Trump's Precision Strike Against The Deep State

[Brushy Bill]

We're witnessing a masterclass in applied military doctrine unfold in real time.


A lot of conservatives have no idea what it’s like to be on offense, so I’m going to lay out the characteristics of the offense under military doctrine. Trump and Elon are so effective right now because their plan of action incorporates these elements:

1. Surprise - Striking the enemy at a time or place or in a manner for which they are unprepared. This can disrupt their plans, lower morale, and lead to disorganization.

2. Concentration - Focusing superior combat power at the decisive place and time to overwhelm the enemy. This involves massing forces or effects where they will have the most impact.

3. Tempo - Maintaining or increasing the pace of operations to keep the enemy off balance. Rapid, continuous operations can prevent the enemy from reorganizing or counterattacking effectively.

4. Audacity - Boldly executing plans, often involving high-risk, high-reward actions. This includes daring maneuvers or unconventional tactics to achieve objectives.

5. Momentum - Capitalizing on initial successes to maintain pressure on the enemy. This involves exploiting breaches in enemy lines, pursuing retreating forces, or advancing quickly through newly gained territory.

6. Maneuver - Using movement in relation to the enemy to gain positional advantage. This could mean flanking, enveloping, or penetrating enemy defenses to disrupt their cohesion.

7. Firepower - Coordinating and employing various forms of lethal and non-lethal means to support the maneuver, suppress enemy forces, or destroy their capabilities.

8. Initiative - Seizing and retaining the initiative to dictate the terms of the battle. This involves proactive engagement rather than reacting to enemy moves.

9. Flexibility - Adapting tactics, operations, and strategic plans to changing conditions on the battlefield. This includes the ability to shift from one form of attack to another as situations dictate.

10. Synchronization - Ensuring all elements of combat power (maneuver, firepower, protection, leadership, information) work together harmoniously to achieve maximum effect.


These characteristics involve physical, psychological, and informational aspects aimed at breaking the enemy's will to fight.

They are designed to achieve decisive results quickly and efficiently, often aiming to conclude engagements in the offensive side’s favor before the enemy can fully respond.

Does the winning make sense now?

 

[Brushy Bill]

 

[Brushy Bill]

Gently, softly, calmly, let’s talk about what’s happening in DC right now.

Friends, have you ever been through a ZBB process? If not, let me give you my take. So, in a corporation where expenses are out of control, you have to put the entire company through a zero based budgeting process. It is one of the most painful things that people in a company experience.

You basically have to justify every. single. expense. And you also cut a bunch, and then only add back after you’ve gone through a proper ZBB cycle.

The US government is going through a ZBB right now. And that is necessary because spending is out of control. The complexity is so vast that I expect it will take AI to decipher.

You cannot tell me that a government that accidentally wires hundreds of millions of dollars to the Taliban has its finances in order. That signals an underlying disaster. That signals bad stewardship of resources.

In fact, it is a disaster. Over the last 20 fiscal years, the US government has made ~$2.7 trillion in "improper payments," according to the US Government Accountability Office. Trillion! With a T!

That financial management disaster was not caused by
@elonmusk. And there is no painless way to clean it up.

Elon is doing what any executive would do walking into a giant mess. You ZBB and then build back.

So, I don’t believe that America is going to be on the wrong side of global right and wrong, as some are saying. I don’t believe that America is going to be permanently isolationist. I do believe that unwatched finances will get out of control in any human system, and that the GAO has been trying to ring this bell for years, and that scaled complexity requires scaled financial management.

Because the US has the largest budget in the world, it will now go through the single most complex ZBB ever undertaken in the history of the world.

Some states do ZBB, but it's never been done at the federal level. President Jimmy Carter tried, but the bureaucratic systems were too complex, and President Ronald Reagan abandoned the attempt.

So, if there is one person in the world chosen to lead this Grand Canyon of projects, we would hope for the president to choose one of the best capital allocators on the planet. Better if that human is also one who can leverage AI and technical talent to manage the massive complexity.

Anyone who has lived through a ZBB at the corporate level will tell you that it’s hell and everyone hates it. This is why I feel really bad for federal workers -- I have a lot of empathy for civil servants and people doing a great job every day for the United States. No doubt, the uncertainty is trying and stressful for many. It's an unfortunate situation.

So, that's my take. I don't want to speak beyond what I know and can observe from the other side of the country. I've worked both in the private sector and the public sector -- the cultures are different. And an Elon-Musk-style culture is going to be the most hard core of them all. No doubt, it's jarring. It's gonna be a lot.

 

[roadtrasheer]

Should be done every 10 years

 

[Brushy Bill]

Well worth the read. Trump insulated DOGE as best he could to perform the task at hand.

 

[Brushy Bill]

Should be done every 10 years

We live in a day and age where the federal budget should be open sourced for all to see.

 

[roadtrasheer]

We live in a day and age where the federal budget should be open sourced for all to see.

I agree 100%
I'm saying government needs purging every ten years.

 

[DvlDog4WVU]

Should be done every 10 years

If you put it on a cycling cadence, they’ll figure out how to game it. This surprise approach eliminates the ability to establish “systems”.

And here’s the thing. No one outside of politicians and bureaucrats is pushing back on this.

 

[Brushy Bill]

If you put it on a cycling cadence, they’ll figure out how to game it. This surprise approach eliminates the ability to establish “systems”.

And here’s the thing. No one outside of politicians and bureaucrats is pushing back on this.

It has to come from outside the governmental structures, because they'll never do this willingly to themselves. USAID is the key, they had already set up and funded a resistance network inside, much like what happened in his first term all over the place, but DOGE found it a nuked it.

 

[roadtrasheer]

If you put it on a cycling cadence, they’ll figure out how to game it. This surprise approach eliminates the ability to establish “systems”.

And here’s the thing. No one outside of politicians and bureaucrats is pushing back on this.

Correct on the cycling..
I'm loving it ....