Great American Triumvirate brings bravado, but not much expertise
Editor:
There appears to be an intriguing and frightfully dangerous development evolving within The Former President’s post election enthroning of his primary confidants. I speak of course of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is a Kennedy in name only and Elon Musk who apparently loves to name everything he has as “X”; how ingenious!
RFK Jr. is to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services, an absolutely critical Cabinet position for which he has absolutely no educational or medical/health-related experiences – none!
During and since the Covid pandemic he spoke loudly and often against the vaccine, regardless of the fact that according to the CDC of the nearly one million Americans who died of Covid-19 one half could have been saved had they been vaccinated.
But by following the “wisdom” of RFK Jr. and The Former President their chance of survival was in fact greatly diminished. Further, the National Center for Biotechnology Information has documented that worldwide the Covid-19 vaccine prevented an estimated 14.4 million additional deaths.
How is this man the least bit qualified to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services?
To the best of my knowledge neither of these men have ever held an elected governmental position at any level; which is to say that they are not certainly “of the people or by the people”! They do not represent a cause or promote an agenda which is in the best interest of our nation yet they dance around The Former President as if he is the second coming of … well, you know – himself!
It is all too obvious that these positions are being used solely to reward their financial support of The Former President and the Republican Party.
At a time when The Former President and his minions in the Republican Party are touting less government, a new Cabinet level position, the Department of Government Efficiency, has been generated so that Elon Musk may be elevated to save us from our own demise.
Obviously in the case of Elon Musk he knows all too well what $227 million can buy you in Washington DC these days; a seat “in the room where it happens”! Only the Republican Party would believe that the best way to reduce the size of the Federal Government is by adding to it. It appears that some Republicans may have missed a few math classes along the way.
Historically speaking, some might be inclined to think of The Former President, RFK Jr. and Mr. Musk as the First Great American Triumvirate modeled after Caesar’s First Roman Triumvirate (60 B.C.E. – 56 B.C.E.) They being guided by the belief that they will expand the glory and power of the American Empire in a worldwide crusade of their own bravado and conceit, meanwhile at the expense of any semblance whatsoever of our proud democratic heritage and ideals. They may want to be reminded how this all worked out for Caesar!
In his “The Praise of Folly” in 1509 the renowned Dutch philosopher and humanist Erasmus wrote what appears to be perfectly appropriate for today; “The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance they have. All these fools, however, find other fools who applaud them.” How could Erasmus have known that over 500 years into the future Americans would be proving him to be amazingly prophetic.
Doug Miller
Albion
