larry johnson speaks of the latest developments in the world's crazy department;

Unless you watched Pete Hegseth on Maria Bartiromo’s FOX show on Sunday, you may be puzzled by the title of this article. Maria asked Mr. Hegseth to provide an update on negotiations with Iran. Here is his response:

I CAN TELL YOU THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DEAD SERIOUS ON THIS ISSUE. HE’S DEAD SERIOUS THAT IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. HE’S SAID THAT FOR 20 YEARS. HE’S BEEN CONSISTENT, THAT IS CLEAR. HE’S DEAD SERIOUS THAT HE WANTS IT DONE PEACEFULLY AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE, AND THAT’S WHY HE’S GOING STRAIGHT TO THESE TALKS. HE SET THAT DEADLINE. THESE WERE PRODUCTIVE TALKS YESTERDAY.

I DON’T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF OUR SKIS, BUT IT WAS A GOOD STEP, AND THEY’RE GOING TO GO AT IT AGAIN ON SATURDAY BUT HE’S ALSO DEAD SERIOUS IF WE CAN’T FIGURE THIS OUT AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE, THEN THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS TO INCLUDE MY DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT IRAN NEVER HAS A NUCLEAR BOMB.

Clearly, Hegseth is not an English major. His vocabulary is, to be kind, a bit limited… I’m dead serious about that. (Sorry, I could not resist the temptation to ridicule his repeated use of the phrase, dead serious.) He also struggled to use the correct idiom, i.e., getting out over our skis, choosing instead to say, get ahead of our skis. If you are wondering if Mr. Hegseth is a gifted intellectual, I believe the transcript of his response (see above) provides sufficient evidence for you to draw an accurate conclusion.

Which brings me to Donald Trump and his invention of history. During another impromptu press conference in the Oval Office, Mr. Trump was asked the following question:............more..........