When he was still a member of Congress in 2011, Ron Paul opposed war with Iran
Leo Hohmann – Leo’s Newsletter Aug 13, 2026
I’ve always admired and respected Ron Paul. If Americans had listened to him when he served in Congress in the 1980s, then again from 1997 through 2013, and had they voted for him when he ran for president, we would likely not be $40 trillion in debt today and bogged down in forever wars in the Middle East. Our economy would not be teetering on collapse. The dollar would be strong. Freedom would not be on the ropes. Technocracy would be on the outside looking in.
Dr. Paul will turn 91 next week, on August 20, but is still as sharp as ever. And still using his voice to speak out for freedom and true American values, not the values of the corrupt Epstein class of neocon warmongers which has hijacked our government.
Dr. Paul spoke out today on the latest post from our president.
In a post August 12 to his social media, President Trump declared that the U.S. controls the Strait of Hormuz and “I think we will keep it.” This despite the fact that Iran says it controls the strait and has bombed several tankers in recent days that tried to navigate it without going through Iran’s preferred route and paying a toll to the Islamic Republic. Remember, this key waterway was open and traversable free of charge to all nations before Trump launched his war against Iran on February 28.
Trump repeated his previous claims that Iran has been totally defeated, having “no navy” and “no air force,” ending his post with “Praise be to Allah.”
Is this just another in a series of bombastic proclamations on the part of a delusional president who believes his own lies (and is possibly suffering from dementia), or is he positioning himself to walk away and declare victory in hopes that he can con half the country into believing his fantasies about winning this war? I hope it’s the latter but if I was a betting man I’d say this war isn’t over.
The Ron Paul Liberty Report released an August 12 podcast that calls Trump on the carpet for his on-again, off-again war and threat-based foreign policy that’s just getting old. Frankly, it’s embarrassing.
Trump says he wants peace, but he wouldn’t know how to negotiate with a rival sovereign nation if it hit him in the face. Trump’s idea of diplomacy is holding a gun to the other side’s head and telling them to sign on the dotted line to his terms or he will bomb them “into the stone ages.”
Dr. Ron Paul, unlike Trump, understands the concept of national sovereignty and that it takes two sides doing the hard work of negotiating in good faith to resolve conflicts peacefully and avoid war. It’s even harder to end a war that’s already started. That typically only happens after one side has clearly defeated the other, not faught to a stalemate like the U.S. and Iran have done. Dr. Paul also understands the devastating pitfalls of empire and trying to be the world’s policeman. Listen below.
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Dr. Paul nailed it when he said Trump’s bombastic comments “have nothing to do with victory.” He’s either pausing the war to rebuild munitions stockpiles or he’s positioning himself to walk away and bombard us with propaganda selling his retreat as a win.
Then at the 13-minute mark the video addresses the U.S.’s dwindling petroleum reserves, signaling an economic catastrophe if Trump doesn’t end this war soon. Dr. Paul makes the salient point that the Iranians are better prepared to endure economic hardship than Americans are. We’ve become soft. Trump is playing a game of economic Russian roulette that could easily backfire on the U.S.
Finally, the podcast addresses the enormous expense of serving as the world’s policeman. Trump’s latest battleship, to cost $23 billion, will be outdated and obsolete by the time it hits the water. A $23 billion American destroyer will be an inviting target for submarines, cheap drones, and hypersonic weapons.
An August 11 article in Responsible Statecraft concluded the $23 billion is a waste of taxpayer dollars, stating:
“The current National Security Strategy released in November 2025 calls for the United States to concentrate on defending the Western Hemisphere. Building the largest surface combatant ship since World War II, armed with conventional, hypersonic, and nuclear-tipped missiles, is hardly necessary to defend the seas close to home. Such a ship is designed specifically to project military power around the globe. The battleship plan provides more evidence that the national security establishment will do precisely what it wants to do, no matter what defense strategy the government adopts.”
Happy Birthday, Dr. Ron Paul. Too bad America rejected you and went for warmongering grifters like the Clintons, Bushes, Obama-Bidens and Trumps, instead of a true statesman and patriotic American.
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ATTCAKS ON FARAGE AVERTED
More than 50 masked protesters gathered in Clacton just before Nigel Farage by-election result
In photographs seen by GB News, the black-clad group stood outside one of the seaside seat’s polling stations wearing Union Jack face masks.The demonstration, which was orchestrated by an anonymous artist known as Mr Phantom, took place just 15 minutes from the by-election count at Clacton Leisure Centre.
Mr Farage, who received 22,239 votes and beat “the syupid jewboy” Binface by 12,784 ballots, did not attend the declaration after Essex Police told the Reform UK leader yesterday about an “organised danger” to “disrupt the result”.
Essex Police did not deny Mr Farage’s claim and GB News understands officers were aware of the flash mob demonstration.
It is not known if the flash mob was the”danger ” which prompted the force to contact Mr Farage.
However, Essex Police reported no issues outside Clacton Town Hall this morning.
The Reform UK leader confirmed he was not going to attend the Clacton count while addressing supporters at a post-polling day party dubbed “Farage Fest”.
In photographs seen by GB News, the black-clad group stood outside one of the seaside seat’s polling stations wearing Union Jack face masks
Mr Farage said: “I’ve stood in many elections, general elections, European elections, and now a second by-election.
“And, every time, I really enjoy going to the count. It’s exciting; it’s dramatic. You’re on the stage; it’s something to be at.
“I’m sad to say that after 33 years of being a candidate in active politics, I’ve been advised tonight, by Essex Police, that there is an organised racist campaign to disrupt and degrade the result that will take place in a few hours’ time.”
He added: “I’m not scared of these people, far from it, but I’m damned if I’m going to stand on the stage, having won a resounding victory, a ringing endorsement, which I tried to fight for, and you tried to fight for, be demeaned and humiliated by racist lefty nobodies, and I will not, sadly, attend the count.”
A Reform UK spokesman later went further by claiming Essex Police directly advised Mr Farage not to attend the Clacton count.
so soon after the Murder of Ann Widdicombe
A spokesman for Essex Police said: “We have a full and robust policing operation in place around the Clacton by-election, as we do with all significant elections in our county.”
“There were no incidents or issues throughout yesterday and into the early hours of this morning,” the force’s spokesman added.
Police vehicles were parked outside Clacton Leisure Centre throughout the night and officers continued to patrol outside the building.
Meanwhile, a private security firm managed operations inside the venue.
The anonymous artist, who does not describe himself as party political, claims he uses imagery that deliberately plays on themes of national identity, political tribalism and the tendency of people to follow political leaders as a group.
Mr Farage has been targeted in a series of incidents throughout his political career, including as early as 2013 when he was evacuated out of an Edinburgh pub by riot police.
He was also covered in milkshake while campaigning for the Brexit Party in Newcastle in 2019.
Mr Farage was doused in milkshake for a second time in June 2024 as he left a pub in Clacton-on-Sea.
A separate incident, which also took place during the general election campaign, saw an LBGT activist man hurl objects at Reform UK’s battle bus in Barnsley.
UK NEWS
Andy Burnham told to let retirees sacrifice state pensions in exchange for OBEs
Story by Patrick O’Donnell
Prime Minister Andy Burnham is being told to let retirees “sacrifice” their state pension payments in exchange
for a prestigious Office of the British Empire (OBE).
A think tank looking to reduce the £42 billion migrants bill, was looking at close ties to Prime Minister Andy Burnham
has urged him to create a “pensions sacrifice OBE” scheme, enabling affluent retirees to voluntarily forgo their state pension for a minimum of three years in return for an honour.
” where has all the money gone ” ?
America has been robbed a new word entered the english vocabulary
to be ” madoffed” means to be robbed by jews
and america has been viciously mugged
Adolf Hitler stopped them doing it to germany when a wheel barrow of marks would just buy a loaf of bread
America and the UK should have learnt from the great depression caused by the jew bankers
What does Clacton get for its loyalty to stroppy Nige? Next to nothing
Story by John Crace •
Hate speech ;like this with its racist under tones are not welcome for out future Prime minister
most folk do not realise the weather is controlled
read between the lines here
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=pllRW9wETzw&list=PLUhqFX6g_9NfNGjc4_blvi9rRcvTunX5m
i dont understand why LGBT folk would want to kill Ann Widdicombe, and threaten Nigel Farage
and now i hear they are making threats to harry potter writer Mrs Rowling
why >
does anybody know ?
thanks
He i the longest serving Gatekeeper in public office. He will hand off the baton in true nepotism !
i’ve never understood this very long adulation for ron paul. he’s fence sitter, a
milquetoast, a pretender. he has always been Kosher Approved, and still refuses
to state the fact this entire war is for Holy Israel. he refused to ever stand up and
expose Sandy Hoax and all the other fake shootings. he was quiet during the Covid
Hoax and wouldn’t say THERE IS NO COVID VIRUS- it’s just the flu. and the
Death Vaccine was killing people.
yet people still cheer him for no good reason.