by Lorenzo Canizares 11/5/2026
It must have been shocking for Elon Musk after spending $446 million during this past midterm election to see the shellacking that the Party of the Billionaires got in this past election!
I am sure that most of us on the side of The People, in this class war that we are engaged in, do not believe the Billionaires and their cohorts are just going to sit idly by and allow The People to enjoy the fruits of their victory. I am sure most of us don’t believe that democracy is going to be respected. That those issues of importance to the quality of life of the working class and middle class are going to be accepted with a smile.
Let’s not forget billionaires have also allies within the rank of the Party representing The People, and those people are richly rewarded for their loyalty to the billionaires. Their “rewards” depend on how effective they are in defending the economic interests of the billionaires and that simply means keeping us from achieving our intended results. We can be certain the road ahead is full of obstacles. But The People will prevail if we have the guts and “coolness” of mind to think reasonably and with firmness to accomplish what we have set out to do.
First of all, I believe that Trump and Vance were right, it was the war with Iran that was the main source of discomfort with the Trump administration (Trump compounded the mistake by telling people to vote as if he was on the ballot). According to NBC News exit polling, 74% of voters called the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran a “crucial” or “major” factor in their vote, while 63% of voters said the Trump administration made the wrong decision in taking military action against Iran. People realized that the skyrocketing rise in prices from gasoline to food came as a result of a war of choice that most suspect it wasn’t even a choice with the purpose of benefitting the American people. And they might have a point since both the Democratic leaders in the House and the Senate are major recipients of financial contributions from Israel’s lobbying arm in the United States Congress.
There is no doubt that there were other important factors in the perception that people’s living standards were rapidly falling, issues like the tariffs and affordability (as per Trump, a Democratic Party hoax). But another factor with the war is that most people didn’t feel it was right to attack a nation that hasn’t done anything to us, take out their whole leadership plus some of their families including grandkids. We lost the moral high ground, which matters to many Americans. A reason why individual participation was celebrated during WWII. But it is abhorred when we get engaged in wars of choice to abuse others.
As we have seen and are feeling, issues related to foreign affairs do have an impact on our lives. Our people are sick and tired of wars of choice and exploitation for the benefit of those in the military-industrial complex that Eisenhower warned us about. Stopping wars simply means more money will be available to invest on the American people that can be used in universal healthcare, affordable housing, tuition-free public college and universities, inexpensive food availability for proper nutrition, safe and reliable public transportation and other important issues.
One of the most distinguishing characteristics of this batch of newcomers is its diversity. That in itself is a major obstacle for the Trump administration quest to “whiten” the country. Is this diversity that is a guarantee that fascism through white supremacy would not be a walk-in-the-park. Well, the same that diversity is a deterrent of internal misdeeds, its acceptance on foreign relations is almost a guarantee that nations will treat each other with respect. That means recognizing that we just can’t do whatever we want, take other people resources at will (Iraq & Venezuela), have to respect international law, stop supporting allies’ wars of aggression, genocide, apartheid and ethnic cleansing. One immediate action that needs to be taken is to suspend the oil blockade of Cuba, take Cuba off the list of nations supporting terrorism and follow the international non-binding UN resolution to eliminate the Cuban embargo, request being made by the majority of the nations of the world since 1992.
Now that the Democratic Party has control of both Chambers of Congress it is crucial that foreign policy being given the importance it deserves to safeguard peace in the world. The lesson has been very clear to us about the importance of peace. In any case, that diversity that we are seeing inside the USA as guarantor of economic well-being that same diversity is the guarantor of peace in the world.
