Thursday, November 14, 2024

Donald Trump's little shop of horrors (so far)

 So...Trump's cabinet is shaping up to be....something else. 

We got Marco Rubio as secretary of state. That one isn't that bad. Still, dude is anti Ukraine and SUPER pro Israel. Still this is the relatively sane one, which says a lot...

We got Matt Gaetz for Attorney general. yeah. The same one that imploded the republican party in congress temporarily last year by forcing Kevin McCarthy, which ultimately led to us getting Ned Flanders...uh...I mean Mike Johnson. The dude has also come under investigation for sex trafficking before, including involving minors. And now he's basically the face of justice in this country. What, the actual hell. 

Tulsi Gabbard is the director of national intelligence. I guess all that grifting and selling out the left paid off for her. Ya know, Tulsi, I dont like the democratic party either, but at least I don't sell out to the right. I liked you when you were an anti establishment leftie, but as a republican, you're dead to me. SELL OUT!

RFK Jr as director of health and human services. I mean, WHAT?! The anti vaxxer? The dude with LITERAL brainworms? And now he wants to gut the FDA where the rest of us get brainworms too? Holy crap, this is scary...

Pete Hegseth is the secretary of defense. I didn't even know who this guy is, but apparently he's a host on Fox and Friends or something. You know the news show. He's also going viral for denying germs exist, claiming that if you can't see them, they're not real. He also was in an axe throwing competition on the show and has worse aim than Dick Cheney.... This guy is in charge of our national security. What the hell...

Susie Wiles is chief of staff. Who is that? A former campaign manager. Spoils system at its finest.

We got Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, both of whom are jokes, heading the new "Department of Government Efficiency", or DOGE....and....NO IM NOT MAKING UP. I SWEAR I AM NOT MAKING THIS CRAP UP. Anyway, apparently this organization that was clearly named after a LITERAL INTERNET MEME and is the second worst government acronym I've ever seen implemented behind "FAP" (aka Nixon's basic income plan) is designed to figure out what other programs need cutting. You know how the right always talks about wanting to cut government agencies without knowing what they do and you get idiots saying "LET'S GET RID OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY" without knowing what it does? That's what these guys' job is. To find out what it is to cut, and to cut it. And apparently it's off to a good start, having two leaders for some reason, an example of efficiency that reminds me of something the Soviets would do in their quest for "full employment." 

Kristi Noem is in charge of homeland security. Gee thanks. I feel about as safe as one of her dogs...

Oh, and to go full circle back to Israel, MIKE HUCKABEE is our new ambassador there. You know, the fundamentalist Christian? Probably believes in the end times? And is a die hard zionist who cares nothing for the lives of Palestinians? Yeah, that Mike huckabee. Congrats, free palestine kiddies, you played yourself. Not that it matters, trump would've won anyway. 

But yeah. It's almost like Trump is assembling a real Legion of Doom or League of Villains, or League of evil over here. Ya know, one of those super hero things and all of the bad guys get the gang together to take out the super hero? That's about where America is at right now. 

Why is trump doing this? Is he really this stupid? To some extent, yes, but at the same time, he's awarding positions for loyalty. You see, last time trump was in, his staff acted like handlers. They "handled" him. They kept him on track and made sure he didnt screw up. In a sense his own cabinet was a check and balance on him. He had actual experts who knew how to do their jobs and they would push back against his childish impulses. Hence why he went through cabinet members like Diddy goes through lube. They kept quitting on him and he kept having to get new ones in. And now he's just appointing people he knows will be loyal, and appeasing the base, ya know, appealing to anti vaxxers and anti regulation people on health and human services, instead of having that darned Dr. Fauci with his facts and masks and vaccines. He's going psychotic on being pro Israel while selling out Ukraine. He's appealing to small government weirdos with his suggested cuts to government services and this new "DOGE" department. Basically, he's surrounding himself by yes men and loyalists who he can control and who will do his bidding.

This is actually scary. The reason I was willing to take a chance on trump winning last time was because i knew our institutions could contain him. But the guy's learning how to avoid containment. And now we just gave him the house, the senate, the presidency, and scotus was already in his pocket. And now he's doing project 2025 crap, imposing his will on the bureaucracy.

So...this guy is a wannabe tyrant with no checks and balances...which makes him a just a tyrant. This is like the rise of hitler. This is like Scar taking over Pride Rock in the Lion King. This is BAD. We are in the worst timeline. Trump was already the worst president ever for me simply due to the january 6th crap. Now he's gonna have near absolute power and knows how to break democracy and bend it to his whim. I wish I could be more optimistic, but this aint 2016 any more. Aint fun and games and "hahaha look at this idiot". This is SCARY. If you wanted to know why I voted for Harris despite clearly still despising the democrats, this is why. Better corporate aristocrats over this crap. This could literally be the end of American democracy....


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