With the U.S. presidential election presenting voters with the same major party candidates as in 2020, voters may have already decided who the least-worst person they want to represent them is. It is no wonder that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seems to be gaining traction, especially among Democrats.
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are looking for political opportunities to gain momentum. This is evident with each social media post by their campaigns and late-night Trump Truth Social posts.
Biden and Trump are looking for an early October Surprise. According to Merriam-Webster Online, an October Surprise is “a revelation disclosed in the month prior to an election, often orchestrated in the hopes of dramatically influencing the result.” The orchestration of an October Surprise could come from political campaigns or international sources.
Ideally, Biden and Trump want an early October Surprise that they can build on and constantly remind voters about until the November election. International events are producing the best opportunities for an early October Surprise.
Ships from the United States, the Philippines and Japan are challenging China in the contested waters of the South China Sea.
The world is waiting on Israel’s response to Iran’s massive missile and drone attack.
North Korea, angered by U.S.-South Korea military drills, defied Washington by launching short-range ballistic missiles into waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
Russia’s Vladimir Putin said Ukraine was behind the ISIS-K terror attack at a Moscow concert hall. An escalation in the war could bring calls for Biden to provide Kyiv greater military and financial aid.
As international tensions grow, Biden seems incapable of responding. China, Iran, Russia and North Korea pose potential and troublesome early October Surprises for Biden. However, Mexico offers the cruelest opportunity of an early October Surprise for Washington.
The Trump campaign could not ask for a better early international October Surprise than the recent statements by Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, or AMLO.
AMLO has made multiple demands. For Biden, collectively or individually, AMLO’s demands are the same: A political poison pill. For Trump, collectively or individually, they are the stuff of which October Surprises are made.
AMLO demands that Biden: (1) Give Mexico $20 billion to facilitate more mass illegal immigration into the United States, (2) normalize relations with Cuba, and (3) end economic sanctions with Venezuela.
If Biden concedes to AMLO’s demands, the Mexican president will have expanded Mexico’s borders to Canada, making the United States the United States of Mexico.
AMLO’s demands, which some call “diplomatic blackmail,” came after Biden asked him to ease the flow of undocumented immigrants into the United States. Why would Biden want to slow migrant caravans from crossing into the United States?
A recent social media video of an undocumented immigrant commanding other migrants to exert “squatters’ rights” to the homes of Americans and brutal murders in several states seem to have made Biden politically nervous, at least until after the election.
AMLO effectively told Biden to kiss his butt. Trump should send AMLO a gift basket and a MAGA 2024 cap.
Biden/Harris 2024 is now Biden/Harris/AMLO 2024 versus a lone Donald Trump. I suspect Trump loves his political odds. The leadership vacuum caused by Biden and Harris has made Trump seem the more responsible candidate.
With warmer weather, mass migrant caravans of Latinos, Asians, Russians, Middle Easterners, etc., are on the march for shelters across America. The FBI has warned Congress that a mass terror attack like the ISIS-K attack in Moscow could happen in the United States.
Biden and Harris are helpless. AMLO is waiting for his demands to be met.
Meanwhile, the responsible candidate, Trump, continues to warn Americans about the security problems of mass illegal immigration. This time, the FBI agrees with him.
