In the 90s, everyone became very familiar with the term “wag the dog,” in the political context. It was a way of describing how, every time he got into trouble, Bill Clinton ordered a bombing campaign to distract everyone. And of course, the term has lived on. When the United States began bombing Iran a month ago, there were similar allegations — which, as I said at the time, never really made much sense — that Donald Trump had ordered the attack in order to distract everyone from the release of the Epstein Files. It was always a strange claim to make, because there’s nothing in the Epstein Files that actually implicates Trump.
But even if the Trump administration isn’t “wagging the dog,” as the saying goes, it stands to reason that other politicians in Washington might try to take advantage of the conflict. When millions of Americans are waiting to see if the president of the United States is going to wipe out an entire civilization, it becomes a lot easier to slip some things past them. That’s one way to explain the new push by Florida Congresswoman and anchor baby María Salazar to pass the so-called “Dignidad Act,” which translates to “Dignity Act.” You see, the name is written in Spanish, just to underscore the point that your country doesn’t belong to you anymore. In particular, Salazar has now launched a nationwide tour to promote this legislation and to assemble what she calls a “Dignity Coalition.”
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