THE ERA OF TRUMP

[C-Mag]

Cheney out, Stefanik in
https://nypost.com/2021/05/12/house-rep ... ship-post/

This is the RNC pandering to Trump and the Trumpists. Stefanik nominated Cheney, she's just Cheney light, an opportunist that is smart enough to know Trump has loyalty of GOP voters. The swamp is still intact, but still an improvement and a feather in the cap of the MAGA crowd.

[C-Mag]

It's pretty funny that as the calls for Cheney's removal grew, Cheney was endorsed by Pelosi and OJ Simpson. Now the Democrats are all crying about how evil this move was.

[C-Mag]

They won't quit til Trump is in jail
NY AG’s office says Trump Organization now under ‘criminal’ investigation
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday evening that the Trump Organization is now under “criminal” investigation.

https://pix11.com/news/local-news/ny-ag ... stigation/

[C-Mag]

Informative behind the scenes article on how the MIC worked Trump and the contention between Trump Policy and the supporters of forever war.

Episode 9: Trump's war with his generals
https://www.axios.com/off-the-rails-tru ... 3c6e2.html

Once in office, though, Trump's ambitions to withdraw from Afghanistan and other countries were subdued, slow-rolled, and detoured by military leaders.

Trump did not help his own agenda when he surrounded himself at the start with generals, many of whom had made their careers at U.S. Central Command. They fundamentally disagreed with the president's worldview. They were personally invested in Afghanistan. And several would come to see it as their job to save America and the world from their commander in chief...............

Bannon had begun attending National Security Council meetings in early 2017 at the president's direction — alongside a team of pro-withdrawal allies, including Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, who ultimately became the vice president's national security adviser.

Bannon insists that he frequently demanded the Pentagon answer basic facts about the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, including where billions of dollars in U.S. aid were going and how many troops and contractors were on the ground.

"They literally would not give you any information. And the information they gave you was bullshit. In every presentation, they say you're 18 months away from turning the war around. Always. You're always 18 months away.".....................

Three basic options for Afghanistan emerged: Withdraw, shift to a CIA-led covert counterterrorism strategy, or send in more troops.

The generals pushed aggressively for more troops, warning that pulling out could create a vacuum for terrorists to gain a stronghold like the Islamic State group, or ISIS, did when President Obama withdrew from Iraq in 2011.

The Don't-Be-Obama argument started to resonate with Trump, and hawkish allies like Sen. Lindsey Graham would continue to fire it as a political weapon even now.

Bannon rapidly lost influence after triggering a fusillade of aggressive policy initiatives that caused serious grief for the administration. Trump fired Bannon on Aug. 18, 2017, seven months into office....................



One important piece is only now beginning to emerge: Former President Donald Trump's last-minute bid to pull U.S. forces from Afghanistan and swaths of the Middle East, Africa and even Europe ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration — and why he blinked.

John McEntee, one of Donald Trump's most-favored aides, handed retired Army Col. Douglas Macgregor a piece of paper with a few notes scribbled on it. He explained: "This is what the president wants you to do."

1. Get us out of Afghanistan.

2. Get us out of Iraq and Syria.

3. Complete the withdrawal from Germany.

4. Get us out of Africa.

It was Nov. 9, 2020 — days after Trump lost his re-election bid, 10 weeks before the end of his presidency and just moments after Macgregor was offered a post as senior adviser to acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller.

As head of the powerful Presidential Personnel Office, McEntee had Trump's ear. Even so, Macgregor was astonished. He told McEntee he doubted they could do all of these things before Jan. 20.


They frame this as crazy Trump. I applaud Trump for his desperate attempts to end the nonsense, and he was the only one in the room on board.

In the end, Trump managed to get us out of Afghanistan (or so it appears), which is a victory but short of his goal.

[SuburbanFarmer]

I mean... they’re not entirely wrong.

https://ifunny.co/video/J2IdKGWc8?s=cl

[The Conservative]

[C-Mag]

Just to Trigger them............ why not

[The Conservative]

Just to Trigger them............ why not

Oh, wouldn't that be amazing if he did become the speaker, how many people there would have an aneurism?

[C-Mag]

Oh, wouldn't that be amazing if he did become the speaker, how many people there would have an aneurism?

The image of Pelosi having to hand the gavel to Trump would be worth the price of admission.

[The Conservative]

Oh, wouldn't that be amazing if he did become the speaker, how many people there would have an aneurism?

The image of Pelosi having to hand the gavel to Trump would be worth the price of admission.

I'd have that moment saved for all of history, I'd send Pelosi a framed portrait of that moment just for her.