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The Pakled Presidency One episode from Star Trek Next Generations introduced us to a race of creatures named the Pakled. Sloped forehead, bushy-browed, slow talking, ponderous, dim-witted, and despite not knowing how to properly maintain or repair the starship they were in (which they had obtained by brute force), the Pakled captain emphatically stated, “We are smart”. Not the sharpest tools in the evolutionary shed, but boy did they have Moxy! The analogy is pointedly sharp. We are in The Pakled Presidency. Boundless stupidity wrapped up in “We are smart”. In the episode, the Pakled use trickery, treachery, and force to get their way. Sounds just a little teensy weensy weensy (like his hands) familiar. The Pakled and Trump have no idea how to run a ship or a country. The projection of stupendously dumb strength is all Trump has. It is precisely his stupidity that will be his downfall. In the interim, stupidity coupled with power does a lot of damage. In the episode, the Enterprise crew defeats the Pakled with a simple light show. Trump also loves shiny things. He is easily distracted. He is oblivious to (and unable to discern) truth (other than his own Bizzaro-world version). His world is as small as his brain. Peanut-sized. Pakled-sized. We-are-smart-sized. Led by The Pakled President, we have in no particular order: • The Secretary Of War-Stuff-Who-Is-Smart-with-Pint-Sized-brain, Petey “kill’em all” Hegseth. And (stage-whisper), if he does not have a Grindr account, well, Bob’s your uncle! • The Secretary of Home-Stuff-who-is-Smart, Kristi “Karen/Kosplay”, just say NO-em. • The Defender Of The Fatherland/Motherland/Homeland, Secretary-of-Vampire-Stuff-and-Who-Is-Smart, Stephen Miller. And a cast “straight from central casting” of Extra-We-Are-Smart people that rival a black hole in the ability to suck all intelligence (and light) out of the room. Some examples (though there are many more!): • Secretary of We-Don’t-Need-No-Education, Linda “WWE” McMahon. • THE WORLD’S SMARTEST-WE-ARE-SMART MAN, Elon, the racist formerly known as Musk. • Secretary of Capitulation To Russia, Steve Witless-Koff A plethora of Pakled’s! Do you know what a “plethora” is? Bet they don’t…..though they will tell you in no uncertain terms that they do! May our great American Enterprise survive, endure, and defeat the Pakled President and his pustulant pals.