"They're Ignoring The President Of The United States"

The delusional and narcissistic Malignant Fascist has alienated friends, encouraged our adversaries, and made a fool of himself with his idiotic tariffs and his failed war against Iran.  We're more isolated than ever in the world thanks to his ignorance and recklessness.  David Graham, writing in The Atlantic, notes that the world is used to his bullshit and posturing, and is choosing to ignore him:

"One of Donald Trump’s current favorite riffs is to contrast how (in his opinion) the United States was seen under his predecessor, Joe Biden, and how it’s seen now.

"They didn’t respect us two years ago. They laughed at us. NATO laughed at us. Everybody laughed at us,' Trump said at a summit in Turkey with allies last month. 'They don’t laugh anymore. There’s no more laughing.'

He’s right. It’s worse than laughing—they’re ignoring the president of the United States altogether. Trump styles himself as an heir to Theodore Roosevelt, but where Roosevelt said that America should speak softly and carry a big stick, Trump speaks loudly and carries a small one. Roosevelt’s bully pulpit has been reduced to a bullshit pulpit. [snip]

Trump’s credibility has been undercut by his own capriciousness. Back then, he was threatening Oman over any negotiations that would imperil the neutrality of the Strait of Hormuz. On Tuesday, however, he posted a graphic on Truth Social that declared the strait a “NEW U.S. Territory.” (He’d previously said that he would soon declare it U.S. territory.) American annexation of an international waterway would represent a major shift in maritime legal precedent and require an enormous U.S.-military presence, but everyone knew that the pronouncement was nonsense. Trump has no means of controlling the strait, and The Washington Post reports that the Defense Department is actually considering a reduced regional footprint. Trump has also repeatedly promised that a deal with Iran is near completion, but after multiple false starts, these announcements fool only the markets." (our emphasis)

Fooling the markets, and his gullible low information cult, is what it's all about for the MF. He's been described as having the instincts of a "day trader," not focused on the long term strategy, but just getting through one news cycle / Wall Street opening after another.  He's announced an impending peace "deal" dozens of time, and nothing but humiliation.  You can't say that about President Biden, who strengthened our alliances and didn't appease our adversaries. 

(photo: Keep yelling, no one believes you)