I had the same problem, but my prejudice decided for me. Anybody who can instantly prove that AOC is a stupid, ignorant blowhard has my vote, so it was Homan.
I agree it was a tough choice, however, as a veteran, I chose Hegseth. He will have to deal with a large number of arrogant and incompetent generals and career civilians who, not only oversaw our botched withdrawal in Afghanistan, but have tried to turn the military into a social justice experiment, and weakened every branch in terms of effectiveness.
The left acts like "rifs" have never happened but they actually have happened several times since WWII. Not sure axing general officers for their woke programs is in keeping with an actual "reduction in force" but close enough for me. Generals don't create policy, they enforce the policies of the C-i-C. Somewhere along the line, there became an overlap between the duties of general officers and political ideologies. I have known and worked for several General Officers in my time. I found the one and two stars sharp, quick, and professional. But above two stars, there was a mixed aura about them, like they were too far away from issues to actually understand them. No science to that, just my perception.
Senator Tuberville reveals that the US military has 44 four-star generals, each of them with a budget of $250M and each with 2000 employees. They're all fiefdoms - thanks to Obama, since he promoted the 'Perfumed Princes' and purged the warfighters. At DOD, take out the top few layers and scrape 'em into the garbage - both civilians and the bloated 'G' suite. It's time to put mandates in place that prevent any more of this social programing b.s. in the military.
AMEN! can you just imagine all of the current issues being solved quickly and by Highly Qualified Citizens that WE WOULD CHOOSE IF WE WERE THE ONE CHOOSING???? MIRACLES DO HAPPEN AND TRUMP IS OUR MIRACLE!!!!!!!!!
Yes! No tying shoes, wiping noses, putting on jackets and saying "push in your chair" all day long. More freedom, more projects, more of my funny stories they appreciate. I'm like the Johnny Carson/Rodney Dangerfield/Norm Macdonald of teachers. Or so my students say. Without the names. Just appreciating ME!Endless chuckles. Joyful learning is a thing.
Don't know about the bloodless part, when I was in fourth grade I gave plenty of my class mates bloody and broken noses.
When my boys were in grade school either I or my wife picked them up so we were in the classrooms at least once a week talking with the teachers.
Imagine our shock when at parent teacher conference we were told that our oldest boy wasn't fighting nearly as much as he'd been at the start of the year.
Why weren't we told sooner? Seems most of the kids he beat richly deserved it and all were older.
When the youngest reached 9th grade the principal told him that as long as he didn't start it he would be fine. He broke at least one arm. He earned his reputation long before though, and 9th was at a new school.
11/15/24: "Democrats in the Senate protest but they are as short-handed in Congress as Hezbollah members who answered their pagers." !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am most looking forward to two events in the next four years:
1. The day Chris Wray is arrested for his role in using the FBI to conduct illegal and unconstitutional attacks on Donald Trump and Matt Gaetz, and
2. The day Anthony Fauci is arrested, tried, and convicted of the greatest crime against humanity - bigger than the holocaust - and given the death penalty for his handling of the plandemic.
And Fauci giving up the $300 million he grifted in ‘patent royalties’ for all of the NIH patents they grifted from their Government jobs. And to go on trial live on CSPAN with a video of EACH beagle (w vocal cords surgically removed) that he staked out in African deserts to observe how sand flies killed them, funded by NIH grant of US taxpayer money.
And for the orphaned children who were experimented on and died during the AIDS epidemic. I read about it in RFK, Jr’s well-documented book about Fauci.
THANK YOU CACTUS MATT32, YOURS IS THE BEST POST OF THE DAY. WE WANT JUSTICE FOR MILLIONS MURDERED BY FAUCI AND FOR EVERY SINGLE INNOCENT DOG AND CAT THAT WAS EVISCERATED AND VIOLENTLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY ABUSED TO THEIR DEATHS. THIS IS WHAT FAUCI SHOULD EXPERIENCE. IT MAY NOT HAPPEN, BUT HE NEEDS TO PAY THE PRICE FOR BEING A BUTCHER OF INNOCENCE. I WANT THE NAMES OF THE OTHER SELF-APPOINTED BUTCHERS WHO WORKED FOR AND WITH FAUCI. THEY MUST ALL BE ROUNDED UP TO PAY THE PRICE FOR SUCH EVIL.
Of all the trials we the people have gone through since the beginning of the so called pandemic, I think that has done more psychological damage to everyone more than anything else I can name at this time.
I am becoming more and more convinced that we needed those 4 years of Biden, miserable as they have been, as a wakeup call to the country. To make everyone see the disastrous direction progressives had been taking us to pave the way for the true reformer Trump has become. It also gave him time to learn and plan accordingly. It almost seems like it was planned....hmmm.
They choose deceitful euphemisms for everything. So whatever they call it, it’s the opposite. How about Regressives?
I used to call them Utopian Elitists because they think they are smarter and better than the rest of us and they think they can usher in the perfect world. Only God will do that.
I truly thought that, given Biden’s weakness and obvious dementia and his woke administration, we would get hit by terrorists on our own soil and ultimately have been at the mercy of Putin, Xi, the mullahs, and every other bad actor on the planet. Perhaps the only thing that kept them at bay was their knowledge that they very well might have to deal with President Trump in the future.
Don't get too comfortable. I recommend reading Kurt Schlichter's book "The Attack" (on kindle) that he wrote post 10/7 and describes a 'fictional' 10/7-style attack happening on U.S. soil. In no way do I think we're out of the woods. Hopefully DJT will be able to root out the terrorist illegals before something major happens. But let's not forget that 9/11 only required slightly over a dozen people and we know there are 10s of 1000s of terrorist illegals currently in our country. YIKES.
THAT'S A LOT OF ICE CREAM AND SUN BATHING ON OUR DIME! HE WILL BE BUSY. JILL WILL BE BUSY PACKING AS MANY VALUABLES INTO HER 300 SUITCASES..... THE FBI WILLHAVE TO VISIT HER NEW ABODE, JUST LIKE THEY DID TO THE TRUMP FAMILY AT MARALAGO. TO CHECK OUT JILL'S UNDERWEAR OF COURSE.
I expect that to happen in Feb next yr. There are too many unaccompanied military aged men from countries that hate us for it not to happen. Plus then they can blame Trump and his Cabinet.
I never followed Q ANON but I knew ppl who did, and I vaguely recall that there was something there about DJT will lose in order for America to see the evil and incompetence of the leftist marxist demons.
He won because we did see the evil and responded. We may have time for the renewed intelligence service and military to act.
I’m all for bringing troops home to secure our own borders by any means necessary. And of course begin deportation of gangs and criminals. Anyone guilty of murdering an American citizen has to stay in prison here. No fence hopping again.
Those who watch Steve Bannon's War Room know that behind the scenes for the past 2 years, Trump supporters have been vetting people for the 4,000 positions that have to be filled in a new administration. They have them ready and have war-gamed all the ways the RINOs and Dems will try to obstruct the appointments and are prepared.
Last time only about 800 of Trump's nominations were confirmed during his 4 years. Deputies, Assistant Deputies, and thousands of other jobs requiring Senate approval that operate the agencies went unfilled so Obama's people could continue to run the shadow government.
"Ask yourself: what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is 'To save my country' THIS COUNTRY WILL BE SAVED.
How wonderful and fitting that God chose Trump for when we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Bannon is the closest thing we've seen to a patriot of the Revolutionary War. He needs to grow his hair out and wear a ponytail so he also looks the part.
I so agree about PDJT being our president during our 250th anniversary, I know it will be done right with him and his team/family in charge. I hope they don’t involve the NSD*AR in the planning and execution now that the Society accepts men with amended birth certificates. Not much chance of the womyn on their executive board wanting to work with any Trump people anyway.
Indeed. I’ve been watching War Room from the beginning. I laughed as Steve was giving background and endorsement for the Chief of Staff on the program when the breaking news announcement came that she had been appointed. Big Grin from Bannon.
Eagerly awaiting Trump naming somebody to investigate the Congress slush fund that has paid millions in settlements involving sexual harassment, discrimination, etc. It's time to illuminate just how much slime there is on Capitol Hill.
Here's another one. Every morning the stock market futures are published to show how the day may go for the stock market. Starting with Trump, when the futures markets are published, they should also publish a list of every insider stock transaction Congress is buying at the present time. Everyday. A full list with the name of the Congress member who made the insider purchase and how much they bought.
THANK YOU SHRUGGED!!!! GREAT IDEA THAT REALLY MUST BE STARTED AND ENFORCED! WE NEED TO KNOW! NO MORE 'PELOSI TACTIC' WHERE ALL THE SINS ARE HIDDEN AND PROTECTED!
The bullshit factor of the left's (and RINO's) ceaseless moaning and whining is best captured with the Eric Trump Tweet at the top of the article. There is no argument that can be formulated against any of Trump's cabinet picks that comes close to being as ludicrous as Biden's. And, where were these little bitty leftists when that happened over and over?
Crickets.
Dan Bongino (who I believe should lead the Secret Service) said throughout Trump's campaign that elections are about "Sound bytes and snapshots" because they have immediate and lasting impact that doesn't fade. I will humbly extend Bongino's logic from the campaign to the establishment of the new administration. We need endless tweets like Eric Trump's to denigrate the Washington DC of the past. We need memes . . . . . more memes. More snapshots and sound bytes exposing the lunatic left as they crafted it.
Elon and Vivek are dead serious about the formation of DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency (darn, I love a good inside joke). How serious? Take the time to read this article: https://open.substack.com/pub/boriquagato/p/dear-washington-dc?r=17kxd0&utm_medium=ios. Their X account has already posted for these people to apply for a position. If this is true, and I don’t doubt that it is, we are going to witness the greatest take down of a bureaucracy ever seen.
They have no authority to do anything but advise. They may well reveal the depth of waste and redundancy in the bureaucracies, but Trump will have to wage a political war with both parties in Congress, the agencies he hopes to streamline, the courts, the MSM, and about half the voters—who already detest him. It will make the last four years seem like a trip to Disneyland.
Remember, we have both Houses. The biggest hurdle will be a major portion of the GOP. How many of them have you heard express true anticipation for cutting spending?
But they will expose the problems just like exposing fake news and censorship. If the job was easy, it would have already been done. Don't underestimate the Trumpster and his team. They've been aware of the issues for a long time.
Yes, the exposure alone is going to be very powerful. And, it isn't just a "nice thing" to cut government waste and excess, we actually are under pressure that if we don't, we face economic collapse. Elon and Vivek need to help Americans realize what is coming if we DON'T get our financial house in order.
We have been facing the threat of Venezuelan-level economic collapse, starvation, and so on. Venezuela was the richest country in South America, but it took only 5 years under a Marxist government to destroy it. Under Biden, we have been 3-1/2+ years into a Marxist government, with time running out.
We have been heading into a brick wall, with growing inflation and the potentially catastrophic devaluing of the dollar; AND the crushing burden of $36 trillion in debt--bills we've already failed to pay and issued IOU's on (i.e., debt). PLUS, the REAL, ADDITIONAL debt number of $220 trillion more-- of bills we've already COMMITTED to pay in the future but have no money set aside for-- our current "unfunded liabilities". See the figures on the bottom line of the US Debt Clock chart, in the lower right-hand corner. https://www.usdebtclock.org/. Total current AND unfunded debt is $256 trillion.
We need to take the chain saw to government spending, and FAST.
True, Trump must make the ultimate decisions. I doubt he will buck much of what they suggest. His authority is pretty broad. He can get rid of all the leadership because they are all appointed. If he eliminates certain functions of a department they become eligible for whatever processes exist in jettisoning surplus employees. If there is no work, you don't need people. I believe 7 of the 10 richest counties in the USA surround DC. We need to move that to zero. Some departments may require congressional action, but it doesn't need he has to staff them with too many people.
What goes around comes around, in spades. Trump’s Cabinet is not just the A Team, it’s PG: Pure Genius. Trump’s also reportedly spending a lot of time talking with world leaders. He may have half the world’s problems solved by the time he takes office.
I loved watching Homan "handle" AOC. When brains and backbone meet mush heads it is bad for the mush heads. When that woman open’s her mouth her brains fall out. Furthermore she is too dumb to know she was made out to be a fool.
Trump is not filling his cabinet with tokens. He is filling it with people who will do the job. I didn’t even know Tulsi was Samoan.
I also voted for Hegseth, because his appointment (and strong serious leadership) will encourage men with testosterone to start enlisting in the armed forces again.
Trump knows the score this time around. The first time he got rolled by DC insiders who wanted to preserve the status quo. Also the country has had enough of an 8 year long Democrat temper tantrum. Even some Democrats are sick of it. I read an article yesterday that said the reason a lot of the youngest voters supported Trump is because they want a return to normalcy. The Democrat indoctrination putsch seems not to be working on everybody in school. Some kids are sensible enough to recognize crazy when they see it. This gives me hope.
Some in the Senate may try and stymie Trump, but they have nowhere to run. If they make life difficult, then we’ll send them home in two years. The RINOs are now outnumbered and out gunned financially. As long as Trump and Musk see eye to eye it’s going to be hard for the old guard GOP to financially strangle individual representatives who are MAGA. Musk has seen the damage that Commies have wrought in his native South Africa. He doesn’t want a replay here.
I hope Trump appoints Howard Lutnik to Treasury. He’s a super sharp guy, and a mensch. The money, people. We need to fix the money. That’s what will give our movement long legs. All this stuff needs to happen quickly, so the Deep State can’t slow walk it. When American don’t feel broke, and the garbage dump called Washington,DC has been reclaimed and planted with the flowers of MAGA, this country will return to being amazing. 🇺🇸✌🏻
I suspect that the RINOs + Dhimmis = a majority. As they are all primarily about self preservation, our leaders must “keep up the scare.” Keep the shock and awe pouring down on them. Don’t give them time to take a breath or organize a thought. It appears that is Trump Team’s strategy.
The Sec'y of Treasury appt will hopefully come soon. Scott Bessent is another good choice for that role.
The appts so far show both excellent planning and a grasp of what the voters want--CHANGE, an end to corruption and subverting the core mission of orgs like DOD (and others). Voters seem to have finally twigged to the violent extremism of the Leftist project and its anti-constitutional practices
I wonder why anyone thinks Hegseth is less qualified than Robert McNamara, the longest serving Secretary of Defense, who gave the world the Ford Falcon and the Vietnam War? OK, that's a sarcastic, Cliff's Notes summary of his record, but according to Wiki, "McNamara told Kennedy that he didn't know anything about government, to which Kennedy replied: "We can learn our jobs together. I don't know how to be president either." Hegseth has more military experience than McNamara and has demonstrated an understanding of the threats facing the US today, from without and within the Pentagon. He's an excellent choice.
Hopefully Trump’s cabinet picks will also have a preemptory effect: deep-staters and other fat-cat bureaucrats will see the writing on the wall and bail before inauguration. More problems solved!
I was torn between Hegseth and Homan in the poll. Both
I had the same problem, but my prejudice decided for me. Anybody who can instantly prove that AOC is a stupid, ignorant blowhard has my vote, so it was Homan.
He was brilliant in that hearing
He was also excellent on that 60 Minutes interview.
Is that show still on?
They just need to change the name to sixty wasted minutes.
I guess it is for now. I saw a clip online somewhere.
LOL
It's the science, right? She is certifiable and should be required to have a USDA stamp on her head noting so.
I agree it was a tough choice, however, as a veteran, I chose Hegseth. He will have to deal with a large number of arrogant and incompetent generals and career civilians who, not only oversaw our botched withdrawal in Afghanistan, but have tried to turn the military into a social justice experiment, and weakened every branch in terms of effectiveness.
The left acts like "rifs" have never happened but they actually have happened several times since WWII. Not sure axing general officers for their woke programs is in keeping with an actual "reduction in force" but close enough for me. Generals don't create policy, they enforce the policies of the C-i-C. Somewhere along the line, there became an overlap between the duties of general officers and political ideologies. I have known and worked for several General Officers in my time. I found the one and two stars sharp, quick, and professional. But above two stars, there was a mixed aura about them, like they were too far away from issues to actually understand them. No science to that, just my perception.
Obama’s reign over the military went after the Officer Corps and got rid of anyone having warrior tendencies. Biden kicked it into high gear.
thank you for the great comment; I love you insight on matters such as these. We need to hear these opinions!
Senator Tuberville reveals that the US military has 44 four-star generals, each of them with a budget of $250M and each with 2000 employees. They're all fiefdoms - thanks to Obama, since he promoted the 'Perfumed Princes' and purged the warfighters. At DOD, take out the top few layers and scrape 'em into the garbage - both civilians and the bloated 'G' suite. It's time to put mandates in place that prevent any more of this social programing b.s. in the military.
Way too many Generals. Start with the Air Force 171, Navy 198, Army 231, Space Force 21. All kingdoms within.
HEGSETH HAS OUR UNDIVIDED VOTE OF CONFIDENCE. WHATEVER HE DOES WILL BE THE RIGHT THING! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
I was too but went for Homan because illegal immigration and open borders are at the root of many of the problems we’re facing today.
AMEN! can you just imagine all of the current issues being solved quickly and by Highly Qualified Citizens that WE WOULD CHOOSE IF WE WERE THE ONE CHOOSING???? MIRACLES DO HAPPEN AND TRUMP IS OUR MIRACLE!!!!!!!!!
All.
Second that Redd.
Damn right.
As a teacher of 4th graders, I am always happily stunned at the power of recess. Lol. But seriously.
10 year olds. Who can beat them at meting justice to their peers on the playground? Without blood or tears. What a great age.
Yes! No tying shoes, wiping noses, putting on jackets and saying "push in your chair" all day long. More freedom, more projects, more of my funny stories they appreciate. I'm like the Johnny Carson/Rodney Dangerfield/Norm Macdonald of teachers. Or so my students say. Without the names. Just appreciating ME!Endless chuckles. Joyful learning is a thing.
Don't know about the bloodless part, when I was in fourth grade I gave plenty of my class mates bloody and broken noses.
When my boys were in grade school either I or my wife picked them up so we were in the classrooms at least once a week talking with the teachers.
Imagine our shock when at parent teacher conference we were told that our oldest boy wasn't fighting nearly as much as he'd been at the start of the year.
Why weren't we told sooner? Seems most of the kids he beat richly deserved it and all were older.
When the youngest reached 9th grade the principal told him that as long as he didn't start it he would be fine. He broke at least one arm. He earned his reputation long before though, and 9th was at a new school.
👍♥️
11/15/24: "Democrats in the Senate protest but they are as short-handed in Congress as Hezbollah members who answered their pagers." !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Recess to you and America.
Amen
I am most looking forward to two events in the next four years:
1. The day Chris Wray is arrested for his role in using the FBI to conduct illegal and unconstitutional attacks on Donald Trump and Matt Gaetz, and
2. The day Anthony Fauci is arrested, tried, and convicted of the greatest crime against humanity - bigger than the holocaust - and given the death penalty for his handling of the plandemic.
And Fauci giving up the $300 million he grifted in ‘patent royalties’ for all of the NIH patents they grifted from their Government jobs. And to go on trial live on CSPAN with a video of EACH beagle (w vocal cords surgically removed) that he staked out in African deserts to observe how sand flies killed them, funded by NIH grant of US taxpayer money.
Fauci needs to be hung from a tree and beaten like a pinata.
Bringing back public hangings would do wonders to curtail crime.
I am a huge proponent of public firing squads...watch crime stats go down in no time.
I AGREEE 100%! THOSE NEEDEING TO BE ROUNDED UP MIGHT JUST LEAVE ON THEIR OWN.
Sounds impractical. He would swing too much, due to a lack of weight.
Now that's funny......
THAT IS OK WITH ME. LOVE, GRANDMA
PRESIDENT TRUMP, PLEASE BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY. THIS WOULD ALTER MANY ONGOING PROBLEMS IN EVERY COMMUNITY.
And giving up his $15 mil a yr in taxpayer security. We dont need be protecting his butt better than former Presidents.
And for the orphaned children who were experimented on and died during the AIDS epidemic. I read about it in RFK, Jr’s well-documented book about Fauci.
FAUCI MUST RECEIVE THE SEVEREST PUNISHMENT.
Going live on CSPAN certainly meets the "snapshots and sound bytes" rule of messaging in Trump's administration.
THANK YOU CACTUS MATT32, YOURS IS THE BEST POST OF THE DAY. WE WANT JUSTICE FOR MILLIONS MURDERED BY FAUCI AND FOR EVERY SINGLE INNOCENT DOG AND CAT THAT WAS EVISCERATED AND VIOLENTLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY ABUSED TO THEIR DEATHS. THIS IS WHAT FAUCI SHOULD EXPERIENCE. IT MAY NOT HAPPEN, BUT HE NEEDS TO PAY THE PRICE FOR BEING A BUTCHER OF INNOCENCE. I WANT THE NAMES OF THE OTHER SELF-APPOINTED BUTCHERS WHO WORKED FOR AND WITH FAUCI. THEY MUST ALL BE ROUNDED UP TO PAY THE PRICE FOR SUCH EVIL.
Don’t forget Merrick Garland!
Merrick Garland needs to be put behind bars where he never sees the light of day for the rest of hi life.
Yes, for sure.
Perhaps we should all put our heads together as loyal readers of Don's substack and formulate an exhaustive list: Justice needing to be served.
YES YES YES!!!!!
Chris Wray needs to be kicked in the nuts by a mule, until the warm smirk is wiped off his face.
Oh my yes. His smirking while telling Congress he cant answer those questions just ran through me.
HE IS TRULY EVIL AND KNOWS IT.
"Smirk" is the word alright. So obvious. The first time I saw a picture of him, he had a smirk on his face, and I knew in my gut he was a bad pick.
LOL
Hang Fauci in the public square, and tell victims of his bullshit to bring a baseball bat.
Don't forget the scarf queen. She's hoping we'll forget about her.
She hasnt said anything in a good long while has she?
And every nickel of his net worth's taken away.
Of all the trials we the people have gone through since the beginning of the so called pandemic, I think that has done more psychological damage to everyone more than anything else I can name at this time.
plus all the children who lost so much time learning with schools closed and being able to speak and hear properly with those damn masks
We can dream.
Also, dont forget his wife was in charge of overseeing the ethics of his departments either.
AMEN AND AMEN! THANK YO SHRUGGED! I BELIEVE WE WILL SEE THESE TWO DAYS COME TO PASS!
I am becoming more and more convinced that we needed those 4 years of Biden, miserable as they have been, as a wakeup call to the country. To make everyone see the disastrous direction progressives had been taking us to pave the way for the true reformer Trump has become. It also gave him time to learn and plan accordingly. It almost seems like it was planned....hmmm.
The only quibble I have with that is that deceitful euphemism, "Progressives". They stand for progress about as much as Attila the Hun.
Agree! WE MUST STOP USING THEIR DECEITFUL LANGUAGE. It’s Orwellian.
They choose deceitful euphemisms for everything. So whatever they call it, it’s the opposite. How about Regressives?
I used to call them Utopian Elitists because they think they are smarter and better than the rest of us and they think they can usher in the perfect world. Only God will do that.
Yes, I’ve always called them Regressive’s.
PERFECT.
Hitler progressed toward Poland.
I truly thought that, given Biden’s weakness and obvious dementia and his woke administration, we would get hit by terrorists on our own soil and ultimately have been at the mercy of Putin, Xi, the mullahs, and every other bad actor on the planet. Perhaps the only thing that kept them at bay was their knowledge that they very well might have to deal with President Trump in the future.
Don't get too comfortable. I recommend reading Kurt Schlichter's book "The Attack" (on kindle) that he wrote post 10/7 and describes a 'fictional' 10/7-style attack happening on U.S. soil. In no way do I think we're out of the woods. Hopefully DJT will be able to root out the terrorist illegals before something major happens. But let's not forget that 9/11 only required slightly over a dozen people and we know there are 10s of 1000s of terrorist illegals currently in our country. YIKES.
Also remember Biden is still President until Jan 20th.
THAT'S A LOT OF ICE CREAM AND SUN BATHING ON OUR DIME! HE WILL BE BUSY. JILL WILL BE BUSY PACKING AS MANY VALUABLES INTO HER 300 SUITCASES..... THE FBI WILLHAVE TO VISIT HER NEW ABODE, JUST LIKE THEY DID TO THE TRUMP FAMILY AT MARALAGO. TO CHECK OUT JILL'S UNDERWEAR OF COURSE.
THE WAR IS NOT OVER. TRUMP IS JUST GETGTING STARTED AND HAS SOME MOST EXCELLENT HELP!
We are not all the way home, yet.
I expect that to happen in Feb next yr. There are too many unaccompanied military aged men from countries that hate us for it not to happen. Plus then they can blame Trump and his Cabinet.
EXACTLY, I BELIEVE THE WORLD IS AFRAID OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT HE IS AIMING HIS SLEDGE HAMMER AT ALL OF THEM!
No kinetic action until after the inauguration.
Sometimes ya gotta hit bottom before you can get better. Even Ray Charles can see the Progressives have screwed the pooch.
I never followed Q ANON but I knew ppl who did, and I vaguely recall that there was something there about DJT will lose in order for America to see the evil and incompetence of the leftist marxist demons.
He won because we did see the evil and responded. We may have time for the renewed intelligence service and military to act.
I’m all for bringing troops home to secure our own borders by any means necessary. And of course begin deportation of gangs and criminals. Anyone guilty of murdering an American citizen has to stay in prison here. No fence hopping again.
There is some real truth to that, Susan Webber.
Part of Divine Interference. God’s plan and timing always work better than anything we can dream up.
INTERESTING... THANK YOU SUSAN.
Those who watch Steve Bannon's War Room know that behind the scenes for the past 2 years, Trump supporters have been vetting people for the 4,000 positions that have to be filled in a new administration. They have them ready and have war-gamed all the ways the RINOs and Dems will try to obstruct the appointments and are prepared.
Last time only about 800 of Trump's nominations were confirmed during his 4 years. Deputies, Assistant Deputies, and thousands of other jobs requiring Senate approval that operate the agencies went unfilled so Obama's people could continue to run the shadow government.
"Ask yourself: what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is 'To save my country' THIS COUNTRY WILL BE SAVED.
How wonderful and fitting that God chose Trump for when we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Bannon is the closest thing we've seen to a patriot of the Revolutionary War. He needs to grow his hair out and wear a ponytail so he also looks the part.
GOD BLESS HIM, HE HAS DONE THE REAL WORK AND PAID THE REAL PRICE FOR ALL OF US. WE HONOR AND CHERISH STEVE BANNON, AMERICIAN PATRIOT AND HERO!
Amen, PT. Thank you.
I so agree about PDJT being our president during our 250th anniversary, I know it will be done right with him and his team/family in charge. I hope they don’t involve the NSD*AR in the planning and execution now that the Society accepts men with amended birth certificates. Not much chance of the womyn on their executive board wanting to work with any Trump people anyway.
Good time for terrorists to stage an attack and ruin the celebration.
That's a good reason to get the deportations of illegals going, pronto. Deportations won't end the threat, but would reduce it.
WILL THERE BE REWARDS FOR US IF WE TAKE ONE DOWN OR BRING ONE IN? I LIKE THE 'WANTED POSTER: DEAD OR ALIVE.... OH YES, CAUSE THAT WAS MY IDEA.?
LOL..
NAH. THEY DO NOT WANT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT VANCE TO COMER AFTER THEM!
Indeed. I’ve been watching War Room from the beginning. I laughed as Steve was giving background and endorsement for the Chief of Staff on the program when the breaking news announcement came that she had been appointed. Big Grin from Bannon.
Amen, PT. Thank you I did not know that
AMEN.
Eagerly awaiting Trump naming somebody to investigate the Congress slush fund that has paid millions in settlements involving sexual harassment, discrimination, etc. It's time to illuminate just how much slime there is on Capitol Hill.
I really like that idea.
Here's another one. Every morning the stock market futures are published to show how the day may go for the stock market. Starting with Trump, when the futures markets are published, they should also publish a list of every insider stock transaction Congress is buying at the present time. Everyday. A full list with the name of the Congress member who made the insider purchase and how much they bought.
THANK YOU SHRUGGED!!!! GREAT IDEA THAT REALLY MUST BE STARTED AND ENFORCED! WE NEED TO KNOW! NO MORE 'PELOSI TACTIC' WHERE ALL THE SINS ARE HIDDEN AND PROTECTED!
The bullshit factor of the left's (and RINO's) ceaseless moaning and whining is best captured with the Eric Trump Tweet at the top of the article. There is no argument that can be formulated against any of Trump's cabinet picks that comes close to being as ludicrous as Biden's. And, where were these little bitty leftists when that happened over and over?
Crickets.
Dan Bongino (who I believe should lead the Secret Service) said throughout Trump's campaign that elections are about "Sound bytes and snapshots" because they have immediate and lasting impact that doesn't fade. I will humbly extend Bongino's logic from the campaign to the establishment of the new administration. We need endless tweets like Eric Trump's to denigrate the Washington DC of the past. We need memes . . . . . more memes. More snapshots and sound bytes exposing the lunatic left as they crafted it.
Elon and Vivek are dead serious about the formation of DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency (darn, I love a good inside joke). How serious? Take the time to read this article: https://open.substack.com/pub/boriquagato/p/dear-washington-dc?r=17kxd0&utm_medium=ios. Their X account has already posted for these people to apply for a position. If this is true, and I don’t doubt that it is, we are going to witness the greatest take down of a bureaucracy ever seen.
They have no authority to do anything but advise. They may well reveal the depth of waste and redundancy in the bureaucracies, but Trump will have to wage a political war with both parties in Congress, the agencies he hopes to streamline, the courts, the MSM, and about half the voters—who already detest him. It will make the last four years seem like a trip to Disneyland.
Remember, we have both Houses. The biggest hurdle will be a major portion of the GOP. How many of them have you heard express true anticipation for cutting spending?
We have both Houses in name only. The margin is close and we have way too many squishes that call themselves Republicans.
Zackly.
But they will expose the problems just like exposing fake news and censorship. If the job was easy, it would have already been done. Don't underestimate the Trumpster and his team. They've been aware of the issues for a long time.
Yes, the exposure alone is going to be very powerful. And, it isn't just a "nice thing" to cut government waste and excess, we actually are under pressure that if we don't, we face economic collapse. Elon and Vivek need to help Americans realize what is coming if we DON'T get our financial house in order.
We have been facing the threat of Venezuelan-level economic collapse, starvation, and so on. Venezuela was the richest country in South America, but it took only 5 years under a Marxist government to destroy it. Under Biden, we have been 3-1/2+ years into a Marxist government, with time running out.
We have been heading into a brick wall, with growing inflation and the potentially catastrophic devaluing of the dollar; AND the crushing burden of $36 trillion in debt--bills we've already failed to pay and issued IOU's on (i.e., debt). PLUS, the REAL, ADDITIONAL debt number of $220 trillion more-- of bills we've already COMMITTED to pay in the future but have no money set aside for-- our current "unfunded liabilities". See the figures on the bottom line of the US Debt Clock chart, in the lower right-hand corner. https://www.usdebtclock.org/. Total current AND unfunded debt is $256 trillion.
We need to take the chain saw to government spending, and FAST.
yet Biden seems to have a bottomless pot of gold to commit billions more to the losing war in Ukraine - he's such a generous old creep!
True, Trump must make the ultimate decisions. I doubt he will buck much of what they suggest. His authority is pretty broad. He can get rid of all the leadership because they are all appointed. If he eliminates certain functions of a department they become eligible for whatever processes exist in jettisoning surplus employees. If there is no work, you don't need people. I believe 7 of the 10 richest counties in the USA surround DC. We need to move that to zero. Some departments may require congressional action, but it doesn't need he has to staff them with too many people.
Trump can fire at will.
Sarcasm is the highest form of intelligence, Sir.
What goes around comes around, in spades. Trump’s Cabinet is not just the A Team, it’s PG: Pure Genius. Trump’s also reportedly spending a lot of time talking with world leaders. He may have half the world’s problems solved by the time he takes office.
I agree with you, Sir.
Great column! Thanks for the boost going into the weekend!
I loved watching Homan "handle" AOC. When brains and backbone meet mush heads it is bad for the mush heads. When that woman open’s her mouth her brains fall out. Furthermore she is too dumb to know she was made out to be a fool.
Trump is not filling his cabinet with tokens. He is filling it with people who will do the job. I didn’t even know Tulsi was Samoan.
I also voted for Hegseth, because his appointment (and strong serious leadership) will encourage men with testosterone to start enlisting in the armed forces again.
Good. We need them to rebuild a serious military.
Trump knows the score this time around. The first time he got rolled by DC insiders who wanted to preserve the status quo. Also the country has had enough of an 8 year long Democrat temper tantrum. Even some Democrats are sick of it. I read an article yesterday that said the reason a lot of the youngest voters supported Trump is because they want a return to normalcy. The Democrat indoctrination putsch seems not to be working on everybody in school. Some kids are sensible enough to recognize crazy when they see it. This gives me hope.
Some in the Senate may try and stymie Trump, but they have nowhere to run. If they make life difficult, then we’ll send them home in two years. The RINOs are now outnumbered and out gunned financially. As long as Trump and Musk see eye to eye it’s going to be hard for the old guard GOP to financially strangle individual representatives who are MAGA. Musk has seen the damage that Commies have wrought in his native South Africa. He doesn’t want a replay here.
I hope Trump appoints Howard Lutnik to Treasury. He’s a super sharp guy, and a mensch. The money, people. We need to fix the money. That’s what will give our movement long legs. All this stuff needs to happen quickly, so the Deep State can’t slow walk it. When American don’t feel broke, and the garbage dump called Washington,DC has been reclaimed and planted with the flowers of MAGA, this country will return to being amazing. 🇺🇸✌🏻
I suspect that the RINOs + Dhimmis = a majority. As they are all primarily about self preservation, our leaders must “keep up the scare.” Keep the shock and awe pouring down on them. Don’t give them time to take a breath or organize a thought. It appears that is Trump Team’s strategy.
The Sec'y of Treasury appt will hopefully come soon. Scott Bessent is another good choice for that role.
The appts so far show both excellent planning and a grasp of what the voters want--CHANGE, an end to corruption and subverting the core mission of orgs like DOD (and others). Voters seem to have finally twigged to the violent extremism of the Leftist project and its anti-constitutional practices
I wonder why anyone thinks Hegseth is less qualified than Robert McNamara, the longest serving Secretary of Defense, who gave the world the Ford Falcon and the Vietnam War? OK, that's a sarcastic, Cliff's Notes summary of his record, but according to Wiki, "McNamara told Kennedy that he didn't know anything about government, to which Kennedy replied: "We can learn our jobs together. I don't know how to be president either." Hegseth has more military experience than McNamara and has demonstrated an understanding of the threats facing the US today, from without and within the Pentagon. He's an excellent choice.
Falcon was a good car and helped birth the Mustang
Didn't mean to sound dismissive of the Falcon. My best friend in high school had one and let me drive it before I had my license. It was a cool car.
The Falcon was my first car, high school graduation gift from my mother. Unfortunately a stick shift which I didn't know how to drive
Hopefully Trump’s cabinet picks will also have a preemptory effect: deep-staters and other fat-cat bureaucrats will see the writing on the wall and bail before inauguration. More problems solved!