Mastodawn

#Illinois Gov #JBPritzker says he’s worried how #Trump might respond to the growing controversy over his ties to #Epstein.

“My great fear, of course, is that with the release of that information, which I think will be devastating for Trump, he’s going to do everything in his power to distract. What does that mean? I mean, he might take us to #war with #Venezuela just to get a distraction in the news & take it out of the headlines.”

[we’re all worried about that JB]
https://apnews.com/article/pritzker-trump-reaction-epstein-files-distraction-280eb69c80aee902b3ed6d712c79f332

Pritzker says he's worried how Trump will react to Epstein files

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he’s worried about how President Donald Trump might respond to the growing controversy over documents tying him to Jeffrey Epstein. He said in an interview with The Associated Press that it was his “great fear” that the Republican president might go to extremes to change the subject. Pritzker is widely seen as among the top potential Democratic presidential contenders in 2028. He also said the decision by seven Democratic senators and one independent to side with Republicans in a Senate vote to end the government shutdown played right into Trump’s hands.

AP News

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Nov 13

#USpol
👉When the Tail Wags The Dog👈

#Epstein-Files: Will the real-life #US President soon resort to emulate his fictional predecessor?

"#Illinois Gov #JBPritzker says he’s worried how #Trump might respond 2 the growing controversy over his ties 2 #Epstein.
“My great fear...is that...the release of that information, which...will be devastating 4 Trump,...he might take us 2 #war w/ #Venezuela just 2 get a distraction in the news & take it out of the headlines.”

https://apnews.com/article/pritzker-trump-reaction-epstein-files-distraction-280eb69c80aee902b3ed6d712c79f332

Pritzker says he's worried how Trump will react to Epstein files

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he’s worried about how President Donald Trump might respond to the growing controversy over documents tying him to Jeffrey Epstein. He said in an interview with The Associated Press that it was his “great fear” that the Republican president might go to extremes to change the subject. Pritzker is widely seen as among the top potential Democratic presidential contenders in 2028. He also said the decision by seven Democratic senators and one independent to side with Republicans in a Senate vote to end the government shutdown played right into Trump’s hands.

AP News

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

*#HPsCommentary*

#GeoPol #USpol
#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog
#WarInTheMiddleEast

*The tale wags the dog again 1): Panama, Venezuela, Greenland, Mexico, now Iran, what's next?
👉Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈*

(1/n)

#Trump is "flooding the zone" that even the #Herculean tale's #AugeanStables would look meek in comparison.

As I had been saying, lately last November, it was evident that #Trump would be implicated by the #EpsteinFiles. During the last decades,

1) https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/wagging-the-dog-trump-bombed-iran-and-blew-up-his-america-first-base/

Wagging the Dog: Trump Bombed Iran and Blew Up His America First Base

Trump warned Obama not to “play the Iran card.” Now he’s bombing Iran as his America First base openly revolts over endless war and broken promises.

Mediaite

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 1

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable? 👈*

(2/n)

...there've just been too many photos in the press.

#Trump, not being able to control his impulses most of the time, known that he liked to visit the really young contestants 1), thinly-clad, prefereably,

OFC, it was, in my view, almost inevitable that he was able to withstand the lure of "young flesh"?

After all, he is even on tape that he not only felt intitled...

1)
https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/oct/18/allegations-about-donald-trump-and-miss-teen-usa-c/

The allegations about Donald Trump and Miss Teen contestants

As waves of allegations of Donald Trump’s inappropriate behavior toward females swept over the presidential campaign, re

@politifact

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 1

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable? 👈*

(3/n)

...to do so, as a "star", but that women would be begging him to "Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything." 2)
#BillClinton tried to circumnavigate a misconduct in office by claiming that he did "not have sex with #MonicaLewinsky" (legally true, as fellatio is (was?) not considered "sexual intercourse," legally speaking, in the #US), but it eventually drove him out of...

2)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/read-donald-trumps-lewd-remarks-about-women-on-days-of-our-lives-set-2005-groping-star-a7351381.html

Full transcript: Donald Trump's lewd remarks about women on Days of Our Lives set in 2005 | The Independent

The presidential candidate talked about groping women and the right to do ‘whatever he wants’ as a ‘star’

The Independent

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 1

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable? 👈*

(4/n)

...office.

How much more ist this, presumably, #Conservative #Congress and the #Christian-American #MAGA voter base willing to take from this convicted sex offender?!?

One thing is certain, though: there are too many interested parties for the (the rather complete) truth not to come out eventually. Eventually, more rounds of "redacting" (which was largely illegal measured by the law #Trump recently...

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 1

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈*

(5/n)

...signed into effect) will only delay the invitable.

That said, the attention-grabbing (pun intended), aforementioned "small wars" (which could also be called a "hit-and-run" from the perspective of international law) are bound to continue...until the full truth comes out.

The clock is ticking and while #Trumps frauds are another league, even compared to #AlCapone (who got only caught due to...

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 1

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable? 👈️*

(6/n)

..."creative accounting," put mildly.--On the other hand, 👉 #Trump's also was found guilty: " #DonaldTrumpJr. and #EricTrump, possessed the “requisite intent to defraud,” in addition to top executives #AllenWeisselberg and #JeffreyMcConney...,"👈 * even though the half a bn USD fine was later tossed out by the #NY Court of Appeals. Also, he's been a convicted fellon and the first...

*
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5463599-trump-fraud-case-appeals-court-tosses-penalty/

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 1

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️*

(7/n)

...#US President to be convicted: 👉 "Donald J. Trump is still legally classified as a convicted felon."👈

#Trump's greatest weakness is his unassaible belief in his own sacrosanct invincibility.

We will see how long this will still go on. I, for one, am beginning to think that, alas, by December 2026, we will see a much younger, possibly even more dangerous...

*
https://legalunitedstates.com/is-donald-trump-a-convicted-felon/

Is Donald Trump a Convicted Felon? Understanding His Current Legal Status in 2025

Is Donald Trump a convicted felon? Yes. His 34-count felony conviction remains active in 2025 while appeals continue.

Legal United States

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 1

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️️*

(8/n)

...unelected incumbent in the #OvalOffice...

#Trump 3) has been pushing the Wheel of Fortune for decades. Fortuna, however, is known to...
...balance things out...eventually.

In fact, 👉 the irony about war #Trump has waged against Iran might even yet become two-fold:👈

For one, as #ColbyHall 3) wrote today:

"In 2012 and 2013, [#Trump]...

3)
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/wagging-the-dog-trump-bombed-iran-and-blew-up-his-america-first-base/

Wagging the Dog: Trump Bombed Iran and Blew Up His America First Base

Trump warned Obama not to “play the Iran card.” Now he’s bombing Iran as his America First base openly revolts over endless war and broken promises.

Mediaite

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 1

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️️️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️️️*

(9/n)

...warned repeatedly that #BarackObama might attack #Iran to appear tough or distract from political weakness. He urged #Republicans not to let #Obama “play the #IranCard...”

👉[#Trump's] argument was blunt: a president in political trouble might reach for war to reset the narrative.👈

👉 Now #Trump is the president escalating against #Iran amid domestic strain. The symmetry is not subtle as the...

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 1

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️️️️️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️️️️️*

(10/n)

...very same standard he applied to Obama now applies to him. And given details surrounding this most recent attack, the suspicions are even stronger."👈 3)

And the second case of irony? You might ask. Well, ..that second dimension of irony is still in the making:

I am no #Nostradamus, but only 11 hours ago, I wrote in my (more or less) daily political commentary:

"#Autocrats such as #Putin, #Trump,.

@Nonilex

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 1

RE: https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/111949124362576334

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️️️️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️️️️*

(11/n)

...#Xi, #Netanyahu, #Orban, 👉 #Khamenei*👈 , #Kim, #Milei, #BinSalman (#MBS), and others are not only flirting with #totalitarianism, they are *living* it and developing it further (#Xi, #SteveBannon, #HeritageFoundation, and many others).

The best example of this in written form is probably the #MAGA movement's #plan to seize power, #Project2025.

👉 So far, Lady Justice or the Furies...

*
https://www.dw.com/en/irans-supreme-leader-khamenei-is-dead-state-media-confirms/live-76161011

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 1

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️️️️️️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️️️️️️*

(12/n)

...have caught too few of these modern-day tyrants👈: #Raisi, #DaSilva, #Yoon + #Maduro.

However, much more serious than these individuals is the global degeneration of #democracies into #plutocracies and the almost enslaving trend of #Technofeudalism*..

* Technofeudalism:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/111949124362576334
(#Thiel, #Musk, #Zuckerberg, #Bezos, and many others) in connection with #enshittification 5), and #shrinkflation 6).

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 1

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️️️️️️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️️️️️️*

(13/n)

...But from a historical perspective, the pendulum of #Fortuna always swings back and forth in the opposite direction! That gives us hope." *

👉 So, #Caesar Donald, #BewareOfTheIdesOfMarch!👈

*
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/116148760377752578

Further NOTES of this second installment:

5) #Enshittification
https://bvp.me/@bplein/116148689870354591

Life introduction of the concept:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/111116928745201506

...

Bill Plein🌶 (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Look what arrived this week! #Enshittification by @[email protected]

Bill Plein’s Fediverse Home

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 1

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️️️️️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️️️️️*

(14/n)

...
6) #Shrinkflation examples:

https://www.boredpanda.com/product-sizes-shrinkflation-msn/

In November 2022, @TheEconomist reported on the concept of shrinkflation in #Africa:

https://www.boredpanda.com/product-sizes-shrinkflation-msn/

...those market and learned all the same lesson. #Covid-19 was not the only #Pandemic, it seems:

https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2024/the-crisis-of-shrinkflation-and-skimpflation-on-middle-class-disposable-incomes

...it seems. It is not even a new trend, but has a very long history:

https://dnaeconomics.com/the-economics-of-shrinkflation/

...

cc [email protected]

48 Times Shrinkflation Was So Obvious It Felt Like A Scam

There is a reason certain items are seemingly becoming smaller and smaller. Curiosities

Bored Panda

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 5

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️️️️️️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️️️️️️*

(15/n)

...In the #MiddleAges, the people who were in a thriving market knew how defend against such frauds:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducking_stool

#DuckingStools or #CuckingStools.

Another very common punishment was the #WhippingPost or #Pillory*

Only a short time later, it seems that most Western board members visited #Africa and learned about the #Shrinkflation concept...

*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipping_post

Ducking stool - Wikipedia

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 5

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️️️️️️️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️️️️️️️*

(16/n)

I guess, it is high time to get some similarly effective coutermeasures back. The market place has too long been rigged by manufactures the world over.

//

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 5

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️️️️️️️️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️️️️️️️️*

#Trump, the #US #LieATollah (#JimmyKimmel)

(17/n)

UPDATE 2:

It is nice to be joined by such an illustrious political host like #JimmyKimmel in the "Wag the Dog"-Assessment:

"*#Trump Distracts from #EpsteinFiles with #WarInIran, #MAGA Tries to Spin & #Donny's Big Red Rash*"

*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41zwxsvPW-w

Trump Distracts from Epstein Files with War in Iran, MAGA Tries to Spin & Donny's Big Red Rash

YouTube

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 10

*#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog*

*👉️️️️️️️️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️️️️️️️️*

Welcome to the club, Rep. #AlexandriaOcasioCortez!

(18/n)

UPDATE 3:

"...the #EpsteinFiles has such a hold on President #Trump and this Administration that they are willing to plunge us [into] and risk world war in order to save themselves politically.
That is a person...the definition of a person who cannot make objective decisions for the #American people!"

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/08c8ujnipxs

AOC Links Trump Actions to Epstein Revelations

YouTube