QOTD: Nice Little World You Have Here... -- Digby

[erronis]

https://digbysblog.net/2026/03/28/qotd-nice-little-world-you-have-here/

(Thanks to Digby's post, there are a few very good non-paywalled links.)

(From the NYT - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/us/politics/trump-iran-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WlA.l0QG.znvioO_liv_v&smid=url-share)

"He thinks everything is transactional, he can deal with the deal one step at a time and see how things unfold, but war is fast, uncontrollable, unpredictable and deadly," said Julian E. Zelizer, a Princeton history professor and the editor of a book of essays about Mr. Trump's first term.

"He's doing the same techniques he always does -- threatening people, insulting people, seizing attention to what he wants to say -- he's learning that it doesn't always work," he added. "He's doing the art of the deal in a way that's just creating chaos."

That's from this article in the NY Times about Trump's war. (gift link) It's actually much too kind but it is interesting. He's in so far over his head that it's breaking him.

He loves the violence though. Just loves it:

"We have unparalleled firepower, unlimited ammunition, and plenty of time -- Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today," he wrote in a Truth Social post this month. "They've been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, and now I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them. What a great honor it is to do so!"

And his henchmen love to see it:

"President Trump is acting like a wartime president should -- decisive, unafraid to use his constitutional authority and focused on protecting Americans rather than getting bogged down in the kind of endless and rudderless conflicts we saw under his predecessors," said Mike Davis, who leads the Article III Project, a conservative advocacy group, and was an early supporter of Mr. Trump's war.

"Presidents don't need permission to defend the country, and the media and Democrats will do anything to delegitimize Operation Epic Fury," he said. "President Trump's legacy won't be judged on process or polls, but on whether he succeeds in neutralizing the Iran threat and making Americans safer."

(Text from X - blocked by my browser):

Trump: "We have a thing called a war, or as they would rather say, a military operation. It's for legal reasons. Because as a military operation, I don't need any approvals. As a war you're supposed to get approval from Congress. Something like that. So I call it a military... pic.twitter.com/RN8To9mdfx-- Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 27, 2026

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[Walleye]

1. how will we know when "he succeeds in neutralizing the Iran threat"?

Are we just supposed to take his word for it? I wouldn’t take his word that the sky is up.

[erronis]

2. He (they) is just so f'in brazen about lying. A masterclass in con-artistry.

And enough rubes like the taste of that special kool-aid.