There’s a reason these people are in their current roles. And it isn’t because of their competence.

Imagine trying to negotiate anything with the US right now. It would be impossible. They’re all over the place on policy.

This is just the beginning. The consequences of this will impact future elections.

Trump will be running the government like his companies. No records. No auditable paper trail.

Schrödinger's Strait

It’s simply extraordinary that a US President can shake down a government department for $10 billion of taxpayer money.

I wonder how the media would report on this if it was occurring in Iran, Venezuela or Cuba?

Corner stores aren’t real

Tepid lethality

It’s like these people have never travelled… You have to suspect they are knowingly lying, counting on their followers to be too stupid to call them out on it.

Trump will need to count on the support of these groups as we approach the midterms.

Being a child predator is the hallmark characteristic of MAGA.

Even if Iran agrees to this, the US will shift the goal posts. The current US administration is an untrustworthy negotiating partner.

Errr….

If only the US had a professional body of people it could call on for critical negotiations… Instead they send the least qualified people imaginable.

America is becoming a bad parody of itself.

The US is now a threat to democracies everywhere.

Now that Trump knows he can hold the entire world hostage to his whims, he’ll do it again.

Donald Trump Jr. stigao u Banski Dvor na panel diskusiju s privrednicima iz RS-a Donald Trump Jr. stigao je u Banski Dvor u Banjoj Luci gdje će prisustvovati panel diskusiji, a prethodno je oko tog objekta napravljen perimetar od 200 metara...

Trump Jr & Brad Pascale have arrived in Bosnia to meet w/ Milorad Dodik’s Russian-backed secessionist regime. Dodik, a long time Serb militant & Bosnian Genocide denier, secured US sanctions relief in Oct after hiring Blagojevich & Mike Flynn as lobbyists. www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...

What’s wrong with these people? The US political system and perhaps even the broader culture is fundamentally broken.

America could put an end to this nonsense right now, if it wanted to.

This tracks

Wow, that’ll do it.

The two men most out of their depth right now are Witkoff and Hegseth. Staggering levels of responsibility given to staggeringly incompetent people.

Trump will be observing this closely. Indeed, Vance was just there meeting with Orban and probably the Russians as well. This is one playbook for Trump to survive the midterms.

It’s unlikely the US Govt is doing this to prevent Iran from using these images for intelligence (Iran can source from allies and other commercial means). They’re doing it to stop their own citizens from understanding the full impacts of the war.

Greenland is still on the agenda for Trump. They’ll be conducting intelligence collection and shaping operations.

Contribute company meat to the expansionist grinder.

Flooding the zone with shit. It’s been highly effective so far.

In fairness, if you say stupid things like this for long enough on tv, there’s a better than even chance you’ll be made Secretary of Defense.

1/ Global oil and gas shortages are likely to persist for months, industry insiders are warning. This is due to shut-in, or idled, wells suffering progressive damage that is becoming increasingly severe as the Iran war drags on, leading to long delays in restarting production. ⬇️