Trump's Cabinet of horrors exposes his totalitarian drift

[blaze master]

2 hours ago, bubblegum said:

Lost of words how the right seems to be set on destroying their own country, or are you all really Russian bots?

 

Please educate us in the swift disappearing act of literally dozens of prominent left posters on here. 

[Cryingdick]

8 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Push come to shove the republican senators will have no backbone as usual. Maybe Gaetz and one other will be stopped but that's it.

 

 

No backbone would be them not confirming Trump's picks. They are the GOP not the dems. 

[jerrymahoney]

7 hours ago, frank83628 said:

12 hours ago, jerrymahoney said:

Seems that DJT's toughest critics on cabinet picks right now are Republican Senators.

RINOS

The following "RINOs" have expressed at least "reservations" about many of the current cabinet level picks:

 

Cramer ND
Ernst IA
Collins ME
Murkowski AK
Cornyn TX
Thune SD
Tills NC

Edited Sunday at 09:23 PM by jerrymahoney

[herfiehandbag]

"Trump's Cabinet of horrors exposes his totalitarian drift,"

 

Perhaps a bold attempt to shape a brave new approach to domestic government within his new administration?

 

Perhaps giving out jobs "for the boys" to pay back political and electoral debts?

 

Perhaps he just doesn't care, or has  thought through, that he is proposing a nonce and a nutter for two of the most consequential jobs in American government!

 

Then there is inventing a whole new job and government department for his new bestie Elon Musk?

 

That one's easy to understand, Musk has money, huge amounts of it! Mr Trump is defined by money.

Edited Sunday at 09:35 PM by herfiehandbag

[Yagoda]

5 hours ago, blaze master said:

 

Please educate us in the swift disappearing act of literally dozens of prominent left posters on here. 

Yeah and the ones that are left are still spewing the same insanity they did before their Obsession won.

 

Danderman, where are you? Still voting in the USA?

[blaze master]

10 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Yeah and the ones that are left are still spewing the same insanity they did before their Obsession won.

 

Danderman, where are you? Still voting in the USA?

 

He was so wrong so often.

[bubblegum]

Insults and more insults by the Trump brigade shows just how sick a big part of the US is.

 

[thaibeachlovers]

The OP should be afraid, very afraid. Trump probably reads this forum and has all the haters on a list. There will be a comfy bunk in a camp waiting for all of them.

 

Apparently I need to indicate this is sarcasm, as certain posters are devoid of a sense of humour.

[thaibeachlovers]

6 hours ago, blaze master said:

 

Please educate us in the swift disappearing act of literally dozens of prominent left posters on here. 

D man, where are you? I miss your comedy posts.

[bubblegum]

Conservative man lol

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

7 hours ago, pattayasan said:

 

I never called him guilty. I, like many others want to see the report into a potential AG. Some apparently are worried about what it may say.

 

There's too much  ducking and weaving aka smoke from the traitor Johnstone for there not to be some fire here. Others too are scrambling. Trump wants to skip senate confirmations. Talk about the mafia taking over government.

Apparently Trump winning has really "upset" your mind given by the posts you are making now.

[Yagoda]

14 minutes ago, bubblegum said:

Insults and more insults by the Trump brigade shows just how sick a big part of the US is.

 

Wow. LOL. You ARE living in your own world.

 

I dont think Donald Trump ever called Kamal supporters garbage, or deplorable, or bitter clingers, or nazis, or facists.

 

I dont think you can ever find an instance of Big Don insulting the electorate in such vile, disgusting and violent terms.

[Yagoda]

22 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

The OP should be afraid, very afraid. Trump probably reads this forum and has all the haters on a list. There will be a comfy bunk in a camp waiting for all of them.

 

Apparently I need to indicate this is sarcasm, as certain posters are devoid of a sense of humour.

I want a meme showing Trump with a crown and Elvis costume: The King is Back. Heads will EXPLODE.

 

The entire Leftist philosophy is like a Babylon Bee headline. That does not mean they arent dangerous. Folks used to make fun  of the National Socialists too.

Edited Sunday at 10:34 PM by Yagoda

[bubblegum]

4 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Wow. LOL. You ARE living in your own world.

 

I dont think Donald Trump ever called Kamal supporters garbage, or deplorable, or bitter clingers, or nazis, or facists.

 

I dont think you can ever find an instance of Big Don insulting the electorate in such vile, disgusting and violent terms.

Big Don 

 

 

[Yagoda]

1 minute ago, bubblegum said:

Big Don 

 

 

How many Kamala yard signs do you have left over hahahahah.

 

Isnt it time for you to lay off King Orange (because he WON by a landslide) and go back to terrorist supporting and America hating?

 

[Lacessit]

7 hours ago, dinsdale said:

"Kiddie fiddler" "child rapist". Wow! Some people. I know you're form on here but you really need to start considering your state mind. Apart from your questionable mental state 17 years old can hardly be called a kiddie fiddler, child rapist  now can it and to call someone this who has not been convicted of said crimes is pretty fkd.  

Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the expression "Where there's smoke, there's fire"

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[pattayasan]

Just now, Lacessit said:

Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the expression "Where there's smoke, there's fire"

 

Totally amazing the degree of denial going on about this bloke but heads are exploding when we want to see what they've got on him, if anything. LOL

[Lacessit]

17 minutes ago, pattayasan said:

 

Totally amazing the degree of denial going on about this bloke but heads are exploding when we want to see what they've got on him, if anything. LOL

IMO sitting on a report is as good as saying he's guilty.

[thaibeachlovers]

21 minutes ago, pattayasan said:

 

Totally amazing the degree of denial going on about this bloke but heads are exploding when we want to see what they've got on him, if anything. LOL

Yes heads are exploding, but Democrat heads, not GOP heads.

[pattayasan]

Just now, thaibeachlovers said:

Yes heads are exploding, but Democrat heads, not GOP heads.

 

Not in this thread.

[Jingthing]

Gaetz is probably the worst of this stinky bunch, but don't forget how horribly bad Tulsi Gabbard is. 

Put her in and western allies will stop sharing all or most of their intelligence secrets with the U.S. because with good grounds, they will see Gabbard as a Putin toady. 

The security of the U.S. will be greatly weakened if she's installed.

[Jingthing]

2 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Yes heads are exploding, but Democrat heads, not GOP heads.

You're wrong. Real GOP heads too. Maga cultists not.

[dinsdale]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the expression "Where there's smoke, there's fire"

.

I am well aware of the meaning of this proverb. There's likely a basis to a rumor. It can also be said to be an accusation or opinion with no basis other than speculation based on on a rumor/false allegation. It's also a saying that has absolutely zero basis in law. However there is also a saying that sht sticks. I'm sure you're aware of this one. It's when an innocent person who has been found not guilty and hence cleared of all charges is treated and continues to be treated as if guilty of all charges. 

Edited Sunday at 11:52 PM by dinsdale

[goatfarmer]

17 hours ago, mokwit said:

This is the opinion of a deluded mind. It is the totalitarianism of the Left with it's identity politics that lost it the election.

Indeed. Even the definition is off the wall hyperbole. Totalitarianism is a political system whereby the state controls everything: markets, press, speech, movement, work choice. The term is inapplicable to the US or any other democracy, and the US just proved the power of democracy.

[Presnock]

17 hours ago, simple1 said:

Totalitarianism seeks dominion over the individual to the point where individuality is erased. That’s what happened to the Republican Party. Individuals have looked the same, talked the same, acted the same and thought the same for a long time. (The men sometimes literally dress the same as Donald Trump, with a blue suit, a long red tie.) After the election, however, Republican behavior has finally been totalized.

 

Totalitarianism also seeks to dominate the individual’s mind by going to war against facts, reason, science and any useful meaning of the word “proof.” In normal times, pre-Trump, we could expect in the Senate a spirited debate over a president-elect’s cabinet nominations, beginning with whether they’re qualified. Such debate is going to be impossible now, because “being qualified” is a meaningless term.

 

Trump's Cabinet of horrors exposes his totalitarian drift | Opinion

totally agree.  I have read portions of the Projec 2025 - it is not a new proposal but one started 50 years ago by the Republicans to try to move the government back to a conservative state.  I agree that there is way too much waste, fraud, over manned and useless offices that would be better served (for the citizens) if the individual states took on those positions.  But, those people put in charge via the cabinet position must be well versed in the mission of said activity, but realize that currently the positions seemed to be given to those who actively supported Trump.  If the Congress goes along and all these folks are approved for their assignment, then IMHO we the citizens are &^*%$$$, possibly for the foreseeable future.  But, I hope all is not in vain and that most of the problem areas are fixed as they are really out of control at this time IMHO.  Good luck to all and enjoy cooler weather maybe but TIT so...

[G_Money]

2 hours ago, bubblegum said:

Insults and more insults by the Trump brigade shows just how sick a big part of the US is.

 

You’re not a U.S. Citizen.  Correct?

[G_Money]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Gaetz is probably the worst of this stinky bunch, but don't forget how horribly bad Tulsi Gabbard is. 

Put her in and western allies will stop sharing all or most of their intelligence secrets with the U.S. because with good grounds, they will see Gabbard as a Putin toady. 

The security of the U.S. will be greatly weakened if she's installed.

The U.S. is already as weak as it has been under the Biden administration.

 

The situation will change 180 commencing on January 25th, 2025 with Trump as your new Daddy.

 

[Walker88]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Gaetz is probably the worst of this stinky bunch, but don't forget how horribly bad Tulsi Gabbard is. 

Put her in and western allies will stop sharing all or most of their intelligence secrets with the U.S. because with good grounds, they will see Gabbard as a Putin toady. 

The security of the U.S. will be greatly weakened if she's installed.

I have two reasons for staying out of the US until the dust settles on the absolute disaster and real American carnage that will be 47.

 

One is that I'm not a fan of dictatorships, where anyone who criticizes the weak man is "deranged", an "enemy within", and will be the target of a "military tribunal" or alleged kiddie-diddler Gaetz' proxy retribution-ist (All nominees will be installed via recess appointments, so spineless Repubs need not fear a mean Tweet or being "primaried"). I also know the economy is going to collapse with an abject incompetent---the clown who inherited a growing economy and 4.8% UE and left his successful successor a Recession and 6.8% UE, who was the first POTUS since Hoover to leave office with fewer Americans working than when he entered, and who even before Covid produced the lowest GDP growth since the end of WWII, who at least had a few guardrails as 45, but will have none as 47---at the helm of the economic Titanic. On the plus side for his cult, there might be a couple of strawberry-picking jobs, at least in the early stages of the Administration, where their lack of education will not be an impediment to 'success' and the 'Merikan Dream. Get your Moonpies and RC Cola while you can!

 

The second reason is with the shutting down of the FBI (per Elon and Vivek, at the request of the crybaby who thinks he should be able to steal thousands of highly classified documents and pay no price) and with Tulsi as DNI, I know the intel community's best are leaving and bugging out of the US. The US WILL face a major terrorist attack in the next few years (I expect BOTH a dirty bomb and a bioterror weapon, as the combo of no US intel service of any skill, plus a total lack of liaison sharing makes the US an easy target), transnational crime will find a new home, kiddie diddlers and kiddieporn fans will have no FBI to stop them, serial killers---you know, great guys like Hannibal Lecter---will only have to fool donut-munching local cops, foreign intel services will recruit clandestine assets in every govt department, China and France will recruit clandestine assets in every cutting edge AI/quantum computing/materials science/etc. corporation, and drugs will flood in not over or under 52 miles of non-Mexican funded wall, but straight through the ports. Oh, and we'll be at war with Iran, because 45 wanted to do that before the 2020 election (and he wanted to attack China after he lost, per Gen Milley, as 45 assumed a war would allow him to declare an emergency and stay in power), and because 47 will not want to have a military under his command and NOT attack SOMEBODY, as he thinks that will make him less than the bloated, cowardly girlyman he is.

 

47 will blame Biden, MSNBC, Liz Cheney, Adam Schiff, George Soros, Taylor Swift, etc., and his House and Senate, along with his cult members in this Forum, will say "Nobody could have seen all this coming" (you know, like Covid, where he was warned by the agency as early as Nov 2019).

 

And most important, the people will have gotten that for which they asked. Yes, elections DO have consequences.

 

I'll be in my bugout location, sitting back and enjoying a case of '97 Biondi-Santi Brunello di Montalcino along with a heaping plate of schadenfreude.

 

Now all of his cult members here can come back in 4 years (if you are still alive, especially those on a USG pension who---if they still get it---will be paid in worthless USDs) and laugh at those of us who never drank the Kool-Aid and were never fooled either by painfully transparent 45/47 or Nigerian 419 scammers.

 

Remember, though, that he who laughs last, laughs best.

 

Danderman, wherever you are, I tip my glass to you! The cult, like the dinosaurs, simply could not see the asteroid coming.

[G_Money]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

IMO sitting on a report is as good as saying he's guilty.

As a foreigner you don’t understand how the justice system works in America,

 

Innocent until convicted guilty in a court of law.

 

Your version may work in your banana republic but not America.

[LosLobo]

1 hour ago, goatfarmer said:

Indeed. Even the definition is off the wall hyperbole. Totalitarianism is a political system whereby the state controls everything: markets, press, speech, movement, work choice. The term is inapplicable to the US or any other democracy, and the US just proved the power of democracy.

Totalitarianism isn’t solely state-controlled; it often involves a dictator wielding absolute power through the state.
 

Hitler's Third Reich was classic totalitarianism—fusing state control with his dictatorship to dominate media, education, the economy, and private life through propaganda and terror.
 

Oversimplifying democracy’s immunity ignores risks of authoritarian creep. Too much hyperbole, too little nuance.
 

Edited Monday at 01:16 AM by LosLobo