{"id":330005,"date":"2026-08-14T11:02:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T11:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=330005"},"modified":"2026-08-16T07:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T07:14:03","slug":"dr-ron-paul-turning-91-still-engaged-still-speaking-hard-truths-american-empire-is-collapsing-in-front-of-our-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=330005","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Ron Paul turning 91: Still engaged, still speaking hard truths; American empire is collapsing in front of our eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"

When he was still a member of Congress in 2011, Ron Paul opposed war with Iran<\/p>\n

Leo Hohmann \u2013 Leo\u2019s Newsletter Aug 13, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n

I\u2019ve 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Dr. Paul spoke out today on the latest post from our president.<\/p>\n

In a post August 12 to his social media<\/a><\/strong>, President Trump declared that the U.S. controls the Strait of Hormuz and \u201cI think we will keep it.\u201d 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

Trump repeated his previous claims that Iran has been totally defeated, having \u201cno navy\u201d and \u201cno air force,\u201d ending his post with \u201cPraise be to Allah.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2019s the latter but if I was a betting man I\u2019d say this war isn\u2019t over.<\/p>\n

The Ron Paul Liberty Report<\/em> released an August 12 podcast<\/a><\/strong> that calls Trump on the carpet for his on-again, off-again war and threat-based foreign policy that\u2019s just getting old. Frankly, it\u2019s embarrassing.<\/p>\n

Trump says he wants peace, but he wouldn\u2019t know how to negotiate with a rival sovereign nation if it hit him in the face. Trump\u2019s idea of diplomacy is holding a gun to the other side\u2019s head and telling them to sign on the dotted line to his terms or he will bomb them \u201cinto the stone ages.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2019s even harder to end a war that\u2019s 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\u2019s policeman. Listen below.<\/p>\n