The Worship Of Power

CAUTION: this is a long one. Sorry!

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Religion has been a hot topic lately. 

Who has religion?

Whose religion is it?

Who is using religion properly?

Who is NOT using it as intended?

What is the intent of religion?

Here's what Thomas Jefferson had to say on the matter of religion:   "In every country in every age the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in allegiance with the despot , abetting his abuses in return for protection of his own."

Does that sound disturbingly relevant?  

The subject of the use and abuse of religion as a lever of power and influence has been a topic of contention in the last week.

The instigator was this image that Donald Trump posted to his moldy mildewed Truth Social platform.  

Taking a look at this A.I. generated image of Li'l Donnie in white and red robes with glowing hands and most people would look at this and say, "What the hell? Does Donald Trump think he's Jesus Christ?"

When pressed for a response, der Führer admitted he did indeed post the image but he thought the picture depicted him as a doctor helping people because that's what Donald Trump does, helps people.

A doctor? Really?

The Doctor maybe? That glow around his hands could be regeneration energy. Oh HELL NO! Keep your decaying grubby hands off my Doctor Who fandom! 

Hey, does that guy Trump is "healing" look like Jeffrey Epstein?

So Li'l Donnie wants us to think he's a doctor. 

My doctor does not dress like that.

I've been in hospitals as a guest and as a patient and I've never seen a doctor dress like that.

I've also spent a lot of time as a child in Baptist Sunday School and in all the books, pamphlets, pictures on the wall and everything, guess what Jesus was always frickin' wearing?

Li'l Donnie can gaslight us all he wants but we can all clearly see der Führer is co-opting Christian iconography for his own aggrandizement. And someone would have to be a goddam fucking moron not to see that! 

<Knock! Knock!>

Excuse me, someone is knocking at the I'm So Glad My Suffering Amuses You door!

Why look! It's Rev. Franklin Graham. So, reverend, what do you have to say on this topic?

“I do not believe President Trump would knowingly depict himself as Jesus Christ—that would certainly be inappropriate. I’m thankful the President has made it very clear that this was not at all what he thought the AI-generated image was representing—he thought it was a doctor helping someone, and when he learned of the concerns, he immediately removed the post. When I looked at the illustration, I didn’t jump to the same conclusion as some. There were no spiritual references—no halo, there were no crosses, no angels. It was a flag, soldiers, a nurse, fighter planes, eagles, the Statue of Liberty, and I think this is a lot to do about nothing.”

 <Whir! Whir! Whir!>

That whirring sound is Franklin's dad, Rev. Billy Graham, spinning in his grave.  

<Knock! Knock!>

Excuse me, someone else is knocking at the I'm So Glad My Suffering Amuses You door!  (When did this blog get a door?)

Why look! It's notable crazy person Marjorie Taylor Greene. I bet she'll have something to say that is....

“Franklin Graham making excuses for Trump posting himself as Jesus is one of the worst things I’ve seen."

...perfectly reasonable.   

My God!  A preacher defending blasphemy and MTG making sense? What is going on in this crazy world?

An online account called @WalshFreedom posted in response to Li'l Frankie's obsequeious toadying:  “Hey @Franklin_Graham, assuming there is a God, and assuming you meet him one day when you leave this life, he’s going to put this tweet in front of you and he’s going to ask you point blank why you lied here and called a man who is the very antithesis of Jesus Christ the most “pro-Christian” president ever. He’s also gonna demand to know why you sold your soul to so obscenely support such a cruel, hateful, ignorant, & dishonest sociopath. I hope you’ll have some good answers.”

Donald Trump posting himself as a Christ like figure even managed to offend non Christians. Muslims don't consider Jesus the son of God, but they revere him as a prophet and believe that he helped pay the way for the teachings of Prophetic Mohammed.

Seriously, what kind of stupid suck up would defend this?

<Knock! Knock!>

Really, another knock at the I'm So Glad My Suffering Amuses You door?  (Why does a blog even have a door?)

Look, it's J.D. Vance!

"'I think the president was posting a joke."

(Ha!) OK, I think I get it! Trump's policies have so decimated (Ha! Ha!) people's access to afforable health care that (Hee! Hee!) it would take a fucking miracle (Ha! Hee!)  for someone to (Giggle!) get healed.

Bwa! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

That is a good one, J.D.! Thanks for explaining that! 

<Knock! Knock!>

NO! We are not doing this bit anymore! 

Amanda Marcotte of Salon.com made a deep dive into what all this means.  

"One gets the sense that most evangelical influencers weren't really angry so much as they were embarrassed that Trump said the quiet part out loud: He has supplanted Jesus Christ as their lord and savior. MAGA leaders love to praise Trump's bluntness when he's attacking their presumed enemies, but they expect him to be a little more circumspect when assessing the character of the people who follow him. That is a huge miscalculation. Trump eventually betrays everyone who shows him loyalty, so it should have come as no surprise that he couldn't help but strip away the pretense that their faith is about following the teachings of Christ."

"The Christian Right is really not about worshipping God — it's about worshipping power."

"In the MAGA movement, Trump serves a similar role, his followers not to the Almighty but to what they really want: control over American government and society. And there is nothing the president could do that would cause the Christian Right to lose their faith in him."

When Trump once said that he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue in New York City and not lose any support, THIS is what he's talking about.

As long as Li'l Donnie is a useful tool in the acquisition and retaining of power, the snivelling synchopants in the Christian Right will say or do whateve it takes to maintain their support of their new lord and savior, der Führer himself.

After deleting the picture of Trump AS Jesus, Li'l Donnie began circulating this image of Trump WITH Jesus.    

I would like to think this whispered conversation in this illustration goes something like this. 

"Psst! Donnie! Yeah!
Dad says you are so fucked!"

Oh great! Now both Donald Trumo and I are going to Hell! 

Meanwhile, Donald Trump is not the only one looking to usurp religion to sell an agenda. Pete Hegseth, Dude Bro' O' War, keeps trying to promote the war with Iran in religous terms as some kind of sacred crusade.  

Recently, Pouty Pete delivered a prayer that was quoting a passage from the Bible. 

Or Samuel L. Jackson from Pulp Fiction.   

Jesus preached messages of peace and forgiveness.

Pete's faith is rooted in hate and restribution. Of course he would think Samuel L. Jackson's tirade was Biblical.  

As if the war with Iran was not enough, Donald Trump has declared war on the Vatican.

Pope Leo declared that peace is preferable to war and Li'l Donnie lost his shit! 

You know, the same Li'l Donnie who lost his shit when he did not win the Nobel Peace Prize took exception to Pope Leo's call for peace over war.

Trump declares that if not for this war, Iran would've made the Vatican a radioactive crater by now.   

Trump and his enablers are trying to sell the war in Iran as some kind of devine cause blessed by God. 

Pope Leo doesn't believe wars are blessed by God.

And now IT! 

IS!! 

ON!!!

JD Vance and Mike Johnson have taking turns attempting to school the Pope in theology and what God does and does not want.

Vance is allegedly a Catholic and Catholics are supposed to believe the Pope has a direct hotline to God.  

I guess Vance thinks Pope Leo needs a better cell phone plan?

Pope Leo says he's not scared of Donald Trump and the Pope insists he will remain a defender of peace over war.

Jesus! Who does this guy think he is? Some kind of emissary of Christian ideals? 

While on a visit to Cameroon, Pope Leo made a very telling and significant statement. 

“The masters of war pretend not to know that it takes only a moment to destroy, yet often a lifetime is not enough to rebuild.  They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation, yet the resources needed for healing, education and restoration are nowhere to be found.” Pope Leo in Cameroon, 4/16/2026

Surely Pope Leo wasn't calling out Donald Trump.

Well, a couple of weeks ago, Trump was caught on a hot mike saying the federal government didn't have money for health care, food assistance or some other 3rd thing that actually helps people. 

There is only money for war.

Seriously, he really said that.  

So yeah, that sounds pretty directed at Li'l Donnie.

That's Pope Leo being nice about it.

I will not.

Donald Trump is a failure and a total loser who knows nothing except how to destroy, to traffic in hate and ignorance.  He knows nothing of kindness or compassion.

Any so called followers of Jesus Christ continue to follow Trump, I say you know nothing of Jesus Christ. You trade worship of God for worship of power. 

And I am no Pope Leo but I kinda think Jesus would not be OK with that.  

Iran So Far Away

Pop Quiz! 

Match the gauldy patter to the belligerent bully.

No peeking at the answer key. Let's have fun with this, guys!

That "hedgehog/porcupine" threat is a good one! I need to use that one myself sometime.

So....

Li' Donnie, watcha doing with that whole war excursion thingy over in Iran?

There's a ceasefire I think?

But we're still gonna kick the shit out of 'em.... I think?

I'm not sure what to think but that's OK! Donald Trump doesn't seem to be sure either.   

You know, I'm just gonna let Dave Columbo explain it to you.

So yeah, that clears everything up just fine.

So all y'all liberal snowflakes can just shut the fuck up, you crazy bastards. 

Last week der Führer threatened the Iranian people with genocide.

Yes, the FIFA Cup Peace Prize winner threatened to end the entire civilization of Iran if they did not capitulate to his demands to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. 

The same waterway that Trump says we really don't care about because we have our own oil. 

The same strait that Li'l Donnie says we don't need anyone's help with but  he's still pissed that NATO did not help us solve the problem we created by starting a war they were not consulted on. 

The ceasefire has not stopped Trump from bellowing his belligerent threats to obliterate Iran's military,

You know, the same military that the Dumpster Trumpster* said was already obliterated at the start of this alleged "excursion".

*I'm not sure about this nickname but still trying to make it work.

My wife Andrea (along with the rest of the world) is worried this is going to lead to World War III.

Me, I'm thinking this is great! We're overdue for a good ol' World War.  The last one was fucking awesome.

World War II gave us the best movies, the best songs, the best villains!  (Nazis! I hate Nazis!!) America kicked some serious ass in WWII!  AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!!!

Now WWIII is shaping up a bit different. It seems the United States might be on the bad guy side this time? We kind of did start this and I gotta admit, that's a bit awkward. 

And the script is a bit lacking.

WWII: FDR "We have nothing to fear but fear itself!"

WWIII: DJT "Open the fuckin strait, you crazy bastards or you'll be living in HELL!" 

OH, you don't think I should be making light of the potential that Donald Trump is pushing us into World War III? 

Well, you know what I have to say to that?

If you start throwing hedgehogs under me, I shall throw a couple of porcupines under you! 

So there!  

Did that line work? I so wanted the "hedgehog/porcupine" thing to work.

Apparently peace talks between the United States and Iran reached a bit of a impasse.

Iran: Please stop bombing us.

United States: But we have lots of bombs and want to use them.

Reportedly the sticking point for Iran is their access to and use of nuclear power. Iran says they don't want a nuclear bomb but thinks they should have access to uranium for a nuclear power plant.  

The counterpoint from America is no, we don't trust Iran with any uranium for any reason. No trust, no 'ranium.

Iran's counter to that is to point out the last time they agreed to not have a nuclear bomb and did not in fact have a nuclear bomb, the motherfucker who is President now was President then and it was that guy who tore up the agreement that Iran was abiding by but that idiot felt like Iran was cheating somehow.  So not a lot of trust on the other side of the fence.

So Trump is all giddy over the prospect of bombing more shit in Iran. 

Look, we got a lot of bombs. Would be kind of a shame not to use them. 

Finishing up today's post is a musical parady of the 1980's hit song by A Flock of Seagull, "(I Ran) So Far Away".

Update on this mess: Li'l Donnie has sent warships into the Strait of Hormuz and now we're gonna block it or something?

If you start throwing hedgehogs under me, I shall throw a couple of porcupines under you!

Yeah, guys, I don't think this expression is gonna catch on.

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And we're back later this morning with a 2nd post of a more positive nature as we wax nostalgic over last week's mission to the moon.  

Now Let's Get This Strait or Welcome to the S.E.P.

In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, writer Douglas Adams posits ways to make things invisible.

Most involved complicated machinations involving mirrors and light distortions to make something invisible to the eye.

But what about making something invisible to the mind?

It starts with taking the thing you want to make invisible and doing something weird to it, such as painting a mountain bright pink.

Then you slap an "S.E.P." around it.  An "S.E.P." is a low grade telepathic field that makes something "somebody else's problem." Out of mind, out of sight, if you will.

I apply the term "S.E.P." to my job for things that come into our department that are not things our department actually does. And I'm proud to say the term is catching on.

In a team meeting,  a co-worker was discussing some requests we received that we simply do not and cannot do.  She remarked, "Like David says, that's an S.E.P."  

Now declaring something an S.E.P. is not to be taken lightly. We have to be absolutely sure it's something we are not set up to do, not trained to do, not supposed to do. And even then, we have a responsibility to communicate it to the correct parties who are set up, trained and supposed to do the thing. 

I consider calling something an S.E.P. as a near sacred trust. We can't declare a thing as an S.E.P. simply because we don't want to do it.  

Like clearing the Strait of Hormuz.

We're, what, 5 weeks into our war with Iran.  We've been bombing the shit out of Iran and they have responded by jamming up the Strait of Hormuz, thus blocking 20% of the world's petroleum products. 

Everbody predicted that any military action taken against Iran would cause Iran to block the Strait of Hormuz. 

Either Li'l Donnie didn't know that was something Iran could do or he was so starstruck by his own war propaganda that he didn't conceive of Iran being able to do such a thing after we bombed the shit out of them.  

So Iran blocks the Strait of Hormuz and now my goddam gas is $4 a fucking gallon.😠😠😠

Which is just the beginning of the pain. 😢

Higher prices at the pump means it costs more to transport shit so stuff at stores gets more expensive.

Natural gas is used to make fertilizer and farmers already fucked over by Trump's tariffs are now paying more for fertilizer.

So Trump hit up NATO and even China to help unclog the Strait of Hormuz.

The response was a deafening indifference.

Donald Trump has spent years denigrating and insulting member nations of NATO as well as China and he did not bother to consult them before he launched his war against Iran. 

So who would be surprised that these countries would be less than eager to clean up a mess they didn't make? 

Well, Trump seemed perplexed by their response but then, he's stupid.  

Last week, der Führer posted this proclamation on his mildew rotted Truth Social.

Trump is trying to make the Strait of Hormuz an S.E.P.   

Well you dumb fuck but we can still SEE the Strait is jammed up and NO, it is NOT somebody else's problem.

YOU started the war with Iran that caused Iran to retaliate (as everyone but you knew they would) to close off the Strait of Hormuz.

YOU! BROKE! IT!  And you can't make someone else buy it.

Well, I suppose we're buying it in the form of fucking four 😠 goddam dollars 😠😠a fucking gallon, you goddam 😠😠😠 motherfucker! 😠😠😠😠

Am I angry about that? Why, yes, yes I am. 

So after trying to make the Strait of Hormuz an S.E.P. by schlepping it off on to Europe, Trump pulled out his box of crayons and scrawled out this message:  

"Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is running out - 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them."

Did he mean to say "reign" instead of "rain"? 

So bombing the shit out of Iran made Iran close the Strait of Hormuz.

So even more bombing more of the shit out of Iran will make Iran OPEN the Strait of Hormuz?

The beatings will continue until moral improves. 

Then on Easter Sunday, der Führer doubled down on his threats.

Aren't you glad we didn't elect a WOMAN as President who would be all crazy, hysterical and emotional? 

It's good that we have a MAN who is cool, calm and professional.  

Why, yes, I am being fuckin' sarcastic, you crazy bastards! 

Where was I? Oh yeah...

This whole damn war with Iran has been one continual cycle of contradictions and uncertainty. 

One minute Li'l Donnie is chastising Europe that it's THEIR problem to get the Strait of Hormuz open.

The next, Dumpster Trumpster* is making even BIGGER threats of action by OUR military to force open the Strait. 

*"Dumpster Trumpster is a new nickname I'm taking out for a spin. I haven't quite made up my mind if it will be a regular parrt of my repetoire.  

I really wish I could consider Donald Trump an S.E.P.  But my wallet won't let me do that.  😢

Stories That Shoud Be April Fool's Stories But Are Not

 So that post earlier this morning that I was dedicating the blog to the exclusive topic of actor Rachel Brosnahan? 

Yeah, I know, it was totally random and just weird.

I thought of doing some kind of strange satire piece around current real world events, politics or some other third thing.

But that's hard to do in a world with Donald Trump and his minions generating their own satire.

These are stories that should be April Fool's stories... but they're not.

TRUMP SPENDS CABINET MEETING TALKING SHARPIES

Yes, the alleged President of the United States gathered the heads of various government agencies and pontificated in detail on....

Sharpies! 

Yep, that thick marker Li'l Donnie uses to scrawl his  signature on executive orders made for a long winded discussion about how the usual White House ball point pens were too expensive and didn't work and the kids he gave them to as souvenirs didn't know what they were ("Mommy, what is this?") and how the head of the company that makes them offered to make some special for Donald Trump in black with gold lettering for $5 a pop.

Well, that was a good use of everyone's time. 

And also....

Newell Brands of Atlanta GA who manufacture Sharpies do not know what the fuck Trump is talking about. There was no conversation between Trump and anyone with the company about making special pens for der Führer.

IRAN GIVES TRUMP A PRESENT 

Der Führer claims he and his administration are in talks with Iran. 

Iran says ain't nobody talking to nobody.  

Li'l Donnie says yes they are and they gave him a present to show their good faith that they are serious about negotiatin'. 

It turns out that Iran did let a couple of oil tankers slip through the Strait of Hormuz and this is what Trump was calling "a present".

TRUMP SHOWS OFF A BALLROOM WITH NO FRONT DOOR 

While the fucking world is on fucking fire from the fucking war he fucking started, Donald Trump regaled the press on Air Force One with designs for his precious ballroom.

The New York Times poked around with the schematic drawing and well, they have questions.

The grand staircase out front does not actually lead to the entrance of the ballroom.

There are too many columns, obscuring a view of the building from  the outside and the view of anyone inside looking out.

Stairs on the side go nowhere.

It is too big and too tall. 

It's a garish monstrosity.

And Li'l Donnie is so proud of it.  

ALSO: apparently, the ballroom will be on top of a secret military complex.  Which is not a secret since Li'l Donnie blabbed about it.  

No matter how bad things can get in this world, Donald Trump will always find joy in his ballroom.

Unless...  

SIDE NOTE: a federal judge made a ruling that construction on the ballroom has to stop until Congress approves it.

Now Li'l Donnie's sad. And mad.  

VANCE SAYS ALIENS ARE DEMONS

No, I did not pull that headline from a tabloid.

It's a real thing that a real person really said.

During a podcast interview, J D Vance posited that if extraterrestrial beings really do exist, they are not from outer space.

They are demons.  

I'm not making that up. Vance said that.

You know how everyone keeps gleefully anticipating that Donald Trump is gonna die? Well, it happens, then J D Vance will be in charge.

So it would be more of a lateral move than any kind of improvement.  

KRISTI NOEM'S HUSBAND IS A CROSSDRESSER

Ok, NOW I'm making shit up, right?

Nope! It's a real story.

Seems the former head of the Department of Homeland Security was caught off guard that her hubby dresses up in women's clothes and hangs out with fetish models online.

It is so hard to come up with a good April Fool's gag in a world so full of fools.

I'm just gonna go back and admire my Rachel Brosnahan post.

No Kings Day 03/28/2026

Saturday was another round of "No Kings" rallies around the United States and the world to protest Donald Trump and the general fuckiness of his fucking fuckery.

Gee! Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said we're in the middle of a Golden Age brought to us by his lord and savior Donald Trump.

Johnson said that before giving Trump a golden idol called the "America First Award" 'cause nothing appeases Li'l Donnie like getting awards.  

What pray tell do we have to bitch about? 

Let's see what the "No Kings" website has to say. 

• Masked secret police terrorizing our communities. 
• An illegal, catastrophic war putting us in danger and driving up our costs.
• Attacks on our freedom of speech, our civil rights, our freedom to vote. 
• Costs pushing families to the brink.
• Trump wants to rule over us as a tyrant.

White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson called the protests “Trump derangement therapy sessions" and “the only people who care are the reporters who are paid to cover them.”

So not that big of a deal, I gather? 

Let's take a look around the country and see what's up.

WARNING:  Maureen O’Toole of  the National Republican Congressional Committee had this to say: “These Hate America Rallies are where the far-left’s most violent, deranged fantasies get a microphone!"

So CAUTION: the following may contain disturbing images of hate filled violence.

Saint Paul, Minnesota 

The Memorial Bridge in Washington DC 

"No Kings" Take Manhattan 

Here's more from New York City 

An opinion being expressed in Houston Texas 

Atlanta, Georgia 

Kansas joins in on the fun!

Boulder,CO

Topeka KS includes CATS against Trump! 

And DOGS come out to join the protests in California 

Minneapolis MN 

A No Kings protest in Palm Beach FL outside of Mar-A-Lago? Fuck Yeah!

Back In Washington DC 

It seems White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson may have a point.

Nothing to see here. 

All sarcasm aside, there was A LOT to see here with an estimated total 8 million people showing up for "No Kings" rallies, larger than the numbers from the two previous sets of rallies.

Which stands to reason as things seem to have only gotten worse. Since the last round of "No Kings" rallies, der Führer has ramped up his strident demands to curtail voting rights by pushing Congress to pass the so called SAVE Act and unilaterally sent American men and women into harm's way to START a war he cannot properly explain that has only made the world more unstable and unsafe.   

And the snivelling syncophants who surround him have only gotten even more intense in their cultish supplication to his every whim and appeal to his fragile ego.  Like that damn "America First Award" that Mike Johnson presented to Trump to appease his desperate need for flattery.  

Trump wants act like a king and his minions are more than prepared to treat him like one.

At least 8 million people disagree with that. 

Hopefully that disagreement will express itself at the polls this November and we can finally hold Donald Trump's fat corrupt ass to account.  

The Strait of Horrors

The snivelling syncophants to support Donald Trump try to propogate the myth that der Führer is some kind of strategic genius playing 4D Chess.

4D Chess?!?! This goddam fucking moron isn't even playing checkers! 

As anyone can see who is even remotely paying attention, Li'l Donnie is an ill tempered impulsive brat who will use one single answer to solve whatever one single problem is in front of him at any one single time.  

1. Problem: Iran is pissing off Donald Trump.
2. Solution: Trump orders military to bomb the shit out of Iran.
3. Outcome: Iran wets it pants and surrenders.
4. Problem solved.

Trump smirks with the self satisfied glee of a toddler who just knocked over a bee hive during his mother's garden party.

Well, that was simple! Why didn't any President do that before?

No President did it before becaue it is NOT that simple.

1. Problem: Iran is pissing off Donald Trump.
2. Solution: Trump orders military to bomb the shit out of Iran.
3. Outcome: Iran fucks with the Strait of Hormuz.
4. Problems created.

Iran has turned the Strait of Hormuz into the Strait of Horrors and yes, that is quite a problem. 

20% of the world's oil and natural gas supply moves through the Strait of Hormuz and Iran is sitting right there by the Strait where it can launch mines, missiles and drones with impunity.

Reports are that Li'l Donnie was told that Iran was likely to do this very thing in response to any military strikes by the United States. 

der Führer did not believe that Iran was going to do this as he was committed to his one problem/one solution/one outcome plan.

1. Problem: Iran is pissing off Donald Trump.
2. Solution: Trump orders military to bomb the shit out of Iran.
3. Outcome: Iran wets it pants and surrenders.
4. Problem solved.

 Li'l Donnie was not prepared that the bees he unleashed from the beehive could come back to sting him.

Holy shit! The Strait of Hormuz is all jammed up and everybody's bitching about the price of gas including the mouth breathing rednecks who fucking voted for him in the first place.

So Li'l Donnie appeals to NATO to help.

Yeah, NATO, the same group of nations that Donald Trump has repeatedly bullied, insulted and threatened for years.

der Führer thinks it's going to work this way.

1. Problem: MAGA is pissed over gas prices.
2. Solution: Trump demands NATO go to the Strait of Hormuz.
3. Outcome: NATO wets itself and sends ships.
4. Problem solved.

Except....

1. Problem: MAGA is pissed over gas prices.
2. Solution: Trump demands NATO go to the Strait of Hormuz.
3. Outcome: NATO says Fuck Off!  
4. Problems Trump created persist.

Gee who woulda thunk that years of insults and abuse, of constand bullying would make NATO and it's member nations reluctant to commit resources to solve a problem Trump created?

Of course Li'l Donnie is pissed off that NATO did not immediately capitulate to his demands. Here's what he said about that.  

"Without the U.S.A., NATO IS A PAPER TIGER! They didn’t want to join the fight to stop a Nuclear Powered Iran. Now that fight is Militarily WON, with very little danger for them, they complain about the high oil prices they are forced to pay, but don’t want to help open the Strait of Hormuz, a simple military maneuver that is the single reason for the high oil prices. So easy for them to do, with so little risk. COWARDS, and we will REMEMBER!"

Real smooth, Donnie. That'll win 'em over.  

Easy? Little risk? So why don't you do it, Donnie?

Because...

To unclog this toilet at the Strait of Hormuz will require a very large military presence in terms of ships, planes and yes, even soldiers on the ground to get ships through the Strait without being attacked by Iran.  

The member nations of NATO have offered assistance to restore order to the Strait of Hormuz if the United States will stop bombing the shit out of Iran which is causing Iran to jam up the frickin' Strait in the first place.

But that will mess up Donald Trump's clever strategy.

1. Problem: Iran is pissing off Donald Trump.
2. Solution: Trump orders military to bomb the shit out of Iran.
3. Outcome: Iran wets it pants and surrenders.
4. Problem solved.

Which several weeks into this god awful mess, der Führer still thinks is going to work.

Or has worked? Or is working?

Jesus, this guy.....  

Last week, der Führer claimed he had the support of  a former President who allegedly told Li'l Donnie that he wished he had done what Trump done did do.

The offices of all four living ex-Presidents were contacted and all four denied that any of them has talked to this motherfucker.

Did Donnie not think this claim could be checked? 

Meanwhile, Donnie wrote this on Friday, “We are getting very close to meeting our objectives as we consider winding down our great Military efforts in the Middle East.”

So you are NOT shipping Marines over to the region for a potential ground offensive? 

So you will NOT need that $200 billion in funding for the Iran war that you're asking Congress to approve? 

When asked if she would vote for the $200 billion appropriation, Rep. Lauren Bolbert said hell no!

Bolbert is hard core MAGA America First and former Trump loyalist.  Until LI'l Donnie fucked her over about that Epstein Files.

Damn it! Is that still a thing? 

1. Problem: Epstein files still a thing?
2. Solution: Trump remembers we have nukes! 
3. Outcome: Planet destroyed
4. Well, that should about do it for the Epstein files.