With Hegseth addressing  leaks inside the Pentagon regarding weapon shortages one need only read Reuters, Yahoo, Lockheed Briefs, CSIS Reports, The Economist, etc… to know exactly how the Trump fueled supply chain crash and burn has affected defense contractors. The Pentagon Secrets are revealed via their own ‘backlog’ of orders.  Everyone Knows – including Iran.  

Lockheed has a 2 ½ year backlog and is trying to deflect the shortages as future guaranteed revenues. These contracts are the most recent:

  Patriot Interceptor Production ($58.6 Billion): A seven-year Army contract awarded in July 2026 (expanding an initial April award) to produce Patriot air defense interceptors through 2032.

  THAAD Interceptor Production ($35 Billion): A seven-year procurement contract awarded in June 2026 to quadruple production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense systems.

  JASSM and LRASM Missiles ($10.48 Billion Total): An $826 million contract modification granted in September 2026 for Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles and Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles, running through July 2030.

  MK 48 Heavyweight Torpedoes ($257.3 Million Modification): Awarded in September 2026 for production, spares, and component repairs through September 2029.

The Department of Defense has had the greatest loss of employees under Hegseth who seemingly enjoys the power trip ~55,000 and counting.  Anyone who dares to sneak a tweet against Israel is immediately given the axe and no longer eligible to pillage and plunder. Colonels and generals are not fired for incompetence, they are fired for their stance on Israel and the Iran War. The statistical information coming out of CENTCOM is blocked and vetted to provide nothing but false, misleading, propaganda. Challenge the numbers?  You Are Fired!

The GOP Midterm Convention called by Trump to rally Republican wins was highlighted by two absudistan promises:  1)  $5,000 to every adult citizen if the republicans win the Midterms, and 2)  $9,000 per child to every married couple welfare recipient encouraging them to NOT work.  But the fact that there isn’t any money for War – there isn’t any money for the weapon contracts – Trump is $2 Trillion in deficit spending this FY – handing out spiffs totaling in the Trillions is not exactly viable – nor is it honest given he is of the opinion that promises are like regulation – meant to be broken.

Unfortunately, despite Trump reneging on previous promises of handouts, a lot of people are holding to the hope that maybe this time Trump will uphold his word.  They see the cash as a way out of a hole.  The hole having appeared as a result of War Spending causing supply shortages, and spikes in oil and diesel. Their ‘hope’ is what Trump believes will make them more inclined to vote Republican in these midterms. After the Midterms – he is free to dash that hope and their anger will simply be ignored.  His own kind of psyche game.  

Between the blackmail, the bribery and the chosen focus of ‘communism’, the strategy lacking in anything that people feel they can wrap their votes around.  His advisors are staying as far away from the topics that are priorities of Americans because they are afraid their failures will speak louder than their lies.  The Communism angle is completely fabricated nonsense and has no beef to fill out its fat.

The Communist Party is such a nonsensical threat – it has anywhere from 1000 to 20,000 active members.  They are mostly Jewish Marxist holdovers from the Jewish Bolsheviks.  Yet attempts are made to recreate socialism as communism.  But even they comprise a small membership at 120,000.  Making this his entire focus – claiming Muslims are Communists – is having no impact unless you are a Loomie fan.  And this focus is what can kill the midterms as Republican candidates are forced to parlay the Trump Strategy.

Having armed ICE officers at every voting station also going over like a dead elephant.  There are roughly 115,000 polling stations across the US. There are roughly 22,000 ICE agents. The problem with ICE agents is they are rogue. They are gun happy. They have stun gloves. They wear more guns than a soldier in wartime. And, they scare everyone – not just illegals.  They threaten without a threat and they arrest without cause.  Leaving every single voter vulnerable.  A handful of states will be targeted – The Blues.

Cities that have a higher proportionate number of illegals are concentrated in New York, Michigan, Texas, and California.

Meanwhile the US is losing the Iran War which could lead Trump to call for a postponement of elections should the polls continue to show republicans losing by a large volume.  As we get closer to the point of no return, ie mid-October, the polls will move the Trump advisors into a more active roll other than bribery.  Whether Trump manipulates the Dominion Voting Machines is on the calendar but has yet to be discussed clearly. Few seem to realize who controls Dominion – which was sold to a Republican billionaire October 2025.

At this juncture – prediction markets are still polling heavy on the democrats. Unfortunately, many polls don’t include ‘Independents’.  In addition, younger depressed voters are the most likely to stay home and not vote at all. Will cheating occur?  My 2cents – Yes. And that’s where America looses every time.