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yellow dahlia

(202 posts)
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 06:41 PM Dec 19

This shadow government is madness!

The grifter has been running a shadow government of sorts for the past four years.

He entertained foreign leaders at Mar-A-Lago, such as Orban of Hungary and Duda of Poland. Bibi Netanyahu visited the grifter at MAL while important cease fire negotiations were going on. One might surmise that the grifter had an influence on Bibi, because after meeting with the grifter he changed his stance.

And the grifter/classified document thief has spoken with Putin numerous times in the past four years.

Earlier this year he killed the bipartisan immigration bill that would have brought more security and personnel border. He told the Republicans not to vote on a bill that they had crafted. Is there historical evidence of shadow former Presidents acting in this way?

And now we have seen this reach a whole new level. The "first buddy" (Elon Musk) initiated the unraveling of a continuing resolution bill that would have kept the government open and funded until next March. It was a bill being offered up by the Republican Speaker of the House, and having been negotiated with Democrats so it would pass. Elon Musk undermined the Speaker of the House. He "tweeted" about it 100 times yesterday - he dictated that it should be scrapped. And then the "supposed incoming President" had to follow along.

This is beyond the pale! A private citizen is directing current legislative policy. Musk is an immigrant, who can't be President even if anyone wanted him to. This is a sub-level shadow government wrapped in another shadow government.

It would be comical, if it weren't so dangerous. They are messing with our lives.

Why isn't the current ACTUAL administration doing anything? They need to be "screaming from the rooftops".

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This shadow government is madness! (Original Post) yellow dahlia Dec 19 OP
I spoke up about this a few times... 2naSalit Dec 19 #1
What I really appreciate about DU is like voices finding each other. yellow dahlia Dec 19 #2
He has. Solly Mack Dec 19 #3
No, the people who should be screaming this from the tree tops are the "free press". Biophilic Dec 19 #4
I agree, wholeheartedly. yellow dahlia Dec 19 #5

2naSalit

(93,562 posts)
1. I spoke up about this a few times...
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 07:09 PM
Dec 19

Over the past four years and it seems like nobody was interested in noticing.

yellow dahlia

(202 posts)
2. What I really appreciate about DU is like voices finding each other.
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 07:15 PM
Dec 19

Let's keep noticing....and shining the light.

Biophilic

(4,996 posts)
4. No, the people who should be screaming this from the tree tops are the "free press".
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 07:39 PM
Dec 19

Sadly we no longer have a free press. They were the 4th leg. They had a specific job and they were given special freedoms and guarantees in order to perform that function. They have failed us just as the SC has failed us, and just as a huge section of our fellow citizens have failed us either by voting for trump/musk or by choosing not to vote.

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