{"id":100,"date":"2025-02-22T15:49:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T15:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mytrumpdiary.com\/blog\/?p=100"},"modified":"2025-02-22T15:50:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T15:50:36","slug":"one-month-in-and-im-worn-out-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytrumpdiary.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/one-month-in-and-im-worn-out-already\/","title":{"rendered":"One Month In, and I&#8217;m Worn Out Already"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>There are so many things I could enumerate here, but I&#8217;ll just tick off a few:<\/p>\n<h2>Throw Ukraine Under the Bus<\/h2>\n<p>Cozying up to his buddy Vladimir Putin didn&#8217;t take very long at all.\u00a0 Within a few weeks, things were back to where they left off in his first administration.\u00a0 In a matter of a few weeks, he has flipped the U.S. from a strong ally of Ukraine and Europe to a friend of Russia.<\/p>\n<h2>Antagonize North American Trading Partners<\/h2>\n<p>In his first term, Trump renegotiated the NAFTA agreement.\u00a0 He said that the new resulting agreement was the best ever.\u00a0 Of course, now he wants to just throw it out, antagonizing both Mexico and Canada in the process.\u00a0 This can have nothing but bad results.<\/p>\n<h2>Allow DOGE to Run Roughshod<\/h2>\n<p>The methodology of finding &#8220;waste and abuse&#8221; by using a howitzer to kill a flea is counterproductive, at best.\u00a0 The result has been chaos, but wasn&#8217;t that the point all along?\u00a0 Since congress has done nothing to prevent this, it&#8217;s now up to the courts.\u00a0 But will Trump abide by any adverse court opinions?<\/p>\n<h2>Confirmation of Unqualified Cabinet Members<\/h2>\n<p>I heard today that Kash Patel, were he to request a security clearance for any government job, would not succeed in obtaining any level of clearance.\u00a0 Yet, here he is, with an automatic pass on that.\u00a0 Shame on the Republicans for this, RFK, Bondi, Hegseth, and all the other incompitents that have been appointed.\u00a0 When things fall apart, it&#8217;s on them.<\/p>\n<h2>Politicization of the DOJ<\/h2>\n<p>Just look at the cases that have been dismissed already and the investigations that have been started.\u00a0 Enough said.<\/p>\n<h2>Elon Musk<\/h2>\n<p>Elon Musk is in it for Elon Musk.\u00a0 Everything he does somehow points back to a benefit for him.\u00a0 He needs to go, right now.<\/p>\n<h2>The Unitary Executive Theory<\/h2>\n<p>Here is a great article about the big picture of what&#8217;s going on right now.\u00a0 Must reading:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5rpUKUkETT\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/analysis\/what-is-unitary-executive-theory-how-is-trump-using-it-to-push-his-agenda\/\">What Is Unitary Executive Theory? How is Trump Using It to Push His Agenda?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;What Is Unitary Executive Theory? 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Antagonize North American Trading Partners In his first term, Trump renegotiated the NAFTA agreement.\u00a0 He said that the new resulting agreement was the best ever.\u00a0 Of course, now he wants to just throw it out, antagonizing both Mexico and Canada in the process.\u00a0 This can have nothing but bad results. Allow DOGE to Run Roughshod The methodology of finding &#8220;waste and abuse&#8221; by using a howitzer to kill a flea is counterproductive, at best.\u00a0 The result has been chaos, but wasn&#8217;t that the point all along?\u00a0 Since congress has done nothing to prevent this, it&#8217;s now up to the courts.\u00a0 But will Trump abide by any adverse court opinions? Confirmation of Unqualified Cabinet Members I heard today that Kash Patel, were he to request a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytrumpdiary.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytrumpdiary.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytrumpdiary.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytrumpdiary.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytrumpdiary.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mytrumpdiary.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106,"href":"https:\/\/mytrumpdiary.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytrumpdiary.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytrumpdiary.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytrumpdiary.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}