This from the NYT:
Pope Leo XIV is one of the world’s most powerful critics of the U.S. war with Iran. In recent days, he has condemned the worship of mortals and money, the pitfalls of arrogance, and the “absurd and inhuman violence” unleashed by fighting that has further destabilized the Middle East.
His many admonishments over the past week appear to have reached President Trump, who responded to those calls for peace by scorching the first American-born pontiff on social media and then taking personal credit for Leo’s ascension to the papacy.
“Leo should be thankful because, as everyone knows, he was a shocking surprise,” Mr. Trump wrote in a lengthy social media post on Sunday night. “He wasn’t on any list to be Pope, and was only put there by the Church because he was an American, and they thought that would be the best way to deal with President Donald J. Trump. If I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican.”
As Trump slips further and further into paranoid dementia, his disciples continue to pretend that all is fine.
The world watches; the world suffers; the world awaits his demise.
Trump is either mentally deranged or suffers from delusions of grandeur.
ReplyDeleteEither way , Trumps presence destabilises the world.
I'm coming to believe that Trumps inner cabinets unwavering support is driven by greed and the ability of insider trading.
The US taxpayer has been robbed of $billions by these monsters.
TB
They seem not to care at all for the public, TB. Truly, the U.S. is a failed state.
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ReplyDeleteTrump is either mentally deranged or suffers from delusions of grandeur.
Both. I think the casual diagnosis is pathological narcissism combined with very noticeable cognitive decline. He must always be "the best and the brightest" and it looks that as his cognitive abilities decline he has translated an inordinate greed into absolute fanaticism to make money by any means possible. And I agree he is ably assisted by his cartel.
The US taxpayer has been robbed of $billions by these monsters.
I cannot say this bothers me very much. They elected him TWICE, plus they elected the crooks, fools, and fanatics (intersecting sets) that make up the US Senate and House of Representatives that allows this obscenity to continue.
I am much more concerned about the rest of the world who are suffering for the almost complete failure of the US Gov't. As Lorne says, "The USA is a failed state". We are watching it disintegrate and personally I think I'd prefer to be doing this from Brazil or Australia rather than Ontario.
Trump is clearly unravelling before our eyes, Anon. An article about his money-grabbing use of his office can be found here:
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Great opening lines it that article.
DeleteFor decades, presidents avoided even the appearance of profiting from their office.
Harry Truman refused to lend his name to any business, even in retirement.
A competing clip from another article:
Harry Truman was a very rich man on the day he left the White House, and he became a good deal richer in the five and a half years between that day and the passage of the FPA. Moreover, Truman departed from the White House with so much money because he apparently misappropriated what in today’s terms would be millions of dollars from the United States government.
https://archive.is/20210802152323/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/07/the-truman-show.html
The author is a law prof an the Univ of Colorado
It looks like Trump is carrying on an old US tradition, just bigger and more blatantly and more damaging to the USA and the world as he would want.
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Very interesting, Anon. Thank you for the link.
DeleteWith great wealth comes great power .
ReplyDeleteRemember the golden rule; he with the most gold rules!!
TB