Enough billionaires and multimillionaires have been assembled by Donald Trump to fill key roles in his nascent administration to form a soccer team. More are in the works. read more
The GOP candidate's campaign didn't seek approval from Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley to use his image in the ad, a defense official said. "This photo, like many others, was not used with [Milley's] knowledge or consent," said the official, who requested anonymity to speak about a sensitive topic. The military has strict rules against uniformed service members participating in political campaigns, and the ad is just the latest example of the president or those around him pulling the nation's highest-ranking officer and other Defense Department officials into the political realm. read more
The independent Black Sea nation of Georgia, once a satellite USSR, republic is weighing its future between not alienating Russia, its aggressive northern neighbor that invaded in 2008 to occupy the provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, or electing a new government that aims to have Georgia becoming a EU member by 2030. The most persuasive argument for staying with a pro-Russian government seems to be to avoid another armed invasion by Putin's military.
It seems that Trump's going to use his next administration to rescue Putin's butt from the quagmire of Putin's stupid aggression vs Ukraine. (Doubt that? See this; www.youtube.com)
Why would Trump save Putin vs Ukraine? Trump's not a brilliant American patriot. He's a calculating transaction-focused gamer. He thinks alliances are great as long as he sees the clear-short term benefit (primarily to him). For Saudi Arabia, it's because the Prince invested $2 billion in Jared's LBO firm. For Russia, its because Putin's bank has lent Trump Inc. hundreds of millions that is still on the books. And because Trump hates Zelensky because Zelensky did not throw Biden's son under the bus and because Trump got impeached as a result of a "perfect" conversation with Zelensky.
So, here's another question. Why is Trump choosing not just unprepared cabinet leaders, but leaders who will be toxic to the government agencies and who as a whole will wreck those agencies and America's National Security Council?
Putin's been spending $ and FSB efforts to destabilize democracies & NATO. Putin's regime has helped "populist" autocratic movements thrive in Hungary & Slovakia and increasingly contributes to help increasingly stronger autocratic-leaning "populist" movements in Germany, France, and Netherlands. (And America?) Why? Go figure
The US Senate's GOP members need to dig deeper into why would their consenting to the creation of an Executive Branch Cabinet (and especially the next National Security Council) nearly fully created to help America's enemy Putin and to create chaos across America's institutions and our alliances with liberal democracies in NATO and around the world be in America's best interest? Is it in America's best interest, or would those senators rather sell out what moral courage they have and the nation just to avoid Trump's ire?
Where is the national interest in the Cabinet & National Security Council that Trump is building? His ingredients are a suicidal recipe for our national security and for Anerica's Constitution.
If Congress gives its consent to Trump's Cabinet picks "recipe", it will create chaos throughout our national intelligence and national defense establishments.
Just ask any former SECDEF or FBI or counter intel agency leader about their feelings about Trump's proposed Cabinet's intent. They'll agree, the creation as a whole will be more destructive than the sum of its parts. Beware.
I seriously think it can only be done by Amending the Constitution. Good luck with that.