A prominent Iraq War veteran tore into President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday night after CNN played a supercut of Cabinet members fawning over the president, including one who declared this was the “greatest Cabinet ever for the greatest president ever.”
Anchor Erin Burnett played a montage of Trump’s public Cabinet meeting from Tuesday, in which his Cabinet members lavished praise on the president.
“Thank you for fighting for our country,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in the clip.
“Thank you for allowing me to be part of this team, for people here who are focused on winning,” said Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
“Even you kept the hurricanes away,” joked Kristi Noem, Trump’s Department of Homeland Security secretary, to laughs. “Thank you for letting us get up every day and have a purpose.”
And the praise only escalated from there.
“Thank you, Mr. President, for being willing to take a bullet for this country,” said Lee Zeldin, head of the Environmental Protection Agency.”
“The greatest Cabinet ever for the greatest president ever. And I, as I sit here today, I can’t be more proud of how you did it, Sir. You’ve created the greatest Cabinet. It is a joy to be at this table!” exclaimed Howard Lutnick, Trump’s Commerce secretary.
Burnett asked Paul Rieckhoff, founder of the nonprofit Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, for his thoughts, particularly on news that Trump was awarded the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize earlier in the day.
Rieckhoff began by mocking Trump’s Cabinet.
“I want to thank you for having me on the greatest panel in the history of the world,” he began, to laughs. “It does give me joy and I’m so infinitely grateful and thank you for stopping hurricanes.”
Then Rieckhoff got serious.
“I think it’s ridiculous. It’s shameful. It’s beneath the office. It’s gross. It’s also dangerous because I think it’s a very effective manifestation of the growth of his propaganda machine,” he said.
Trump is waging a war on the truth, said Rieckhoff, and was awarded a “made-up” peace prize for his efforts.
Rieckhoff noted it was no accident that Trump accepted the award on Fox Sports.
“That’s not insignificant. He continues to go back to Fox Sports. He went there for the NFL. He understands that culture and sports are a way to get to more people,” said Rieckhoff.
The White House, he added, looks like it’s for sale.
“He’s making a mockery of the office and our country,” said Rieckhoff.
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