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Donald Trump: a ‘fuming, friendless’ president. His incompetence and the complete incompetence of those he appoints grow more manifest daily. The White House is a stumbling, bumbling mass of ass kissers, unprincipled sycophants and self-serving opportunists who care nothing about America and its place in the world, but only how they can enrich themselves with the advance notice of Trump’s lunacy. With blithering regularity they make unconscionable mistakes with every bit of policy, every iota of military decision making, and every instance of international diplomacy. Yet they tell us the war was won, the war will soon be won, we don’t care who wins – we are negotiating, we are no longer negotiating, and all the while our soldiers die and the world is held hostage by a fourth-rate nation ruled by criminals as nuts as Trump is. Now all the Jackass-in Chief can do is count all the stolen money and await the day the congress changes hand and they are all indicted, tried, and convicted for their treason. See this – Boldface mine: Donald Trump: a ‘fuming, friendless’ president Story by The Week UK • 4h • 2 min read © Eric Lee / Getty Images “Now is the twilight of Donald Trump’s supremacy,” said Rafael Behr in The Guardian. The US is “still the richest and most heavily armed nation on Earth”, and the president – indulged by a “supine” Congress – still has far-reaching powers. Nevertheless, with more than two years of his second term still to run, Trump looks “thwarted and impotent”. ‘Deranged demands’ History will record that the disastrous war against Iran was a “turning point”. But evidence of his policy failures can be seen all around the world. Canada, citing unreasonable last-minute demands from US negotiators, has promised all-out trade war. The Ukraine conflict is as bloody as ever, despite Trump’s promise to end it. Europe, horrified by his indulgence of Vladimir Putin and his “deranged demands” for Greenland, has turned away. In the Middle East, America’s allies are furious that they’re bearing the brunt of Iran’s attacks. And at home, fuel prices are rising, and electoral disaster is looming. November’s midterms are set to flip the House of Representatives, and maybe the Senate too, against the Republicans. In a matter of months, Trump has “burned through decades of accumulated goodwill” across the democratic world, said Daniel Hannan in The Sunday Telegraph. “He has created a sense that it is better to be America’s enemy than its friend, for it buys its enemies and sells its friends.” Never once has Trump spoken about Putin in the way he talks about Canadians, Danes, South Koreans and other partners. A couple of years ago, it would have seemed impossible, said The Spectator. Now it’s quite normal for Washington, in its dealings with its allies, to threaten economic coercion, the withdrawal of military support, and even outright annexation. When Russia behaves like this, it is sanctioned. But in the case of the US, we sit back and do nothing. There are still some who believe that “Trump’s erratic behavior is part of a cunning plan to discombobulate opponents and get his way”, said Sam Freedman on Substack. The truth, as his lack of success makes clear, is simpler: “this guy is in obvious cognitive decline, ill-informed, and doesn’t know what he’s doing”. Worse may be to come, said The Economist. Many would be delighted if “a fuming, friendless Mr. Trump, so weakened by his own blunders and by plunging approval ratings” were to retreat to the White House to “tinker with plans for his ballroom”. Alas, that is not in his character. He’ll be less a “lame duck”, and more an ageing “silverback gorilla” – lashing out ever more viciously at anyone within his reach. “Now that his dominance is threatened, the world will find him more disruptive than ever.” https://mcdermottm.substack.com/p/beyond-the-pale-pentagon-caught-trying