X post by The Last Refuge
Once you understand what President Trump is assembling (the phalanx) and once you accept the mission of the DC system to defend itself by isolating a weak spot in the mechanism, then everything from the assembly of the cabinet to the process being discussed makes sense.
Within a phalanx, if one shield drops the entire construct is compromised. The strongest shields need to surround the core with ferocity.
The recent Supreme Court decision affirmed the President of the United States as the unitary, plenary power that controls every mechanism of the Executive Branch of government, and as long as the President is acting within his “official duty” he holds absolute power and absolute immunity.
Think of each cabinet member as a shield in this political phalanx that surrounds the weapon, President Trump.
Yes, the phalanx is by construct an offensive fortification used to advance upon the enemy. However, the strength of the phalanx is its ability to be impervious to attack from 360°.
The phalanx advances, inch by inch against a larger fortification. In the transition team assembly, this is what President Trump is putting together.
Hegseth is a key component of the phalanx, the fortification process that puts President Trump at the center of the cabinet. Each component of the cabinet protecting the center.
The phalanx is the mechanism to carry the weapon that is President Donald Trump. The DC UniParty is looking for a weakness in the phalanx like a wolf circling a porcupine.
President Donald Trump has turned his focus to the “war fighters,” the men and women who carry out the mission objective of the Defense Department. The nomination of Pete Hegseth represents the confrontation of a power struggle that has been decades in coming.
The self-serving Senators are trying to block Hegseth, while maintaining a position of pretending support for President Trump. The DeceptiCon republicans in the Senate are in full circling mode, looking for a weakness to exploit.
The schemes of the conniving Republican Senators are transparently visible in the efforts of Senator Jodi Ernst, who is circling the phalanx President Trump is creating – while simultaneously inserting herself into the DOGE mission.
Ernst is doing Mitch’s work, under the instructions from Thune and Mitch. See Ernst with clear eyes.
One does not become unattached to corrupt intent.
CLEAR EYES!
I didn’t think President-elect Trump had the accurate laser vision for it.
Then I saw the *very specific* wording of this…
The McGinley move makes a lot of sense. DOGE and the Office of Management and Budgets (OMB) are going to be joined at the hip. They are going to have to navigate the Impoundment Control Act, challenging the system that places limits on a president’s ability to unilaterally withhold funding.
Inside that legal battle, deciding what DOGE can do without legislative approval, the OMB is going to be the execution part. McGinley will be the legal liaison focused on what technical approaches DOGE/OMB can execute. In essence, can they stop funding XXXX, thereby eliminating it?
That said, that’s not the important part.
The language President Trump is using to describe the role of David A. Warrington, the switched White House Counsel, is something entirely new.
Donald Trump says: “to serve as Assistant to the President and Counsel to the President. Dave will lead the Office of White House Counsel and serve as the top attorney in the White House.”
Normally the White House Counsel does not represent the interests of the President, the WHC represents the interests of the office.
I would appear to me, at least as I review the details, that President Trump is now fully aware how his Presidential interests can sometimes conflict with the interests of the White House Counsel, and he is making a move to ensure that conflict doesn’t happen.
An example of the conflict I have explained repeatedly in the “declassification of information.”
Not kidding, it is almost as if someone very close to President Trump read something I previously outlined, because it came with a serious warning borne out of years of frustration.
…[…] “In Term-1 the IC message to the WH Counsel was that if Donald Trump declassified any documents, they would use the DOJ (special counsel weapon) to attack the office of the president for “obstructing justice.” The WHC was fraught with fear over what would happen and demanded that POTUS Trump stop trying to declassify information/documents the IC didn’t support.”
The way President Trump is now portraying the role of the White House Counsel is to represent his interests first and foremost, then represent the interests of the office. In a few subtle, and not so subtle ways, this makes sense.
We can tell by the nominations to AG, DAG and DAG-NSD, that Main Justice is already positioned to defend and protect President Donald Trump. The people in charge of the silo are all loyalty-first people, aligned in the interests of President Trump.
It would appear that President Trump is now bringing that same outlook into the White House. The White House Counsel aligning in common purpose, with the specific purpose of executing the intentions of President Donald J Trump.
I’m glad to see this approach, because as I have repeatedly affirmed, ONLY PRESIDENT TRUMP (the person) can confront the Silo system in Washington DC.
That’s why the phalanx makes sense.
UNIPARTY has been around at least 63 years – when D President and future R 1969 President joined forces to attack the conservative. For whom I voted, Barry (here’s a link to his failed counter attack on Dick and Jack . It was a failure UNIPARTY elected LBJ Big!
https://www.quora.com/Extremism-in-defence-of-liberty-is-no-vice-and-moderation-in-the-pursuit-of-justice-is-no-virtue-What-does-it-mean
Correction Jarhead go to Boot not basic!
UNIPARTY stopped our only conservative President( for whom I voted 9 times from 166 to 1984) 8 straight years from doing what he wanted. I will list only the 2 I think were/ and still are. The most important.
Defund UN
Abolish/ destroy Ed. Dept.
For those <70 his name was Ronny
UNIPARTY is still here because it still is powerful. UNIPARTY’s destruction of Gaetz last week is proof positive that Schumer and Thune have great power. As did Nixon and Kennedy 60 years ago. Barry’, like Matt, was crushed.
I hope Hegseth, Warrington et. al. will be the hoplites mean enough to withstand the UNIPARTY. But I fear they will not.
Ronny won 47 states; then 49. Still UNIPARTY stymied him on many objectives.
Don did not win 30 states. Ronny had an undeniable, forceful mandate. Don’s is at best weak. Some “Bush Republicans” are saying Don did not get a mandate!
For the phalanx to win there will be much blood shed! Battlefield will be covered with blood and guts! Don himself will be bloody! Will he think “The game is worth the candle”?
I have some direct, personal experience with real killing on the battlefield; so I’m not Ivory Tower speculating.
If I had access to DJT’s ear, I’d say go for recess appointments for the cabinet members. Identify those who are uniparty members and keep them at a distance. As an incoming POTUS the old guard need to understand that the current rendition of Trump is not a political rookie this time around. There should be consequences for the betrayal from the elephants in the room from the past 8 years. The People have spoken and expect some action with visible results. MAGA.