𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣 "𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗨𝗦" 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗗𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗬 𝗧𝗥𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥?

January 20th will be a sad, sad day, not for me, but for our country, as an incompetent egomaniac, once again, is sworn in to hold our nation's  highest office.

If you bought Trump's disclaimer that he'll only be a dictator on "Day One," you were duped.  Trump's admiration for the Putin's, Xi's, Jong Un's and Orban's of the world has been well chronicled and observed and he'll endeavor to be just as much a "strong leader" as his heroes.

At least a couple things make 2025 different from 2017, the start of Trump's first term.  For one, we have a totally corrupted U.S. Supreme Court, that will not only fail to act as a "check and balance" for rogue behavior, but one that's given Trump total immunity from any crimes he commits in office.  Hell, one Supreme Court Justice has been flying the U.S. flag upside down in support of Trump's 2021 insurrection attempt, while another clown has taken over $4M in bribes from a right-wing benefactor.  Those boys will not be "checking" any of Trump's crimes in office.  A couple others on the current "court" simply lied about not overturning Roe v. Wade during their confirmation hearings, but, then truth-telling is not held in high regard these days.

Also, freeing up the sworn-in President to pursue his fascist inclinations will be the absence of experienced, qualified cabinet and administration members as, this time around, Trump is only going for unqualified "yes" men to "serve" alongside him.  

In 2025, we'll not see a James Mattis, John Kelly, Rex Tillerson or John Bolton, but only Trump sychophants who will not say "no" when he wants to do dumb shit.  Anyway, all those forementioned, previous cabinet members have since called Trump a "danger," "incompetent" and someone who should "never be in the oval office again."

This time around, Trump is nominating only those totally unqualified for the job, even those who've expressed a desire to eliminate the very department they'll be running.

To manage 5,000 nuclear warheads, supervise 2.86M men and women wearing the uniform of the Army, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard, Trump has nominated Pete Hegseth, a weekend talk show host for Fox News.  Not only is Hegseth not remotely qualified for the job, he's on record opposing women in combat roles, has a well-documented problem with alcohol and, like Trump and Matt Gaetz, his original pick for Attorney General, is a sexual predator.  Gee, he'll be great!

To lead the massive Department of Health and Human Services, Trump has selected RFK, Jr., who sadly suffers from mental illness, not to mention his anti-science approach to vaccines.  It's doubtful that Kennedy will even be questioned about his disposal of a bear carcass in New York's Central Park or his severing with a chainsaw the head of a whale that had washed up ashore, then transporting it home on the roof of his minivan.  That will just be chalked up to "strangeness" or "quirkiness."  Hopefully, though,  Senate interrogators WILL ask him why he lied, saying he was "unpaid" for his anti-vax drive, when it's now been revealed that he reeled in $2.2M for that gig.

We'll check out the qualifications of others in coming days, but, so far, Trump's nominations seem like disasters, totally inconsistent with a competent, well-run executive branch, but consistent with the goals of a man who wants to weaken our country's governance, consolidating the power in the executive branch as dictators are wont to do.