Tag: Donald Trump
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From Versailles, With Love. Yours Truly, DJT
Thursday, June 18, 2026, Orlando, Florida For those of you who appreciate history—and historical irony—this one is hard to improve on. Do you know where Donald Trump—a man who, during his first term in the White House, reportedly had to be told why Pearl Harbor is a hallowed place as well as an important naval…
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Trump’s War Ends in America’s Worst Foreign Policy Defeat Since Vietnam
I have never thought that Donald Trump is fit to hold any political office, much less the Presidency of the United States. Nevertheless, his MAGA followers have said, time and time again, that he’s the greatest President in all American history. I disagree vehemently with that assessment. Instead, I believe that he’s the worst President…
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July 19: Remembering My Mother Amid Political Turmoil
Afternoon, Saturday, July 19, 2025 – Miami, Florida It’s a quintessential summer day in South Florida—sunny skies, no thunderstorms looming, and a heavy, palpable heat that clings to everything. At 91°F (33°C) with humidity hovering at 64%, the “feels like” temperature is a sweltering 101°F (38°C). For anyone who doubts the effects of climate change,…
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Echoes of Memory: Nostalgia, Myth, and the Stories We Tell
Midday/Early Afternoon, Monday, June 2, 2025, Miami, Florida Earlier this morning, I came across a charming Facebook post from an old friend from my Amazon reviewing days. She’s a bit older than I am—by about a decade—and enjoying her retirement, sharing delightful glimpses into her daily life in rural Midwest America. Her posts often feel…
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Musings and Thoughts for Friday, May 2, 2025
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Books, Creative Writing, Donald Trump, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Military History, Reunion Duology, Reunion: Coda, The Life and Times of Le Bronco von der Löwenhöhle: Stories and Tips from Thirteen Years with a Leonberger, Thomas Wikman, U.S. Politics, World War II (1939-1945)Late Morning, Friday, May 2, 2025, Miami, Florida It’s another warm and muggy spring day in South Florida as another workweek winds down. Currently, the temperature is 79°F under mostly sunny conditions. With humidity at 60% and the wind blowing from the east-southeast at 7 MPH (11 Km/H), the heat index is 87°F (30°C). Today,…
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My Letter to Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL 27)
When penning an email to a political representative, the fine line between respectful discourse and the expression of strong convictions often becomes a tightrope walk. Recently, I crafted a letter to Representative Maria Salazar, a Republican and a known Trump loyalist, to voice my concerns about the current state of our nation. Fully aware that…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: A Day of Mixed Emotions and Creative Triumphs
Late Morning, Tuesday, January 21, 2025, Miami, Florida Yesterday was a day of mixed feelings. On one hand, Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States, starting his second term with controversial actions like abandoning Afghan refugees, pardoning the January 6 insurrectionists, and renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf…
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The Dark Web of Russian Influence: How Moscow Manipulates America’s Right-Wing Politics
Midday/Early Afternoon, Tuesday, January 7, 2025, Miami, Florida For my esteemed friend Jenny: The Russian Influence on American Right-Wing Politics Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about how Russia is influencing American politics, especially on the right. Using their GRU intelligence service and the Internet Research Agency (IRA), they’ve managed to tangle up a…
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The Normal and the Crazy: America in 2023 (A Haiku)
Oh, land divided Between the “crazy” and “sane”! Do not choose “crazy.”
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We Fought Against Fascism in Europe in 1944; Now We Fight It Here in America in 2022
As I wrote earlier today, today marks the 78th anniversary of the D-Day landings on Normandy. On June 6, 1944, elements of six infantry divisions – three American, two British, and one Canadian – landed on five beaches along a 50-mile front on the northern coast of France. Codenamed Operation Neptune, the amphibious landings, preceded…
A Certain Point of View, Too 