The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 2)

[Monty]

@Fear_Itself

Was the Reagan amnesty an executive order, or an act of Congress? If it was an executive order, Trump can reverse it with a stroke of his Sharpie.

Rip van Simple beleives he can Sharpie the constitution.

@Pardel-Lux

President Ineptstein

Great moniker!

@aurora_maire I thought Rip van Simple was angry at and wanted to punish every country that did not join him in his vanity war against Iran.

Even leading pubbies think telling Putin “Come and get it” is not a good idea.

Two top Republican lawmakers expressed their concern Saturday about President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw 5,000 U.S. troops from NATO ally Germany.

“We are very concerned by the decision to withdraw a U.S. brigade from Germany,” Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss, and Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., respectively the heads of the House and Senate Armed Services committees, said in a joint statement.

The president said Saturday that there could be more cuts to troops in Europe after the Pentagon announced the withdrawal. Trump told reporters: “We’re going to cut way down, and we’re cutting a lot further than 5,000.”

The decision to slash troops came after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told students earlier in the week that the U.S. was “being humiliated by the Iranian leadership,” unusually frank remarks that triggered a backlash from Washington. Almost 40,000 U.S. troops are currently stationed in Germany, the largest contingent in Europe.

Wicker and Rogers said it was in “America’s interest to maintain a strong deterrent in Europe,” warning about the signal it would send Russia to slash the American presence on the continent.

Apparently, the way the wind blows is now a national security issue.

May 3 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s administration has brought U.S. onshore wind development to a halt, citing ‌national security concerns, the Financial Times reported on ‌Sunday.

Approvals for about 165 onshore wind projects on private lands are being ​held up by the Pentagon, FT said, citing the American Clean Power Association and people close to the matter.

The affected projects include wind farms that were awaiting final sign-off, others ‌in the middle of ⁠negotiations and some that typically would not require oversight by the Pentagon, the FT said.

Reuters ⁠could not immediately verify the report.

The American Clean Power Association and Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests for comment ​by Reuters.

I think there is, though, one bag of air blowing that is a huge national security detriment.

And the felon is rapidly approaching Kim Il Sung level narcissism.

The federal government is undergoing an unprecedented presidential branding makeover, with Donald Trump’s name being added to everything from buildings and battleships to a drug website and a park pass.

While Trump has had roads and even an airport named after him since winning a second term in office, his administration has initiated a series of actions to imprint his name and likeness on the federal government well beyond internal documents and communications.

Not all of those efforts have been successful, such as a push to have a New York City train station and Washington, D.C.-area airport named after Trump. But the scope of the others is enormous, including the addition of his signature to U.S. paper currency — a first for a sitting U.S. president.

The branding is in stark contrast to prior presidencies, including Trump’s first term, when the largest branding controversy involved having his name added to Covid relief checks during an election year.

Oh, Hell yes! The felon’s crypto is connected to a scam network. Oh, Hell yes!

A Wall Street Journal investigation has found that World Liberty Financial, the Trump crypto venture, partnered with a virtual-currency company called AB whose key figures were sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury for alleged ties to a transnational pig butchering scam network that stole billions from Americans.

Not only does he love other people’s money, he hates other people’s golf.

President Donald Trump is ready to take on his next renovation.

The president is shutting down the busiest public golf course in Washington, D.C. on Sunday so that he can rip it up and turn it into what he envisions as another over-the-top homage to his own power.

The National Park Service will begin landscaping and clearing trees at the East Potomac Golf Links on Monday, while the president develops a complete redesign, NOTUS reported.

“This news was a complete surprise to us,” a spokesman for The National Links Trust, the most recent leaseholder of the golf course, told NOTUS. “For the sake of our community and employees, we hope to have clarity as soon as possible. We remain committed to our mission, our community, and working to protect the public golf courses in Washington, D.C. for the benefit of the entire community.”