That little "peace deal" is what most of us thought it was - pure desperate fantasy.
Trump gets his stoopid ass into a huge bind, and he thinks he can just walk away with a few parting shots at people who're trying to help him. Instead of recognizing them as the ones willing to do what he needs done, he treats them like enemies, and so - voilà - they become enemies.
I don't know if this is Iran being cagey - trying to tell us something about how the US government isn't what we've been told it is - but if Trump orders commensurate retaliation against Iran for hitting Elon's stuff, then we'll have a clearer idea on who's running things at the White House.
For my money, it'll just be a bit of confirmation of my worries about radical libertarians pushing hard for Plutocracy.
For those guys, the federal government has three main purposes:
Defend US commercial interests abroad
Keep the rabble in line at home
Settle contract disputes
I'll say it again: Gettin' pretty fuckin' tired of living in interesting times.
I think Trump is really beginning to realize how unpopular he is. And it seems he's having a lot more trouble getting the rubes to rally loudly enough for him to compensate.
So the more he feels that disapproval, the more churlish he's likely to get, and the more punishment he's likely to dole out.
Wanna know what I hate? I mean aside from the Raiders, a bad tequila hangover, and Celine Dion - I hate it when it becomes obvious that the US is the bad guy.
We have a long and illustrious history of doing good things, even while trying almost as hard to hide the fact that we do some horrendously shitty things too - often at the same time.
I guess my point is that generally, we've been able to balance it out, and even to tip the scales towards the positive side - usually.
But we seem to have gone out of our way to find the shittiest people ever, and put them in charge of our government.
And that plops us right smack dab in the middle of another phase of our history that makes it pretty fuckin' clear that we're not the good guys now.
Everything is a fucking dodge for this asshole Trump, and his little slush fund scheme is no different. Helping the people who've been so terribly treated by big bad government is the disguise - the smoke-n-mirrors.
Think about all the effort and all the strategizing his guys have had to come up with trying to pull this shit off.
And don't start thinking Trump is the one who put it together. This is the guy you wouldn't put in charge of a charity car wash at a small town storefront church. All he did was say he wanted to hide his shit from the IRS, and keep his little secret from us - you know, the ones who have a fucking right to know about it.
And his boys decided this $1.776B is the perfect cover for another swindle.
We've been aware of the shit at the core of this, so it's kinda like old news. But we all let it slide 15 years ago.
Trump wants to pay the J6ers for beating on - and maiming, and killing - cops, taking a dump in the rotunda and then smearing their shit on the walls, and stalking the halls of the Capitol trying to hunt down and kill various lawmakers.
And he intends to tax me for not beating on - and maiming, and killing - cops, taking a dump in the rotunda and smearing my shit on the walls, and then stalking the halls of the Capitol trying to hunt down and kill various lawmakers.
This is the UpsideDown. I want this fucked up circus to leave town yesterday if not sooner.
