Not to make a mountain out of a mole hill because moving inside is the right thing to do, as other have done before him.

But one always has to be suspicious of anything Trump does because crowd size, again always, has been his favorite lie in spite of numerous video evidence to the contrary.

LAMP

When the Heritage Foundation gets through blue-lining the Constitution, separation of powers will be a thing of the past.

Dictators runs a one man show. (with dozens of scapegoats for every occasion).

Trump will find those photos to be useful tools to convince U.S. citizens, proof positive, that his violent military invasion of Greenland was non-violent and, in fact, was welcomed by the general population of Greenland.

Trump's brain-dead suckers and malcontents will eat that stuff up.

LAMP

Sometimes Trump sends in the worst nominee to be rejected so the Senate would be loath to reject a second nominee which turns out to be the one Trump wants in the first place.

IOW, I'm think Trump might be pulling a bluff, much like he did with Matt Gaetz.

That wouldn't surprise me in the least. When it comes to hijinks, Tricky Dick had nothing on Trump.

Hegseth was coached?

LOL ~ That's a given.

Can anybody picture this dummkopf running the Defense Department at a time of war?

Oh Good Grief!

Has he ever had a real job? In real life?

Somebody should ask him how much he paid himself from those two charities for veterans that he left swimming in credit card debt and bankrupt.

I think we've seen this kind huckster movie before. He creates charities and pays himself handsomely from the public tete until it goes bust.

Then he decides to be a Republican politician. Not much different.

Hegseth also strikes me as the type of guy who lets a little bit of authority go to his head.

We all know the type.

Trump didn't think military spending was untouchable when he tried to snatch a few billion to build his wall.

Security for the troops be damned.

Let's call it what it is ~ BLACKMAIL

California is not the only state Trump intends to blackmail to get federal disaster aid.

He's desperate to get that tax cut bill passed for his wealthy supporters. Even if hundreds of people have to die in a disaster for lack of federal aid.

REDIAL

T take it that reply was meant for only one specific poster on this site.

I'm going to copy and laminate Jack Smith's report for future generations of my family ~ just in case it never makes it into Trump's revisionist history books.

There's usually more to the story.

I wonder how many, themselves anchor babies, who are trying to avoid deportation after Trump changes their citizenship status.

We're not at war so there must be another reason for this unusual spike in recruits.

"American government is an honor system."

Not any more.

Vance is sitting at the kiddy table where he'll probably remain for the duration.

Maybe he just pops his head up once in a while to remind people that he was elected, too.

The problem is Cannon is still on the bench. I think we can count on Trump to use her services in the future ~ after he stabs Justice Thomas in the back and forces him to retire.

All in the interest of preserving the integrity of the Supreme Court, doncha know. (snort)

The ground has moved.

I wonder if Trump's tariffs are going to have a huge negative effect on Thiel's billion dollar turf in Silicon Valley and Thiel has decided it's not in his best interest to wait until 2028 to be the shadow president.

Trump might want to consider a new wardrobe made out of Kevlar.

"Americans stock up"

I did. I just bought a Dell AIO on January 4th to beat the tariff.

FEDUP

All partially true. One gets the impression Rudy is stalling for Trump to have a change of heart after he becomes president.

Trying to run out the clock, so to speak, on a hope and a prayer.

Rudy has always been a glory hound. First 9-11. Then his run for the presidency. Then about his part in overturning the 2020 election by interfering with the electoral count. (convicted in Arizona) Then about digging up dirt on Hunter Biden. Then his part in the stolen documents case in Florida for which he was convicted.

All the while ingratiating himself with Donald Trump in hopes of becoming a major player in Trump's next administration.

That's Rudy in a nutshell. A glory hound.

REDIAL

Trump DOES have a history of being his own worst enemy.

It wouldn't be unusual for him to blow himself out of proportion and self-destruct.

"Thousands of doctors sign letter encouraging that RFK Jr. be rejected."

Water off a duck's back.

Promises were made. Knees were bent. Favors were exchanged. Souls were sold.

Fear is a powerful motivator.

Medals of Cowardice for those who flush the country down the drain because they lack the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing for the people who pay their salaries.

At least a dozen of Trump's "helpers" along the way are now convicted felons, a mark they'll have to live with the rest of their lives, destroying their lives, their careers, their livelihood and their reputations and probably name association of their sons, daughters and grandchildren.

Was it worth it?

In retrospect, probably not, at least not for them.

But Trump got away with nary a scratch.

We neverr had problems like this with the Biden or Obama administrations.

There must be a reason. Probably because they didn't bring all the kooks out of the dung heaps of society.

Ya' think?

LAMP

I forgot to mention that when Trump is President, the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is scheduled for the chopping block ASAP). Simply because it bears his name.

I wouldn't be fooled by Trump's apparent friendly conversation with Obama at Jimmy Carter's funeral. Trump always smiles before he stabs them in the back.

LAMP

To the GOP, healthcare should be of no responsibility of the Federal government, with the exception of military personnel and elected ranking members of the party and their dependents, of course. (that means no civil servants)

Their goal is to get the cost of healthcare off their back and pass the buck to somebody else.

At the moment they're drawing a blank. But rest assured, they're working on it.

NERF

"That was before the pod people knocked at his door to make a deal."

And also before his nanny, Peter Thiel, told him to keep his stupid mouth shut.