Anticipate Quagmire, and Much Noise

The Trumpies Never Have a Plan B 

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So now Trump has added a tariff war to the illegal deportations and the destruction of Social Security, USAID,  the NIH, and on and on. People are aghast at the damage and the casual cruelty. I agree with all that, but for me there has been something else that I couldn't quite put my finger on.

I was thinking the other night about all this, and at some point, unsummoned, a little light bulb went on in my head; the Rs never have a plan B. They always expect their victims to fold, just like the Senate Democrats. And it seems they have given no thought to what their second effort would look like when, as normally happens, the initial attack encounters resistance. Do they literally have no plans for what to do when people stand up and fight back?

Let's just take one example from one front in our evolving civil war: the El Salvador Gulag Case before Judge Boasberg. The Trump regime has scooted a few hundred random victims to a prison in a foreign country, and now the Trumpy lawyers seem stuck. The arguments being presented to Judge Boasberg are pitiful. And they appear hastily constructed, as if no one anticipated the judge's actions. 

The regime wants to deport millions of people - it appears they don't actually have to be immigrants. The Trumpies are not on a track to do that.

I understand that they intend to get to a place where law no longer matters. But they do need to get there, and I don't think they have a clue how to do that. There's a word for this: feckless.

As for the tariffs, they seem to expect that every other country in the world is going to fold. That is not going to happen.

There is going to be a huge amount of damage, but Trump will not get the dominance he wants. Instead, he - and we - are going to wind up isolated, friendless, and much poorer.

See also Unleashing the Oligarchs, Is It Shock and Awe, or Is It a Flash in the Pan? Is the Ship Sinking? Yes. What Caused the French Revolution? We Will Not Let Them Down, A Report on Travel Restrictions, Quagmire.

Is Elon Musk a Vampire?

I'm pretty sure he is. If you look at his facial reconstruction surgery, it seems he's probably about 500 years old.

And that's an interesting red scar on his neck, pretty near his carotid artery. Maybe he was thirsty one night.

Not to mention the dark glasses. Does he have a problem with sunlight?

Let's face it: Like all vampires, Elon Musk sucks. And it's time for him to stop sucking us dry and go suck himself. Alone, in his coffin.

(For an interesting story on the origin of vampires, click here.)

See also Trump Is a Russian Agent, The 800-Pound Gorilla in the Oval Office, Hope Hicks Is Sick, As the Tide Goes Out.