Brian Hook, reportedly, will be named Donald’s special envoy responsible for helping to end fascistic Russia’s genocidal campaign in Ukraine.
Hook rose through the ranks of US State Department’ ranks during the late 2000s. His claim to fame is not flinching (or telling Donald to flinch) after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chopped up journalist Jamal Khashoggi into little pieces at Saudia Arabia’s consulate in Instanbul.
Hook went to work for the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management (Feinberg, et al) after Donald lost the US 2020 presidential election1.
Team USA’s experiment in authoritarianism has so far exceeded Vova’s wildest expectations and answered questions we asked about the resolve of the wishy-washy West almost 1,000 days ago2.
As of this writing, the change-course collision looks like this.
Dismantling the NSA, CIA and FBI will be a top priority task.
[…] Having had four years to simmer over the “Deep State” in the intelligence community, Trump has already announced that he will make good on a purge list in a second term, with the apparent interest in dismissing both rank and file intelligence officers and analysts as well as senior leaders if they do not demonstrate fealty to him. He and his allies have not only openly acknowledged their intention of reinstituting the Schedule F plan, but have had time to vet over 50,000 loyalists who will replace the purged civil servants during a second Trump term3.
Pete will clean up the Pentagon.
[Pete’s] nomination represents a major victory for Donald Trump Jr., who has lobbied for the inclusion of more unorthodox candidates, such as Vice President-elect JD Vance and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, against the wishes of establishment Republicans who favored filling key administration roles with those they see as more traditional choices, such as former secretary of state Mike Pompeo4.
The dimwit almost killed a West Point drummer5. Vivek and Don Jr., as we recall, are Elon’s creepy cohorts in the anti-Ukraine fanclub6. This all, of course, is very bad news for Team Ukraine, but Z and his potent managers are also self-aggrandizing morons, maybe just greasier. Maybe they’ll be friends.
On the Ukraine war jacket, last night Z wore his black pajama top, talked a little about air defense and congratulated a bunch of brigades. At the end of the chit chat, he said authorities were analyzing proposals by non-governmental orgs to fix government screw-ups.
To Kill a Dragon. The wishy-washy West. What else is the Kremlin counting on? (February 15, 2024)
Pete Hegseth has said exactly how he will shake up the Pentagon: Trump’s nominee for defense secretary has called for a war on what he calls the ‘woke’ military, including potentially firing top brass (The Washington Post, November 13, 2024)
‘Fox & Friends’ Host Pete Hegseth Sued for Hitting Man With Axe on Live TV (The Daily Beast, June 14, 2018)
I doubt Gaetz will be confirmed by the Senate as he must be. There’s a pending ethics investigation report that needs to be released.
As far as the rest of the picks, my favorite by far is Tulsi Gabbard. Now to see who gets to clean up the FBI.
Funny how corrupt Uncle Joe was so cheerful meeting with the President Elect isn’t it? Kinda confirms that the Hitler shit was just scaremongering. It still did a lot of damage.
Perhaps Joe is a racist, fascist, Nazi which is entirely possible given his acceptance of the election results & refusal to even acknowledge Harris in public. So petty. So predictable.
hi, maura. donald's picks unsurprising. i have zero thoughts about uncle joe or kamala. as for tulsi, last time i checked, she was another self-promoting nutcase spouting nonsense about russia and ukraine. i don't do rogan, so don't know her views about anything else