Trump Publicly Rejects Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley: Populist Litmus Test #1 Passed
Gray-pilled — neither black-pilled nor white — I will remain until I see what Trump does with his second term, which hopefully goes much differently than his first.
The very first test of his legitimacy — as the populist wrecking ball he promised and failed to be in 2016 and again pledged to be in 2024 — is whom he appoints to his cabinet and what degree of free reign he grants them.
For instance, bloated war pig and Trump’s former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been lobbying hard to get himself and the interests he represents a seat at the table this time around.
Related: Tucker: Mike Pompeo Should Be in Prison for Trying to Assassinate Julian Assange
Consider litmus test #1 passed with flying colors.
Via The New York Times (emphasis added):
“President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Saturday that he would not invite Nikki Haley, his former ambassador to the United Nations, or Mike Pompeo, his former secretary of state, to join his incoming administration.
Mr. Trump’s announcement on Truth Social, his social media platform, was an early indication of the decision-making process of the president-elect as he navigates the ideologic differences within the Republican Party.
Days after his election win over Vice President Kamala Harris, Mr. Trump’s team has already started his first formal transition meetings and ramped up the process for building his new cabinet.
By ruling out Mr. Pompeo and Ms. Haley, Mr. Trump was rejecting two Republicans who had backed U.S. support for Ukraine at a time when Mr. Trump and many of his allies have pushed to curtail American aid for allies and military involvement overseas.
“I will not be inviting former Ambassador Nikki Haley, or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, to join the Trump Administration, which is currently in formation,” Mr. Trump said in the post. “I very much enjoyed and appreciated working with them previously, and would like to thank them for their service to our Country.””
Of course, he didn’t have to make the rejection as public and explicit as he did, although I appreciate the gesture very much.
This speaks, I believe, to the excellent advice Trump has been receiving behind the scenes from his A-Team, including the likes of Tucker Carlson, the Pauls, et al. who understand the consequences of the horrendous cabinet appointments Trump made the first time.
Related: Sen. Rand Paul Goes to War With Nikki Haley
Get fucked, Nimarata “Nikki” Haley, you two-bit weapons industry whore.
Of course, none of this means Trump won’t turn around tomorrow and appoint a lesser-known Swamp monster just as dangerous as these two serpents. Only time will tell; this will be a four-year-long civil war inside the Trump regime to keep the bastards out in the cold.
But the good guys won this round and hopefully the next and the next.
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Agree completely!!
I'm about to post this but would really appreciate your comments before:
Which pill identifies your status?
Red-pilled = someone who is awakened to terrible truths that the-powers-that-be don't want to be known.
Blue-pilled = someone who doesn't tolerate the truth and prefers a self-delusional but happy life.
Black-pilled = someone bitter, who has lost hope and will/joy to live, after taking too many redpills coated in black lies. Every single good-news is drowned by all the things that may go wrong and the huge check-list that still needs to be done. Every bad-news is bitterly celebrated by “I told you so”. They hate the answer “nobody’s perfect, at least he is walking in the right direction.” Though they can be toxic sometimes, bringing everybody down, at least they keep the troops on red-alert so that nobody claims a false victory and relaxes, like those celebrating Trump’s victory as heaven on earth.
It’s a paradox that some of the most informed and awakened voters, are the ones who gave up voting. They know how much the system is rigged towards evil. They think that voting only makes it stronger and makes the voter an accomplice of the enslavers and that the only way out is a bloody revolution, civil war or secession while prepping to live alone in their self-sufficient (they think) homestead, as if they wouldn’t be hunted down like the Amish.
White-pilled = someone who keeps fighting after taking the antidote to the blackpills: peaceful measures which can unwind the death machine, destroying layer after layer built along centuries, based on a deep understanding of:
• how the iron-curtain really fell
• the dark human condition after original sin
• the real power of real truth, beauty and love
• the spiritual-warfare (war on sin through prayer) where God always wins over demonic regimes
Grey-pilled = someone between being black and white-pilled, who has lost some but not all hope, still hanging/clinging from a big/small thread. Some think that the white-pilled are naive, irrational and unrealistic.
Placebo-pilled = someone who doesn’t care about pills or can't even process one, and still thinks the world is OK and not downhill speeding towards a cliff.
Back-pilled = “I'm not entirely sure what color the pill was, but it was definitely a suppository.”
By the way, any news about Vivek, the swampy?
https://scientificprogress.substack.com/p/the-real-vivek-ramaswampy