President Biden loves to say, "here's the deal." But very often, the actual deal is nowhere near Mr. Biden's capacity to understand it.

Take the Russian swap. It was maddening watching the TV pundits yodel, "Biden left Paul Whelan behind!" Paul is the Michigan man who's languished in a Russian prison for four years, convicted of "espionage."

The sad truth is that Joe Biden has absolutely no leverage with Putin whatsoever. I believe Biden is tied with Rapunzel on Putin's fear list.

So, if Washington wanted Mr. Whelan and basketball player Brittney Griner released from confinement, Putin dictated the terms. Take it or leave it.

With no options, Biden took Ms. Griner in return for freeing a brutal Russian arms merchant who was 14 years in American custody. When a radio interviewer asked me why Biden abandoned Mr. Whelan, I simply said that, short of war, the US government cannot force Putin to do anything.

Trump couldn't even get Paul Whelan released.

So that's the deal, and Putin gets the win, although Biden gets progressive cred because Brittney is an African-American lesbian feminist. All the boxes.

In the biggest deal sweepstakes - the welfare of America - Biden is making incredibly bad choices.

A few months ago, I wrote about "the plan," which is attached to "the deal."

President Biden is completely under the influence of the progressive left, which controls the Democratic Party through massive donations by the likes of George Soros and Mark Zuckerberg. The radicals have bought not only Biden but Schumer and Pelosi as well. There is little opposition on the left to the extremists, no matter how destructive their proposals are. Think open borders. Most foreign nationals have zero ties to traditional America. So let's flood the zone with them.

That fits right into "the plan," which is to change America into a brand new green country where the federal government runs the vast economic engine and dictates who gets what. Call it eco-socialism.

In order to make that happen, younger Americans and immigrants have to buy into the concept that the USA is, and always has been, a racist nation bent on harming minorities and destroying the planet by using fossil fuels. That's the main play: America must disavow its traditions and change everything, including capitalism.

No opposition is allowed, especially if you work in film, TV, or academia.

"The plan" has been remarkably successful because the corporate media is largely on board, and a weak president is clueless and pliant. Plenty of power behind the plan.

At this point, I don't know who will win this civil war. I did not anticipate the Biden-induced border-collapse. I do know most Americans have no idea what the stakes actually are - tremendous loss of individual freedom - as the federal government dictates the free marketplace and freedom of expression in all forms.

We are indeed living in perilous times. I am emulating Paul Revere. Please spread this column around.