THE CHOICE
HALF-FULL REPORT 07/18/25
Thursday, July 17
TTPers got a heads-up on this the day before with The Jeffrey Epstein Hoax (7/16). Things exploded last night (7/17 6:45pm) when the Wall Street Journal ran a fake letter claiming Trump wrote to Epstein in 2003. Big mistake.
Immediately, MAGA fence-sitting ended. Last night on X: Key Influencers Rally Behind Trump After Wall Street Journal’s Epstein Hit Backfires. Musk calls it “bogus.” Megyn Kelly: “This is the dumbest attempted hit piece I’ve ever read.”
Yet even before the WSJ hit piece was released, early yesterday polls by CNN and Quinnipiac revealed: Trump’s Popularity Grows with Republicans amid Epstein Uproar.
90% support? That settles that. Epstein is old news. Especially with 47’s finishing touch last night…
It’s been an amazing, memorable week. Here we go. Ready to have fun?
THE HANI RICE TERRACES
The Hani people in the mountains of Yunnan have been carving out rice terraces on dozens of steep mountainsides for over a dozen centuries. After the late fall harvest, in winter they flood the terraces in preparation for spring planting. At sunrise and sunset, the light reflecting off them creates a scene of phantasmagorical surrealism. Unknowingly, the Hani have created one of humanity’s most magnificent works of natural art the world has ever seen. What you see here is only one of hundreds of terraced areas. It is a sight beyond belief. Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #156 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)
TRUMP MAY SMASH APART THE AXIS OF EVIL
US President Donald Trump’s very public volte face in his attitude towards Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is aimed at forcing the Kremlin to end the war in Ukraine.
Another consequence, though, of the package of measures Trump announced this week is that it could end the toxic alliance of despotic regimes that has formed with the specific goal of targeting the West.
Trump’s mounting frustration with Putin’s refusal to take Washington’s ceasefire plan seriously has led the American leader to authorize a new arms package for Ukraine – including Patriot air defense systems. He is also threatening to impose punitive tariffs on any country that continues to do business with Putin’s repressive regime if no agreement to end the war is reached within 50 days.
And it is the latter measure, with talk in Washington of tariffs ranging from 100-500 per cent, that will send alarm bells ringing in Beijing, Pyongyang and Tehran about the wisdom of maintaining ties with Putin.
BIDEN’S AUTOPEN PARDONS — WHO GOT RICH SELLING THEM?
Much has been written about the enormous scandal involving the Biden administration’s cover-up of Joe Biden’s dementia.
His senility was obvious when he ran for president in 2020, but was covered up by the manufactured COVID pandemic. He was even then an easily manipulated fool/tool of the far left from the moment he took control of the presidency.
Now we know that he was never an acting president. He was the radical left’s frontman.
What is pathetic is that his handlers ever thought for even one moment that putting him before the public was wise. The man was a disaster of monumental proportions. Consider that satanic, scarlet speech he spewed in Philadelphia as if he were the devil incarnate. He sort of was.
Back to the autopen.
SCOUNDREL’S VIEW OF MOUNT EVEREST
You’re looking face on Everest’s West Ridge, the border of Tibet and Nepal. On the right is the Southwest Face in Nepal, on the left is the North Face in Tibet.
Called Scoundrel’s View because this is a better view than trekkers to Everest Base Camp see (a viewpoint called Kala Patthar), you have to make another trek up the Ngozumpa glacier (longest in the Himalayas) in the Gokyo valley, where above the fifth Gokyo lake at 16,400 feet you get to call yourself a “scoundrel” for seeing what Everest trekkers don’t.
High on the Northeast Ridge on the left horizon is the last place Mallory and Irvine were seen heading for the summit in 1924, and then disappeared. Hillary and Tenzing summited in 1953 via the Southeast Ridge over the right horizon. Everest Base Camp in Nepal is at the foot of the big snowy buttress below the West Ridge. Called the West Shoulder, it blocks any view of Everest from Base Camp.
On our Himalaya Helicopter Expeditions, we get an abundance of spectacular views of Everest, up close and personal – Scoundrel’s View is only one of many. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #29 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN HOAX
“Whatever redacted or sealed materials in the Epstein case are under the federal courts' jurisdiction to release, not Attorney General Pam Bondi or the Department of Justice. They don't have the authority to release this redacted material or the sealed material.
Yes, there are lists of names, but they're not lists of names devised or designed by Epstein. Yes, there are lists of people who are on his planes. Bill Clinton was on his plane. Bill Gates was on his plane. Lots and lots of people. But no mythical ‘Client List’.”
Asked about Tucker’s claim that Epstein worked for Israel’s Mossad, he called it “just total nonsense.”
“Look, I have sources in Israel. I once represented the Mossad. I helped get 4 or 5 Mossad agents out of Cyprus who had been improperly arrested. And believe me, if he had ever worked for the Mossad, the first person he would have told that to is me, because he would have wanted me to use that to help him get an even better deal than he got."
So you can see why POTUS has no patience whatever for the MAGA hysteria:
LISTEN TO PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE MUST FOCUS ON PRIORITIES TO SAVE OUR NATION
On Sunday (7/13), we relived that horrific yet awesome moment one year ago, when God’s Millimeter Miracle saved our President’s life, then captured by the most iconic photo of our day, he stood defiantly to challenge us all to Fight! Fight! Fight! to save and preserve our country.
We must rise to that challenge.
Politics and governing are generally not complicated. It is often shaded to appear complicated or confusing by those looking to push their own agendas, cash in, or both.
The politics and governing of today are filled with irrefutable certainties. 24 hours in a day; about 15 months to the most crucial midterm election of our lifetimes; a majority of the mainstream media – national, local, and even international – working with their allies in the Democrat Party, academia, science, medicine, and entertainment to continually smear and destroy the most transformative President in U.S. history along with his MAGA movement.
A large percentage of the Deep State still imbedded in the federal government and our three-letter agencies seeking to sabotage the agenda of the President; a small percentage in the federal government and our three-letter agencies desperately trying to help the President save our nation from within while protecting it from our enemies; and a finite – and precious -- amount of energy left to accomplish the task.
We all know how much real-world experience holds significance. Occasionally, it can mean everything.
THE LAND OF THE DRAGON’S BLOOD TREE
This is the Dragon’s Blood Tree, Dracaena cinnabari. It can be found in only one place on earth, a remote island called a Lost World for its uniqueness, the “most alien-looking place on our planet.”
Although it’s known as the most alien, strangest, weirdest, and bizarre place you can go to, it’s also completely safe and incredibly beautiful. Anybody who comes here returns saying, “You have to see it to believe it.” What is this place?
It’s the World Heritage Site of the island of Socotra, the “Galapagos of the Indian Ocean,” 240 miles off the coast of Yemen and now secured by the UAE. It’s hidden, remote, and far away.
We were there in 2014, and it’s been almost impossible to get to ever since. But we’ll be back next year. Let me know if you’d like to be with us. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #34 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)
BREAKING VLAD
NY Post today, July 15, 2025
Hooray! President Donald Trump’s decision to send “billions of dollars” worth of weapons to Ukraine via NATO could prove a game-changer in Kyiv’s 40-month-old war against Russian aggression.
POTUS on Monday (7/14) also announced 100% “secondary tariffs” targeting Moscow if it fails to agree to a cease-fire within 50 days.
It’s a terrific combination.
Russia’s been stepping up its attacks civilian areas, while the sanctions could break Russia’s economy.
In addition to defensive systems, Ukraine will also get offensive weapons, including long-range missiles that can reach far into Russia territory, Axios reports. The Russian public, and Putin himself, will feel the consequences.
Best of all, NATO countries will be paying the bill — with proceeds going to US manufacturers for weapons they produce. Sweet.