How crazy can it get? Answer: a whole lot crazier than it is this week and we’re looking at a week where Donald Trump went batshit bonkers over a SCOTUS ruling and Jeffrey Epstein’s tie to Woody Allen was exposed. Oh and the Clintons both testified before Congress. Quite the wild week in any other administration but another normal one for this conclave of clowns. Now Trump’s latest is a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, and no it does not concern him that this is illegal and akin to Russia’s “friendly takeover” of Ukraine. Daily Beast:
However, a takeover of any sort is likely to prove contentious for Trump, who has already come under fire by some—including those within his own base—for his preoccupation with foreign affairs.
“This is illegal and sets a terrible precedent,” said one-time Republican and former trial lawyer John Jackson.
“Cutting off energy supplies using our Navy and Coast Guard is the use of military force, and a takeover is not “friendly” under these circumstances, it’s coercive. We’re just becoming Russia at this point.”
According to the Miami Herald, U.S. officials close to Rubio met with former Cuban president Raúl Castro’s grandson on the sidelines of the annual meeting of Caribbean leaders on Wednesday in Saint Kitts’ capital.
This came as efforts to negotiate economic and political changes in Cuba continue.
The administration is also simultaneously weighing whether to strike Iran, months after the president claimed he had “obliterated” their nuclear capabilities.
But in his State of the Union address this week, he warned: “They’ve already developed missiles that can threaten Europe and our bases overseas, and they’re working to build missiles that will soon reach the United States of America.”
The comments were viewed as an attempt by Trump to justify his potential involvement in yet another foreign war, despite coming to office as an “America First” president who would avoid such entanglements.
Trump wants a fast and easy war so that he can establish himself as a fascist dictator but so far everything he has dabbled in looks to be prolonged and expensive. And his timing is wrong. November is not that far away and so the issue is particularly contentious.
Even Steve Bannon and Marge Greene are against Trump going to war with Iran and it’s highly unlikely that they’ll sign off on Cuba, either.
