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RWSGFY says

Military spending may be a big chunk of budget, but not having a competent military is much more expensive in the long run. Only idiots unilaterally disarm or let their military degrade. The "end of history" never happened.

The United States can only be invaded via Canada or the Mexican border, where our fucking government is allowing an invasion on the Mexican border, while our "competent military" does nothing.

Our military will NOT protect this nation. Quite the opposite. Those stupid assholes that are "serving" are destroying this nation.

Is there a betting pool on Trump as Speaker? I would give it 2 to one odds against, but that's from the bleachers. The fix might have been in to put Trump in place even before McCartFuck was ousted, and that would be great.

It would be so entertaining to have Trump as speaker. That reason alone is sufficient for me.

But seriously, how many votes does he need to get appointed speaker? Brave AI tells me this:

Historically, the magical number has been 218 out of the 435 members of the House. However, many previous speakers, including outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have ascended to the dais with fewer votes than that, as some members voted present instead of calling out a name.

There are currently 221 Republicans in the House, but sadly, most of them are utterly worthless RINOs.

Trump Speakership, art of the deal
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Patrick says

There are currently 221 Republicans in the House, but sadly, most of them are utterly worthless RINOs.

Lots of Democrats in purple seats; and Biden is rock bottom approval. They don't need to vote, just be present. Then they can say "Whelp, the Republicans controlled the House, so I let them decide." and be all fake Moderate.

I believe that Trump did get at least one vote for Speaker of the House last time around.

RWSGFY says

In order to remove McCarthy they had to collude with the demon rats. I don't think demon rats would collude on installing Trump as a speaker.

At least we would know who voted against him being speaker.

True, that fear of the Republican base might actually have an influence on Republican Congressmen.

Or maybe not, if they all figure that elections are now so corrupt that they will get reappointed by the CIA no matter what the voters want, the same way Biden got "elected".

zzyzzx says

I'm sure that there are a lot more.

Worse than the deadbeats that collect these "benefits" are all the people in the bureaucracies that support these "programs".

Trump is going to be the Republican candidate for President come what may. So many RINOs have already been primaried out by going against Trump, they might be afraid to do so, unless they have Epstein pedo vids on them.

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Onvacation says

RWSGFY says

In order to remove McCarthy they had to collude with the demon rats. I don't think demon rats would collude on installing Trump as a speaker.

At least we would know who voted against him being speaker.

Yeah, 4 guys ready to retire.

Just to make everyone in the country puke at the same time, the democrats should put forth Hilary for consideration as Speaker.

For Trump, they are going to change the position to: "MeanTweeter of the House".