Donald Trump continues to dispute the conclusion that Russia deliberately influenced the us
election On one hand we have months of investigation that led to the consensus opinion of all 17 US intelligence agencies but on the other hand Trump makes a forceful counter-argument Trump says nah hi I'm Ian Dukes and this is the Stupid News This week Donald Trump named ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his pick for Secretary of State
A man whose international experience consists of making oil deals with Russia Tillerson may not be the best fit for a diplomatic role but Trump really only knows the business world, so as they say, "to a man with a hammer, everything looks like a sickle" Back in 2013 Vladimir Putin famously awarded Rex Tillerson with Russia's Order of Friendship Putin also gave Tillerson the less well-known Medallion of I Think You're Special The leading candidate for deputy secretary of state John Bolton said that we don't know if it was the Russians who tainted the election
It could have been a false flag operation And when he says "false flag" I think we know what he's talking about But to be fair to Trump, cabinet decisions are hard To figure out who to pick, Trump had to put his candidates through some rigorous questioning "god damn you you love Russia don't you? Yes sir yes sir! on Tuesday Trump appointed former Texas governor and Dancing with the Stars loser Rick Perry to head the Department of Energy whose primary task it is to keep America's nuclear weapons functional and secure
Now Perry might not know the first thing about maintaining atomic bombs but that's okay They've got a saying down in Texas – "fake it til you nuke it" For head of Homeland Security Trump has now added yet another retired general to his cabinet in this case John Kelly of the Marine Corps And you have to hand it to Trump he's already made one campaign slogan come true: "The generals have been reduced to rubble They have been reduced to a point where it's embarrassing for our country
" In more positive military news, US officials are now reporting that to date, American airstrikes have wiped out at least seventy-five percent of ISIS soldiers in Iraq and Syria The Air Force says it's become easier to target ISIS on the ground since earlier in the year when the fighters adopted distinctive brightly colored headgear At a recent Rubik's Cube competition a 20-year old man broke the world record by just one-hundredth of a second And if you think it would be difficult for the judges to observe that tiny span of time imagine how hard it is to watch a whole Rubik's Cube competition Finally there's a lot of excitement this week with the release of the new Star Wars movie Rogue One, but some critics who attended a preview found it clumsy dull and not emotionally engaging
Fans are saying next time the critics should just turn around and face the screen And that's all the Stupid News i can stand If you laughed let me know with a Like, leave me a comment below or subscribe if you just love the smell of fresh laundry I'm still Ian Dukes and I'll see you next time
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