The Trump team has the bureaucracy in a box.
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Don't imagine Trump as a 4D chess player.
— Devon Eriksen (@Devon_Eriksen_) February 7, 2025
That's the wrong metaphor.
Imagine him instead as a fencer. He has a sword, which is a very simple tool, with a very simple purpose: pointy end goes in the other guy.
Then remember this Bruce Lee quote:
"I fear not the man who has… https://t.co/h5V4lnztp6
…and a warning, from Blake Powers.
They’re not going to go down without a fight, and it could get ugly.
The libertarian president?
He sure seems like the closest thing to it we could imagine.
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Donald Trump: "If elected, I promise to dope Elon Musk up with amphetamines and trenbolone and send him rampaging through the federal budget office with a blessed chainsaw forged from the souls of martyred accountants."
— Devon Eriksen (@Devon_Eriksen_) February 6, 2025
Voters: "Yay! We want specifically this thing! At once!"… https://t.co/WJcfkVNa0O
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Trump has finally taught Republicans how to fight.
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I wish he’d tells us what he really thinks.
This is an extremely articulate, forceful, and honest explanation of how the Democratic Party failed the American people. A must watch to the very end where he explains USAID. https://t.co/s79HYmxcZ6
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) February 6, 2025
…is over.
Good riddance.
It was never a viable idea. There was never such a thing as a “Palestinian.” They were always just Arabs.
Is it on its last legs? Let’s hope.
How the elites will lash out against reform.
Heavy rhetorical focus on diversity at today’s DNC meetings — real record scratch as Trump admin unwinds DEI programs, w Rs confident that this stuff is an electoral loser. pic.twitter.com/1JUaancxc8
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) January 31, 2025
They’ve learned nothing; they’ve forgotten nothing. Vance will get 400+ electoral votes.
And yes, got back from Orlando last night.
How to make it a reality.
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Donald Trump is a great man of history.
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Advice to Pete Hegseth from Kurt Schichter.
Some unsolicited advice for @PeteHegseth from another combat arms field grade…
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) January 25, 2025
Social media and conservative media is already full of examples of open resistance to your leadership. We’re seeing it from the Air Force in particular. See, e.g.: https://t.co/8r7IxuyoqU
They…
Pete is probably way ahead of him, which is why the Democrats and RINOs fought his nomination.
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Understand what happened with Pete Hegseth's nomination and confirmation.
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) January 25, 2025
Pete was overwhelmingly supported by the veterans' community. We know he is a dirty boots warrior who has the gumption to straighten out the mess that is the DoD, and collectively we have been his…
…needs to sue everybody.
They won’t stop this nonsense until it becomes very painful.