“Déjà vu all over again” and “history repeats itself” are two sayings which apply to Donald Trump’s claim to be able to quickly settle the Ukraine and Russian war. I laughed when he said it. Then I remembered past similar situations.

The first was former President Richard Nixon during his campaign against former Vice-President Hubert Humphrey. He said he had a secret plan to end the war within months. What we didn’t know is his people had been talking with the North Vietnamese. Whatever the plan was, it didn’t work.

The next scenario was former President Ronald Reagan’s people talking with the Iranians about keeping the hostages until he was sworn into the Presidency. They were released that day.

Former President George Bush II campaigned that Americans could handle money better than their government so he would cut taxes. Remember, former President Clinton was paying off the National Debt which was definitely more responsible than the people who were increasing their debt. His cuts started the huge increases in National debt.

Now Donald Trump says he can talk with his friend Putin and end the Ukraine War. He has pressured the Republicans in the House and Senate to reject an immigration bill with everything the Republicans want so he can use it in his campaign.

During the next eight months over a million more people will come across the Southern Border because the current laws can not stop them as per the Supreme Court during Trump’s administration. The Pandemic gave Trump a legal reason to close the border. When the pandemic died out the courts took away Biden’s authority. Trump says he could stop it but that will require passing a law that he couldn’t get passed during his term.