If you have been watching the confirmation hearings of Trump's cabinet nominees, you have no doubt noticed the extreme partisan nature of the questioning. Conservative members of Congress seem to be able to see the value and qualifications in each nominee while the Democratic senators do not. Let's not deliberate on that, let Congress carry out it's due diligence. However, let's do take a look at President Biden's cabinet members so we can maintain a clear perspective.
Janet Yellen, the Secretary of the Treasury said "Inflation is only transitory." Of course it is... Secretary off Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas famously stated "the border is secure." Of course it is... Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg blurted out, "what, me worry?" Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin went AWOL for 'medical reasons' and even his boss Pres. Biden wasn't aware of where he was or why. Warehouse forklift operators tend to be more responsible than this. Miguel Cardona has been called the worst secretary in the history of the department of education. Cardona once quoted Ronald Reagan's famous quip "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." Obviously Cardona was unaware that Reagan called these the nine most terrifying words in the English language.
With a track record like the above, how could Biden top that. With Antony Blinken, that's how. Biden probably thought he was getting the next Henry Kissinger and what he actually got was another Groucho Marx (no offense, Groucho.) Blinken showed up at a bar in Ukraine last May and played Neil Young's "Rocking in the Free World". Unfortunately, no one in the bar or anywhere else in the world was impressed. New York Magazine said "Antony Blinken sucks at the guitar and should stop playing." Turns out, he was bad at diplomacy too. He won't be doing that anymore either...
Blinken has been in government since 1994 beginning in the Clinton administration. His brief period out of government was 2017 to 2019 when he was managing director of the Penn Biden Center, the site where classified documents were discovered in 2022. During the time when Blinken was in charge at the Biden Center, contributions from China tripled from $24 million to $77 million. Really, hmmm... Given the Biden's propensity for enriching themselves through the generosity of the Chinese Communist Party, it's fair to question if that's where some of Blinken's $10million net worth came from. In 2020, Blinken characterized Hunter Biden's laptop from hell as "Russian disinformation." He also helped Barry Obama devise and negotiate the ill-fated Iran nuclear deal.
His relationship, at times has seemed a bit cozy with the ayatollahs and mullahs of Iran. Blinken actually made the claim when Trump killed Qasem Soleimani "it left us less safe." Blinken had the audacity to boast that, during his leadership of the State Department progress was made on the integration and normalization of the Middle East, including between Saudi Arabia and Israel. To even the most casual observer nothing of the sort ever happened. Not even close. Since 2021 Blinken and the State Department has been invested in creating a Palestinian State. In his last major speech as Secretary of State Blinken blamed Israel for having 'systematically undermined the capacity and legitimacy of the only viable alternative to Hamas: the Palestinian Authority. Unforgivable.
See any comparatives to the Trump array of Cabinet nominees? I don't...
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