A French senator just said what American media won’t.
Claude Malhuret took the floor of the Luxembourg Palace this week and delivered what may be the most surgical dismantling of the Trump administration ever spoken in a legislative chamber. No diplomatic niceties. Just a point-by-point indictment from an ally who has clearly had enough.
If you missed the video, here are the highlights.
“A year ago, here in France, I compared Trump’s presidency to Nero’s Court. I was wrong. It’s the miracle court. An anti-vaxxer, former heroin addict as Minister of Health,” he said, referring to RFK Jr.
Malhuret’s comparison to the mad Emperor Nero is fitting. It’s said that he fiddled while Rome burned. In Trump’s case, he’s building a ballroom while the entire world goes up in flames.
“A climate-skeptic Minister of Economy. An alcoholic TV host, Minister of the Armed Forces,” Malhuret continued, referring to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
“An old Qatar agent, Minister of Justice. A groupie of Putin, Minister of National Security,” Malhuret went on, referring to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Bondi previously worked for the Ballard Partners firm which raked in $115,000 a month by lobbying on behalf of Qatar.
“A Turkish proverb says ’When a clown settles in a palace, he does not become king, it is the palace that becomes a circus.” “His fine team has decided to create a competitor to the UN. Since the creation of the Board of Peace, Trump has triggered more military strikes than Biden during his entire term.”
“Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction,” he continued. “Bomb more to win more.”
“There isn’t a single country where Trump did not take advantage of the situation to enrich himself without ever forgetting his family. A Boeing plane offered by Qatar,” he said, referring to the $400 million jet that Qatar gifted to Trump. “Investment in all Gulf projects or elsewhere. Stock market manipulation that only a few insiders benefit from.”
“Any one of these conflicts of interest would have caused here an immediate procedure of impeachment,” Malhuret said. “But we are not here. We are in MAGA’s America where public business is conducted in favor of private interests.”
Rarely does a politician manage to be both exhaustive and entertaining. Malhuret pulled it off. He named names, cited numbers, and still found time for a Turkish proverb. That is not a speech. That is a controlled demolition.
Every American news anchor who spent this week debating whether Pete Hegseth’s group chat was “really” a security breach should be made to watch this on a loop until something resembling shame registers on their faces.
They won’t run it, of course. So share it yourself. Loudly.
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@Iwendtster Why you cut out the rest of the email about the tor ture video? It places the author of the email in China on the date it was sent and in the USA in mid May. And you know who that was right ?
@TheLege35949205@donwinslow Banks, mortgage brokers, builders, construction, housing owners and investors. I’m sure there’s more cronies and donors im forgetting about also 💸💸
@JeremyinAkron@donwinslow@Oh__Cleveland 💯Anything is better than Assad(s). But the future of Syria is not at all settled. It could break off into parts based on ethnicity and religion. Isr@l could take the south by force. Or it may descend into a deeply conservative country like Afgh now. Or some combo. Time will tell
@donwinslow To be “fair” he is the President of Syria and ran Assad out.
But I don’t understand the why -as in why welcome the new government. I suppose it’s because Assad was close friends with Russia and Iran, so it’s better to befriend the new govt.
Ultimately, it’s always about 💸
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