Trump’s Genius Chess Game: DC Crime & Media Fail!

And unlike Rome or Versailles or Paris, where actually you are looking at past empires, you are basically looking at a a a nation that is that is still is a pretty a modern-day empire. Yes, correct. Yeah. True, you know? So, that was one of the things that struck me. Um you know, interestingly enough, um also, that was the week whereby I ordered Was it the week before where Trump actually announced the takeover of the DC Metro Police under the federal regulation. Right? So, and he brought in the National Guards

National Guards. into Washington, D.C. to to curb criminal activities and and bring down crime. And here's the thing that was very interesting to me because we were staying at somewhere near I was about I think maybe 10 minutes off at most 15 minutes walk from the White House. Right? So, we were probably right in the middle of uh um uh the tourist area. Okay.

Right? And then we stayed, which is not far from Georgetown, where the Georgetown University is. So, all in all, you go to Georgetown and I was staying in Georgetown as well at the end of the week, uh which is pretty high-end area and gentrified. I really didn't see any additional uh troops or police presence more than usual. Wow, okay.

Yeah, except for the time when Zelenskyy came and they had to close the the the roads and yeah, and you hear a lot of sirens coming in and whatnot. So, I reckon that the whole the the whole exercise was very much into the outer areas, where the inner cities are. And apparently from the news report, the last

Mhm. week or so, maybe past 11 12 days, there has been zero murders in Washington, D.C. Wow. since the takeover by the Trump administration. Wow. So, in essence, you got an immediate impact on what he had done. And I think that has never happened in the 35 years of uh uh of Washington, D.C., you know? So, I think this is the funny part, you know, Shamsher, going back to how I've looked at the situation, is that Trump keep doing things that seem so logical for us. Right? But somehow or rather, the left and the Democrat uh keep pushing against anything that he does

and puts themselves in a corner. Right? Because they are always in opposition to anything Trump does. Correct. Even even here locally. Yeah. Right? No matter what the government does here, our opposition will say that's wrong and push themselves in a corner. So, it's understandable.

Well, I think it's it's even more when actually you think about it, right? When you think about a situation where it is almost clear-cut, I would say that it is this is an 80/20 or even 90/10 uh issue, you know? And the Democrats are going against it, it just put them in a situation where come the next election, it will become an issue. You know? And then issue where there's no way the Democrats has got a winning argument. So, this has been going on and Trump seems to me it's like a genius at playing this game. He's unpredictable. He's unpredictable is one thing, but he's

picking the right issues that resonate with the voter base, Yes. whether you are Democrat or Republican, you know? I and I mean, just like immigration, right? I mean, who would be against closing the borders? Who would be against what you call deport deportation of illegal immigrants except for a minority in the left? Agreed. You know? So, this is this is where I think his chess game um is just putting it uh is just setting up traps. And at the same time, what I see with the mainstream media is they keep biting on um they keep biting on things that are irrelevant. On non-issues, yeah.

On non-issues because why? They are completely focused on Trump is bad. Right? They are completely focused on taking down Trump as a character. And he will give them that bone, you know?

Yeah. He will He will give that that bone and that's the most stupid thing I've seen because he will play this character and they will pick up this bone and they will attack him on something that people the average voter doesn't care. Yep. And they have already been through this for the last 8 years. Correct. You know? The fact that after all the uh the attacks on Trump and he still wins, Yeah. that should at least tell you, "Hey guys, your strategy is not working.

Yeah, non-existent. Nobody believes you in terms of bringing him down, in terms of playing all this. Correct. Where's your issue? Yeah. They're they're making they're building mountains out of ant hills on non-issues not just to seem relevant and just to go against him. Yeah. Yeah. Uh I I saw this morning uh I wonder whether it was CNN or that came out with this uh uh with this uh with this issue that Trump apparently seems to be big on uh a title that was he that he said was given to him by the Europeans that he was something like the President of Europe.

I'm like, I honestly have not heard him say that, but even if he had said that, who the hell cares? Yeah. Nobody cares. Right? Because why? By to by by this time, everybody knows that Trump will say whatever he wants to say, you know, that comes to his mind at any time. Yep. But does that impact the life of the average American? It does not. Correct. You know? Yeah. So, this fixation has just going to go away, you know? So, that's that's that's one thing as a opener uh for us about my trip. And uh I was very interesting trip, actually. And here's the other

thing. I think, Shamsher, you are going to talk you were talking to me about tariffs just now, right? Um I was looking at it and I was looking at the um obviously, actually, I was spending a lot of my time in a more gentrified area of D.C. uh and Dallas. And the mood was very good, you know? Yeah, I saw pictures. Yeah, the mood was very good. I mean, the the I was going through Georgetown um and the sh- the the the shops were the restaurants were full. I mean, we went down to the Wharf. Damn, the oysters were cheap. Okay? I envy you. So, you know, we had a whole day of just

having oysters by the Wharf. And the thing is, I mean, so uh And if you look at the last um the last uh report uh on the CPI, which is what? 2.1, coming down from 2.7% uh GDP at three percent, stock market at all-time high.

High. Yeah. What it So, this whole gloom and doom about uh they're going to face recession, Yeah, initially that was what the the opposition was playing at, right? All your tariffs are going to cause the stock market to crash. Yes, at first there was some chaos there because uncertainty, but I think it has stabilized. People are seeing where Trump is bringing everything the economy to, what he's trying to do, what he's trying to accomplish. Mhm. In terms of tariffs, what he's doing, I believe is fair. Well, here here's the thing that I I think people Um, I I I've said this before in

previous broadcast, right? The uh the the global market is not a free market. Let's get that very, very clear. Okay? Anybody who tells you that the global market is a free market is either delusional or naive or absolutely lying to you. Okay? That's point number one. Let me put it again to you.