Just a question from a French: Trump is suffering from dementia or similar disorder due to age or deprivation of oxygen when he has covid in 2020. Can he be impeached on the grounds that he’s not fit for office? I noticed he was extremely different in May 2024 from the person he used to be. It’s getting worse and worse. Thanks.
I googled it, and that's the information there. They used the example of when President Reagan was shot, and he refused to sign the document upon presentation in the hospital.
I know. I’m very emotional today to the point I made a typo in my comment. My family called me crazy when I said at the end of 2023 that Musk was an agent of chaos. Trump wouldn’t have been elected without him.
Spot-on Nathalie! We have Musk to thank for much of it! In hindsight, we should have acted quickly like South Korea did. Strike while the iron is hot! We have a feckless Congress all around. WTH were we thinking?
Nobody in the US is to blame: I was wondering why he bought Twitter like a lot of people. It became clear when he created the alias Adrian Dittmann is 2023. A lot of people thought it wasn’t Musk: it is except to play video games and for jokes like cooking steaks. He’s so different because it’s the actual Musk: zero emotion, stammering far less, racist to the point of considering Latinos as non white. I thought the alias was well known in 2024 until Pekka Kallioniemi posted that he had no clue Musk was under this alias. Pekka was blocked immediately. The spaces stopped when Musk worked for Trump. They have resumed. I haven’t listened for 6 months except once. Judge McCormick has to be praised because she was right that a single person shouldn’t have that much money. It’s extremely dangerous and unseen.
Seriously, Malcolm. The landscape of the world is looking extremely bleak. Are you holding out for any positive outcome, especially on the world stage? You are the only one I trust on our security and world affairs. Trump and his entire administration are a bunch of lunatics, right?
Yes. We still have to do the people power movement. All we need is 5 Republicans to defect, and Hakeem Jefferies becomes Speaker, and we can set up the walls to stop him. If he does something crazy, an impeachment is possible.
Impeachment is only a trial. There must be 67 senators who vote for his conviction/removal. Maybe we can get that many votes after the midterms next year, if the US still exists as a democracy.
Agree about Vance! I just didn't want to write it or say it out loud. He and the Silicon Valley gang are billionaires behaving badly; not to mention, unhinged!
Trust me…we have tried! The Republicans in Congress are all complicit out of fear and will do what he wants no matter what the consequences! He is incredibly mentally ill, we tried to make the case! They have infiltrated our government from states to Supreme Court. The sane people have no power! 😖
I was listening to another analyst and I was shocked that even experts don't know what the end-game for intervention in Iran might be. Iran is a huge nation with a long history. We seem to lose the significance of Iran being a theocracy while fixating on possible nuclear capabilities. This is an Islamic Holy War, not simply a geopolitical power play.
The Persian Empire was defeated by Islamic Arabs in 632 and forcibly converted from centuries of Zoroastrianism to Islam. There has been animosity between the Sunni Arabs and Shi'ite Iranians ever since. Iran has no borders with Isreal and has no historical conflicts with Jews. The end goal for Iran is with Sunni Arabs to recover Jerusalem, Mecca, and Medina and return Islam to its former "purity".
When the Isreal returned to the Holy Land, they unfortunately got in the way of Iran's holy Islamist mission. Of course, at the core of any holy war is an apolcalyptic purging of the "true believers" from the "blasphemers". This is not simply about Jews and Iranians, but a grand Islamist Holy War against anyone opposing "pure" Islam. Sunni Arabs cannot simply stand by and let the U.S. and Israel do their dirty work. This is a pivotal point in the reformation of Islam to allow it to coexist in the modern world.
As the African proverb predicts: "An unloved child will burn down the village to feel its warmth."
Not sure about Vance. He's sneaky and much like a chameleon, but he's got the backing of Peter Thiel who is wealthy and not wrapped very tight. It's a scary time. OMG, then you have the NAZI, Stephen Miller — cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.
This could use a lot of proof reading and editing - the text appears to be AI created from listening to dictation. If I had an e-mail to address corrections to, I would gladly send them.
Life will change for us. How many sleeper cells will be activated for terrorist attacks in our train stations, airports, etc. And yet the cowardly Republicans will be the first ones into Bunkers to live on all the taxpayer provided supplies. 😱
First, housekeeping. In the fifth paragraph, next to last sentence, I think you mean "imminent" not "eminent." I'm guessing AI changed it for you. It's unfortunate that AI isn't fluent in English.
You know, Malcolm, I can remember when the USA was the most powerful and wealthiest nation in the world. That was as recently as January 19, 2025. Since the end of April, 2025, China has been the most powerful and nation in the world. Why did this happen in my lifetime (I'm 75)? "Liberation Day" and your column today is the reason why. It was nice while it lasted. Fortunately, I do live in California.
I suppose our only saving grace will be he needs confirmation from Congress to attack Iran and I doubt he has enough "true believers" left there to rubber stamp such an attack. The whole thing reeks of the 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' claim for the ill-conceived Iraq War leading to decades of Middle East turmoil up to the present. I doubt there is any will to repeat that mistake.
As for shutting down the oil shipments, Iran desperately needs the revenue and attacking Sunni Arab neighbors could trigger a closer alignment of them with Israel and truly doom Iran. I hate agreeing with Trump, but the best action might be "to let them fight it out" provoking the Arab States into action.
Someone is going to have to clean up the mess afterward the regime change and neither Israel nor the U.S. is up to the task. I see a really great opportunity for China to up its game in the region and secure its fuel supplies. As for the U.S., we have our own domestic regime change to attend to. "Not my circus, not my clowns."
Malcom. So clear and concise. Just the facts and an intelligent interpretation of them. Thinking that Trump, Hegseth and Gabbard are in charge of decision making is truly terrifying. We continue to be in big trouble
Thanks for the technical details, Malcolm. Didn't Our Mad King (wannabe) Donald the 1st already order a bunker buster bomb dropped in Afghanistan during his first disastrous reign? He has the mind of a 2yo, and the money men/women who have installed him will live to regret their action, even as he has granted them free access to the US Treasury and set a new standard for grifting the American people. Only a divine intervention can save us from a global disaster now, but the stage is set for an existential conclusion to this ever so sad episode in our 250 yr. history.
No, that was a GBU-43B MOAB ... Massive Ordnance AIR BURST dropped from a transport plane. It's designed for masses of men in the open. The MOP is another animal. It penetrates deeply, then explodes.
Not sure of the "massive KC-135 deployment" being more than a publicity stunt. We've had Kc-135's at Diego Garcia, along with some B-2s for quite a while. Trump's public raving may just be settlement leverage. Besides, I'd bet whatever enriched uranium they have/had has been trucked to an unidentified location....unless satellites tracked them. Centrifuges destroyed at Natanz have supposedly been taken out.
Dear Brother Malcom. "Weak, confused, and unserious." "We know where the Supreme Commander is...." "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!!" Are these the utterings of the "leader" of the free world or poor, demented Uncle Donnie, who everyone knows is a few (overpriced) eggs short of a dozen? After unified, nationwide protests over the past weekend, maybe it's time for Republican leadership to summon the strength and bravery to bring this mockery to an end. The ride is over. True power is not held but is freely dispensed among the many in order to attain a level of decency and compassion.
I just turned on the news. Please tell me there's someone who can stop Traitor's next move to strike Iran. Lindsey Graham & Mike Huckabee are encouraging action now. This is pure madness.
Mike Huckabee. More poison. A Christian Evangelical who wants the prophecy of the 2nd coming of Christ. Armegeddon. The Rapture. Whatever it is called. These religious extremists of every religion will destroy us.
Just a question from a French: Trump is suffering from dementia or similar disorder due to age or deprivation of oxygen when he has covid in 2020. Can he be impeached on the grounds that he’s not fit for office? I noticed he was extremely different in May 2024 from the person he used to be. It’s getting worse and worse. Thanks.
Yes, it's the 25th Amendment in our Constitution.
Ok, I think it has to be done. He’s damaging the US and the entire world.
Could not agree more, but Trump would have to sign something — fat chance.
Trump doesn't have to sign for the 25th Amendment, does he?
I googled it, and that's the information there. They used the example of when President Reagan was shot, and he refused to sign the document upon presentation in the hospital.
That makes little sense. Why would anyone sign to be impeached? Especially someone like Trump! Geesh!
Unfortunately his cabinet aren't interested in or capable of inciting the 25th Amendment. They haven't cleaned out the coffers yet.
Yes but his people are like a Soviet Politburo. They will only do what he says. Its crazy. He's crazy and we will suffer for it.
I know. I’m very emotional today to the point I made a typo in my comment. My family called me crazy when I said at the end of 2023 that Musk was an agent of chaos. Trump wouldn’t have been elected without him.
Spot-on Nathalie! We have Musk to thank for much of it! In hindsight, we should have acted quickly like South Korea did. Strike while the iron is hot! We have a feckless Congress all around. WTH were we thinking?
Nobody in the US is to blame: I was wondering why he bought Twitter like a lot of people. It became clear when he created the alias Adrian Dittmann is 2023. A lot of people thought it wasn’t Musk: it is except to play video games and for jokes like cooking steaks. He’s so different because it’s the actual Musk: zero emotion, stammering far less, racist to the point of considering Latinos as non white. I thought the alias was well known in 2024 until Pekka Kallioniemi posted that he had no clue Musk was under this alias. Pekka was blocked immediately. The spaces stopped when Musk worked for Trump. They have resumed. I haven’t listened for 6 months except once. Judge McCormick has to be praised because she was right that a single person shouldn’t have that much money. It’s extremely dangerous and unseen.
WHAT? OF COURSE his enablers are American! They WANT this. Worse, I think The Russians have gotten to our courts as well.
These “people” must be DESTROYED.
Seriously, Malcolm. The landscape of the world is looking extremely bleak. Are you holding out for any positive outcome, especially on the world stage? You are the only one I trust on our security and world affairs. Trump and his entire administration are a bunch of lunatics, right?
Yes. We still have to do the people power movement. All we need is 5 Republicans to defect, and Hakeem Jefferies becomes Speaker, and we can set up the walls to stop him. If he does something crazy, an impeachment is possible.
I hope you’re right! There’s not enough gummies in the damn world 💨
😂😂😂
Impeachment is only a trial. There must be 67 senators who vote for his conviction/removal. Maybe we can get that many votes after the midterms next year, if the US still exists as a democracy.
The Republicans on Congress are also like the Politburo.
Could it be that the entire GOP (minus Murkowski) are Russian assets, or compromised, somehow, into submission? Speculation is allowed.
Maybe, but he was given a job:
DESTROY The United States. He’s doing that.
Trump has been impeached twice but must be convicted by a vote in the Senate which so far has not happened.
The impeachment process
-The House of Representatives brings articles (charges) of impeachment against an official. ...
-If the House adopts the articles by a simple majority vote, the official has been impeached.
-The Senate holds an impeachment trial. ...
-If found guilty, the official is removed from office.
You also have to realize that VP J.D. Vance would then become President which is not necessarily an improvement.
Agree about Vance! I just didn't want to write it or say it out loud. He and the Silicon Valley gang are billionaires behaving badly; not to mention, unhinged!
vp is the worse.
Worst
Worst
Two Impeachments are better than one. If the House swings at midterms, Jeffries will be appointed President, by succession.
In the meanwhile, God'sSpecialBoy Johnson rules, the author of Jan 6. He's insane as well.
Trust me…we have tried! The Republicans in Congress are all complicit out of fear and will do what he wants no matter what the consequences! He is incredibly mentally ill, we tried to make the case! They have infiltrated our government from states to Supreme Court. The sane people have no power! 😖
Thanks Malcolm! I appreciate your intelligence updates and I will definitely be sleeping in the fetal position with my thumb in my mouth tonight! 😳
I was listening to another analyst and I was shocked that even experts don't know what the end-game for intervention in Iran might be. Iran is a huge nation with a long history. We seem to lose the significance of Iran being a theocracy while fixating on possible nuclear capabilities. This is an Islamic Holy War, not simply a geopolitical power play.
The Persian Empire was defeated by Islamic Arabs in 632 and forcibly converted from centuries of Zoroastrianism to Islam. There has been animosity between the Sunni Arabs and Shi'ite Iranians ever since. Iran has no borders with Isreal and has no historical conflicts with Jews. The end goal for Iran is with Sunni Arabs to recover Jerusalem, Mecca, and Medina and return Islam to its former "purity".
When the Isreal returned to the Holy Land, they unfortunately got in the way of Iran's holy Islamist mission. Of course, at the core of any holy war is an apolcalyptic purging of the "true believers" from the "blasphemers". This is not simply about Jews and Iranians, but a grand Islamist Holy War against anyone opposing "pure" Islam. Sunni Arabs cannot simply stand by and let the U.S. and Israel do their dirty work. This is a pivotal point in the reformation of Islam to allow it to coexist in the modern world.
As the African proverb predicts: "An unloved child will burn down the village to feel its warmth."
https://johnhardman.substack.com/p/israel-iran-war-second-nekba
"An unloved child will burn down the village to feel its warmth." Applies to narcissists as well.
Yep, a lot of unloved toddlers playing with matches...
Naaah, syphilis.
I laughed at this for reals!
Thank you for this update, as frightening as it is.
Trump is so mentally unhinged that his enablers will use him to start a war. He is not in charge. His "handlers" are not in charge.
Who is the most likely candidate for the one really running this show?
Vance?
Not sure about Vance. He's sneaky and much like a chameleon, but he's got the backing of Peter Thiel who is wealthy and not wrapped very tight. It's a scary time. OMG, then you have the NAZI, Stephen Miller — cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.
Traitor is a madman. And the people around him are just as bad.
Donald J. Traitor
This could use a lot of proof reading and editing - the text appears to be AI created from listening to dictation. If I had an e-mail to address corrections to, I would gladly send them.
He's a busy guy and on the move.
Saying it's AI sounds like an attempt to invalidate what's being said. When you're under stress and time constraints, typos happen.
Life will change for us. How many sleeper cells will be activated for terrorist attacks in our train stations, airports, etc. And yet the cowardly Republicans will be the first ones into Bunkers to live on all the taxpayer provided supplies. 😱
First, housekeeping. In the fifth paragraph, next to last sentence, I think you mean "imminent" not "eminent." I'm guessing AI changed it for you. It's unfortunate that AI isn't fluent in English.
You know, Malcolm, I can remember when the USA was the most powerful and wealthiest nation in the world. That was as recently as January 19, 2025. Since the end of April, 2025, China has been the most powerful and nation in the world. Why did this happen in my lifetime (I'm 75)? "Liberation Day" and your column today is the reason why. It was nice while it lasted. Fortunately, I do live in California.
I used to and sure miss the Free State.
I suppose our only saving grace will be he needs confirmation from Congress to attack Iran and I doubt he has enough "true believers" left there to rubber stamp such an attack. The whole thing reeks of the 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' claim for the ill-conceived Iraq War leading to decades of Middle East turmoil up to the present. I doubt there is any will to repeat that mistake.
As for shutting down the oil shipments, Iran desperately needs the revenue and attacking Sunni Arab neighbors could trigger a closer alignment of them with Israel and truly doom Iran. I hate agreeing with Trump, but the best action might be "to let them fight it out" provoking the Arab States into action.
Someone is going to have to clean up the mess afterward the regime change and neither Israel nor the U.S. is up to the task. I see a really great opportunity for China to up its game in the region and secure its fuel supplies. As for the U.S., we have our own domestic regime change to attend to. "Not my circus, not my clowns."
Malcolm. Thank you for the intelligence. The news only reported that Israel bombed Iran. Nothing about USA assistance.
Wait for it ... it's coming.
OMG
Malcom. So clear and concise. Just the facts and an intelligent interpretation of them. Thinking that Trump, Hegseth and Gabbard are in charge of decision making is truly terrifying. We continue to be in big trouble
There’s more, thank you Malcolm
Malcolm missed you live, soon maybe
Thanks for the technical details, Malcolm. Didn't Our Mad King (wannabe) Donald the 1st already order a bunker buster bomb dropped in Afghanistan during his first disastrous reign? He has the mind of a 2yo, and the money men/women who have installed him will live to regret their action, even as he has granted them free access to the US Treasury and set a new standard for grifting the American people. Only a divine intervention can save us from a global disaster now, but the stage is set for an existential conclusion to this ever so sad episode in our 250 yr. history.
No, that was a GBU-43B MOAB ... Massive Ordnance AIR BURST dropped from a transport plane. It's designed for masses of men in the open. The MOP is another animal. It penetrates deeply, then explodes.
Not sure of the "massive KC-135 deployment" being more than a publicity stunt. We've had Kc-135's at Diego Garcia, along with some B-2s for quite a while. Trump's public raving may just be settlement leverage. Besides, I'd bet whatever enriched uranium they have/had has been trucked to an unidentified location....unless satellites tracked them. Centrifuges destroyed at Natanz have supposedly been taken out.
Dear Brother Malcom. "Weak, confused, and unserious." "We know where the Supreme Commander is...." "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!!" Are these the utterings of the "leader" of the free world or poor, demented Uncle Donnie, who everyone knows is a few (overpriced) eggs short of a dozen? After unified, nationwide protests over the past weekend, maybe it's time for Republican leadership to summon the strength and bravery to bring this mockery to an end. The ride is over. True power is not held but is freely dispensed among the many in order to attain a level of decency and compassion.
Five million vs five thousand should have sent a message.....
I just turned on the news. Please tell me there's someone who can stop Traitor's next move to strike Iran. Lindsey Graham & Mike Huckabee are encouraging action now. This is pure madness.
And both are stone lunatics. Holy shit, Batman.
Mike Huckabee. More poison. A Christian Evangelical who wants the prophecy of the 2nd coming of Christ. Armegeddon. The Rapture. Whatever it is called. These religious extremists of every religion will destroy us.
He needs to go back to Little Rock and hide under one....
😂😂😂
When do they bring out their 40 ft hologram of Jesus?
Hee Hee D! 😂
Thank you again, Malcom. You are the one person I trust the most on these important issues 🇺🇲