***. “It may be possible to fight intolerance, stupidity, and fanaticism separately, but when they come together there is no hope.” [ Albert Einstein ]
This post is ONE illustration of the DAILY drumbeat of the consequences coming from the STUPIDITY, CRUELTY, CORRUPTION, CRAZINESS, and, INCOMPETENCE of the Trump DICTATORSHIP. Again, †his case comes from the MONUMENTAL Stupidity of starting and fighting a trade war, among other things, against – of all the nations on this earth: CANADA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There are notorious dictatorships, like Russia and China, that SHOULD be opposed wherever possible. But – Trump’s best ‘friends’ are the dictators running these oppressed countries. And. – Trump can NEVER admit that he made a mistake………..
Following are excerpts from. “How A Beloved Canadian Motorcycle Ended Up On The U.S. Import Ban List” { Farah Stockman; New York Times; 10/8/26 ]:
1] “The Can-Am Spyder, a three-wheel roadster popular with riders of a certain age, has inspired festivals and its own national motorcycle club.”
2] “But now this beloved adult trike has become a victim of the Trump administration’s trade war with Canada. On Sept. 29, the Trump administration banned all Canadian-made motorcycles, including the Spyder..”
3] “It makes no sense to me whatsoever,” said Harold Mette, 79, who founded the Spyder Ryders in 2011 after riding traditional motorcycles for about 40 years.”
***. “The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.” [ Aesop ]
4]. “Mette said he was mystified about why his favorite vehicle ended up on the list of banned items. “Quantitatively, in terms of total dollar value of imports and exports, it’s nothing,” he said.”
5]. “The Spyder is just one example of how many products that have become more expensive, or effectively unavailable on both sides of the border..”
6] “In the United States, the costs imposed on Canadian imports have threatened damage to the states and industries that rely on cross-border commerce..”
*** “The most delusional fantasies can be made to masquerade as sanity if you’ve got the political power to reinforce them.” [ Penny Skillman ]
7]. “The Can-Am brand was once a symbol of close ties between the United States and Canada. The first Can-Am bike was built “through a collective effort”. of individuals from Canada and the United States, which led to the name..”
[ NOTE: just a little bit of irony……….. ]
8] “Those close ties have soured since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term.” [ NOTE: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou ]
9] “Mette said that even if the ban on Spyders remained in place next year, he would never buy a Slingshot, which he said felt more like a car than a motorcycle. He said his fellow riders would probably buy the Ryder, a smaller version of the Spyder that is made in Mexico..”
***. “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.” [ Bertrand Russell ]
{NOTE: Motorcycles may not be important to YOU. – as food and gas. – but that’s THE point of this post. It isn’t just the major cases of Trumpian Stupidity, Cruelty, Corruption, Craziness, and INCOMPETENCE. – it IS all these “smaller” things that make the nuts, fools, fanatics, Rasputins, idiots, crazies in the Trump DICTATORSHIP. keep cooking up. – always claiming they will “make America great again,” when in reality, they are MAKING AMERICA WEAKER.]
***. “Instead of politicians, let the monkeys govern countries, at least they will steal only bananas.”
[ Mehmet Morat Ildan ]
[NOTE: Some food for thought. For some time, we were posting on the Trump DICTATORSHIP every other day. We HAD to stop doing that. Just the thinking involved was corroding. The reading about, research, and making the Trump DICTATORSHIP posts became unhealthy. We wish for YOU to think on that….think in WHY it became unhealthy…think on WHY it is so very important that some controls are won back to restrain the Trump DICTATORSHIP on November 3, 2026…..think on WHY multiple public opinion polls taken in foreign countries show people in what WERE. friendly countries now show dislike for America after January 20, 2025. My father fought the Nazis in World War II. I know Dad would be VERY upset over what his nation now is……… ].
