Iran is getting a lot of tension, and the usual suspects are using it to try and fracture the MAGA movement, but Mr. Trump’s administration continues to give peace a chance in places no one imagined it was possible.
It all started with a trade deal. The Trump Administration has been negotiating with the Democratic Republic of Congo for access to its mineral-rich eastern regions. If Congo allows access to US companies to mine these rare earth metals, the US would protect those interests and help Congo defend its border.
The U.S. has been negotiating with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over access to its critical mineral exports, including cobalt, gold, copper, and diamonds, which are vital for global technologies such as electric vehicle batteries and smartphones.
The proposed deal would allow U.S. companies to tap into the DRC’s vast reserves of cobalt, lithium, and other essential minerals.
In return, the U.S. would offer military assistance to help the DRC combat armed insurgencies, particularly the M23 rebel group, and enhance regional stability.
At the same time, Marco Rubio and the US State Department were leveraging the minerals deal and a US presence to end the decades-old war between the DRC and Rwanda. I’m not sure what they offered Rwanda aside from peace, but the deal is to be signed today in Washington, DC.
The treaty includes commitments to withdraw troops, disarm armed groups like M23, and repatriate displaced persons. It also introduces a minerals-for-security framework, offering U.S. access to strategic resources such as cobalt and lithium in exchange for helping stabilize eastern Congo.
While implementation remains uncertain, the treaty marks a rare diplomatic success in a region long plagued by instability, and a significant foreign policy milestone for the Trump administration in Africa.
If I had to guess, Trump offered Rwanda better trade terms, including lowered tariffs, which, if true, would be a massive win for Rwanda, peace in the region, and Africa in general. It also secures access to resources on a continent that China has dominated while we sat on our hands.
A feat the Handmaiden-media will do their best to ignore this yuge win as they work the Iran bombing and the as yet Iranian response to divide the parts of the MAGA coalition who saw Trump as the key to ending the forever wars.
As I’ve observed elsewhere, while I’m no longer a fan of the potential for more Middle Eastern military nonsense, I Trust Trump enough based on his past and present to believe there are many layers to this onion. For example,
Now, the big question – will this ruin Trump? Will this break up our fragile new coalition? No. America First is not a pacifist movement. America First is a Jacksonian movement, where we leave you alone until you mess with us, and then we kill you. Some people will disagree with Donald Trump’s actions. Every time Donald Trump does something, some faction of the coalition will disagree with it. However, we need to stick together because we agree on most things. Those who did not support intervention in Iran are not going to find friends on the Democrat side – the Democrat side opposes it because they hate America. In contrast, those in our coalition who opposed intervening in Iran did so because they think that’s best for America. They are patriots. This is a key difference.
Please read the whole thing; there is a lot of good stuff in it. An air strike, if you like, on the blob/establishment war on MAGA and why the coalition needs to respect its differences while holding strong on the rest of it.
No one else, and I mean no one gives a shit about what you care about more than Trump and his Cabinet, and their appointees. They love you and America, and Trump is committed to peace through strength, which includes using the strength of our market as leverage to create great deals for America while building a better world.
Sorry, that sounds like the lead on the glossy tri-fold flyer, but look at what the guy is doing and then ask what would make him change his trajectory, especially when he’s used targeted strikes (On Iran!) in the past to move the needle in the direction that readers “better for America.”
My point, I guess, if I have one, is that the presstitutes will always say and do and elevate and bot storm whatever narrative damages Trump and the Republican coalition that elected him. It doesn’t have anything else. Our job is to inject a sanity narrative that contrasts reality against the left’s fantasy and the immutable Truth reiterated by Schlicter in the pull quote.
There’s nowhere else to go where you can have a different opinion and still agree to Make America Great Again. Voting for Dems will reopen the border fund unwinnable wars we help create, force the women in your lives to play sports and bathrooms with men, and all the rest of it, with a censorship complex committed to suppressing or silencing opposition. A faction that will look for ways to legalize that censorship while funding programs with our money to convince us how good that is for us.
I get that it means bombing Iran will lead to a better lasting peace, and we’ll somehow get the intact nuclear material secured, and that sounds strange, but what if it does?
The dude’s been President for five months. History and past evidence suggest not just good but great things ahead, which, if we can get there before the fall of 2026, can help secure the MAGA movement’s priorities all the way to 2028. And beyond?
