“You’re saying it’s a gotcha question to ask what it’s going to be in terms of the increased price of gas and food?” ... “It’s an increase of $5k a yr for American households….You don’t even know what the average American is paying.You don’t know what we paid in terms of the missiles that hit the Iranian school, you don’t know what we’re paying in terms of gas.” #USpol #Iran
Hegseth Dismisses Testimony of US Soldiers Who Said They Were Put in Danger as “Falsehoods”
https://truthout.org/articles/hegseth-dismisses-testimony-of-us-soldiers-who-said-they-were-put-in-danger/
Always remember that these administration officials are mainly preaching to their choirs in appearances like this. And it's an increasingly small choir.
They say a lot of things that don't make sense unless you realize that they're talking to the folks that already believe what they're saying.
I think you can see Trump's weakness coming and going, both in theory and practice.
In theory the guy's support should be eroding as he engages in unpopular endless wars, makes unhinged pronouncements, offends religious folk, and sets public policy that impacts all Americans negatively with high costs for gas.
In practice we see the Republican majority in the House erode and the loss of candidates that Trump supports, along with a genera acceptance that his support is so small that Republicans will lose the House.
That's not to mention that Trump probably only had enough support to win reelection against a lousy Democratic candidate anyway. He didn't start from very far ahead, and he's slipping from that level.
@volkris Hope you are right. We had a similar period in Brazil during the bolsonazi years. The choir got more silent but now, few months before the elections, we realize it was not silence but fermentation. Scary
#ElectionsInBrazil #BolsonaroNaCadeia #Brazil #USpol