
It’s frightening to watch DJT as he continues doing his reality show routine with regard to the recent Signal chat controversy. One wonders whether reality has anything to do with DJT’s mindset, or if he simply reacts to each new situation with the same technique of denial and intimidation.
Beyond their abysmal performances before the Senate and then the House Intelligence committees, with top intelligence officials showing a remarkable loss of memory function, Trump’s top lieutenants were made to appear even more questionable, with the release of an article in “Wired,” stating that Trump’s National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, had made his Venmo list public, with 328 names on the list. Waltz, is also alleged to be the person who put the Signal group chat together, with top Administration officials discussing an attack on Yemen soil, with an editor for the Atlantic, included in the chat over unsecured phones.
Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Susan Rice, made a particularly interesting observation, noting that no military advisors were included in the group – other than the Secretary of Defense, who leads the military for the White House, as opposed to being a member of it. One would think active duty military would be included in a group meeting about an ongoing attack, although that might have thrown a wrench into the works because active military personnel would surely have demanded that the call should be conducted through secure channels? Meaning, everything would have been on the record.
With such a massive public boondoggle, why can’t DJT just admit that they screwed up? It appears he has a systemic problem limiting his ability to function, witness his second tour in office which is looking more and more like a “revenge tour.” We should all be very afraid. He’s already snatching people off the street and sending them to prison in another country with no due process – which happens to be a constitutional guarantee. If he’s doing that to unknown persons who are alleged to be gang members, how long will it be before his political opponents begin disappearing?
With the entire Republican caucus cowering in fear, who will stand up and stop it from happening? One imagines this must be how it felt to be in Germany in the 1930’s, as bit by bit, freedom was erased by fascism.
The fact that most Americans can’t define Fascism and have little or no idea what due process is, makes us particularly vulnerable. Putin, must be delighted.
You’ll know we’ve gone over the cliff and into the abyss, should DJT succeed in shutting down the free press or discrediting it to the point that the mainstream media, the traditional media, loses all credibility. It feels like we aren’t that far away.