at  Martha’s Vineyard, VA, closing down half the island to avoid any interaction with the natives…

 

 

Who Is The Queen Bee Of Them All? 

Copyright Canada Free Press

 

Total Personal Staff members for first ladies, 

Mamie Eisenhower:  One - paid for personally, out of President's salary.

 

Total number of Personal Staff Members paid by Tax Payers

Jackie Kennedy:          One

Lady Bird Johnson:      One

Pat Nixon:               One

Betty Ford:              One

Rosaline Carter:          One

Barbara Bush:            One

Hilary Clinton:           Seven

Laura Bush:              One

Michele Obama:          Twenty-two

 

Yep….your eyes don’t deceive you. You want to read WASTE? ...Scroll on down.

 

Michele Obama's personal staff: Take a closer look. 

 

One..            $192,200 - Sher, Susan  (Chief Of Staff)

Two..            $160,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C.  (Director of Policy And Projects)

Three..          $133,000 - Rogers, Desiree G.  (White House Social Secretary)

Four..            $122,000 - Johnston, Camille Y.  (Director of Communications)

Five..            $120,000 - Winter, Melissa  (Deputy Chief Of Staff)

Six..             $110,000 - Medina , David S.  (Deputy Chief Of Staff)

Seven..          $104,000 - Lilyveld, Catherine M.  (Director and Press Secretary)

Eight..           $  95,000 - Starkey, Frances M.  (Director of Scheduling and Advance)

Nine..            $  90,000 - Sanders, Trooper  (Deputy Director of Policy and Project)

Ten..             $  85,000 - Burnough, Erinn  (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)

Eleven..         $  84,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B.  (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)

Twelve..          $  82,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R.  (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator)

Thirteen..       $  80,000 - Fitz, Alan O.  (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director)

Fourteen..        $  77,500 - Lewis, Dana M.  (Special Assistant and Personal Aide)

Fifteen..          $  72,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M.  (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary)

Sixteen..          $  70,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E.  (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide)  

Seventeen..       $  65,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A.  (Associate Director of Correspondence)

Eighteen..         $  63,000 - Tubman, Samantha A.  (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)

Nineteen..         $  60,000 - Boswell, Joseph J.  (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff)

Twenty..           $  56,000 - Armbruster, Sally M.  (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)

Twenty-One.      $  55,000 - Bookey, Natalie  (Staff Assistant)

Twenty-Two.      $  55,000 - Jackson, Deilia A.  (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence)

That’s a Total...$2,075,200 in annual salaries - all for someone we did not vote for and apparently have no control over 5 staff are Muslim and 13 African-American.

 

There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. 
             

This does not include:

 

"Makeup artist"   Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, who has failed miserably.

 

"First Hairstylist"   Johnny Wright, 31,

 

Both of whom travelled aboard Air Force One on ALL Trips, Europe included.

As of 11/15/2015 the Obama Family has spent over $1,300,000,000.00
(ONE BILLION, THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS) on personal family trips. They were personal, not political or Government related.

 

How things have changed! If you're one of the tens of millions of Americans facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of "Ms. Michelle" are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by YOU.

 

Copyright Canada Free Press:

 

Yes…… The Canadian Free Press had to publish this, perhaps because America no longer has a free press and the USA media is too scared that they might be considered racist.

North Norea...

  

Kim Jung Un had NO military experience whatsoever before Daddy made him a four-star general.
This snot-nosed twerp had never accomplished anything in his life that would even come close to military leadership.
He hadn't even so much as led a Cub Scout troop, coached a sports team, or commanded a militaryplatoon.So he is made the "Beloved Leader" Of North Korea.Terrific!!!Oh nutz! I'm sorry...

I just remembered that we did the same thing.


We took an arrogant phony community organizer, who had never worn a uniform, and made him Commander-in-Chief.
A guy, who had never had a real job, worked on a budget, or led anything more than an ACORN demonstration, and we made him "Beloved Leader" of the United States - Twice!!!!!
So if you think North Koreans are stupid...

I'm sorry I brought this up..... Never mind    

 

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Look at this little guy. . .

Hello. Don’t recognize me? That’s OK; I Understand. My name was Antonio West. I was the child who was shot in the face at point blank range by two black teens, who were attempting to rob my mother, who was also shot.
I think my murder and my mommy’s wounding made the news for maybe a day, and then disappeared.

A Grand Jury of my mommy's peers from Brunswick, Georgia ruled the black teens who murdered me will not face the death penalty... too bad it was me who got the death sentence from my killers instead, because Mommy didn’t have the money they demanded. See, my family made the mistake of being white in a 73% non-white neighborhood, but my murder wasn’t ruled a ‘hate crime’.

Oh, and President Obama didn’t take a single moment to acknowledge my murder. He couldn’t have any children who could possibly look like me - so why should he care?

I’m one of the youngest murder victims in our great Nation's history, but the media didn’t care to cover the story of my being killed in cold blood.

There isn’t a white equivalent of Al Sharpton, because if there was he would be branded a ‘racist’. So no one’s rushing to Brunswick, Georgia to demonstrate and demand ‘justice’ for me. There’s no ‘White Panther’ party, either, to put a bounty on the lives of the two black teens who murdered me.

I have no voice, I have no representation, and unlike those who shot me in the face while I sat innocently in my stroller - I no longer have my life. Isn’t this a great country?

So while you’re out seeking ‘justice for Trayvon’ and Michael Brown, please remember to seek ‘justice’ for me.
Tell your friends about me, tell you families, get tee-shirts with my face on them, and make the world pay attention, just like you did for Trayvon. I won’t hold my breath, I don’t have to anymore.

Part II:
7/18- Jimmie Norman, white male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/18- Terry Taylor, white male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/17- Cindy Raygoza, white female murdered by black male. No national news.
7/11- Luis Aguilar, 91-year old hispanic male murdered by black male. No national news. 
7/10- Brittany Simpson, white female murdered by black male. No national news.
7/6- Sarah Goode, white female murdered by black male. No national news.
7/6- Jeffrey Westerfield, white male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/5- Perry Renn, white male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/3- Laurey Kennedy, white female still in coma from beating by black male. No national news.
7/3 Eric Mollet, white male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/2 Rupert Anderson, white male murdered by black male. No national news.
7/2 Jennifer Kingeter, white female murdered by black male. No national news.
6/30 Jim Brennan, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/29 Paul Shephard, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/27 Shirley Barone, white female, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/27 Penelope Spencer, white female, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/27 Inga Evans, white female, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/26 Jake Rameau, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/25 Gina Burger, white female, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/24 Nathan Dasher, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/22 Jonathan Price, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/20 John Whitmore, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/18 John Yingling, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/17 Allyn Reeves, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/15 Michael Beaver, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/11 Angela Cook, white female, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/11 Nathan Hall, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/7 Harry Briggs, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/5 Laura Bachman, white female, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/2 Robert Mohler, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.
6/1 William Headley, white male, murdered by black male. No national news.

All this in just 48 days yet no national news. Want to know why?
Because this happens EVERY single day in America and we are used to it.

Yet a THUG getting shot by a Police Officer doing his job, 20 minutes after the THUG committed a robbery, makes national news! So why is this everyday phenomenal rate of blacks killing whites, not to mention the far worse rate at which blacks kill each other, generates riots or is addressed by black leaders as a problem within their community, but an occasional killing of a black by a white police officer, a black who is usually
doing something dangerously criminal, becomes a riot?

When the statistics speak we see that there is an epidemic of violence coming from within the black community that seriously endangers the remainder of the population. So, where is the true injustice and tragedy?

We have a black president, a black attorney general and an irresponsible press committed to misleading the people of this country because it fits their liberal 'politically correct' agenda and it’s getting worse not better.
Think about it when you vote in November.

 

 

This is a very important email and I pray that each you will read it carefully. Dick Pepper Subject: The upcoming election: Please read and share. Thank you.

 

The following was written by an attendee of the meeting of 1000 Christian leaders with Trump. (No media was allowed in). Faithful Christians are having a very difficult time with the direction our country is headed. This November, NOT voting is NOT an option. Here’s why. On June 21, 2016, over 1000 Christian leaders from all over the U.S. gathered at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square to ask Donald Trump tough specific questions about his policy and intentions should he be elected POTUS. Seems a LOT of Christians are bothered by the idea of having to vote for him and this would be a chance to meet privately to ask questions. After opening remarks by the conference organizers, and an opening prayer by James Robison, Jerry Falwell Jr. spoke, followed by Franklin Graham. Both attested to the authenticity and trustworthiness of Donald Trump. George Barna, the polling guy, spoke. Using several charts he showed that Trump has a genuine path to victory if Christians vote. But in the last presidential election, some 40 million evangelicals stayed home and that was literally the difference in the election. One of Barna’s charts showed most of the country wants a change in direction. Barna said the election will come down to who wins these states: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin. Then Ben Carson spoke for about 20 minutes. His easy and soft-spoken style easily warmed the crowd. He referred to the fact that Trump just had a bad three weeks, while Clinton had a good three weeks, and yet the race is still close, virtually tied. But Carson's main point was that Trump is a proven leader. And that he’s certainly not a politician who is always worried about offending someone. And that’s what we need, a leader, not a politician. Politicians are what got us into this mess to begin with! Ben Carson was awesome. Next came Mike Huckabee, who moderated the discussion between the attendees and Trump. Before introducing Trump, he made the point that we’re not voting on a pastor, or a Pope, but rather a leader. A leader who is quite different from the past to change things from the status quo. So the day was set that this was not about Trump’s Christian knowledge or virtues, but rather where Trump wanted to take the country. And where we’re headed if Trump’s not elected. The biggest concern centered around the Supreme Court. The next president will appoint anywhere from one to five members. The Second Amendment, public bathroom policies, prayer in public places, etc. will likely be settled by the next president’s appointees. When Trump was introduced, he didn’t speak from the podium but rather, sat next to Huckabee on the stage fielding questions from the crowd for about 90 minutes. So much for the 20 minutes originally allotted. There was no press allowed inside, so it was just Trump and the Christian leaders talking back and forth. The really big Christian leader names were pre-selected to directly ask Trump questions from the floor, i.e. people like James Dobson, Ralph Reed, David Jeremiah, Tony Perkins, Robert Jeffress, etc. Most feel religious liberty is at stake with this election saying that if the policies Obama has set in place were allowed to continue, Christians would eventually have no liberty. Harassment of Christian organizations would continue. Through it all, Trump answered each of our questions with solid answers, both acknowledging the problem cited and how he would take care of the problem. He seemed to be genuinely concerned about changing the direction of the nation. Trump addressed many subjects including the Supreme Court, national defense, border problems, Christian persecution, his pro-life stance, support of Israel , dumping Obamacare, education control back to the states and energy. All with conservative positions and answers. I would say that most of those who attended, who were not sure if they would vote for him, left convinced of how much is at stake in this election if Trump is not elected. After Trump left, to a standing ovation, more questions were taken from the audience addressed to a panel of Christian leaders. Things like the dismantling of the military, Christian business rights, etc. were discussed at length. The last speaker was Eric Metaxas, who I had never heard of... but he was excellent. I have to say, we pretty much all came away thinking that if Clinton, or any Democrat, is elected, the path this nation's on currently will continue and WILL lead to disaster. If we don't turn the ship now, we’re headed to be like socialized Europe -a disaster getting worse by the month. A LOT is at stake in this election! Our hope is in Christ, and our prayer is for one last chance (think Nineveh) so when the Lord takes out the Church at the Rapture, He will take us out in a revival, instead of bailing us out of a spiritual disaster. We want to finish well! At the end of the day, it was time for prayer. With few exceptions, the entire room knelt on the floor in corporate prayer for our nation. Everyone should pray daily for our country and add Mr. Trump to your prayer list even now. He is so upsetting to the “establishment” that it's not a stretch to think his life’s in danger. The bottom line for me personally is that I love the Constitution more than I dislike Trump’s antics and ego. He will attempt to change the direction of this nation. Clinton won’t. With Trump, we have a chance. With Clinton, we have no chance. It is very important that we vote this year. It’s one significant way of loving our neighbor. Please allow your Christian friends to read this. All Christians in our Nation must vote