Make America Humiliated Again
A clown with fire still burns the house down.
Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT
When I first saw this note, I was certain it was fake.
It reads like a bad parody. Like a screenshot from a satire account that got out of hand. But it isn’t fake. This is a real note, sent by the President of the United States to the Prime Minister of Norway.
Worse, Donald Trump was apparently proud of it. Proud enough to print it on official stationery and circulate it worldwide.
Putting aside the very real and dangerous consequences of a president who treats foreign policy like a grievance-filled group text, this is just… humiliating.
Cringe-inducing. Secondhand-shame embarrassing. The rest of the world isn’t intimidated by this. They’re laughing at us.
As if that letter weren’t humiliating enough, Trump has taken the embarrassment even further by accepting a Nobel Peace Prize he didn’t win.
Last week, María Corina Machado traveled to the White House to plead for the freedom of the Venezuelan people. Machado is the leader of the opposition in her country and the rightful winner of its last election. After Trump captured Maduro, he installed Maduro’s second-in-command and has offered no plan for free and fair elections.
Reporting suggests Trump was angry that Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize, which he has been so desperate for.
Knowing this, Machado brought her Nobel Peace Prize to the meeting and presented it to him.
Trump accepted it, then posed for a truly pathetic photograph.
Our president is a 79-year-old man who accepts awards he did not earn.
Look, Donald Trump’s domestic and foreign policies are wreaking havoc. His immigration policies have the country on the brink of violent unrest. His economic policies are destroying families while enriching billionaires. His obsession with Greenland—and with projecting dominance—now threatens the global order itself.
Electing an insecure, weak, mentally declining fascist was a catastrophically bad idea. It is also profoundly humiliating.
China is winning.
Trump is a weak, small, insecure man cosplaying as a bully. When you have the force of the U.S. military and the power of our economy behind you, that schtick can work—at least temporarily—on countries reliant on the United States.
But make no mistake. The real winner here is China.
Trump may be a loser, but he has succeeded in one thing: uniting the world against us and handing China the next decade, or two, of global influence.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney just wrapped up a trip to China, where the two countries announced a “new strategic partnership.” China will reduce tariffs on Canadian canola seed, peas, and lobsters. In return, Canada will lower tariffs on 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles.
This is a huge deal.
The United States had been trying to prevent inexpensive Chinese EVs from destroying the American auto industry. It had been trying to contain China’s global influence. It had been trying to expand U.S. exports. But after a year of Trump’s deranged behavior, the world appears to have had enough.
Last spring, China, South Korea, and Japan held their first economic dialogue in five years. South Korea has since entered into more than a dozen trade agreements with China. Students of history who know anything about Chinese-Korean-Japanese relations will appreciate just how extraordinary that is.
Maybe Trump does deserve the Nobel Peace Prize after all.
The result? China has posted its largest trade surplus on record. Chinese exports to the EU grew 8.4 percent, and exports to Southeast Asia are up 13.4 percent.
A clown with fire
To paraphrase a somewhat famous saying: a clown with fire can do just as much damage as an arsonist.
Donald Trump is a national embarrassment. A clown. A loser. That doesn’t make him any less dangerous.
His childish obsession with awards. His fixation on Greenland. His complete inability to feel shame or guilt have dramatically altered the world order in less than a year.
And this damage isn’t easily reversible. China’s economic ties with the EU and Southeast Asia won’t unravel because a new U.S. administration asks nicely. Europe won’t abandon its growing trade relationship with South America because President Newsom makes a polite request.
Trump relies on a manufactured “strongman” image. He stages UFC fights on the White House lawn. He throws military parades. He gushes over dictators.
The reality is the opposite.
He is weak. An insecure loser, starving for admiration. Willing to humiliate himself for an award he didn’t earn and doesn’t deserve.
The problem is that the consequences are real.
The fire he is playing with still burns. And because of him, our adversaries are stronger, our alliances are weaker, and our economy is paying the price.
A clown with fire still burns the house down.
About to go to the Walkout in Tucson, Arizona right now. We have to stop all of this. Thanks for being in the lead with so many. You give me courage and strength during these times.