Donald J Trump ran as an autocrat – that is as a fascist, authoritarian, tyrant. Which means that, like autocrats around the world, from Putin to Maduro to Xi, the tyrant “gets to do whatever the hell he wants” So, what does that mean about America now? How about the Constitution?
Trump is choosing cabinet members now. And all are pretty bad choices but some are horrible beyond imagination.
Tulsi Gabbard is to be the DNI – Director of National Intelligence. Which means she is above the CIA and the FBI, etc. So she gets all the intelligence of America. She is “connected” to Russian tyrant Putin and Syrian tyrant Assad. As far as I can tell, she is an actual agent for Putin. So, we can expect her to feed U.S. Intelligence to Putin. Which Putin will find invaluable. Which means that all of our allies know that they can no longer share military and diplomatic intelligence with America. Which means American intelligence will be fatally crippled and will never fully recover, regardless of who future presidents are. So Putin wins. Oh boy…
Pete Hegseth is to be the head of the Department of Defense. This is unbelievable. The DOD is the largest organization in America with over three million people that he is supposed to manage. He has no managerial experience. He was in combat, I believe as a Captain. Not a General. He has not led a military organization as a one star, two star, or three star General or as an Admiral. To say he is unqualified is to be overly polite. His only “virtue” to Trump is that he wants to fire all women, all blacks, all gays, all “woke” hires in the military. Goodbye American military excellence. Putin is sooooooo pleased.
Matt Gaetz is a pariah in the House of Representative, under investigation for sex trafficking a minor, and infamous for showing lewd videos on his phone to House members of the young “women” that he had sex with after taking drugs to enhance his disgusting exploits. They were supposed to be impressed by this for some reason. To say he is a disgusting pig is to be overly polite. He is to be the head of the Department of Justice. His only “virtue” to Trump is that he will illegally attack and destroy all the people who Trump wants to attack and destroy – all who criticized the hyper-sensitive and pathetically fragile little Donnie. Putin is ecstatic.
But, you say, the Constitution says that Cabinet picks have to be approved by the Senate (Advise and Consent clause) and these despicable choices are not likely to be confirmed. Are you kidding? What confirmation process? Why is there a Confirmation Process in the Senate? Oh, the Constitution says there is to be a Confirmation Process. Who cares? Trump will just use his Constitutional power to adjourn the Congress and have his nominees be appointed as Recess Appointments, and that will be the end of it.
Constitution? Trump doesn’t need no stinking Constitution (paraphrase from the great Humphrey Bogart “Sierra Nevada film as he was about to be shot by Mexican bandits to steal his gold)
Oh well. The Constitution was nice while we had it.
BUT – damn it, this is still America and we have nearly a quarter of a millennium of Democracy and the Constitutional rule of law. I firmly believe that America is going to wake up and come out of the hypnotic trance that this TV celebrity has induced on his cult. I believe America will prevail over these autocrats. But, meanwhile, watch out, America.
Trump is choosing cabinet members now. And all are pretty bad choices but some are horrible beyond imagination.
Tulsi Gabbard is to be the DNI – Director of National Intelligence. Which means she is above the CIA and the FBI, etc. So she gets all the intelligence of America. She is “connected” to Russian tyrant Putin and Syrian tyrant Assad. As far as I can tell, she is an actual agent for Putin. So, we can expect her to feed U.S. Intelligence to Putin. Which Putin will find invaluable. Which means that all of our allies know that they can no longer share military and diplomatic intelligence with America. Which means American intelligence will be fatally crippled and will never fully recover, regardless of who future presidents are. So Putin wins. Oh boy…
Pete Hegseth is to be the head of the Department of Defense. This is unbelievable. The DOD is the largest organization in America with over three million people that he is supposed to manage. He has no managerial experience. He was in combat, I believe as a Captain. Not a General. He has not led a military organization as a one star, two star, or three star General or as an Admiral. To say he is unqualified is to be overly polite. His only “virtue” to Trump is that he wants to fire all women, all blacks, all gays, all “woke” hires in the military. Goodbye American military excellence. Putin is sooooooo pleased.
Matt Gaetz is a pariah in the House of Representative, under investigation for sex trafficking a minor, and infamous for showing lewd videos on his phone to House members of the young “women” that he had sex with after taking drugs to enhance his disgusting exploits. They were supposed to be impressed by this for some reason. To say he is a disgusting pig is to be overly polite. He is to be the head of the Department of Justice. His only “virtue” to Trump is that he will illegally attack and destroy all the people who Trump wants to attack and destroy – all who criticized the hyper-sensitive and pathetically fragile little Donnie. Putin is ecstatic.
But, you say, the Constitution says that Cabinet picks have to be approved by the Senate (Advise and Consent clause) and these despicable choices are not likely to be confirmed. Are you kidding? What confirmation process? Why is there a Confirmation Process in the Senate? Oh, the Constitution says there is to be a Confirmation Process. Who cares? Trump will just use his Constitutional power to adjourn the Congress and have his nominees be appointed as Recess Appointments, and that will be the end of it.
Constitution? Trump doesn’t need no stinking Constitution (paraphrase from the great Humphrey Bogart “Sierra Nevada film as he was about to be shot by Mexican bandits to steal his gold)
Oh well. The Constitution was nice while we had it.
BUT – damn it, this is still America and we have nearly a quarter of a millennium of Democracy and the Constitutional rule of law. I firmly believe that America is going to wake up and come out of the hypnotic trance that this TV celebrity has induced on his cult. I believe America will prevail over these autocrats. But, meanwhile, watch out, America.
