How much are we all becoming willing to overlook in terms of what is going on in the details of everyday governance because we are being lulled into a sense that we "need to cut Team Trump some slack on {insert current issue} because of all of this work going on behind the scenes?"Is this all some kind of elaborate psyop to keep his base fat and happy?
I don't have a 100% certain answer on any of this. I'm not sure that anyone does.
What I will offer is in terms of a partial answer, in that I am willing to allow more TIME to pass before I make a final judgement, one way or another.
Now that may sound like a cop-out, but I believe that some rational reasoning can support that at this point in time.
One reason is that this "Q phenomenon" has actually led to a LOT of good results already. What I mean by that is that there is a large segment of the population that is now digging into topics and subjects that they normally would never think twice about. I consider myself to be fairly "awake" and informed for about 10-15 years, and I am learning more details about topics almost daily. But the real benefit isn’t that FReepers (and those alike us) are being (additionally) ’red-pilled’ now, it is that a lot of sharp minded young people are being exposed to, and digging deeply into, these topics.
The other main reason that I see is that what we are all talking about here is a very complex, costly, dangerous, and volatile set of inter-related problems that have been taking root and festering (globally) for many, many decades now. You, like most FReepers, are very well versed in many aspects of the overall whole. That being given, it only stands to reason that any real solution to this is, by definition, going to be highly complex, costly, dangerous, and very volatile in its conception and implementation.
Trump is in month 13 of his term. Even if he (and a close set of allies) hit the ground running on this (if he indeed had been briefed on the overall problem set (for lack of a better word) years ago), 13 months is not a long time, especially considering the enormity of the “above ground” tasks and efforts that needed a LOT of attention.
I assume that Trump has trusted advisors that are guiding him on the development and implementation of a well thought out plan that will maximize the gains (i.e., most arrests, most corruption halted, most lives saved, most national wealth preserved) and minimize the costs (i.e., human lives, disruption of the civil society, global and national economic impact, military stability, to name a few).
I think that you would agree that the ‘opponent’ here is the face of evil; that is widespread, formidable, and conscience-less. Any plan that is not comprehensive, patient, and situational, would surely have the impact of tilting at a windmill from the back of a horse (with some potential worse outcomes from the blowback).
So, for these reasons I am willing to allow more TIME to pass. Personally, I would like to see some tangible results by the end of 2018. If none come, I will again re-assess. (By nature I am not a very patient person, but I find as I grow older, I am more willing to let time pass before making firm judgements.)
Now on the recent Tweet, I tend to go with what you labelled as the “Non-Obvious Answer.” But I would describe it more along the lines of him running preemptive cover against the pushback that will come from the results of the IG’s report on this topic being tainted as partisan. He is preemptively letting people know that Horowitz was an 0bama appointment, not a Trump guy. Additionally, by ‘bashing’ Sessions he is distancing himself from the AG for the same purposes.
I pinged SkyPilot to this post as I am linking in his most recent “storyboard” post as I call them. You may have already seen much of the information that it contains, but some of it may be of interest to you:
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3633313/posts?page=163#163
As always, I am interested in your response to this point of view.
What Supreme Court case allows for the use of MI v Congressional assembled and approved agencies?
Our country is in a civil war...a war between the Good and the bad.
The internal enemy of our country is going to fight back because for them it also an existential fight.
As Hillary said about the Trump victory, "We're all gonna hang."
Be patient and have faith. Trump (with God on his side) is going to deliver, but it won't necessarily be on our time frame.
Thanks for taking time to write such a thoughtful reply. I am also waiting to let things ride and see what happens. I remain agnostic at this point, but I’m hoping for the miracle that convinces me that it’s all true.
Nothing would make me happier than to see even a few of the cards in that deck arrested. Until that happens I will continue to worry that I’m falling for a sophisticated disinformation campaign.