FTA: Not all service secretaries come into the office with prior military experience, but he’d be the first in the Navy since 2006.
I heard fewer grumpy things about one of our Defense Ministers after he was a particularly good sport and spent a couple of days at Petawawa on exercises with an infantry platoon.
Maybe stick the new Secretary of the Navy in the front seat of a T-45 for a training run in bumpy weather out to an aircraft carrier near a conflict zone. Have him spend a few days on a non-critical job where he gets to watch operations.
Riding in a jet is fun. Instead maybe have him chase intermittent wiring problems in the belly of a C-2 Greyhound while the aircraft carrier is pitching in high seas in winter. Or cleaning and re-lubricating the engine of an old oiler in the Persian gulf.
I confess to being deeply curious what this is about. There’s a lot of focus on him being portrayed as Trump’s wife, but what I really want to know is what he thinks he’s trying to get across by depicting the USA being served like a Thanksgiving turkey. The vibe I get is a threatening, openly villainous gloating, like “We’re gonna fuck this country UP, and you morons actually voted for us!”
It all puts the other (all white of course) diners in perspective too. Their expressions have always struck me as sinister and evil, and in this version it’s clear why.
Seriously…those two kids in the upper left look like serial killers after Leatherface just ominously whispered “so glad to have you…for dinner!” to some horny Texas hippies.
Mexico is a top trade partner with the US. Trump himself negotiated a new trade deal with Mexico & Canada that he was so proud of and now he wants to rip it all up (never mind it was basically NAFTA with a different name).
The US is a huge exporter of soy and corn and retaliatory tariffs from other countries would decimate the profits of farmers that likely voted for Trump.
Many cars sold in the US are assembled in Mexico (including many luxury brands), so everybody who complains cars are already too expensive will be in for a shock.
None of it makes any sense from an economic perspective.
This is not necessary. The important thing is to continually fuel the hatred, anger and anguish of voters while basically foreign policy and the economy remain the same. The feeling of having been avenged, that your enemies have been punished, is what matters.
unless that “economic perspective” is from a very small circle drawn around the orange slimeball himself. exceptions to tariffs can be granted by a president for specific trade channels/corporations. so it doesn’t seem unlikely that if a corporation or group of ‘donors’ transferred sufficient funds/bitcoin to trump that an exception to an otherwise inane tariff might end up being granted.
exactly!
come and tithe to the Great Orange. Your suplication and generous offerings may grant you reprieve from the troubles of those lesser than you.
be sure to call him “Sir”. he likes it when you call him “Sir”.
did with Putin, right?