Above all else, Donald Trump wants to be taken seriously, and he does not like being laughed at. He wanted the Nobel peace prize badly. He did not get it. Instead, he got awarded a peace something or other from FIFA. Also, he was given the prize, from the actual winner, the Venezuelan opposition leader, Machado, when she was in Washington, last week. In both cases, Trump was laughed at, worldwide, on social media, and elsewhere. He has seen the laughter. Now he says he doesn’t care about the Nobel peace prize anymore. He also says he’s not gonna pursue peace anymore, either, whatever that means.
We are talking about a person who believes the 2020 election was stolen. We are talking about a person who deposed the leader of Venezuela. We are talking about a person who wants Greenland, a territory that belongs to another NATO country. He wants all this and he doesn’t care what happens. He knows that a woman was shot down by ICE, but he is demanding that the spotlight not be put on the shooter, but on the woman.
Trump wants to be taken seriously. He does not care how much damage he will cause. He really doesn’t. Even Russia is getting nervous about him. Trump went after Venezuela, a Russian ally. Trump is going after Cuba, a Russian ally. Trump is threatening Iran, a Russian ally.
For years, the game has been played a certain way, with all the players recognize that. Trump has up, ended the board and is saying we play the game my way or we don’t play at all.
The doomsday clock is getting closer to midnight.
That’s all I have for today.