The majority of Americans and the world see Trump as a mad man.

 

The guy who brags about acing cognitive tests -- (which he's taken more than once in a year -- most cognitively healthy seniors get this test just once a year during their annual physical) -- posted this.

We have a mentally unbalanced lunatic leading the country, and the Republican Party is wholly responsible for this disaster.

From AI:

"As of mid-2026, international admiration for the US under President Donald Trump is deeply polarized, with low confidence in his leadership among key allies, particularly in Europe, while maintaining higher support in specific countries like Nigeria and Israel. Most surveyed nations report a decline in favorability of the US. 

 Reputation Trends: While Trump claims the US is highly respected, international polls often show the US is viewed as a threat to international stability, and his "America First" agenda is perceived as reducing US soft power."

Trump's approval is at an all-time low:

As of May 7, 2026, President Donald Trump's national approval rating has hit second-term lows, often placing in the mid-to-high 30s, with widespread disapproval driven by the war in Iran and rising inflation. 

Key polls show his disapproval rating reaching roughly 62%, and some aggregators show his net approval at approximately -18.4%

Except for some politically far right and authoritarian countries, Trump is disliked internationally, and he and his policies are unpopular here in the US.

I thought this was an excellent description of Trump:

IMAGINE THAT!

 

A lot of speculation and disinformation on why Spirit Airlines went out of business placed the blame on the Biden administration and former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Massachusetts US Senator Elizabeth Warren.

Here's one example, but there were many posted in the MAGA universe:

"David, You mentioned US investment in Spirit airlines which turns out to be incorrect. The esteemed business persons Peter Buttigieg was active in denying the merger of Jet Blue and Spirit as was the brilliant Elizabeth Warren. Both said approving the merger would result in less competition. Looks like they were wrong because now there are thousands unemployed and thousands stuck in places where they don't want to be. 

This is only one of the problems we face when we let incompetent bureaucrats led by an incompetent leader make decisions. Give them their bribes and perks as long as they don't try to do anything. We would all be better off. We should even fund day cares that don't exist just to keep the idiots away from decisions that affect us all."

In bankruptcy court, Spirit Airlines' own lawyers blamed Trump's Iran War, and never mentioned the Biden administration nor Buttigieg or Warren. Trump's mouthpieces were the first to blame the Biden administration because they never take responsibility for their actions.

It was Trump's disastrous Iran War that forced Spirit Airlines into bankruptcy.

The Filing: Court documents cite that the conflict in Iran caused high fuel prices that crushed the company’s margins and left no viable path to restructuring. 

 “Republicans are desperate to shift blame from higher costs hitting families,” Senator Warren said in a recent post on "X," amid criticism from GOP lawmakers about the failed merger during the previous President Joe Biden administration. 

 Spiking fuel prices from Trump's war was the nail in the coffin for twice-bankrupted Spirit airline. 

 FWIW, JetBlue merger failed because a judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan, said the deal was illegal. 

Republicans are desperate to shift blame from higher costs hitting families. — Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) May 2, 2026

FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE OUR COUNTRY IS IN DEBT UP TO OUR EYEBALLS BECAUSE POOR PEOPLE WANT "FREE STUFF."

 

This was fact-checked.

This also explains that this country believes in socialism for the rich and the military industrial complex.

Mariana Hernandez 

April 28 at 10:21 AM ·

Delayed flight. Gate C14. And God himself decided to entertain me by placing two men directly behind me solving America's $39 trillion debt problem between bites of a $22 airport sandwich.

Guy #1 turns to his friend:

"If capitalism is so great, why are we $39 TRILLION in debt?"

Guy #2, without missing a beat:

"Because of socialist programs, obviously."

I closed my laptop. I needed a moment.

Because let's actually look at where the $39 trillion came from. Not feelings. Not talking points. Numbers.

THE IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN WARS: $8 TRILLION

No WMDs found. No democracy built. Two countries left in chaos. That's not socialism. That's bipartisan warmongering with a Lockheed Martin logo on it.

THE 2008 BANK BAILOUT: $700 BILLION (+ $12 TRILLION in Fed support)

Wall Street gambled with your mortgage, crashed the global economy, then got handed a check with YOUR name on it. The banks kept their bonuses. You kept your debt. That's not socialism for the poor — that's socialism for the rich.

THE 2017 TAX CUTS: $1.9 TRILLION added to the debt

Sold as a gift to the middle class. Apple alone saved $47 billion. Your check? Maybe $40 a month. The debt? $1.9 trillion heavier.

THE US HEALTHCARE SYSTEM: $4.5 TRILLION per year

America spends MORE per person than any country on Earth — and gets LESS. A hip replacement in Spain? €6,000. In the US? $40,000. Medical bills are the #1 cause of personal bankruptcy in America. That's not too much socialism. That's the cost of having none.

PENTAGON BUDGET: $886 BILLION in 2024 alone

Larger than the next 10 countries COMBINED. Meanwhile your bridge is crumbling and your kid's school has a GoFundMe for pencils.

Now. Let's talk about socialism "failing."

MEXICO — right next door. Nobody's paying attention.

Claudia Sheinbaum became president in 2024. She has a PhD in climate science. An actual scientist running a country. Not a TV personality. Not a failed businessman. A scientist.

She expanded universal pensions, free internet nationwide, and scholarships for millions of young Mexicans. Foreign investment is flooding in. Nearshoring is making Mexico one of the hottest manufacturing destinations on Earth.

And she's navigating Trump's tariffs and border provocations with more dignity than any US politician has managed in years. She doesn't tweet at 3am.

Must be infuriating for some people.

BRAZIL — and this story needs to be told.

Lula was a factory worker. A union leader. A man who lost a finger in a machine press and turned his pain into a political movement. He was imprisoned on charges later thrown out by Brazil's Supreme Court — many believe to keep him from power.

He came back. Won the election. Returned to the presidency at 77.

Under Lula:

• Bolsa Família restored — lifting millions out of extreme poverty

• Minimum wage raised above inflation for the first time in years

• Amazon deforestation dropped 50% in his first year back

A man who came from nothing, survived prison, and came back to feed the poor and protect the rainforest.

That's not a communist villain. That's a story Hollywood would make a movie about — if he were American and right-wing.

CHINA — and this one will really hurt.

Nominally communist. And yet:

• 45,000 km of high-speed rail. The US has zero.

• 5 million engineers graduated per year. The US graduates 200,000.

• BYD just outsold Tesla worldwide.

• 800 million people lifted out of poverty in 40 years — the greatest anti-poverty achievement in human history.

Someone forgot to tell the second largest economy on Earth that socialism always fails.

While America spent $8 trillion blowing up the Middle East, China was building infrastructure, educating engineers, and buying up the debt America kept creating.

Who's actually winning here?

And yes — Venezuela. We know.

A corrupt petro-dictatorship that printed money, destroyed private institutions, and was strangled by US sanctions. Not a social democracy. Not what any serious economist proposes. Comparing Venezuela to these countries is like comparing a gas station hot dog to a Michelin star restaurant and concluding that food is dangerous.

Here's what those two guys at Gate C14 — and half of Facebook — can't grasp:

America doesn't have too much socialism.

America has socialism for the wrong people.

Subsidies for oil companies that made $200 billion in profit? Socialism.

Bailouts for banks that gambled and lost? Socialism.

Tax breaks for private jets and yachts? Socialism.

Free school lunch for a hungry 7-year-old? Suddenly that's communism.

The $39 trillion wasn't built by teachers, nurses, food stamps, or public libraries.

It was built by wars nobody wanted, tax cuts nobody needed, bailouts for people who needed them least, and a healthcare racket that would make the mafia blush.

But sure. Blame the socialism.

Flight's still delayed. They're still talking.

THIS IS HOW THE WORLD SEES AMERICA AND ITS PRESIDENT:

 

 

We have an adolescent running the country:

PS.  We had a nuclear deal. Trump spitefully tore it up because former President Obama sealed that deal with Iran. We all know that somewhere in Trump's little addled brain he understands that he'll never be as smart or beloved as former President Obama is and always will be.

ARE WE GREAT YET?

 

We went from this:

To this:

“I’M NOT A RAPIST. I’M NOT A PEDOPHILE.” 

Trump was forced to answer a few uncomfortable questions on 60 Minutes.

(Correction: Trump is, in fact, an adjudicated sexual assaulter/rapist (per the judge in the case).