Yesterday I talked about how the chameleon should be the new GOP emblem rather than the elephant because, like the chameleon, they change colors to try to camouflage what they are really up to. The Trump campaign just proved my point by announcing a new “presidential transition organization,” in an attempt to distance Trump from the very unpopular Project 2025 which has been much discussed in the press.
Project 2025 was written by over one hundred staffers who previously worked for Trump or in his administration and had been labelled by its authors as the plan for the Trump presidency. Many, if not most, of the draconian policies detailed in that document were not being well-received by the general electorate. Trump being Trump, or rather should I say, Pinocchio, immediately said he knew nothing of the document or any of the plans discussed therein.
The Trump campaign is now going to repackage Project 2025 and run it through the RCS (Republican Chameleon Speak) machine to translate it into language that sounds much softer and more palatable while there is little doubt they fully intend to actually implement Project 2025 in its draconian entirety. I can only imagine what the new plan will sound like.
“Mass deportations” will now become “provide opportunities for all immigrants to study abroad.” “Firing the current Federal civil servants and replacing with Trump loyalists” will become “provide hardworking Federal civil servants the opportunity to spend more time with their families while the Trump administration simultaneously works to streamline government functions.” “A nationwide abortion ban,” will become “a plan to ensure all women have the resources required to carry each and every pregnancy to term.” “Slashing taxes,” will become, “provide each American the opportunity to contribute to the well being of corporations and wealthy investors who in turn will share their fortunes for the betterment of all.” “Revenge” will translate into, “provide the opportunity for some people who have misunderstood Trump to be re-educated into the true meaning of patriotism.”
This Republican Chameleon Speak is simply the modern-day version of Newspeak, the language developed by the ruling class in the totalitarian state of Oceania in George Orwell’s 1949 dystopian classic, “1984.” Newspeak was designed to limit critical thinking and camouflage the real intent of the government. The Trump campaign and the Republicans are doing the exact same thing.
The repackaging of Project 2025 into the new “presidential transition plan” is an insult to any American who has even the slightest ability to engage in critical thinking. It clearly does not pass the duck test – “If it walks like a duck and it talks like a duck, it is probably a duck.” Anyone who believes there is any difference between Project 2025 and this new plan being touted by the Trump campaign just proves P.T. Barnum’s assertion that, “There is a sucker born every minute.”
The Republicans can continue with this chameleon act if they wish but the simple fact is, even if you wrap a big pile of horse manure in pretty wrapping paper, in the end, you still have a pile of horse shit and it still smells!
