Is Trump II starting to look like Biden/Bush II hopefully without WW3?: Classic Neocons Are Out, but They Might Still Get What They Want & Trump Appointments, Russian Missiles
The Classic Neocons Are Out, but They Might Still Get What They Want
I thought I saw some slight reason for optimism yesterday with regard to Trump’s appointments/nominees. Not so much anymore. Where to begin?
Michael Tracey @mtracey
Scott Bessent would be the first openly gay Treasury Secretary and also the first openly hedge fund manager. Congratulations to him on these historic firsts
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Scott Bessent didn't always agree with the work done by George Soros's nonprofit, but didn't see a conflict working for him -- until one day, when some people wanted to restrict the fund from making investments in Israel. That was a red-line for Bessent: he threatened to resign
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4:35 PM · Nov 23, 2024
2nd Gen Cybertruck @ChadicusSmith
Bessent’s nomination makes official the unofficial MAGA acceptance of gay marriage & gay adoption
Two positions that were antithetical even to Democrats not that long ago
Interesting how the issue was settled with no debate or discussion
Inevitably a third position forms
5:05 PM · Nov 23, 2024
Michael Tracey @mtracey
Trump named Sebastian Gorka as a Senior Director for national security policy. Here's a discussion we had on X Spaces, with a special appearance from @aaronjmate
- Gorka calls Putin a "KGB killer" with whom no negotiated settlement can be reached to resolve the war Ukraine. "There isn't an off-ramp!" he shouts
- He says Ukraine will fight not just to the last man, but to the last 12 year old -- "They will fight to the last child"
- He says the Ukraine war "has nothing to do with NATO aggression"
- He salivates about how Trump killed hundreds of Russians in Syria and "little Vladdy Poo" didn't do anything, because he "shat his pants'
Patrick Henningsen @21WIRE
Seriously, @realDonaldTrump appoints nut job Sebastian Gorka as head of national security policy. He could have been cast in a Dos Equis advert, clearly loves the sound of his own voice, and not shy posting these nonsensical rants - laughably, Gorka claims here that sanctions will force ‘regime change’ in Iran, even though Trump 1.0 already tried max sanctions and failed on every level. To top it all off, Gorka denies war crimes ruling on Netanyahu & Israel, taking a genocide apologist position. Trump should not reward charlatan media clowns like this with cabinet positions…
5:47 AM · Nov 24, 2024
Alex (Sasha) Krainer @NakedHedgie
Gorka is hands down DJT's most disappointing appointment. He's a British agent.
10:10 AM · Nov 24, 2024
Can it get worse? Well, it turns out that Alex Wong, from yesterday, wants Americans to get used to war like we haven’t seen since WW2. Not kidding—I’m not, and I don’t think he is, either:
Michael Tracey @mtracey
Alex Wong, newly named Deputy National Security Advisor to Trump, career trajectory:
2007-2009: Bush State Department "advisor" for Iraq
2012: Foreign policy director for the Romney-Ryan campaign
2015-2017: Foreign policy advisor for Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)
2017-2021: Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Trump/Pompeo State Department
2021-2024: Hudson Institute [Home base for Neocons]
More evidence that an ideological revolution in the Republican Party is truly upon us
According to Alex Wong, Trump's incoming Deputy National Security Advisor, the American public must prepare itself for military conflict not seen since WWII, because his favored China-hostile policies could likely provoke military conflict, which he deems entirely justifiable
10:04 PM · Nov 23, 2024
OK, what’s going on with these and other appointments that touch on foreign policy in one way or another? Obviously—over the top obviously—we see pandering to Anglo-Zionist money interests. Is that it? Is Michael Tracey right in claiming all this as “evidence that an ideological revolution in the Republican Party is truly upon us”? Libertarian Reason agrees with Tracey’s worst forebodings (h/t Dissonant1):
The Classic Neocons Are Out, but They Might Still Get What They Want
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