QOTD: "Every Action Has A Reaction"

 

Nahal Toosi, Politico's senior foreign affairs correspondent, writes on the increasingly defiant world that is facing the belligerent and unhinged Malignant Fascist as he tramples on treaties, other nations' sovereignty and more. Here's an excerpt, but read her entire article:

"Iran’s Islamist leaders abandoned peace talks with the U.S., choosing to keep waging war instead. Hungary’s voters tossed out one of Trump’s closest European allies, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Then there’s Pope Leo, who presumably answers to a higher power, saying he has 'no fear' of Trump after the president taunted him.

Trump and his aides often appear to operate as if most other people on the planet are 'non-player characters' in a video game. They believe, with few exceptions, that America can use threats, economic muscle and military action to bend other capitals to its will.

But foreign policy has some basic laws. One of them, similar to physics, is that every action has a reaction. It may not be equal or opposite, but it also may not be what the Trump team wants.

So far, the Trump administration does not appear to be adjusting well to the reality that more international players are willing to buck the American superpower." (our emphasis)

We have, in the Malignant Fascist, a common thug and sociopath, whose megalomania is driving his actions. He once said ignorantly the U. S. Constitution allowed him to do "anything", and he clearly thinks that's the case on the world stage, too, by applying punitive economic force in tariffs, and military force against Iran and Venezuela. As he declines in popular opinion domestically and abroad, as well as in his mental state, more nations are likely to defy his bullying and threats.