The Enemy Within
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-2025-125 | October 2025 | Oil on Canvas | 32" x 26"
The end of October 2025 was further marked by fierce arguments over loyalty, security, and who posed the greatest danger to the nation. Political violence, espionage fears, border crises, cyber threats, and accusations of corruption fueled a climate where suspicion increasingly turned inward. The Enemy Within captures that mood of internal distrust. The Government is still closed and Trump is still President. The "No Kings protests flopped and as Speaker Mike Johnson said "If President Trump were KING, the Governement would be open." "No Kings'" protests are organized by "Indivisible Project" and received $$ Millions from George Soros' "Open Society Organization." The enemies from within are actually showing themselves and the reveal is telling. In the NYC Mayoral race the New York Post calls for Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa to drop out to stop Mandami, saying the biggest risk of Mandami is his far left radical socialist agenda. Sliwa declines.Trump blasts Maduro and says is offering everything and You know why? Because he doesn't want to fuck around with the united States." DHS warns Cartels are offering $50K bounty on immigration agents heads. Leticia James is indicted for Mortgage Fraud and faces 30 years in prison and $1 million in fines.
John Bolton is indicted and surrenders to authorities on 18 counts for mishandling classified documents under the Espionage Act. Was he selling classified information? We will see. Also Mike Pence is implicated in the Bolton case. Was Pence in the 'Inside man" to undermine Trump's first Administration? Trump has ended 8 Wars in 8 months. And on a side note Trump calls for taking away guns from Trans people... so now liberals are having to defend gun rights. Troller in Chief! In International news... A heist at the Louvre in Paris the French Crown Jewels are stolen in 7 minutes from the Napolean and Empress Eugenie Collection... No Kings theme... just guessing! The Enemy Within speaks to an old fear renewed in modern form. This painting speaks to a period when many Americans believed the most serious dangers to national stability were no longer external, but domestic.
