Filmmaker Michael Moore's drastic mood shift following Trump's 2024 victory reflects widespread liberal disillusionment.

Once predicting Trump's defeat, Moore is now chastising the electorate — as well as Democratic strategists — while openly lambasting Americans as “not good people.”

Despite his harsh criticism, Moore advocates for kindness, forgiveness and community-building to counter Trump's so-called “crusade of cruelty.”

Notably absent, however, is any mention of religious institutions as community centers.

[Aside: I’m scratching my head here… How can “not good people” (aka Americans who voted for Trump) manifest the kindness and fellowship Moore promotes? It’s cognitive dissonance at its finest.]

But as Michael Moore grapples with unexpected election results, the political landscape continues to shift dramatically, particularly for sequestered President Joe Biden…

Your Rundown for Wednesday, November 20, 2024...

Biden Creates a Distraction

“No one seems to care about Joe Biden anymore,” says Paradigm’s macro expert Jim Rickards.

However true that may be, Biden's alleged corruption was documented this year in a 291-page report detailing a “pay-to-play” scheme involving foreign payments to Biden family members — including Hunter Biden — in exchange for political access.

All of which calls into question Biden's recent approval for Ukraine to use American ATACMS missiles against targets in Russia.

Biden’s critics point out that U.S. military support for Ukraine serves to distract from scrutiny surrounding his family's financial entanglements and influence peddling.

• Could our nonstop involvement in Ukraine be the biggest coverup conspiracy in U.S. history?

• Is President Biden attempting to settle a score with President-elect Donald Trump by instigating World War III for Trump to inherit?

Whatever the case may be, Trump has positioned himself as a peace advocate, arguing that ending the war in Ukraine could alleviate U.S. inflation while stabilizing global markets.

“Just as he warned he would do in the campaign, Trump is pressing to have the Ukraine war ended even before he takes office in January,” says former DoD senior official Joseph Bosco at The Hill.

“The goal is certainly laudable from a humanitarian and economic perspective,” Mr. Bosco adds.

How about from the perspective of a looming nuclear war?

Because nuclear-armed Russia reasonably equates Biden’s escalated support for Ukraine with full-scale aggression (i.e. brinkmanship).

This is a pivotal moment in history as the interplay between Biden’s political troubles and the thousand-day war in Ukraine raises the stakes for humankind. 

And underscores the need for restraint and diplomacy.

Two traits which lame duck President Biden — who has nothing to lose — does not exhibit.

Market Rundown for Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024

S&P 500 futures are up 0.25% to 5.950.

Oil is up 0.85% to $70 for a barrel of West Texas crude.

Gold is up 0.35% to $2,640.10 per ounce.

And Bitcoin is up 1.60% to $94,415.