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It All Makes Sense
After exhaustive research into President trump and his cabinet I have come up with some rather astounding facts. Buckle your seat belts because here we go.
Trump:
The word means “a sound of or as of trumpeting the trump of doom” and Trumpery is defined as “worthless nonsense.” If the shoe fits…
Donald Trump’s paternal ancestry is traceable to Bobenheim am Berg, a village in the Palatinate, Germany, in the 18th century. Johann Trump, born in Bobenheim in 1789, moved to the nearby village of Kallstadt where his grandson, Friedrich Trump, the grandfather of Donald Trump, was born in 1869. Hitler came from Germany too.
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue:
No connection to the chicken king. That would be Arthur and Pearl Perdue and neither is in any cabinet unless it’s a cabinet in their mansion. George Ervin “Sonny” Perdue III (born December 20, 1946) is a veterinarian, clearly a direct connection with agriculture. Really?
Attorney General William Barr
Barr is the name of a Civil parish in the South West of Ayrshire, Scotland. The origins of the name are most likely either Gaelic meaning “a meeting of water” or Brythonic meaning “round.” Barr is very round. Barr also means a person or an object that is very awkward or unusual in their environment; a state of existence in which a person seems incapable of blending in conspicuously or acting in such a way so as to appear normal; existing in a perpetual state of being “lame.” Sounds like the attorney general who never sounds normal.
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Gina Walker Haspel
Haspel is a German word that can mean a device for a harvesting machine; a bobbin, windlass, walker or a footslogger. Her maiden name, Walker, is device for helping a baby learn to walk, consisting of a harness set into a frame on wheels. That explains everything, if you get my drift.
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.
His lineage can be traced back to 360 A.D. and that explains why he was named to the post. His mother, Agnes (née O’Neill), was Irish and a Democrat. Many O’Neills can be found in places in Europe like Holland, Spain, and France, as well as the Caribbean.
The O’Neills take their name from Niall Glúndub, an early 10th-century High King of Ireland from the Cenél nEógain.
Ross is a typical family name for people of Scottish descent as in Clan Ross. Ross is defined as a rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees and as a verb, it means to divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark. And that is Wilbur Ross Jr. in a nutshell.
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
Esper is a member of the Maronite Church of Lebanon as his paternal grandfather was an immigrant from Lebanon. His brother was war journalist George Esper who refused to leave Saigon when the war was ending.
Interestingly, “esper” is defined as a person who practices the development of psychic ability and a person supposed to have paranormal abilities, including extra sensory perception, power over the four elements of fire, earth, water and air; and has the power of time travel; and lastly the power to manipulate space and matter.
As defense secretary, it is vitally important to be able to manipulate space and matter.
Secretary of Education Elisabeth Prince DeVos
Her brother Erik Prince founded the nefarious private security agency Blackwater USA. Her husband, Richard (Dick) DeVos, Jr., is the son of the co-founder of Amway.
Now, here’s where it gets interesting. DeVos’s mother was Elsa Prince Broekhuizen also known as Elsa Zwiep, whose parents emigrated from Holland. Broekhuizen is a small Dutch village near the Meuse that was liberated in 1944 from the Nazis.
Devo also is a rock band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 1973, whose biggest hit was “Whip It.” The band is apparently not related to the education secretary.
Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette
Brouillette is originally from Paincourtville, La. That says volumes. According to legend, a traveler came to town and could not buy one loaf of bread. Thus, he named it “short of bread town,” which translates in French to Paincourtville.
Brouillette is defined in French as a person who lives in or near, a small, swampy wood or one who came from the swamp. Is that the source of the drain the swamp plans that went down the drain?
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler
He was an Eagle Scout so he knows how to tie knots, which is very valuable in his position. The derivation of Wheeler is Anglo-Saxon (what else?) and refers to wheel makers in medieval times so it might have made more sense to name him as transportation secretary.
A wheeler, of course, can be a vehicle having a specified number of wheels as in eighteen-wheeler truck or it can refer to the small patch of facial hair under the center of a man’s bottom lip, named for the legendary Rugby player from Miami, Fla., that everyone knows. And then there is the definition of a wheeler-dealer, as a swindler, something that also is valuable in the current administration.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar
Azar is another cabinet member with lineage going back to Lebanon and this may be very telling. Way back the family came from Amioun, the site of a battle in 694 between Byzantine troops and Monothelite Christians.
The word “azar” also has been defined as a severe parasitic disease chiefly of tropical areas that is marked by fever, progressive anemia, leukopenia, and enlargement of the spleen and liver, if anybody cares.
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf
Born in Jackson, Miss., his surname comes from the baptismal name for the son of Wolfgang in medieval times. In German, Wolf meant “battle,” apropos to the homeland security leader.
The Wolf motto was a famous war cry or slogan in the 14th and15th centuries. The moto, as you guessed, was Virtutis praemium.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Benjamin S. Carson, Sr.
Carson and his wife are Seventh-day Adventists, who believe that the nation will play a big role in the coming apocalypse. He is a lacto-ovo vegetarian, which is a vegetarian cheat who eats dishes containing milk, eggs, or cheese, and occasionally, poultry.
A “carson” is defined as a boy who you’ll like easily. He could be mean and rude sometimes but he will change his attitude later. Never break up with him or you’ll regret it because he’s perfect. He is everything you’ll need, funny, caring, daring, bit rude and mean, nice and cute. You gotta love it.
Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt
He was born in Rifle, Colo. and that really explains a lot.
A “Bernhardt” also is described as the closest man to a dwarf that can be found. What he lacks in height he makes up with in width and he doesn’t care what you say he will do what he will do.
Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia
Scalia and his wife, Patricia, have seven children. Get the connection, labor. A “scalia” is defined as a voyeur or someone who does not believe that anyone has a right to privacy; and a belief that one’s high position insulates him from charges of unethical conduct. Uh huh.
Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought
Vought, an evangelical Christian, famously said that “Muslims do not simply have a deficient theology. They do not know God because they have rejected Jesus Christ his Son, and they stand condemned.”
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe
Ratcliffe was considered one of the most conservative members of Congress. And coming from Texas that said volumes.
The first Ratcliffes reached English shores as they migrated after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Used as a last name, the word, “ratcliff,” comes from the saying “rat on a cliff.” People with the last name, Ratcliff, sometimes spelled Ratcliffe, are of royal blood and should be respected.
Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza
Carranza is the highest-ranking Latina in the Trump administration. She grew up in Chicago to a housewife mother and a father who was a factory foreman.
Another Carranza, possibly a distant relative, was José Venustiano Carranza De La Garza one of the main leaders of the Mexican Revolution. I do like administrator Carranza.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Pompeo has said that life begins at conception and that abortions should be allowed only when necessary to save the life of the mother, with no exceptions for rape. A divorcee who later remarried, Pompeo pompously told a church group that Christians needed to “know that Jesus Christ as our savior is truly the only solution for our world and that “politics is a never-ending struggle … until the Rapture.”
No surprise here. The word “pompeo” means smug and pompous in Italian and refers to loudmouths who believe their opinions are indisputable facts.
Pompei, which sounds like Pompeo, was the city in southern Italy that was buried by the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Could be that history will repeat itself, metaphorically.
Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao
Chao married U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell in 1993 not apparently for the turtle’s looks. She came to the U.S. in 1961 with her mother and two younger sisters on a 37-day freight ship journey. You have to respect that.
Chao, also known Zhao in China, means “ultra” in Chinese and is one of the most ancient of Chinese surnames, dating back to 918 B.C., which is older than McConnell appears.
Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin
Steven T. Mnuchin is married to Louise Linton, a Scottish actress, who has been in the horror films “Cabin Fever” and “Intruder.” I am not even going to say that she’s now married to a living horror film.
Mnuchin’s family is Jewish and his great-grandfather was a Russian-born diamond dealer who emigrated to the U.S. in 1916. A notable member of the broader Mnuchin clan is violinist Yehudi Menuhin. Notable Menachems in Jewish history include Menahem King of Israel 747–737 B.C.E., and former Prime Minister Menachem Begin (1913–1992).
The name has nothing to do with the word “munchkin,” which was penned by the author L. Frank Baum in his book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” (1900).
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer
Lighthizer’s biography notes he has two children, Robert and Claire, and three grandchildren and that he pays close attention to his health. There’s no mention of a wife and I want to know why.
The name Lighthizer spelled backwards is Rezihthgil. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name will give Ehtirzhlig, in case you were curious.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie
Wilkie was born in Frankfurt, West Germany, the son of a career Army officer and acknowledges in his bio that he married his childhood sweetheart, which is clearer than Lighthizer was.
Wilkie has said that Confederate President Jefferson Davis was a “martyr” to ‘The Lost Cause’” and an “exceptional man in an exceptional age.” He called abolitionists who opposed slavery “radical,” “mendacious” and “enemies of liberty.”
A “wilkie” is slang for the hardest partying town on the prairies where Wilkies party harder than anyone. Don’t mess with Wilkie.
Vice President Michael R. Pence
The final spoke in the cabinet wheel is of German and Irish heritage. The word, “Pence,” is the plural of the British penny. It also has been made into a verb for someone who avoids answering any questions.