“Trump’s pledge to “drain the swamp” of his enemies is more serious than ever before.”
Slight correction: His pledge is to drain the swamp of OUR enemies, the forever-government apparats using the state as their own private fiefdoms.
AC Harper
13 days ago
‘Drain the swamp’ sounds less damaging than ‘Derail the gravy train’. But either is well overdue in my opinion. The only question is whether it has to be brutal or more measured.
Whatever happened to David Cameron’s ‘Bonfires’?
A fair point – except it is far from clear that the presence or absence of regulation would have had a significant effect. My sour opinion is that no matter how many regulations are in place there will always be a few people willing to ignore them or the ignorant to dismiss them as too onerous.
Diversity hire for the Lindon Fire Brigade, whose head told people living at the top floors of a building with no fire escapes to stay put: and was obliged to get a tall ladder from Surrey, hardly home of tower blocks.
David Cameron was one of the worst Prime Ministers and Conservative Party Leaders we’ve had the misfortune to suffer in the UK. Whatever happened to his ‘bonfires’? Good question!
Mind you, as PM he was no worse than Major, May, Truss or Sunak. They together created the grave mess we are in today.
I wholly concur. Blair was a posh, rich, private-schooled, Oxbridge cynic who took Britain to war with Iraq on the basis of a lie. His domestic policies created the solid framework for the horrendous Woke era, implemented with enthusiasm by Cameron and his numerous Tory successors; though the original foundations were laid by John Major, who instrodued political correctness into the UK.
Have somehow got sucked into a fascination with US politics and Emily and Megyn Kelly are my go-tos. Great work, ladies!
Watching Megyn get her potty-mouth on and take apart the mainstream media’s reporting on Pete Hegseth gives me hope that journalism (as opposed to the transparent activism dressed up as journalism that we’ve been fed for the last few years) isn’t dead.
Alex Lekas
13 days ago
if nothing changes, then nothing changes. People can’t have it both ways – you cannot whine about the status quo and then whine some more that this bunch deviates from the status quo.
Also, can we please stop with the idiocy of RFK2 or Tulsi or whoever else being Russian agents.
Cecil Skell
13 days ago
“This is not the way either major party has viewed presidential cabinets in the past; they were always considered places to park supportive ideologues.”
But it served Lincoln–no slouch in the office–quite well. Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote a whole book on it.
When people are facing execution, many, if not most, just quietly walk up to the gallows, or the chair, or w/e other method. They know it’s coming. They know they can’t escape. They no there’s no point in struggling or begging for mercy at this stage, so they simply quietly await their fate. I wonder if there isn’t an element of that attitude present in these suddenly quiet bureaucrats. Making a fuss can’t change what’s coming. It can only possibly make things worse. When people can’t salvage anything else, they can still keep their dignity.
UnHerd Reader
13 days ago
Please watch your spellings of proper names. WALZ was the surname of the Democratic vice-presidential candidate, the Republican/Trumpist prospect for his cabinet is Michael WALTZ.
Studio Largo
13 days ago
I’m reminded of the famous baptism/settling scores sequence near the end of ‘The Godfather’. Tremble, little rats.
Three points:
-Seltzer and his ilk are finding out what Karma really means and it could be argued that he is beyond the bend mentally with these fearmongering accusations.
-The Cabinet, like Trump, actually loves America and Americans, and it is reflected in a diverse (the real meaning) selection of views and ways to help Americans, not only a select few. It will be interesting.
-DC is not a swamp, but a sewer, and has been for fifteen to twenty years. I really hope he can rid the system of the rats, which include politicians, almost all senior bureaucrats, seedy lobbyists, and the tech oligarchies power to censure.
Then, we can start rebuilding a country for all Americans, not the sleazebags that have been in power and care nothing for Americans, just themselves and their agendas
What are the odds?
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Mark Kennedy
9 days ago
Fortunately for people like Brian Stelter there’s no law against stupidity, hypocrisy, obstinate prejudice, and pathological inability to revise first opinions, nor against continually announcing these things to the world. One could almost wish that there were.
Katalin Kish
9 days ago
How very refreshing, how unexpected!
I can’t get enough of the energy this (almost) octogenarian orange man brought to the world! You might need to go on Twitter though, to really feel it.
Liakoura
13 days ago
“But there is one thing that knits these characters together: their loyalty to Trump. It would be foolish to assume this will necessarily prevent discord and chaos”.
Well it didn’t last time when Trump headed the league table by a country mile of his selected cabinet who were either fired or resigned. Summary and analysis of “A Team” turnover in the Trump administration https://www.brookings.edu/articles/tracking-turnover-in-the-trump-administration/
Last time few or none of the recommended Washington ‘adults’ he hired had the slightest loyalty to him or any support for his policies or sympathy with his supporters.
Liakoura
13 days ago
“Rex Tillerson, who was first recommended to Trump by Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates. Tillerson’s nomination even drew support from d**k Cheney”.
After working for Trump and being fired by him, Rex Tillerson called Trump a “f*****g moron”
Donald Trump claimed to have an IQ a few points higher than Einstein.
“Virtually everyone who has worked with Trump has said that Trump was not only stupid but knows very little about anything! Gary Cohen, seen as one of the smartest guys on Wall Street, was, for a short time, one of Trump’s top advisors, said that “Trump had the IQ of a tanning bed” and that “he had never met anyone who knew so little about virtually everything”. Cohen ended up saying that “Trump was the stupidest man that he had ever encountered”!
Those closest to Trump had similar views, Rex Tillerson called him a “f*****g moron”, John Kelly called him “an idiot”, and “the most flawed person that he had ever met,” and his friend Steve Bannon said that Trump was, ”like an 11-year-old child”. By the way, one of the markers of intelligent people is their vocabulary, a fact that led one psychologist who tests students to claim that Trump’s vocabulary was at a grade 6 or 7 level.
Trump had his older sister do his homework, paid to have someone take his tests to get into college and then had his brother, who was friendly with the Admissions Officer petition him to get Donald into the University of Pennsylvania.
Trump paid a proxy to take the college entrance exam for him”
Trump’s niece Mary Trump, stated that Trump paid someone to take the SAT, an entrance exam used by most U.S. universities, in his place. The high score by the proxy who wrote the SATs got him into Fordham University. Yet, those who were in class with him said he was a slacker and a dummy, and he was anything but the brilliant student he claimed to be!
Trump is a guy who doesn’t read, has no interest in any type of intellectual pursuits of any kind, and was rated as really dumb by one of his profs; “William T. Kelley, who taught Trump at the University of Pennsylvania, claimed that “Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had.”
Vocabulary should be appropriate to the audience. Trump has mastered that. He also plays 4D chess with imbeciles like you. He uses misdirection to divert their attention from what he needs to do. Sun Tzu and many other great strategists advised never to underestimate your opponent; the Democrats and pseudo-intellectuals did that, and here we are. All the people you mentioned have axes to grind or opposing views. Wind your neck in and watch the team he has assembled turn civilization away from the edge of the abyss.
So in your view anyone who hasn’t been educated at Oxbridge or Harvard shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near government. Your argument might have some merit if those well-educated elites who have been in power for decades on both sides of the pond hadn’t got us into the mess we’re in today.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity, the US government will be taken over by the billionaire con men, they will drain the swamp and milk the system dry. And they will enrich themselves and leave most of the population hung to dry, the greatest con show in history is about to begin.
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“Trump’s pledge to “drain the swamp” of his enemies is more serious than ever before.”
Slight correction: His pledge is to drain the swamp of OUR enemies, the forever-government apparats using the state as their own private fiefdoms.
‘Drain the swamp’ sounds less damaging than ‘Derail the gravy train’. But either is well overdue in my opinion. The only question is whether it has to be brutal or more measured.
Whatever happened to David Cameron’s ‘Bonfires’?
Grenfell
A fair point – except it is far from clear that the presence or absence of regulation would have had a significant effect. My sour opinion is that no matter how many regulations are in place there will always be a few people willing to ignore them or the ignorant to dismiss them as too onerous.
Grenfell occurred because noone understood the mathematics of the chimney effect. There was not a single engineer who understood combustion.
Diversity hire for the Lindon Fire Brigade, whose head told people living at the top floors of a building with no fire escapes to stay put: and was obliged to get a tall ladder from Surrey, hardly home of tower blocks.
David Cameron was one of the worst Prime Ministers and Conservative Party Leaders we’ve had the misfortune to suffer in the UK. Whatever happened to his ‘bonfires’? Good question!
Mind you, as PM he was no worse than Major, May, Truss or Sunak. They together created the grave mess we are in today.
But be honest it was Blair that started it all and those idiots just carried it all on. He is the worst thing that ever happened to our country
I wholly concur. Blair was a posh, rich, private-schooled, Oxbridge cynic who took Britain to war with Iraq on the basis of a lie. His domestic policies created the solid framework for the horrendous Woke era, implemented with enthusiasm by Cameron and his numerous Tory successors; though the original foundations were laid by John Major, who instrodued political correctness into the UK.
Certainly Truss did not.
Have somehow got sucked into a fascination with US politics and Emily and Megyn Kelly are my go-tos. Great work, ladies!
Watching Megyn get her potty-mouth on and take apart the mainstream media’s reporting on Pete Hegseth gives me hope that journalism (as opposed to the transparent activism dressed up as journalism that we’ve been fed for the last few years) isn’t dead.
if nothing changes, then nothing changes. People can’t have it both ways – you cannot whine about the status quo and then whine some more that this bunch deviates from the status quo.
Also, can we please stop with the idiocy of RFK2 or Tulsi or whoever else being Russian agents.
“This is not the way either major party has viewed presidential cabinets in the past; they were always considered places to park supportive ideologues.”
But it served Lincoln–no slouch in the office–quite well. Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote a whole book on it.
Lincoln, Trump. I like it!
I’m just buying an epic quantity of popcorn.
When people are facing execution, many, if not most, just quietly walk up to the gallows, or the chair, or w/e other method. They know it’s coming. They know they can’t escape. They no there’s no point in struggling or begging for mercy at this stage, so they simply quietly await their fate. I wonder if there isn’t an element of that attitude present in these suddenly quiet bureaucrats. Making a fuss can’t change what’s coming. It can only possibly make things worse. When people can’t salvage anything else, they can still keep their dignity.
Please watch your spellings of proper names. WALZ was the surname of the Democratic vice-presidential candidate, the Republican/Trumpist prospect for his cabinet is Michael WALTZ.
I’m reminded of the famous baptism/settling scores sequence near the end of ‘The Godfather’. Tremble, little rats.
I suggest people read Charles Northcote Parkinson’s on the growth of administration which dates from late 1950s.
What Is Parkinson’s Law?
Parkinson’s law or The pursuit of progress : Parkinson, C. Northcote (Cyril Northcote), 1909-1993 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
God speed.
Three points:
-Seltzer and his ilk are finding out what Karma really means and it could be argued that he is beyond the bend mentally with these fearmongering accusations.
-The Cabinet, like Trump, actually loves America and Americans, and it is reflected in a diverse (the real meaning) selection of views and ways to help Americans, not only a select few. It will be interesting.
-DC is not a swamp, but a sewer, and has been for fifteen to twenty years. I really hope he can rid the system of the rats, which include politicians, almost all senior bureaucrats, seedy lobbyists, and the tech oligarchies power to censure.
Then, we can start rebuilding a country for all Americans, not the sleazebags that have been in power and care nothing for Americans, just themselves and their agendas
What are the odds?
Fortunately for people like Brian Stelter there’s no law against stupidity, hypocrisy, obstinate prejudice, and pathological inability to revise first opinions, nor against continually announcing these things to the world. One could almost wish that there were.
How very refreshing, how unexpected!
I can’t get enough of the energy this (almost) octogenarian orange man brought to the world! You might need to go on Twitter though, to really feel it.
“But there is one thing that knits these characters together: their loyalty to Trump. It would be foolish to assume this will necessarily prevent discord and chaos”.
Well it didn’t last time when Trump headed the league table by a country mile of his selected cabinet who were either fired or resigned.
Summary and analysis of “A Team” turnover in the Trump administration
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/tracking-turnover-in-the-trump-administration/
Last time few or none of the recommended Washington ‘adults’ he hired had the slightest loyalty to him or any support for his policies or sympathy with his supporters.
“Rex Tillerson, who was first recommended to Trump by Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates. Tillerson’s nomination even drew support from d**k Cheney”.
After working for Trump and being fired by him, Rex Tillerson called Trump a “f*****g moron”
Donald Trump claimed to have an IQ a few points higher than Einstein.
“Virtually everyone who has worked with Trump has said that Trump was not only stupid but knows very little about anything! Gary Cohen, seen as one of the smartest guys on Wall Street, was, for a short time, one of Trump’s top advisors, said that “Trump had the IQ of a tanning bed” and that “he had never met anyone who knew so little about virtually everything”. Cohen ended up saying that “Trump was the stupidest man that he had ever encountered”!
Those closest to Trump had similar views, Rex Tillerson called him a “f*****g moron”, John Kelly called him “an idiot”, and “the most flawed person that he had ever met,” and his friend Steve Bannon said that Trump was, ”like an 11-year-old child”. By the way, one of the markers of intelligent people is their vocabulary, a fact that led one psychologist who tests students to claim that Trump’s vocabulary was at a grade 6 or 7 level.
Trump had his older sister do his homework, paid to have someone take his tests to get into college and then had his brother, who was friendly with the Admissions Officer petition him to get Donald into the University of Pennsylvania.
Trump paid a proxy to take the college entrance exam for him”
Trump’s niece Mary Trump, stated that Trump paid someone to take the SAT, an entrance exam used by most U.S. universities, in his place. The high score by the proxy who wrote the SATs got him into Fordham University. Yet, those who were in class with him said he was a slacker and a dummy, and he was anything but the brilliant student he claimed to be!
Trump is a guy who doesn’t read, has no interest in any type of intellectual pursuits of any kind, and was rated as really dumb by one of his profs; “William T. Kelley, who taught Trump at the University of Pennsylvania, claimed that “Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had.”
twice elected president and built a multi-billion dollar company. But, sure, stupid. Seek help for your TDS.
Vocabulary should be appropriate to the audience. Trump has mastered that. He also plays 4D chess with imbeciles like you. He uses misdirection to divert their attention from what he needs to do. Sun Tzu and many other great strategists advised never to underestimate your opponent; the Democrats and pseudo-intellectuals did that, and here we are. All the people you mentioned have axes to grind or opposing views. Wind your neck in and watch the team he has assembled turn civilization away from the edge of the abyss.
So in your view anyone who hasn’t been educated at Oxbridge or Harvard shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near government. Your argument might have some merit if those well-educated elites who have been in power for decades on both sides of the pond hadn’t got us into the mess we’re in today.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity, the US government will be taken over by the billionaire con men, they will drain the swamp and milk the system dry. And they will enrich themselves and leave most of the population hung to dry, the greatest con show in history is about to begin.
“the greatest con show in history is about to begin.”
You’re wrong, it’s about to end. Thankfully.
Wow it must really have sucked for the Democrats to have lost to the stupidest person to ever run for office. Twice.