election day hopes from larry johnson;

It is 1900 hours eastern time zone and some polls are starting to close. I will say it up front — if Trump does not prevail tonight then there is skullduggery afoot. Let me explain why. Unlike 2020, Trump has garnered the endorsements and active support of people with significant social media influence — e.g., Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek Ramaswamy and Bill Ackman (a Wall Street billionaire who normally votes Democrat). Trump has made more effective use of social media than Kamala Harris, who has relied on the legacy media to get her message across.

Then there is the behavior of DC merchants — they boarded up their store fronts yesterday and today anticipating rioting. If Kamala was expected to win, they would not be taking this step because Trump does not have a legion of supporters in DC and the surrounding suburbs who are going to engage in violence if their man does not win. Kamala has the Antifa crowd and they are expected to lash out.

We have had other indicators that the narrative was not going well for Kamala. Following her debate with Donald Trump, Saturday Night Live (SNL) did two straight weeks of opening skits that skewered Kamala. They never did that to Biden. It is going to be an interesting night in America.

The very future of this country is at stake. I don’t write that lightly nor am I a rabid Trump supporter. Trump has many flaws and shortcomings but, when it comes to taking the country to war, he is cautious. He learned the hard way during the final days of his administration that the military disobeyed orders to withdraw from Syria and to prepare for leaving Afghanistan in an orderly manner. He is going to make damn sure that the people he installs at the Pentagon will follow lawful orders. If Trump wins, we will see a raft of political appointees that are novel and not beholden to the Deep State. What happens if Tulsi Gabbard is nominated to be Secretary of Defense? Vivek Ramaswamy as Secretary of Transportation? Those possibilities are some of the reasons the media and Washington elite are freaking out.

Meanwhile, Bibi Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and replaced him with Israel Katz. Unlike Gallant, who commanded a division during his military career and has some understanding of strategic thinking, Katz only served as a frontline soldier. That is a far cry from commanding a division or an army. Over the last year, Gallant butted heads with Bibi and reportedly argued against going into southern Lebanon. With Gallant out of the way there is no one in Netanyahu’s war cabinet with the experience and backbone to challenge his crazy, dangerous combat operations.

Gallant was not an ardent Zionist. While he agreed with Netanyahu in getting rid of the Palestinians, he also understood that there were limits to Israel’s ability to fight a five-front war. Gallant wanted a more focused approach. With him out of the way, I expect that Netanyahu will embark on some dangerous, counterproductive military operations that will fail and will create pressure in Israel to go nuclear. I hope I am wrong............https://sonar21.com/trump-should-win-and-netanyahu-doubles-down-on-stupid/