Some revelations are plain discouraging. My back of the envelope calculations indicate that I am far more likely to die in a plane accident than I am to win lotto. Perhaps if I play lotto more often and travel by plane less frequently?
Additionally, it seems that there is a non-zero chance that I may have to take part in a secret US war-cabinet meeting with Pete Hegseth. Fair enough. I can live with that. But it does mean that I probably need to brush-up on my knowledge of international war zones and weaponry. Ah well. There goes my weekend.
Now don’t get me wrong, I am fully in favour of the idea of including a random stranger in every US National Security Council meeting. Trump said he was going to give the government back to the people and I think this is a great first step. Moreover, since ‘we the people’ are now fully in charge, it only makes sense that everyone on the globe now has a security clearance.
Plus, including random individuals in meetings at the highest levels, especially war planning meetings, can only serve to broaden and deepen the skills base at the table. Why just soldiers, spies, analysts, and politicians? Who knows what special skills a hairdresser or a taxi driver might bring to such a discussion.
Sacking the entire US government workforce did seem a drastic move. It certainly put the cat among the journalistic pigeons. But it seems that things have turned around. Ever since the government began suing all the big news agencies throughout the country and across the world, all I have seen is good news. Especially on Fox and Friends. The instructions they provide on how we need to run our country are so wonderfully clear and easy for us Aussies to understand. It makes running an independent country like Australia so much easier. Also, their long headline report this morning about ‘how everything is unfolding as it should’ was especially heartening. Every MAGA supporter who owns a large corporation that was interviewed sounded very enthusiastic. Apparently, the government ‘getting out of the way’ and allowing ‘the capitalistic human spirit to burst forth’ has worked a treat.
So, while the actual citizenry might not be doing too flash, everyone else is deliriously happy. It’s official! (Nobody was really using the stock market anyway. And there are always riots at this time of year.)
It all seems to be part of the current push by the US government to move to a part-time, amateur status. It’s a radical shift, but the yanks voted for it and I am sure they’ll shake the bugs out of their new system very soon. Or at least relatively soon. Using a geological time frame might be comforting.
Anyway, a short recession, a medium length depression, then voila; all the survivors will be living on easy street. Or maybe renting? It’s hard to say at this stage. The precise details are still being hammered out.
And yes, while it might not appear be the best plan, or even a sensible one, it is the one that the US has adopted, which is all that we here in Aus really need to know. After all, being a democracy is not easy. It means having to do exactly what the US tells us to do, all the time. Which can be a pain. But we do have to follow tradition. Why this is the case is one of those unanswerable questions. Like, how long is a piece of string? Or, how much should a billionaire earn? Questions that are way above our pay grade.
Get back to work!
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I don't know about easy street, but most will be living on the streets.
As long as The Trumpster gets his cut and stuffed brown envelopes he really doesn't give shit about the little people except as a useful source of cash with his continual grifting.
Mob Boss T-rump said he doesn't know anything about it. Which sums him up neatly.
I think it is so Trumpian that when he finds out that the Atlantic, editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was accidentally invited into a Signal chat group with more than a dozen senior Trump administration officials including Vice-President JD Vance, the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, national security adviser, Mike Waltz, secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, and others, Trumps response was :
“I’m not a big fan of The Atlantic. To me, it’s a magazine that’s going out of business. I think it’s not much of a magazine, but I know nothing about it.”
His days of wine, roses and golf wont last long!
The Donald winds up his rubber spine in preparation for more backflips:
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5211151-trump-reciprocal-tariffs-exemptions/
Terry,
The Orange Emperor is saying that he knew nothing about it and being as clueless as he is it may be the truth, at least as he sees it. The royal crack licking sycophants are probably more than a little scared at the possible backlash from The Donald.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5211142-trump-atlantic-journalist-war-plan-text/
History is a great teacher. Reading the book A small town in Ukraine, by Bernard Wasserstien, a family history of the author as he explores his family and cultural roots.
He is Jewish, the family suffered under repeated pogroms and antisemitic policies during the late 1800's and early 1900's.
He tells the story of the only time his grand father was heard making a political statement, regarding the time Hitler became chancellor... "They had just heard the news. Berl commented, 'This is very good.' Beinish said 'What nonsense are you talking?'' The answer was: Well, you see, now that he is there, in six months he'll make himself so ridiculous that it will be all over.'"
Similar commentary is about regarding Trump, and may well prove just as wrong. Hitler too came to power in a democratic election, he remained in power far longer than the legal process allowed by making himself both Chancellor and President. Trump has visions of being President for life, and with the corruption of the democratic system in the USA, he may well achieve that aim.
A friend who has recently returned from living in the US for 25 years is optimistic that the mid term elections will shift the balance of power in the Congress, but having stacked the court system and a distrust of the voting system, any unfavourable result will be challenged and Republican sycophants will continue to control the congress, and Trump may be president for life, even if he is put on a medical life support system until Don Jnr is ready to take control.
I did read an optimistic post somewhere which had a count down to 20 January 2029 when the new President is to be sworn in...... I think some one may have been dreaming.
I hope I am wrong.