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Trump’s wild choices
Who knew? Idiocracy was actually a documentary. Not 500 years into the future, but just 20 short years. No joking, especially if you review his picks for advisors and administration.
Donald Trump‘s pick for U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was photographed with a platter of McDonald’s fast food alongside Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Elon Musk. “Make America Healthy Again” must be the new motto.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a noted anti-vaxxer, who also claimed the COVID-19 virus was
engineered to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people.
On Trump’s short list for Secretary of Agriculture are: Ramon L. Laguarta, CEO of PepsiCo and bottler of Gatorade; William Anderson, CEO of Bayer, which bought Monsanto; and Kentucky farmer and Rep. Thomas Massie, who touts the benefits of raw milk versus pasteurized milk. Seriously?
Roughly half of Trump’s administration cabinet has already been announced (just not confirmed). A few of the more notable selections include Kristi Noem as secretary for Homeland Security (a tough politician from a rural community, tough-minded demonstrated by shooting her puppy for biting her) and Matt Gaetz for Attorney General.
Clearly, Mr. Trump wants to “clean up the swamp” by prosecuting his political rivals, starting by eliminating birthright citizenship in order to deport Kamala Harris. The total could rise to 20 million people living in the U.S. illegally.
Hopefully the powers that be have never seen or have forgotten Soylent Green.
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Robert Bandurka, Humboldt
Trump win fall of U.S. democracy
It’s incredible how far the U.S. has fallen.
Granted it was never all that great, with its very foundation of the nation built on slavery.
Now, they have an alleged rapist as head of state with a suspected pedophile and sex trafficker as attorney general.
And to top it off, the military will be run by a FOX News personality.
I don’t think we have seen the worst yet.
Robert Carleton, Regina
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