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Where's My Line? [1]
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Date: 2025-03-03
We get reruns of 50’s and 60’s game shows on our streaming network. One show is called “What’s My Line?”, and it features a panel of celebrities who ask Yes/No questions of the guest and try to figure out their occupation (“line”). It’s mildly entertaining.
But let’s replace the preposition “What” with a different Preposition “Where”. And if we want to be a little more descriptive, we could even add the color red to the question — Where’s my red line?
It’s a great question to ask your red-hatted friends. What line would Trump (and Musk) have to cross in order for them to lose your approval and your vote?
And it’s actually best if you don’t leave it open-ended for them. Give them a list.
They would be much more likely to dump Trump sooner if they realize they are crossing off another new line every week. Here is my initial list. Please feel free to add your own ideas in the comments. (NOTE: None of these has happened yet. They are all hypothetical — even a bit wacky. But possible?)
Would it cross your line if: The president pulled America out of NATO? The president ignored Congress when they passed a 2025-26 budget (with zero Democratic votes) and he instructed 8 of his 15 cabinet members to cut their department’s spending by 50%? The president sent a billion dollars to Russia for “reparations” over the Ukraine war and the check was issued to Vladimir Putin personally? The president slapped a 50% federal tariff on all interstate commerce entering or leaving California? The president disobeyed an order by SCOTUS to immediately cease his California tariff, saying “Do they have any guns? I don’t see any guns? They don’t have any guns.” The president had Elizabeth Warren, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Kamala Harris jailed for being “weak and disloyal”? The president sent Navy Seal Team 3 to Kiev to murder Zelenskyy — and they not only failed, but they were all killed? On July 4, 2025, the president’s re-election committee paid Jeff Bezos $75 million to print Trump 2028 ? on the front page of the Washington Post with no further explanation? The president ordered the U. S. Justice Department to step up the number of prosecutions for slander and libel — especially against “disloyal politicians”? The president sent the U.S.S. Iowa and the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford to Nuuk (Godthab) Greenland to “test the waters for a peaceful merger”. The president pushed the Defense Department to issue a “sole-source” $50 billion contract to Tesla for unmanned, urban assault robots? The president declared war on Guatemala for “disrespecting the borders of the United States” and he sent an army battalion by land, across Mexico, to engage the Guatemalan army. The president jailed 16 U.S. Army generals who refused to follow-through with his declaration of war against Guatemala, but he did find one general who would obey him. The president’s largest campaign donor “accidentally” caused 10,000 Social Security payments to be missed? 100,000 payments? 1,000,000 payments?
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But wait, there’s more ...
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