{"id":796,"date":"2017-02-05T15:56:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T20:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=796"},"modified":"2017-02-05T15:56:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T20:56:30","slug":"publius-decius-mus-and-his-enemies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/05\/publius-decius-mus-and-his-enemies\/","title":{"rendered":"Publius Decius Mus and his Enemies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Publius Decius Mus (author of the anonymous and influential article \u201cThe Flight 93 Election\u201d<\/a> has been revealed to be Michael Anton.\u00a0 And he has taken a job as the White House\u2019s,\u00a0 Communications Director of the National Security Council.\u00a0 Anton immediately found himself attacked by the usual suspects, leftists and never-Trumpers.\u00a0 He\u2019s all kinds of bad things.\u00a0 He\u2019s a Nazi (of course), a fascist, a reactionary.\u00a0 He\u2019s too smart to just be a deplorable.\u00a0 He must be an evil genius.\u00a0 Anton was part of the George W Bush administration and a card-carrying neo-con.\u00a0 But he saw the mistakes that were made and recognized the overreach and delusion that defined the Bush view.\u00a0 He saw that Conservatism Inc. (his term for the pundits) was not interested in the issues that faced the everyday people.\u00a0 They were uninterested in either rampant illegal immigration that depressed their wages, rampant globalism that exported their jobs or unchallenged cultural Marxism that demeaned their beliefs and proselytized their children.<\/p>\n

The Flight 93 Election article was clear and I think convincing.\u00a0 It provided the logical reason for even a high-powered intellect to embrace the Trump presidential bid as the only hope of avoiding a fundamental and probably irreversible degradation to the American way of life.\u00a0 I remember agreeing with the article completely and finding comfort in knowing that someone clearly intelligent and literate had expressed in the public square what I also believed was at stake in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n

So why am I writing this post?\u00a0 Because once again, the Trump administration has done something good.\u00a0 They have plucked a former W insider who was part of the Iraq War catastrophe and because he believes in what the Trump White House wants to get done, they\u2019re using him.\u00a0 Smart.<\/p>\n

People keep telling me how crazy Trump is, how dumb he is.\u00a0 Well if he is then he sure knows how to hide it.\u00a0 Admittedly when he goes off script he sounds like Ralph Kramden of the Honeymooners talking to the members of the Racoon Lodge about how he is going to put one over on their wives.\u00a0 But every time he makes a move it turns out to be the right one.\u00a0 One theory I\u2019ve been trying out is that Melania is the puppet-mistress pulling The Donald\u2019s strings.\u00a0 Well, if this is so then lucky him.\u00a0 But more likely, he has learned how to size up advisers.\u00a0 And he\u2019s surrounded himself with people who know what they are doing.\u00a0 If that is true, then hiring Anton is just another good example of Trump recognizing good people.\u00a0 I\u2019ve read some of Anton’s non-political writings and he is witty and clear.<\/p>\n

Well, all this sounds just like a puff piece.\u00a0 Where\u2019s the dramatic tension?\u00a0 I\u2019ll tell you where.\u00a0 I\u2019m disgruntled.\u00a0 Trump and his people knew Decius was a Bush guy but reading his articles must have convinced them that he should be part of the team.\u00a0 I consider myself a great intellectual too.\u00a0 And I\u2019ve written dozens of posts on Trump that put him in a good light (well I do poke some gentle fun at you, schmoopy).\u00a0 So where\u2019s my cushy Washington job with a view of Pennsylvania Avenue?\u00a0 Come on Donald, you know where to reach me.\u00a0 Send the helicopter and let\u2019s do a meeting.\u00a0 As your science and technology adviser I can streamline all these boondoggle programs and actually get something useful done.\u00a0 With my help, you can make nerds great again.\u00a0 But this is a short-term offer.\u00a0 On January 9th<\/sup> 2025 this offer will be null and void (well, unless you\u2019re listening too Mike Pence, errr, sir).\u00a0 So, hurry up schmoopy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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