Enablers are often the quiet engine behind the chaos. They don’t just watch; they give permission, create cover, and normalize behavior that should be unacceptable. History shows it’s rarely the figurehead alone the real danger is the network that makes their power possible.

My thoughts are with the victims’ families and with Joshua as he recovers. Road safety isn’t just statistics; it’s a human issue, and every life matters.

Can you follow me back? I’d really like to continue this conversation and hear more of your perspective. Meaningful dialogue matters, and it’s through talking that we can better understand each other even on the toughest issues.

That fear isn’t coming out of nowhere. When policy is framed through extraction instead of stewardship, people abroad become abstractions and resources become the point. History shows that mindset leaves scorched trust behind. Empires fall that way not loudly, but hollowed out from within.

If you frame it as a pattern, it’s clear: when a leader senses loyalty unshakable, incentives shift. Supporters become tools, messaging becomes performative, and the grift becomes part of the political ecosystem. It’s not just strategy it’s a reflection of how power exploits trust.

It may sound like a joke, but the stakes are real. When diplomacy looks like personal deal-making, allies watch closely, adversaries take note, and trust the cornerstone of foreign policy starts to crumble. Punchlines fade; consequences don’t.

In moments like this, language matters. Adversaries parse it. Allies feel it. And history remembers when American leadership sounded less like stewardship and more like ownership.

If those words are accurately quoted, they’re revealing — not just for what they say about Ukraine, but for how power is being framed. “Zelenskyy has nothing until I approve it” turns a strategic alliance into a personal transaction, as if U.S. support were a switch one man flips at will.

secular greetings from government leaders. For some, it affirmed faith. For others, it raised concerns about church and state. In a nation built on religious freedom and diversity, the shift signaled how government messaging and who it speaks for may be changing.

This Christmas, what drew attention wasn’t the holiday itself but the language used by those in power. Senior officials in President Trump’s administration posted messages celebrating the birth of “our Savior Jesus Christ,” a clear departure from the long-standing tradition of inclusive,