The issue created when Colombia refused to allow US Military cargo planes to land with returning Illegal Aliens, began this morning, came to a boil, and was over-and-done by this afternoon. This is a classic case of the "former" US. Gov't versus the new one lead by Donald Trump.
Colombia turned our military planes around, refusing to let them land. The President of Colombia made the gigantic mistake of going public, saying he won't allow US military planes carrying Colombians, to land.
Hearing about this, President Trump made a posting on social media:
Within about two hours, Colombia changed its tune. They will be allowing US military planes loaded with Colombians who illegally entered the USA, to land and return them home.
Let me provide you with a brilliant comparison of today's events, written by "Cynical Publius" on social media:
"To fully understand just how remarkable today’s exchange with Colombia was, you need to understand how Washington DC has traditionally worked through these sorts of issues, and the different way it works now under Trump. I’ll illustrate.
Traditional Approach: (Mind Numbing)
1. Colombia announces it will not take our repatriation flights.
2. On Monday, the State Department convenes an interagency task force with DoD, NSC, DEA, INS, ICE, Commerce, Treasury and Homeland Security.
3. The task force meets for four days and develops a position paper.
4. The position paper is rejected by the Secretary of State, who is unhappy that insufficient equity considerations are built into the process.
5. The task force reconvenes a week later to redevelop three new, equity-centric courses of action and create a new position paper.
6. The process is delayed a week because Washington DC gets three inches of snow.
7. SecState approves the new position paper for interagency circulation, and considerable input is received from the heads of other departments so the task force must reconvene.
8. The original three proposed responsive courses of action are scrapped in favor of a new, fourth course of action that achieves the worst aspects of the three prior courses of action but satisfies the interagency.
9. Someone in State who disagrees, leaks to the Washington Post, who writes a story about how ineffective the Presidential administration is.
10. The White House Chief of Staff sets up a session three days later to brief the President, who approves the new fourth course of action.
11. Over a month after the issue is first raised, the State Department Public Affairs Officer holds a press conference announcing that Colombia has agreed to try to send fewer criminals into the US and everyone declares victory.
Trump Approach:
1. Colombia announces it will not take our repatriation flights.
2. After a par-5 third hole where he goes one under par, Trump uses his iPhone to post on social media as to how the USA will destroy Colombia’s economy if they do not do what the USA demands.
3. By the time Trump gets to the par-4 sixth hole, Colombia’s President has agreed to repatriate all the illegal Colombians in his own plane, which he will pay for.
4. Trump finishes three under par and goes to the clubhouse for a Diet Coke where he posts a gangsta AI image of himself and the new "FAFO" Doctrine. (FAFO = "Fuck Around and Find Out")
5. Winning.
See the difference? It’s called LEADERSHIP."
COMMENTARY
What Cynical Publius wrote above is one of the funniest things I've ever read about Washington DC and how dysfunctional it is. Funny because it's true. And the people there see nothing wrong with this nonsense!
I didn’t know whether to laugh or applaud when I read that post; it so perfectly describes the process so many bureaucrats adore and worked so hard to institutionalize. The papers, the committees, the task forces, the approvals over and over.
The hypothetical that Cynical Publius wrote is so close to accurate, it isn't funny., and during the month-long interagency process, there are numerous state department press briefings all stating "Strong letter to follow." It's how our former government became almost useless.
..and just a reminder.... One of the major complaints that LTC (Ret.) Alexander Vindman had about Trump was that he "went against the interagency." Apparently that self-important person forgot the President decides and the agencies abide. But, I digress . . . .
The bureaucrats used to doing it the old way will wonder what that whooshing noise was when this administration passes them by. When they finally decide to try and get on the band wagon, it will be a distant spec on the horizon.
What President Trump did today __IS __ "Leadership." It is exactly, precisely, what this nation so desperately needs.
