To the sun-baked mafioso in the Oval Office…
Happy 80th birthday, Donald.
You’ve proven to the entire world that you don’t need to have read a single book, let alone possess elementary decorum, to reach the very top.
You’ve turned narcissism into an Olympic sport, and the truth into a rubber band measured by the yard.
Today you turn 80, and let’s be honest: you’re celebrating it exactly like the nihilistic Sun King you are.
While other world leaders your age would have long since retired to write boring, self-righteous memoirs or collect stamps, you choose to transform the White House South Lawn with a massive steel structure and a no-holds-barred cage fight.
It is nothing short of brilliant in its pure vulgarity. Caligula would have wept with envy seeing human beings beat each other half to death in the Rose Garden to honor an 80-year-old Republican birthday boy.
You’re not a politician, Donald. You are a force of nature driven by pure, unadulterated transactional logic.
You’ve transformed the most powerful office in the Western world into a clan seat, where statesmanship is replaced by quid pro quo, and where you view the Constitution as an annoying lease that just needs to be renegotiated.
You’ve made the truth completely irrelevant; if reality doesn’t suit you, you simply dictate a new one in ALL CAPS on Truth Social.
You’ve turned American democracy into an exclusive, all-you-can-eat buffet for tech oligarchs and oil sheikhs.
You don’t possess a shred of refinement, and that is precisely why you are bulletproof.
You are the ultimate culmination of the American Dream: the man who can buy his way out of anything, lie his way out of any lawsuit, and convert total chaos into his personal currency.
So now you sit there like a true mob boss in the autumn of your life. Today, you are fighting the only opponent your lawyers cannot sue and whom you cannot intimidate: the relentless march of time…
- But even Chronos, the Greek god of time, will have his work cut out for him to bring you down, because your ego is thicker than bulletproof glass, and you are nowhere near finished bestowing large, vulgar monuments of yourself upon posterity.
Here in Denmark, we raise our long-stemmed crystal goblets today to toast you - not in admiration, but in deep, chilling fascination that the boundless narcissism of a single human being can hold the entire planet hostage.
May the cage on the South Lawn provide the blood you need to stay young.
Cheers and Happy Birthday 🥂
So absolutely true. As well as extremely unsettling, as it very well bodes the end for what actually made America at one time, a Shining City on a Hill.
ReplyDeleteAs the curtain slowly falls on America's experiment in self government all that can be said is May the Great American Dream, Never Fully Achieved, RIP.
America did this to itself.
President Trump, Iran and mediators from Pakistan say a deal has been reached to end the war between the U.S. and Iran. Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who played a key mediating role in negotiations, both said on social media that an official signing ceremony will take place on Friday. Shehbaz also said that the U.S. and Iran "declared the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon."”
ReplyDeleteWe'll see. Until it actually happens it remains just words. For nothing the Moron in Chief says can be believed until it actually happens. And holds, if it does.
ReplyDeleteThe Butcher Netanyahu and his Zionist State salivate at the death and destruction of Arabs, Iranians, and especially Palestinians. Their goal is Zionist hegemony in the Middle East and therefore they have no interest in peace. The butcher and his Zionist government will likely concoct another self serving reason to ignite further hostilities resulting in more deaths and destruction. Zionist Israel IS the problem in the Middle East.
The United States should NOT be supporting the Zionist state in ant way.
If in fact there is a deal with iran trump will have ruined all the exceptional efforts of the obama administration. Obama gave them billions to develop a nuclear device and was not allowed to inspect if they complied with the restrictions. Of course obama was going on to other projects to destroy the middle class so he let iran do what the wanted.
ReplyDeleteIf this proves to be true it is another disgusting thing to attack the obama legacy.
You don't know that, skud. What we do know is that Trump is a terrible negotiator.
DeleteTrump’s Iran deal may be worse than Obama’s, former Netanyahu security adviser says - opinion
Former Netanyahu National Security Advisor Jacob Nagel warns Trump that a weak Iran deal could rescue Tehran’s regime and be remembered as worse than Obama’s.
Trump's Iran Deal Leak: $24 Billion, Sanctions Relief & Major US Concessions? | US-Iran 'Peace' Deal
DeleteWill we hear skud say anything about the billions of $$$$$$ Trump had to pay Iran to make the deal? No. Of course not! When Trump does it, it's okay.
Trump’s possible Iran deal a costly ‘birthday gift’
“I think the one point you could emphasize is that the strait will open. I think that’s the purpose, because that is something that will help alleviate this economic crisis,” Reed said.
“But the other part of this is … Reuters is reporting that part of the deal is $24 billion in sanctions released to the Iranians. So this is not a, ‘We win and you do what we say.’ This is, ‘How can we open up the straits? What will it cost us?’” he continued." -- The Hill
”Declaring that “the deal is all signed” with Iran, as President Trump did today, is like shopping for a wedding dress after a good first date: It’s just too soon.
DeleteA deal has an element of finality and permanence. A nuclear deal with Iran, for example, would require specific obligations, concessions, and verification measures, such as inspections, agreed to by all parties. What Iran and the United States are moving toward, with a signing ceremony scheduled for Friday in Geneva, is an agreement that could set the conditions for a potential deal. In the meantime, the war’s shaky cease-fire would be extended for 60 days and commercial shipping would once again transit the Strait of Hormuz unimpeded. (Neither side has released the agreed-upon text, although U.S. officials said today that Trump, Vice President Vance, and the speaker of Iran’s Parliament have already digitally signed on the dotted line.)
If all goes to plan, both sides would then use the breathing room to address more complicated issues, such as how to manage Iran’s nuclear program, just as they were doing before February 28, when Trump went to war. Although the war has weakened Iran’s military, killed members of its ”
Excerpt From
“An Understanding That a Deal Might Happen”
THE AT,ANTIC
DeleteThis is where the above text was cut off:
“…killed members of its leadership, and put pressure on Tehran, the memorandum of understanding is also an acknowledgment that the U.S. cannot solve the problem of Iran with either a war or economic pressure. Despite the thousands of strikes, and the damage done to Iran’s oil-export-driven economy, the U.S. has little choice but to try diplomacy again.”
Kairos dances while Cronos plods steadily along. :)
ReplyDeleteThe attack and following war was a stupid ego move as was the money paid to open a waterway you don't own. If iran complies it is money well spent but still shouldn't have been paid and they have a way of not honoring any agreement.
ReplyDeleteThe factual background for scud's comment - TRump dumped the agreement
ReplyDelete"Key Features of the JCPOA
Restrictions on Nuclear Activities: The deal imposed significant limitations on Iran's nuclear program, including:
Reducing the number of centrifuges used for uranium enrichment.
Limiting the level of uranium enrichment.
Restricting the size of Iran's enriched uranium stockpile.
International Inspections: The agreement required Iran to allow extensive inspections of its nuclear facilities by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to ensure compliance.
Sanctions Relief: In return for adhering to the deal, Iran received relief from various international sanctions that had severely impacted its economy."
and we not we did not waste $Billions for Hegseth's crusaders and the future billions to replace the half of our modern missile supply. Dr. Ego, we thank you.
The Really Big Question?... Will trump's ego be the final chapter of, and actual ending of, the American Empire?
ReplyDeleteIf so is that a bad thing in and of itself?