“I don’t know if you’re familiar with who runs that business, but I assure you it’s not the Boy Scouts.” – Back to School
I watched a documentary on the bikini. It was two parts and very revealing.
It’s been a semester that Trump has been back in office, so why not give him a report card?
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The LULZ
The Don has proven to be a continual fountain of amusement. He pokes the GloboLeft and they squeal, predictably, every single time. If Don came out against the idea of rape, within a news cycle, AOC would have a statement out that would start with . . . “Well, not all rapists . . . . “
The initial salvo of Executive Orders kept the GloboLeft spinning on defense, no knowing what would happen next, and contorting themselves to oppose everything coming out. But more about that before. So, for pure amusement, Donald gets an A.
“Can you change my grade?”
“Of course,” Tom remarked.
Department of Justice
This grade would be an F, with the exception of the pardoning of January 6 protesters and the demotion of several highly political FBI agents and the firing of the attorneys who prosecuted January 6ers. The late work that simply hasn’t been submitted includes the full, unredacted JFK files. There have been some minor revelations in what has already been provided, but there is no reason sixty years out that we can’t be provided the full evidence, no matter where it points.
Other late work: When Pam Bondi brought out the “Epstein Files” and they were just redacted versions that had less info than what I’d already seen? Shameful. And even if Jeff killed himself, the question of who he trafficked young women to remains.
What about the arrests of those who actually conspired against a sitting president? Where are those?
As of this writing, Bondi, Patel, and Bongino appear to have become part of the problem, and not the solution. Grade: D-, improvement needed.
Remember when Putin said he had no plans to invade Ukraine? I think that’s been proven to be true. (meme as found)
Department of State
Little Marco appears to be The Don’s favorite – if there’s another job, he just gives it to Marco. Although these cross several lines, I’m going to give Marco the credit for not getting us into a war with Iran. Yet.
Is the war in the Ukraine over? Nope. It’s far easier to start a war than to end one. And, as I write this, news has come in about a significant attack across Russian air bases damaging between eight (according to Russia) and eleventy-bazillion (according to Ukraine) large military airplanes.
Not starting a war (Iran) is far easier than ending one (the three-day 1195-day Special Military Operation in Ukraine). Both are important. We’ll see what happens, and don’t forget we have China circling Taiwan.
Grade: C+
There are more gates to get into Sauron’s kingdom then there are to get into my house. I guess you could say he has more doors.
Department of War
This job is a tough one. The entire general officer corps and (my guess) half the junior officer corps are infested with committed GloboLeftist DEI-lovers and ladder climbers waiting for the cushy post DOD job with an arms manufacturer. Stalin’s purges of the Red Army come to mind as a good model: they have to be found and drummed out of the service. Innocent people will be falsely accused.
So?
This hasn’t started yet, but Hegseth is notably more focused on creating a force that’s not a jobs program but one that has the mission of blowing stuff up and killing people, so that’s a plus.
Grade: C+
After I lost my court case, my lawyer told me I was beautiful. Okay, technically not beautiful, but he did say “You’re appealing.”
Judiciary
The fights with the existing judiciary have been titanic. But, Trump has rolled back DEI, affirmative action, boys in girls’ sports, ejection of illegals, and managed to gut many .gov jobs.
There are 251 major cases involving the Trump administration in court right now. This includes cases where there are dozens of lawsuits on things like birthright citizenship that are rolled into just one. This doesn’t happen to other presidents – and I’m quite sure this is a record number. Why?
You know why. Obama could deport people, but since Orange Man Bad, well, Trump can’t.
It’s all so tiresome.
On to the Supreme Court, it would appear that this summer or the next summer would be a good time for some older justices to retire.
Grade: Incomplete
Tariffs
The latest Trump meme has been one that will backfire on the GloboLeft: TACO, or Trump Always Chickens Out. The GloboLeft is probably not familiar with negotiations, where the biggest strength is being able to walk away. Emotional manipulation is part and parcel to creating a deal, and it takes place on both sides. To be clear, there are many things that Trump is bad at, but one he’s really, really good at: making a deal.
Now me? I love the idea that they’re telling Trump he’s going to chicken out. This will stiffen his spine so he can do what needs to be done. That’s why I expect this meme to be short-lived.
Returning manufacturing to the United States and removing the primacy of the Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (FIRE) sectors as the drivers to our country in order to create real, not paper, wealth is key. This one is still too early to call. The Usual Suspects have got this tied in legal knots, too.
Grade: Incomplete
To visit the wreck of the Titanic used to cost $250,000. To join the wreck permanently? Priceless.
Department of Aborting Illegal Immigration
Okay, I know it’s the Department of Homeland Security, but if the change the name and added abortion to it, I bet we could get 50% of the GloboLeft behind it.
Pluses: the infestation of illegals has slowed to a trickle, if not reversed. The numbers of deport is still horribly low since “due process” is now required once anyone has crossed the border. The obvious solution is a set of machine gun nests up and down the border with every single crew-served machine gun in our inventory deployed and firing live rounds 10 yards out from the border line.
That counts as due process, right?
This is still better than it has been in decades. Trump should also just start building the wall, and claim it helps Israel or Ukraine when asked.
And, Trump should also arrest every illegal that they find, and put them in a detention pen until their court date shows up. The detention pen would be adjacent to the Mexican border, and anyone wanting to exit would be free to go into Mexico, via a one-way gate.
Grade: B
Skeezy Factor
The jet from Qutar is a mistake, and giving a pardon to someone whose mom paid $1,000,000 to meet you is also a mistake. That just looks skeezy. But, the king and queen of skeeze, Jared and Ivanka, are nowhere to be seen, so that’s something.
Grade: C-
My waterbed is really bouncy. I used spring water.
Summary
To be fair, I’m not really sure who would be fully qualified to assess Mr. Trump. He consistently makes decisions that are counter to popular wisdom, and skates away unscathed every time. I recall reading Dune as a young teen. Whenever Paul made a decision, I filtered it with, “What would I do?” and most of the time Paul chose the opposite of what I’d have done.
I guess that’s why he became Emperor while I spend time in the spice mines.
Trump is similar – he’s a singular person on a mission that even he might be unaware of – the near assassination of him in Pennsylvania showed he has what the Chinese call the Mandate of Heaven. It’s hard to argue against that.
None of this, however, has been codified into law. Even with the House and the Senate, Trump didn’t have all of the excesses of the GloboLeft defunded. Could D.O.G.E. have made a difference?
A huge one. But it appears that Fraud, Waste, and Abuse has much more support in Congress than fiscal responsibility. The majority of Republicans in the House and Senate are creatures that want exactly what the GloboLeft wants, but want to complain about it.
So, Grabbin Nuisance could, on January 21, 2029, nullify every Trump Executive Order if elected.
Overall: still the best president in decades.