OK, this is no secret. Anyone who would instigate an attempted coup on our government (or any elected government) would be described as a TRAITOR. On top of that, anyone who would change sides in the middle of a war and turn his or her backs on allies of nearly a century would also be called a TRAITOR. Well, what if someone did both those “deplorable” things? Is there a more derogatory term than TRAITOR? From my vantage point it doesn’t get worse than being a TRAITOR. And, of course, you know where I’m going with this – I’m talking about our so-called 34 times found GUILTY of FELONIES (election interference FELONIES no doubt) who the American people gave a “get out ot jail free” card by somehow deciding to vote him back into the “White House.” Remember, there were THREE more indictments with something like 55 alleged FELONIES which we’ll NEVER know how the trials would have ended and those alleged FELONIES included ESPIONAGE – OMG there’s almost FOUR more years of this.
You don’t hear one member of the GOP complaining about ANYTHING Trump is doing. As I’ve said here many times Congressional republicans are a bunch of COWARDS. I wrote all that a couple days ago – in an attempt to remember a thought. Of course, now a days in America a couple days is like an “eternity” in previous times. We now have a TRAITOR in the “White House” with what amounts to a second TRAITOR who is the “unelected bureaucrat” (f)Elon Musk and we’re only two months into this fiasco. And, today, Musk actually referred to Mark Kelly, the Senator from Arizona who spent 25 years as a Naval pilot, 15 years as an astronaut, and, now several years as a U.S. Senator and Musk has the stones to call Kelly a “traitor” because he went to Ukraine this past weekend and reported back on what a WAR CRIMINAL Trump/Musk had aligned themselves with in Vladimir Putin.
I’m sorry to keep saying this, but it begs repeating. The working strategy of Adolf Hitler and his head of propaganda Joseph Goebbels was the “Big Lie Theory” (You repeat a LIE over and over until people believe it’s true) and Projection – you accuse your opponent of what you are GUILTY. It’s like clockwork coming from the mouths of Trump and Musk. Musk accusing Senator Kelly of being a “traitor” would be laughable if all this wasn’t so serious. And, let’s take a quick look at Musk and his Dogeshits.
First, Musk is attempting to shield himself from the ultimate legal ramifications of what his Dogeshits are doing by claiming he has nothing to do with it – he’s not in charge. Of course, his co-president keeps giving up the TRUTH – the last time I remember was in his god-awful speech to both houses of Congress where he pointed out Musk was indeed the head of all those Dogeshits running amok in department after department in our nation’s Capital. And, the destruction they are causing – virtually “willy nilly” – COULD lead America into the next Great Depression.
Bush/Cheney attempted to do this in 2008 but it was an election year and the American people elected Obama/Biden to clean up the mess from the financial meltdown of 2007-2008. Of course, there will be no way for democrats to come to the rescue in the MESS Trump/Musk are creating because they won’t even be able to IMPEACH Trump for the THIRD time until after the mid-terms of 2026. And, keep in mind, those behind Project 2025 have no plans for allowing “free and fair” elections in 2026 or beyond. I’m sure you’ve seen they’re already planning for “Trump 2028” as if these past two months weren’t enough to cause Americans to begin souring on Trump and his Billionaire UNELECTED “buddy.” Their plan is to create elections Putin would be proud of – and, I’m not completely certain “we the people” won’t allow it to happen. (Although, the protests are gaining steam)
Along with the cowardly republicans in the House they have devised a “secret” plan (that everyone knows about) to dismantle Medicaid, SNAP (Food stamps) and social programs worth close to $900 BILLION – to make their $5 TRILLION tax cuts seem more palatable. Trump has even proposed to eliminate taxes on Social Security income (for people like me) in order to get us old people to love him. Well, here’s the main problem with that – the Social Security system could collapse in the next month or so – that will really piss me off – along with making my life much more difficult (I didn’t keep up my teaching certificate). Do Trump and Musk really believe I’ll be the only old person who is angry when the checks stop coming?
Keep in mind, I paid into Social Security for OVER 50 years before I retired. I began working the same year Medicare was started and I’ve been paying into it ever since. (Like other retirees I still pay $185 a month for Medicare part B insurance – along with another $100 for “Medigap” insurance through my state.) Musk and the republicans in Congress almost seem as if they’re attacking these programs causally – and, if they collapse, the American economy will collapse right with them. And, trust me, I don’t believe either Trump or Musk or the republicans in Congress will have any idea how to get us out of the mess – and, it’ll be almost four years until “we the people” can elect another democrat to solve the problem.
The American people have such an issue with amnesia. I mean, in the 2024 campaign Trump kept asking “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” I’m assuming MOST Americans must have assumed he wouldn’t ask that question unless they were better off four years ago. Of course, EVERY time he asked the question he was referring to the pandemic when, if you looked back exactly four years there were anywhere between 2000 and 4000 Americans DYING each day from the DEPLORABLE management of Covid-19 by Trump. The economy was in tatters – there were 3 MILLION less jobs in America when Trump left office than when he (LIED) while taking the oath to preserve and defend our constitution. (For the first time)
Trump attempted a coup d’etat on our nation’s government instigating the WORST attack on our nation’s Capitol in history, he took some of America’s top secrets with him upon leaving office – showing them off at times (who knows how many times) – with some of the files missing when the FBI executed a search warrant on Mar a Lago – and he attempted to get officials in Georgia to “find 11,780 votes” in order to overturn the Biden victory in Georgia – which Trump and his associates were indicted for by Fani Willis, the DA in Fulton County where Trump’s infamous call with Georgia’s Secretary of State took place. I still can’t believe the American people could decide someone who acts like a mob boss should be our so-called president – FELONIES and all.
But, they did, so now, here we are. And, it’s almost as if we just have to sit around and watch this nation deteriorate into an economic mess the rest of the free world now despises. I pointed out in a recent post that the Trump/Musk partnership which, along with JD Vance working to humiliate Volodymyr Zelenskyy while heaping praise on Putin is upending an 80 year alliance that has kept the world (somewhat) safe since WW II. (except when republicans hold the “White House”) Putin hates that alliance (NATO) because his “wet dream” is reconstituting the former Soviet Union. And, of course, taking Ukraine is the first step. With Trump, in essence, pulling the U.S. out of NATO the sh*t will hit the fan real quick. Here’s what I thought would be the result of this stupidity.
Europe will NOT abandon Ukraine. It’s in Europe where the last power hungry FASCIST dictator did his damage and they remember that quite well. Of course, the U.S. has pledged to defend Europe for all these years and, after the fall of the Soviet Union, we agreed to defend Ukraine if they gave up their nuclear weapons, which they did. (The Budapest Memorandum – actually, the UK and Russia were part of that agreement to defend Ukraine from outside attack as well) So, Trump is turning his back on that agreement and, in essence, NATO. I have to ask, are Americans even paying attention? I know people who’ve decided to choose apathy because, well – I can’t understand that. Plus, half our country seems to be cheering this on – which is why some people are now referring to them as the “MAGAts.”
If you’ve studied recent World History (the last 90 – 100 years) you know who Neville Chamberlain was and you know what happens when you appease ruthless murderous fascist dictators. (Apparently, Trump wants to be like that – remember, he’s of German ancestry and has demonstrated alarming parallels to Hitler) Once Ukraine has fallen, then it will be Moldova and likely after that Russia will invade Romania or Poland. Of course, at that point, NATO’s “Article Five” won’t include the U.S. and WW III will have begun. Will the U.S. actually align itself with Russia and China (I’m not even sure China would go along with a U.S./Russia “thing.”)
I pointed out above how Trump and his minions use the Nazi “strategies” in their public commentary so let’s just talk about “projection” because we’ve seen a couple classic examples of it from Trump and his co-president Musk of late. When Trump was giving Zelenskyy is public berating in the Oval Office he accused Zelenskyy of “threatening WW III” – which, of course, is exactly what Trump is doing by “switching sides” and previously telling Putin he can “do whatever the hell he wants.” And, of course, Musk calling Mark Kelly a “traitor” is the height of projection – for himself and by association Trump.
I know an 80 something ex dentist who is part of Trump’s CULT who I was trying to have a running dialogue about what Trump and Musk are doing. After about three of four references by him that were blatantly RACIST (regurgitating stuff he watches, apparently, on “Newsmax”) I texted him “that’s enough.” Well, he’s still attempting to get me to respond to him in a “non-political” manner, but I directly pointed out to him he was supporting a racist and speaking like a racist and, in essence, that was a “red line” for me. I’m tempted to text him back and simply say “you’re supporting an effing TRAITOR” – but, my guess is he believes Kelly actually is a “traitor.” (This guy spent many years in the Navy as a dentist) It’s hard for me to believe what is happening to our country – the intellectual level of our people. It doesn’t take a serious thinker to realize Trump/Musk is BAD!
Based on the comments I heard this morning from the head of Social Security under President Biden (I believe his name is Martin O’Malley) we only have a few weeks until the bottom could be falling out of our republic – economically. When the Social Security system collapses. Trump is ruining our foreign policy status in the world and working hard to, for whatever reason, destroy the economy. Remember, if/when there’s recession/depression the BILLIONAIRES will get even RICHER. (If you’ve somehow read this far and you’re MAGA watch the republicans propose a $4-$5 TRILLION increase in the debt ceiling in order to be able to get their tax cuts through the Senate via the process called reconciliation – where they don’t need democratic votes to get it passed.- leading to your health care and – if like me – your Social Security checks ending) Stay tuned……
Final Thought: After WW II when the United States was helping to rebuild much of Europe we didn’t want Germany to re-arm itself because, basically, during the War Germany was the strongest army in the world. Fortunately, for those of us who don’t like fascism, Hitler broke his alliance with Russia and attacked Russia – likely costing Germany the war and millions of German/Russian lives (although, I believe “we the people” would have fought to the end and found a way to prevail had that military blunder not occurred). Well, here’s what Trump is likely to be causing – Germany and the rest of our NATO allies will be re-arming themselves in anticipation of a war with Russia and (hopefully NOT) the U.S. I couldn’t bring myself to believe “we the people” would put a traitorous FELON into the “White House” and, now I’m really struggling with the idea Trump is going to align the U.S. with Putin – I honestly can’t believe that will go over well. But, as I said above, here we are.
To me, it’s gotten down to how much do “we the people” value our democratic republic? I KNOW people who don’t like “democracy” – these are Americans! They’ve sucked up the benefits their entire lives. We’re watching the Ukrainians putting up a VALIANT effort to protect their fledgling democracy and now, it appears, Trump is “pulling the rug out” from under their valiant FIGHT. And, of course, we are OBLIGATED to support them – we AGREED to do so back in the early 90’s. Just as Trump has done with our neighbors (Mexico and Canada) Trump is proving he feels no OBLIGATION to honor previous agreements. (With Mexico and Canada the agreement was negotiated and signed by, you guessed it, Trump) How much do “we the people” value OUR “democracy?”
This is all so DISGUSTING I wish I could just wake up from what is a bad dream. (I wanted to use the word DEPLORABLE which Hillary Clinton so presciently used when she was running against Trump describing him and his racist supporters) The DAMAGE Trump is doing to America – and, will be doing – may take GENERATIONS to rectify if it is even possible. Racism is our nation’s original sin and, obviously, it’s alive and well in our country today. It makes me very sad to write that, but, it’s the reality. It will never be totally “snuffed out” – but, we’re now going through another of America’s darkest days – (History repeating itself) and, I hope this isn’t permanent. Trump and Musk are not even subtle about their fascism – but, on top of exposing that reality, it appears they are hell bent on destroying what was the world’s BEST economy the day Trump took office. Yikes!!!!