What if JD Vance is setting up Trump, not only to remove him from the White House, but to be the fall guy for all the unrest among Republican voters?
#Machiavellian
#JDVance
#TrumpIsToast

Unjust, cruel, unreasonable, corrupt, self serving, mean, unstable.

You guessed right. I am describing the person that popped to mind.

#Machiavellian was withheld as it seems like a compliment at this point, conferring a completely undeserved level of insight and forethought.

#Clipscandal grows by day
"Yet some #coalition partners continue to prop up te #government.. Support for te govt under guise of #political continuity is a conscious choice to side w #power over #principle. #Voters can see who's standing w a leader whose legitimacy is crumbling & will remember.. #HunSen's #Machiavellian tactics don't absolve #PM #Paetongtarn's gross #incompetence.. To many #Thais, her words don't reflect diplomatic finesse but mere #grovelling at any cost"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/3055602/clip-scandal-grows-by-day

Saw the below from The Saturday Paper.

And wondered if Abbott was aiming to get Dutton into the PM position when #MalcolmTurnbull was rolled - which would have had Mr Sneaky outsmart Abbott.

Or were Abbott and Mr Sneaky in cahoots, using Dutton as the assassin, always intending to dupe him?

#AusPol #TonyAbbott #Machiavellian #ScottMorrison #TheSaturdayPaper

Day eleven cont: 🌊💨🌀🌡️

The #LNP have a candidate problem continued…

“Speaking at a #RenewableEnergy conference in #Sydney on Wednesday, #SurangelWhipps Jr described seeing two-thirds of an island in his archipelago country disappear under water in his lifetime. “For those of us in the #Pacific who have lived through storm surges, #rising #ocean levels and increasingly high tides, the phrase ‘water lapping at our door’ is not a metaphor or a punchline. It’s our fear and reality,” he said.

The comment was an apparent reference to a 2015 incident in which #PeterDutton, while #ImmigrationMinister, was overheard on a hot mic joking with then-prime minister #TonyAbbott (#dickhead) about delays during a visit to Papua New Guinea (#PNG) , saying “time doesn’t mean anything when you’re about to have water lapping at your door”.

Rules are applied only when needed.

#AusPol / #Politics / #tact / #Machiavellian / #Liberal <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/09/palau-president-australia-cop-31-climate-summit>

Palau president delivers barb at Peter Dutton over ‘water lapping your door’ hot mic joke

Surangel Whipps Jr also strongly backs Australia’s bid to host a UN climate conference

The Guardian

Day eleven cont: 🗣️🎙️🙊

The #LNP have a candidate problem cont…

“A #Liberal #National candidate (#JeremyNeal) in a must-win #Queensland seat has apologised after #SocialMedia posts airing controversial views about #China, #Covid19 restrictions and “#feminists” who helped “kick out” Donald Trump 🎃in 2020 resurfaced.”

So you chastise Political candidates who have an opinion and tell their truth OR chastise them because they are not tactful? (ie: don’t disclose what they think, lie etc.)

#AusPol / #Politics / #tact / #Machiavellian <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/09/lnp-candidate-jeremy-neal-leichardt-queensland-china-covid-lockdown-social-media-posts-ntwnfb>

LNP candidate in critical Queensland seat apologises after controversial posts on China and ‘feminists’ resurface

Leichhardt candidate Jeremy Neal says views – including on Covid measures – were shared on social media during ‘traumatic’ pandemic frontline work

The Guardian

“Our other worry is that we’ll see a push to de-professionalize teaching and make easier to get teaching credentials without getting the proper foundational things that teachers learn in universities, such as pedagogy, curriculum, classroom management, and practicum experience. So we’re concerned that the government might look for ways to cut corners”

Never waste a crisis #Machiavellian

Alberta schools are full or over capacity, statistics show | Calgary Herald
https://archive.is/4EyuZ

Warning: #deontology rant.
It is not possible truly to defeat an evil by employing its tactics. What Butch Ware is doing here is wrong on many levels, from the #racism in his n-word play to his sad ends-justify-means #Machiavellian worldview to his childish #conspiracy mongering.

"We’re now at that remarkable point where #Trump’s #sociopathic #narcissism is working synergistically with his advancing #dementia, leaving us with an incredibly #nasty, #malevolent, and #Machiavellian bowl of oatmeal"

Yup. That's it.

#Slimy oatmeal you wouldn't serve to anyone, except #MAGA #maggots

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-doj-notified-caught-confessing-levin-interview/

DOJ notified after legal experts say Trump caught 'confessing to the criming' in interview

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