The Imperial Presidency

[robkelk]

Honestly, how dare you call Trump's distractions of your attention senility.  He has got you talking about what he and his administration is saying, not what they are actually doing.

We don't have the luxury of being able to take his words at anything other than face value.

Trump's talk about Canada parrots Putin's claims on Ukraine -- I'm honestly not sure if this is a distraction or not, but it sure shows all of the signs of a leader wanting to invade, or at least wanting a client state.  The other half of it is that Trump also wants to make big military spending cuts, so I think what he really wants is a humiliating trade deal.  Just like the humiliating deal he wants with Ukraine's minerals -- I mean, for fuck's sake, all Zelensky had to do was "find" the dirt on Hunter Biden and everything would be fine, but now Trump has to teach Z a lesson about loyalty.

... Are we the baddies?

Humiliating people instead of dealing with them in good faith isn't what goodies do.