Shart of the Deal 2: The Takers

 

This blog (me, Vixen!) understands that Trump thinks of himself as the Deal-maker, and his mishpocha love that for him. We discussed The Shart of the Deal a minute ago, and it's holding up. He imposes a threat, and will accept any terms that make him look like he got his "deliverables". He just got the Mexican president to send 10,000 troops to the border that were going anyway. He got Justin Trudeau to agree to the same kind of commitment he was already making. 

It's ok--just so long as Trump gets to take credit for something, even if it was nothing he actually accomplished (other than demonstrating to our allies that his government is duplicitous and not to be trusted, ruining our relationship in a completely shartastic way!)  And the 30-day pause probably just means we get another round of Trump drama. 

But the thing to recognize is Trump didn't do anything other than wreck our allies' faith in us Just like him patting himself on the back for the flow of the water (which is idiotic) into lakebeds that have nothing to do with the already-contained LA fires. It's bullshit--but he's a tv president for dipshits who watch too much tv. 

Which brings me to Elon Musk--his avatar Vizier and the shadow-president. 

Trump takes credit. I don't know what Musk is taking--but it's a whole lot, because he's rooting through our servers, gathering our information, and I have no earthly idea what all he means to do with it. But he is using boys young enough to be his sons to do it. 

I don't want to speculate too hard on what the apparent government takeover sleepover party means for middle-aged many-times over baby-daddy Musk, but the idea that we shouldn't know who they are is stupid--it's called government transparency! And maybe these 19-25 year olds' parents need to know they may be breaking some federal laws to get the right kind of legal representation under their babies. Because Elon may be too high on his own supply right now to appreciate that he has created a Children's Crusade to undermine the US government because only thirsty kids would be loyal enough not to balk at what he's asking of them. And like the historical Children's Crusade--um, they might not be Spartans, but they will end up the same way. 

(Do I think that Musk doesn't know better? No. Actually I think Elon is an actual manipulator and is using young people as fucking human shields.) 

Anyway, the government is taken over because these guys are takers and IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN BACK! If there are any takers for that movement. 

Sen. Schatz is putting a hold on State Department appointments--that's a great start. I'd love to know what former senator, now Secretary of State Marco Rubio, plans to do about USAID. 

But I just don't know you guys.  Whose guts, whose spine would he have to borrow? Some are the "takers" in this administration, and some, perforce, are just the "Taken"--marvels of modern puppetry, hands filling their hollow spaces.