From any perspective, this second Trump administration is quickly descending into a shit show of increasing fumbles. But nothing exemplifies it more than Musk and DOGE. I mean just being honest, Musk's crews are perhaps a small step above child soldiers in Africa. Lead by an older man that, despite his immense wealth, has some real issues. But then again, so does Trump.
DOGE has been caught numerous times inflating perceived, or "projected" savings. Has restating those savings at significantly lower levels. And on the other hand, blindly slashed vital jobs that were quickly reinstated. At the same time, they have disrupted vital supply chains, consolidated power of oligopolies, and laid a torch to food diversity. Worse, they have vastly increased the risk of another pandemic, carried in from abroad, but this time, not a new disease, an old one.
These cuts, I mean Musk, so in your face and all consumed, actually yielding a chainsaw. Not knowing, like many of his rabid supporters in the Trump community, the real symbolism held within. Except, yeah, Musk knew. And here is the thing. These proclaimed numbers, they are mere projections, usually over a ten year period. Someone needs to come up with an alternate "clock" or numbers keeper. Deaths. Because believe me, they are a coming. Rather it is logging accidents on previously closed out public lands, or polio deaths in India, yeah India. Dead is dead. And I am not talking about projections, I am talking about increased deaths across all types of categories.
Take those supposed gang members taken to that El Salvadoran prison. Some of them are going to end up dead. That is on the Trump administration. And yeah, maybe they were gang members. And yeah, maybe some of them deserve to die, if you believe in that kind of thing. But they had no DUE PROCESS. And no, due process is not something that only citizens get.
Many people know that John Adams defended British Soldiers charged in the Boston Massacre. What most people don't know, and damn hard for me to even google, is that Adam was a judge in front of several accused British spies during the Revolutionary War. They were rounded up, incarcerated, marched under irons, to Adam's court. No arrest warrant, no initial hearing, no legal counsel. Adams threw it out. No DUE PROCESS.
No, a shit show.