It’s another day of waffling intrigue at Mar-a-Lago, a place where even Machiavelli would have hid in the shadows. Donald Trump was asked during his presser this morning whether his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, would be chosen to fill Marco Rubio’s senate seat. Interestingly, Trump said, “No,” and then he waffled a bit and said, “I don’t know. It has nothing to do with me.” Right. We all believe that.
That's because he can't come up with an offer DeSantis is willing to take in exchange.
— Patti Rose (@PattiRose3) December 16, 2024
All the best intel had Ron DeSantis contemplating replacing Pete Hegseth as the nominee for Secretary of Defense. It was thought at that point that part of the deal was Lara being chosen to fill the soon to be vacant senate seat. But then suddenly DeSantis is not in the picture and neither is Lara. So what gives?
DeSantis was never crazy about Lara going to the Senate. Lara has just moved to Florida and DeSantis didn’t feel she had paid her dues. (Fancy that, expecting a Trump to have some actual experience in a field of endeavor? What is Ron thinking?) And while we’re talking about Hegseth and the Department of Defense, here’s Trump’s latest.
So Donald Trump gave Pete Hegseth the opportunity to throw away a lucrative career for a job he has absolutely no qualifications for and that will, somehow, be *our* fault?
— Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social (@BettyBowers) December 16, 2024
At least he’s calling Fox News entertainment. That’s a rare moment of inadvertant candor. And then he starts rambling about Kiev and Ukraine. Poor Volodymyr Zelensky. At least he had an ally in the West when he needed one and now he’s back to square one with Trump, except worse.
Trump, ranting and raving, claims that when he left office, the country had "no problems" 🤔 pic.twitter.com/qsBgt7PCGc
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 16, 2024
Trump refers to Putin's war on Ukraine as "the Ukraine war with Russia" pic.twitter.com/esZnGva34o
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 16, 2024
That does not bode well. The last thing Zelensky needs is Trump back in the White House and boy, do we know how he feels. And then there’s the trade war idiocy.
Is he suggesting we invade Mexico and Canada?? Now the question becomes if he gets out of NATO and invades Canada who is in NATO does that mean America will be at war with NATO?
— miscellany101 (@miscellany101) December 16, 2024
The fact that these conversations are even taking place, albeit rhetorically or fancifully, is testament to what an unserious, stupid people America has become. Or more accurately, half of us have become. The other half of us hate all of this nonsense with all of our might.
I wonder who is cobbling together Trump’s Inauguration speech? Will it be another American Carnage speech? Or is he going to gaslight America with a golden age speech? We’ll find out in less than five weeks.
“If he gets out of NATO and invades Canada, who is in NATO, does that mean America will be at war with NATO?”
Well, yes, obviously. And America will be allied with Russia.
Not an easy sell to Republican war veterans is it?
Let Trump be Trump. IF we invade Canada, will the price of mapel syrup drop? I like mapel syrup. What about the price of tequila if we take down mexico? My buddies and I like our tequila on Friday nights. He’s doing great.
I could be snarky and point out that you obviously don’t love MAPLE syrup enough to spell it correctly.
But I won’t.
Maple syrup… Wasn’t that invented by tRump’s second wife, Marla Maples??? Snark, snark…
don’t know what the hell he means about losing money to Canada and Mexico. If we run a trade deficit it’s our own damn fault, we need to either make more of our own stuff or curb our rampageous consumption habits.
Too much reality: tarriffs cost us $$$ rather than bring them to us; trade deficits are our own fault: either we set to work and make the stuff or do without. What 7th hell is this?