Trump: Impeach is the new Orange

[Animalmother]

I've been listening to more of Hegseth and Trump's speeches from yesterday. Hegseth is an absolute wretch and his entire tirade was despicable, but Trump... good lord, WTF was that? He's known for inane waffling, I grant, but this was a whole new level. A complete stream-of-consciousness brain fart; ceaseless rambling not unlike Grandpa Simpson talking about making toast and how he used to wear an onion on his belt (which was the style at the time). On the rare moments where he briefly settled on an actual topic, it was bizarre:

It is something we're considering, the concept of battleship. Nice six-inch side, solid steel. Not aluminum, aluminum that melts if it looks at a missile coming at it. Starts melting as the missile's about two miles away.

...

I am a very aesthetic person. I don't like some of the ships you're doing aesthetically. They say, "Oh, it's stealth." That’s not stealth. An ugly ship is not necessary in order to say you're stealth.

The fuck?

At one point he told the audience of 800+ commanding officers that he likes to sign stuff with a special pen, on big, beautiful paper, not cheap paper. And somehow that transformed into a dig at Hunter Biden.

He has to have some form of dementia.

[Mantis]

I just watched a bunch of the speech and, yeah, blimey.

That really is something isn't it.

[Snowy]

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him in so far as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency, or otherwise, he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth—whether about the president or about anyone else—save in the rare cases where this would make known to the enemy information of military value which would otherwise be unknown to him.

We can but hope the generals and admirals feel the same way.

[eny]

"If you have body cams, turn them off" The stage-crafted arrest of the Newark mayor back in May, at the direction of pedo-protector Dep. AG Todd Blanche.

[Raid]

White House deputy Chief of Staff says the quiet part out loud, reboots.

In United States constitutional law, plenary power is a power that has been granted to a body or person in absolute terms, with no review of or limitations upon the exercise of that power. The assignment of a plenary power to one body divests all other bodies from the right to exercise that power, where not otherwise entitled. Plenary powers are not subject to judicial review in a particular instance or in general.

CNN, incidentally, edited that segment out of later broadcasts of that interview. I think it speaks to how well the American far-right control the media (however illegitimate that control is) that I can't tell if this is a genuine mistake or an attempt to introduce the concept into the media and move the Overton Window. We all know Trump thinks like he has it already, but this is a pretty incredible thing to be claimed, and would be, if I understand the term correctly, the final step towards making him an actual dictator.

[eny]

Miller is rabid, the prime source of animus for overreach. They are desperate to exact martial law and control elections in blue states. They will turn the screws until they think they can get away with it and still keep their base on side. He is projecting intent and realised mid stream.

[Lenny Solidus]

The RNC has just announced a very special Trump appearance is now slated for late December 2025...

Spoiler

[Raid]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/202 ... iktok-job/

So lessee here; they effectively steal an extremely valuable foreign company, force it to take on a new US owner, and now that company is going to effectively be given to the 19-year-old son of the US president? No, sure, sure, that sounds totally above board.

I honestly think this might be one of the most corrupt things Trump has done, and that's hardly a short list.

[eny]

Oh there is more egregious, believe me. The crypto money laundering for SMNR tech is really up there, not sure he will ever be held to account for any of his shit TBH.

[Wrathbone]

The potential for what Trump could do with direct control of one of the world's most popular social media platforms is outright chilling.

[eny]

SouthCom Navy Admiral Alvin Holsey retires after only a year in the position, almost certainly because of the unlawful, extra-judicial war crimes Kegsbreath has exacted in the Caribbean.

[Animalmother]

Trump most certainly not in a panic. A high ranking black officer who apposed him just quit, he's no doubt delighted.

[Alan]

Stop. Fucking. Quitting.

Another opening for him to fill with a cronie but that dude is principled. Big woop.

[eny]

Yeah, Meidas do tend to verge on the clickbaity titles too heavily, an annoying trait from quite a few "leftist" new-media channels. Facts are one thing, but keep a balance and stop giving ammunition. The right doesn't feel "humiliated", "shamed", "panicked", "desperate" etc.

[eny]

The thing is nuanced, he will have weighed up leaving quite heavily, staying isn't quite as straightforward as you think, his choices would be very limited.