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From Mark Wauck: “If it’s Thursday, Are There Talks In Islamabad?

April 16, 2026/9 Comments/in General/by Kevin MacDonald

Sadly, I agree. Trump’s character flaws (mainly his narcissism) have gotten worse–much worse, to the point that they endanger the world economy, and GOP, and the U.S. standing in the world.

From Mark Wauck, “If it’s Thursday, Are There Talks In Islamabad?”

The problematic behavior he has exhibited throughout his adult life is, rather, due to character flaws that have long been on open display—especially a strong narcissistic streak that leads him to regularly gamble on risky actions to bolster his grandiose ego needs. These problems probably also explain the astonishing degree to which Trump indulges in wildly inappropriate rhetoric and even openly lies. It’s gotten to the point that it’s now difficult to distinguish what Trump truly believes from his deliberate gaslighting.

I certainly agree that it’s entirely possible, even likely, that aged based mental changes are exacerbating these tendencies and character flaws and leading to repeated disastrous judgment calls. I continue to believe that, within normal limits, Trump understands that his actions have led to disastrous results. However, in line with his character flaws and age related decline in his ability to take corrective action—especially recognizing his own responsibility—his reaction is twofold. First, he seeks devious ways to avoid responsibility and to manipulate those who oppose him. This is entirely in line with his past. However, second, he now—to a degree that is exaggerated beyond his past behavior—lashes out inappropriately against all opposition in counterproductive ways. Thus we see unstable and wild swings of mood and emotional reactions, tempered at times by a return to his shrewder past. The trend is clearly downward, and especially because his narcissism has led him to surround himself to an unprecedented degree with conniving and incompetent ass kissers—people who are willing to feed his ego, but often for their own fanatical purposes. And Jewish Nationalists figure they’ve just bought Trump and the GOP—and lots more war and killing:

Megatron @Megatron_ron

14h

JUST IN: Israeli megadonor Miriam Adelson gives $40 million to Republican super PACs for midterm elections.

For these reasons I’m very pessimistic about any peaceful resolution to Trump’s war on Iran. I believe that Trump is still quite capable of understanding that any attempt at a TACO in this situation will fool no one. No walkaway is possible without a huge loss of US strategic depth, both in purely military terms (loss of bases, logistic hubs, etc.) as well as in financial and diplomatic influence. Trump has well and truly boxed himself in. A TACO move may be theoretically possible, but seems very unlikely in view of Trump’s character flaws, which manifest in his adamant refusal to acknowledge mistakes, or even responsibility for his decisions and actions. He continues to double down on disastrous mistakes, to the extent that corrective action to reverse the effects of those mistakes is now impossible in the real world.

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9 replies
  1. Freddy
    Freddy says:
    April 16, 2026 at 10:51 am

    Now I finally know what makes Lord Taylor so incredibly likable: it’s his long eyebrows, which stick out from his head like seismographic antennas, and which he never trims artificially because that would “completely distort the character of his venerable media persona.”

    Hidden innocently beneath, two steel-blue eyes of pure Anglo-Franco-Japanese descent flash, but beware: whoever Lord Taylor sets his sights on will soon have nothing left to laugh about! The race patriarch’s admonition is both simple and urgent: “Be fruitful and multiply!”

    https://i.ibb.co/mFFKJBYv/Lord-Taylor.jpg

  2. Tim
    Tim says:
    April 16, 2026 at 1:19 pm

    https://occidentaldissent.com/2026/04/15/holocaust-expropriated-art-recovery-act-becomes-law/

  3. Franz
    Franz says:
    April 16, 2026 at 1:31 pm

    https://www.winterwatch.net/2026/04/walter-lippmann-warmongering-big-capitalist-hack-and-jewish-anglo-agent/

    (Incidentally, Lippmann coined the term “stereotype” or, rather, reinterpreted it in his own way.)

    https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=65107

  4. ps
    ps says:
    April 16, 2026 at 8:03 pm

    Anyone who harbors any doubts about the “certified and documented authenticity” of the Apollo missions—such as the notorious “moon-landing denier” Bart Sibrel—is reduced to absurdity by self-proclaimed Jew-“experts” like “cosmologist” Keating and screen actor Shatner a.k.a. “Captain Kirk” (himself a renowned pre-astronautic researcher and von Däniken admirer, btw.) are reduced to absurdity.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhJP3a_r01M
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Keating

    Also, long-haired self-declared “Judentube Explaner Professor Dave,” who, in an attempt to discredit “moon landing deniers,” regularly mentions them and flat-earthers in the same breath, and who, regrettably, wasn’t on Morgan’s show as a third expert because according to his own account, Sibrel feared he would be torn apart and humiliated by him in ten seconds (highly implausible), throws his seemingly “irrefutable expertise” into the mix afterwards.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK1PlXZcWg0
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5LBAepwBfc
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXOgYRa9mX8

    Also, YouTuber “Candid Truth” has invited Sibrel and agrees with him that the alleged moon landing is the “greatest lie in human history” and undoubtedly the work of Satan (by Freemasons and the Illuminati, among others). As a former “practitioner of witchcraft,” he has, like Sibrel, found his way to the Adventist faith in the Bible because only it contains the pure and logical truth. This is apparently a Protestant variant that believes in the “second coming of Christ,” which, however, seems scientifically untenable.

    Unfortunately, however, his infamous guest leaves after just an hour, even though no evidence for the certain return of Christ has yet been gathered or discussed.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYWIrPwtHkc
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventism
    https://www.youtube.com/@candidtruthofficial/search?query=artemis

    In any case, denying the moon landing does not appear to be a criminal offense banned in nearly 30 Western countries, as is the case with “Holocaust denial,” for otherwise the videos of these “conspiracy theorists” would have been banned from Judentube, and a free debate with Germar Rudolf on Piers Morgan’s show would not be an unthinkable taboo. The greatest lie in human history is therefore not the “Holocaust” (since the Adventists don’t mention it at all), but the moon landing.

    https://www.youtube.com/@theapollodetectives/videos

    • ps
      ps says:
      April 16, 2026 at 11:18 pm

      As we now know, only a very few people—thanks to their intelligence and tenacious drive to explore—are capable of making sense of the vast jumble of informational chaos stemming from ideological propaganda that has been dumped upon us. It’s a matter of finding the proverbial needle in a haystack. This principle was explained years ago by information scientist Norbert Bolz.

      Take the example of Kevin MacDonald. He recognized a certain pattern in Jewish thought and behavior, which he termed “group evolutionary strategy.” Without him, the world would still be unable to interpret these connections today. He has been rigorously excluded from the scientific debate; his theories are ignored in the Jewish-dominated media, or are rarely, if ever, discussed in academic publications.

      Given this premise, one must therefore ask why, when it comes to the moon landing, Piers Morgan doesn’t invite the experts from “Apollo Detectives” but instead a self-promoting attention-seeker like Sibrel, who lacks the in-depth expertise needed to eloquently refute counterarguments, and why, when it comes to the Holocaust, Morgan interviews Nick Fuentez rather than Germar Rudolf.

      The answer is so obvious that it’s glaringly clear: they themselves are the cowards who dare not approach the true experts on the subject, but rather seek to discredit the entire topic by selecting unqualified self-promoters like Sibrel or Fuentez to parade them as clownish conspiracy theorists. That is the only apparent reason for this deliberate and deeply malicious tactic.

    • ps
      ps says:
      April 17, 2026 at 5:52 am

      “The sacred knowledge is to be kept within the cult, unsullied by public understanding.” The quote is said to come from Carl Sagan, one of the approximately 20 people in the know that the Apollo moon landings (for purely scientific reasons) never actually took place.

      To follow up on my previous comments about so-called “conspiracy theorists” (who are, in reality, often conspiracy investigators): To follow up on my previous comments about so-called “conspiracy theorists” (who, in reality, are often conspiracy investigators):

      It is indeed peculiar that figures like Sibrel or Fuentez, appearing on a Piers Morgan livestream that generates hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of views, leave no reference to websites other than their own to disseminate this “niche knowledge.”

      It is a compelling theory that the ruling class’s system of deception is based on keeping humanity in the dark, just like the methods used to exploit them, such as the Ponzi scheme. This means it isn’t important that everyone falls for their deception, but only the general public—that is, the vast majority of humanity.

      Of course, the scammers know full well that there are some people who have seen through them. But they couldn’t care less, because those who have exposed them lack the money, resources, and reach to make their findings public. The knowledge possessed by these “conspiracy theorists” can never pose a threat to them, because it remains buried under the jumble of their own propaganda lies.

      Their buzzwords are always a mixed bag of lies and half-truths, peppered with a few facts; that’s why the label “denier” is nonsense to begin with, because “climate deniers” [sic], for example, do not deny that climate change is happening, because it has always existed, but the climate was much warmer in the past than it is today (which is why the once-green land is still called Greenland today).

      Or take emotionally and ideologically heavily charged conceptual monstrosities like “Holocaust” or “anti-Semitism,” which are completely misleading in and of themselves. Even so-called “deniers” do not dispute that the European Jews were persecuted by the National Socialists. However, it is forbidden to debate the extent of that persecution.

      This problem doesn’t exist for those who run the media and thus set the tone, because there, each of the millions upon millions of people being lied to is being told that one of their supposed heroes has died. By the way: Have Trump or Elon Musk ever, in any of their thousands of tweets, informed the global public about Jared Taylor or Ron Unz? No.

      By the way: I learned from the livestream of the Canadian “Apollo Detectives”—which featured an initial assessment of the “Artemis II Mission”—that Marcus Allen had passed away in January. He was exactly two years older than Kevin MacDonald. I had been wondering why I hadn’t heard from him in a while; his last public appearances were a year ago. https://archive.ph/SK9Jj

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1JDjMctFAc

      Unfortunately, this is often the case: Suddenly, a “niche expert” disappears, isn’t seen for a long time, and only later does one learn, quite casually, that he is no longer alive.

      https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJfe0ZJcJSXHB_0O1HTHMesX5bD5mbGo

    • ps
      ps says:
      April 17, 2026 at 6:04 am

      “The sacred knowledge is to be kept within the cult, unsullied by public understanding.” The quote is said to come from Carl Sagan, one of the approximately 20 people in the know that the Apollo moon landings (for purely scientific reasons) never actually took place.

      To follow up on my previous comments about so-called “conspiracy theorists” (who, in reality, are often conspiracy investigators): It is indeed peculiar that figures like Sibrel or Fuentez, appearing on a Piers Morgan livestream that generates hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of views, leave no reference to websites other than their own to disseminate this “niche knowledge.”

      It is a compelling theory that the ruling class’s system of deception is based on keeping humanity in the dark, just like the methods used to exploit them, such as the Ponzi scheme. This means it isn’t important that everyone falls for their deception, but only the general public—that is, the vast majority of humanity.

      Of course, the scammers know full well that there are some people who have seen through them. But they couldn’t care less, because those who have exposed them lack the money, resources, and reach to make their findings public. The knowledge possessed by these “conspiracy theorists” can never pose a threat to them, because it remains buried under the jumble of their own propaganda lies.

      Their buzzwords are always a mixed bag of lies and half-truths, peppered with a few facts; that’s why the label “denier” is nonsense to begin with, because “climate deniers” [sic], for example, do not deny that climate change is happening, because it has always existed, but the climate was much warmer in the past than it is today (which is why the once-green land is still called Greenland today).

      Or take emotionally and ideologically heavily charged conceptual monstrosities like “Holocaust” or “anti-Semitism,” which are completely misleading in and of themselves. Even so-called “deniers” do not dispute that the European Jews were persecuted by the National Socialists. However, it is forbidden to debate the extent of that persecution.

      This problem doesn’t exist for those who run the media and thus set the tone, because there, each of the millions upon millions of people being lied to is being told that one of their supposed heroes has died. By the way: Have Trump or Elon Musk ever, in any of their thousands of tweets, informed the global public about Jared Taylor or Ron Unz? No.

      By the way: I learned from the livestream of the Canadian “Apollo Detectives”—which featured an initial assessment of the “Artemis II Mission”—that Marcus Allen had passed away in January. He was exactly two years older than Kevin MacDonald. I had been wondering why I hadn’t heard from him in a while; his last public appearances were a year ago. https://archive.ph/SK9Jj

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1JDjMctFAc

      Unfortunately, this is often the case: Suddenly, a “niche expert” disappears, isn’t seen for a long time, and only later does one learn, quite casually, that he is no longer alive.

      https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJfe0ZJcJSXHB_0O1HTHMesX5bD5mbGo

    • ps
      ps says:
      April 17, 2026 at 7:05 am

      Morgan asks Keating, who is trying to feign understanding and respect for his opponent out of social courtesy, even though his constant interruptions prove the exact opposite of his intentions: “Do you think he’s full of shit?”

      These are methods to emotionally provoke the opponent, the victim of this public shaming, and throw them off balance. Much like a Black boxer humiliatingly insults a White boxer before a fight. Essentially rhetorical low blows.

      Because then the opponent is no longer focused on the task at hand, but reacts in an uncontrolled and uncoordinated manner, driven by a desire for revenge. Sibrel withstood this with astonishing composure; I myself would have immediately protested loudly against this kind of personal attack, though without losing my composure.

      Morgan uses the “argument” that Aldrin gave “the firmest handshake he had ever experienced from another human being.” This silly nonsense is apparently meant to serve as “proof” of Aldrin’s credibility. Sure: No one likes a limp handshake (or one where, at best, only the fingers are grasped to signal impersonal distance and snobbery).

      But: Aside from the fact that the alcoholic Aldrin’s character strength can’t have been all that great, experts in body language know very well that an overly firm handshake is intended to intimidate the person being greeted: “And if you’re not willing, I’ll use force!”

      In reality, this expresses the intimidating person’s own frightened insecurity, just like a barking dog. If THAT “impresses” Morgan, then I wonder how much of a beating he needs to have “respect” for other people.

  5. ps
    ps says:
    April 16, 2026 at 8:28 pm

    The question of whether European
    art should be owned by Jewish “art
    dealers” has thus become moot.

    https://occidentaldissent.com/2026/04/15/holocaust-expropriated-art-recovery-act-becomes-law/

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