The entire world knows Iran is now calling the shots, and Tяump is desperate for a way out, and they’re not about to give it to him. He’s back himself into a corner and he’s too dumb to realise it. Iran has been playing the Hormuz game for decades, against much smarter opponents than Tяump.

Donald Trump is not simply stupid. His idiocy is a complex system of ignorance, narcissism, and xenophobia, wrapped in a web of insecurity and covered by a thick layer of self-loathing, afloat in a spiraling, ever-widening miasma of dumb.

What's the law on this?

The Pentagon was not expecting it? Is The Pentagon stupid? Why would a Russian asset, a puppet of Tsar Vladimir, not want to reduce US military support to Germany? How did so many people get so damned stupid in the USA?

Trump-Owned Company Scores Defense Contract From Trump Administration #Mediaite

Very good Private Eye cover this week.

The level of greed is sickening.

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"Enemy from within." "Communists, Marxists, fascists, radical left thugs, vermin." "Garbage" Somalis, "low IQ people." "She's an evil, sick, crazy, b..." Republicans want the left to tone down the rhetoric. Erm, have they listened to Donald Trump?? Zeteo put together this Trump montage:

This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.

Obscene public corruption. All out in the open. Bcuz they don’t give a fuck. Bcuz they don’t believe the American people care. Do the American people care?

Your Wednesday night when Russia is your neighbour

(FT) - Lufthansa has cancelled 20,000 flights between May and October to save fuel, one of the largest cuts by global airlines as jet fuel prices double following the Iran war. @financialtimes.com #$JETS www.ft.com/content/bd0e...

Josh Rogin: “Somebody shorted the oil market today by hundreds of millions of dollars exactly 20 minutes before Trump made his announcement— If you see that once, it could be a coincidence. But that's happened at least three times, if not more, since the war began — that's a pattern”

Been saying exactly this for months. When Tяump posts on Untruth Social, it’s only ever one of 4 things; 1 - a blatant and demonstrative lie 2 - a (usually empty) threat 3 - a personal insult 4 - a massive and nonsense boast. Often all 4 in the same post.

Trump's failed war has thrown the entire world, and our own economy, into chaos. Congressional Republicans cannot be bothered to hold a hearing, in either chamber, to assess the fall out, discuss mitigation strategies, or plan for the recovery. It's a shocking abdication of American leadership.

glorious intro from Marina Hyde: "You hear such a lot from Maga Republicans about how liberals think Trump voters are stupid. But not nearly enough about the far more salient point: that Donald Trump thinks Trump voters are stupid." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

BREAKING: Nazareth man, 33, faces backlash after impersonating a doctor.

They’re all trolling him. Because it’s too easy.

This is a fucking tinderbox. All the more dangerous because there are no serious adults in the room in the White House Morons every one. The world has every right to hold its breath now.

“It’s difficult to cover him in a way that conveys how unhinged he is. Journalists are trained to be like, ‘OK, what did he say that was newsworthy?’ So you convey that to your audience. But in reality, when you actually watch, you see he's full of hatred, lying constantly, and very incoherent.”

We elected you to Congress to be a check on executive power, not a spectator. You swore an oath to defend the Constitution, not to protect a man who threatens democracy, threatens war, and threatens the future. Stop hiding behind voters. Stop punting responsibility. DO YOUR JOBS.👇

I really think Trump's Iran threat is a breaking point. We just learned that the GOP won't step up even when its leader threatens unthinkable war crimes and even genocide. This realization of powerlessness in the face of this madness will take a deep psychic toll. newrepublic.com/article/2087...

I feel sick to my stomach waiting around to see what atrocity Trump has in mind for the people of Iran this evening. It's hard to fathom our other elected leaders aren't able to check him in any meaningful way. It's an indictment not just of voters but of our whole system. We're ruled by a mad king.

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We are now officially in the twilight zone.

If he is threatening war crimes and to eradicate an entire civilization — literally saying a “whole civilization will die” — maybe it’s about time Congress gets involved and starts their f*cking job.

The President of the United States has issued a threat to commit genocide. There is no grey area here. His cabinet and Congress should be flooded with calls demanding Trump's immediate removal from office through the 25th Amendment or impeachment.

Senate Republicans refused to convict Trump after Jan 6. Republican SCOTUS appointees gave him immunity. Republicans in Congress today stand idly by as he unleashes death and destruction across the globe. We are now at the whims of a mad king because GOP leaders have refused to constrain him.

Facts spoken by an ex-trumper...

A sitting president dropping an F-bomb on Easter Sunday in a threat to drop real bombs on thousands of innocent people is the most powerful argument for the 25th Amendment in American history. If not NOW Congress--WHEN⁉️

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Trump's unhinged rampage on "Truth Social" yesterday, where he threatened to inflict war crimes on Iran, has led several lawmakers to call for invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from office. Trump seems to have lost his mind. How much longer will this go on?

In trying to make sense of Trump, and the consequences of Trump, I think it is useful to focus on his personality traits. When you combine those traits with the power vested in the Presidency of the US, you get a recipe for disaster. And that's where we are. Thread. 🧵1/11

Trump is clearly unfit to be President. But do not let that explain away the evil of his threatening war crimes against the Iranian people, on Easter Sunday no less.  We cannot let Trump normalize this.

This is real. Members of Congress should prompt an immediate return to Washington to begin the process of removing Donald Trump from power. Any military service member that executes this order will be complicit in committing ANOTHER war crime. Trump needs to be removed, ASAP.

If I were in Trump's Cabinet, I would spend Easter calling constitutional lawyers about the 25th Amendment. This is completely, utterly unhinged. He's already killed thousands. He's going to kill thousands more.

Everything Trump is doing is a war crime. Every signal he's sending is that he sees this as a religious war. He's killing kids and celebrating it online. He's mocking Islam, ranting profanities like a psychopath, acting like a mad king. What's left to say?

Soon to be appearing in midterm political ads for Democratic candidates nationwide. Thanks, Darnold. 🙏

If you’re going to rage-tweet a war, at least learn the difference between “reign” and “rain.” 🤡

What will it take? Seriously, what the fuck will it take? How could any normal person argue that this is not a deranged individual? Who just happens to be the leader of the most powerful country in the world. And is causing WORLDWIDE chaos and untold economic hardship to millions.

This is great.

Just a reminder: the only reason why a lot of things are called "disorders" is because the traits associated with them aren't accepted or encouraged by society. Autism is a beautiful thing, & in another (better) society, it'd be appreciated & accomodated for more. Happy Autism Awareness Month!!

Morning.

Now I have the words when Donald Trump passes away. I thank him for sharing his feelings... We'll pass them on to HIS family. #ClasslessBitch

At this point I don't wonder how much insider trading is going on. I wonder how much policy is being made with the purpose of insider trading on it.

When shall we three meet again…Give it a minute.

Look I've nothing new to say. I'm just so tired of living in the stupidest possible stage of human history. Can you be embarrassed for a species? Because I'm embarrassed for us.