By Lafe Tolliver, Esq
Guest Column
Trump, the every ready P.T. Barnum of the media and anything political,
has thrown not one wrench but 10 wrenches into the inferno known as the Gaza
Strip.
Trump, ever one to misdirect attention from his cohort in governmental discombobulation, Elon Musk, has decided to “throw down” and place the world
on notice that he will consider taking over the Gaza Strip, cleaning it out and
remake it into the Riviera on the Mediterranean!
Now, if this sounds like the rantings of an unhinged person, it is!
If Trump believes for a nanosecond that America is going to put American military, i.e., boots on the ground in such a volatile hotspot, he needs to have
his medications increased.
I would hate to be any American soldier sent to Gaza because the furor of
the terrorist groups will be at ear splitting decibels when they proclaim, Jihad!
on those troops in their land.
If you look at the players in the region who have a vital interest in some
minimal resolution to the Palestinian crisis caused by Israel’s refusal to acquiesce
to a two-state solution, no one is happy with Trump’s brainless chatter about
a Riviera on the Med.
Even the looniest dingbat could not envision the US treasury spending hundreds of billions of dollars on both clearing out the miles of debris and then doing a complete rebuilding of the devastated area.
And we have not even discussed relocating millions of Palestinians to the
surrounding countries (Jordan, Egypt, Syria, et al.,) who currently, have no desire to resettle their “cousins” in their territories.
And yet Trump rambles on like a six-year child who did not get his full nap sleep out, talking about building “beautiful cities” for the Palestinians to live in.
Only gradually is the groundswell beginning to develop from foreign leaders
and politicos in Congress that such an idea is a non-starter.
And, as Trump did with the threatened tariff wars, he bluffed, was kicked in the shins and backed off…for the moment.
Why? Such reckless tariffs would do severe damage to the economy and to
the good will that America needs from both Mexico and Canada. For Trump to
literally “gangsta” slap both countries with such tomfoolery makes America look
like it is being ran by two jackasses, Musk and Trump.
But wait! There is more! Trump and his certified clown car of ninnies and led
by Trump’s pitbull, Elon Musk, wants to emasculate both the CIA and the FBI!
Imagine, if you will, a depleted population of experienced CIA and FBI veterans being sacked just because Trump is still in a snit about the January 6th rioters at the Capitol being investigated for their publicized lawlessness.
But wait! There is more!
Why would you cut the public relations arm of the government known as USAID on the grounds that it is not needed! Since when is helping starving people get food, medicine and education a waste of resources?
But wait! There is more!
When the feckless GOP comes out from hiding under their tables in the Senate chambers and vote to approve RFK Jr., to lead the Department of HHS and Tulsi Gabbard to manage National intelligence and Kash Patel as head of the FBI, that is when the lid comes off the boiling tea kettle!
Just remember to keep notes on the deleterious effects that will show up in
America’s health card report and increasing bad press about holes in our
national and international security blankets because Patel and Gabbard are still
applying clown paint to their faces.
But wait! There is more!
When thousands upon thousands of administrators, low level clerks, supervisors, directors, agents, supply line people, tech people, secretaries and even the mail room clerks take the offered buyouts, your services that you have come to expect to be timely and efficient will face grave dangers from the incoming personnel whose only skill is being loyal to the Big Lie!
Isn’t it amazing what a lie can do that catches fire and spreads across the country and the opposition can barely keep up with it? It was Trump’s lie of
losing the 2020 election that set in motion this national crisis and the end is not
remotely yet in sight.
President Musk and his best bud, Donald Trump, are just in the first inning of a
double header.
You better buckle up… buttercup!
Contact Lafe Tolliver at tolliver@juno.com