June 2024 – Gary Gindler Chronicles

Everyone—from Republicans to Democrats, right-wingers to left-wingers—realized Joe Biden had ended his political career for good.

Along with that, I have to confess: I have not watched CNN since 2001. As a result, I fell for the Republican propaganda machine that painted the two CNN co-moderators as virulent anti-Trumpists. They, most likely, were in the past, long before the revised directive came from the powers that be. Moderators were demonstratively neutral during the debates, even not offering Biden lifelines when he desperately needed them. They phrased the questions so that Biden unwittingly turned out to be the most prominent promoter of Trump’s ideas.

The minute the Trump-Biden debate concluded, Democrats bashed their bumbling president. Republicans gladly joined the chorus. Independents moved into the Trump camp in droves. For example, the Polymarket gap between Trump and Biden increased from 59 vs. 34 percent to 65 vs. 23 percent toward the end of the debate, or about a 17 percent swing in favor of Trump.

So, is the election outcome sealed? Not so fast, ladies and gentlemen. Yes, we witnessed the widespread Biden Replacement Conspiracy Theory in action during the debate. Note that people who treat the “Weak Palestinian” (as Biden became recognized after the debate) as a marionette cannot remove him from the ballot. At the same time, they cannot afford to retain him on the ballot. However, it is not a dead end for them. Not a limbo, or so they think. In contrast, their solution deviates from the prevalent opinion: Democrats aim to replace Trump, not Biden. Replacing Biden, even if it materializes, is just a sideshow because they do not have the stomach for that.

What is visible to the naked eye is not just internal finger-pointing on the Left. The debates illustrated the fierce internecine warfare between various left-wing factions. The most belligerent branch of the Left had to show that Trump’s physical elimination was the only way to keep the White House. Granted, that fraction had to corner all others. That is why they offered debates well before each contender’s candidacy was formalized at the parties’ conventions.

The “anybody but Trump” camp always dreamed about many methods of Trump’s elimination, from a book repository shot to a car wreck to poisoning to an air disaster to incarceration. The list of three-letter federal agencies that have made it happen in the past and could do it again is well known. Consequently, they constitute the supply side of the 2024 political equation; the season’s first debate represents the demand side.

Trump’s triumph at the debate was essential for those players who are about to lose everything if Trump-47 reenters the White House. Yes, it is a risky bet on their part. However, under China’s guidance, domestic and international left-wing forces need a total reset of American affairs by replacing both leading candidates. (Quick: who promoted the “reset” button in the not-so-distant past?) In other words, the well-orchestrated political turbulence has just started, and the non-stop cacophony of talking heads discussing Biden’s cognitive health is simply a smokescreen.