Donald Trump has alienated all U.S. allies...

"Sold us out," is the way "Miles Taylor, who during Trump’s first term served as Deputy Chief of Staff in the Department of Homeland Security and famously revealed the existence of a resistance group within the administration," explained how Donald Trump is "abandoning our friends," around the world. On AlterNet, Taylor is very specific in citing incidents in South Korea, switching to the Pacific and the dilemma of two aircraft carriers, then over to Europe, with, perhaps, the worst of the three, where Satellite imagery makes it clear...

"Russia is building a network of secret drone bases within striking distance of NATO, with storage for a thousand attack drones at a single site."

To start, it would appear that Dufus Rump's love affair with Kim Jong Un has been rekindled, but if Trump thinks Vladimir Putin is coming to the party, he needs to think again. Taylor reports a Russian drone, loaded with explosives, was found at the Leipzig airport. The White House maniac has been trying to dump NATO for some time now with this being our current position...

"Western planners are quietly admitting they have no real plan for NATO’s nightmare scenario, a coordinated Russian and Chinese strike on two fronts, at the very moment Trump has hollowed out the alliance that exists to prevent such a surprise attack.”

I have been writing about the fact that both China's Xi and Russia's Putin must be keeping

Xi - Trump -Putin

their eye on the fact that Donald Trump is exhausting the U.S. munitions supply on the Iran War, and now both are probably completely giddy that Trump is shunning the very allies that could help him defend the U.S. against aggression. You have to wonder what they are waiting on. Taylor says Trump is pissed at South Korea because they wouldn't support him in the Iran War, calling Kim and North Korea "unthreatening and respectful."

Then, the author reminds Trump of the possibility during his first term that North Korea might launch a nuclear attack on the continental United States because Kim Jong Un was so "respectful." In the old days under rational and levelheaded presidents, the U.S. could take out North Korea in a heart beat. Today, under Donald Trump, I wouldn't bet on the outcome. At any rate, Kim could probably woo the Oval Office lunatic into laying down our arms so Trump could play dictator with his North Korean counterpart.

Just to show you how unsure Donald Trump is of himself and his administration, the Pentagon, under the direction of, perhaps, Dufus' top moron, Pete Hegseth, sent all U.S. allies a questionnaire asking whether these countries are adhering to President Donald Trump’s vision for the transatlantic alliance. In an Al Jazeera exclusive...

"The questionnaire asks pointedly whether the allies have been 'publicly supportive of US foreign policy priorities.'”

They don't just have to support us, they also have to call all their friends and neighbors and tell them about the fact that they are supporting the U.S. Whose imbecilic idea was it to embark on a PR program right in the middle of a war that most of America's allies oppose?

GOP congressman Don Bacon: Pete Hegseth "Stupid as Hell"

And there is yet more stupidity, compliments of Hegseth...

"Another bullet point poses the query, “Has the country shown alignment with the US approach to [be] ‘strong, clear, and quiet?'” a reference to a phrase used by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in his address at the Shangri-La Dialogue in May." 

And just last week, China's Xi, who is a major Iranian trading partner, flat rejected Trump’s ‘economic D-Day’ threat where he vowed “tremendous economic consequences” against countries that continue to do business with Tehran. There's more...

Tehran also condemned the US president’s economic threat, with the Iranian Foreign Ministry warning that those who order or implement the levies “are liable to prosecution and punishment.” 

Tehran called the threat the "other side of the coin of war." And CNN analysts commented...

Several analysts told CNN they were skeptical that Trump’s claims would have the desired impact on an Iranian regime that has withstood oppressive economic sanctions from major world powers.

Let's take a quick look at the countries Donald Trump has alienated, and why...

• Canada over tariffs -
  
  
  
• France over the Iran War - 
• Italy over Iran War - 
• Germany over foreign policy - 
• Denmark over Trump Greenland threats - 
• So. Korea over removal military support -
• Japan over Trump's big mouth -
• Australia over tariffs -

When you look at the above list, it is obvious the United States has nowhere to turn for help in a state of emergency. Except to Trump's authoritarian friends whose assistance always comes with a catch. There is no free lunch, as the saying goes, and you can bet that Kim, Putin, Erdogan, Xi and all of Dufus Rump's other dictatorial cronies would extract every drop of blood available from the White House maniac before they finally cut him loose. He's an idiot, they know it, the world knows it, and that is the problem.

 

 

STEPHEN MILLER: Scary, Evil, Dangerous

Mr. Burns or Stephen Miller

There is only one thing scarier than Stephen Miller, himself, and that is the possibility that, with Donald Trump's health crisis, the Oval Office lunatic could put Miller in charge of the U.S. government. I have been posting on how scary Dufus Rump's closest advisor is since the administration's first term. This sort of thing was done with Joe Biden in easing him out of the spotlight when it was obvious he was having trouble with dementia. Biden, on the other hand, was not the raging maniac that is Donald Trump.

Daily Beast political analyst David Rothkopf...

"believes the president is preparing to shift power to one of his most loyal sycophants.

"Rothkopf argued that one of the president’s most trusted aides—not Vice President JD Vance—could take charge of the White House if Trump can no longer handle the job; he identified that person as Stephen Miller."

Let's face it, Trump falling asleep on the job is enough to get anyone fired; but of course this can't happen. He could be impeached, and I covered that in a recent post, "How Democrats can take back Congress and the White House by the first quarter 2027." But that isn't what this is all about. Rothkopf is proposing, perhaps, the most daunting idea for this country's future since George Orwell's dystopian novel, 1984. Yes, that is precisely where I think we could be headed under the control of Stephen Miller.

In 2021, Stephen Miller was branded an "Extremist" by the Southern Poverty Law Center, where you can find the best documentation of hate groups in the United States. Here is SPLC's take on Miller...

"Stephen Miller is credited with shaping the racist and draconian immigration 

Nosferatu or Stephen Miller

policies of President Trump, which include the zero-tolerance policy, also known as family separation, the Muslim ban and ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Miller has also “purged” government agencies of civil servants who are not entirely loyal to his extremist agenda."

The SPLC and The Daily Beast believe both Donald Trump and Stephen Miller, together, have fomented hate in the administration...

"Stephen Miller, the highly influential advisor to President Donald Trump, is the end result of a shadowy network made up of racist organizations and PAC’s designed to push a white nationalist worldview from the fringes into deep inside the White House."

I did a post back in 2025, "Are you prepared for armageddon...Donald Trump's death?...REVISITED," where I considered what could happen if Trump died. It is worth reading again but here is the way I wrapped the whole thing up...

"And this whole boondoggle won't come to an end until Trump's Cabinet and other doormat bootlickers start their own infighting, which will bring down the government. J.D. Vance has become president, Mike Johnson V.P. Both are borderline smart and think they can control Trump's gang. But this inept crew of morons erupts into dissention, with Stephen Miller ending up as their leader. Miller, who is a white nationalist, decides to round up all Blacks, Hispanics, Orientals, anyone non-white, and put them in a concentration camp. Then Kristi 

Golum or Stephen Miller

Noem calls and says, 'Let's move them to Alligator Alcatraz.'"

Rothkopf says the two Minneapolis murders, "where two U.S. citizens—Renee Good and Alex Pretti—were fatally shot by federal immigration agents," somewhat muted Miller temporarily, but he is back in Trump's saddle again. And it isn't unusual to have an acting president, the author points out...

“We have had multiple times in our history—after Eisenhower’s heart attacks, when FDR was in his declining health at the end of his term, when Woodrow Wilson was bedridden after a stroke—where other people did the job of president," according to Rothkopf.

I don't know the full story, but I dare say the people involved in those incidents were nothing like Stephen Miller.

And when DB contacted the White House for comments, Trump's imbecilic White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said...

“David Rothkopf is a far-left loser who clearly suffers from a severe and incurable disease known as Trump Derangement Syndrome that has completely rotted his peanut-sized brain...

Then he added the unbelievable,,,

"President Trump’s sharpness, unmatched energy, and historic accessibility stand in stark contrast to what we saw during the last administration when Democrats and the legacy media intentionally covered up Joe Biden’s serious mental and physical decline from the American people. President Trump is the sharpest and most accessible President in American history who is working nonstop to solve problems and deliver on his promises.” 

The real Stephen Miller

Rothkopf ends with...

“If [Trump] were incapacitated and they had to invoke the 25th Amendment, that would be another story. But that’s not what I think is going to happen here. I think, you know, you may have a slow decline, and you may just have more memos or more decisions going to Stephen Miller, or going to somebody else who’s sitting outside the Oval Office.”

So, there is a chance we aren't destined for the oppressive rule of this federally endorsed hit man. We'll watch Donald Trump's decline and see.

How Democrats can take back Congress and the White House by the first quarter 2027

The Republican way

You think I'm crazy. Well, I'm not, and I will convince you how this can be done by the end of this post. With Republicans in complete control of the U.S. government today, it will take a monstrous effort by the Dems for this turnaround. Naysayers will condemn my strategy but I challenge them to prove how it won't work. The GOP may have our government under wraps, but everyone knows the wrapping is led by a demented lunatic in the Oval Office and a gang of cowardly and inept Republicans in Congress. 

You might think this isn't as disturbing, defensive or outrageous based on current events, but you never know what Donald Trump will do (it can be illegal, unethical or unconstitutional, he doesn't care) so we must move vigorously and swiftly. Maybe even catch him with another of his reflection pool events, where his mind is focused entirely on a delusion that pumps an emotional surge into his ego. Sure, the aides will come stumbling in to set him straight but most of these minions have their own agenda and would rather be promoting that than helping the old geezer.

We only have to wait for the midterms and although there is no guarantee of a Blue tsunami success, the predictors aren't ruling this out; there are all 435 House seats open with 33 to 35 Senate seats up for reelection. When you look at the way Progressives are winning elections across the country--Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary--you can understand a yearning by voters for a change. And, they aren't going for just mainline Democrats, the Progressives represent a far-left ideology.

Does that mean we are returning to the origins of the Democrat Party, where the Dems

Democrats are democracy

worked for the working man and woman, and their support came from this group. Both wealthy donors and a general appeal to this class has sent the left zooming into the odd predicament we are in now; odd because no one in the party knows what to do about it. This disorganized bunch doesn't deserve a bailout but there is a way that can put the Democrats on top. However, it will take the cooperation of a large majority of the party.

Start with the midterms in November; the polls are off and on with a lead by the left, but, I find it hard to believe this country isn't fed up with Donald Trump; polls say this figure is 60 to 62%. Will the Dems get these voters? Well, not all of them, but they'll take all they can get. Let's assume the Dems do win enough seats in the House and the Senate for a secure lead that gives them room to build a blueprint to success. Between the November 2026 win and the January 2027 takeover of Congress, plans can be finalized.

Just for information's sake, where do the Independents stand? According to AI, national polling shows that political independents make up about 44% to 47% of the U.S. public, outnumbering both registered Democrats (27% to 31%) and Republicans (26% to 28%). However, Gallup says in June 2024, 51% of voters were Independent. And I see that Independents split their vote pretty evenly between Harris and Trump in 2024, but with the current viewpoint on Dufus Rump, that should change dramatically.

Swearing in is on Jan. 3, 2027, a Sunday, and a Congress loaded with Democrats is probably expected to officially go to work the next day, Monday, Jan. 4. Can't guess who it might be but the House will elect a Speaker, then a House member will introduce the impeachment resolution, next, the House Judiciary Committee votes on whether to approve articles of impeachment. Finally, with approval the full House of Representatives debates and votes on

But this time through the Senate and out the door

the articles. A simple majority vote passes them, which officially impeaches the president.

Next comes the Senate trial which SCOTUS's Chief Justice oversees but has no control over the proceedings. The U.S. Constitution gives the Senate the sole power to try all impeachments. The Chief Justice's role when presiding over a presidential impeachment is purely procedural, not a grant of judicial control to halt the proceedings. A two-thirds majority vote in the Senate is required to convict and remove the president from office. But wait, we need to impeach the Vice President at the same time.

Proceedings for both leaders would occur as individual actions rather than a single combined case. But you can see, by removing the V.P. at the same time as the President, in this case, the succession of the presidency goes to the Speaker of the House, now a Democrat. A special election would be called to fill the two offices of President and Vice President with candidates chosen by U.S. voters. I have my pick for who that should be but do not believe it is appropriate here.

Now...what I have done in the above is show "How Democrats can take back Congress and the White House by the first quarter 2027."

But there is one thing left to do. Add liberals to SCOTUS through the impeachment of Chief

Alito - Roberts - Thomas

Justice John Roberts, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. The nomination of three new justices by the new Democrat president gives liberals a six to three majority. The other option is to add to the Court with liberals. 

So, we are there folks but, yes, I know this will take a tremendous amount of negotiating and haggling, which Washington is known for. But if you recall, one of the biggest reasons for Donald Trump's success are SCOTUS's conservatives, led by Chief Justice John Roberts.

Hold on now, before you doubt my plan, ask yourself, just how fed up is the American voting public with Donald Trump and his minions? I rest my case on that.

Insiders at wit's end on Donald Trump

Adam Lynch's headline in SmartNews, "Sources warn they 'don’t know what to do' as Trump's mind withers," and that is coming from inside the White House. "Donald is deteriorating before our very eyes," was told to Andrew Neil of the Daily Mail by one of the insiders. They blame it on the Iran War and the animosity Donald Trump has created internationally. World leaders have finally had enough and are turning on Trump country by country. This flies in the face of Dufus Rump's need for everyone to like him. 

Dr. John Paul Garrison, a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist with a specialty in body language, says Donald Trump came across as "raging, confused, and unraveling" during his recent speech on live television. The speech he was talking about was the White House Correspondents' Dinner (WHCD) and following is an example of what Garrison is talking about...

"To start, Garrison showed a segment of the speech where Trump repeatedly attacked the intelligence of former CNN host Don Lemon, saying that he has 'the lowest IQ on television.' At one point during this bit, Trump said, 'But I know what I'm saying,' to which Garrison said he could not 'figure out what on earth that's in reference to or what it's supposed to mean.'"

Garrison judged Donald Trump on two points, both of which are scarier than hell when you are talking about the person that sits in the Oval Office. He said...

"One is that he's saying things that make no sense. And two, he seems unaware that he said it."

If this was a Democrat in the White House, the Republicans would have found a way to haul

him out in a straitjacket. They would then assign the president's lunacy to the entire party of Democrats in a move to remove them from Congress. Exaggerated, yes, but appropriate logic when you are talking about GOP tactics. There are no ethics left in the Republican party. Donald Trump led the way for its downfall and his congressional minions have ruinously carried out his blueprint. 

Michael Wolff, Trump's one-time biographer says he "will probably never hear the tough truth about his latest 'bombed' speech" because "his team has consistently done everything they can to protect his ego from reality." The "reality" Wolff is talking about, of course, is Donald Trump's fight to become a dictator, and the American public's response to maintain our democratic ideals in anti-Trump demonstrations all across the United States. People are fed up and finally becoming very vocal about it. 

But there is nothing more frightening that what the Oval Office maniac said at the White House Correspondents' Dinner (WHCD). When talking about running for president again in 2028, he said "I’m gonna do it." Here's what he said...

“I'm pleased to announce my intention to, and this is somewhat of a scoop, my intention to run for a fourth term as president of the United States."

There's more from Independent...

Folks, this man is serious

"He then brought out a 'Trump 2028' red cap and put it on.

"Trump has continually made comments hinting at a third term in office, but an amendment to the Constitution prohibits anyone from serving for more than two terms."

The fact that Dufus Rump has had smoke blown up his butt since he reentered the White House for a second term is why he makes comments like the above. It's like flying on a magic carpet for him, just an illusion up there in the clouds, while the world below is headed for disaster. You can attribute this to an insane combination of insiders around him who respond to him with only what he wants to hear, and a Republican Congress that is too afraid to question anything he says. 

Sorry, but I do not understand this, because as far as I know the adage that 'there is strength in numbers' is still valid; when a dictator threatens, the masses turn to their fellow Americans in numbers that can bring down this autocrat. Ever heard this?...

Ancient Saying: “The strength of the wolf is in the pack.”

Another reason this country is mired in Donald Trump, his Trumpsters and Republican dufuses are the apathetics, defined as "not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive." AI says that there is no way to measure the number of apathetics in the U.S. today because apathy is a temporary state of mind or feeling rather than a fixed demographic. Voilà, does this mean we might expect this passive group of citizens to wake up suddenly in time for the 2026 election, bringing the Republican Party to its knees?

Now Let me leave you with what could overshadow all of the above...who Donald Trump has picked for his successor. This is so horrific it would require the movie rating of NC-17 (No One 17 and Under Admitted), Jonathan V. Last, editor of The Bulwark, describes,,,

"how financial ties to the Trump family and the social media platform could be 

motivating the business decision [for succession].

Bingo! The answer to Trump's succession is Donald Trump Jr., a numb-nuts if there ever was one. Here's more clarification from Last where he argues...

"that Trump Media & Technology Group — the parent company of the president's Truth Social platform — has moved to launch a new product giving subscribers access to posts before they go live in the public feed, calling it potentially 'the greatest trick in the history of insider trading.'

"It would give Trump and his family access to information before it's released to the public, and allow them to sell off that information — all tied to market manipulation, social media platforms and stock trading, Last wrote. And it's complicated."

The question now is, will Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg join the fray? Both are gullible and greedy enough, but I can't wait until I hear the response from the Republican National Committee. This is the kind of thing the GOP does at election time.