The Clown Show Continues On

“Pay less attention to what men say.   Just watch what they do.” — Dale Carnegie

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Trump Picks Rep. Mike Waltz as National Security Advisor – via antiwar.com

President-elect Donald Trump has asked Mike Waltz, a hawkish House Republican from Florida, to be his national security advisor in the incoming administration, multiple media outlets reported on Monday night.

Waltz was a staunch supporter of the Ukraine proxy war early on and was one of the few members of Congress to suggest the US send “military advisors” into the country. He was also critical of President Biden for supposedly not being aggressive enough.

In 2023, Waltz began to express skepticism of the war, saying the US involvement in the conflict was “not sustainable.” However, in an interview with NPR last week, Waltz suggested that he would advise the president to end the war in Ukraine by escalating.

Whew!   That’s good news!  I mean, it’s truly a relief to hear there won’t be any push for peace.  The war machine has to keep going.  Think of all the defense corporations bottom line here.  Yeah, there’s innocent lives lost, but it’s not the sons and daughters of these courageous dipshits, and that’s most important.

When explaining how he thinks Trump could bring both sides to the table, Waltz said the US could ramp up sanctions enforcement on Russia and support Ukraine using NATO-provided weapons for long-range strikes inside Russia, something President Vladimir Putin has made clear would risk nuclear war.

“First and foremost, you would enforce the actual energy sanctions on Russia. Russia is essentially a gas station with nukes. Putin is selling more oil and gas now than he did prewar through China and Russia. And you couple that with unleashing our energy, lifting our LNG ban, and his economy and his war machine will dry up very quickly,” Waltz told NPR.

“So I think that will get Putin to the table. We have leverage, like taking the handcuffs off of the long-range weapons we provided Ukraine as well. And then, of course, I think we have plenty of leverage with Zelenskyy to get them to the table,” Waltz added.

This is completely understandable thinking because it’s based on believing in lollipops and candy canes falling from the sky, something which has become almost every American’s way of thinking and mode of daily operation.  Of course Russia is just a gas station with nukes.  We all know this.  And they’d never use those nukes if completely pressed up against the wall because, well because that’s what we choose to believe.  This is so elementary.

Discussing Iran, Waltz said that the US must go back to “maximum pressure,” referring to the previous Trump administration’s Iran policies, which involved withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal, imposing crippling economic sanctions, and assassinating Iranian Quds Force Commander Gen. Qasem Soleimani. Waltz has also hyped up claims about Iran plotting to kill Trump, which Iranian officials have strongly denied.

Waltz is a staunch supporter of Israel and has repeated Trump’s calls to allow Israel to “finish the job” in Gaza. “The next administration should, as Mr. Trump argued, ‘let Israel finish the job’ and ‘get it over with fast’ against Hamas. They should put a credible military option on the table to make clear to the Iranians that America would stop them building nuclear weapons,” he wrote in a recent piece for The Economist.

EXACTLY!  Let them finish the job and get it over with fast.  Although, are there any of what Washington believes are the ‘baddies’ left to be killed?  Well, that’s way above the ordinary American’s pay grade to decide – best just to let them continue on with their killings.

And in more news guaranteed to show that actions speak louder than words, and from their actions you can once again, go back to sleep because the status quo is preserved:

Trump Announces Former Big Pharma Lobbyist to Run White House Staff – healthimpactnews.com

Ah!  Warms the heart, doesn’t it?

Fortunately, the Babylon Bee has provided a preview of other exciting cabinet picks for the orangeman’s administration:

Alex Jones And 10 Other Exciting Trump Cabinet Picks – thebabylonbee.com

Donald Trump has been re-elected, and it’s time for Trump to assemble a new team of brilliant minds to serve in his cabinet. But just who will he choose to restore America to its former glory?

The Babylon Bee obtained the following list of people Trump is preparing to select to serve in key roles in his administration:

1. Alex Jones — Press Secretary: We will finally learn which people in Washington are really lizards wearing fake human skin.

2. The cast of The View — Ambassadors to Antarctica: It’s an important job that requires every host from the panel.

3. Elon Musk — Secretary of Diablo IV: Trump was reportedly impressed by his world ranking.

4. Jimmy Kimmel — Court Jester: And he will have to wear those funny bells and dance as Trump pelts him with fruit.

5. Kyle Rittenhouse — The Entire Department of Homeland Security: In a move that will save the nation billions, the entire agency will be replaced by one guy roaming the country with an AR-15.

6. Mike Lindell — Secretary of Election Integrity & Slumber Comfort: Having secure elections will help Americans finally have the best night’s sleep in the whole wide world.

7. Joe Rogan — Secretary of Machine Elves and UFOs: He may also head up the Department of Shrooms.

8. Any random kid who likes trains — Secretary of Transportation: No matter who it is, they will still be better than Pete Buttigieg.

9. Ronald McDonald — Secretary of Nutrition: Every citizen will be allotted one Big Mac meal per day.

10. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Secretary of… something: He asked for a specific position, but no one could understand him.

11. Joe Biden — Ice Cream Czar: A bold move from Trump to reach across the political aisle.

Such a powerhouse administration in the making. Is there any doubt that America will return to greatness?

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Tonight’s musical offering:

Thank God there’s still glorious music played by brilliant and gifted musicians to keep us at least somewhat sane –

Florian Noack performs his own arrangement of Shostakovitch Waltz No.2 for solo piano, from the Suite for Orchestra No.1