You always think that all the apologists, cheerleaders & sycophants - on both sides of the Atlantic - will surely cut the umbilical *this time*. But they never do. And the rest of us still aren’t equipped to deal with the full horror of what that means.

Dear Donald ...

Former French General Michel Yakovleff, "Trump reminds me of that toxic abusive father who comes home" "Beats his wife and rapes his children" "And says I'm the one who brings home the money every month, I'm the reason you eat" "That's Trump's attitude"

Trump's advice to Ukraine.. "Just lie down and enjoy it."

"Hands up anyone who is too far up Trump's arse to call him out for being a cowardly, ignorant draft-dodging moron"

Today’s show provided a platform for military personnel & their families to respond to Donald Trump’s shameful comments about NATO forces in Afghanistan. (There is some tumbleweed where Nigel Farage’s condemnation should have been.) tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx

You dont have to imagine, listen to @mrjamesob.bsky.social 's radio prog of yesterday. Many callers with deeply emotional first hand experience phoned in. I was in tears listening.

If i was Trump, and i could see the British right losing their dignity slavishly praising every awful thing i say or do, i too might try and see how low they'll go. "We're thinking of invading the Maldives because the hotels look really nice and we want them" Bev Turner "He's such a visionary."

“The United States government under Trump has made a deliberate, calculated, and shameful decision to embolden and enable Nazi-glorifying elements within his party; to elevate and amplify Nazi messaging” My latest for the Guardian, and I bring receipts:

Property developer brain does not understand military alliances

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Trump is obviously ill with some kind of virus and would be excusable but the irony is that they cannot say that because then they would have to admit he is ill and not the superbeing they have spun him to be.

I understand the logic of providing Trump an off-ramp so he can back out with some dignity, but I think it's dangerous to do so. Each time these issues are resolved this way, he will be tempted to conduct himself this way again. What he needs is a public spanking.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Would the Times et al declare that we need Farage in power to reign in Trump and put him on the right path? Maybe even to set up a deal to sell the UK to him?

Is still, more than ever.

Hmmm Davos.. Starmer frozen out and humiliated by a Farage/Trump lovefest? Call it Frump?

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Meanwhile, at Tory HQ ……

@mrjamesob.bsky.social James you may as well ask, why do people still bet/ do the lottery when all the evidence says that the only people winning are the organisers?

This is a rather good list of people you really need to know...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social James, isn't the label 'the west' a little out of date now?

@mrjamesob.bsky.social could it be part of the Epstein cover up? Normalise pedophillia and get as many as possible to mutter.. "well I would do that if I could"

@mrjamesob.bsky.social There could be a psyc aspect to this, by forcing his acolytes to defend increasingly awful positions he (and Trump) pushes the boundary of their support further making it normal.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social They used to have shows in ancient Rome where people paid to watch other people killed in gruesome ways. Simply for public adulation of the emperor...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social The pub could be called James’ and Dicks...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social 🤔 Maybe a new Trump Mystery Hour, where people vie to give the most blatant lie for prizes.. would roll things together a bit...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Seems to me that this bears all the hallmarks and self delusion of addiction (to whatever). Rule number one.. never question the dealer. Rule two, always pretend the dealer is right.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social I think they cant tell the truth because the whole point of the actions of ICE/ Trump is to install fear and the belief of impotence, ("resistance is futile") the actions of a mob boss dictator. ICE will now be able to say "shut up or I'll shoot you" and people will believe

@mrjamesob.bsky.social But James, Trump is the Uefa Peace prize holder...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social can we now call bullshit on the old chestnut of a "special relationship?"

@mrjamesob.bsky.social So Putin is threatening to open a second front in Greenland...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Dear James.. perhaps you could do a piece on the mythical 'special relationship' and is the notion finally dead? Trump would appear to be our enemy now, how much longer do we delude ourselves?

"Watch out where the huskies go and don't you eat the yellow snow..." Frank Zappa.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social but James all narco traffikers are equal..... but some are more equal than others.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Seems to me that Trump's great friend might just surround Greenland in order to give Trump the excuse... then slink away.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Today we are all the animals looking up at the barn wall, scratching our heads and trying to figure out how the words had changed...

@chrisgpackham.bsky.social Took this with my phone from my appt, max zoom. Foxes appear to have moved in under a shed the school playground next door... not sure whether I should tell the school or not. They defo went under the shed at one point.

What the KENNEDY Center used to be… Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.

Donald Trump "I am hearby renaming 2026 as Trump 2025. Thank you for attention to this matter"

Now, apply the same logic to Trump and his actions in government.

I totally think, by the way, that @mrjamesob.bsky.social's suggestion of charting the course of an alternative reality after "People Shit Themselves at Historical Events" is a future multi-award-winning podcast, if he is up for it.

This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.

Oh GB News. Have a day off and enjoy a mince pie. How dare I talk positively about migration & refugee rights at this time of year that should be about *checks notes* good tidings and warm wishes. Tune in at 3pm to watch and judge for yourself. Merry Christmas everyone!

Chris Rea has died at just 74, which really isn’t fair. But I have to say, given his most famous song, it’s impressive timing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDt3...

History is littered with mad kings. There’s a reason for that.

Not easy to get to sleep tonight - have burnt the bridge of whatever career I had left and really don’t feel that my opinions are so extreme that that should have been necessary

Thank you to those who supported me - I believe there are so many kind people who do many organisations are conveniently forgetting exist

If Farage gets anywhere close that is what we are going to get. And Trump will do everything he can to install him. If Farage goes full Putin after that is still open to the question of have they already decided Putin gets Europe, Trump gets the Americas.

Farage just said “I didn’t wear a mask last time and I won’t wear them this time. This is nonsense.” Here he is, not only wearing a mask, but also getting vaccinated…

I can’t help thinking that when, in future, people ask what UK political leaders said as it became undeniable that US saw European liberal democracy as its no1 strategic foe, Starmer and others will regret that the answer is “not much, shuffled awkwardly, looked at their feet”.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Oh oh oh.. Santa comes early...