The art of NO deal

 Trump abandons subtlety, eyes Venezuela playbook for Cuba. The American president’s ambitions toward Cuba are increasingly obvious. They’re also eerily familiar. (MS NOW)

Trump is bored with his Iran War. The wham bam and destruction he supposed would happen in declaring war in Iran did not turn out the same way as Venezuela, and Trump’s ego got hurt. Trump only functions when his Toy Tin Soldiers are winning, so what to do, what to do, start another incursion or, as Trump says, “excursion,” and win again!

Mr. Art of the Deal, Trump, I believe, has made a deal with Putin and Xi. Putin can have Europe, and Xi can have the Pacific Basin.

Look closely at how Trump has pulled Troops out of Germany and Poland and is threatening to cut funds for America’s participation in NATO. Consider the non-denial of supporting Taiwan militarily after Trump’s fiasco visit to China. Trump believes, I imagine, that he and his authoritarian buds should just divide the hemispheres into little fiefdoms. 

Putin did nothing to assist their ally Venezuela, and so far, Putin ain’t doing shit to assist Cuba. Why, I am certain it is tit for tat, as Trump pulls America out of NATO. And the only thing Xi told Trump is that if he wants to keep the US-China relationship going, it is Taiwan.

Deal maker Trump assumes that he is smarter than Putin and Xi, and somehow, by kissing their asses, Trump looks powerful in the Western Hemisphere.

Trump is dangerous, but he is also very, very dumb. Putin and Xi are dangerous, but compared to Trump, both are very, very smart and more sinister. Trump will continue to weaken America, thinking he has a deal with Putin and Xi, all the while these two insidious and evil dictators will slowly but surely reclaim the world.

 

 

 

 

Watch what happens

 How Trump is angling to give cash to a MAGA paramilitary. Trump's new slush fund functions as a way to encourage insurrectionists to break the law on his behalf. (MS NOW)

Trump understands that he is a criminal, and he knows exactly how much of his family’s corruption he has enabled. Trump relished his time with Epstein, and now realizes that even with the so-called “suicide of Epstein, the truth of Trump’s immoral and illegal behavior is seeping to the surface. Trump does not want to be held accountable for any of his insidious actions, and will do EVERYTHING and ANYTHING to avoid imprisonment, due diligence, or justice for his past and present.

So, as I see it, there has been a series of dirty deeds deployed by Trump via the Heritage Foundation, the Supreme Court, and his dutiful eunuchs sitting in Congress from the Republican Party, all intended to keep Trump in power and to avoid any consequences for Trump’s anti-American actions.

Gerrymandered districts were the first ploy in fucking over the right to vote. Keep the Congress Republican by eliminating any Democrat challengers. Demand that the activists, authoritarian Republican justices in the Supreme Court, ban the voting rights bill, knowing full well that the spineless Republicans in Congress will do nothing to bring that bill back to life. Hint, but actually intend, that ICE will suddenly be sent to polling places, adding even more paranoia and fear for the minority voters. Bring back Elon Musk into the fold, so he can either rig the voting machines or spend the money he doesn’t spend on taxes to buy the election for Republicans.

And if none of those grifts don’t seem to catch much action, then purchase your own army of Insurrectionists to become violent and vigilantes, creating chaos and confusion, and civil unrest. Let your paramilitary goons know that you have the dollars to pay them to break the law and get away with it.

And then once your paramilitary has caused duress and destruction, blame it on ANTIFA and pretend that with all of this conflict, Marshal Law must be implemented, and of course, stop the citizens of this nation from voting. 

Trump is drowning in guilt and crime; he knows it, his Klan within his Reich knows it, so for Trump and his Fascists who support him to remain in power, eliminate the threat before it begins. This is not conspiracy thinking on my part; this IS observing Trump and his ilk in action!

 

 

 

To sum it up

 To sum it up:

Trump Shrugged Off Soaring Gas Prices As "Peanuts" Amid The Iran War, And People Have A Lot To Say About It.” I don't even think about that,” Trump said. (BuzzFeed).

The Trump Sush Fund, aka the Weaponization Act: $1.8 billion.

The Trump Ballroom: $400 million.

The Trump Reflecting Pool: $15 million

The Trump Arch: $15 million.

The Trump Iran War: Over $25 billion so far, with little end in sight; some estimates put the total as high as $1 trillion.

The estimated cost to taxpayers for Donald Trump's golf trips since returning to office is $155,400,000, based on the average price per round calculated from previous trips. He has golfed on 111 days out of 486 days since taking office. (PBS).

Affordability ain’t on Trump’s radar or agenda. The rising cost of almost every consumer-oriented item is of no concern to Trump. It seems that those who continue to support Trump don’t really care about what things cost, as long as Trump and his Reich prefer racism and bigotry over morals, values, decency, and freedom.

Trump, who it seems does not pay his fair share of income taxes, as well as his children, has no worries about the price of anything for the peons. And so far, his cadre of peons doesn’t seem to mind it either. When Trump proudly and boastfully calls the rising price of gasoline “as peanuts,” I imagine what he means is it just “Chump Change,” because he knows his voters are CHUMPS…willingly so!

 

 

 

No Middle Ground anymore

 Rep. Thomas Massie, a Trump critic, lost the Kentucky Republican primary after the president endorsed Ed Gallrein. (MS NOW)

The Republicans voting in Kentucky have made it VERY clear that they support Pedophiles, Fraudsters, and Corruption. It is not limited to the Republicans in Kentucky, but for any Republican who voted for the candidates that Donald 34-count Felon endorsed and supported.

I may not have agreed with the myriad policies Rep. Massie had supported throughout his tenure as a Congressperson, but Mr. Massie made it loud and clear that he understood that criminal and immoral acts had taken place and that Trump and the Epstein Class should be held accountable for those heinous acts. The majority of Republicans in Congress, a vast MAJORITY, demonstrated their cowardness and immoral priorities by pretending to ignore the facts regarding the girls who were victimized by Epstein/Maxwell/Trump, and God only knows the many, many billionaires and millionaires.

Mr. Massie learned the sad lesson that in today’s Republican Party, decency is deferred to indifference, taking on Trump is treacherous, and speaking up for the people leaves you at a professional loss.

The MAGA/ Republican voters have once again demonstrated their hatred for those who dare to speak up and speak against their Dear Leader, who, I must suppose, is their Racist and Bigoted Idol. 

As I see it, you either care about justice being sought, or you support Trump; there is no middle ground or excuses that can be made.

Once again HE benefits

 First, it was Make America Great Again. The message was more of Make Bigotry and Racism Great Again in America. The idea that Trump could, would, and should be the guy to make magic in America worked well…perhaps because he bragged about grabbing women by the p***y, had been a three-time adulterer, convicted of sexual harassment, was responsible for an attempted insurrection, and, of course, had 34 felony counts charged against him. Maybe it was his hatred for anyone whose skin was not pearly white. 

Then, to keep the Bigots, the Racists, the Christian Nationalists, the Fascists, the Klan, the Oath Keepers, the American Nazi’s, and of course the FOX viewers extremely excited, the new slogan turned into America First. And of course, his cult bought into the bull shit, praising Trump as a man of the people. But alas alack, the con and corruption can never be contained by Trump, and his sycophant billionaire buds, and suddenly it was no longer Making America Great, or America First, nope, it never was about either idea, rather just to further the self-serving, selfish needs of Trump and his Family of Crime.

After filing a highly unusual lawsuit in which President Donald Trump sued his own administration’s Internal Revenue Service, he settled it through his acting attorney general — also his former personal lawyer, Todd Blanche — setting up a team of “volunteers” to dole out nearly $1.8 billion in taxpayer money out of what the Department of Justice calls “The Anti-Weaponization Fund.” (MS NOW)

Why Trump’s stock trades are so exceptionally corrupt. The president continues to find new, once-unimaginable ways to use the awesome powers of the federal government to enrich himself. (MS NOW)

I thought our government was to be all about “checks and balances,” but that is just ancient American history. The Republican majority in Congress only cares about not being primaried, and the Supreme Court only cares about what their donors, the Heritage Foundation, find important. And here we go again, watching Trump bankrupt the rest of us as he benefits.

 

 

Now it's derogatory

 Mike Johnson rejects ‘new term Christian nationalism’ as ‘derogatory.’ The GOP House speaker made the comments ahead of the Trump-backed, all-day prayer festival on Washington’s National Mall Sunday. (M NOW)

A few right in your face thingies regarding The Republican party of Trump. They easily noticed and blatantly demonstrated. 

Whenever anyone from The Trump Republican begins to argue that their actions are being interpreted as derogatory, dangerous, or disgusting, the very first thingie The Republican Trump politician does is to identify that critic as either a non-Patriot, a left-wing domestic terrorist, a Communist, and accuses them of suffering from Trump Derangement Condition. When truth is told regarding the inappropriate, illegal or ignorant actions by The Republican Trump politicians, the façade of lies begins to melt, it is like the bucket of water thrown at the Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz, and the structure of bigotry, racism, theocracy, and Christian Nationalism is now in plain sight, and the nightmare becomes a day mare!

But sadly, The Republican Trump Party has little to no other reason for its existence, other than pretending that somehow Jesus, the white republican Jesus, fought side by side with Washington and his Troops, to make this new country, a Christian Nation. This fear of the other has been a key component in keeping Trump in power. 

Amazing ain’t it, that Christian Nationalism, as part of their beliefs, adore any heterosexual who commits adultery, any person who can sexually harass others successfully, individuals who participate in pedophilia (except if it’s Gay pedophilia), enjoy the thought that slavery was a freeing experience for the slave, and desire for the Confederacy to come back in style.

MAGA Mike makes Trump almost look honest, as he pretends to be offended by being called out as a liar, a hypocrite, a hater, and someone who has only contempt for the US Constitution!

 

 

Another one bites the orange dust

 Bill Cassidy held Trump accountable. Voters responded by humiliating him. Louisiana’s Cassidy is the first elected U.S. senator to lose a primary in more than a decade. (MS NOW)

Rape and Pillage, Crime and Corruption are meaningless for the Republican voters in Louisiana, and they demonstrated their disdain for democracy, prioritizing authoritarianism as their go-to form of government. As I read the results of the Republican primary in Louisiana, it seems that Trump is God, Trump’s form of racism and hate are gifts from God, and if you betray Trump’s bigotry, you will be cast away!

Why this should matter, to say, any American who believes in our democratic Republic, is that Senator Cassidy actually understood that Trump incited an insurrection, and instead of kowtowing like the majority of his Republican “ass lickers,” pretending that the demise of a free and honest government was at stake.

Trump, if anything, is good at revenge; he is very much like a Mob Boss and will stop at nothing to punish anyone who dares tell him that, in fact, this “Emperor has no clothes.”

As much as I appreciated Senator Cassidy doing the right thing then, he has not gone out of his way for the cause of democracy since. He has voted the Republican party line on every illicit, idiotic, and illegal scheme introduced by Trump.  Senator Cassidy is a practicing physician, and yet, to try to prove his fealty to Trump, this physician voted in favor of appointing RKK Junior as Secretary of HHS!

But even though this physician voted in favor of Kennedy and Kennedy’s absolute bull shit non-medical experience, to please Trump, that was not enough loyalty.

A few last words. Cassidy has once again demonstrated that you owe your soul to Trump, and if you commit one iota of disparaging Trump, you lose, because Trump neither forgives nor forgets. And the Republican voters in Louisiana have proudly stated out loud that morals and values are not as important as HATRED!