OH NO! MORE DONALD TRUMP STUFF

It will come as no surprise to reader(s) to learn that Donald Trump is a big bag of wind.

He likes to talk big but is in reality a weak and ineffective man. He's a bully and likes to try to dominate people with a mixture of bluff and bluster and schoolyard-type name calling but, when challenged invariably backs down.

During his several careers - real estate salesman, casino operator, shyster, showman and reality television performer he developed his 'skills' in convincing people that he's strong (he had a book ghost-written for him purporting that he's a great deal maker) but in recent times, particularly in the public spotlight of politics the cracks are showing.

From an early age his cowardice was showing, from dodging the draft for Vietnam to assaulting and abusing women. He attacks from positions of strength and uses his lawyers and many, many lawsuits to get his way. He does this while  having an infatuation with world 'strongmen' like Putin, Xi Jinping, Orban, Maduro, Kim Jong Un, Erdogan and Bin Salman to name a few. He also often refers to past leaders like Hitler and Mussolini in a favourable light. What a tosser.

It's interesting to see him when face to face with these leaders as he tends to cow down to them and builds up a fantasy that they 'love each other'. Really, he sounds like one of Robert's Christian mates. To date we haven't seen him facing up to those other bullies and instead he turns on America's allies to try and show strength and he tends to do this from the safety of his Oval office and from behind the 'Resolution' desk he likes so much.

Trump is a liar but that's not news. In regards to being a convincing leader he pretends that he knows best, will be strong and that America's enemies are quaking in their boots. He once pretended that he'd been against the Iraq War (after the event) to try and show that only he knew best. In fact he had made no such pronouncements before his run for the presidency in 2016. It was just another of his popiulist ploys as MAGA voters and supporters were upset that USA didn't achieve what was promised and were looking to get out of the Middle East.

When Trump made it to the presidency he was way out of his depth and didn't know what decisions to make other than to overturn everything Obama had done from health care to international deals. This is why the Paris Climate Accord and the Iran nuclear deal were scrapped - a legacy that everyone is now suffering from.

Trump's silly cabinet in his first term quickly learned how incapable he was and they tried to teach him what to do but his arrogance got in the way. He ignored advice on everything including, disastrously, advice on COVID.

His naivety when it came to foreign policy was breathtaking as he aligned himself with traditional enemies like Russia and North Korea, turned his back on traditional allies like Europe and treaties like NATO and made a mess of building a relationship with China. As bad as this first term was however it was nothing compared to what he's been doing in the second term with an even sillier and more underqualified cabinet.  His Russian love has been damaging to the Ukraine situation. His China baiting is likely to set USA back economically for decades. His attacks on Canada and Mexico mean that any strong North American treaties, deals and alliances have also been set back for decades and Europe has been sent reeling from his stupid tariffs, further attacks on NATO and other alliances and agreements. The guy is a fucking idiot ... or, as many have suggested, a Russian stooge.

What Trump has done in his second term already is to seriously damage the economy, directly through the imposition of new tariffs and indirectly through the immigrant expulsion programmes. Both of these have caused civil unrest with anti-Trump protests superseding in numbers and outreach those of the 1960s and 1970s racial equality and anti Vietnam movements. The platform, while peaceful now has the likelihood of becoming full-blown civil unrest, riots or revolution. Maybe this is what Donald the stooge wants.

While this is going on three major wars are raging: Russia vs Ukraine which Trump foolishly said he could sort out in a day; Israel vs Gaza which is only getting worse since his election as President; and now the Israel vs Iran potential all-out war where Netanyahu is playing Trump for a fool and, to use another metaphor, leading him by the nose.

Trump is looking ineffective and stupid over this. He is wheeling out his silly and overused "In two weeks we will have a decision" promise while waiting for other people to get something done. He's dithering and only comes out strong if he sees an advantage to him personally - not necessarily for the good of the USA or the rest of the world. If Israel's missile attacks on Iran had been a complete failure Trump would have already turned his back on Israel but as there have been some successes he's hedging his bets - waiting for a result that he didn't have to risk looking bad in making a wrong decision. Of course if he does nothing and everything works out fine he will take  credit for it. 

The guy is a big bag of wind but, like most balloons will likely deflate sooner than later.