Why It Is Good That Jake Broe Has Gone Scorched Earth on Trump
- john raymond
- Sep 18
- 2 min read
In moments of historical peril, clarity is a moral obligation. When democracy is threatened from within and allies are under siege abroad, equivocation serves the tyrant, not the truth. Jake Broe’s latest video, in which he links President Trump’s corruption, Putin’s war strategy, and the collapse of Russia’s military-industrial machine, represent precisely the kind of scorched-earth truth-telling that the present moment demands.
It is good that Broe has chosen to take this path, because history will not remember the moderates who tried to triangulate with lies, but those who spoke plainly while there was still time to act.
Evidence: Ukraine, Russia, and the War Economy
Broe lays out, with empirical clarity, the state of Russia’s oil and logistics sector: Ukrainian drones hitting deep refineries, ordinary Russians facing gas shortages, pipelines and pumping stations unable to move oil, and the Russian economy sinking into systemic crisis. This is the battlefield reality. And it is the winning strategy: Ukraine is degrading Russia’s capacity to wage war faster than Russia can adapt.
Yet, as Broe notes, President Trump consistently undercuts this strategy—lifting sanctions in theory, profiting from arms sales in practice, and signaling to Putin that he can outlast the West. This is not neutrality; it is alignment with the Kremlin’s intent.
Evidence: Trump as Asset and Autocrat
Broe connects the dots from Ukraine to America. Trump is not merely incompetent; he is actively weaponizing federal agencies—the FCC, the SEC, the DOJ—to silence critics, as with the cancellation of Kimmel and Colbert.
Trump is importing the Putinist playbook: remove comedians, then remove journalists, then remove opponents altogether. Broe even underscores the Epstein blackmail equilibrium, projecting images of Trump alongside Epstein and Prince Andrew during the UK visit, driving home that Trump’s legitimacy is not political but compromised.
In this light, scorched-earth rhetoric is not exaggeration—it is recognition. Trump has proven himself a domestic autocrat and a foreign-backed traitor-general. Moderation only obscures this.
Analysis: Why Scorched Earth Is Necessary
The Raymond Method explains why Broe’s approach is correct.
Pillar One (Regime Security): Trump’s prime directive is survival—staying in power at all costs. Any concessions to moderation only reinforce his regime.
Pillar Two (Asymmetric Warfare): Trump thrives on ambiguity, lies, and partial truths. The only counter is total clarity.
Pillar Three (Byzantine Traitor-General): Trump functions as the compromised node whose betrayal collapses trust within alliances. To neutralize him, analysts must expose his treachery fully, even at risk of political discomfort.
Thus, Broe’s refusal to hedge is not reckless—it is strategically sound. By burning away illusions, he forces the audience to see Trump as he is, not as he pretends to be.
Implications: The Necessity of Hard Truths
By going scorched earth, Broe models the kind of narrative warfare the West must embrace. The stakes are not abstract... If Trump is allowed to normalize his compromises and his suppression of dissent, then America slides toward Putinism.
Plus, if Ukraine is left to falter, then Europe and the wider West faces collapse.
Broe is not merely analyzing war; he is waging it on the information front, where truth itself is a decisive weapon.
History will remember the scorched-earth truth-tellers. Broe has joined their ranks.
And it is good that he has.
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