The blockade of the blockade which Donald Trump announced apparently caused a columnist at the Daily Beast to blow a gasket. He hilariously did so and we share highlights of that with you here. Donald has his fake Purple Heart, earned by somebody else, his fake Nobel Prize, owned by somebody else, his FIFA award, his America First Award, but there is one distinction that he totally deserves more than any of these.
He is undoubtedly the most powerful idiot in the history of the world.
Both his idiocy and his power are unparalleled. On the latter point, his position as president and commander-in-chief of the most dominant, potent nation confirms that no idiot since the beginning of time has ever been in a position to do so much damage to so many people as a consequence of his idiocy.
On the prior point, just look at the record. The misbegotten, ill-considered, going-from-bad-freaking-worse every damn day War with Iran illustrates Trump’s manifold mental deficiencies with shocking clarity—and, unfortunately for all of us, the damage he is doing seems certain to touch more lives in more egregious ways going forward than it already has.
Which is saying something since the unnecessary, illegal war has already caused the loss of over 3,000 lives in Iran, more than 1,000 in Lebanon, the dislocation of over 1 million people in the latter country, injuries and suffering for countless thousands, death to 13 members of the U.S. military, tens of billions of dollars of needless expense, the destabilization of the Middle East, the weakening of the NATO alliance, the undermining of our ability to support key allies like Ukraine, a massive distraction from the significant domestic problems faced here in the U.S. and untold damage to the standing of the United States in the world.
Indeed, despite the high cost, the U.S. has been able to achieve absolutely none of its objectives in Iran—a hardline regime remains in place, Iran retains all of its enriched uranium, it still has massive stocks of missiles and drones and, with the help of China and others is replenishing them, and its regional proxies are now more rather than less active.
Nobody argues with this. Now we see Trump intending to blockade the blockade of the Hormuz Strait, which ought to send oil and gas prices skyrocketing just in time for the midterms. He seems oblivious. Trump declared today, “Any Iranian who fires at us will be BLOWN TO HELL!” Okay. Let’s see what happens now. Brace yourselves.
A ‘winning’ combination of idiocy, ineptitude, and impotent incompetence.
That all the rest of us must now pay for.
I think this Venn diagram captures it.
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