Iam64
I find it shocking that America seems increasingly like an aggressive, uncaring adversary rather than an a
Allie. The Potus and his chosen few appear to lack compassion, integrity or empathy.
It’s feeling like 1938, that we have a man we all recognise as a dangerous despot leading a country. Appeasement feels necessary yet terrifying. Who will be brave enough to
Point out, the Emperor has no clothes
My feelings exactly Iam64.
His recent 'observations', made during a campaign rally in Nebraska where he was defending the ongoing war with Iran and addressing the 'political liability' of soaring gas prices - though defended by his supporters - was IMO a dangerous and very stupid thing to say. I'm talking of course about this:
"It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe... They can take out a city. Let 'em take out Los Angeles, let 'em take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
We all know the man talks in riddles a lot of the time and it's not always clear what he's driving at, he's so darned inarticulate, but the ambiguity of that comment is disturbing.
Even FactCheck.org - my 'go-to' for this kind of stuff, said that the comment suggested he was attempting to describe a preventative scenario rather than encouraging a strike on US soil.
Of course the idiot immediately opened up Truth Social and countered criticism of his comment as "fake and artificial" news, and that what he really meant was "that a temporary increase in the price of Gasoline is a small price to pay for Iran not having a Nuclear Weapon and, if you want to see a big price, can you imagine what it would be like if they bombed San Diego and/or Los Angeles?"
If one of our leaders, Left, Right, or anywhere in the middle, had made a comment like that, I'm pretty sure he'd be roundly condemned by all political parties and asked to stand down... of course, there would always be a few outliers, the kind that seem to revel in chastising normal people for reacting to outrageous comments, but nevertheless...
I'm sure the Iranians are not stupid enough to take the comment as an invitation, however in a tense and fraught environment - one that Trump himself has created - is anyone going to argue that was not a really dumb thing to say?
You never know from one moment to another what whim will prompt this monster into recklessness - he even uses tariffs as a weapon.
And no, Iam - I don't think anyone in his sycophantic circle will be brave enough to tell him he's wearing no clothes, I mean, some of them probably even think like him (but articulate more clearly); and those that can see the wood among the trees are too cowardly, too lacking in moral fibre, and too concerned about their own individual positions to oppose him. They will continue to treat his ramblings as if they are snippets of some sort of divine wisdom and verbally berate anyone who can't appreciate them.
I'm not attacking the American 'Right' here, I'm sure there's many among the ordinary electorate who, whilst maintaining their Conservative ideology, would rather see Trump confined to quiet retirement on one of his golf-courses.
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