A conveniently edited video of The Donald’s campaign rally in South Carolina is circulating on social media and in the mainstream.

It’s reignited the “Trump is a Russian agent” nonsense that’s been disproven time and again. It’s also led the neocons and the left to question his fitness as a commander-in-chief. Quite frankly, anything that he says leads to tired old handwringing among his enemies.

Let’s have some fun at the expense of the MSM, neocons, and warmongering democrats.

What the Clip Says

For the creatively cut clip, this was the part of the speech that made it out to everyone:

One of the presidents of a big country stood up, and said, “Well sir, uh, if we don't pay and we're attacked by Russia, will you protect us?”

I said, “You didn't pay? You're delinquent?”

He said, “Yes, let's say that happened.”

“No, I would not protect you. In fact I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay you got to pay your bills… And the money came flowing in… and Henry would know this… If I said yes, I will, you don't have to pay yes, I will. Most politicians have said to that [question], “Yes, we will protect you under any circumstances.” Well, then, they're never paying up. I said, “No, no, you have to understand. You don't pay your bills. You get no protection.”

The critical part of this clip is, “And the money came flowing in.”

Trump was merely bragging, as he often does, about his negotiation skills - and he was right to do so.

Of course, now America looks like the mafia. But let’s face it: NATO is a funnel for European money to American weapons dealers. War is a racket, as Smedley Butler once wrote.

The Whole Enchilada

For context, let’s add in the beginning and the end, that would have been included in the networks’ cut if they wanted you to have the full story:

“They want to give like almost a hundred billion dollars to a few countries. 100 billion! And I said, and I'm telling you this.

This is breaking news. We have breaking news.

I said, “Why do we do this? If you do, you give them, not a hundred billion. You give it to them as a loan. It's called a loan: give them the money, and if they can pay it back, they pay it back. If they can't pay it back, they don't have to pay it back because you know they've got some problems.

But if they go to another Nation, they drop us like a dog, like a female drops a mail after a date because he doesn't like her… Right, if that happens to our country, then very simply, we call the loan, and we say we want our money because we give money, and then they go to another side as an example.

Let's say we give all this money. We were already into Ukraine for over $200 billion, and they could make a deal with Russia in the next three weeks, and all of a sudden, they don't want to deal with us anymore.

We've given hundreds of billions of dollars, and why are we at over $200 billion and the European nations are if you add them up. It's a very similar size economy. They're $25 billion. [Sean: this is incorrect; they paid $250 billion - DJT corrects himself later.] So we're at 200 plus, and it affects them much more. We have a thing called an ocean between us, right? Affects them much more, but we're at 200. They're 250.

I did the same thing with NATO; I got them to pay up. NATO was busted until I came along.

I said everybody's going to pay. They said, “Well, if we don't pay, are you still going to protect us?”

I said absolutely not.

They couldn't believe the answer and everybody… you never saw more money pour in. The Secretary-General, Stoltenberg, was - I don't know if he is anymore - but he was my biggest fan. He said all these presidents came in, they'd make a speech, they'd leave, and that was a bit, and they all owed money, and they wouldn't pay it.

I came in, made a speech, and said you got to pay up. They asked me that question.

—BEGIN AIRED CLIP —

One of the presidents of a big country stood up, and said, “Well sir, uh, if we don't pay and we're attacked by Russia, will you protect us?”

I said, “You didn't pay? You're delinquent?”

He said, “Yes, let's say that happened.”

“No, I would not protect you. In fact I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay you got to pay your bills… And the money came flowing in… and Henry would know this… If I said yes, I will, you don't have to pay yes, I will, most politicians have said to that [question], “Yes, we will protect you under any circumstances,” well, then they're never paying up. I said, “No, no, you have to understand. You don't pay your bills. You get no protection.”

— END AIRED CLIP—

It's very simple. Hundreds of billions of dollars came into NATO, and that's why they have money today because of what I did. And then I hear that they like Obama better. They should like Obama better. You know why? Because he didn't ask for anything.

We were like the stupid country of the world, and we're not going to be the stupid country of the world any longer. We're not going to be. Got bad under this guy, so he now wants to send him 50 to 60 billion dollars. I have to say one thing.

I think the greatest salesman ever in history is Zalensky, and I like Zalensky because, during the hoax… you know the impeachment hoax? They said I made a threatening phone call to him. And when they asked him, he said, “No, it wasn't threatening.” It was a very nice call. He could have played to the bandwagon. He didn't do that. He told the truth, so I like Zalensky. But that war's got to end. We can make a deal on that war… one of the things we're going to do.

Takeaways

In the context of the entire clip, it’s clear Trump doesn’t want to disband NATO. In fact, he makes himself out to be NATO’s biggest fundraiser.

He wants each member country to pay 2% of GDP, as mandated.

To be clear, every country in NATO can afford this. They choose not to pay it because they’re too busy bribing their voters with goodies.

Trump was playing hardball with them, but they paid up. And let’s remember, four years of Trump was four years of peace. By the end of his rant, he was clear he wants the Ukraine conflict over with something Vicky Nuland and her neocon ghouls won’t countenance.

It’s clear he’s a “peace through strength” kind of guy.

Wrap Up

If Trump gets back in, I’d be looking at aerospace and defense stocks. Because far from toning down the weapons building, we’ll probably get loads of orders from Europe.

In the meantime, the SPX is over 5,000, the Nazzie is just below 16,000, Bitcoin is just below $48,000, gold closed at $2,038 on Friday, and the VIX is under 13.

The politics are crap, the economics are sluggish, but the market is rocking.

Participate.