Donald Trump: Amid the chaos, some good news

King Charles of the U.K. is scheduled to visit the U.S. on April 27, but Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been urged to "cancel King’s state visit due to Trump's 'dangerous' behavior." Here's the scenario...

"The leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats party, Ed Davey, dubbed President Donald Trump a 'dangerous and corrupt gangster,' pleading with Prime Minister Keir Starmer to cancel King Charles’ visit to the U.S."

Now, Great Britain is perhaps our closest ally, as we continue to lose them due to Dufus Rump's insane antics, and one of their leading politicians calls the U.S. president a "dangerous and corrupt gangster." Nothing yet from Trump but his retort should be a doozy.

And China outwardly defied Donald Trump by sending a tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, exclaiming the U.S. blockade was "dangerous and irresponsible" If there were expectations of WWIII, I would guess it would more likely start between China and the United States. Right now, another aggressor, Russia, is too tangled up in its war with Ukraine and an uncertain economy.

Robert Reich, the epitome of credibility, says, "Trump's mental state in death spiral,"

adding, "even his allies are calling him 'insane.'" This is the guy who sits in the Oval Office, leading the operations of our country, of late, directing its moves to destroy everything our forefathers stood for some 250 years ago. Donald Trump plans to celebrate this anniversary by building a 250 ft. "Triumphal Arch" on the National Mall. It will include...

"a massive state fair-style exhibition with pavilions, a national prayer event, and a fireworks display at Mount Rushmore."

How often have we heard Donald Trump described as a lunatic, a maniac, obviously mentally unbalanced? Maybe not as many times as he has lied but getting close. Regardless, the Republican cowards of Congress sit on their butts, a likely place their brains reside these days. It is both laughable and tragic.

Reich points out Trump's disoriented response to the NYTimes when his mental health and stability were questioned...

“'HAVE THEY NO SHAME? HAVE THEY NO SENSE OF DECENCY?' Trump posted in CAPITAL LETTERS about the Times, inadvertently echoing the famous words of Joseph Welch when standing up to Joseph McCarthy during the Army-McCarthy hearings of 1954. Trump went on to take issue with the Times’s coverage of his war in Iran rather than his mental state, as if to prove the Times’s point."

Franklin Graham suck-up Trump

But here's the kicker that has Billy Graham/ still tossing in his grave. Graham's son, "Franklin Graham defends Trump from backlash over image depicting himself as Jesus." Whether you are a believer or not, this is pure blasphemy, and here is its definition from AI...

"In the Bible, blasphemy is defined as showing great disrespect, contempt, or irreverence toward God, sacred things, or His name."

To portray Donald Trump in any way connected to Jesus Christ is as irreverent and disrespectful of God as you can get. Franklin Graham is an idiot and is obviously in an attempt to curry the favor of Trump to benefit himself. Graham should go down with Trump.

Yes, this good news you can believe in all the turmoil of Donald Trump and how his administration has wreaked havoc on our country. Thanks to a move by Abigail Spanberger, Virginia’s governor, the U.S. comes closer to the popular vote deciding the winner of presidential elections. Here are the results...

"A national majority vote for president is one step closer to reality after the Virginia governor, Abigail Spanberger, signed the national popular vote bill into law, joining an interstate compact with 17 other states and the District of Columbia.

Under the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, states would assign their presidential electors to the winner of the popular vote, regardless of the results within the state. The compact takes effect when states representing a majority of electoral votes – 270 of 538 – pass the legislation and thus would determine the winner of the presidential contest. With Virginia, the compact now has 222 electors."

And this past week in Phoenix, Donald Trump came to town for the "Build the Red Wall"

Erika Kirk - Donald Trump

rally, where he was introduced on stage by Erika Kirk, who heads up the questionable group, Turning Point USA. She gave Trump a quick hug and then scurried off the stage. Earlier, Kirk's/Trump's event was booted off the Pinnacle High School campus because the students and parents didn't want her there. Rumors abound that her hurried exit was due to repeated threats against her.

Pinnacle High School principal Jeremy Richards sent families a notice Thursday announcing the event would be relocated off school grounds and pushed to after the final bell, saying the visit had the potential to create serious problems for the school day, The Daily Beast reported Friday. Here's the scenario...

"Kirk’s quick departure may be linked to heightened safety concerns; she had just canceled a Georgia appearance earlier this week due to "very serious threats.

"This comes after her controversial embrace with J.D. Vance last year, but instead of being awkward, it was rather intimate, which she tried to brush off with a joke."

The time will come for Erika Kirk to fish or cut bait on many fronts and the biggest will be just how sincere she is about carrying on the questionable mission of Turning Point USA. 

But I have to leave you with this statement by Donald Trump to Dr. Mehmet Oz, the longtime TV personality-turned-Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Dufus Rump said that diet soda must have anti-cancer properties because “it kills grass.”

Now all we need to do is find Trump's financial connection with the diet soda market.

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Let's see...What has Donald Trump botched up today

Donald Trump's "Art of the Deal" with Iran ends up costing $2 million per ship to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. The warning to Iran by the White House maniac to halt the fees is just about as  good as his recent threat of genocide against the country. Trump has made demand after demand but Iran knows they have him by the balls. I would love to be a fly on the wall in government offices across the world to see the hilarious reactions top politicians are having to the inane stupidity of Donald Trump. 

And just recently, Donald Trump commented on Robt. Mueller's death...

"Robert Mueller just died. Good, I'm glad he's dead."

"I'm glad he's dead." This, coming from someone who is half dead himself. Trump may have said this about Robt. Mueller but you can bet millions will say this about Donald Trump when he passes away. On another issue, Sen. Mark Kelly from Arizona presented "receipts suggesting Trump is selling ‘private’ national security briefings." Here's the scenario from Mary Sue...

"A particular moment that has been gaining significant attention online, especially on X (formerly Twitter), involves Senator Mark Kelly asking Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe to confirm whether they had seen the circular Trump sent to his donors, promising them access to classified briefings. Both Gabbard and Ratcliffe said they weren’t aware of such a document, while refusing to hold Trump accountable for any wrongdoing and instead defending him, as expected."

In April, the public went ballistic over rising energy prices and the effects the Iran war is having on their pocketbooks and lifestyles in general. CNBC reports a sharp spike in inflation and a substantial increase in prices. In his second term, Donald Trump, in addition to the Iran war, has been responsible for aggressive tariffs and mass deportations. The University of Michigan's headline index of consumer sentiment tumbled to 47.6, down 10.7% from the March survey to its lowest on record.

There is one thing that Trump can't shake, even with wars and the murders of innocent

Americans by ICE, the Jeffrey Epstein enduring cancer that is eating Donald Trump alive. Accusations from a woman, name redacted in the report, alleges...

"that when she was between 13 and 15 years old, Epstein took her to either New York or New Jersey, where, 'in a very tall building with huge rooms,' he introduced her to Trump."

There's more...

"The woman said other people were present, but she couldn’t recall who. Trump asked them to leave the room, then said 'something to the effect of, ‘Let me teach you how little girls are supposed to be,' according to the interview notes. Trump then unzipped his pants and put her head 'down to his penis,' she recalled in the interview. She said she 'bit the shit out of it.' In response, she said he pulled her hair and punched her on the side of her head."

Following, Trump's response...

“Get this little bitch the hell out of here,” the woman recalled him saying. At that point, she said, people reentered the room. The FBI interviews don’t contain information about how the incident ended or how the woman exited the encounter.

Coming full circle on the Epstein saga, Melanie Trump recently exclaimed she hardly knew Jeffrey Epstein, denied any ties to him. Jimmy Kimmel listened to Milania's surprise statement and "quickly aired a controversial photo of the Trumps posing with Epstein at his home," from Art Threat. Some of the biggest controversy here is the way Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's ex-AG, handled the files on the matter. It is said this is one reason Dufus Rump fired her, but, regardless, she still remains a legal target of the U.S. House.

Michael Wolff sues Melania Trump

Anyway, Michael Wolff, author of Donald trump books says, “They hate each other,” adding, they don't live together. Apparently Melania made her recent move to gain stature of her own, something that isn't likely to work. So much for Trump/Epstein/Melania, there is another hot story, still Donald Trump, but digressing from the lewd side of his life, but much worse. He threatened Pope Leo and the Catholic Church: "the U.S. military has 'the power to do whatever it wants — and that the Church had better take its side.'”

In The Hill, Former diplomat Richard Haass was asked on Morning Joe, how unusual is it for a government leader to address the Vatican in this matter. His reply...

“On a scale of 1 to 10, maybe 23?” Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, said with a laugh. “I mean, of all the fights to pick. So we give Russia a free pass. We let Iran do half the stuff it’s doing. We attack Europe and so forth. I go around the world –– we give China a free pass. And who do we go after? We go after our democratic allies, and then we go after the Catholic church.”

It is alleged that Elbridge Colby, in a meeting with Cardinal Christophe Pierre, actually raised the threat of the “Avignon Papacy...

 "when France’s King Philip IV captured the pope and subsequent popes resided in Avignon instead of Rome from 1309 to 1376."

If it was anyone but a Donald Trump goon, I would question this, and, the Pentagon did, but the damage was done. The Pope has questioned Trump since his invasion of Venezuela and the Oval Office lunatic doesn't like it. 

There is so much more Dufus Rump is doing to bring down America, but this will have to wait for another post.

Donald Trump spins the wheel...Who gets dumped next?

 

Kristi Noem was the epitome of being unqualified, leading to major incompetence from the beginning, resulting in Donald Trump's first Cabinet Secretary dumped. In Noem's tenure, 53 people died due to the violent tactics of ICE. She will go on to one of Dufus Rump's insignificant positions in his administration and will be replaced by Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin. He is, of course, another Trump loyalist. Here are comments from Mullin...

Mullin told reporters at the Capitol on Thursday that he was “super excited about this opportunity” and that it was “not a complete surprise.”

He added, “The president and I, as you guys know, we’re great friends, and we get along great. I look forward to working with him in his Cabinet. Of course, we’ve still got to go through this little thing called confirmation, and we’re going to get started on it right away.”

NBC News places Noem "at the forefront of Trump’s signature policy agendas: deporting immigrants, restricting immigration and clamping down on the U.S.-Mexico border." She may be the one with the flair to bolster her image and spend a lot of money, some personally, other unnecessarily, but there is no doubt that it has been Stephen Miller who has put together Donald Trump's violent anti-immigration movement. Miller has almost unbridled range as White House deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security advisor.

But it was Pam Bondi's firing from the extremely important position of Trump's Attorney General where the Oval Office lunatic used the legal system to carry out prosecutions of retribution. Like Letitia James and James Comey. Here's the scenario...

Federal Judge Cameron Currie dismissed federal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James in November 2025. The cases, brought by special prosecutor Lindsey Halligan, were tossed after the judge found Halligan was improperly appointed, rendering her actions unlawful. Both face potential re-prosecution as the dismissals were without prejudice.

Bondi's biggest Trump letdown was the screwing up of the issue of Donald Trump's pal,

Jeffrey Epstein, the massive predator, in overseeing the case. How it came down...

Pam Bondi was fired as U.S. Attorney General on April 2, 2026, following mounting criticism over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case files. Despite promising transparency, her Justice Department failed to release significant documents, provided misleading information about a "client list," and heavily redacted files, creating a political liability for President Trump.

So, what's next? 

This headline from Daily Beast could provide a clue, "Fuming Trump Secretly Plots Firing Top Goon Who Embarrassed Him." He's talking about Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, but insiders say another firing so soon after Noem and Bondi could cause a concern by the public of 'what the hell is going on?' Nevertheless, this is the situation...

"Gabbard reportedly rankled Trump when she refused to condemn Joe Kent, the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, who resigned over his opposition to the Iran war. Sources told Fox News that Gabbard declined to fire Kent despite being the White House urging her to."

It is beyond me how anyone who works for Dufus Rump can make a move without wondering if it will be their last one. And here's a late happening on Monday...

Stetson Law alumni call on school to revoke former Attorney General Pam Bondi's awards.

They apparently want nothing to do with her anymore by saying they would like to "distance" themselves from Bondi. Is a disbarment next? One can only hope. 

There are others standing on the sidelines just waiting for the hook. Trump has mentioned dumping several senior officials, including FBI Director Kash Patel, according to Times of India. In addition to Patel, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, and Labor Secretary Lori Cha. Patel is a certified moron, as is Pete Hegseth, the latter not mentioned recently but known to be in Dufus Rump's sights. Insiders say Hegseth is firing all his top people because he fears Trump will fire him, replacing him with one of them.

Buzz Feed says, "Trump Is Now Throwing His Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt Under The Bus, And It's Exactly What We Expected." With a "laugh," the site said...

"President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is to blame for media outlets’ unfavorable coverage of him in a wild moment in the Oval Office."

There was never any need for having Leavitt speak for him since she never really interpreted her boss' output, rather, just mimicked everything he said. Aside from being an airhead, Leavitt was both obstinate and arrogant in her dealings with the press. Trump added this in his press conference...

 "He continued by awkwardly, and seemingly playfully, pointing out his press secretary as she watched on, 'Maybe Karoline’s doing a poor job? I don’t know. She’s my repre — you’re doing a terrible job. Should we keep her? I think we’ll keep her.'”

How would you like to work in this kind of environment? The revolving door is bad enough but when you put an insane Donald Trump at the controls, it's like working in the snake pit.

 

Donald Trump used Robt. F. Kennedy Jr. to destroy Americans' healthcare

RFK Jr. says NO  to vaccines

We know Donald Trump doesn't care about the health of Americans. His body is falling apart from head to toe so fast it's a wonder he can get up in the morning. But the U.S. Constitution clearly provides Congress the checks and balances that should have been used long ago to halt Robt. F. Kennedy's destruction of America's healthcare system. Democrats have opposed the Health Secretary from the beginning, based on his long-standing opposition to vaccines. The Week has a running list of RFK Jr.'s controversies

Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens is drafting articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. Here's the scenario...

She pointed to Kennedy’s reckless cuts to medical research, vaccine access, and skyrocketing health care costs under his tenure. Stevens declared, “Secretary Kennedy has violated his oath of office and proven himself unfit to serve the American people. Congress must act to hold him accountable, and I intend to lead the charge to remove him from office.”

The push to get RFK Jr. out is justified by several factors including recent developments that could end up causing more outbreaks, even pandemics, as reported by CNN Health...

One: Riff Raff Kennedy has conditioned the American public with so much negativity on vaccines and medical science in general that doctors across the nation are alarmed that this skepticism is increasingly reaching beyond vaccines to other proven, routine, preventive care for babies.

“When you look at a child who’s innocent and vulnerable — and a simple intervention (Vitamin K shots) that’s been done since 1961 is refused — knowing that baby’s going out into the world is super worrisome to me,” said Dr. Tom Patterson, who’s been a pediatrician for nearly three decades.

Two: Independent says, a "New Covid variant has been identified and is already

spreading in 25 states." The word is it could be possible that current vaccines will not protect against the variant, known as BA.3.2. It was detected using nasal swabs taken from four American travelers and clinical samples from five patients in four unidentified states. "It’s also been found in three airplane wastewater samples and 132 wastewater samples taken in more than 20 states."

"Its evolution was similar to the variant BA.2.86, which emerged in 2024 and later evolved into JN.1: the dominant Covid variant in 2024.But the new strain is “genetically distinct from the JN.1 lineages that have circulated in the United States since January 2024.”"

Who knows where either will go but it is clears with a moron leading the healthcare industry in the U.S., with constant urging of the American public to stay away from the science that can keep them alive, we are in trouble. And that is an understatement. RFK Jr. must go! Nine former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say...

Recent decisions made by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), are “unacceptable” and “should alarm every American, regardless of political leanings.”

Beyond alarming, it is inherently frightening. And here's more from these nine former directors...

"Over the past few months, they noted, Kennedy announced the end of U.S. support for global vaccination programs; pushed for legislation that will cause millions of Americans to lose Medicaid coverage; and fired thousands of federal health workers, including CDC director Susan Monarez, after she refused to back what the authors called Kennedy’s 'dangerous and unfounded vaccine recommendations.'”

RFK Jr. has been nixed

Stanford researchers created a computer model to learn "how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available." They started with before vaccines were available to illustrate how diseases covered dropped but...

"When immunization rates drop, however, plagues from the past can come roaring back, as measles has in American communities where parents decided not to vaccinate their children."

As of March 26, 2026, the CDC reported 1,575 confirmed measles cases in the United States with 94% of them linked to outbreaks. These cases were reported across 32 areas, driven largely by low vaccination coverage, with over 90% of cases in unvaccinated individuals. Doesn't this scream the fact that Robt. F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine movement is crap. He, validated by Donald Trump, has become the biggest killing machine since the Covid pandemic.

The Stanford Model Report goes on to cover polio, German measles and diphtheria. I urge you to read this study if you want the full picture of how Robt. F. Kennedy Jr. has totally devastated the U.S. system of healthcare.

Donald Trump said: "Robert Mueller just died. Good, I'm glad he's dead."

Trump celebrates Robt. Mueller death 

There are no words to describe the despicability of this statement, coming from a head of state. A world leader for ages, the United States is now scorned because of Donald Trump's comments since returning to the White House just a year ago. Dufus Rump is glad Robert Mueller s dead because the special counsel led a two-year investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and potential obstruction of justice by Trump. Here's the scenario according to AlterNet's Roxanne Cooper...

"The investigation lasted nearly two years and resulted in the Mueller Report, which detailed extensive Russian interference efforts and numerous contacts between Trump campaign officials and Russian operatives, though it stopped short of making a prosecutorial judgment on obstruction charges."

Mueller had a stunning career in the Marines where he received a Bronze Star for his service. This kind of service continued in law enforcement, serving as a federal prosecutor and later as head of the FBI's Criminal Division before becoming director. His investigation resulted in a number of indictments, including Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort, national security advisor Michael Flynn, and Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen. Here are the results...

"The 448-page Mueller Report, released in April 2019 with significant redactions, found that Russia conducted a "sweeping and systematic" interference campaign aimed at helping Trump's candidacy. It documented over 100 contacts between Trump campaign officials and individuals with ties to the Russian government."

Mueller decided not to prosecute Trump, a move questioned by many in the political

community, who thought he had the ammunition to proceed. The Trump gang, of course, thought it took their boss off the hook. A host of political pundits shared their thoughts on Dufus Rump's comment, including...

Ed Krassenstein, a prominent liberal political commentator with over 1 million followers on X, responded swiftly to Trump's post. "This is disgusting and despicable," Krassenstein wrote. "Trump literally just celebrated Robert Mueller dying. Mueller did so much good for America."

Ken Dilanian, a justice and intelligence correspondent for MS NOW, highlighted the contrast between Mueller's military service and Trump's Vietnam War history. "In an era when many young men – including President Trump – were trying to avoid serving in Vietnam, Mueller not only volunteered for the Marines after graduating from Princeton – he spent a year waiting for an injured knee to heal so he could serve," Dilanian wrote on X. "I have always found that [to] be the most compelling fact about him."

And here is an unbelievable comment from  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent who...

"asked for empathy, telling NBC’s Meet the Press that while the comment was made, it is hard for others to understand what Trump and his family have been through regarding various investigations."

Bessent completely ignores the fact that Donald Trump has been responsible for all the upheaval caused him and his family by his repeated lies, misbehavior and corruption. He is a lunatic who has brought the United States to the point of complete disruption leading to potential Armageddon. I did a post last Tuesday, "Donald Trump...The anti-icon," with examples of how the White House maniac has moved this country from a democracy to a dictatorship. I said...

"there is no doubt Trump has an effect on how certain people think, a sordid group of double-digits who can't think for themselves, nor do they have the ingenuity to act as a responsible individual. A group this country can do without. There is some of this gang who are turning against the Oval Office lunatic, as well as many congressional Republicans."

This, I believe, is the most important factor in Donald Trump's malicious reign in the Oval Office. He couldn't do it without his gang of misdirected miscreants who adore him unconditionally and follow his every move and command. Dufus Rump initiated the robot age when he created MAGA. Just push a button and they fall in line like a military parade. Here's a comment from former President Barack Obama in NPR commenting on Robert Mueller...

"one of the finest directors in the history of the FBI, transforming the bureau after 9/11 and saving countless lives."

"But it was his relentless commitment to the rule of law and his unwavering belief in our bedrock values that made him one of the most respected public servants of our time,"

But there is no doubt Trump is still trying to divert attention from his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein in the largest case of pedophilia this country has probably ever seen. First he starts illegal immigration raids that kill at least two innocent people. Then he starts the Iran war he apparently recently concluded was the wrong thing to do, unwinnable. If both of these die down, you can bet the grifter has another ace up his sleeve. And you can be sure his minions will be right in stride with him. Closing with another Robert Mueller fact...

NPR says, Mueller, throughout his career, ran toward tough assignments.

Maybe he saw the writing on the wall, seeing Trump as the Teflon Don, with Republican support that ignored all the hideous things he was doing. All we know is that Robert Mueller gave it the old college try and at some point put the brakes on. But guess we'll never know why. 

Donald Trump...The anti-icon

An icon, when referring to an individual, is a person who is a widely recognized symbol of a specific set of beliefs, era, or lifestyle, embodying traits like consistency, influence, and uniqueness. They are looked up to with admiration for their accomplishments, someone with integrity. They have cultural impact, affecting how people think. Although some of this ideology, like widely recognized, specific beliefs, even influence, can be attributed to Donald Trump, we completely lose Dufus Rump when it comes to integrity.

Still, there is no doubt Trump has an effect on how certain people think, a sordid group of double-digits who can't think for themselves, nor do they have the ingenuity to act as a responsible individual. A group this country can do without. There is some of this gang who are turning against the Oval Office lunatic, as well as many congressional Republicans. And, when you are cornered with no other way out, you resort to any desperate moves you can make. Glenn Kirschner, a former federal prosecutor said...

it was “highly likely” Trump, 79, will exercise his pardon power to protect himself and his close circle from scrutiny.

“And then you know what our challenge will be, and I hope we’re up to the challenge,” Kirschner said. “We have to go into court, and we have to fight corruptly delivered pardons.”

Robert Davis says Trump is "sweating" over a new legal Epstein settlement...

"Bank of America is reportedly in talks with victims of disgraced financier Jeffrey 

Epstein to settle claims concerning the bank's connection to Epstein's sex trafficking operation."

Dufus Rump is still reeling from the testimony given by a victim who apparently bit his penis when he tried to force her to do oral sex. B of A is apparently trying to reach a settlement regarding it liability. Legal expert Joyce Vance says,,,

"That settlement should "raise the temperature" in the Trump White House because it shows the investigation is moving one step closer to shining a light on whatever it is Trump wants to hide."

And, as all these events occur and are covered in detail daily by the media, Donald Trump, completely lost in his thoughts of power and corruption, once again turns maliciously on the press as he proceeds with the Iran war. Margaret Sullivan in the Guardian says, "There’s nothing completely new in Donald Trump’s latest attacks on reporters." Adding...

"But they’re more extreme now and ever more indicative of what he wants: a docile press that provides propaganda – not factual journalism – for everything he does, including for his misguided war in Iran.

"He even suggested this week that news organizations could be charged with treason for, as he baselessly sees it, spreading false information and thus helping America’s enemies."

Trump isn't alone. Brendan Carr, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, " threatened that media companies could lose their licenses if they didn’t get in line." This reeks of George Orwell's 1984 which...

"portrays media as a totalitarian tool used by Big Brother to enforce conformity, rewrite history, and manipulate reality via telescreens."

Do we really want to go down this road? And the answer from a sane population is obviously no. This all is somewhat diminished when we return to the White House maniac's Iran war. And although Dufus Rump has regularly tried to promote his war against the Iranians, at the same time minimizing its disastrous effect on Americans, as well as Middle Easterners, the Daily Beast says experts are warning...

"that President Donald Trump’s war in Iran could rattle the energy market for months to come because of a strike on a critical facility in the Middle East.

"An Iranian missile hit Ras Laffan in Qatar, home to the largest liquefied natural gas, or LNG, export facility in the world. In total, Ras Laffan supplies about a fifth of the world’s supply."

As a measure of reference, Ras Laffan has extensive damage and took three decades to complete. Gas prices in the U.S. and Europe have skyrocketed and could climb even more. 

Just recently Sen. Mark Kelly from Arizona revealed that Trump is selling ‘private’ national security briefings and presented receipts to confirm his charge. United States Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Ratcliffe were questioned about the Iran war, reported by Mary Sue. And then the subject was turned to Donald Trump’s corrupt practices in government. Followed by this...

"A particular moment that has been gaining significant attention online, especially on X (formerly Twitter), involves Senator Mark Kelly asking Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe to confirm whether they had seen the circular Trump sent to his donors, promising them access to classified briefings."

Both said they had not. while at the same time defending their boss over something they were supposedly unaware of. The whole thing escalated when both Ratcliffe and Gabbard further denied that Trump had even done what they were accusing him of. Kelly said that the document had been made public six days earlier and offered to provide a copy. The question was never answered whether Dufus Rump should profit from offering classified briefings to donors.

 

Donald Trump's diversion of Iran War won't hide Epstein, immigration murders and mixed economy

Epstein and Trump

You couldn't miss the new bronze statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein entitled "The King of the World," on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 10, 2026. What' more it has become impossible to ignore the fact that Dufus Rump will do anything take away the attention of the American public on Epstein, immigration murders and mixed economy going nowhere. Here's the scenario...

"Dubbed Operation Epic Fury, the Trump administration’s military campaign against Iran has been routinely mocked as “Operation Epstein Fury,” a reference to the ongoing scandal that has rocked Trump’s second presidency."

 Senator Chris Murphy, Connecticut Democrat, Trashes Trump as ‘Senile Old Man’  after secret war briefing. He said...

“This is the most incompetent, incoherent war America has fought in the last 100 years, and that’s saying a lot,” Murphy said, with his comments at the Capitol aired on CNN’s NewsNight on Thursday.

“This administration has no idea what they are doing. There is no viable war plan. They change their goals and their aims every single day,” Murphy added.

Of course, Donald Trump has never been accused of knowing what he is doing, embarking 

on whims that have placed America in a precarious position both domestically and internationally. Thomas Kika says in AlterNet, "Trump nosediving as his presidency is dragged down by 'failure after failure': analysis." He has basically lost control due to a combination of blunders launched solely to satiate his enormous ego and line his pockets where possible. And here are the results...

"Gas prices surging. Unemployment climbing. War with Iran threatens to engulf his presidency," Cheney wrote. "The fracturing of his political coalition. The collapse of his signature trade-negotiations-by-tariff strategy. Relentless scrutiny of the Epstein files. A public backlash to his agenda that could swamp Republicans in the midterms. Failure after failure to criminalize the conduct of his political adversaries."

And apparently Trump's co-conspirator in the Iran War, Netanyahu, has his own problems. Iran has threatened to assassinate Netanyahu, although there is a question if he is still alive, according to a suspicious video. Iran calls him a "child killer," but directs attention to a clip of the Israeli PM's national address that went viral. In his speech...

"there's an unusual moment in the video where Netanyahu appears to develop six fingers all of a sudden, sparking a lot of people online to wonder if the stream was generated using artificial intelligence and that the PM is actually dead."

As an example of Dufus Rump's stupidity and egotistical resistance to advice,...

"Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine told Trump in multiple briefings that U.S. officials long believed Iran would deploy mines, drones, and missiles to close the critical shipping lane."

It appears that Donald Trump was well aware of the risk but decided to proceed anyway, in my opinion as a result of an ego that constantly tells him that he is the king of the world. And, of course, we know what has happened, he recently demanded  NATO and China police the Strait of Hormuz. So far they aren't joining;  France and Italy have opened talks with Iran amid the oil scandal, leaving Trump humiliated; but here is the kicker, Iranian attack on US soil likely...

“It’s not a matter of if — it’s a matter of when,” retired Top Gun Navy fighter pilot Matthew “Whizz” Buckley told The New York Post, warning that Americans were vulnerable to Iranians hungry to retaliate after the US killed the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader and unleashed war across the Middle East.

Chief among the dangers are scores of Iranian agents who “likely” slipped into the US over the southern border and could be waiting for orders from handlers in Tehran to strike, Buckley said.

“There is probably thousands, if not tens of thousands of Iranian agents and sleeper cells in this country,” he said, adding that sources in Customs and Border Protection have ominously told him, “You wouldn’t believe how many Korans and prayer rugs we find in the desert.”

Elizabeth Warren says, "After Helping Convince Trump to Attack Iran, Kushner Solicits Billions for His Private Equity Firm." She continues...

“While US servicemembers die in another forever war in the Middle East, Donald Trump’s ‘peace envoy’ is raising money for his private equity firm.”

Kushner has been quietly working with Saudi Arabia in the background of Dufus Rump's shenanigans

Twins of corruption

since the first term of the Oval Office maniac. If Donald Trump eventually goes before war trials, Kushner's co-conspiring corruption with Donald Trump should also put him in line for conviction. Here's the scenario...

"Citing five unnamed people with knowledge of the talks, the Times reported that 'Affinity’s representatives have already met with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund,' Affinity’s largest investor. Saudi Arabia’s leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, reportedly played a significant role in the behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign urging Trump to attack Iran—Saudi Arabia’s top regional rival."

And to cap it all off, the White House maniac said last Saturday that he "may strike Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub ‘just for fun’" Do you voters who put this moron in the White House, and you Republicans in Congress who are keeping him there heat this. Apparently stupidity reigns in this country under the letters G-O-P.

Is American democracy dead?

Let's start at the top. We know Donald Trump will never change, only get worse. The Republican Congress has made it clear they will not give up support for the Oval Office lunatic. The MAGA maggots are firmly entrenched in their following of Trump. And there is a combination gang out there like the apathetics, the double-digit voters who chose the White House maniac in 2024, and finally those who are completely clueless about politics and political parties. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Trump has been working on the destruction of our democracy since day one of his second term.

The Crew site says Donald Trump has been "dismantling our democracy, one piece at a time," and that it is important to keep a record as a reminder of the damage that has been done. Dufus Rump is changing democracy gradually so as not to alert those who aren't keen on current issues. Here's an AI analysis...

"Approximately 67% to 70% of Americans cannot name all three branches of government, and over 70% fail a basic civic literacy quiz. Furthermore, 27% of Americans follow national political news "not too closely" or "not at all," while about two-thirds feel exhausted by politics."

So when you combine the percentages who don't know what's going on with those who don't care what's going on, there is only a small group out there voting who place their votes with the knowledge of what they actually voted for. Based on these scary figures, we have ended up with Donald Trump in the White House and a Republican Congress so cowardly in their fear of Dufus Rump that any of his utterances becomes their goal. Here are more AI facts...

According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, more than 70% of Americans fail a basic civics test.

Gallup News indicates that 27% of Americans follow political news "not too closely" or "not at all".

Pew Research Center notes that 22% of Americans cannot identify a single strength in the nation's political system.

Looking at the above, either the educational system has failed at teaching political science in schools, or

a majority of Americans are just turned off by their government. With 27% of the public virtually ignoring the political news, you end up with a large block of misinformed voters. And the Pew finding that 22% of Americans cannot identify a single strength in the nation's political system, indicates to me another large block that has basically given in to the destruction of the Donald Trump administration. All three items considered are competent confirmation that Americans have lost their dream.

Getting back to how Crew explains how Dufus Rump is dismantling our democracy, one piece at a time, there are four core main categories used to identify the onslaught Trump is making on U.S. freedom and justice. They are, Corruption, Weaponization of the Department of Justice and U.S. military, Regulatory Retaliation and Hiding or Distorting Legally Required Information. Starting with the first...

Corruption, "Trump's abuse of entrenched power for private or personal gain. Over the past 10 years, despite some attempts to fight corruption including the creation of a National Strategy on Countering Corruption, we have seen a precipitous worsening of corruption in the United States." This has expanded to enormous proportions during both Donald Trump administrations. Corruption, in my opinion, is one of the worst factors in the overthrow of democracy,

Weaponization of the Department of Justice and U.S. military, When the dictator looks inward to shore up his strengths, the first move is to make sure the legal arsenal is in place that will loyally support his every move. "Strong democracies have a robust civil society, including an active and engaged opposition. A network of constitutional and statutory laws, as well as executive branch policies rooted in the First Amendment, are designed to prevent politically motivated investigations and prosecutions and ensure that government law enforcement and military resources are not used to suppress dissent." Trump, however, has made the Executive Order (EO) the new way of governing, his ploy to eliminate Congress from the process. He relies strongly on the Dept. of Justice to back him up on every move.

Regulatory Retaliation, To begin with, Dufus Rump has taken away the independence of government agencies, "an independence which has all but evaporated thanks to a series of Supreme Court shadow docket decisions permitting the indiscriminate firing of independent agency heads." Donald Trump, using as an example the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to enact regulatory retaliation. If the White House maniac doesn't like what you are doing, vengeance and retribution will follow you everywhere you go.

Hiding or Distorting Legally Required Information, "Transparency is the currency of democracy, because it allows people to know that their government is acting honestly and with their best interests at heart." Add to that the fact that anything that does come from the Trump administration is misinformation...lie after lie, after lie, after lie, after lie...into ad infinitum. And transparency to Donald Trump is the release only of that information that both pleases and honors him. What we should expect: "This category therefore tracks government attempts to hide or misrepresent information that is supposed to be lawfully available, obscure reliable data or make government decisions in secret outside of the eye of the American public." 

Unless you are living under a rock, you know the latter couldn't be farther from the truth. This all screams the question of why anyone would want to live with an authoritarian government. Here's an AI answer...

"Some Americans express a desire for an authoritarian government or strongman leader primarily as a response to perceived threats to their economic stability, social status, and traditional way of life. This mindset is often driven by a need for order, safety, and conformity in a society seen as increasingly chaotic, unstable, or threatening."

My opinion is that many of these ne'er-do-wells and apathetics are just too dumb or too lazy to make a good life for themselves. That leaves those of us who still have the will to be free to fight on, and I do mean fight hard, in the war against autocracy. I urge you to read the Crew article for the extensive timeline it contains on all of the above categories.

American democracy is not dead...it's just snoozing,

Donald Trump administration Incompetence reincarnated from the Keystone Kops

Keystone Kops

Remember the Keystone Kops, a group of fictional, humorously incompetent, and bumbling policemen from the 1910 silent slapstick comedies? The big difference between these guys and the Trump gang is that the Keystone Kops created their comedy for the purpose of entertaining us. On the other hand, Donald Trump and his minions can be hilarious with their stupidity, but they are dead serious with their plan to destroy this country. Between Trump and his top honchos, the chaos and confusion in the American government today is completely unprecedented.

For starters, we're at war again, an unconstitutional move by Dufus Rump bypassing the legal way of going through Congress. He did it to satiate his ego and to appease another country's leader who is also out of control, Benjamin Netanyahu. Although the Democrats are voicing their opposition--but some say too little, too late--the jellyfish Republicans in Congress continue to maintain their silence while covertly supporting Trump the whole time. Will it take something like Lyndon B. Johnson's "Daisy" ad to shake the radical right loose?

And, just yesterday in The Daily Beast Donald Trump...

"claimed that the Iran War was “very complete” after reportedly discussing his plans for peace with Vladimir Putin."

Okay, starting in March, Trump and Putin are once again communicating, with the Kremlin describing

Trump...Putin

their relationship as "businesslike, pragmatic and trustworthy". Neither trusts each other, never have, never will. They have been vacillating on Ukraine for over four years, a situation Dufus Rump promised at the beginning of his second term in office, he would end in 24 hours. One might wonder now, will this end up in another TACO incident, 'Trump Always Chickens Out.' Should this happen in the Iran war, not only does the U.S. lose face, we also expose a completely incompetent Trump administration.

On Monday, the White House maniac said...

“I think the war is very complete, pretty much. They have no navy, no communications, they’ve got no Air Force.”

Weijia Jiang, senior White House correspondent for CBS News added,,,

"that the U.S. is ‘very far’ ahead of his initial 4-5 week estimated time frame.”

The Daily Beast likened this comment to the claim...

"of President George W. Bush’s boast of “mission accomplished” on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003, six weeks after he launched the Iraq War. The conflict lasted another eight years before the U.S. finally withdrew in 2011."

As of March 10, 2026, the war involving Iran, the United States, and Israel has escalated into a multi-front conflict spanning several countries in the Middle East. The war has spread and also covers Lebanon, Gulf Countries (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar), Iraq, Maritime Routes (Strait of Hormuz & Indian Ocean), and Turkey. And has the Trump administration either forgotten, or is it just ignoring the fact that Iran has two very strong allies, Russia and China. Not sure what it will take for these two to step in but when it happens...annihilation and decimation.

And then there is Pete Hegseth, an American Army National Guard veteran, former second-rate Fox News host, who, by the grace of Donald Trump became head of the largest defense system in the world as Sec. Defense. He and Dufus decided the word "Defense" wasn't threatening enough so now they call it Sec. War. Hegseth graduated from Princeton so you might think there is some gray matter. Now wouldn't an educated man know that he is committing murder when he blows up innocent people, killing 157 off the coast of Venezuela. Of course, it was all ordered by Trump.

Yet, during all of Trump's war mayhem, including his continuing adoration of Vladimir Putin...

"The Washington Post reported last week that Russia is providing key intelligence about the location and movements of U.S. assets to its Iranian allies."

Indubitably, is there any way to address this with any kind of reasoning or common sense? To add some clarification to the dilemma, Donald Trump became the oldest U.S. president inaugurated at age 78, with concerns regarding his cognitive health by multiple medical care professionals, political commentators, and observers. Here's an observation from The New York Times...

"Throughout [Donald Trump's"] political career, critics, opponents, and some observers have used terms like 'nuts,' 'crazy,' 'unhinged,' or 'dangerous' to describe his behavior, speeches, and decision-making."

MAGA, the cowardly Republicans of Congress and a host of his minion supporters still think the man is sane, doing a great job, responsible for a good economy and numerous other accolades only a gang of double-digits could dream up. It is simply inexplainable how anyone could be allowed to continue on their job when they were a major fuck-up from day one. I am talking about Kristi Noem, the former Sec. Homeland Security. It is beyond me how Dufus Rump could have hired this imbecile to begin with. It's really obvious, loyalty is sacred to Trump.

And that brings up the Oval Office lunatic's new nomination for Noem's old job at DHS. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) a strong Trump loyalist, will take over the shambles from a completely incompetent Kristi Noem. Among other drawbacks, Mullin fully supported Dufus Rump's war on Iran. He voted against certifying 2020 election results and jumped on Trump's bandwagon about election fraud. Mullin is taking over a department that is currently shut down, in large part due to Noem's mishandling, including the deaths of two innocent American citizens by ICE.

We could use a round of the Keystone Kops to to get a laugh or two in all this misery.