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Remember 2015? Remember the summer of 2015, when we were chuckling about Donald Trump’s candidacy, and everyone was placing a bet on when he would drop out of the race? Remember when Trump would just say random things, like “Sure, I would love to have Sarah Palin in my future cabinet”? Yeah. I guess the joke’s on all of us. Because now that we’re looking at a Trump administration in the bloated orange face, it seems like Donald Trump actually is considering Sarah Palin for a cabinet position. Palin endorsed Trump in a word-salad-y, nonsensical speech back in January of this year, then she mostly disappeared from the campaign. But she’s baaaack. And Trump is considering her for Veteran’s Affairs.

Sarah Palin is under consideration for secretary of veterans affairs, a close Palin aide and a top Donald Trump transition official told ABC News. The Palin aide said that Palin recently told Trump transition officials, “I feel as though the megaphone I have been provided can be used in a productive and positive way to help those desperately in need.”

The Department of Veterans Affairs is the largest government agency, with over 300,000 federal employees and a budget of $182 billion for 2017.

Palin’s son-in-law and Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer posted a SarahPAC video to his Facebook page earlier this week, with excerpts from a speech she gave that heavily focuses on her work with veterans and her connection to the community. Her eldest son, Track Palin, served in Iraq in 2008. The video, which is not new, seems to clearly show her interest in the position, and in the speech she hits the VA “bureaucracy,” saying it is “killing our vets.”

The speech includes Sarah Palin’s ideas on reforming the VA, including improved health care, using military skills to return to the workforce and securing their benefits. The speech also includes a criticism of Barack Obama.

“Stop blaming the victim and wake up, Mr. President,” she says. “While Christians bow our heads to pray for you, radical Islamists want to cut off your head. The only thing standing between us and savages, it’s the red white and blue, it’s the United States military. And if you love freedom, thank a vet. Thank them. Honor them.”

[From ABC News]

Of course, Sarah Palin was also the person who blamed President Obama for her son’s PTSD (Track served under George W. Bush’s administration) and she used Track’s PTSD as an excuse for his violent assault of his girlfriend. Obviously, Sarah Palin should not be allowed anywhere near any kind of government bureaucracy, but hey… we knew this was coming. Trump told us he would consider her for a cabinet position a year and a half ago. Which brings me to the real point: believe what the autocrat says. Believe that Donald Trump is going to try to do everything he promised, from bombing the sh-t out of other countries, from revoking the citizenship of protesters, to deporting millions of undocumented immigrants, to creating a Muslim registry, to punishing women who get abortions and more. Believe him when he says things.

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