The Fire Next Time?

[KnightHawk 2.0]

Matt Gaetz who was under investigation by the Department Of Justice for sex trafficking,and Tulsi Gabbard was a democrat has gone Full MAGA. Neither of them have experience in the cabinet positions they are being appointed for,and both will have a difficult time getting confirmed by the US Senate.

And Fox Weekend Host
Pete Hegseth has been appointed by Donald Trump to be the Secretary Of Defense . Donald Trump picks for his cabinet keeps getting crazier and crazier by the minute.

[Stavros]

If Trump has chosen Lee Zeldin to head the EPA, he won't be shutting it down? There's a flame that just went out. Not that it is good news for the environment, or the EV market (with the blessing of Emir Musk?).

Lee Zeldin, Trump's EPA pick, could press deregulatory agenda fast | Overdrive

Not on this list: Education -is the DoE about to be abolished?

As for Kennedy, truly a sad day for the USA, a dangerous day for humanity, a festival day for the 'science is bullshit' brigades.

Trump’s administration and White House staffing picks and likely contenders – so far

[Stavros]

As with the comment in the Musk thread on the contradiction between the Visionary Commander of Comms slashing Federal spending when Trump wants to increase it on Defence, so the BBC here looks at the fault lines. RFK wants to regulate the food and drinks industry, Musk and the Ramaswamy want Regulations scrapped across the board. Rubio wants a tougher approach to China, Tulsi Gubbard has opposed Rubio as a warmongering 'NeoCon'. Miller wants severe border controls and a round-up and expulsion of illegal immigrants, maybe even legal immigrants, but they find work easily in the US because employers like to hire people who are not bothered by the minimum wage, and can be fired at a moment's notice.

The fire has been lit, but will it burn out of control?

United by loyalty but Trump's new team have competing agendas - BBC News

We don't seem to have this problem with the new Labour Govt, they are collectively all at sea right now.

[Stavros]

Then there is this guy, Peter Hesgeth, whom I had never heard of before, and who seems uniquely unqualified. You can hear his views on women in the military in the video starting at 00.20

Trump names cabinet picks including role for Elon Musk

Here are just some of the women he has insulted

8 female soldiers who changed the course of US military history

[Stavros]

The article is behind a paywall, but you only need marvel at the 'Five Guys' in the photo. The look on RFK's face when handed an example of the kind of food he wants to ban must been priceless.

Trump gives RFK Jr McDonald’s ‘poison’ to eat on private plane to UFC

[Stavros]

Not so much a 'bonfire of the vanities' as a Bonfire of the Sanities. Looks like the US education sector is going to burn, baby, burn. As for the children and students in schools and Universities -Big Brother is Watching You!

What are Donald Trump’s plans to overhaul US colleges and universities? | Trump administration | The Guardian

[Stavros]

How to sum up the political system of the USA, from a lad who doesn't seem to like it at all

"Gaetz – who himself underwent a two-year FBI investigation into sex trafficking allegations that ended without charges – was chosen after reportedly telling Trump that he would “go over there and start cuttin’ fuckin’ heads”. He had previously called for “a full-court press against this WEAPONIZED government” in a social media post.
“If that means abolishing every one of the three letter agencies, from the FBI to the ATF [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives] I’m ready to get going!” he continued."
DoJ and FBI officials consult lawyers amid threats of Trump legal retribution | Trump administration | The Guardian

One wonders what Jefferson would make of this.

[KnightHawk 2.0]

The article is behind a paywall, but you only need marvel at the 'Five Guys' in the photo. The look on RFK's face when handed an example of the kind of food he wants to ban must been priceless.

Trump gives RFK Jr McDonald’s ‘poison’ to eat on private plane to UFC

Completely agree,it was priceless seeing the look on the conspiracy theorist and anti-vaxxer Robert F Kennedy Jr's face,when being handed an example of the kind of food he wants to ban. And yet there he is on Trump's Plane eating McDonald's.

[Paladin]

ALL US Military Officers serve "at the pleasure of the President", so why not cabinet and agency heads"

Did you forget Truman having to fire MacArthur because he had gone whacko????

[Stavros]

ALL US Military Officers serve "at the pleasure of the President", so why not cabinet and agency heads"

Did you forget Truman having to fire MacArthur because he had gone whacko????

a) officers swear an oath to the Constitution. The only people who serve 'the pleasure of the President' are his White House staff.

b) what happens if it is the President who is 'whacko'?