This time, it should be different. He’s no longer a political novice getting advice from The Swamp on how to drain itself. He’s seen the duplicity of those he once considered allies, which is why he proactively and publicly declined to include NeoCon Nikki Haley and Deep State Mike Pompeo in his second administration.

These are good moves, but it’s not enough. The rats are everywhere. This is Washington DC, after all, and rats are attracted to the nation’s capital like morbidly obese people are attracted to a Chinese buffet.

At least one man close to President Trump is going to fight to keep the NeoCons out. In fact, nobody other than Melania can get closer to the President than Donald Trump Jr.

Comedian Dave Smith issued a warning on 𝕏:

The “stop Pompeo” movement is great but it’s not enough. Right now we need maximum pressure to keep all neocons and war hawks out of the Trump administration. They have had their time at the table and brought nothing but disaster to the world and this country.

America First: screw the war machine!

Don Jr. replied:

Agreed!!! I’m on it.

Don Jr. has previously stated that the only real roll he wants in the next Trump administration is helping pick the people who will surround his father. He wants to be the gatekeeper and few people have greater incentives to keep the rats out of the White House than he does. Whether he wants to solidify his father’s place in history, save America from The Swamp, or prepare for his own political future (it’s all three), it behooves him to make sure the administration is loaded with people loyal to the nation and to his father.

There may be nobody better suited for the job. Perhaps more so than even his father, Don Jr. has his finger on the pulse of rumblings from the MAGA base. He talks often with MAGA influencers and has more freedom to engage with them behind the scenes than his father who is insulted as a necessity of his position.

Between new Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Don Jr., and the transition team, the personnel mistakes of the first administration are on track to be greatly reduced for the second. You can’t Drain The Swamp with people who have a vested interest in keeping it full. Trump’s second administration should be able to start off with the right people in the right places.

Tucker seems to think so and lashed out at Emmer in leaked conversations. According to Axios:

An irate Tucker Carlson phoned Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), chairman of the House Republican campaign committee, with an ultimatum on Friday: Either reveal which staff member took a swipe at Carlson’s son, a Capitol Hill aide, in an article about internal House GOP politicking — or the Fox host would assume Emmer himself was to blame for the quote.

Just two weeks before the midterms, the chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee — who is headed into a high-stakes leadership race if House Republicans win the majority — finds himself on the wrong side of the nation’s most powerful right-wing TV host.

The inside drama illuminates the high stakes, divisions and power jockeying already under way as the GOP seeks to retake power. Emmer also now finds himself under attack from two MAGA celebrities: Donald Trump Jr. and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).

Here are the Tweets from Donald Trump Jr. and Marjorie Taylor Greene:

It was bad enough that RINO Tom Emmer had his henchmen attack Tucker Carlson's 25 year old son to the Daily Beast, but now Emmer is trying to throw the staff of another member of Congress under the bus to cover his own ass???

What a pathetic coward. pic.twitter.com/mD0O2WFNr0

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 24, 2022

I stand with Buckley Carlson.

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) October 23, 2022

This all seems to be based around Emmer’s ambition to be Majority Whip and trying to stop his main competitor, Jim Banks, who employs Buckley Carlson. As Axios noted:

The source of the Fox News host’s anger was a Daily Beast article, published early Friday, detailing the already vicious backroom jousting over leadership slots in a potential House Republican majority.

Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) — who employs Carlson’s son, Buckley Carlson, 25, as communications director — is expected to face off against Emmer for House Republican whip, which would be the majority party’s No. 3 leadership position.

The Daily Beast quoted an anonymous “GOP strategist” as saying of Banks: “Deep down, he dies to be liked by the Establishment. He hires Tucker Carlson’s son, a 24-year-old kid, to be his communications director.”

Though neither Emmer nor members of his staff have been confirmed as the originators of the attack against Buckley Carlson, it’s hard to imagine Tucker Carlson and other respected conservatives going after Emmer if they weren’t certain. This would be on par with Emmer’s track record as a RINO; his ACU Conservative Rating is 80%, on par with Liz Cheney, while Banks has a rating of 97%.

The only thing uglier than the politicking we see from a public perspective is the politicking that happens behind closed doors in Washington DC. Whatever happens after the midterms, we stand with Buckley Carlson.

His son comes close.

Donald Trump Jr. took to Twitter to ridicule those in our government who are pushing the nation toward nuclear war with Russia. While doing so, he snuck in a jab about the gender and pronoun madness we’re experiencing today.

Is there a consensus on what pronouns to use for World War III if our idiot politicians decide it’s brilliant to get further involved in a regional conflict between two corrupt nations one of whom has the worlds largest nuclear Arsenal?

Because that’s what really matters.

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 30, 2022

Is there a consensus on what pronouns to use for World War III if our idiot politicians decide it’s brilliant to get further involved in a regional conflict between two corrupt nations one of whom has the worlds largest nuclear Arsenal? Because that’s what really matters.

Donald Trump Jr.’s post was appropriately snarky while pointing out truths most Americans have not been allowed to hear. The woke military under Joe Biden is ill-prepared to get into any conflict with any nation right now.