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THE VIEW FROM HERE - Due to his Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Trump believes that he knows “more than his Generals,” as he insisted during his first administration. Back then, however, he had Generals who were not Yes Men and the same with his National Security Advisors, who dissuaded Trump from making huge blunders, only infuriated him. He was convinced, as Narcissists are wont to do, that had he followed his instincts everything would have worked out perfectly “you wouldn’t believe.” From the beginning, Trump has one vile advisor, who eluded the Senate’s Advise and Consent scrutiny, Stephen Miller. Miller planned and executed the vicious family separation program where immigrant children were seized and separated from [their parents.]. To make certain that reunification was not possible, Miller did not have the names, dates, and locations of the children retained. Miller’s rationalization, of which German Nazis would have been proud, was that when parents know that their stolen children would never return, then they would not try to enter the U.S.. Anyone from the first administration who tried to temper Trump’s worst impulses was placed on his enemies’s list. For example, Mike Pence (Vice President): John Kelly (White House Chief of Staff): . James Mattis & Mark Esper (Secretaries of Defense): John Bolton & H.R. McMaster (National Security Advisers): Rex Tillerson (Secretary of State) James Comey (FBI Director): Andrew McCabe (Deputy FBI Director): Miles Taylor (DHS Chief of Staff): Christopher Krebs (Cybersecurity Director) Nikki Haley (UN Ambassador): Omarosa Manigault Newman (White House Aide):. Anthony Scaramucci (Communications Director):
Stephen Miller with his racist, anti-Mexican hatred still plays a leading role in the current administration. Despite being Trump’s domestic advisor, Stephen Miller is the architect of Trump’s surrender to Iran and thereby turning the USA into a vassal state. Trump’s foreign policy is now dictated by the mullahs while Trump is shoving hundreds of billions of dollars to Iran as cash tribute. The much ballyhooed “deal” with Iran outlines some of the reparations and other goodies which Trump is forcing Americans and others to support Iran’s development of its nuclear program.
The February 28, 2026 joint Israel US military strikes on Iran were 100% contrary to all Israeli and US Intelligence. Despite Musk’s and Trump’s decimation of so many of our intelligence operations, no one in either intelligence community believed that a air campaign along with eliminating ruling ayatollahs would cause Iran to surrender. Even Mr. Lethality himself, Pete Hegseth, knew that was unrealistic. The tea leaves and leaks indicate that Hegseth meekly carried out Trump’s demand for February’s Operation Epic Fury while ignoring the Strait of Hormuz due to the false premise, which only Trump believed, that Iran would collapse so fast that the Hormuz would not be a factor.
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The patently false claim that Netanyahu told Trump that an air campaign would cause the regime to fold is 100% contrary to everything known to Israeli intelligence. Furthermore, Netanyahu knew from personnel experience that killing the leadership is only a stop gap measure to disorient Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, while the troops on the ground could then prevail in the normal military sense. Netanyahu did not even hint at troops on the ground.
In reality, Netanyahu remained consistent that only regime change would change Iran’s ideology. Thus, Trump should NOT think that an air campaign would cause Iran to crumble even after Israel killed off the leadership. Taking out the mullahs and destroying more of Iran’s conventional military, e.g., ballistic missiles, low-cost long-range loitering drones, and highly capable anti-ship cruise missiles would buy time. Because Trump had stopped Israel from destroying more of Iran’s conventional arsenal in the summer of 2005, Iran was again approaching the Breakout Point. While the administration publicly screamed "imminent attack," behind closed doors everyone was acting due Iran's getting too close to the conventional weapons Breakout Point. Trump mandated the patently absurd “imminent” claim. The GOP is filled with cowards who will not stand up to Trump. As a result, the entire world mocked Trump when he publicly justified the February 2026 war due to an imminent Iranian attack on the USA. It also meant that none of the goals which Trump listed was achieved or likely to be achieved, but it squandered much of the US assets costing us hundreds of billions of dollars.
Due to his being a Histrionic, Trump is not only given the impulsive myopic declarations, but he lacks analytical ability. He is clueless how he has emasculated the USA in the eyes of the world when he tries to do Iran’s bidding and dictate Israel’s foreign policy against Hezbollah. Israel is attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel can do for Lebanon what it did for Syria. Israel is not attacking any legitimate government. Telling Israel to leave Lebanon is like FDR’s, after D Day, telling Great Britain to leave Europe and allow the Nazis to remain in power. Wisely today, June 17, 2026 the IDF carried out multiple air strikes and drone attacks against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
Who Is the Architect of Trump’s Turning the USA into One of Iran’s Vassal States?
The main persons pushing for the deal, now downgraded to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), are Stephen Miller and JD Vance. Miller’s blind hatred of minorities focuses on the GOP dim prospects in November 2026, while being 100% oblivious that his vile ICE attacks on Mexicans and other minorities is why Trump is in deep trouble in November 2026. Not only are Centrists turning against Trump but so are Mexican males who have reversed their 2024 support for Trump and will be voting for the DEMS. Miller’s 2025 ranting and raving at ICE for not arresting 3,000 immigrants each today resulted in the deportation of thousands of law-abiding Mexicans, destroying families and friends of the Mexican males who had voted for Trump. Miller is responsible for the abhorrent ICE behavior in Minnesota where two US citizens were murdered.
Assuming that the price of oil decreases, Trump’s surrender to Iran will become a campaign issue around September 2026. No one likes to lose a war; Americans will hate being Iran’s vassal state. Trump’s sole prayer is that Israel pulls his stakes out of the fire.
(Richard Lee Abrams is a former Los Angeles-based attorney, an author, and political commentator. A long-time contributor to CityWatchLA, he is known for his incisive critiques of City Hall and judicial corruption, as well as his analysis of political and constitutional issues. Abrams blends legal insight with historical and philosophical depth to challenge conventional narratives. A passionate defender of civic integrity and transparency, he aims to expose misuse of power and advocate for systemic reform in local government. You may email him at RickLeeAbrams@Gmail.com)
