{"id":58314,"date":"2025-01-27T20:26:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T04:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58314"},"modified":"2025-01-28T09:07:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:07:54","slug":"just-saying-avoiding-the-r-word-by-reciting-the-scripted-concocted-by-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58314","title":{"rendered":"JUST SAYING:  Avoiding the &#8220;R&#8221; Word by Reciting the Script Concocted by Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Pete Hegseth Hints At Restoring Original Confederate Names Of U.S. Military Bases \u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/Pete Hegseth Hints At Restoring Original Confederate Names Of U.S. Military Bases Hegseth is reciting the script Trump handed him\u2014what else would you expect from \u201cParty Boy,\u201d who bamboozled his way into all that power at the Pentagon as the head of the Secretary of Defense? Trump and Pete want to slow-walk their big plan\u2014maybe do a little market testing\u2014while Trump continues blurting out bizarre ideas and rolling out more nutty orders, all in a clumsy effort to dodge the big \u201cR\u201d word. Once the dust kicks up, Trump will happily say, \u201cI\u2019ll support Pete\u2019s decision,\u201d and then scurry off, pretending he had nothing to do with it. Renaming bases for Confederate traitors who caused the deaths of more than 600,000 people can be easily explained, like Jan. 6th pardons. As for the all-white chorus over in the Republican Congress, they\u2019ll be bobbing and weaving around reporters in the corridors, honing their ability to whip up salad-worthy nonsense (just remember their dance around January 6\u2014or Mike Johnson, for that matter). And of course, we can\u2019t forget the star of this circus: an unhinged, hateful weasel whose mental stability is as questionable as his spray tan\u2014otherwise known as Donald Trump.\"> Huffington Post<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-58289 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/images-71.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"235\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">**********<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">JUST SAYING<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">BY RAUL HERNANDEZ<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Hegseth is reciting the script Trump handed him\u2014what else would you expect from \u201cParty Boy,\u201d who bamboozled his way into all that power at the Pentagon as the head of the Secretary of Defense?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Trump and Pete want to slow-walk their big plan\u2014maybe do a little market testing\u2014while Trump continues blurting out bizarre ideas and rolling out more nutty orders, all in a clumsy effort to dodge the big \u201cR\u201d word.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Once the dust kicks up, Trump will happily say, \u201cI\u2019ll support Pete\u2019s decision,\u201d and then scurry off, pretending he had nothing to do with it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Renaming bases for Confederate traitors who caused the deaths of more than 600,000 people can be easily explained, like Jan. 6th pardons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">As for the all-white chorus over in the Republican Congress, they\u2019ll be bobbing and weaving around reporters in the corridors, honing their ability to whip up salad-worthy nonsense (just remember their dance around January 6\u2014or Mike Johnson, for that matter).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">And of course, we can\u2019t forget the star of this circus: an unhinged, hateful weasel whose mental stability is as questionable as his spray tan\u2014otherwise known as Donald Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Hegseth Hints At Restoring Original Confederate Names Of U.S. Military Bases \u2014 Huffington Post &nbsp; 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