Shawn & Michelle Steel Tongue-Bathe Trump in Quest for Plum Post.

Ah, the Michelle Steel Saga – some find it inspirational, but is it really? That’s a puzzler. On the one hand, the spectacle of an untalented immigrant woman, cursed with such low intelligence that she can’t speak English after fifty years here, actually ending up serving two terms in the US Congress, might cause one to throw up one’s hands and exclaim “Only in America!”

But on the other hand, the traditional rags-to-riches Horatio Alger story is supposed to be about success through hard work and one’s own talents, not through the luck of meeting the right wealthy svengali and obeying him like a Stepford Wife. It’s supposed to be about meritocracy. Ha. Gag us all with a spoon, I know, right? The punch line to the quaint notion of meritocracy is Donald Trump, and the Age of Trump, and Michelle Steel was the original Republican DEI hire, back before Democrats had ever strung those three letters together in that order.

But none of these musings and insights are any consolation to old Shawn Steel, who has nothing to do now that his wife’s been defeated. He LOVED being a Congress husband – just the right amount of limelight while staying out of trouble, the pulling the strings, the speaking as an insider, the parties, the access – all that shit is addictive. He has GOT to get the wife an ambassadorship or SOMETHING with the Rotting Yam’s administration, his idle hands are going wild!

So to that end, Shawn has penned another love letter to Trump under his wife’s name, and published at the Daily Caller. Will it work? We shall soon see. Meanwhile, we shall “fisk” it below, mira nomas:

MICHELLE STEEL: Trump’s America First Foreign Policy

could be His Longest Lasting Achievement

Canada, Panama and Greenland, what next?

NOTE: What a great first line. Most people would read that as “what madness is gonna dribble NEXT, out of Trump’s delusional power-addled ‘mind?'” And I bet Shawn was secretly thinking that. But as an intro to this column, it should be read as “PLEASE give us even more wonders to dream of, you unparalleled visionary!”

Americans gave President-elect Donald Trump a commanding mandate to fix the economy, bring down inflation and end the woke agenda. But when history is written, Trump’s America First foreign policy could be his most important and lasting legacy.

Ok, briefly, you’re calling a 1% popular-vote victory a “commanding mandate”; nobody knows what a “woke agenda” is; “fix the economy” MAYBE, but continue with your main point…

Just look at his first term: Trump tore up bad trade deals, walked away from the reckless Paris Agreement, ended the dangerous Iran nuclear deal, neutralized serious threats to our national security and signed the potentially game-changing Abraham Accords — all while being the first president in nearly a half century that did not start or expand an existing war.

If “America First” means giving up and doing nothing about the Climate Crisis while the world burns, while meanwhile letting Iran move ahead with its nuclear program, then “America First” is INDEED a bucketful of SUCK.

He deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. Instead, Trump was viciously attacked with the Russia Hoax and other disinformation campaigns by shadow policymakers at D.C. thinktanks, who rightly saw Trump resetting decades of flawed U.S. foreign policy.

Ah, ha ha! You slay me Shawn. “Russia HOAX?” Nobel Peace Prize? Well, I bet you have the Yam’s attention now at least!

In his second term, Trump will once again put “America First” with a policy that promotes peace through strength. The Trump Doctrine has the potential to permanently realign American foreign policy for another century.

[Now and then, let’s pause for a break to laugh at the very notion that Michelle wrote a word of this.] 

Here are its central tenets:

1. Secure the border.

For the past four years, the Biden administration has dismantled Trump’s investments in border security and placed our national security at risk.  In fiscal year 2023, according to the Biden administration’s own data, the Border Patrol encountered 169 people who were on the terrorist watchlist who entered the U.S. illegally through our southern border with Mexico…

Hey Doofus. I mean liar. When the Biden administration catches 169 suspected terrorists crossing the border, that is BECAUSE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS DOING THE JOB OF PROTECTING OUR BORDER. Duh. Otherwise, where are all these acts of terror done by border-crossers? Nothing? Yeah, didn’t think so.

2. Get tough with China.

Now this part should be really funny. Remember, the guy who is writing here – Shawn Steel – was paid by Communist China to introduce Chinese Communist officials to Trump early in Trump’s first term, so they could convince him to let them do what they want with Taiwan and in the South China Sea. Now we’re expected to take him seriously when he says “get tough.” Irony coughs up blood WAY TOO OFTEN around here.

Economically, culturally and militarily – China represents the triple threat to American security. China has embarked on a massive strategic operation to expand its reach —  from literal island expansion in the South China Sea to securing critical mining sites in Africa, and along key trade routes in Panama. Last July, China opened a $300 million lithium processing plant in Zimbabwe, home to the largest lithium reserves in Africa.

Your friends, Shawn, you should know.

The Chinese Communist Party with its sophisticated espionage program is targeting American political leaders, companies, and universities. Every 12 hours, the FBI opens a new counterintelligence investigation into China. In just the past four years, counterintelligence agencies have uncovered 55 plots by Chinese Communists on U.S. soil to track U.S. military operations, steal trade secrets, or commit other schemes.

“And I’ll be there, oh yes I will, you got a friend! Ain’t it good to know…”

On the economic front, China has destroyed American manufacturing jobs by flooding our country with cheap goods. “They’ve ripped off the United States like no one has ever done before,” Trump said in 2020 as he announced unprecedented actions against China.  Unquestionably, the data supports the president’s claim. In 1985, the U.S. trade deficit with China was $6 million. In 2018, it reached an all-time high of $418 billion.

“Thank you for being a friend, Traveled down a road and back again, Your heart is true, you’re a pal and a confidant…”

In his second term, Trump will take off right where he left off — getting tough with China.  His plans to impose tariffs on Chinese goods will bring jobs back to the United States and restore our depleted manufacturing sector. Under Trump, America’s foreign policy will finally recognize the real and present threat posed by Chinese Communist aggression.

“And if you threw a party, Invited everyone you knew, Well, you would see the biggest gift would be from me, And the card attached would say “Thank you for being a friend.”

OK, anything serious?

3. Rebuild our military and global alliances.

Finally, Americans can expect Trump to invest in our military and rebuild our key alliances.

This should be … interesting. Does Shawn remember he’s talking about Trump, not Biden? What alliances?

Contrast the Biden administration’s chaotic retreat in Afghanistan with Trump’s surgical strikes on key targets. During Trump’s first term, the United States military eliminated Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ elite Quds Force, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the self-proclaimed Islamic State. These tremendous victories were achieved without trapping America in costly and unwinnable military conflicts. Trump’s second term will see our military modernized with the latest technologies to protect our country. His plan for a Great Iron Dome Missile Defense Shield will provide the U.S. with the technological ability to achieve the Trump Doctrine’s mission: peace through strength.

That’s funny. Despite the heading, not one word about “alliances.” I guess Shawn is an old-school enough Republican that he knows we need alliances, but then gave up on thinking of any alliances Trump could or would strengthen. Sad actually.

(Former Rep. Michelle Steel is a first-generation Korean American immigrant, who previously served as co-chair of the Congressional Victims of Communism Caucus,)

Oh yeah THAT! HA! HA! HA! So what do you-all think, will this work? Will Trump take notice and send the Steels off somewhere fancy on the taxpayers’ dime? I’d hedge my bets – The Donald hates “LOSERS” and is not known for his loyalty. Vern out.