I am the Real Truckmaster:
1. I am a born-again Christian (a sinner saved by the grace of God).
2 I am a retired US Army Transportation Sergeant First Class (E-7), my last position of assignment was as the "Truckmaster" of the US Army Transportation Motor Pool in Yokohama Japan (1989-90).
3. I am an amateur military historian.
4. I am a Thailand Veteran of the Vietnam War.
5. I detest "Politics as Usual".
6. I'm pro-life (Abortion is murder) and there is no justification or excuse for it.
7. I believe that we must place the security and welfare of America First!
Clarification of Real Truckmaster Blogs
For those who follow my blog posts on RTM blogs let me clarify and clear up some confusion.
I write highlighting the inconsistencies and hypocrisy of the far-left's war on anything Trump.
There are too many willing to argue without merit and I would be remiss attempting to argue against their ignorance, they have way too much experience.
My writings are my personal opinion intended to be educational in nature, a bit humorous, satirical, while being informative providing food for thought, which is sorely lacking today. For those who find my posts offensive, I am truly sorry, you have the right NOT to read them as have many before you. I will not attempt to change your mind politically, but provide the opportunity to show something you may wish to consider, thereby illuminating prejudice and misinformation! - I am the Real Truckmaster!
Here’s my take on the summit, when President Trump announced he was meeting with Russian President Putin everyone was wondering why not with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and Trump offered no explanation. Finally the date 8-15-2025 and location Alaska were announced. It was said that Putin had his own deal to present to Trump, but nobody knew anything about it.
After Air Force One had touched down and taxied to the apron the red carpet was rolled out as a formality to welcome Presidents Trump and Putin as they moved with a purpose and met center stage with a firm handshake and a warm greeting.
I imagined that Putin’s first words to Trump could have been “Welcome to Russia Comrade President Trump, we decided to take Alaska back!” he could have said with a wry smile…but when the B2 and its F22 fighter jet escorts flew overhead it would have been Trumps “Don’t even go there look” to have foiled that notion.
It was apparent to everyone that no deal of substance was agreed to that would immediately end the war with Ukraine or stop the killing as there would be other meetings to be scheduled. More importantly as Trump had said in the past, the real deal has to be between Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. All Trump could do was conduct a carrot and stick approach to getting things moving.
Trump held a 2 hour telephone call with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy which I’m sure was to brief him on the progress made and on the sticking points that still need to be worked out. In the meantime soldiers and civilians are dying needlessly and it is Trump’s sincere desire to get the killing stopped. – RTM
For all you naysayers who are saying that Trump is on a crusade to bring vengeance upon his political enemies you are greatly mistaken.
In fact if you line up all the people – politicians, fake news media corporate officers and talking heads, and those on social media – who have been preaching the evils of Donald Trump going back the past 10 years there is no way that any of them are expected to be held accountable for their actions of smearing (personally, professionally and politically) the name of Donald J. Trump to the point of untold numbers of legal attacks held publically in plain view for all to see leading to biased court rulings, unimaginable and unjust fines as well as innuendo’s that cast a great cloud of doubt as to the patriotism and honesty of President Donald J. Trump (#45-47) except they didn’t count on the determination and the extent Trump’s quest for justice and accountability for them to face for all their lies and false accusations.
When you add in the entirety of the federal government, administrative cabinet secretaries, senior level staff and even the mindless minions who fell for it all hook, line and sinker the list would probably reach the moon and back, several times over.
I personally would never have guessed the extent of power and corruption of the deep state or that any one man could singlehandedly (with the right supporting people) either could or would attempt to right the ship of state called the United States Government.
I have watched with horror and now mild amazement as the chickens come home to roost. Democratic operatives, White House staff, Democratic Party officials and even Congressional Democrats are finding out that wrong is wrong no matter how you attempt to justify it publically.
Even now dems are saying how incompetent President Trump is, when for 4 years they vouched for the competency of President Biden (right as rain they said). Dems say Trump is throwing up political smokescreens with the D.C. takeover so as to hid his involvement hidden in the Epstein files or his failing international tariffs (that are not failing) when the real reason Trump is moving at a pace so fast that Nancy Pelosi couldn’t keep up in a high-speed walker, is simple – Trump believes in and loves America and the American people working those low paying jobs (fast food, food service, sanitation, and even field workers).
It would tickle my heart to see a great number of people getting their official photographs, fingers printed and those silver bracelets as they are processed in to actual government housing facilities (not the country club, feel good ones without guards). But then again maybe I’m just a dreamer. – RTM
What causes people to become homeless in the first place? Is it circumstance, habit or choice?
Most people (myself included) simply look the other way or ignore the obvious – these are people who maybe down on their luck, destitute or just plain hungry. You have probably heard the stories like I’ve heard where someone parks their high end automobile in a business parking lot, gets out wearing their “homelessness” attire and grabs their sign to begin their fulltime job on the corner. Some even bring a dog (maybe not even their dog) to garner sympathetic support and a lot of extra bucks. Or the guy who rides a commuter bus to another city, begs for 4+ hours and then catches the return commuter bus back to where he started out (all in a day’s work).
These are just some of the questions I have when I see people panhandling, sitting on street corners begging or bum rushing cars at intersections with unsolicited wash your window for money schemes and businesses are begging for workers.
How is homelessness being dealt with? Is there a cure for homelessness? Finally who is ultimately responsible for ending homelessness?
Is homelessness confined to large inner cities or urban areas? I’ve seen the “tent cities” up in inner cities, downtown streets have people sleeping on the streets (sleeping bags, shopping carts full of possessions, and one enterprising individual staked out an area in a vacant lot and had a lawn mower where he kept his area clean and neat.
Some say it’s the government, others say the “church”, while still others say it’s everybody’s responsibility. What say you? I say to a certain degree – all three.
So how do we change it?
Government can provide programs that can help lift an individual out of poverty; churches can provide food, clothing and shelter; and everybody can offer friendship, assistance and instruction.
The problem is whether the homeless individual is really wanting or asking for help out of the situation they find themselves in.
It’s impossible to help someone who doesn’t think they need or want your help.
Farmers, ranchers and business owners and managers are always looking for workers who take pride in themselves and bring forth a good attitude with dedication and commitment.
I once read of a “homeless” man who went to a church service where the “new” pastor was about to address the congregation for the first time. As the homeless man walked in and moved past the congregation to sit on the first row nobody said a word, however an usher or deacon approached the man and politely asked him to move to the back or outside as his appearance and body smell was offending everyone around him. The man refused to move.
Finally it was time to introduce the new pastor, yet the deacon who had been waiting patiently for him to arrive got up and made an announcement about waiting a moment longer for the new pastor who was a highly respected and well education theologian.
At that time the “homeless” man stood up and took to the pulpit. He introduced himself and his sermon was on Jesus’s sermon about the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) and everyone bowed their heads in shame.
We are not to look down on others, regardless of their outward appearance, the color of their skin or their racial background as everyone is equally made in the image of God.
We are instructed to Love God, Our Neighbors and when possible to live in peace with everyone. Let us start with our homeless neighbors who may just need a hand up instead of a hand out. – RTM
One of today’s talking points in the news was President Trump’s announcement of the public safety threat in the Nation’s Capital. Trump federalized the Capital Police and activating the National Guard under 740 of DCs Home Rule Act.
Almost immediately protesters hit the streets in front of the White House with protest leaders repeatedly shouting over megaphones “DC Under Attack what do we do?”
When Eric Tarpinian-Jachym a 21 year old congressional intern was killed on 30 June 2025, Mayor Bowser referenced him as “#84”. I wonder what number the 3 year old girl killed a short time later was?
DC is just another blue sanctuary city where the cost in human life is simply another senseless number.
I answer the chant “DC under attack what do we do?” With this simple message “WHAT WE DO IS BACK THE BLUE” and take our cities back one at a time starting with DC. – RTM
I know what you’re thinking but the real truth about is what is happening before our very eyes is a total political meltdown by the Democratic Party.
Since the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963 and installing Lyndon B. Johnson as his predecessor the Democrats have been “calling the shots” from the liberal side of the political aisle. They have gone from being the party of the working man to becoming the defender of non-working Americans and migrant invaders while further dividing the nation along racial and sexual orientational lines as well as political identities.
President Kennedy said ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what can you do for your country and he was soon assassinated for thinking outside the box. Neither Johnson, nor presidents after him have truly looked out for the good of American citizens.
I have to believe that the United States has been run by a cabal of incompetent politicians, many of whom spent their entire adult lives inside the political establishment in Washington D.C. They may have begun their “careers” in congress, but seeing the White House from a distance obtained the notion that it was theirs for the taking. Moving from legislator to executor seemed logical.
The problem is and always has been that while serving in congress gives politicians a certain sense of power, there are not many who proved themselves (wrote bills that became law until signed by the president) with their name attached. In fact many of the laws on the books lacked adequate review and/or revision or updating, i.e. Immigration or national security. Everything seems to have always been done that way and why fix it?
President Reagan was an actor turned politician and he was despised because he was a D.C. Republican outsider not easily controlled or figured out. His international clout may have been due to his persona on “Death Valley Days” as a gun slinging cowboy.
As if on que a number of Democrat politicians fancy themselves as entertainers or media rock stars, Bill Clinton and his Sax; Barack Obama and his linguistic way with words and his appearances on the late night talk show circuit. Several others see getting interviews on Legacy Media programs as their 60 minutes of fame. Even those congressional democrats who purposefully make a scene trying to break into federal detention centers may be telling us that is where they actually belong?
A famous person once said, “When you find yourself digging a hole so deep you can’t seem to get out – STOP DIGGING” (I just don’t recall who that famous person was).
It’s been six months since the democrats have had a party leader (not including the 4 years of Biden/Harris Administration) and the party is floundering like a headless chicken. Oh there are many “rock stars” immerging in the limelight, but not a one has a fresh idea of what ails the country or how to fix it. Their only goal is to resist Trump, at all costs. Soon they may realize that the cost includes them.
It’s too bad that they refuse to get involved in fixing the nation’s ills and being seen on the winning team fighting for the safety and security of ALL Americans. They can’t even take credit for being there. America deserves better. – RTM
Someone once said, “There is no cause to nag a man for not doing something he’s put off for the last six months” now is there?
Sometimes today young people try to impress others who’ve encouraged or prodded them toward a certain goal or objective that aims to produce positive results if followed by saying “I’m fixing to” or as we used to say “when I get around to it’.
By the time they “come around” with a changed attitude it is quite often too late and plays out like a Shakespearean tragedy.
I must remind myself that we learn the easy way, the hard way or our way.
We tell ourselves that “someday” we’ll get around to it and by that day we’re not physically able to enjoy or accomplish that vacation road trip. – RTM
Sometimes you hear politicians say things that you know are just to get your vote. Often times it will come back around to bite them.
Obama once said “we’re the change we’ve been waiting for”. My question is why were you waiting?
Another Obama saying “elections have consequences but at the end of the day I won”! (Sounds like a trumpism)
I guess the Nobel Prize was awarded to Obama not for his potential actions but for his fancy rhetoric.
How about Kamala saying “I will be the president for all Americans”? Yet buried in her fine print across the headlines it was implied “unless you’re MEGA”. When she along with her party made it clear that being an undocumented migrant carried more weight vote-wise than mere US MAGA citizens.
What really pains the liberal left is Trumps idea of “America First” or “Make America Great Again” because it implies that America is a really great place to live as attested by the number of people migrating here from virtually every point on the globe.
Reagan once said “the worst words ever spoken; I’m here from the government and I’m here to help.” How right he was.
Trump said to rally goers about joining the MAGA movement “What do you have to lose?” – RTM
Exodus 20:7, “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
Did you know that Jesus did not speak English, so it may be easier than you think to use the God’s name inappropriately?
How many languages are there in the world today?
Ethnologue lists 7,139 living languages: 2,294 in Africa, 1,061 in the Americas, 2,144 in Asia, 287 in Europe, and 1,313 in the Pacific. [That may not even be counting regional dialects.]
Exodus 3:14, God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
John 8:58, Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
When we talk (ordinary conversation) we use the word “I” and “am” together as a means of identifying ourselves in the process of doing or about to do something. We don’t give it a second thought. We can see in scripture that one of the names of God is “I AM”.
I challenge you to THINK before you SPEAK and then be sure to pick your words wisely grasshopper. – RTM
Recently on a conservative talk show a very liberal NYC influencer said what “everyone” wants is a politician who can deliver on more money in our pockets and lower prices and that would guarantee more voters.
So I began to think, who has promised and delivered on:
Peace through Strength by building a stronger and more lethal military.
Lower prices (ie eggs and gas)
Lower taxes
Eliminate more unnecessary or restrictive government regulations
Cut fraud, waste and abuse in government
Eliminated entire government agencies
Removed (voluntarily and involuntarily) government employees-in-name-only
Secured the US southern border
Back the Blue, strengthen and support of law enforcement at every level
Reset international trade imbalances with ALL trading partners of the US
Actively engaged in stopping war in at least five hotspots around the globe
Stimulate US based industries (new jobs)
Produce, use and export US oil production at home and abroad
Removing undocumented, illegal criminal migrants (while fighting democratic “resistance” efforts to prevent their removal using misinformation through the media, legislative, courts and street demonstrations bordering on sedition and treason)
Actively promote America First, but not America Only
I believe Americans want to be recognized as valuable productive members of society, where they are free to worship God, raise their families in the safety and security of peaceful neighborhoods, work and save their hard earned money to strive for and enjoy the American dream which can now be realized by the vision, actions and policies of President Donald J. Trump.
Would you allow someone into your momma’s kitchen to “inspect” her food preparation skills?
How about allowing government into your bedroom to determine “appropriate” behavior?
Making it more personal, doing your business on the toilet and a government “inspector” pops in to insure you’re using the “proper” amount of toilet paper and the “proper” amount of water during the flush, would you simply sit there and take it?
I didn’t think so.
Nobody disputes that Congress has the authority to perform oversight of the Executive Branch. However it is the manner in which members of Congress choose to perform that oversight that appears questionable (to say the least). There are normal procedures to be followed like scheduling an oversight visit and then conducting the legitimate oversight inspection professionally.
In the news are the failed attempts of House Democrats to force their way into I.C.E. facilities across the nation. They show up demanding to be let in because they are members of congress. Then they block the entrance and remain there until forced to leave, automatically doing a press conference to show the world how foolish they have become.
I have a solution, let House Democrats “experience” for full effect the process of detention starting with an individual “strip search” and change into prison clothes, fingerprinting, and the mug shot before being held in their own cell for 12 hours. That would give them a “birds eye view” of what actually happens to each and every person brought into the facility.
I have visited a number of prison facilities and I can assure you that once those gates shut behind you there is no other feeling of helplessness like hearing the locks click. The one thing you don’t do in prison is “demand” anything, that can lead to solitary confinement.
I’m sure that one experience would be enough. – RTM
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