It is Sunday and for the time being I thought I would take a look at the issues that are most amusing coming from Donald the Orange.  I apologize for breaking with my no politics pledge for the weekend but this stuff is just too silly to ignore.

A short round-up of the acts in the DC Clown Show for week ending 07Feb25

Since so much is happening with the Trump EOs and his understudy Musk I thought I would give a review of some of the more idiotic of moves by this clown show.

Just a short list of some of the more pointed issues.

Number one is Donald the Orange’s choice for ambassador….

President Donald Trump announced the nomination of Melinda Hildebrand, the billionaire owner of a renowned Texas donut shop, as the next U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica.

This decision has sparked questions and criticisms about the qualifications and background of Trump’s newly appointed ambassador.

The commander-in-chief took to Truth Social on Thursday, February 6, to announce Hildebrand’s appointment.

“I am pleased to announce that Melinda Hildebrand will serve as the next United States Ambassador to Costa Rica,” he shared with his 8 million followers on the social media platform. “Melinda is an incredibly successful businesswoman and philanthropist, who serves as the Vice Chair of the Hildebrand Foundation, and Vice President of Hilcorp Ventures Inc. She is also the President and Owner of the popular River Oaks Donuts. She will fight tirelessly to protect America’s Interests abroad, especially in Trade and Immigration. Congratulations Melinda!”

https://okmagazine.com/p/donald-trump-appointing-texas-donut-shop-owner-ambassador-costa-rica/

Trump keeps in style by nominating the unqualified to lead this country.

Number two–while his is rounding up brown skin people for deportation he signs another EO flinging the doors of the country open for South Africans…..not all South Africans just the white ones.

President Donald Trump has feverishly worked to restrict immigration to the United States and has started to revoke the legal status of some immigrants from Latin America who are in the U.S. legally. But on Friday, Trump swung open the nation’s doors to White South Africans.

The president signed an executive order criticizing South Africa’s 2024 Expropriation Act, which allows the government to take land “for a public purpose” or “in the public interest” in exchange for “just and equitable compensation.” South African officials have likened the law to eminent domain in the U.S.

About 70% of all farmland in South Africans is owned by members of the country’s White minority. The country has yet to expropriate any land under the law.

“In shocking disregard of its citizens’ rights, the Republic of South Africa (South Africa) recently enacted Expropriation Act 13 of 2024 (Act), to enable the government of South Africa to seize ethnic minority Afrikaners’ agricultural property without compensation,” Trump’s order stated, using a term for White South Africans. “This Act follows countless government policies designed to dismantle equal opportunity in employment, education, and business, and hateful rhetoric and government actions fueling disproportionate violence against racially disfavored landowners.”

Trump also cited South Africa’s role in bringing a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, where it accused Israel of “genocidal intent” in its war in Gaza. He said the U.S. ” shall not provide aid or assistance to South Africa” and “shall promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination.”

Notably, the president made loud and clear that the U.S. will welcome South Africans of European descent to the country, if they wish to come.

“The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take appropriate steps, consistent with law, to prioritize humanitarian relief, including admission and resettlement through the United States Refugee Admissions Program, for Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination,” he wrote. “Such plan shall be submitted to the President through the Assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor.”

(mediaite.com)

Number three–an insurrectionist has been named by the Lord High Destroyer as head of counterterrorism….

It’s why Trump nominated Robert Kennedy Jr., a COVID conspiracy theorist who spreads medical misinformation and advocates for medical racism, for Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary. It’s why Pete Hegseth is now leading the Department of National Defense despite Hegseth having no clear experience in the field, being unable to answer basic questions about U.S. foreign policy, and believing that his top priority as defence secretary should be to de-woke-ify the military.

So, it should surprise absolutely no one that the man Trump has tapped to oversee U.S. intelligence on terrorism threats is a MAGA loyalist who once referred to Jan. 6 terrorists as “political prisoners.”

Meet Joe Kent.

Trump has selected Kent to serve as director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), which “oversees U.S. government intelligence on terrorist threats and retains a database of all known and suspected terrorists,” according to NBC News. Now, on paper, Kend appears to be qualified, unlike many of the diversity-averse appointees that the DEI-hating president has selected. He served in Army Special Forces for 20 years, and after that, he worked for the CIA. But Kent doesn’t believe the people who attacked police officers at the U.S. Capitol, stormed the building and threatened legislators, all to upend democracy by overthrowing the government are terrorists. He also reportedly has an affinity for white nationalist groups, but don’t worry, folks, because he rejects “racism and bigotry.”

Trump's Counterterrorism Leader Is a Jan. 6 Advocate

One of his most lame EOs is attacking paper straws….

President Trump is going after paper straws in one of his next initiatives:

• “I will be signing an Executive Order next week ending the ridiculous Biden push for Paper Straws, which don’t work,” Trump wrote Friday on Truth Social. “BACK TO PLASTIC!”
• The reference is to an initiative former President Biden signed last year to phase out single-use plastics such as straws, cutlery, and cups throughout the federal government, reports the Washington Post. It was not clear if Trump’s executive order would focus only on straws.
• The issue may sound small-scale on the surface, but Politico sees the debate over straws as “a microcosm of a larger debate over whether the federal government should mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.” Most plastic is derived from fossil fuels.
• USA Today similarly sees the straw issue as a proxy fight “against Democrat-backed environmental regulations.” Working in Republicans’ favor is that paper straws “tend to quickly dissolve and can be unpopular with consumers of beverages,” the story adds.
• The issue goes back awhile: Newsweek notes that Trump sold Trump-branded plastic straws during his 2020 campaign. “Liberal paper straws don’t work,” his site declared at the time. “Stand with President Trump and buy your recyclable straws today

I feel safer and secure in my life with this straw issue settled.

How about you?

This is my favorite of this worthless scribbling…..

President Trump said Thursday that he wants to root out “anti-Christian bias” in the US, announcing that he was forming a task force led by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the “targeting” of Christians, the AP reports. Speaking at a pair of events in Washington surrounding the the National Prayer Breakfast, Trump said the task force would be directed to “immediately halt all forms of anti-Christian targeting and discrimination within the federal government, including at the DOJ, which was absolutely terrible, the IRS, the FBI—terrible—and other agencies.” Trump said Bondi would also work to “fully prosecute anti-Christian violence and vandalism in our society and to move heaven and earth to defend the rights of Christians and religious believers nationwide.”

Hours after the two events, Trump signed an executive order directing the new task force to identify unlawful policies, practices, or conduct by all executive departments and agencies, and recommend any additional presidential or legislative action. An hour after calling for “unity” at the National Prayer Breakfast on Capitol Hill, though, Trump struck a more partisan tone at the second event across town, announcing that, in addition to the task force, he was forming a commission on religious liberty. He criticized the Biden administration for “persecution” of believers for prosecuting anti-abortion advocates.

I thought we already did a safe guard…..I believe we call it the Constitution.

Are you feeling good about your lame ass vote now?

One question….when will the trump magic pen start actually doing something for the people of this country…..we have enough stupidity but with this dunderhead it will only get worse.

Secondly where is the Congress and what are they doing other than sniping at each other in hearings?

Still waiting on him making good on one of his promises…..using the EO to end daylight savings time….and I wait.

I Read, I Write, you Know

“lego ergo scribo”