Patriots, grab a seat and top off that morning coffee.

I think President Trump just dropped MAJOR COMMS.

POTUS dropped that tweet at 0847.

Here's drop 847.

WATCH THE WATER.

Why is this significant?

"WE HAVE JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT!!!"

IT'S TIME FOR A QUICK SEA STORY.

For all you shipmates out there (GO NAVY! BEAT ARMY!) you know EXACTLY where I'm going with this.

It's 1779. The United States of America is a fledgling nation being forged by the blood of Patriots. 13 upstart colonies are fighting a war for independence against the LARGEST GLOBAL POWER ON THE PLANET.

(Sounds kinda like a globalist cabal, huh?)

The British Empire also boasts an already legendary Royal Navy that has yet to reach peak fame (that comes later via Adm. Nelson's smashing victory at Trafalgar in 1805).

What do the Americans have? A Continental Navy that can barely get its act together.

While Washington is ashore and struggling to keep his Continental Army intact in the face of the British Army, the Continental Navy is riddled with infighting between officers vying for political clout and prominence.

Along comes one man who, at the time, becomes one of the most HATED and LOATHSOME men ever to wear the infant Navy's uniform:

JOHN PAUL JONES

Accused of murder and forced to change his name, the Scottish native hardly has an honorable reputation when he enters Naval service.

Jones was very much an outsider in the eyes of the already bureaucratic officer corps of the Continental Navy. Nevertheless, Jones aggressively persisted.

AND JONES GOT RESULTS.

Rather than sit in port politicking, Jones got underway and carried the fight to the enemy.

In 1778, Jones arrives in Quiberon Bay (France) and receives the first naval salute from a foreign warship to the new US flag.

He makes a reputation for himself as a fighting sailor. In command of the sloop-of-war Ranger, Jones handily captures enemy ships.

He also raids the port of Whitehaven and becomes the first man to invade the British mainland in 700 years.

In Britain, Jones is called a common pirate. Back home, his heroic exploits irk his fellow officers and they call him a glory-hunting maverick.

His enemies hate him and his own comrades loathe him.

Sound familiar?

That brings us to the main event of this thread: 1779.

While Jones is operating overseas, he's working hard with Benjamin Franklin to build his clout in France. He needs more ships. Bigger ships. If he is to successfully engage the Royal Navy, he needs more than a sloop-of-war.

Franklin helps Jones acquire and arm an old French merchantman: Duc de Duras. He renames her "Bonhomme Richard" in honor of Franklin's publication, "Poor Richard's Almanac".

Rotting and armed with old guns that were more dangerous to their own crews than the enemy, Jones sailed.

In tow were other American ships detailed to his command. Jones continued to face the same infighting and disputes. The other captains under his command had their own ideas and constantly refused to follow his orders.

However, it was enough to threaten the British.

On September 23rd, 1779, Jones and his squadron encountered a British convoy of over 40 ships off Flamborough Head escorted by the frigate HMS Serapis.

The battle began in the evening and progressed into the night as the convoy fled the prowling squadron of American ships.

The two frigates slugged it out in a duel that would prove to be one of the bloodiest naval battles in recorded history. Accounts report blood flooding the decks that ran out the scuppers and down the sides of the ships, as if they were crying bloody tears.

Attempts to board one another were repulsed multiple times as the ships entangled alongside one another, their gun barrels almost touching. Grenades were thrown down from the fighting tops as Marines acted as snipers and swept the decks below with musket fire.

At one point in the battle, Bonhomme Richard's ensign could not be seen from the British quarterdeck and Captain Pearson called across to Jones, asking if he had surrendered.

Jones vehemently replied,

"I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT!"

He ordered the ensign not only put back up, but NAILED to the flag mast.

The battle continued until Bonhomme Richard was so badly shot up that many in Jones' crew shifted their attention from winning the battle to keeping their own ship afloat.

In a final boarding action, Jones captured Serapis and ended the battle. The following morning, Jones and his crew watched Bonhomme Richard sink before setting sail with their prize.

So, aside from it being a dramatic American naval battle during our War for Independence, how is this so deeply relevant to Trump's tweet?

Remember the Act of 1871, Patriots. USA, Inc. is Trump's Bonhomme Richard. Rotting and manned by a dysfunctional crew.

Trump is spending big because he knows the national debt won't matter in the end. This old ship is SINKING.

He's doing everything he can to secure us both victory against the enemy and an opportunity to survive as a Republic.

During the battle, one of the other American frigates (Alliance) actually RAKED Jones in the stern and dealt FRIENDLY FIRE.

The other captain was getting in a cheap shot on both the enemy and the overall commander he detested.

Sound like Deep State Republicans much?

The allegorical connections between the Battle of Flambrough Head and what Trump is doing now to fight for our Republic amaze me.

The tweet he made this morning illustrate what's happening.

Forget the SCOTUS news yesterday, shipmates.

Our captain is willing to stand ankle-deep in blood, our flag nailed to the mast, and fight through the night until this rotten ship is shot out from under him...

FOR US.

And on a final note, we've heard lots of RUMINT this week about two things:

- Chinese troops in Canada at Trudeau's invitation
- The US Military secretly posturing, notably the 82nd Airborne and rumors of the Navy staying vigilant on both coasts.

What if "Watch CA" means "WATCH CANADA"?

Now refer back to "Watch the water".

Is this relevant? https://twitter.com/JimmyFalk5/status/1336890222819348482