The Secret Service is so hot ($$, $$). And you better read about Sebastian Gorka. And Nazi stuff

[peregrinus_bis]

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The USA is spending much money flying the Trumps around and protecting them.

Sebastian Gorka is deputy assistant to Trump. His WIkipedia entry reads like a spy writing convention got together, drank as much as they could as quickly as they could, then wrote his character:

Sebastian Gorka

His entry claims he’s British. Well, maybe. But really, he seems to be Hungarian. His undergrad degree is from somewhere I’ve never heard of - ‘Heythrop College’, which seems to be a Catholic throwback, and he got a crap degree there, then went off to Budapest to study more, and studied more, and more, and ‘studied for’ a pHD, but the Wikipedia entry doesn’t even bother to try to say he received it.

And he seems to be an honest to goodness Nazi, doesn’t try to hide it:

Gorka is a member of the Order of Vitéz (Vitézi Rend), an hereditary order of merit which was founded by Miklós Horthy in 1920.[28][29][30] Although required to list and renounce his membership in the Vitézi Rend, an order prohibited along with other Nazi-linked organizations, on his N-400 Application for Naturalization in 2012 when he sought U.S. citizenship, Gorka appeared on FOX News on Inauguration evening dressed in the uniform and wearing the badge, tunic, and ring of the Vitezi Rend.[31][32]

Who is Miklos Horthy?
“Miklós Horthy, the anti-Semitic World War II-era leader whose regime witnessed the murder of some 600,000 Hungarian Jews.” - Did Gorka Really Wear A Medal Linked To Nazi Ally To Trump Inaugural Ball? - TPM – Talking Points Memo

In the BBC segment above, he specifically talks about the the anti-semitism issue. It’s a great example of how they kick the ball around in front of you but never let you have it.

This guy - he doesn’t look like a safe pair of hands.

The shit with this administration is so close to the surface. They’re not even trying to hide it.

[LDoBe]

Really, we should just make tRump pay out of pocket for all this.

He wants to be treated specially, like basically no other president, so he should pay the going rate. Because he’s not special.

[Czanne]

Heythrop is part of University of London. So not completely illegitimate. But yeah… this dude? This is who the Hail Hydra meme was built to indicate.

[Kimmo]

This fucking shit is just off the chain.

Checks and balances, the US needs some.

[peregrinus_bis]

Yep, I looked it up - but 700 students out in Kensington, it’s not really UCL / KIngs / LSE! And to come out with a third-rank grade … lacking in impressiveness! Don’t really expect that in a senior aide to 45.

Also - he openly said Kushner was central to decision making in the administration (in the BBC segment). He’s basically deliberately letting the cat out of the bag that they intend to hoodwink the population, and nepotism is a dish on the menu.

It’s like the world needs to assemble a Marvel galaxy of super-heroes to even start to take in the mass of stuff happening.

[Czanne]

Thus the qualifiers. Gradations of damning with faint praise do get fairly fine when the sketch gets that apparent.

So… anyone for a sucker bet on when ICE will get around to deporting his criminal ass? I can’t find any documentation on his immigration status. I’m hearing local and internet rumors of both naturalized citizens and birthright citizens who were born abroad getting threatening calls and letters, and not just people who happen to be brown. I’m on a board for 3rd Culture kids and several mil and diplo brats, born overseas to one AmMil/Foreign Service parent and one local parent, are getting questions on their status; I’ve got three first gen students with naturalized parents who have gotten calls and permanent residents are getting pressure. Not incidentally, everyone who is a citizen is either registered D or has an activism related arrest. (Yes, citizens, but it’s still harassment. And stupid harassment at that.) My bet is on three days after go fuck yourself.