Trump asks Mike Waltz to be national security adviser; Huckabee to be ambassador to Israel

Unconfirmed rumour going around that Tulsi Gabbard is pushing for Sec Def.

“I think Israel has title deed to Judea and Samaria,” said Huckabee, using the Biblical terms for the West Bank. “There are certain words I refuse to use. There is no such thing as a West Bank. It’s Judea and Samaria. There’s no such thing as a settlement. They’re communities, they’re neighborhoods, they’re cities. There’s no such thing as an occupation.”

Trump is a liability for Mr. Putin. Will be very interesting when the umbilicus is severed.

"There are certain words I refuse to use. There is no such thing as a West Bank. It’s Judea and Samaria. There’s no such thing as a settlement. They’re communities, they’re neighbourhoods, they’re cities. There’s no such thing as an occupation."

--Mike Huckabee in 2017

Prior to his upcoming appointment as ambassador, Mike Huckabee was employed hucking nutritional supplements on TV commercials. I suppose that counts as a solid qualification in Trumpland.

"There are certain words I refuse to use. There is no such thing as a West Bank. It’s Judea and Samaria. There’s no such thing as a settlement. They’re communities, they’re neighbourhoods, they’re cities. There’s no such thing as an occupation."

--Mike Huckabee in 2017

So what’s the problem??

"The best people", natch!

bass4funkToday  07:27 am JST

"There are certain words I refuse to use. There is no such thing as a West Bank. It’s Judea and Samaria. There’s no such thing as a settlement. They’re communities, they’re neighbourhoods, they’re cities. There’s no such thing as an occupation."

--Mike Huckabee in 2017

So what’s the problem??

It's problematic for all of your new BRICS friends.

Trump has to scrape the bottom of the barrel,it will be the most regressive government in the history of the US , people are already having regrets they voted for Trump,only if they could abort their votes for Trump Google Regrets Voting For Trump

It's problematic for all of your new BRICS friends.

And your point?

When was the last time the USA won a war? I guess Waltz' definition of winning is different than mine.

“I am ready to get to work to better equip our military and turn our focus away from woke priorities and back to winning wars. Our national security depends on it.”

Also, imagine trying to win the peace for a change.

bass4funkToday  07:35 am JST

It's problematic for all of your new BRICS friends.

And your point?

As long as you are on board when the directive comes down on Truth Social that we have always been at war with russia and that Ukraine deserves all of the support we can give it.

Many UN resolutions for one. The Oslo Accords for two.

So what’s the problem??

deanzaZZRToday  07:36 am JST

When was the last time the USA won a war? 

We don't know what the outcome of the Iraq war still. If it maintains its independence from Iran, it is a solid win. Libya as well, we don't know the eventual settlement.

*is still.

Huckabee is a staunch defender of Israel and his intended nomination comes as Trump has promised to align U.S. foreign policy more closely with Israel’s interests as it wages wars against Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah.

The Muslim-Americans and protestors who endorsed Trump or registered a protest vote are in for a rude awakening when Netanyahu gets zero pushback as he increases the ferocity of his campaign.

Add them to the workers who voted for Trump who find out mass deportations, tariffs and corporate tax cuts do not raise wages and bring down inflation.

As long as you are on board when the directive comes down on Truth Social that we have always been at war with russia and that Ukraine deserves all of the support we can give it.

They will get it, but that support won’t override the support that goes to Americans first.

bass4funkToday  07:46 am JST

As long as you are on board when the directive comes down on Truth Social that we have always been at war with russia and that Ukraine deserves all of the support we can give it.

They will get it, but that support won’t override the support that goes to Americans first.

I'm glad you are already moving on this issue. Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing after having tried everything else.

The Muslim-Americans and protestors who endorsed Trump or registered a protest vote are in for a rude awakening when Netanyahu gets zero pushback as he increases the ferocity of his campaign. 

Trump said and was very clear that he will push for peace, but he will back Israel when it comes to protecting the Jewish nation, two separate things.

Add them to the workers who voted for Trump who find out mass deportations,

If they are illegal, that’s breaking the law, regardless if you illegal participated in the voting process.

tariffs and corporate tax cuts do not raise wages and bring down inflation

Cutting regulations, sending illegals back and cutting government salaries will though.

I'm glad you are already moving on this issue. Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing after having tried everything else.

Yup

"" He also worked in the Pentagon as a policy adviser when Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates were defense chiefs. ""

I can see the U.S. going back to war with the middle east under Mr. Waltz recommendations and advice, anyone who worked with Rumsfeld and remembers the WMD lies knows damn well what's lying ahead.

Flawless, excellent choices. Huckabee is going to help greatly in the ME.

CIA Director--Don Ratcliffe.

America will never abandon Israel for as long as it can't find a replacement.

Israel is the only agent that can deliver and implement U.S. orders, until a new agent is found, groomed, equipped and trained Israel will continue to be the choice.

If and when that happens Israel will be dropped like a hot Potato.

Jordan and or Egypt were an option but Israel Torpedo every effort and started ISIS to make sure that wont happen.

Most of us are wondering if Trump is going to throw cold water on this fire or if he's about to throw gasoline on it. Biden has been holding the Israelis back as much as he could, but Trump just might give the the IDF a green light to fight as they wish. At the same time, you have to wonder if Trump and Musk are going to appease Putin in Ukraine by telling Zelensky to give up significant chunks of Ukraine to Russia.

And the country continues to go down the toilet. He's not my President. I don't respect clowns.

Two more home run appointments.

So as expected the Biden/Harris/Netanyahu genocide will become the Trump/Netanyahu genocide except with added fundamentalist Christian zealots on the Yanqui side.

Here's Huckabee with Shinzo Abe and notorious yakuza bagman Icchu Nagamoto in Tokyo in 2012. Birds of a feather.....

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/ex-pm-shinzo-abe-denies-ties-to-yakuza-after-photo-with-yamaguchi-gumi-associate-published/

If anyone is unsure about the wisdom of these picks, just check out the vitriol, bitterness and anger coming from the communists and anti Semites.

And be sure they are perfect.

--tariffs and corporate tax cuts do not raise wages and bring down inflation

Cutting regulations, sending illegals back and cutting government salaries will though.

lol

Back to the issue at hand, do you have faith that Mike Huckabee will help bring peace to the people of Judea and Samaria?

I can see the U.S. going back to war with the middle east under Mr. Waltz

Yes and Obama will announce that he’s a Republican from now on.

recommendations and advice, anyone who worked with Rumsfeld and remembers the WMD lies knows damn well what's lying ahead.

Not sure what the correlation here is, but still funny nonetheless.

I don't like Trump one bit, but unless someone actually stands up to him he's going to ride roughshod over rules, norms, and probably the US constitution itself, and the only response will be pearl clutching and hand wringing.

What can he and Trump do to end the conflicts rebuild Gaza and create a two-state solution?

The Muslim-Americans and protestors who endorsed Trump or registered a protest vote are in for a rude awakening when Netanyahu gets zero pushback as he increases the ferocity of his campaign.

Dagon fails to understand something critical about Israel's strangulation of Hamas, Hezbollah and their sponsor Iran. The happiest people about it are Arab nations who see it bringing peace, stability and accompanying wealth to the region.

Add them to the workers who voted for Trump who find out mass deportations, tariffs and corporate tax cuts do not raise wages and bring down inflation.

This self-avowed communist is going to tell us how to run a successful economy!

What can he and Trump do to end the conflicts rebuild Gaza and create a two-state solution?

Easy.

Help eviscerate the genocidal terrorists who never wanted a two state solution.

What can he and Trump do to end the conflicts rebuild Gaza and create a two-state solution?

I don’t know, they will figure that out

bass4funk

What can he and Trump do to end the conflicts rebuild Gaza and create a two-state solution?

I don’t know, they will figure that out

I didn't ask you. Rhetoric.

Gaza is destroyed and more than 45,000 dead, mostly women and children. Rebuilding will take decades.

More great picks! On a roll.

Now Trump is demanding that the Senate forego the process of vetting his appointments with a vote -- demanding "recess appointments" to bypass the chamber. That removes one check on power.

Buckle up Ladies and Gents. BCZ this could go either ways !!! we just don't know at this point !!!.

I don't like Trump one bit, but unless someone actually stands up to him he's going to ride roughshod over rules, norms, and probably the US constitution itself,

He won’t do what the Dems did, don’t worry.

and the only response will be pearl clutching and hand wringing.

For the outgoing Dems, I’m sure of it.

I didn't ask you. Rhetoric

I know, I’m just responding

Fox News' own Pete Hegseth is next Secretary of Defense.

Great team America is building.

Now Trump is demanding that the Senate forego the process of vetting his appointments with a vote --

Trump doesn’t want any RINOs to block his agenda

demanding "recess appointments" to bypass the chamber. That removes one check on power.

Why would Mitch rush and I mean, RUSH to do a secret ballot away from voters eyes to nominate a new senate leader?

Pete Hegeseth, defense secretary!!! This cabinet is just kick-a**!

Now the liberals care about “rules and norms”.

if it was that important, it would have been made a law.

It’s not, so moving on to use our mandate for what we want to do for the American people who voted for our team in a landslide.

That removes one check on power.

the Constitution allows recess appointments.

No point to let Chuckie spend the first months delaying confirmations he doesn’t have the votes to stop.

Dagon fails to understand something critical about Israel's strangulation of Hamas, Hezbollah and their sponsor Iran. The happiest people about it are Arab nations who see it bringing peace, stability and accompanying wealth to the region.

Hmm, you can see the peace, stability and accompanying wealth the people of Gaza are experiencing already.

Add them to the workers who voted for Trump who find out mass deportations, tariffs and corporate tax cuts do not raise wages and bring down inflation.

This self-avowed communist is going to tell us how to run a successful economy!

Likely better than a six time bankrupt (including casino) supposed billionaire who states he does not need to pay taxes (or proper overtime pay for the employees of his businesses).

That was too easy. Have more?

"President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he has chosen Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his secretary of defense."

"The selection elevates the television personality to a Cabinet-level position in Trump’s second term."

“Pete has spent his entire life as a Warrior for the Troops, and for the Country. Pete is tough, smart and a true believer in America First. With Pete at the helm, America’s enemies are on notice - Our Military will be Great Again, and America will Never Back Down,” Trump said in a statement."

"The Recess Appointments Clause, authorizing the President to make temporary appointments when the Senate is not in session."

Not to worry ladies and gents we are in good hands I say.

yes, “temporary”:

“Appointments made during a recess must be confirmed by the Senate by the end of the next session of Congress, or the appointment expires.

In current practice, this means that a recess appointment must be approved by roughly the end of the next calendar year and thus could last for almost two years, if made early enough in the year.”

Scratch in another notch for the Yee-haws in the Bible Belt.

“Pete has spent his entire life as a Warrior for the Troops, and for the Country. Pete is tough, smart and a true believer in America First. With Pete at the helm, America’s enemies are on notice - Our Military will be Great Again, and America will Never Back Down,” Trump said in a statement."

I agree. Get this wokeness out of our military once and for all

Trump has just announced that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramwswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency.

Trump comment:

*"I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk, working in conjunction with American Patriot Vivek Ramaswamy, will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”). Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies – Essential to the “Save America” Movement. “This will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!” stated Mr. Musk.*

Kristi Noem confirmed by Trump for DHS.

Idiocracy

*Trump has just announced that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramwswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency.*

Trump comment:

"I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk, working in conjunction with American Patriot Vivek Ramaswamy, will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”). Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies – Essential to the “Save America” Movement. “This will send **shockwaves** through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!” stated Mr. Musk.

Wonder if the corporate welfare, especially to Musk's businesses, come under scrutiny.

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-list-government-subsidies-tesla-billions-spacex-solarcity-2021-12

Some government wasteful expenditures are more MAGA than others.

Wonder if the corporate welfare, especially to Musk's businesses, come under scrutiny. 

For what reason?

Some government wasteful expenditures are more MAGA than others.

No, the Federal Waste and gridlock unnecessary bureaucracy needs to end.

Kristi Noem confirmed by Trump for DHS.

The Trump crony plutocratic corporatocracy keeps getting better. Not dog catcher?

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/woman-who-shot-her-dog-will-head-us-homeland-security/articleshow/115225308.cms?from=mdr

Being Trump's dance partner for 40 minutes as political rally has to count for something.

Musk at the helm of DOGE with Ramaswamy. Even better, they won't draw a paycheck, so this will be a win-win-win-and-more-winning scenario for the American taxpayer and worker.

The Trump crony plutocratic corporatocracy keeps getting better. Not dog catcher?

More lib wishful dreaming?

Being Trump's dance partner for 40 minutes as political rally has to count for something.

And that shovel continues to dig deeper for the left.

Elon Musk is driven by his own ego. All he is interested in is himself and money.

Just imagine: alpha males/females instead of hand-wringing, pearl clutchers in charge. Proud of you America!

“Pete has spent his entire life as a Warrior for the Troops, and for the Country. Pete is tough, smart and a true believer in America First. With Pete at the helm, America’s enemies are on notice - Our Military will be Great Again, and America will Never Back Down,” Trump said in a statement."

With Pete's extensive experience as a Fox News pundit, and with his unflagging loyalty to his Lord 'n' Little Savior Donald J. Trump, he is uniquely positioned to lead the Defense Department.

lol

The significance passage of time is just making me feel so unburdened by what has been.

he is uniquely positioned to lead the Defense Department.

Yes he is. you kinda just disingenuously ignore everything he did that makes him more than qualified.

he is actually an inspired choice. Who did you want, Adam Kinzinger? Liz Cheney? lol

losing must suck, you get to choose nothing.

The difference between the Trump and Biden administration is that the Trump one gives no one a fig leaf to hide behind.

There's no way to pretend the US is 'neutral' or even 'favoring the scofflaw regime' for any country to hide their cowardice behind.

It's going to be so nakedly biased and openly disconnected from reality when it comes to it's own level of 'democratic values' that it's declarations about democracies being dictatorships, and antidemocratic regimes democratic that media and governments that have been meekly repeating those views will see whatever credibility they have retained plummet.

With Pete's extensive experience as a Fox News pundit, and with his unflagging loyalty to his Lord 'n' Little Savior Donald J. Trump, he is uniquely positioned to lead the Defense Department.

lol

Absolutely

Musk on X just now:

"Threat to democracy? Nope, threat to BUREAUCRACY!!!"

losing must suck, you get to choose nothing.

That's right. Trump only cares for those good and faithful servants who worship him.

For all others, weeping and gnashing of teeth.

That's right. Trump only cares for those good and faithful servants who worship him.

That’s what all Presidents want. Nothing new.

For all others, weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Which is what the Democrats are doing.

That's right. Trump only cares for those good and faithful servants who worship him.

thats a disingenuous description of the American voters who returned him to office in a landslide with a popular vote mandate.

the criticisms are coming off kinda whiny. Our democracy has spoken, why can’t you seem to accept it as being legitimate?

He won, we won. Better luck next time lol

That’s what all Presidents want. Nothing new.

Wrong. Trump is the first and only president in American history whose ego is so fragile that he demands absolute fealty.

It's a cult.

Israel's actions are uniting Arab countries against it. The US can only go all-in on supporting Israeli, such as ethnic cleansing land like the West Bank within the 1967 borders, by destroying relations with other US allies like the Saudis, UAE etc. Thanks to BRICs, such countries do not need the US to prop up their regimes any more. Trump may be President again, but the world is not the place it was in 2016.

the Constitution allows recess appointments.

No point to let Chuckie spend the first months delaying confirmations he doesn’t have the votes to stop.

From WaPo:

"After Obama tried it in 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that the recess appointments exceeded his constitutional authority. Now, the Senate must be on recess for at least 10 days before a president can make recess appointments.

"But what Trump is suggesting is different, experts said. Rather than take advantage of breaks in their legislating schedule, Trump is asking senators to willingly step aside.

"'What Trump is essentially doing is telling the Senate to give up one of its core constitutional roles," said Sarah Binder, a constitutional expert at George Washington University. "The Senate's role of advice and consent was to be a check on who the president wants to put in these positions.'"

It's overreach.

losing must suck, you get to choose nothing.

He won, we won. Better luck next time lol

Bad losers in 2020. Bad winners in 2024.

Dagon fails to understand something critical about Israel's strangulation of Hamas, Hezbollah and their sponsor Iran. The happiest people about it are Arab nations who see it bringing peace, stability and accompanying wealth to the region.

Hmm, you can see the peace, stability and accompanying wealth the people of Gaza are experiencing already.

The people of Gaza can choose the peace and prosperity as soon as Hamas is exterminated. Which will be soon.

This self-avowed communist is going to tell us how to run a successful economy!

Likely better than a six time bankrupt (including casino) supposed billionaire who states he does not need to pay taxes (or proper overtime pay for the employees of his businesses).

Communists have zero idea that bankruptcy is used as a tool by the super rich to navigate the ups and downs of doing business.

How much do you think President Trump is worth now? any guesses? take a stab at it!

like you say; Too easy.

The people of Gaza can choose the peace and prosperity as soon as Hamas is exterminated. Which will be soon.

The 10,000 dead children....Their brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers- you're a fool if you think that Netanyahu is creating anything except the next generation of terrorists.

dutch

How much do you think President Trump is worth now? any guesses? take a stab at it!

100 million?

Bad losers in 2020. Bad winners in 2024

yet a winner nevertheless.

would you consider your team as good losers so far?

Communists have zero idea that bankruptcy is used as a tool by the super rich to navigate the ups and downs of doing business.

Top avoid paying their workers what they owe, you mean.

would you consider your team as good losers so far?

Well, we've admitted we lost, haven't started an insurrection, haven't lied about electoral fraud, haven't attacked the capital or threatened to hang anybody- so we're doing better than your mob did.

TaiwanIsNotChina Today 07:08 am JST

There are certain words I refuse to use. There is no such thing as a West Bank. It’s Judea and Samaria.

Now is that Samaria and Judea the Roman provinces? Is that Samaria and Judea the Greek provinces? Is that Samaria and Judea the Persian provinces? Is that Samaria and Judea the Babylonian provinces? Here’s a news flash. The northern kingdom of Israel was defeated by Assyria more than 2,700 years ago and the southern kingdom of Judah was defeated by the Babylonians more than 2,500 years ago. And here I thought the Chinese were odd for making territorial claims based on ancient history.

But I like this. As someone with Italian ancestry, I hereby declare in the interest of my own ethnicity that there is no Spain or Germany or England or Greece or Iran or Iraq or Syria or Egypt… There is just the Roman Empire. And that being the case, I am of course happy to have the provinces of Samaria and Judea as a part of it.

thats a disingenuous description of the American voters who returned him to office in a landslide with a popular vote mandate.

I'm talking about Trump and his core supporters. If you dislike being labeled a cult that worships its ubermensch leader, perhaps you might want to consider changing your avatar.