Values in the Golden Age

Values in the Golden Age

the peace president embroiled in global conflict

regime change in Venezuela, an inflammatory ceasefire in Gaza and a seemingly never ending war in Ukraine

Oct 22, 2025
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When speaking to the ‘geographic center of the world’ in Riyadh in May, President Donald Trump attempted to define his vision of ‘commerce, not chaos’ that was in his eyes already forming in the Middle East:

..this great transformation has not come from Western intervention noise or flying people in beautiful planes giving you lectures on how to live and how to govern your own affairs. No, the gleaming marvels of Riyadh and Abu Dhabi were not created by the so-called nation builders, neocons or liberal nonprofits like those who spent trillions and trillions of dollars failing..

That was just 5 months ago, and today a Venezuelan regime change is fomenting under the direction of Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio, the Vice President is wary of having to babysit a Gaza peace deal and the President is ineptly handling an end to the war in Ukraine.

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