It is beyond embarrassing to have a mental patient in the Oval Office. Unfortunately, a tipping point of 1.5% of Americans decided that this was the way they wanted to go and so rather than a calm, functioning government we have a circus in Washington, replete with a yo yo-ing stock market, immigrants and foreign students in fear for their very lives, and the Supreme Court needing to fix an administrative gaffe of epic proportions. (SCOTUS did rule in favor of the Maryland man inadvertently sent to El Salvador. He will be returned.)
The world is laughing at us and the fact is that Trump is out of cards. He loves to pretend that all this is some brilliant gambit on his part but the fact is that in less than 90 days he’s been forced to backtrack four times on his asinine tariffs plan and now he’s in the process of getting sued by GOP megadonors over the issue. If this was written as a screenplay, nobody would believe it. The latest Bizarro World plot twist is that hes threatening Mexico with tariffs and sanctions over an issue which they have limited, if any, control. Sigh.
Japan: Hello?
Mexico: Hello Japan, this is Mexico. Trump seems to say that the US needs more liquidity. Can you do something to help us?
Japan: Sure. Will start dumping US Treasury bonds right away. Problem solved.
— Don Draper (@DonDraperMadMen) April 11, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Mexico with sanctions and tariffs in a dispute over an 81-year-old water treaty that outlines water sharing between the two countries through a network of interconnected dams and reservoirs.
“Mexico OWES Texas 1.3 million acre-feet of water under the 1944 Water Treaty, but Mexico is unfortunately violating their Treaty obligation,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
Under the 1944 treaty, Mexico must send 1.75 million acre-feet of water to the U.S. from the Rio Grande every five years. An acre-foot of water is enough to fill about half an Olympic swimming pool.
The current five-year cycle is up in October, but Mexico has sent less than 30% of the required water, according to data from the International Boundary and Water Commission.
Mexico contends that a historic drought fueled by climate change makes it impossible to fulfill its water commitments, a scenario for which the treaty offers leniency, allowing the water debt to be rolled over to the next five year cycle.
“My Agriculture Secretary, Brooke Rollins, is standing up for Texas Farmers, and we will keep escalating consequences, including TARIFFS and, maybe even SANCTIONS, until Mexico honors the Treaty, and GIVES TEXAS THE WATER THEY ARE OWED!,” Trump said.
Reuters, citing sources, reported on Wednesday that Mexican officials were scrambling to come up with a plan to increase the amount of water the country sends to the United States because of growing concern that Trump could drag the dispute into trade negotiations.
The office of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
I’m sure she did not. I’m sure she doesn’t want to dignify this level of idiocy with a response. What the newsworthy aspect of this story is, is that it clearly displays a pattern, which is that Trump gets out of bed every morning looking for somebody to aggress upon and looking to throw his weight around. THAT ENDS NOW! is how he began his tirade.
That’s what all the loony executive orders are about, and all the threats. It’s for the purpose of creating chaos and contention, nothing more. Mexico cannot deliver that which Mexico does not have. And that reality was already anticipated and codified in the contract. So Trump can huff and puff as much as he wants to but to no avail. Sad.
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Here all this time I thought he told us the water all runs down from Canada. Wouldn’t we actually be stealing water from Mexico since they are further south from us? /s
‘ It is beyond embarrassing to have a mental patient in the Oval Office.’ Especially one that has not been treated and who almost certainly would not want to be treated.
Anti-psychotics could help. And they need to remove sharp.objects from.the Resolute desks lest he hurt himself. On second thought, make sure the letter openers are extra sharp.
Watching this idiot-degeneracy syndrome makes me feel altogether shamed and embarrassed that I am an American. That the entire Republican Party endorses and supports this dystopian dysfunction is cause for even greater embarrassment. That Democrats are weak-kneed wimps fueling the fires of stupiddom makes one want to collapse into a prolonged stupor. (Yeah. Not a real word.)
The Fires of Stupiddom would be a good name for the hysterical, er, I mean, historical treatise to be written about the Commandant Covfefe years, if we still have books after they end.