Trump Punishes his Enemies

So in his tax overhaul President Trump wants to eliminate the Federal deduction for state taxes.

Foreign reader(s) should understand that this allows an American to count his state taxes against his Federal taxes.

This idea is a major revenue raiser.

More interestingly, eliminating the state-tax deduction will have a yuuge impact on the blue states that voted for Hillary! Fore example the California state income tax is 13%.

This is very important to California, Illinois, New York, our own New Jersey.

Texas, not so much.

President Trump is following one of Barrack Hussein Obama's rules, 'Reward your friends and punish your enemies.' He owes Illinois nothing.

He's also put the Democrat Party in the position of having to defend tax deductions. This will also cause a split between leftists who love high taxes (Bernie Sanders and his Brooklynite hipsters) and Dem congress-critters who have to defend their constituents.

God, the man can sense weakness.

Justifiably smug

Trump and Pershing

So the president tweeted something to the effect that Pershing had his men dip bullets in pig blood before executing Moro prisoners.

Alert readers will recall that we have written widely on General John J. Pershing.

A bit of background is in order.

Mindanao is the mountainous southern island of the Philippines. The violently Islamic Moro tribe lived in the central highlands. When Pershing took command of the island he inherited and Islamic insurgency.

Pershing waged classic COIN. He made a show of strength against the Moros defeating them in several battles. Once he made his point he met with Moro chieftains and made it clear he didn't care what they did so long as they didn't make trouble. But when they did:

 'These Juramentado attacks were materially reduced in number by a practice the army had already adopted, one that Muhammadans held in abhorrence. The bodies were publicly buried in the same grave with a dead pig.

John J Pershing, Pg 285, on his dealings with Moros, Pershing's memoirs, My Life Before the Great War, pg 285.

So far I can't find anything on the pig blood, bullet thing.