Against All Odds, We Have Survived Another Week

We did. And now it’s time to spin the globe and apologize at random.

It is unfathomable how many ways Trump can embarrass the U.S. This week The White House issued demands to Sweden, France, and who knows who else, demanding that they comply with his anti-DEI policy. They declined.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-demand-stockholm-antidei-embassy-b2746859.html

Former Fox News Anchor, and non-functioning alcoholic, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, is still on payroll. Despite butt texting top secret war information regarding the U.S. bombing of Yemen, 15-minutes before it happened, in two separate group conversations, on an unsecured messaging app, “Signal” he still has his job. The administration has swept Hegseth’s lack of judgment and threat to national security under the rug alongside several empty bottles of scotch.

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who initiated the first chat, the one which Pete included a reporter from the Atlantic, was fired as a result… or was he? 🤔 They lie. Trump made him a U.N. Ambassador to the United Nations, which could be considered a promotion.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/first-major-shakeup-of-trumps-second-term-as-national-security-adviser-mike-waltz-is-out

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/live-blog/rcna203237

When we think things can’t get worse, they do. It’s a law of nature. Fox News’ box wine connoisseur, (some boxed wines are good) Jeanine Pirro, has been selected by his orangeness to be interim U.S. Attorney for D.C.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-picks-fox-news-host-and-former-judge-jeanine-pirro-as-top-federal-prosecutor-in-dc

The new Pope was born in Chicago. (I was too.)  MAGA is claiming that Trump made one phone call and *BOOM* we have a Pope from the U.S.

Stephen Miller is suing Chief Justice John Robert on behalf of the White House. The goal is to take control of the SCOTUS.

My question, will the Joseph Goebbels lookalike see this lawsuit all the way to the Supreme Court?

Moving on…

Melanie Trump, (that’s his pet name for her … right?) invited former Republican President George W. Bush to the White House to commemorate a new U.S. postage stamp that bears his mother’s image.

Hair Trump knocked Bush off the “all time worst U.S. POTUS, ever” pedestal, and for that, the 43rd president, who started two wars, should feel a modicum of relief. Like all good republicans, he also tanked the economy.

Bush refused the invitation, but not as an act of defiance against this administration. He doesn’t do that. He was the only former POTUS to remain silent during the 2024 campaign. W said no because his mother hated Donald Trump. End of story.

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A new biography of the late Barbara Bush delves into her distrust and dislike of Donald Trump and her bewilderment at his rise to the White House.

Source: ABC News