***. “Eoyang said Trump’s speech and actions at Riyadh showed that “he really doesn’t get what the issues are and he won’t pay attention to those who try to explain it to him. He speaks without thinking about other people, other interests. Below-the radar people are turning away from the U.S. in ways Trump does not see.”
[ Pulitzer Prize winner David Cay Johnston: “It’s Even Worse Than You Think” ]
This post is the 10th in a series examining the conduct of Donald John Trump, unfortunately president of the United States. His character and judgment have often beed declared deficient; that he is “transactional.” Read the above quote again. – this is an example of the DAMAGE that Trump is inflicting upom the United States. He is THE anti-George Washington; THE anti-Abraham Lincoln.
This post presents excerpts from: “Trump’s War Has Weakened America”. [ New York Times Editorial; 4/12/26 ]:
8]. “Perhaps the greatest long-term damage to the United States from the Iran war will be in its relationships with allies around the world,” Daniel Byman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington wrote on Wednesday.”
4] “Mr. Trump’s lack of foresight about the strait reveals glaring incompetence…Iran appears to have won diplomatic leverage that it could have only dreamed of six weeks ago.”
10] “America’s appeal stems not only from its freedom and democratic values. Mr. Trump has undercut those values for his entire political career and perhaps never more than in the past week when he made odious threats to erase Iranian civilization.”
6] “The war has also revealed that the U.S. military is vulnerable to new ways of warfare…The world saw how a country that spends one-hundredth of what the United states does on its military can seek to outlast it in a conflict.”
*** “As with most of his foreign leader meetings, Trump has been briefed but didn’t appear to have retained the material and instead tried to wing it…”It’s not like you’ve got China on your border.,” Trump said, seeming to dismiss the threat to India. Modi’s eyes bulged out in surprise.” [ Philip Rucker, Carol Leonnig: “a Very Stable Genius” ]
1]. “when President Trump attacked Iran on Feb. 28, we called his decision reckless…In the six weeks since, the recklessness of his war has become clearer yet. He has distained careful military planning and acted on gut instinct and wishfulness…[Netanyahu’s prediction of Iranian popular uprisings was called by].. the director of the CIA..”farcical”…Mr. Trump proceeded nonetheless.”
2] “Mr. Trump’s irresponsibility has left the United states on the cusp of a humiliating strategic defeat….We count four main setbacks for America’s national interests that are the direct result of Mr. Trump’s carelessness. These setbacks likewise weaken global democracy when authoritarians in China, Russia and elsewhere were already feeling emboldened.”
3]. The most tangible blow to the United states and the world is the increased influence that Iran has secured over the global economy by weaponizing the Strait of Hormuz.”
*** “Hey, John, what’s this all about? What’s this a tour of?” Trump asked his chief of staff. Kelly was momentarily stunned. Trump had heard the phrase. “Pearl Harbor”. and appeared to understand that he was visiting the scene of a historic battle, but he did not seem to know much else… “He was at times dangerously uninformed,” said one senior former advisor. Trump’s lack of basic historical knowledge surprised some foreign leaders as well… A senior European official observed, “He’s totally ignorant of everything. but he doesn’t seem to care. he’s not interested.”
[ Philip Rucker, Carol Leonnig: “a Very Stable Genius” ] [!!!!! what can we say?????]
5] “The second setback is to America’s military standing around the world…Returning the stockpile to its previous size will take years.”
7] “The war’s third big cost is to America’s alliances. Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada and most of Western Europe refused to support the United States in this war….these countries will remain allies in important ways, but they have made clear that they no longer consider the United States a reliable friend.”
9]. “The fourth setback is to America’s moral authority. For all the flaws of this country, it remains a beacon to many around the world. When pollsters ask people where they would move if they could, the United states is consistently the runaway No. 1 answer…..Mr. Trump and Mr. Hegseth have embraced a brutal approach to armed conflict that the United states led the world in rejecting after World War II. By doing so, they have undermined the foundations of America’s global leadership.”
***. “My first book on his presidency, “Fear: Trump in the White House”…described Trump as “an emotionally overwrought, mercurial and unpredictable leader”. who had created a governing crisis and. “a nervous breakdown of the executive power of the most powerful country in the world.” While discussing “Fear”. on television, I was asked for my bottomline summary of Trump’s leadership. “Let’s hope to God we don’t have a crisis,” I said.”
[ Pulitzer Prize winner bob Woodward: “Rage” ]
[NOTE: Maybe it’s time for YOU to consider the ‘useful idiot” possibility. We know mysterious billionaires have provided the Trump DICTATORSHIP with a guidebook: “Project 2025.” Numerous of its authors are IN. the Trump DICTATORSHIP. It has been estimated, as of about march 1, 2026, Trump had implemented about 53% of “Project 2025″s proposals in domestic American affairs. – the “useful idiot’ being used by America’s rich and reactionaries. We know that Israel’s premier, Netanyahu, had a decisive voice in getting the Iran war started. It is said that another Middle Eastern leader also favored it – “useful idiot.’ Since Trump seems, in one person’s view, to “worship” Russian leader Vladimir Putin. – is it fair to ask is Trump the real “Manchurian candidate’. – Putin’s. “useful idiot”?]
With Justice For All 