Tag: Meeting

Welcome To The ‘Love In’

In Donny’s cabinet meeting after his first 100 days in office was yesterday and these meetings are usually about departments point out problems and offering solutions and discussion would ensue….that would be the usual tact of doings….but that is not a Donny cabinet meeting here he wants his praise and that is all that is important….and he was not disappointed….

In a two-hour game of one-upmanship at the White House on Wednesday, top Cabinet officials took turns drenching President Trump with praise that went beyond even the usual levels of adulation. Near the end of the marathon meeting, Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted that the US has brought home 47 wrongfully detained Americans so far in Trump’s second term. “Forty-seven for the 47th president in the first 100 days,” Rubio said. “And that’s all credit to you, Mr. President.”

  • Earlier in the session, Vice President JD Vance mused that “most” of the presidents whose portraits adorn the Oval Office—who include Ronald Reagan, James Madison, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln — were mere “placeholders” who weren’t “men of action,” the AP reports.
  • Energy Secretary Doug Burgum observed that Trump was “not just courageous, you’re actually fearless” in taking on issues that other presidents dare not touch. “All of us can sprint, because you’re running ahead,” Burgum said.
  • The president assembled his Cabinet to celebrate the 100-day mark of his second term, and Trump opened by noting that “things are happening that are amazing, but I would not say it if it weren’t fact.” From there, the president let others do the talking.
  • Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed that Trump in his second term saved “258 million lives” due to the amount of fentanyl that his Justice Department has taken off the streets. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thanked the president for “your vision and leadership, for giving me the 100 busiest days of my life.”
  • “I just want to say thank you, as a veteran of our military, for assembling what is the greatest national security team that I have ever seen in my 27 years associated with the United States Army,” said Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  • the praise wasn’t devoted just to the commander-in-chief. As Burgum spoke, he noted the “amazing group of people around the table” and added a quick aside to Trump: “You probably assembled the greatest Cabinet ever.”
  • During the meeting, Trump told Elon Musk he was invited to stay in his administration indefinitely. Trump said Musk had been “treated unfairly” for his role in helping Trump slash the size and scope of the federal government. “You really have sacrificed a lot,” he said. Musk, who wore a Gulf of America hat on top of a DOGE hat, also praised Trump, the Washington Examinerreports. “A tremendous amount has been accomplished in the first 100 days,” he said. “As everyone has said, it’s more than has been accomplished in any administration before ever, period.”

The economy sucks, we are fighting wars all over the world, the government is at a virtual standstill and this is what is important…..unqualified tools sucking up to an idiot to keep their lucrative jobs.

What a pack of brown nose pukes!  Cheese eating cocks*ckers!

There are real problems with this country that need addressing and instead we get a ‘lovefest’….This display is petty and pathetic.

Can you now visualize why I call this ‘team’ of unqualified clowns a Sh*t Show?

I am not worried about my future….are you?

What say you?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

G20–G Two Zero–Bingo!

We just lived through the latest meeting of the 19 most economically powerful countries plus the EU or more commonly known as the G20.

That’s right these entities get together once a year and schmooze.

But what is this group really?

The Group of Twenty (G20) is the premier forum for international cooperation on the most important issues of the global economic and financial agenda.

The objectives of the G20 refer to:

1. Policy coordination between its members in order to achieve global economic stability, sustainable growth;
2. Promoting financial regulations that reduce risks and prevent future financial crises;
3. Modernizing international financial architecture.

The G20 brings together finance ministers and central bank governors from 19 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States of America plus the European Union, which is represented by the President of the European Council and by Head of the European Central Bank.

G20 members represent almost:

1. 90% of global GDP.
2. 80% of international global-trade.
3. 2/3 of the world’s population lives in G20 member countries.
4. 84% of all fossil fuel emissions are produced by G20 countries.

If you would like a simpler definition then……it is about the control of what we get to do with what little money we have…..while bankers and financial institutions rake in the profits.

This time was no different than the last couple of meetings…..violence, protests, goon squads, etc, etc…….and there is the actual meetings…..(pause here for thought)……not much was accomplished except for a couple of “feel good” photo ops and everyone goes home……

The the next question would be…..was the meeting worth the effort?

Unfettered violence. Unbridled brutality. Outside our democratic community. When Angela Merkel held her closing address on Saturday afternoon at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, she used clear words to denounce what had taken place on the streets of Hamburg during the preceding day and night.

Cars and barricades ablaze, shops plundered, water cannons in constant operation, injuries, devastated city quarters, heavily armed special police units: The images of the violence in Hamburg have circled the globe. And they stood in stark contrast to those of the 20 heads of state and government who, at the same time, were listening to Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” in Hamburg’s chic new Elbphilharmonie concert hall. Classical music inside, clashes outside.

The question that must now be asked, which the chancellor must also answer, is this: Was it all worth it? Or was the price too high?

Source: G-20 Violence: Questions Remain after Hamburg Riots – SPIEGEL ONLINE

Well?  Was it worth the effort?

What NO statement on the perceived “aggression” of North Korea?

The Anticipation Was Deafening

The world was on the edge of their seats waiting for the meeting between Putin and Trump…..how many shoes would drop in this head to head?

We have an agreement on SW Syria……(I did not know that this region was that important in the grand US plan…but as usual I do not know everything, huh?))…….

The extended meeting came as US officials announced the US and Russia reached an agreement for a ceasefire in southwest Syria set to take effect Sunday. The two leaders were expected to discuss Syria during the sit-down, and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson describes the deal as the first indication of the Trump administration and Russia being able to work together in Syria.

Details are still scant on this, and it’s not clear how far east the ceasefire is intended to extend. US officials say the entire goal is to stop attacks against the rebels, while Russia clearly wants the US to stop attacking pro-government forces in the region. There has also been mention of humanitarian aid being allowed in, but past ceasefires have almost uniformly failed at that goal.

The ceasefire is to begin at noon on Sunday, and is open-ended. Tillerson said it could be a first step which, if successful, would be spread to other parts of the country. He also, however, added that the US still insists upon Syrian President Assad.

We all have our opinion on this meeting…..but how did the US media see it?

How did President Trump do at his first meeting with Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit, which the Wall Street Journal says was hyped by the media “into virtually the second coming of the Reykjavik Summit?” Though the Journal gives the prez a thumbs up, reaction in other quarters of editorial land was decidedly mixed.

  • Wall Street Journal: The editors said the sit-down had but one purpose from Putin’s end: “to discover if he will be able to press Russian interests forward without significant pushback” from Trump. How did Trump measure up in the Russian’s eyes? “We can’t guess, ” the paper says, but Trump’s pressing of Putin about hacking in the November election is a “new element in the Trump equation.” By raising the issue, the president “made clear to Vlad that he’ll be dealing with the President of all the American people. That sounds like a positive outcome.”
  • Politico: In a column, Molly K. McKew rapped Trump for signaling the US will “move on” from the hacking controversy “with no accountability or consequences for Russia” but with a pledge to work jointly on cybersecurity. She also takes issue with two points: an agreement to not meddle in the other’s doings on the homefront., and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s observation that the Russian strategy in Syria was maybe “more right” than the US approach. “Each of these points represents a significant victory for Putin,” she writes.
  • CNN: Commentator David Gergen praised Trump’s performance, saying he “seemed presidential” and calling it “big-league stuff.” He adds, “This seemed like we were back to normal life for the first time, one of the only times in the last few months. This is what we expect from our president.” He adds that “We may agree or disagree with the particulars, but we want our president to show leadership and be at a presidential level.

New York Times: In a column headlined, “Did Putin Have Trump for Lunch,” columnist Nicholas Kristof said he doesn’t “begrudge” Trump’s warm handshake with Putin but bristled at Trump “getting lovey-dovey” with a man involved in election hacking in two countries and the invasion of Ukraine, among other points. As for the deal with Syria, where Russia has “helped the slaughter civilians,” Kristof writes, “It’s great that Trump and Putin reached an agreement that may help Syria, but let’s see whether it translates to advances on the ground.” He says the “really important issue” is North Korea, and Trump “still doesn’t seem to have a strategy to deal with it.”

Slate says that Trump got through the meeting with no gaffes, but Putin was the winner: Even if Lavrov’s version of the election-meddling conversation is an exaggeration, both sides seem to agree that Trump and Putin agreed to “move forward” from the issue, which means “Putin did not, and apparently will not, pay any price for his information-warfare campaign against American democracy.”

After a glowing review from CNN maybe Trump should re-think his “fake news” thing about the network……

I would offer up my analysis but it would be disingenuous……mainly because I did not watch any of it….I had better things to do…..the dog needed a bath.