This is our newest kettle of fish. It seems Trump’s advisors aren’t doing him any favors, according to a senator. There’s trouble ahead if the Democrats at least take the House in midterms. We’ll block Trump’s world. Everything will be at a standstill for two long years. Trump’s advisors are going to need to do some actual work. It may be too late. My compliments to Raw Story:
If Donald Trump doesn’t make radical changes to his inner circle soon, he will be trapped in a living hell during the last two years of his administration. That is the opinion of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), given in a surprisingly candid interview with Politico in which he revealed he has a better relationship with the president than it appears on the surface. Speaking with Politico’s Jordain Carney, Tillis said he wants Trump to succeed at pushing forward conservative principles, but that his close aides are undermining him with poor advice — setting the president up for a fall.
Well. That’s very interesting. Apparently, Senator Tillis has paid attention in meetings. This information came from a Republican. He’s someone who has been pushing back against Trump. But he still supports him. That’s unsettling. It seems that Tillis might be falling in line. That’s a pity. We learned a lot from him. He was outspoken in a Congress of Republican cowards. The rose-colored glasses have come off and been shattered. Damn.
In particular, the North Carolina Republican, who is retiring, pointed the finger at Trump insider Stephen Miller and former Fox News personality turned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “You’ve mentioned Stephen Miller by name before, but are there other advisers that you are thinking of?” he was asked. “I think Hegseth is largely responsible for why we’re in this. ‘Are we in a war? Are we not in a war? Are we in a cease-fire? Are we not in a cease-fire? Do we have a deal? Do we not have a deal? Are they going to have nuclear capabilities? Are they not going to?’ All of that I’ll lay at the feet of Pete Hegseth and his incompetence.”
Gosh and golly gee, someone on Capitol Hill noticed. Hegseth is an imbecile. He probably learned his tactics from the video game he used for his “morale boosters and to try to get people to join”. They were horrible. Hegseth is horrible. Will Trump ever put someone with actual experience and knowledge in his place? Unlikely, but we can hope. Hegseth is dragging Trump down. We’re in a war no one in America wanted, and they can’t admit they lost the war because it would reflect badly on them. We’re in this strange situation, and there’s no way to save face and get out of it.
Then he went on to lambast others in Trump’s inner circle for their approach to the upcoming midterms. “I believe that there are people in the White House who couldn’t care less about what happens in November, and that goes to show you how stupid they are,” he said. “Because if they don’t get Republicans reelected, they’re going to create the most miserable two years of this president’s life, beginning in 2027. And they will just surf on to something else, saying, ‘Sorry, boss, didn’t see that coming,’ and they’ll just surf off to somebody else to be a parasite on in the future in their little political roles without any accountability whatsoever.”
He is absolutely right, and it may start with Hegseth. We can see all of his advisors, and they don’t care about actually doing anything, although they may talk a good game. The only one with a shred of decency is Marco Rubio. He may not go down in flames in the future if he shuts up about Cuba. But the rest, the ones who think that are untouchable? Look at them. They’re small fry promoted to big positions, and they want to hold onto that as long as they can. That’s hopeless.
Trump’s advisors are doing a crappy job. They’ll leave if it gets too hot and find some other sucker who will pay them lots of money. And Trump? He’s having trouble holding on to his thoughts. He’s always sitting down for press conferences. It will be interesting to see what he does when he has to walk across the lawn to the chopper. And how long he’ll be able to stand to golf. We have useless advisors and a ‘president’ who is fading away before our eyes. Yay.
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When Trump is gone, his ‘advisers’ will be charged, convicted, and imprisoned for their current and past behavior.
There’s plenty of precedent from the time of Nixon, to name just one.