Behold, the clown car cometh

Now that we’ve all resigned ourselves to the fact that the next four years of the presidency are going to be eye-opening and jaw-dropping, to say the least, let’s prepare ourselves for some of the craziest crap ever.

 In fact, if I read the Trump tea leaves correctly, buckle up for executive orders and off-the-wall directives coming down like stormwater, hurting the average American who never asked for them. You can expect a bunch of ridiculous laws from our new all-Republican Congress to go along with the incoming calamity and cockamamie governance.

 And beyond the convicted criminal-in-chief and his MAGAbot minions in Congress, are his star-dudded cabinet appointments - some of the most off-the-wall bunch of backward personalities ever to be appointed to anything. A grand assortment of alleged criminals and MAGA-psychos who just wouldn't fit in where proper thinking and decency are the rule.

 Let’s be clear, these people, whose names and reputations I will disturb you with in just a moment, weren’t chosen because they are the best available to serve the American people.

 Perish the thought!

 Trump chose them because they are the best available to serve him and screw with the status quo. That’s their only job in life from this point on, unless he fires some of them or they come to their senses, as in Trump’s previous administration, and they quit to save their sanities.

 This from CNN: Trump on the campaign trail made no secret of his plans if he won a second term. Many of his most committed supporters regard the federal government as a liberal deep state that has failed to respond to their needs. Trump, moreover, is still seething over the establishment’s attempts to rein him in during his first White House term. So selecting Cabinet picks who are seen as unqualified to lead their departments may be an attempt to deal a blow against the credibility of government in itself.

 Maggie Haberman of the NY Times says Trump made these picks to “shock the system.” The Washington Examiner calls them his  “team of disruptors.” So you see, he’s already playing games with us.

 Consequently, the very selection of these …uh…individuals, tells us Trump plans to strong-arm rule, unimpeded by common sense or established laws or protocols, from Day One.

 These are all “yessir boss” people to the bone, and I defy anyone to find so much as a morsel of benefit from their selection for the nation.

 Behold, the clown car cometh!

 Let’s start with Republican former Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida, nominated to serve as...egads... U.S. attorney general. Fortunately, Gaetz got a smell of his own bad breath  and pulled his name out of consideration for the post.

 Talk about someone even your average Republican detests. This is the same Matt Gaetz accused of allegedly having sexual relations with an underage child and trafficking her across state lines to do so, in addition to illegal drug usage. Gaetz was never charged with a crime, but was investigated by the House Ethics Committee, whose sealed report is now the hottest term paper in the nation Senators are demanding to se

 Call Gaetz the poster boy for monster dirt and mega slime.

 What could Trump possibly see in this perverted boy wonder that’s worth fighting for?

 Fact remains, Trump always wanted another Roy Cohn - someone nasty, dirty, and snake-like to do his bidding, especially when it comes to going after his political enemies.

 This from The Washington Examiner about Gaetz:

 “We ought to have a full court press against this WEAPONIZED government that has been turned against our people,” Gaetz wrote on X before deleting the post mere hours before his nomination as attorney general was announced. “And if that means ABOLISHING every one of the three letter agencies, from the FBI to the ATF, I’m ready to get going!”

 Who better than a young fiend who loves hurting people for breakfast when given the power. Gaetz was reportedly having problems being guaranteed confirmation by the new GOP Senate, though there were signs of softening. Apparently he’s a bridge too far, a bridge that Trump was willing to fight for. At press time, Gaetz pulled his name out of consideration, so fortunately, we dodged that bullet, America.

 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. - talk about cuckoo for Coco Puffs. RFK, Jr. is up for secretary of Health and Human Services, a prominent anti-vaxxer, to be put in charge of managing the nation’s vaccine supply, in addition to fluoridation in our water (he doesn’t believe it protects our teeth so he wants it removed) and is a firm believer that the nation should be drinking raw, non-pasteurized milk.

 For the record, pasteurized milk and fluoridated water are two things we all have grown up with, and both have protected all of us and our families from disease. Yet this guy, in his infinite wisdom, wants to prove that he knows best, and do away with those, and most other daily protections in our food and water the FDA (Federal Drug Administration) signs off on.

 For the record, RFK, Jr. also claims that a worm partially devoured his brain, and then died.

 Poor worm gave his precious life to warn others.

 And just in case you want assurances from Trump that our country will always be well defended and ready to protect us from attack from the Chinese, Iranians or Russians, you and your family can now rest easy. Trump has chosen Pete Hegseth, weekend anchor for “Fox and Friends,” to lead our armed forces as the new secretary of Defense.

Gee, the weekend anchor. How did America get so lucky?

 Hegseth, a veteran who serves in the Army National Guard, “earned” his nomination declaring that women have no business in combat, downplayed the involvement of military members in the January 6th U.S. Capitol attacks, and allegedly has a tattoo on his bicep that’s associated with white supremacist groups, along with a lot of other arch-conservative crapola. Ironically, Petey was also accused of sexual assault in 2017 in a case where he reportedly paid the alleged victim to be quiet. Of course, he denies the accusation.

 Boy, Trump can sure pick ‘em, eh?

 Some of Trump’s other Cabinet-level picks are also knee-slapping..

 Former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, a cultist reported to be a Russian sympathizer, nominated for Director of National Intelligence; Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas and TV huckster for whatever makes him a buck, for ambassador to Israel; Stephen Miller, known for his racist mantra about Muslims and other immigrants, now deputy chief of staff for policy; Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, said to be world’s richest man and co-founder of Tesla Motors and Space X, along with the former Republican presidential candidate who endorsed Trump, both heading up the new Dept. of Government Efficiency (boy, get ready to see some important government agencies like Education get the axe); and Kristi Noem, current governor of South Dakota, become secretary of Homeland Security. 

 Noem is infamously known for not instituting Covid protocols in her state during the height of the pandemic, and fatally shooting her happy-go-lucky puppy, Cricket, because "...in politics and life, she was willing to do what was “difficult, messy, and ugly” if it was necessary."

Exactly where does Trump find these unhinged people? Who the hell protects us from her?

 Of course it wouldn’t be a full clown car without Sen. Marco Rubio. With the exception of Lindsay Graham, no politician is as two-faced as "Little Marco," and he’s supposed to be our secretary of State. I understand he has the foreign affairs experience, but can we trust a man who would sell his mother on a whim?

And BREAKING NEWS - Trump enjoyed wacko Dr. Oz so much on TV, he now wants to see this crackpot who couldn't get the Covid pandemic right, in charge of Medicaid and Medicare management. To improve care? Heaven to Betsy no! To cut costs! 

Any other TV nuts I'm missing from the list?

There are other names that have been proposed to serve in the Trump Administration, but the bottomline is these people aren’t simply serving us, they’re proudly serving a known convicted criminal. That tells me there isn’t anything they wouldn’t do serving him in their respective capacities.

 Now some of these novel winners are supposed to go through Senate confirmation, but Trump doesn’t want that. He wants recess appointments so he gets what he wants, how he wants it. Chris Hayes of MSNBC says it’s “a humiliation exercise,” a way to prove that Trump can dominate the new Republican Senate at his will. Make 'em heel!

 I’m shocked that professional white supremacist, Tucker Carlson, hasn’t grabbed a spot in the Trump Administration yet. Lord knows he’d make an excellent Trump court jester, especially for someone who isn’t really funny at all.

 So we have this, plus we’re all waiting with baited breath for the formal unveiling of Project 2025, and how that will totally screwup American life.

And let me get something straight here and now...Yes, I'm an opinion journalist too, but but NO, I don't agree with having a "conversation" with evil, I don't care if he is the criminal-in-chief. I'm not Joe and Mika, so I don't worry about ratings here. I'm worried about telling the TRUTH as I see it at all times! I believe in having conversations of understanding

with people who share a common value for decency and respect. Then, I can either disagree or agree, but still trust them. That's the world we once had, but have unfortunately lost now.

Get that world back for me, where there is a common reverence for the rule of law, for democracy and TRUTH. Get that world back for me, where I can trust the people running my government are serving the nation and our democracy via their oath of office, not the whims of a wannabe king. 

Besides, our criminal-in-chief lies too damn much for me. Not worth my time.

Please get my United States of America back, warts and all, before I'm asked to "talk" with anyone who would just as soon destroy it all, just to satisfy their sadistic God complex!

There's no talking to anyone who would just as soon put a knife in your back!