This is exactly the irreparable damage he is wreaking upon our global reputation. America is no longer a trusted partner. We are now the wealthiest banana republic in history.
Trump is one thing, and you've described him accurately. I think what many Americans may not realize is that Trump was (or should have been) a known quantity - career criminal, fraud, epically incompetent, serial liar, and insurrectionist. And then the American voters elected him again, with the popular vote, because ... I don't know. Black woman? Odd laugh? There was a choice between an epic disaster or someone you might have reservations about, and Americans chose disaster for the world. It's not just the regime that has earned our distrust, it's the voters who simply aren't serious enough about their votes.
Thank you for your insight. I'm deeply ashamed that the UK has not been more vehement in its condemnation of what has happened. The doors have been opened to make such action acceptable.
Have you ever watched a baby in a playpen and how he/she interacts with the toys in that small area? I thought of that one day when listening to Trump news on the car radio. He is like that baby in the playpen.... intently exploring (or chewing on) a toy, and then when an adult introduces a different toy, the first is dropped and immediately forgotten as the child eagerly goes for the new toy. This is what Trump is doing to this country and to the world, leaving a trail of dropped toys and ruined lives. It will all pile up someday soon.
What's most shocking to me is not that Trump runs the country like his own corrupt business. He acquiesced to the run for office, I think, because he'd gotten to the end of his rope financially and couldn't cannibalize his own flimsy empire any more - and no one reputable will do business with him. What shocks me is how fast, with the servile groveling cooperation of the Republican Party, he's managed to dismantle the whole international reputation of the nation. Turns out that all of the guardrails, all of the checks and balances, all of the favorable agreements, all depended on good will and rational action. It all goes to hell when we put a babbling lunatic at the head and support him with spineless sycophants, secretly backed by a blatantly fascist plan to break up America and sell it off for parts. And that damage will never be undone - not in my lifetime, certainly, and likely not in my children's nor grandchildren's either.
This is exactly the irreparable damage he is wreaking upon our global reputation. America is no longer a trusted partner. We are now the wealthiest banana republic in history.
...with nukes
Thank you for untangling this absurd and terrifying story. My head hurts trying to make sense out of the senseless.
Trump is one thing, and you've described him accurately. I think what many Americans may not realize is that Trump was (or should have been) a known quantity - career criminal, fraud, epically incompetent, serial liar, and insurrectionist. And then the American voters elected him again, with the popular vote, because ... I don't know. Black woman? Odd laugh? There was a choice between an epic disaster or someone you might have reservations about, and Americans chose disaster for the world. It's not just the regime that has earned our distrust, it's the voters who simply aren't serious enough about their votes.
Exactly…remember their names..
America won’t be a trusted partner even after Trump is gone. There are too many other idiots willing to support what he’s done.
So much oil, so little time.
On the anniversary of the LA disaster, I guess Climate Chaos is a forgotten orphan...
Thank you for your insight. I'm deeply ashamed that the UK has not been more vehement in its condemnation of what has happened. The doors have been opened to make such action acceptable.
I agree. I listened to Starmer's reaction to this invasion and wondered what the heck is wrong with him.
Have you ever watched a baby in a playpen and how he/she interacts with the toys in that small area? I thought of that one day when listening to Trump news on the car radio. He is like that baby in the playpen.... intently exploring (or chewing on) a toy, and then when an adult introduces a different toy, the first is dropped and immediately forgotten as the child eagerly goes for the new toy. This is what Trump is doing to this country and to the world, leaving a trail of dropped toys and ruined lives. It will all pile up someday soon.
What's most shocking to me is not that Trump runs the country like his own corrupt business. He acquiesced to the run for office, I think, because he'd gotten to the end of his rope financially and couldn't cannibalize his own flimsy empire any more - and no one reputable will do business with him. What shocks me is how fast, with the servile groveling cooperation of the Republican Party, he's managed to dismantle the whole international reputation of the nation. Turns out that all of the guardrails, all of the checks and balances, all of the favorable agreements, all depended on good will and rational action. It all goes to hell when we put a babbling lunatic at the head and support him with spineless sycophants, secretly backed by a blatantly fascist plan to break up America and sell it off for parts. And that damage will never be undone - not in my lifetime, certainly, and likely not in my children's nor grandchildren's either.