The Sting

We Caught Them All: DeSantis Edition

By now, most have probably seen the clever and funny video making fun of the DeSantis announcement—the Twitter Spaces spectacle announcing he is running for President.

Most have probably heard or seen the announcement was a bit of a flop, technology wise, it was a mess, content wise, it was boring. The video making fun of the event featured voices in the likeness of Musk, Soros, Schwab, Cheney, Hitler, Satan, the FBI, DeSantis, of course, and even Trump made an appearance. Again, this video was clever and funny. I would assume making a video of this caliber would require a bit of planning, yet it just popped up right after the Twitter Spaces debacle.

(Meme replay starts at the 2:30 mark.)

What am I saying, here?

I’m wondering if this video making fun of the Twitter Spaces failure to launch was made before the event even occurred. I’m wondering if it was known ahead of time the event would be a flop. But how could they know it wasn’t going to go well unless Twitter was in on it? I am by no means saying I know the answer to this, I am simply asking the question.

What do we know about Gaslighting?

One day, no one is talking about something, and the next day everyone is talking about it. Obviously, I’m not referring to something like an earthquake or mass shooting, because no one would be talking about it the day before it occurred. I’m referring to general themes. One day a subject matter is all that matters. A week ago, very few on the Right were being critical of Elon Musk, then one day recently, multiple people in Trump’s inner circle became incredibly critical of Musk, accusing him of being a WEF puppet, controlled by China—anything they could use to whip MAGA into a frenzy.

Where did this all come from?

I don’t know if this DeSantis announcement debacle, or him running for President is Kayfabe (false feud,) or real. I don’t know if Elon is in on it with Trump, or if he has handlers who are forcing him to show support for DeSantis. I don’t know if Trump’s inner circle are trashing Musk to create an appearance of separation between Musk and Trump, or if they knew Musk was going to turn on them and beat him to the punch by exposing him. What I do know is that, whatever the case, this won’t go well for the Deep State Cabal. This will end with more people being exposed and more people understanding the truth. This will create a clean, uncluttered workspace for Donald Trump to get things done.

I know some people hate hearing the expression, ‘we are watching a movie.’ They think this means we are supposed to sit back and do nothing, or that everyone is on the same team, and following a script to the word, with no adlibbing or rewrites allowed. This isn’t what it means. It just means there is some manipulation occurring. While the Deep State puts forth their narratives and their agendas, the Patriots are turning those agendas against them.

One could think of it as counter-punching; when your opponent overextends themself or leaves themself open, you take advantage of their mistake. A judo fighter will use their opponent’s weight against them to throw them to the ground. Instead of saying, ‘we are watching a movie,’ maybe it would be better to refer to it as a reality TV show, or The Truman Show.

In reality TV shows like MTV’s The Real World, there is nothing real about it. Yes, the scenes aren’t fully scripted, but they are completely manipulated. The cast is chosen to create maximum drama. The housemates have an understanding of what is expected of them, what the audience wants of them. The scenes are manipulated, the cast is told they all need to take a trip together, or they all need to go to a night club together and drink a lot. Reality TV is more manipulated than it is real.

In the 1998 movie, The Truman Show, Truman lives a life he thinks is real, but everything in his life is contrived and controlled, and everyone is an actor. His parents, his friends, his wife, his neighbors and coworkers—all actors. His reactions might be real, but they are all based on everything else being fake.

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Has Ron DeSantis stabbed Trump in the back? Is his presidential run contrived or manipulated? Is DeSantis being controlled by his Deep State handlers, or is he a willing participant being used by Trump to expose the RINOs, NeoCons and Con Inc? Are DeSantis’ intentions bad, but Trump is using the situation to wake more people up and expose more frauds?

I don’t think we can answer these questions, but I do feel confident that, whatever the case, the situation will be used to do good, to increase Trump’s power and ability to get things done.

We can look back to Trump becoming POTUS in January of 2017. When he sat down behind his Oval Office desk, was he aware of how much pushback he would get? Did he know the majority of his Presidency would consist of him dealing with all the attacks being made against him and our country? From Russiagate and impeachment attempts to Covid, did he foresee his opponents could possibly hate our country and him as much as they do? Was it surprising to him?

Either Trump knew his presidency would be sabotaged by the Democrats and the Republicans, or he thought the Democrats would sabotage him, but the Republicans would support him. He either went into his first term thinking he could fix everything in four years, or he knew it was a process that would require him leaving office before coming back. It’s even possible the Covid narrative being unleashed on the world forced Trump to come up with a new plan.

Ultimately, it’s not important to understand whether Trump, Elon Musk and Ron DeSantis are working together or whether Musk and DeSantis are in fact working against Trump. In the end this process will force the RINOs, NeoCons and Con Inc to ‘out’ themselves. Conservatives will be forced to take sides. RINOs and Neocons that have been riding the coattails of Trump will have to show their true colors. No one can avoid making it known who they support.

For decades, politicians have been able to avoid touchy, controversial subjects like abortion. Because the media is controlled, politicians could go decades without being confronted on their view on abortion. Conservative politicians afraid of losing votes and support of Pro-life or Pro-choice could simply avoid being asked about their stance on it or choose to not divulge their beliefs voluntarily. But in the case of supporting Trump or DeSantis, no one can walk the fence—they have to choose one or the other. They have to make their support known.

As more and more people are forced to choose between Trump and DeSantis, there will be nowhere to hide. The RINOs and NeoCons who choose DeSantis will lose the support of the majority of conservatives. Congressmen and Senators will lose much of their constituents’ support. No one will be able to wait out DeSantis’ presidential run; whether he stays in the running for a month or a year, everyone will have to make an allegiance with either DeSantis or Trump.

Con Inc. can’t survive. Once they show their support for DeSantis, their ratings will tank. FOX News got huge ratings while pretending to support Trump, then they fired Tucker Carlson and their ratings collapsed. Imagine what will happen when they openly support DeSantis. It’s over.

While I don’t know how much of what we are experiencing is a closely-followed script, an adlib or how much of the script is rewritten on the fly, it is clear the process is very difficult for many to accept or follow. Some wonder if it’s scripted and the good guys are in control, how come so many bad things continue to happen in the world?

Some people refuse to believe that the good guys have any control or are manipulating or counter-punching the Deep State’s narratives because children are still being abused, women are still being trafficked, and drugs are still coming over the border. How could this occur if the Patriots have any kind of control?

For the people asking how all the bad things could occur if the Patriots have any control, I say look at the life and story of Jesus. He lived a pretty low-key life for 30 years as a carpenter before going on his three-year mission to save the world, to wake people up. During Jesus’ three-year mission, he spent the vast majority of his time teaching and preaching. He healed some people along the way, but he didn’t let it get in the way of his true mission: preaching the Gospel. He didn’t set up a ‘healing booth’ and stay there 16 hours a day healing people. He didn’t spend 33 years feeding the masses and indicting people for crimes against God and humanity, either.

Jesus wandered the region spreading the good news—the Gospel—while pointing out the religious leader’s hypocrisy. I don’t remember Jesus ever arresting or striking down any religious leaders. Jesus pointed people to the truth, exposed the lies, and healed and fed a few people along the way.

Why do we expect the Patriots to arrest, convict and execute every criminal while ridding the world of all crime? The fact that criminals are still free and crimes are still being committed isn’t evidence that the Patriots have no control.

The fact that Jesus didn’t feed and heal everyone of every ailment isn’t proof that he lacked control. Jesus willingly took all the insults, all the slings, all the torture, culminating in death.

‘You healed others, but you can’t even save yourself.’

Never was this about losing or lacking control. There was a plan that needed to be executed, and he executed it. Christ’s followers wanted him to do things differently; they wanted him to raise up a great army to defeat the Romans. Christ told his followers he would die and come back in three days. Within three days of his death, most of his followers had already given up and moved on—some didn’t even believe he was who he said he was when he reappeared.

Things haven’t really changed much in 2,000 years.

What should we expect to see in the upcoming weeks and months? One after another, RINOs, NeoCons and Con Inc will be forced to show their true colors. They will be forced to show who they are truly loyal to, who funds them, who controls them. There won’t be anywhere for them to hide.

Trump said he will become President again. He said he would be President in 2016; maybe I’m wrong, but I seem to recall he said he would win in a landslide, but they would steal the election in 2020, and he has said he will become President again in 2024.

When he resides in the White House again, things will be completely different than the first time around. The Democrats have been exposed. The RINOs and NeoCons will be exposed as well—in many cases replaced. European overlords won’t control our banking system. Trump won’t spend four years dealing with his own side getting in his way and stabbing him in the back. Massive change will occur. We will get our country back. We will be forced to recalibrate our expectations, because we are currently unable to accept how amazing things can actually be.

DeSantis announcing he is running for President is a key component to setting the table for Trump’s Presidency. It is not a threat to Trump becoming President again. It is not a sign Trump’s support is waning. DeSantis running is a gift to Trump and the Patriots. It allows Trump to expose all of fake MAGA. If not for this, we would have spent the next six years believing their lies.

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