C_Clayton_Jones
Diamond Member
"It is mind-boggling that such a person could be put in charge of the vast US government health care agencies. But all signs say that's exactly what's going to happen because the Republican Senate is composed of MAGA cultists and/or inveterate cowards who are going to try to blame the Democrats for making the confirmations difficult so they can say they have no choice but to allow Trump to give them all recess appointments.
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And what that means is that he no longer has anything to lose and there are only two things he really cares about. It's not taxes or tariffs and it's not even mass deportation. Sure, he'll do those things if he can but they were mostly arguments for getting elected so he'll leave that in the hands of his henchmen and take credit for whatever they manage to do. What he really cares about is money and revenge, the same things he's always cared about.
He's worth billions and he's got the richest man in the world opening up his checkbook. He can now concentrate on what really makes him happy — vengeance. That's what he's hiring these crackpots to do for him. He wants payback against the DOJ for all the investigations, the military brass for refusing to abandon their oaths when he wanted them to, the intelligence community for saying the Russians were helping him, and the scientists and health professionals who exposed his lies during the pandemic. They all made him look stupid and he won't rest until they pay for it."
Of course, Trump Cult members will try to defend this or attempt to minimize it with lies about ‘anti-Trump hyperbole’ – the fact remains that for Trump it’s always been about retribution and revenge, not sound, responsible governance.
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” - Hannah Arendt in The Origins of Totalitarianism
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And what that means is that he no longer has anything to lose and there are only two things he really cares about. It's not taxes or tariffs and it's not even mass deportation. Sure, he'll do those things if he can but they were mostly arguments for getting elected so he'll leave that in the hands of his henchmen and take credit for whatever they manage to do. What he really cares about is money and revenge, the same things he's always cared about.
He's worth billions and he's got the richest man in the world opening up his checkbook. He can now concentrate on what really makes him happy — vengeance. That's what he's hiring these crackpots to do for him. He wants payback against the DOJ for all the investigations, the military brass for refusing to abandon their oaths when he wanted them to, the intelligence community for saying the Russians were helping him, and the scientists and health professionals who exposed his lies during the pandemic. They all made him look stupid and he won't rest until they pay for it."
Of course, Trump Cult members will try to defend this or attempt to minimize it with lies about ‘anti-Trump hyperbole’ – the fact remains that for Trump it’s always been about retribution and revenge, not sound, responsible governance.
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” - Hannah Arendt in The Origins of Totalitarianism
