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| Donald Trump completes hostile takeover of Washington, puts both parties on notice |
| 2017-01-21 |
| h/t Instapundit President Trump completed his hostile takeover of the Republican Party last July, and on Friday he completed his hostile, if temporary, takeover of Washington. In some significant ways, Trump is more like a corporate raider of the 1980s, when he came of age, than a typical politician of 2017. Thirty years ago, Gordon Gekko might have been more likely to deliver the speech that the billionaire businessman did today than Ronald Reagan. No president has ever before referred to "the establishment" in his inaugural address nor declared that every country in the world ought to pursue its own self-interest. But the guy who ended the Bush dynasty and then vanquished the Clinton machine, in a period of 17 months, put "the establishment" of both parties on notice once more. I get this picture of somebody who was quietly seething for decades and came to boil during Obama years. And found out that a lot of other people came to boil as well. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #14 @#7: My take is that President Trump is using ambassadorial appointments or lack thereof as an exercise in determining plumbing problems. |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2017-01-21 22:41 |
| #13 Dred Scott Not too hot Meh.... All opinions rendered in rhyme. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2017-01-21 22:35 |
| #12 #8 But what about poetic justice? For poetic justice, I nominate ZenFlo for Poet Laureate. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-01-21 19:36 |
| #11 He announced the ambassador to Israel ages ago -- a settlements supporter keen to move the embassy to Jerusalem as I recall. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-21 18:32 |
| #10 Nominate David Frum for Assholia. He's fluent |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-01-21 09:08 |
| #9 Wapo inspired. Let's nothing to see. |
| Posted by: Glusonter Jaimp1712 2017-01-21 06:07 |
| #8 But what about poetic justice? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-01-21 04:28 |
| #7 He nominated SC Gov. Nikki Halley to the UN, other than that, I've seen nothing. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-01-21 04:20 |
| #6 g(r)omski - Senator Jeff Session as Attorney General will act as a Clinton deterrent. Something akin to a Zostavax vaccination for the shingles. If you enjoyed the 'shingles - Clinton' metaphor, grinning is permitted. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-01-21 04:16 |
| #5 Whoops! I was wrong. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-01-21 04:12 |
| #4 Nothing yet on Whitehouse.gov, B. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-01-21 04:08 |
| #3 Anyone besides me fail to hear anything about DJT's ambassadorial appointments? Well, I do think Hillary should be offered a choice between investigation (and consequently jail) and ambassadorial appointment to Libya. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-01-21 04:07 |
| #2 No president has ever before referred to "the establishment" in his inaugural address nor declared that every country in the world ought to pursue its own self-interest. Emphasis added The underlined should be making the shi* disturbing 'regime change' crowd at Foggy Bottom and McLean, VA apoplectic. A pox on both their spurious, crisis making houses. Perhaps DJT took at look at tiny Switzerland (in the middle of turbulent and war torn Europe) and began wondering just how they've stayed out of foreign entanglements and senseless confilcts for nearly 700 years. Anyone besides me fail to hear anything about DJT's ambassadorial appointments? I suspect it's because they are extremely low on his priority (things needing done) list, where they rightfully belong. He owes no favours to anyone, so he can act on these at his leisure. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-01-21 04:02 |
| #1 Western Civilisation is all boiling now we want our countries back! |
| Posted by: anon1 2017-01-21 03:48 |