President Trump recently appeared on Greg Kelly’s Newsmax show, and the conversation took an interesting turn when the topic shifted to Dick and Liz Cheney. Greg Kelly suggested that the Cheneys’ criticisms weren’t just political disagreements, but could be interpreted as something more sinister, even inciting violence. What followed was a discussion about whether Trump’s response to these accusations was too mild. Was it a missed opportunity to strongly condemn figures who have been highly critical of him? Let’s explore the details.
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The Interview: Trump’s Take on the Cheneys
During the interview, Greg Kelly alluded to the idea that the Cheneys’ statements were not only attacks on President Trump, but also possibly calls for harm. When asked for his thoughts, Trump’s response was surprisingly restrained. While he acknowledged the severity of Dick Cheney’s words, his overall tone was less fiery than many might have expected.
“When I hear a guy like that make that statement and you know I did something that he couldn’t do,” Trump said, referencing his actions regarding Scooter Libby. This response, while critical, lacked the sharp edge often associated with Trump’s public statements.
Dick Cheney’s “Threat to the Republic” Statement
Dick Cheney’s assertion that Donald Trump is “the greatest threat to our Republic” is a significant statement, especially coming from a former Vice President. Made in a campaign video supporting his daughter Liz Cheney, these words carry weight and can be interpreted in various ways. Was Cheney simply expressing a political opinion, or was he implying something more?
Such strong language can have serious implications. Critics argue that it could be seen as an incitement to violence, potentially influencing individuals to take extreme actions. You can see the original statement in this campaign video.
Liz Cheney’s Role and the J6 Committee
Liz Cheney’s involvement with the January 6th Committee has been a focal point of controversy. While some view her as a defender of democracy, others believe her actions were politically motivated and potentially damaging. What do you think?
There’s a belief that her actions during her time in Congress, and potentially before, could be viewed negatively. The “J6 shenanigans,” as they’ve been called, have had a lasting impact on the political landscape. For more information, you can read the official January 6th Committee report.
The Iraq War and Dick Cheney’s Legacy
Dick Cheney’s tenure as Vice President is largely defined by his influence on the Iraq War. The decision to invade Iraq remains a highly debated topic, with many questioning its justification and long-term consequences. The war resulted in:
- Trillions of dollars spent.
- The loss of countless lives.
- Increased instability in the region.
These negative outcomes stand in stark contrast to the promises made at the time, leading many to view Cheney’s legacy with deep skepticism. How does this compare to Trump’s foreign policy decisions?
Scooter Libby and Trump’s Intervention
Scooter Libby, former Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in 2007. The case stemmed from the Valerie Plame affair, where Plame’s identity as a CIA operative was leaked. Many believed Libby was unfairly targeted and that Cheney did not adequately support him during the ordeal.
Trump later pardoned Libby, stating that he felt Libby had been treated unfairly. This decision was seen by some as a rebuke of Cheney and a demonstration of Trump’s willingness to stand up for those he believes have been wronged. Was this a justified act of clemency?
The Cheney’s Political Downfall
Liz Cheney’s defeat in her 2022 Wyoming congressional race was resounding. She lost by a staggering 44-point margin, signaling a significant shift in public opinion within her own state. This defeat can be interpreted as a rejection of her political stance and a broader commentary on the Cheney family’s influence.
Cheney’s Legacy: Comparing to LBJ
Dick Cheney’s influence as Vice President has been compared to that of Lyndon B. Johnson. Some argue that Cheney’s control over the military-industrial complex and his role in the Iraq War may have been even more destructive than LBJ’s actions, which include controversial theories surrounding JFK’s assassination. Who do you think had a more destructive impact on the US as Vice President, Dick Cheney or LBJ?
Could Trump Have Gone Harder?
The question remains: was President Trump too nice in his response to the Cheneys? Given the history of animosity and the severity of the accusations, it’s reasonable to argue that Trump had every right to criticize them more forcefully. He certainly has the grounds to do so.
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Two Storms, One Harvest
Every food crisis in living memory has been a one-shock event. The 2008 price spike was a commodity bubble. The 2020 shortages were a logistics failure. The 2022 grain scare was a war on one exporter’s ports. Each time, the system bent, adjusted, and recovered, and each time the experts assured us afterward that global markets are simply too big and too diversified to fail.
What nobody in Washington seems eager to discuss is that 2026 is shaping up to be something the modern food system has never actually faced. Two independent shocks, one climatic and one geopolitical, are converging on the same harvest cycle at the same time. Not sequentially. Simultaneously.
Start with the weather. The Pacific Ocean is currently building toward what forecasters now openly call a record event. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center puts the odds of at least a strong El Niño near 88 percent, with roughly two in three odds it reaches “very strong” status, the tier reserved for perhaps three or four events in the entire satellite era. Every major global model now projects a median peak in Super El Niño territory, and most of them project it exceeding the 2015-16 event, which until now held the modern record. Sea surface anomalies were already brushing the super threshold in mid-July, months before these events normally peak. The atmosphere has already shifted into El Niño mode, and the event is forecast to crest in late fall and early winter.
This is not about “climate change.” It’s about the standard cycles of weather, and the cycle we’re currently in is one that has likely devastated societies in the past. We’re better prepared as a society today, but not all Americans are equally prepared.
Serious households have started doing the quiet math on their own. Grocery bills tell part of the story, and the forecast maps tell the rest, which is why long-term food storage has moved from fringe hobby to mainstream line item in the family budget, with established suppliers like Heaven’s Harvest seeing demand from people who five years ago would have rolled their eyes at the idea. That instinct is not paranoia. It is pattern recognition, and the pattern is worth walking through carefully.
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The Fertilizer Clock Is Already Running
While the Pacific warms, the second shock has been unfolding in the Strait of Hormuz. The conflict with Iran turned the world’s most important energy chokepoint into a contested waterway, and the consequences reach far beyond the gas pump. Roughly a third of global fertilizer trade moves through Hormuz, and the disruption sent urea prices up 86 percent year over year by March, with a 53 percent jump in a single month.
The World Bank projects energy prices rising about 24 percent in 2026 and fertilizer about 31 percent. By its own accounting, fertilizer prices ran 35 percent higher in the first five months of this year than the same period last year.
Here is the mechanism the nightly news will not explain. Fertilizer is not a grocery item. It is a time-delayed input. The nitrogen a farmer in Iowa or Punjab could not afford to apply this spring does not show up as a problem this spring. It shows up as a thinner harvest six to twelve months later.
The World Bank’s own food security brief concedes that the effects of reduced applications earlier this season “are likely to become visible only later in harvest outcomes.” Translate that from institutional language into plain English and it means this. The damage is already done, it is already in the ground, and we are simply waiting for it to arrive on the shelf.
Now check the calendar. Six to twelve months from the spring planting season lands us squarely in late 2026 and early 2027. Which is precisely when the strongest El Niño in the instrumental record is forecast to peak, bringing its signature droughts to Southeast Asia, Australia, southern Africa, northern Brazil, and South Asia, the very regions that grow the world’s rice, sugar, and oilseeds.
The World Bank warns openly that a strong El Niño “could disrupt multiple crop belts simultaneously” on top of the conflict-driven input costs. Their baseline projection assumes the Middle East disruptions ease by autumn. What in the last two years of Middle East history suggests that assumption is safe?
The System Has No Slack Left
The comfortable answer is that global markets always adjust. But adjustment requires slack, and the slack is gone. Global cereal production is expected to decline from last year’s records even before El Niño does its work. The UN World Food Programme, hardly a den of right-wing preppers, is calling this the most significant disruption to its supply chains since Covid and the invasion of Ukraine, and its supply chain director put the stakes bluntly.
Today’s supply chain challenges are tomorrow’s hunger crisis.
There is also a political dimension that markets cannot price. When food gets scarce, governments do not behave like economists. They behave like politicians. Export bans, hoarding mandates, and panic buying at the national level turned the modest rice shortfall of 2008 into a global crisis, and analysts are already warning that import-dependent nations are the first dominoes.
The 2015-16 Super El Niño, a far weaker event than what is now forecast, threw tens of millions into food stress across Africa and Asia. This one is projected to be stronger, and it arrives with fertilizer already rationed by price and shipping lanes already contested by missiles.
What Joseph Knew
Scripture does not treat preparation for lean years as faithlessness. It treats it as wisdom delivered in advance to those willing to act on it.
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt.
Joseph did not respond to that warning with a hashtag or a committee. He stored grain during the years of abundance, and when the famine came, Egypt stood while its neighbors begged. The lesson is not that famine is certain. It is that the time to prepare is precisely when preparation still looks optional.
Nobody who filled a pantry in a year of plenty has ever regretted it, and nobody standing in an empty aisle has ever been glad he waited for certainty.
None of this calls for panic, and panic is the enemy of sound judgment anyway. It calls for the same unglamorous prudence our grandparents considered ordinary. Keep some cash margin, know your local growers, and put real food in deep storage while it is cheap and available, because the entire arc of this story is that cheap and available is a closing window.
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