Going on Offense
Every painting in Chronicle of an Unquiet Age documents the defining events, people, and issues that shaped its moment in history. Created in real time as events unfolded, each work serves as both an original oil painting and a historical record, reflecting the belief that the news of today is the history of tomorrow.
TRTA-2025-120 | September 2025 | Oil on Canvas | 31" x 26"
September 2025 opened with a more aggressive political posture at home and abroad. With elections ahead, policy fights intensifying, and opponents regrouping, leaders on multiple fronts moved to seize momentum rather than simply respond. Going on Offense captures that strategic turn. On September 5, 2025 Trump signs an Executive Order renaming The Department of Defense "The Department of WAR." Pete Hegseth is now The Secretary of WAR." and what does "Going on Offense" actually mean? It means Fighting Crime in our cities, illegal immigration,woke judges,open borders, cartels, drug and human trafficking, Democrat Socialists policies,censorship and more. Secretary of War hegseth states "We're going to go on offense...
not just on defense. Maximum lethality, not tepid legality, violent effect not politically correct." Trump and FBI are putting the Cartels on notice and have designated them as Foreign Terrorist Organizations." U.S. offers a $50 Million reward for the capture of Venzuelan Leader Nicolas Maduro. Trump Administration hits drug boats hard blowing them out of the water. RFK Jr. owns "Pochahontas" Elizabeth Warren "Big Pharma's Medicine Woman." stating in the hearing "I know you took $855,000 from Big Pharma. Bernie Sanders pipes up with
"Everybody in this room took money from Big Pharma." Did Bernie just say the quiet part out loud as it is revealed he took more tha n $23 Million? Xi hosts Putin and Kim Jong Un for Victory Day in China. Trump tells Xi "Give my warmest regards to Putin and Kim as you conspire against the United States of America," MS-13 Albrego Garcia to be deported to Eswatini Africa formally Swaziland. Trump launches "Operation Midway Blitz" to clean up crime in Illinois as Prtizker and Mayor Johnson stand firm for crime and illegals. Turning Point's Charlie Kirk is shot in the neck and killed at an event at Utah Valley University September 10th. Gavin Newsom continues his Social Media campaigns embarrassing California. Obama slams Trump's use of the National Guard to fight crime as a 'Dangerous trend putting liberties of all Americans at risk." Going on Offense comes from the language of competition, but its meaning is broader. The painting preserves a moment when initiative, pressure, and forward movement were seen as the path to maintaining power.
