Category Donald J. Trump was correct when he said, “They’re after YOU, I’m just in the way.”

Dec 31 2023

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper Very Concerned Next Trump DefSec Would Be Loyal to America and Commander in Chief


Posted originally on the CTH on December 30, 2023 | Sundance 

These guys keep providing me super timely and apropos fuel for my arguments about the structure of the next Trump administration.

Appearing on CNN, former Defense Secretary Mark Esper outlines his greatest concern that within our constitutionally provided civilian-led military structure, a President Trump Defense Secretary might actually be loyal to the Commander in Chief.

In his own words, Mark Esper views this possibility as a very serious problem.  I’m not kidding, WATCH (prompted):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kG1wl2NAm4w%3Fstart%3D451%26feature%3Doembed

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Perhaps people might understand why I wrote:

[…] “Many people understandably freak out with a Def Sec with no experience in military.  However, the Def Sec is designed to be civilian led military; the President is the commander in chief.  The Def Sec executes military efforts to support the President.  This is the problem with having career military as Def Sec, they regard the institution as more important than the instructions they receive. [See Mark Milley and/or James Mattis and/or Alexander Vindman, they go rogue.]  The U.S. military needs to be managed now, brought to heel and Wokeism removed.” (MORE)

Mike Pompeo, Mark Esper and Mark Milley worked unilaterally, without President Trump’s authority, on at least one situation during the winter of 2019 when U.S. strikes took place.   [Background Here] [Background Here]    President Trump made Esper, Milley and Pompeo hold a press conference without Trump supporting them; then President Trump remained silent on the issue for days. 

Dec 31 2023

Tens of Thousands of Career “Civil Service” Administrators in Washington, DC, Apoplectic That Trump Might Fire Them


Posted originally on the CTH on December 30, 2023 | Sundance

This op-ed published in Politico is intended to sound the alarm about President Donald Trump fundamentally destroying the system of career civil service agents in Washington DC, and it’s also a little funny.

I mean, if you built an echo-chamber ideological in magnitude and scale, then self-isolated inside the DC beltway barrier, this would be exactly the type of alarm to follow.

POLITICO – […] President Donald Trump’s sweeping proposal to convert thousands of career civil servants into political appointees if he wins a second term in the White House. That plan — which has won the support of powerful, Trump-aligned conservative think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation and the America First Policy Institute — is modeled on an executive order from Trump’s first term that redesignated 20,000 civil servants in policy-related positions as “Schedule F” employees, thereby allowing them to be fired unilaterally by the president.

[…] Americans should not underestimate the damage that the reforms would do to the federal government’s ability to deliver basic services in a timely and efficient manner. “At the end of the day, it’s intuitive,” he said. “If you are selecting people on the basis of their political persuasion or their loyalty as opposed to their expertise and their commitment to the public good, you’re going to wind up with less good service and more risk for the American people.” (MORE)

Apparently, Mr. Max Stier has misread the room.

Dear, DC Career Civil Servants,

FU! 

Warmest regards,

America

Example of Career Staff activity at General Services Administration (GSA):

{SOURCE}

Dec 28 2023

Michigan High Court Rules President Trump Cannot be Kept Off Republican Primary Ballot


Posted originally on the CTH on December 27, 2023 | Sundance

Leftist groups are apoplectic knowing the 2020 ballot fraud will be almost impossible to execute again in 2024. As a consequence, they have dropped to multiple vectors of defense including the filing of lawsuits under a stretched Lawfare provision of the 14th Amendment.

The radicals claim the Constitutional Amendment disqualifies certain current public officials who are defined as participating in an insurrection. The leftist claim questioning fraudulent results in a manipulated national ballot harvesting operation, is akin to an insurrection.

Questioning a leftist worldview is violence, but violence from leftists is free speech.

President Trump, the overwhelming majority of Americans and courts -sans Colorado- has dismissed the lawsuits as politically motivated. Today, a Michigan high court dismissed another attempt by the far left to keep President Trump from the Republican primary ballot.

In a brief order {pdf HERE}, the Michigan Supreme Court rejected an appeal over a lower court’s decision that parties can place whichever candidates they choose on presidential primary ballots. The justices were “not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this court,” according to the order.

(Politico) – Michigan’s highest court said Wednesday that Donald Trump can appear on the state’s Republican primary ballot, but the court declined to weigh in for now on whether Trump is eligible to run in the general election and serve again as president.

The court turned away an appeal from Michigan voters who argue that Trump should be barred from the ballot because of his efforts to subvert the 2020 election and stoke violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The voters cite a provision of the 14th Amendment that, in some circumstances, bars people from holding public office if they have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion.”

[…] “The Secretary of State’s role in presidential primary elections is chiefly that of an administrator,” the Michigan Court of Appeals wrote. “In particular, when it comes to who is or is not placed on the primary ballot, the statutory scheme leaves nothing to the Secretary of State’s discretion.”

In a statement following Wednesday’s order from the Michigan Supreme Court, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, said she was “gratified” the state judiciary upheld her office’s approach of not striking Trump from the primary ballot. She has argued in the past that she lacked the authority to do so procedurally.

The challengers vowed to try to knock Trump off the general election ballot, should he ultimately receive the GOP nomination. (read more)

Dec 27 2023

Hey, Why Not – Trump VP and Expanded Cabinet


posted originally on the CTH on December 26, 2023 | Sundance 

Apparently, the exercise of considering a Trump administration and potential cabinet for 2025 has kicked up quite a conversation.  As an outcome, perhaps some expanded food for thought is worthwhile, and maybe even a little fun and educational at the same time.

I come at this discussion as a person who continually tries to navigate the mechanics of the silo system in Washington DC.  Additionally, many of the positions at the top of the silos, what we would consider cabinet members, have various levels of influence from ‘moderate‘ to ‘none at all‘ depending on the construct of the individual agency (silo).

As an outcome, the nuts and bolts of what we want to see happen, let’s call that generally ‘elimination of political corruption’, are slightly disconnected from how it is possible to happen given the nature of how each institutional silo is constructed.

Some silos are more impervious than others. Some cabinet members are more functionary than others, and in some instances, the deputy is more important than the primary.

To get deep in the weeds, we need to understand each silo as a completely autonomous operation; holding various levels of attachment to the overall DC system depending on how the silo is structured and, in some cases, weaponized.

Then we need to evaluate overall skillset from a very practical, non-pretending level.  There is one shot at this, and the construct of the Trump 2.0 administration must begin with the end in mind.  That end includes accepting that one four-year term will not be enough to remove the embeds that were seeded over the course of 12 prior years.  Some systems need to be taken down to nothing, others can be steered with extreme effort by those who can operate effectively inside the machine.

The reason for a Vice-Presidential selection like Dr Ben Carson has been previously outlined {SEE HERE].  Carson appears to have the faith, stability and integrity to be a stabilizing force amid the sea of chaos that is created when war against evil enterprise begins.

The value of having a faith servant in the role of close counsellor to President Trump cannot be overstated.  If Carson is not the correct person to take the role, Carson would be the first to announce it…. which, ultimately, makes him more qualified.

Good is going to have to battle Evil, and at the same time the entire nation will need stability, optimism and a resurgence of faith.  In short, no one is winning this political war without putting God, righteousness and prayer at the forefront as the DC temple tables are turned.  When it gets ugly, and it will get extremely ugly, something just inherently tells me, Carson will rise.

Perhaps if I expand the list, a bigger understanding will be possible.

This time I shall endeavor to put context behind the names and add some specifics to the silo challenge.

♦ Secretary of State:  Ric Grenell. 

♦ UN Ambassador: Tulsi Gabbard

The Dept of State is the front agency for the Central Intelligence Agency.  When the CIA wants to seed an operative, they are given State Dept credentials.  Whoever is running the State Dept will have a working relationship with the CIA Director.  Grenell already knows how this works; he will be able to support the Trump Doctrine on day one with a full understanding of institutional context as the downsizing through attrition begins.

♦ CIA Director: Robert Kennedy Jr

♦ Deputy CIA Director: Kash Patel

See how that works?  RFK Jr can put up or shut up, but Kash Patel is the insurance policy in the event RFK Jr is bearing false witness.  The core agenda is carried out by the Deputy, while the Director is the functionary receiving silo information to satiate the executive (Trump).  What happens in the layers below the functionary are what really matters.  Kash has eyes-on, without the distractions of the functionary role.

♦ Defense Secretary:  Vivek Ramaswamy.

♦ Asst. Defense Secretary:  Eric Prince.

Many people understandably freak out with a Def Sec with no experience in military.  However, the Def Sec is designed to be civilian led military; the President is the commander in chief.  The Def Sec executes military efforts to support the President.  This is the problem with having career military as Def Sec, they regard the institution as more important than the instructions they receive. [See Mark Milley and/or James Mattis and/or Alexander Vindman, they go rogue.]  The U.S. military needs to be managed now, brought to heel and Wokeism removed.  Ramaswamy, a functionary, can put up or shut up.

Again, see how that works?  Prince becomes the insurance policy.  The nuts-and-bolts guy to make sure the military silo is carefully reconstructed and the flag officers that need to be removed and replaced are removed and replaced.

♦ National Security Advisor: John Ratcliffe

♦ National Security Council (NSC), Chair: Michael Flynn [Tasked with taking NSC from current size to 30-50]

♦ Dept of Homeland Security (DHS), Secretary: Tom Homan 

♦ Treasury Secretary: (Executive Privilege) 

♦ Fed Chairman: (Executive Privilege)

♦ United State Trade Representative: Ambassador Robert Lighthizer [restart where he left off] 

♦ Commerce Secretary:  Peter Navarro 

♦ Chairman of the National Economic Council (NEC), Chair: Lou Dobbs 

♦ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Administrator: Sarah Palin

♦ Federal Communication Commission (FCC), Commissioner:  Mike Benz

♦ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CPFB), Administrator: Pam Bondi

♦ Dept of Agriculture, Secretary: Kristi Noem

♦ FBI Director: Matt Gaetz / Josh Hawley

♦ Deputy FBI Director: Andrew Bailey

♦ FBI Legal Counsel: Rudy Giuliani

♦ DOJ Attorney General:  Ken Paxton

♦ DOJ Deputy AG: John Eastman

♦ Asst. Deputy AG in charge of DOJ National Security Division (DOJ-NSD): Sidney Powell

♦ DOJ Civil Rights Division: Mark Robinson 

♦ Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI):  Rand Paul

♦ National Security Agency, Director: Thomas Massie

♦ FEMA Director: Jeb Bush  [Yes, THAT Jeb Bush.  He’s insufferable at everything else, but he knows how to handle emergency management very effectively, and he’s bilingual.]  

♦ Office of Management and Budgets (OMB), Director: Kevin Hassett

♦ Interior Secretary: Marjorie Taylor Greene

♦ WH Press Secretary: Kerri Kupec

♦ WH Communications Director: Amanda Milius

♦ White House Chief of Staff: Dan Scavino (no question), or Kari Lake

♦ White House Presidential Personnel Office (PPO), Director: Steve Bannon

♦ WH PPO Deputy Director: Catherine Englebrecht

Something like that….

PS. First SCOTUS nominee:  U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen

Dec 27 2023

UFC Fighter Bo Nickal Describes Meeting and Golfing with President Donald Trump


Posted originally on the CTH on December 26, 2023 | Sundance 

UFC Fighter Bo Nickal was recently talking to Joe Rogan when the subject of politics and President Donald Trump came up. Mr. Nickal had an interesting story to tell of his encounter with President Trump. WATCH:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=FR6opzJJBV0%3Ffeature%3Doembed

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Dec 26 2023

Donald Trump’s 2024 Vice President


Posted originally on the CTH on December 25, 2023 | Sundance 

Given the recent discussions about a potential Vice President pick by Donald Trump, several people have asked for my perspective.

Because I look at the office of the presidency slightly different than most, and specifically because the real challenge that needs to be addressed is located deep inside each institution of government, my perspective on the running mate is somewhat different than most.

The Vice President is the safety mechanism for continuity of government in the event that something happens to the President.

Additionally, for the unique nature of the 2024 election, the VP pick technically becomes the 2028 MAGA candidate by default and general intention.  Therefore, the selection of Trump’s running mate holds a greater weight of importance given the single term objective.

The primary factor of President Trump’s pick for VP should be, who will be the 2028 nominee.

Prior to President Trump’s first term in office, traditionally the role of the Vice-President, the actual tasks they are assigned to carry out, were generally ceremonial in nature.  However, President Trump approached the VP role differently, and gave substantive policy initiatives to Vice President Mike Pence.  [Pence proved he was not a good executive]

It should also be remembered that another unique aspect to President Trump’s term was his control over every of aspect of economic policy and trade.  This level of economic focus, with controls completely retained by President Trump, was then used as a mechanism to influence President Trump’s foreign policy.

As stated by several Trump economic officials when describing the Trump doctrine, “economic security is national security.”  The America-First outlook was a domestic economic focus, used as a lever to influence foreign policy activity.

As a consequence, the President Trump economic team was extremely stable throughout his term.  USTR Robert Lighthizer, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, CEA Chairman Larry Kudlow and Trade/Manufacturing Advisor Peter Navarro all worked in close coordination on their specific assignments that were instructions from President Trump.

The globe was broken into two general regions, east (Pacific) and west (Atlantic).  Lighthizer was assigned eyes and trade policy toward Asia, while Ross assigned trade policy toward Europe.  The total team were in close communication at all times and Donald Trump made every important decision for the econ/trade team.  The team carried out Trump’s agenda; it was a very effective approach.

The reason I mention this economic and foreign policy aspect is because there’s little doubt this would again be the focus of President Trump in a second term.   Trump is likely going to be the driving force of economic policy and foreign policy, in granular detail again.  The VP needs to learn how Trump does it so effectively, so that MAGA continues into 2028.

Meanwhile, all of the other agencies need serious wolverines at the helm, fearlessly chewing down the mechanisms of, (a) the intelligence apparatus; and (b) the controlled bureaucratic and administrative state.

No executive can micromanage the details of this scale, the office of the president can only support their efforts and provide tools and resources for the dismantling.

Knowing this, and fully understanding the skills, strengths and weaknesses of each potential VP selection, I look at the Big Picture through the prism of who do I want at the helm, that has enough loyalty to ensure the deconstruction takes place and/or continues and holds the integrity/fortitude to provide me some measure of assurance.  I guess this is the proverbial trust factor, only this time it’s even more important.

Right now, only one person hits that level of integrity for me, Dr. Ben Carson.

I trust Dr Ben Carson to understand the MAGA vision; to understand how the MAGA vision becomes manifest through policy; and, more importantly, to stay true to the MAGA vision if called upon to execute.

Perhaps there is someone else with the loyalty trait, the principal trait, the integrity trait, and the practical trait to continue after 4 years; however, if there is such a person, they don’t jump readily to mind.

The other cabinet members would all have big jobs, and none of them can come from the traditional system within DC.  They need to be wolverines baring teeth and ready to start the “retribution phase” on day one.

Secretary of State:  Ric Grenell

Defense Secretary:  Vivek Ramaswamy

Treasury Secretary:  Ron Paul

USTR: Robert Lighthizer or Peter Navarro

Commerce Secretary:  Peter Navarro or Robert Lighthizer

EPA Administrator: Sarah Palin

FCC Commissioner:  Mike Benz

CIA Director: Robert Kennedy Jr

FBI Director: Matt Gaetz

DOJ Attorney General:  Ken Paxton

Office of the Director of National Intelligence:  Rand Paul

NSA Director: Thomas Massie 

Interior Secretary: Marjorie Taylor Greene

Something like that….

Dec 24 2023

No, Donald Trump Will Never Consider Nikki Haley as VP Possibility, Here’s Why


Posted originally on the CTH on December 23, 2023 | Sundance

CBS floated some ridiculous story about President Trump asking advisors their opinion of Nikki Haley as a VP option.  That story is nonsense.  Anyone in the orbit of Donald Trump knows Nikki Haley is a nonstarter.

CBS is known as the worst news organization for making stuff up.  There is no element of their thin-gruel story [SEE HERE] that is believable.  Here’s why…

President Trump is known for remembering betrayal; he doesn’t always burn the bridge, but he never recrosses it.

Nikki Haley in February 2021: …”“I don’t think [Trump’s] going to be in the picture,” she said, matter-of-factly. “I don’t think he can. He’s fallen so far.” […] “We need to acknowledge he let us down,” she said. “He went down a path he shouldn’t have, and we shouldn’t have followed him, and we shouldn’t have listened to him. And we can’t let that ever happen again.”  (link)

Two months later, April 2021, when asked about her 2024 presidential ambitions Nikki Haley says:…”Out of respect I would never do anything to go against [Trump], he knows that. I would have a conversation with him and talk to him about it should we decide we want to pursue it; but, um, no, I have a great respect for him, and I would never consider running against him.” (link)

When Nikki Haley attempted to contact President Trump he ignored her calls.  She could not get the meeting.  She announced her intention anyway, because she was always going to announce her candidacy.   Everything structurally around her was well known as soon as she left the administration.

Use the CTH site search tool function and type in “Nikki Haley” for the results.  Take a few Snickers bars because you are going to be there a while.

Why so much focus on Nikki Haley?

For the same reason CTH focused so heavily on Mitch McConnell; these are backstabbing liars of the highest order.  These are the snakes from the poem President Trump recited quite often….

…These Haley types are the scheming DeceptiCons.  Haley has no redeeming qualities if you are well versed in understanding the manipulative intents of the conniving big government, cocktail party, Wall Street republicans.

Nikki Haley is the Mitt Romney of John McCains.

October 2019 – Nikki Haley purchased a $2.4 million home in Kiawah Island, Charleston county, South Carolina (link). Nikki Haley released her book “With All Due Respect” on November 12th (link). Mrs. Haley also took a position on the board of directors for Boeing Co, likely an extension of success for her prior efforts recruiting Boeing to the state. (link)

The board position, home purchase and book tour follows a very predictable pattern for those who follow GOPe politics closely. Indeed, there is speculation Nikki Haley was/is positioning for a 2024 presidential bid; speculation that generally aligns with the pattern.

OCTOBER 2018 – Ms. Haley comes from the political house of Prescott/Bush; hence the original Rubio support in 2016 etc. She is a political animal from the establishment wing.

Within the traditional political class, the customary approach to a White House run is to gain about five years of wealth in advance of a presidential run. Haley would be following a wealth process for a 2024 presidential run.

During this wealth accumulation period the cocktail party circuit (the billionaire crowd) will front-load wealth, purchase homes and all expenses etc, for the future candidate. This ‘Five Year Plan‘ was the same historic approach done for Ronald Reagan.

With a candidate in the private sector, the professional donor-class make investments in the candidate while it is legal to do so. The investments are made in anticipation of future influence.  This is simply how money influences politics.

With the “Me Too” movement in high political value, the currency of Nikki Haley, as an investment candidate, was at the apex in 2019.  Haley checked the right boxes; she then moved to capitalize on the process, politics and timeliness.

The U.N., as an institution, is also in alignment with the high-brow Prescott Bush clan. Ms. Nikki Haley is regarded by this clan as a very valuable commodity. If they can’t get Jeb, or another Bush (ie. Rubio) over the finish line, they will be much better positioned with investments in Nikki Haley.

Due to the increasing success of the MAGA or Trump Republican apparatus, Haley will need to carefully position herself as a stealth Decepticon and not upset the vulgarian hordes, ie. the new republican party base voter. As a smart and tactical politician Haley will invest heavily in the optics of supporting the MAGA movement.

Much like the primary of 2016 (w/ Jeb), the primary race of 2024 will determine if Haley can con enough people into not seeing her elitist Decepticon position.

The Bush clan and professional political cocktail circuit was rebuked in 2016, so we can anticipate their strategy in 2024 will be with those strategic lessons at the forefront.

Dec 21 2023

The Final Battle


Posted originally on the CTH on December 20, 2023 | Sundance 

Throughout the timeline of human endeavors, do you know what the greatest story is?  It’s the comeback story.  From the divinity of the resurrection to the great stories of human achievement; the greatest stories -the ones that inspire legend- always surround the comeback.

The story of defeat and yet a powerful return in resilience, determination and resolute battle to overcome, is always the story that inspires.  To learn and return, bolder, stronger and with more power than before, is the story that brings out emotion – because we can all connect to it.  The comeback is always stronger than the setback. {Direct Rumble Link} WATCH:

THIS IS THE FINAL BATTLE!!!

https://rumble.com/embed/v3zufxq/?pub=as0d9
Dec 21 2023

Tucker Carlson Discusses the Big Picture of The Colorado Supreme Court Decision and the Use of the Term “Insurrection”


Posted originally on the CTH on December 20, 2023

In this brief prelude segment, Tucker Carlson discusses the bigger picture of the Colorado Supreme Court decision to block Donald Trump from the 2024 republican presidential primary ballot. {Direct Rumble Link}

As accurately noted by Tucker, the terms used by professional leftists are always coordinated for a purpose.  This seems glaringly obvious with the repeated use of the term “insurrection” as applied to the events on January 6, 2021.  The hardline leftists are now moving to phase two, the actionable elements of the word use. WATCH:

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Dec 18 2023

President Donald Trump Widens Lead in Latest Fox News Polling


Posted originally on the CTH on December 17, 2023 | Sundance

Fox News polling is generally skewed away from the reality of the base sentiment by the polling from Daron Shaw and Shaw Research and Associates.  They have a long history of polling skews to favor Murdoch’s traditional candidates.

That said, the latest polling from Daron Shaw [Direct Data Here] shows President Trump widening his lead as more Republican primary voters begin to tune in.  Conversely, Ron DeSantis is shedding voters to Nikki Haley, albeit in not significant enough measures to make a statistical impact.

[Source Data]

There is quite a bit of good news in the continued polling results, when you consider the scale of money pushed by the multinationals in their effort to remove Donald Trump.  Obviously, given the nature of the collapse, amid the corporately approved Trump alternatives, the base voter of the Republican Party is very awake.

Ten years ago, the Middle-America voter was not as keenly aware of the Republican manipulation as they are today.  This modern shift and greater awakening is a very good sign of health for our nation overall.  I continue to be optimistic we will ultimately prevail and work through a painful process of restoration.

The fight will be ugly, messy and likely uncomfortable.  But it will be worth the effort.

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