Enemies Of America

 As you know, whenever I write a post about Donald Trump, there is a sacred screed that I include in virtually every one of these posts.  

All bubble-blowing babies will be beaten senseless by every able-bodied patron in the bar.

NO, not THAT sacred screed.

THIS one!  

Let's all recite it together. 

Donald Trump is a  lying, petulant, bullying, unintelligent, sociopathic, dishonorable, treasonous, gutless, moronic, heartless, soulless, slimy, loathsome, vile, incompetent, psychotic, crooked, disgusting, reprehensible, revolting, horrible, malicious, obnoxious, hateful, narcissistic, small-minded, despicable god damn, motherfucking piece of shit!

Amen! 

For today's sermon, my children, I want to focus on the word "treasonous".

"Treason" is a word that gets tossed around a lot.   Mostly by Donald Trump.

Here is the basic formula der Führer applies to the word "treason".

• You say something bad about Donald Trump.
• Trump equates saying something bad about Trump has saying something bad about America.
• Saying something bad about America means you are an enemy of America. 
• Being an enemy of America is an act of treason.
• Ipso facto: being mean to Trump is treason.

What is the definition of treason other than hurting Li'l Donnie's widdle feelings?  

Treason is the crime of betraying your country, government, or sovereign, especially by trying to overthrow the government or helping its enemies.  

Consider that last part: "helping it's enemies".  

Would it be a given that helping an enemy of America would be an act of treason?

And who, pray tell, is are the enemies of America?

Anyone who is not acting in the best interests of the United States. 

Keeping all of that in mind, let's consider the following sequence of events.

Donald Trump makes a deal with Russia to purchase diesel fuel purportedly to offset the rising cost of diesel in the United States.

This is illegal.  There are various laws, rules and sanctions in place forbidding anyone from buying fuel from Russia.

These various laws, rules and sanctions are in place to address Russia's assault on Ukraine. 

Points of order that all of us out here understand: 

• The war between Russia and Ukraine began when Russia attacked Ukraine.
• The war between Russia and Ukraine continues because Russia won't stop attacking Ukraine.

Vladmir Putin is of the mindset that Ukraine belongs to Russia and it's Ukraine's fault the war continues because it keeps fighting back against Russia.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump is irked that the war between Russia and Ukraine continues because Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy won't make a deal.  

Zelenskyy would very much like to make the following deal: 

• Russia stops attacking Ukraine

Putin's idea of a deal is as follows:

• Let Russia destroy Ukraine.
• Ukraine needs to be cool with that.

Now most the world looks at this mess and sees what most intelligent people see: one country attacking another country.

And most of the world comes to the same conclusion: that is wrong.

And most of the world figures it would be a good idea to help the country being attacked anyway we can.

And hence we get the various laws, rules and sanctions in place forbidding anyone from buying fuel from Russia.

Because Russia would take that money and buy more missiles and tanks and shit to attack Ukraine.

And what Russia doesn't use in Ukraine, that can go towards helping another country with their own intractable war.

Wanna guess what that country is? Here's a hint: it begins with the letter "I" and ends with "RAN".  No fair peeking.  

So Donald Trump makes a deal to buy diesel fuel from Russia because diesel fuel costs too damn much.

Point of order: the reason diesel fuel costs too damn much is because of the war that Donald Trump started with Iran. A war that won't end because Trump says Iran won't make a deal.

Iran would very much like to make the following deal: 

• The United States stops attacking Iran. 

Trump's idea of a deal is as follows:

• Let the United States destroy Iran.
• Iran needs to be cool with that.

By the way, guess where Iran gets it's shit from to keep fighting back against the United States. I'll give you a choice:

• IKEA (some assembly required) 
• Dollar General stores (they're everywhere!) 
• Russia 

Yes, the answer is Russia. (I gave you a little hint a few paragraphs back.)   

Are we sensing a pattern here?

Let's go back to the definition of treason.

Treason is the crime of betraying your country, government, or sovereign, especially by trying to overthrow the government or helping its enemies.  

Donald Trump's actions are doing fuck all to help Americans.

• Our goddam grocery prices are UP!
• Our fucking gas prices are UP!
• Our frickin' unemployment is UP!
• Our collective blood pressure is UP! 
• We are all FED UP with all this bullshit! 

On the other hand, Donald Trump's actions are a boon to a man who is actively working against the interests of the United States. 

Li'l Donnie has always leaned towards Putin.  Trump once stood on a stage next to Putin and took Putin's word over facts given to him by his own government.

One of the few people who had a shot at possibly reminding Li'l Donnie that Putin is not really his friend but our enemy was Sen. Lindsey Graham.  

But then Graham died and the only voice in his ear talking to him about Vladmir Putin is...  Vladmir Putin.  

Congress in a rare overwhelmingly bi-partisan move passed the Lindsey Graham Russian Sanctions Act, a bill designed to impose steep tariffs on countries that import large amounts of Russian oil and energy products and was promoted as way to halt the flow of funds fueling Putin’s four-year war against Ukraine. Trump signed the bill into law.

Several congressmen speculated that Trump would ignore the law.

And sure enough...

On Friday, Trump signed an executive order to suspend that law "in the national interest".

Why it's in our national interest to aid a war mongering dictator attack a sovereign nation and it's democratically elected government?

That stupid diesel deal that Trump thinks will lower diesel prices?

Point of order: the diesel we'll get from Russia in one month  will supply approximately half of the diesel the United States uses in ONE day. 

Who cares? Trump looks like he's doing something about high diesel prices.  Bonus points if it helps his good buddy Putin get some extra dough to end that pesky war with Ukraine which Trump thinks is Zelenskyy's fault.  Because that's what Putin wants Trump to believe. 

Donald Trump has done more to help Vladmir Putin than he has for most of the citizens of the United States.

And why is this? Because.... and say it with me: 

All bubble-blowing babies....

NO, not THAT one! THIS one!  

Donald Trump is a  lying, petulant, bullying, unintelligent, sociopathic, dishonorable, treasonous, gutless, moronic, heartless, soulless, slimy, loathsome, vile, incompetent, psychotic, crooked, disgusting, reprehensible, revolting, horrible, malicious, obnoxious, hateful, narcissistic, small-minded, despicable god damn, motherfucking piece of shit!

Amen! 

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Thanks to Politico.com for the cartoons.