The Schloss-Blog has been tracking Trump's retribution lawsuits and investigations, and they're fizzling out. So Trump ss countering with the once and former invasion-of-turned-negotiation-for Greenland.
Also known as, "Anything to avoid the Epstein Files." Basically, it all comes down to Trump being a dick.
BREAKING NEWS: Another day in Minnesota, another ICE shooting. Get them the f_ck out of there. For GOOD.
***
Dictator Trump has sought investigations and indictments of his supposed political enemies, but they haven't all gone as he would've liked; either being dismissed or subject to lengthy delays.
Two months ago, flimsy indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and current NY Attorney General Leticia James were dismissed.
Charges against Comey were dropped when Judge Cameron Currie ruled the hasty appointment of Lindsay Halligan as head of the Eastern District of Virginia was "invalid." If you've ever seen a picture of Halligan though, you know why Trump appointed her.
Same thing for the charges against Leticia James (mortgage fraud), who had convicted Trump on 34 felony counts in New York.
The list of investigations that Trump would like to see become successful prosecutions is long, but the cases, again, are as flimsy as Lindsay Halligan's credentials as a prosecutor. It includes Sen. Adam Schiff of California for insurance fraud; Congressman Eric Swalwell of California (mortgage fraud - what, again?); Jack Smith, the former Jan. 6 special counsel, whose recent public hearing exposed the GOP lies against him; Miles Taylor, the former DHS Chief of Staff for ... well, we're not sure what for, as it seems totally unspecified; Chris Krebs, the highly respected, former government cybersecurity director who debunked all of Trump's 2020 election claims; and John Bolton, Trump's former national security advisor, who disagreed with Trump ... on foreign policy ... and wrote a scathing book about it.
The list goes on to include former Pentagon Chief of Staff Mark Milley, a completely unfounded investigation of Fed Chief Jerome Powell; and of course, Sen. Mark Kelly (Arizona), who has cautioned the U.S. Military that it doesn't have to obey illegal orders. He and five other congressional types and veterans who appeared in a video to that effect, are being threatened, with Kelly's military rank possibly being targeted for demotion and the senator staring at a possible court martial.
For exercising freedom of speech.
There's more, but...the only thing all of this proves is that Trump is a dick.
***
Meanwhile, as to Greenland...
...Trump wants the vast, Denmark-owned island nation, rich in minerals and low on population, to be the 51st state (sorry, Canada).
Denmark doesn't want to bargain on it and Greenlanders are wearing MAGA hats (Make America Go Away).
Thanks to Trump's posturing on this at Davos, the United States is losing its prestigious position around the world and is generally no longer respected by ... anyone.
Trump's Bored of Peace is attracting few if any, major players from NATO or anywhere else. Most are minor players willing to fork over $1 billion for a seat to be "Bored."
Trump says his "Bored" will work closely with the United Nations (it won't). Actually, it'll likely be an excuse for Trump to launch military strikes and invasions against anyone he doesn't like or more likely whose resources he wants.
And what's the United Nations going to do about it, unless it's a fellow NATO member, except Trump, a coward, has shown with Greenland, he would never do that. He's a TACO coward.
***
But if Trump, through all these fizzled-out lawsuits and attempted indictments, can try to strip all these rights away from his supposed political enemies, imagine what he can do to you or me, people without the resources of the high-profile politicians and officials he's gone after already.
America - you and me, that is - is in trouble.
***
In fact, just about everything Trump says is a lie.
*DOGE never saved us any money: we actually spent more last year, even though we are bringing in "billions" in tariff revenue.
*Our deficit just crossed the $38 trillion threshold.
*The U.S. murder rate is at its lowest point in years - yet he wants to send troops into every major American (Blue State) city - to control crime.
*While the border is shut down, according to NPR, prices are hardly going down, as promised, and we are paying out of pocket so much more in so many ways: Thanks in large part to tariffs, "The average tax on U.S. imports today is nearly 18%, according to economists at the Budget Lab at Yale — up from 2.4% before Trump returned to the White House. EIGHTEEN PERCENT!
*He's done little to reduce the trade deficit. which he says other countries are using to "take advantage" of us. It's still at an incredibly high $1 trillion.
No wonder people feel the economy sucks - because it does.
And inflation, which is how most people equate the economy, that's still running ahead of last year, at about 2.8%. If you've been to the grocery store, you know what I'm talking about.
***
Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you Renee Nicole Good, whose death has officially been ruled a homicide, and to you, Alex Pretti.
More every Sunday night on my Radio Free Phoenix rock 'n' roll show.
No comments:
Post a Comment