I am trying to avoid my own confirmation bias, which is difficult in this case, because when Congressman Mike Waltz was announced as NSA to President-elect Donald Trump, immediately I thought he would be the first to exit the national security team; his ideology just doesn’t mesh right.
Following the fiasco with Signal and his Jeffrey Goldberg foul up, it looked like Waltz was pushed out of the immediate circle of influence and instead told to focus on restructuring the National Security Council. His proximity still exists, but his immediate role appears -at least outwardly- to have shifted; he seems less influential as a direct emissary for President Trump to foreign intelligence peers and leaders.
I have this horribly annoying affliction to noticing small details and taking notes, and all indications point in that direction. When you start to notice this shift, what becomes evident is within the verbiage used as a proximity person begins describing events as if they were an observer, not a direct participant. [The “we” is lost.] Listen to how Mike Waltz describes current geopolitical events, he sounds like a pundit not a participant.
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If my suspicion is accurate, President Trump has a National Security Advisor in name only.
Sad songs and Waltz’s ain’t selling this year.
A NSA in name only. C’mon Mr. President, get rid of this guy. You don’t have time to play games.
PDT would probably be better served wiping out 95%+ of the NSC
If he actually fired Waltz then the media would spend one month minimum hyperventilating about “cracks in the Trump admin”, “Another bad hire by Trump”, and “who is next in the Trump admin”.
Don’t give them any chance to focus on anything but his successes. They WANT a piss ant drama to blow out of proportion.
Look at how they milked “Maryland Dad”. That failed for them and they are dying to have another week or two of something else.
Put Waltz somewhere benign but still “important” and let him be. He was either a plant or not ready for prime time. Either way MAGA does not need to give Fake News a chance to redirect from the successes of MAGA.
Don’t fire him, maybe move him to a basement room, next to the furnace
Pam needs someone to help put on her mascara before the regularly scheduled appearances.
Think of the angst Noem must have felt when her purse and make up bag were stolen.
But DO NOT take away his stapler!
(Milton’s stapler)
And take away his red stapler.
Once he is outed as an enemy or weak actor, it is best to keep him occupied doing helpful but non thinking stuff. Probably money well spent. And while he is quarantined loosely, he has an opportunity to meditate and come around
Or just ignoring them, as OurLastStand is basucally suggesting.
They are largely an advisory body, with no real authority.
PDJT has set up his own team, under his control and direction.
Instead of the CIA/USAID exerting soft power, PDJT can use tariffs, to counter them and exert soft power in the direction HE wants.
National Security ADVISOR; he doesn’t HAVE to take the advivce.
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Doesn’t have to be overt. That wouldn’t be a good look right now. There are plenty of advisors anyway.
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NINO – NSA in Name Only
Trump doesn’t play games. Only golf.
He’s not wasting time there either
Indeed.
He gets great work done there.
“in name only” as a placeholder until the person President Trump wants in the job is locked in.
In like Flynn?
I rather doubt it — but given so many of Trump’s picks (such as the compromised Bondi) one wonders if President Trump is in large part a captured operation — but for his strong suit (economy) and his strong love of country (defense). BTW, does Wilkes have a handler…or like Lois Lerner, do these operatives just know what to do without being told?
Anyhoo, from what I read by a person who works hard to find truth and cut through the media-created narratives, he was actually present (in London, I believe) to participate in the choice of OCUNUS lures to infiltrate Team Trump in 2016. And, one wonders if the electronic message from him to Kislyak from the dias during the first inauguration was pivotal in the “RussiaGate” narrative.
Mea culpa! I took your comment literally…as I am prone to do!
I’m hoping that this applies to Pam Bondi, and I’m beginning to feel the same way about Kash.
Bongino = Bon Geno = Good Guy = Good Fella
And your point is?
My name roughly translates to “fusilier.” That would make me a 17th century French musketeer. It seems I was not issued my gear. Who do I contact to rectify this?
Maria: How will you ever replace all the bad military leaders being fired?
Walz: We have more.
🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
Lord save us from the hordes of incompetent government status seekers…
“Iconic” as in meeting……seems to be the talking point of the day. Any volunteers to count how many times that descriptive is used on the bloviating talks today?
If we agree that the meeting at the Pope’s funeral was too artificial and seemed to be a contrived artifice of the IC…….
then the forces arrayed against MAGA are overwhelming. That’s right, I’m saying that the forces assembled against recovering our USA are too strong for one man, one administration to overcome.
Least anyone lose hope the forces against President Trump ever being elected and especially against being re-elected were also overwhelming. When it becomes obvious that only divine intervention can solve our problems then if we have faith it will happen. Join the battle. Pray for a revival for our country and the world, for strength and guidance for President Trump.
May the peoples eyes be opened and the mouths of the liars be stopped up.
Today is Divine Mercy Sunday.
Jesus I trust in you.
Waltz, Patel & Bondi, among others need Trump’s blessing to get the MAGA vote. Trump has put them in a position to prove or disprove their MAGA value. It would appear at this point that all will fail the test. It potentially makes space for much better aligned people.
The clock is running out this brief, 4-year window of opportunity.
Two year.
MAXIMIZE THE MANDATE
Nix the Fix
**2026**
You guys are starting to sound like democrats. Less than 100 days in, give it a rest let them build bulletproof cases. Two judges were just arrested lets see if it becomes a trend. I see a lot I don’t like either but am willing to give them time.
I agree. Over 100 injunctions by “Never-Trump” districts courts. Hyper-lawfare. Got to be done the right way, not the fascist/Communist way!
We knew it wouldn’t be easy.
Not hardly- I don’t have an opinion on how long Trump gives these appointees to accomplish the tasks he sets them to do. If it’s 4 years, that’s up to him. I only pointed out their apparent future values if they fail or succeed in accomplishing the tasks they are given. I don’t even pretend to know those tasks, beyond it appearing they aren’t accomplishing much other than lots of MSM face time.
Kind of like his AG in name only and FBI director in name only.
This isn’t unexpected. Every administration starts with high hopes and smiles, and then reality sets in and people realize maybe they’re not up to the task. There’s no shame in admitting that you’re not the right person for the job.
The socialist media pounces on every departure as clear evidence that the administration is in trouble.
Have faith. He’ll do just fine.
ive seen enough
This guy was never MAGA, and never will be. Why does Trump keep doing this to himself?
The war in Ukraine is still on track to last through 2029, and that’s because Trump has surrounded himself with apologists for the CIA/deep state, like Mike Waltz.
sorry but I’m at the point of no sell. They are keeping President Trump doing what they want to keep him from doing what the American people want. Determined to get peace is a goal in sight but the end pole will be continually shifted. They know how determined he is and they’re using it against him.
I couldn’t even watch him this morning… he didn’t answer the first two questions… instead spouting talking points unrelated to the questions (IMO).
He looked uncomfortable, squirmy and not trustworthy.
I still don’t understand why he was picked, tbqh.
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I agree wholeheartedly with Sundance. Walz had nothing to offer.
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Since I do not suffer from “confirmation bias” nor; any “annoying afflictions”, I personally found the interview a pretty straight forward portrayal of where were are and the potential paths forward. I thought he did a great job of laying out the administrations position.
Opinions; everyone has them however that does not make them guiding truths. Time will tell.
I am glad President Trump has not fired Mike Waltz. To give President Trump’s enemies a victory at this early stage would be fatal.
As we see, the opposition is playing this signal app debacle to the hilt in pursuit of getting Secretary Hegseth fired. Every day we hear something that is demonstrably over the top by would be anonymous sources. We all know where these come from. Hacks with no real knowledge.
At least he’s not telling Trump what to do, like Jake Sullivan was with O’biden.
I do think it matters not if Sullivan told Biden anything because no one was home to hear it and NO ONE is telling Trump what to do nor as in Biden’s case doing it for him.
”horribly annoying affliction to noticing
small details and taking notes”
👏 👏 👍 I look at that as a major plus!
I think Waltz is now on the outside of the
inner circle. I don’t think that is a bad thing.☺️
At least one or two days in every week
Untrustworthy appointments of Donald Trump of every kind
Some are sure to seek …
… And just as sure to find
How lyrical, Tav!
Don’t ever change.
keep plugging away little feller.
Even if it never happens for you.
Based on my Treehouse reading, I could have done that interview.
He danced around an explanation w/Megyn Kelly a few weeks back too WRT the Signal fiasco was my perception; He’s likely just ‘briefer’ material; as Dan Bongino puts it –
A briefer being someone who is only qualified to put together PowerPoint presentations to higher ups and others, no field experience and doesn’t really know what he’s talking about.
Sometimes when you go hunting you use a decoy. This guy is President Trump’s decoy.
SD you are consistently accurate in your analysis of events long before most. Please just keep doing what you do best. God bless you and this site. Your voice is invaluable to those of us who have taken refuge here. 🙏
Totally agree and remember that is also what I said about Qanon (that was written under a pseudonym too). Go figure it -must be one of my faults.
Anyone who took a job working for Trump without realizing that he is the arm and they are his tools, is in for disappointment.
Trump takes advice only those he both respects and believes know more about something than he does himself.
Such people are rare. People at that level willing to be someone else’s tool are rarer still.
In his second term, Trump has had a better choice of subordinates, and has been more patient with them, merely doing end runs instead of tossing them over the side. But he does not let others create policy about anything he thinks is important.
“…in name only.” works for me, I was always in total agreement with Sundance regards Waltz.
President Trump has no cards to compel Russia to submit. If he wants the war to stop, the USA/NATO will have to stop feeding the Ukrainian war machine. The CIA.NATO ,State Dept started this war. Ukraine was shelling the Donbas and killing civilians there during Trump’s last term. It is delusional to think there are carrots and sticks to use against Russia. I cannot believe people are still talking about a ”minerals deal”with Ukraine. There is nothing commercial there to make a deal with. Maybe BlackRock wants its 500 billion dollar Ukraine rebuilding contract. Disarming and denazifying Ukraine is the goal. There will be no access to the Black Sea for Ukraine.If the Trump team or deep state doesn’t want the offramp to save face, that’s their choice. Russia wants peace, not a ceasefire and the endless war that comes with that.If Russia was fighting French or Italian soldiers, the war would have been long over. Ukrainians are too much like Russians. It’s tough to get them to submit.
Britain made a minerals deal with Ukraine.
I’ve no doubt it was solely to stake a faux legitimate claim to territory.
After all, the only real deposits are occupied by Russia.
Maybe PDJT’s deal is simply to undercut The City’s deal?
Shoulda kept him in Congress. I hated seeing so many lifted from the Hill where functioning majorities make or break the executive.
So much going on but you’re right, since SignalGate, Waltz has been visibly MIA. He was on somewhere every week before.
Interesting news…
Waltz is useless…..Trump isnt impressed and he’s not in the loop….they tell him what to say on tv
@sundance excellent observations. Reminds me of the Shelock Holmes and Hardy Boys novels that I used to read as a kid.
Waltzing towards….. meh..
I wasn’t too impressed with Maria’s questions here. She ought to know better than to ask a Trump Administration official to discuss future planned strategies for anything involving foreign governments. When she does that, the official has to bloviate about something else and waste our time., as Waltz did.
Tried watching the Waltz interview but, 40 seconds in a really interesting pharmaceutical commercial was airing on TV.
Never forget how VSG used that moron John Bolton as a negotiation tool.
Bolton has never recovered from being so deviously used like that.
VSG must have a host of others unsuspectedly playing roles.
Maria doesn’t let him answer.
Remember,
POTUS knows how to put on a show…
These are just admen positions…
This is not America {We The People} first…
This is Government first…
At the expense of We The People…
Especially We the seasoned citizens.
In God We Trust
{All others pay cash}
Trust God
Fear not
Mike Waltz is one of the warmongers and Trump and all need to be wary of his back door policies. He cannot be trusted, he and Lindsey Graham are the same two peas in one war pod.
Fire this Crap Weasel!
Devin Nunes should immediately replace Mike Waltz and Nunes already has the necessary security clearance since he was formerly part of the House Intelligence Committee.
YES, he knew it was coming. His wife, Julia Nesheiwat is a member of WEF, CFR and the globalist Atlantic Council. Maybe that’s why Wong was included in the NSC and why he included Goldberg.