PEACEMAKER TRUMP
A contradiction of terms
Jeffrey Epstein looms large in Donald Trump’s head and no matter how many bombs he drops the U.S. president just can’t get rid of him.
Start a war with Iran, invade Venezuela, possibly Cuba and just maybe the American people will forget all about Trump’s relationship with the late convicted sex offender and pimp to the rich and famous.
How’s that working for Trump so far? Not so good.
According to a recent poll, six out of 10 Americans are opposed to the non-sanctioned bombing of Iran. They well remember the man who ran for president who promised no wars while he was in the Oval Office.
Let’s not forget that back in 2011, it was Trump who said only a “weak and ineffective” president would start a war with Iran.
The man, whose daddy got him out of draft back in the 60s, is now a warmonger, talking tough about killing as many people as possible until they see things his way. And all this tough talk is happening while trying to quell rumours that it was Israel that dragged the U.S. into the conflict.
In case you didn’t know it, since attacking Iran Trump has also finally found God.
“I just want to say we love you God,” he said after striking Iran’s nuclear facility.
It seems Trump has forgotten all about his quest to win the Nobel Peace Award.
The indirect result of the U.S. lighting the fuse in the Middle East plus general chaos in the world is a modern day nuclear arms race.
France has announced it is beefing up its nuclear capability and promising to share it with other European nations. And just recently Poland announced it also wants to have nuclear weapons.
President Emmanuel Macron said building up his country’s nuclear arsenal is in response to an increasingly unstable strategic environment, the BBC reported.
“The next 50 years will be an era of nuclear weapons,” he said, noting that the French nuclear warheads would be increased from their current level of around 300.
Meanwhile, the U.S. and Israel has been bombing Iran for less than a week now and Iran has been retaliating by bombing U.S. interests in nearby countries and Israel.
In short, it’s a powder keg with the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah in Lebanon attacking Israel and Yemen Houthi forces launching rocket and drone attacks across Saudi Arabia.
And in return Israel has dispatched troops to southern Lebanon, warning residents of more than 80 villages there to evacuate.
Back in the States, critics are asking now that Trump has stirred the hornets nest what the end came is. Is it regime change or simply crippling any nuclear ambitions Iran might have?
So far, Trump that he has yet to decide who is going to take over from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed when his office complex was bombed.
Another day and hundreds more people die. And many Iranians hope something good will come out out it.
I could be wrong, but I don’t think Trump has a hope in hell of getting that coveted peace prize now.
In recognition of his love of Big Macs and Filet o’ Fishes, perhaps McDonald’s will commission a Hamburglar Peace Prize to go with the one from Fifa. I’m sure he’d be just as well pleased.
Meanwhile, I see that while he was meeting the German chancellor, Trump said his father was born in Germany. Not unless they moved the Bronx. It was Grandfather Trump. If it had been Biden saying that, it would be big news. But we have come to live in jaded times.