I’m not going to dwell too much on this announcement, because it has already been discussed.
President Trump has announced his nomination of Florida Senator Marco Rubio for the position of Secretary of State.
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This move takes Marco Rubio out of the position of Chairman for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI). That’s the sum value of this move, and the companion reason for President Trump to appoint Steven C. Witkoff to be Special Envoy to the Middle East. (link)
Senator Marco Rubio will be State Dept Secretary with a short leash and a very limited portfolio. However, from his perspective the political status and future value is awesome. It will be interesting to see: (1) who is appointed chairman of the SSCI, and (2) who Ron DeSantis appoints as Rubio’s replacement.
“Great Honor”…
“Major Award”…
I still think DeSantis will appoint himself as Senator.
I really don’t like Nunez. Amidst being a Sea Island/GloboCorp. darling, she could charm the paint off walls.. Please Lord No.
Please…
FSU, USF, UM, UF, UCF…
We got a deep bench in FL.
Trust God. Fear not.
If you don’t like Nunez, you don’t like Trump or MAGA.
Nunez is not Nunes.
Nunez is the Leftist Florida Lieutenant Governor that would replace Runt were he to elevate himself.
Big difference.
Or his wife.
Rumors abound he could make it a two-fer and appoint his wife Jackie O “Casey” DeSantis to replace himself.
Well the bottom picture is correct since Rubio is Fra-geel-a
Let’s hope DeSantis doesn’t try and screw President Trump with a garbage pick.
Be funny if it was “low energy” Jeb Bush
Arrrrrrggghhhhh! Stop! Don’t even say it!
Of course he will.
If TopGuv DisHonest “plays” with Trump on this pick, MAGA will crush RDS.
He is already finished.
Sure, he’ll make money somewhere, but higher office is closed to him.
MAGA and the Dilley Meme Team promised him as much the first time they crushed his ambitions.
OK, I give. What’s the lampshade picture about?
It’s a major award!
Have you not seen “A Christmas Story”?
Never seen it! Sounds like a good movie.
Not quite It’s A Wonderful Life, but lovely nonetheless.
It’s better, WAYTA?
Fa Ra Ra Ra Ra, Ra Ra Ra Ra.
Scott Farkas, I mean B!tch McConnell….had green teeth. He had green teeth !!
It is.
Darren McGavin and Melinda Dillon (pictured with the lamp) should have at least been nominated for Oscars.
Marco, you’ll shoot your eye out kid!
Bob Clark
Clark and his younger son, Ariel Hanrath-Clark, 22, were killed in a head-on car crash on the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles on the morning of April 4, 2007.[14] The crash occurred when an SUV crossed the median and struck Clark’s Infiniti I30, causing the closure of the highway for eight hours.[9] Police determined that the SUV’s driver, Héctor Manuel Velázquez-Nava, had a blood alcohol level of three times the legal limit and was driving without a license.[15] Velázquez-Nava was described by federal authorities as being in the U.S. illegally.[16] The driver initially pleaded not guilty to two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter,[17] but changed his plea to no contest in August, and was sentenced to six years in prison under the terms of a plea agreement on October 12, 2007.[18]
Retired Magistrate here: From the movie A Christmas Story where the father enters a contest and wins a “major award” -the leg lamp, which in the eyes of his wife is a monstrosity and a joke; however, Dad is very pleased with himself.
Soon to be destroyed in a tragic vacuuming accident.
You used all the glue on purpose …
” my father worked with obscenities the way other artists work with oil’s or watercolors “.
He wove a tapistry of obscenities that is still floating around in the earths atmosphere some where above Indiana.
You used up all the glue on purpose!!,,,,,
“The Christmas Story”
A prestigious award!
All he needs now is a decoder ring 🕵🏻♂️
Pretending to be happy about the gift, yay way to go, not!!. The older original leg lamps bring in lots of cash.
As others have said it’s from the movie “A Christmas Story”. What they haven’t said, and I’m sure they would agree, is it’s a lot of fun and highly recommended to add to your holiday viewing.
“Oh Fuuuuuuuhhh……🤬”
I have one; pull it out once a year. Of course, I’m relegated to the sofa that night.
If you’re ever in Appleton Wisconsin CalBear, you can go to the leg lamp lodge in downtown and see them for yourself. They have one of those leg lamps in every window.
rds is a rino. Probably will appoint himself to shore up those other rinos.
Everything the man says and does is MAGA!
LOL!
You new around here or?
This one is interesting but as you said, it was already discussed. Can’t speak for everyone but I’m sure anxious to read your take on Tulsi and Matt.
Same here on Tulsi and Matt.
I see Matt as being a threat to the swamp.
And I like that….
I am liking the Tulsi pick but I doubt if she fully realizes the depth of the swamp she is about to enter
Matt is truly a middle finger. It would be awesome to be a fly on the wall for his first day on the job at DOJ.
Agreed I’m ecstatic for Us.
Trump belittled Marco Rubio back in 2016.
Rubio like Ted Cruz and others like their country more than they hold a grudge.
That takes character. Something you want in a Secretary of State.
That’s some serious polishing.
Yeah there is no “clean” end.
Still a turd, a highly polished turd,but still a turd nonetheless.
Depends on the metaphor.
Rubio asked for it. In the 2015 debate Marco Rubio stepped out of the line of 18 candidates, turned his body to face Trump and with a smile bigger than a smirk used the microphone to direct the world to: “Look how small his hands are! He has little hands!” The startling rude and childish Sen. Rubio implying the measurement of a man. I cannot respect nor value such an opportunist.
Good place to park him. He’s also surrounded to do no harm.
And with focus on going after the cartels in Central & South America, Rubio will be a bilingual asset. Trump has the rest of the world under control and a named Middle East envoy.
Yeah like Obama did to the Hildabeast.
Send him far far away
The State Dept (equivalent to the second Spartan king) with the CIA defanged by the appointment of Ratcliffe and Pete as DS will be neutered as a troublemaker.
Frah gee lay🤪
-big Lil’ Marco
🎶 “tis the season to be jorry, fra ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra, ra” 🎶. !!!
He’s making a list, he’s checking it twice,
gonna find out who’ll be deported by ICE….
😜🥳 Roger THAT !
“Senator Marco Rubio will be State Dept Secretary with a short leash and a very limited portfolio. However, from his perspective the political status and future value is awesome. It will be interesting to see: (1) who is appointed chairman of the SSCI, and (2) who Ron DeSantis appoints as Rubio’s replacement.”
Oh, what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to
Make America Great Again!
To: Lil Havana
From: Florida
Bye Felicia!
well time will tell. That might be what we wish …. but none of our wishes have happened. Actually quite the opposite. I do hope Ben Carson gets a role. Also, some of the major supporters have still been left out. Again, time will tell. Loyalty matters
Since it seems all the rumors about Trump’s picks for cabinet positions have been correct, I guess Soros lackey Scott Bessent will be nominated for Secretary of the Treasury.
I would not call Bessent a lackey. At one time he headed up the Soros Fund in London. When Soros wanted to divest from Israel, Bessent brought his entire team in and told Soros they would all quit if he divested. Standing up to Soros is not the definition of lackey.
Glen Beck has some people on today talking very favorably about Bessent. Comments include; always the smartest person in the room, understands the entire financial market where most managers just understand a certain field. Bessent was the person who bet against the British pound, making over a billion for the firm back in 1992.
That merely sounds like he answers to a higher Master than Soros.
So he works for Israel not Soros. Got it.
I just can’t get over his ears! I heard that maybe Lara Trump will run for Rubio’s Senate seat!
You see that too? Bat Boy 2.0
Are you still working on the Tulsi Gabbard and Matt Gaetz nominations?
How could anyone doubt he isn’t?
Gaetz is Attorney General woo hoo!
Speculations below:
DeSantis or maybe his wife
Lt Gov Nunez who is also Cuban
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/ron-desantis-decides-rubio-senate-replacement-presidential-cabinet/
Ron is a petty, bitter little man. I wouldn’t be surprised if his pick is less than, but knowing how he covets the brass ring he may choose wisely.
In fact the choice has probably already been brokered.
but Observation is Cruz and Desantis bitter. But somewhere along the way Marco lost the bitter persona.
I commented earlier that President TRUMP always has “You’re fired!” at his disposal for Mr. Rubio, if he fails or balks at carrying out policy.
And we know that President TRUMP knows how to say those words to disloyal and/or incompetent people!
President Trump says he tells them to “give him a letter,” rather than firing them.
So Rubio does two years as Secretary of State and then quits to run for Florida Governor, which means Rubio had better perform the MAGA way if he wants the coveted FL gov job
I’m sure our President has his reasons. With the back door nomination of Mitch’s bitch as the Senate majority leader today, we can rest assured that the RINOs are ready to block his cabinet appointments.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
It’s almost as if these Republicans don’t realize that President Trump has a mandate to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN? Either that, or they couldn’t care less what we, “the people” have to say about it!
Eleven Inches of Persuasion.
I can’t wait to see how VSGGEPDJT beats them next time!
I’m hoping to see that binder on J20 😆
Senate is gonna be like, “mandate shmamdate”
still gotta actually HAVE the Senate. We have it in numbers but the RINO’s are not going down without a fight. First lesson TODAY
Realize , as unpleasant as it is, there is no r party and now d party ..only the u as is us against America party. Then come to grips with dc is a sewer, not a swamp and you’ll understand.
It’s almost like the cabinet isn’t the real cabinet. They’re like a front.
Now you’re getting it!
😎
under secretaries ………. I read once that is who has the REAL power. Time will tell.
So here’s the deal: President Trump tells the Senate that if they confirm Rubio, but not Gaetz, he will “persuade” the Governor to appoint Gaetz to the Senate to replace Rubio. Will be up to the RINOs to decide if they want to deal with Gaetz as AG or a colleague. My two cents FWIW
I just posted the same thing on a different thread. Yep, Trump has been playing some wicked 5d chess.
Great thought.
Say what you want about DeSantis but he is a great governor. Just look at what he did with Florida cleaning out the corruption and making it deep red now.
He may be an adequate Governor but he is not a good man. He had no choice to be a great Governor with our legislature at his heels. Would he have signed half those bills if he wasn’t thinking of running for POTUS even after he told Trump he wouldn’t. He stabbed Trump right in the back and there’s a possibility he’ll do it again.
No he is not. It is one big gaslighting exercise that is was/is. He was awol from being a governor for couple of years, lied about not running and then supported law change where he could stay gov and run for president, he did nothing about Mar a Lago. think hard about this last one. While it was happening, he did NOT send a sheriff to stop or stop himself. He stayed silent for a almost a week. the ramifications of this and what it says?
It says citizens that are residents in FL are not protected from the the federal government and he will not support sheriff’s taking action against feds coming in against anyone.
DeS is a vindictive little man that is desperate for survival against the DS that owns him. The latest push about his success winning FL with election integrity is bs. So many MAGA people were working on it long before he showed up to the party.
But wait! there is more!……….
as I said earlier .. he actually would be a GREAT FEMA Head … the guy does destruction well. Maybe Trump will offer him that to appease him. Who knows
Amazing work Sundance keeping us informed. Thank you. The fragile pic at the end is perfect.
Matt Gaetz… I didn’t see that pick coming for AG. I need to throw away my magic 8 ball. I think it’s broken.
I would expect Grenell to be named special envoy to Europe or Ukraine
Why not Russia?
🤔
Because Russia strongly condones only herterosexual relationships.
30k ft view:
https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1856828336556970001
Shaking DC up.
Have to allow for some institutional/govt knowledge –
Looks purty to me. Maybe not perfect, but purty damn good, especially if a couple of those picks are chess pieces, as has been suggested.
Easy to understand.
A troublesome person in the Senate. At State, he will not have a mind of his own – he will not make policy decisions.
If I was the President, I would not want to telegraph my desired outcomes with the countries I needed to negotiate with by appointing someone who telegraphed my aims. This was my thought too when the President hired John Bolton. Wasn’t he, at the time, negotiating with North Korea? Taking Bolton along was pure genius – at least that’s what I thought at the time.
Trump wrote the book on negotiating. The people who live in a simple world do not understand this, IMHO.
We need to relax and simply watch all this unfold.
nice statement
Several days ago I heard a fairly lengthy interview of Rubio on a radio show discussing the possibility of his being appointed SOS and was very pleasantly surprised. Here’s hoping he does a great job. You never know.
Marco Rubio? … Really, Mr. President?
I think most foreign policy wonks would agree…. as well as most monetary experts that CHINA is our # 1 threat/competitor in the world AND our FUTURE…..
These guys have their opinions and we all know what opinions are like (yes we all have them) yet they never MENTION CHINA….
NOBODY seems to be aware or cares to discover that lil Marco is SOMEWHAT OF AN EXPERT (unlike the two above) on the CURRENT influence of CHINA on the GLOBAL BALANCE OF POWER.
BUT ASIA NOTICES ::
https://asiatimes.com/2024/11/rubio-brings-china-realism-to-the-state-department/
I direct you here for PDF or just to read…..
https://www.rubio.senate.gov/rubio-releases-report-the-world-china-made-made-in-china-2025-nine-years-later/
This is why its naïve at best foolish at worst to 2nd guess the people …..the DREAM TEAM we have on the field IN THE GAME….
Rubio
Thune
Noem
Hegseth looks like a pretty bad pick too.
Why?
You want Milley, Mattis or some other cultural Marxist ex-general Pentagon crook?
You want a general?
Mike Flynn or Major General Paul Vallely.
Doug MacGregor. He’s a comprehensively superior pick. He’s critical of Israel though, and to Trump’s Zionist donors, that’s disqualifying.
MacGregor.
How do Trump appointees get control over an agency full of hostile sharks, DEIs, grifters, grafters, con men, Obama cult members, traitors, etc.?
A: Directed Reassignment.
Not on board with the Trump agenda? Dragging your feet on carrying out pro-America taskings? Still got the gay/BLM flag up in your office? Think you are going to use the IG Office like lawfare?
You are exiled to Brownsville Texas. You fill a vacancy in Jackson MS. You go run the weather station in Sasabe AZ. You are never heard from again.
And there is no recourse. None. Its for the efficiency of the agency.
FDR did that to George Earle, Democrat Governor of Pennsylvania who told FDR that the Katyn massacre was the work of the USSR. He had all th eveidence.
FDR’s inner circle who were all Communist sympathizers wanted it to be the Nazis which was a total lie. they didn’t want the truth so FDR sent Earle to Samoa.
FDR was the first president to use the IRS against political opponents. I think for example the Pierce Tire Co got a big audit that yielded nothing.
The stock market crash of ‘29 was mostly FDRs fault, although Hoover gets the blame even though he had no authority to regulate it (pre SEC).
FDR moved the Pacific Fleet to Oahu to provoke the Japanese. He was successful.
FDR ordered NBC to keep Eddie Rickenbacker from speaking on the radio. He intended to call FDR a communist. Rickenbacker was immensely popular, and FDR worried about his influence.
Don’t get me started on FDR.
Rand Paul better pick.
NO! The reason: Gov of Kentucky is bashear, a ‘rat, and would appoint a ‘rat to replace Paul. Now I know the Kentucky legislature passed a law over bashear’s veto stating that any appointment to an open seat is to be replaced by one of the same party. However, bashear said he would defy that law and pick a ‘rat. Don’t need this type of headache.
“lil Marco celebrates with tiny bubbles.
“Earlier this month, Marco Rubio made his biggest impact yet in this race to become the President of the United States by wearing a pair of black high-heeled boots. Many speculated that the boots, and those heels, helped out the 5-foot-10-inch senator in the height department, and others considered him “some kind of pointy-toed-boot-wearing fancy-pants,” as the New York Times reported. But those boots—those beautiful, breathtaking boots—are now hidden in an “undisclosed location” after they made Rubio a somewhat interesting candidate for a day or two. That’s what he told Jimmy Fallon last night after the host VERY gently mocked Rubio for his footwear. Rubio also had a really weird story about those boots and a foam party in the ’80s:
“I went one time.”
He went once. Just one time. Yes, you heard me right. Only once.
A ‘foam party’ – yuck.
Another thing: maybe Trump was horse-trading on SoS with the Senate to get some of his other nominees through the process, like Gaetz?
Looks like he’s hiring people he believes he can trust? Rubio seems a stretch,, but,, Trump is the executive branch.
I think Trump at this point is having a lot of fun, like a man in a doughnut shop who’s been on a diet.. “Ah let me see I’ll have two peanut sticks, 1/2 dozen glazed, and two jellies.”
I get such a kick out of people making their choices as if it’s the biggest decision of their lives. My mind screams “it’s just a doughnut.”
Was there no other way? No better choice? Did we get something in return for this? Did we make a trade for something great?
Sundance has covered this exhaustively within the past few days.
The truth is right here.
That’s pure crazy!!!
I’m done with everyone and all politicians all!!!!!!!
I hear head shaving is a popular form of societal revolt.
Or was that revolting?
Dunno.
Shave whose head????
Can I not express myself without insults?? I am a normal patriotic and religious American who is very concerned with some of those making recommendations to Trump including Jr & Rampaswampy. I saw this movie 4 years ago.
How exactly is it so useful to swap Rubio out of the SSCI and replace him with someone else that it’s worth having this neocon little twerp in the White House? He doesn’t even have loyalty to Trump as a selling point.
I just watched some videos of Hegseth opining on various geopolitical matters. I was not impressed. He displays a very superficial and often inaccurate understanding of a number of important issues, and he also displays a shallow grasp of the kinds of reforms and restructuring our armed forces need. Overall, he came across as a neocon-lite who parrots a lot of DC conventional wisdom and Israeli talking points. Trump had much better options for SoD.
Like who?
Another arse kissing DEI hire or another Obozo bootlicker?
Or another Swampy General thats been around a long time?
America voted against this type of thinking.
New people, new age, new rules. Younger people, smarter people, and mostly MAGA people who love their country.
Give us a name, and we can debate it.
You are standing pretty much alone here at the Treehouse, not liking Pete. So expand upon your post. Who then?
Col. Doug MacGregor would be an immeasurably superior pick. He has an excellent grasp of geopolitics, has a clear concept of the geopolitical strategy we should be following, and he knows what retooling and restructuring our armed forces need to be effective now and in the future. He has written several books on the matter.
I just listened to Hegseth opine on the Ukraine-Russia conflict. It was painful to listen to. He knows precious little, and much of what he knows ain’t so.
ICYMI: There is an interview with Colonel Macgregor posted on this page where he analyzes Hegseth’s capabilities and outlines what needs to be addressed: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/11/12/president-trump-announces-nomination-of-pete-hegseth-for-defense-secretary/#more-266208
Cope.
Americans didnt vote for your opinion last time I checked.
MacGregor must not be in PDJT’s list of people. And there must be a reason.
He is the CIC now. Deal with it.
I was also hoping for a nod to Col. Tony Shaffer.
It makes perfect sense that POTUS will keep Rubio on a short leash.
I just need ONE meme of Marco wearing the dog collar.
DeSantis to appoint KC.
Who is KC? Are you taking about KT McFarland?
His wife (Casey) and that was speculated on in Florida media.
Originally Marco ran as a rock ribbed conservative. As soon as he hit DC he joined McCain in trying to give illegals amnesty. Played McCain’s mini me for a long time. He will turn on Trump/Maga, watch.
We hate him here in FL.
I like PDJT picking John Ratcliffe and Matt Gaetz. Not too happy with Marco Rubio after his involvement of Surveillance on Pres Trump.
Concerns about slim margin house and senate majorities being shrunk with the nominees, Gaetz, etc. I imagine they don’t “resign” house until the minute before being sworn in if confirmed. Gaetz doesn’t leave house just because he was nominated.
I never knew I could be this disappointed. I think I’m discouraged watching Trump’s appointments… and no one else is raving.
Any idea what this is about?
Gaetz resigns from Congress after AG nod.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4989579-matt-gaetz-resigns-attorney-general/
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) will resign from Congress “effective immediately” after being nominated to serve as attorney general by President-elect Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced on Wednesday.
The news came hours after Trump sent shockwaves throughout Washington with his pick of Gaetz — a staunch ally of the president-elect — for attorney general. Gaetz still faces Senate confirmation.
Gaetz does face Senate confirmation, yes, but just getting his feet in the door even as a temporary appointment, with both the authority and the attitude to ferret out the documents that prove what is currently is labeled “speculation” by the courts, will do much to begin unclogging that pipeline.
I can only imagine if Gaetz getting his hands on evidence/documentation that puts the new Senate leadership on the Epstein/Diddy lists.
I can dream…
It’s been said PDJT and Gaetz already have some surprise in store. Maybe your/our dreams will come true. 🙏🏽❤️
If not confirmed, he already resigned. Not smart.
Matt Gaetz as Attorney General!
I think that DeSantis should send Don Jr. behind Rubio. It would be exquisite.
Where’s the discussion of $100 million to Trump from the billionaire Israeli donor Sheldon / Miriam Adelson?
Well the money bought a half dozen “Israel-first” & pro-deep state appointments from Trump.
And don’t even tell me about Matt Gaetz… He defended Jeffrey Epstein’s sweetheart deal in Florida!
What was Gaetz protecting? (Hint: it was blackmail. Gaetz was protecting a sprawling IC blackmail honeypot that used children)
Not to mention Matt Gaetz’s buddy Chuck Johnson is trying to free Ghislaine Maxwell, and called Maxwell and Epstein “patriots”!
Also all these people are closely connected to billionaire FBI informant/ CIA contractor / Palantir founder / spook Peter Thiel.
Everyone’s so blinded by the Trump win, they aren’t using their critical thinking abilities.
LAURA LOOMER to replace Marco!!!!
or Humberto Fontova, author of books about Che Guevara, Castro and their atocities against Cubans in the past and present, and their useful leftist idiots in the US who keep Cuba afloat. He is on Babalublog.com as a columnist.
Loomer?? She’s an attention hound, little more. Yes, her best work is in investigative journalism, but she should stay there.
Hopefully not former Nebraska RINOTOR Ben Sasse. He just resigned as President of the U. of Florida system (to take care of his wife who has epilepsy) in July. I am not sure if he still has a residence down there.
What about Reps. Gregory Steube or Brian Mast? Both seem MAGA.
Mast has a screaming desire to pass an Assault Weapons ban…he is a solid no!
Yes, NOT Mast. He always sticks his wet finger in the wind to see which way it’s blowing before he takes a stand on anything. IMO, he’s a lifer who has never had such a great job.
He will not join the Freedom Caucus. He’s a coward.
We MUST NOT cannabilize our best Congress Critters, when there are better people in the private sector, and it will keep our small majorities intact.
Byron Donalds