Trump is smart, but is he wise? The evidence suggests he’s not. From Karen Kwiatkowski at lewrockwell.com:
Trump learned Washington is filled with personal and organizational enemies. Rather than understanding that people may hate him and institutions may fear him, he lumps them together. Personalizing his individual and institutional enemies as demonic, he fails to focus on their various systemic weaknesses, and how to exploit those weaknesses. If MAGA is truly a war against the Deep State, it deserves a war-oriented strategy. Trump must understand the logistics of the enemy – how the deep state army is fed, watered, armed, and trained. Instead he seeks “friendly” allies among the deep state, trading favors as seen with his endorsement of House Speaker Mike Johnson in order to be certified quickly. Will Trump’s cultivation of an accidental speaker – one not interested in cutting spending, or ensuring Congress does its Constitutional duty – lead to a single MAGA victory, or will it instead guarantee its failure?
If Trump wanted to achieve a constitutional and solvent America, he would seek counsel from congressmen and senators like Thomas Massie and Rand Paul, both of whom share his stated goals of constitutionalizing Washington and both of whom know the system far better than Trump and advisors. But Trump is not seeking such counsel.
Second, Trump has correctly learned many federal agencies are unnecessary, over-funded, extra-constitutional and out of control. He has also learned how to dissolve failing businesses via sale or bankruptcy. Accordingly, instead of vacating, defunding, and eradicating “low-hanging fruit” agencies, he has nominated agency heads to “lead the dissolution.” These potential appointees are excellent leaders; and their natural inclination will be to “fix” the agency they rule, rather than delete it.
He learned to convert to Judaism (2017) and how to laugh with his good buddy Obama.
The look on Kamal’s face was priceless though.
Now that the Jimmeh Carta hype is over, one day we can embalm Trump like comrade Lenin?
Make India Great Again.
Briliant analysis
Speaking of the noble Senator Paul, during Trump’s first term he was unable to make a single recess appointment. Something that has never happened before. It took 100 Senators voting to deny Trump recess appointment EVERY time they went on recess. Yep, Rand Paul! Every time.