Helter Skelter: 2nd Trump Admin Starts to Take Shape

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Heather Cox Richardson: Writing in the New York Times yesterday, Peter Baker noted that Trump "has rolled a giant grenade into the middle of the nation's capital and watched with mischievous glee to see who runs away and who throws themselves on it." Mischievous glee is one way to put it; another is that he is trying to destroy the foundations of the American government.

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Trump and his team are announcing a complete reworking of the American government. They claim a mandate, although as final vote tallies are coming in, it turns out that Trump did not win 50% of the vote, and CNN statistician Harry Enten notes that his margin comes in at 44th out of the 51 elections that have been held since 1824. He also had very short coattails"four Democrats won in states Trump carried"and the Republicans have the smallest House majority since there have been 50 states, despite the help their numbers have had from the extreme gerrymandering in states like North Carolina.

More Americans voted for someone other than Trump than voted for him.

#1 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-11-19 08:49 AM | Reply

GOP senators may wake early to the fact that King Dotard II cannot run for president again, as the world exists now, and that at least one of them thinks he/she can do the job better than can JV. If this is the case, recess appointments will be blocked and when Der Dotard sets of a constitutional crisis by trying to force the Senate into recess, Trump will lose because the Senate will conduct just enough regular business to make the whole matter appear legitimate.

Usually, lame ducks see posturing by potential successors almost immediately, and such could be the case come January, 2025. Of course, Dotard will shout a lot, stick his mug in front of every TV camera and still conduct rallies, but all of this will wear thin.

I'll wager right now that Gaetz, RFK and Tulsi will not be confirmed to the jobs for which they have been nominated. Beyond that, I'll reserve judgement...

#2 | Posted by catdog at 2024-11-19 01:24 PM | Reply

You are missing the fact that ------- doesn't need ANY senators to shut down congress and get his recess appointments, right?

All he needs is Mike Johnson to agree to his plan.

Do you think Mike Johnson has the cajones to thwart -------?

#3 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-11-19 01:27 PM | Reply

Now Dr. Oz?

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-19 04:31 PM | Reply

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#5 | Posted by Corky at 2024-11-19 04:41 PM | Reply