Deep State never solves problems, it perpetuates them. After Trump declared in 2015, I read The Art of the Deal. He enjoys solving problems, the worse the better. TDS victims, I already know what you're going to say, word for word, but please hear me out. Barack gave the orders to put some rats to sleep, including the biggest rat of all. So he deserves tremendous credit for that, but what else did he ever fix? Trump got results in the private sector. In the public sector, results are to be avoided at all costs.
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Their failure was their success. Careers, and even fortunes, were built on βnegotiating peaceβ or whatever the fig leaf for rent-seeking was. Just like βcancer researchβ is far, far too lucrative to ever find a cure for cancer.
In a flash we went from government cogs nattering away in conference rooms to serious men of action. Great for our nation but the flaccid bureaucrats canβt stand it.
Itβs also about how playing stupid games always ends up with stupid prizes.
The entire State Dept. prior to Trump 2.0, was nothing more than a den of vipers, hermetically sealed into an βthereβs only one way of doing thingsβ mentality that always and inevitably resulted in failure: because that was the whole point. Just keep dragging things on, allowing for spreading more and more money around the world for nothing except to keep the game going. The very last thing anyone was interested in was actual results, especially results that would benefit the USA.
I read this drive-by assassination yesterday and came to the same general conclusion. But you went so much deeper and brought the receipts! Thanks, great read!
Excellent summary. As usual, the βexpertsβ donβt like being wrong and criticize the new team as being inexperienced. The new approach is working and the Abraham Accords is the basis and proof. When the same old approach didnβt work, itβs time to admit it and stop criticizing the current approach.
In what alternate universe are Kushner and Witkoff - literally lifelong family friends with Netanyahu - considered βdiplomats?β Their obvious role is to carry Netanyahuβs feces-adulterated water and obstruct any peace that puts the Zionist dream of a βGreater Israelβ at risk.
Very similar to the homeless βcrisisβ and even chronic illness. Peace deals, getting people off the streets and making people healthier means the architecture that has been built to manage it is either no longer needed at all or is greatly reduced. And they donβt want that.
Read all the comments in Zerohedge about Iran. Itβs 24/7 non stop Trump Derangement Syndrome cope comments.
Deep State never solves problems, it perpetuates them. After Trump declared in 2015, I read The Art of the Deal. He enjoys solving problems, the worse the better. TDS victims, I already know what you're going to say, word for word, but please hear me out. Barack gave the orders to put some rats to sleep, including the biggest rat of all. So he deserves tremendous credit for that, but what else did he ever fix? Trump got results in the private sector. In the public sector, results are to be avoided at all costs.
There is no satisfying the Left. Trump was right when he quipped that if he said breathing was good, the Democrats would all hold their breath.
Brilliant essay - thank you. Thank you also for mentioning Shop Savvy! Never heard of it but got the app just now and holy guacamole will this be helpful!
Their failure was their success. Careers, and even fortunes, were built on βnegotiating peaceβ or whatever the fig leaf for rent-seeking was. Just like βcancer researchβ is far, far too lucrative to ever find a cure for cancer.
In a flash we went from government cogs nattering away in conference rooms to serious men of action. Great for our nation but the flaccid bureaucrats canβt stand it.
Thinking that you can facilitate peace in the Middle East is equivalent to thinking that you can teach a chicken to shake it's claw with you.
Itβs also about how playing stupid games always ends up with stupid prizes.
The entire State Dept. prior to Trump 2.0, was nothing more than a den of vipers, hermetically sealed into an βthereβs only one way of doing thingsβ mentality that always and inevitably resulted in failure: because that was the whole point. Just keep dragging things on, allowing for spreading more and more money around the world for nothing except to keep the game going. The very last thing anyone was interested in was actual results, especially results that would benefit the USA.
Kushner took billions in Saudi bribes, and is negotiating on Israelβs behalf, not that of USA.
The hasbara has failed.
Soon the welfare state of Israel will have to go begging to Rothschild for its money, not USA.
I read this drive-by assassination yesterday and came to the same general conclusion. But you went so much deeper and brought the receipts! Thanks, great read!
Excellent summary. As usual, the βexpertsβ donβt like being wrong and criticize the new team as being inexperienced. The new approach is working and the Abraham Accords is the basis and proof. When the same old approach didnβt work, itβs time to admit it and stop criticizing the current approach.
So the clique has a failure bias. That explains a lot.
Nope.
Completely wrong and blind
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In what alternate universe are Kushner and Witkoff - literally lifelong family friends with Netanyahu - considered βdiplomats?β Their obvious role is to carry Netanyahuβs feces-adulterated water and obstruct any peace that puts the Zionist dream of a βGreater Israelβ at risk.
This isnβt about diplomacyβitβs about control of the narrative. The βexpert classβ built its reputation on managing problems, not solving them. So when someone steps in and actually tries to close the file, the reaction is predictable: discredit, dismiss, and defend the old playbook. But results matter more than rΓ©sumΓ©s. If the same people ran the same strategies for decades with no resolution, thatβs not expertiseβthatβs stagnation. Fresh approaches look risky to those invested in the status quo. But sometimes, not knowing whatβs βimpossibleβ is exactly what makes something possible. And thatβs what really scares them.
Very similar to the homeless βcrisisβ and even chronic illness. Peace deals, getting people off the streets and making people healthier means the architecture that has been built to manage it is either no longer needed at all or is greatly reduced. And they donβt want that.
Prescient! Thanks!