When a Clown moves into a Palace, he doesn’t become a King. The Palace instead becomes a Circus – Turkish proverb.My, oh my. I’m not sure who the bigger clown was on Friday in the Oval Office negotiating session with Zelenskyy. PINO, who calls himself King, or JD Vance who wanted to impress the King. In what was thought to be a meeting to make a deal between the United States and Ukraine to bring an end to the war with Russia, instead ended up a ‘shout-fest’ with Zelenskyy getting kicked out of the White House by tRump. Watching the exchange made me cringe as PINO and JDV wanted Zelenskyy to get down on the floor and kiss PINO’s capped-toe dress Oxford’s and ‘say ten thank you’s,’ as they both said that Zelenskyy had not shown a great enough thankfulness for what the U.S. had done for Ukraine. The facts are that Zelenskyy has expressed appreciation numerous times. It went off the rails from there and once again the actions of the two clowns made the United States look like s**t to the rest of the world. The laugher was Vance accusing Zelenskyy of trying to “litigate this in front of the American media.” Now let me see. Who set up this media show with cameras and reporters (including a Russian reporter who was able to sneak into the show)? It wasn’t Zelenskyy. JD went on to accuse the Ukraine president of running propaganda tours, campaigning for Democrats in Pennsylvania and being ungrateful. Putin is jumping with joy after watching the clowns carry out his propaganda campaign for him and gives them an A+ for their performance. The Europeans, who have come to Z’s defense and give him their full support, give America an F (as in the report card, but I think they also have given us another “F’, like you know what).
Going back to that cabinet meeting held on Thursday, my brother reminded me of tRump’s first Cabinet meeting during Trump 1.0 when he made a statement about his great accomplishments in such a short amount of time and then asked the Cabinet members to make a statement. Do you remember Mike Pence starting it off with a little speech about it being a privilege to serve as the VP for such a wonderful man? From there, as I remember, each member tried to outdo each other in the amount of praise they threw at DJT as he sat there and gave that simpy smile he does so well. You know the one. Thank goodness we didn’t have to experience that during Wednesday’s meeting. I can only gag so much before I begin throwing up.
And how about the “law and order party” working to lift a travel ban and allow Andrew Tate and his brother, both arrested and charged in Romania with human trafficking and forming a criminal group to sexually exploit women. They deny the allegations, but why would Trump administration officials pressure Romania to lift the travel ban to allow them back into the United States? Andrew Tate is a big Trump supporter, which is all it takes to get on DJT’s good side. Tate posted on X earlier this month, “The Tate’s will be free, Trump is the president. The good old days are back. And they will be better than ever.” I am happy to say that not all conservative MAGA’s are supporting this and have spoken out. The conservative radio host Erick Erickson posted on X, “We should wait and see, but I can say that if Trump really did bless allowing the Tate brothers to come to the US, it would be the primary exhibit that his administration is guided by a hyper-online right that is very out of touch with the real world and needs to touch grass.” Let the splintering begin.
That’s enough for today. Have a great weekend! Ziggyman
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