The Rude Pundit: American Wreckage: Trump Is Radically Degrading the United States

[babylonsister]

http://rudepundit.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/american-wreckage-trump-is-radically.html
5/25/2017

American Wreckage: Trump Is Radically Degrading the United States


Donald Trump was standing before one of the holy relics of the 21st-century: a twisted piece of the fallen World Trade Center, destroyed on September 11, 2001. It was a dedication ceremony at the new headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and speeches were being made about two memorials, one for the Berlin Wall and one for 9/11 and Article 5 of the treaty, which says that an attack on one NATO country is an attack on all of them. After 9/11, NATO invoked Article 5 for the first time, and, like a Megazord of justice, all the the allied nations in the organization joined with the United States to fight in Afghanistan.

I was in Denmark shortly after 9/11, and I met soldiers there, young Danes, who were on their way, proud to take part in a war on terror, however misguided it may have been, alongside the United States.

Introducing Donald Trump, who, we always remember with the shock and force of a cattle prod, is the president of the United States, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, "When our open and free societies come under attack, we stand up for our values and our way of life. That is why a strong NATO is good for Europe, and good for North America. The 9/11 and Article 5 Memorial will be a daily reminder of our vital bond."

And then Trump strode over to the lectern, dropped his pants, and shit all over the gathered leaders, shit all over the treaty itself, and, indeed, shit all over the 9/11 wreckage.

It must have been odd for the presidents and prime ministers to think that Trump, a mere few days ago, was standing in a golden palace in Saudi Arabia, praising the repressive, torturing, warmongering, terrorist-supporting Saudi monarchy. And then he stood alongside the barbaric leader of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and gave him the kind of accolades reserved for saints. Even Angela Merkel, who has experienced firsthand Trump's shallow ignorance, must have just thought, "What the fuck?"

Because, see, Trump started his speech with his usual combination of false sorrow and bullshit bravado. "All people who cherish life must unite in finding, exposing, and removing these killers and extremists -- and, yes, losers," he said, repeating his latest moronic Trumpism. "They are losers." He did observe that the 9/11 attacks led to NATO "invoking for the first time in its history the Article 5 collective defense commitments."

And then shit got weird.

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In a single meeting, Trump degraded the place of the United States in the world. He went to Brussels and was essentially a drunk businessman, fingering the help and pissing in the fountain. He allied us with dictators, kings, and madmen, and he told our long-time, most reliable allies that there was really going to be a new world order. Trump is a radical without a cause or an ideology. And it's fucking terrifying.

And, as with everything with this petulant, paranoid, petty president, it's an embarrassment.

[liberal N proud]

1. America has lost its way

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. No.

You seem to forget that tRump is only a Minority President and that minority is shrinking.

[zentrum]

8. The point is...

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...his cabinet. Neil Gorsuch. The arrest of immigrants which goes on even after the recent court ruling. The white supremacist heading our Justice Department. Betsy DeVos. The very dangerous "tax reform" that's coming. The way the world is laughing at him and us and will more and more by-pass bothering with us. The privatizing of public services and infrastructure.

The minority President is but the most visible symbol of how we are losing our way.

[workinclasszero]

17. Shrinking?

His fucking party controls all three branches of government. Republican politicians assault the press verbally and physically to wild applause from the right.

The residents budget will literally kill Americans, children, the sick and the poor.

When does the shrinking start? How many basic human rights will we be stripped of before that happens?

[zentrum]

24. Exactly.

It's an on-going coup and even if he is removed from office---the new structures of government will be in place.

[workinclasszero]

26. It is a fascist coup

Happening right before our eyes and people still deny it.

[zentrum]

32. It blows my mind. nt

[L. Coyote]

18. Agreed. Shrinking over 1% a month so far. Trump is turning America blue.

[treestar]

22. How to explain that border county

Does it have a lot of Canadians? lol

[L. Coyote]

23. No, just a lot of people with great tradition of wisdom. Correlate this map:

[turbinetree]

25. Wado-------------Thank you

This map says everything on great tradition and wisdom

[treestar]

28. Ha!

Very good!

[zentrum]

27. And turning the

.....structures of government deep red.

Getting back the Supreme Court in time to prevent a conservative agenda for the next 40 years will be near impossible. Not to mention Sessions, De Vos, the Environment. Not sure Blue Americans can achieve enough offices by 2018 or even 2020 to become strong enough majorities to save the country.

[treestar]

29. No hopelessness!

GOTV!

[zentrum]

33. No--that's not going

..to work strongly enough. If we rely only on elections, while they are important, we will be doomed. Must be out in the street constantly with focused, vociferous weekly protests. We need more pressure than a few elections can bring to bear on this emergency for the 3 branches.

[madokie]

3. The rude one gets it right

as always.

Thanks

peace

[SharonAnn]

15. Trump thinks that "loser" is the worst accusation. "Winning vs losing" is his only value system.

To him, there is nothing worse than "losing". It is absolutely the worst thing.

[madokie]

16. He knows losers as he's been a loser all his life

if not for the silver spoon up his ass when he was born he'd be washing or selling cars today

[treestar]

21. True

I was thinking that term for a suicide terrorist is awfully mild, too.

[smirkymonkey]

4. Spot on!

Thank you, Rude! Excellent as always. However, it just made me angry all over again. God, how I despise this filthy orange bastard! He is a disgrace and an embarrassment and I don't know that we will ever live this down.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. The Rude Pundit nails it, as usual.

[Snarkoleptic]

6. I believe Trump's nascent dislike for NATO is simply a reflection of Putin's foreign policy.

Putin hates Nato, Trump hates Nato.
Putin hates EU, Trump assails Germany, which is the economic cornerstone.
Putin hates America, Trump gleefully begins dismantlement.

[Alice11111]

7. He thought he was on the Apprentice, dressing everyone

down, and pushing people out of his way. He was in his comfort zone, while the NATO members looked on with horrified amusement. You could see it in their faces& their hands over their mouths, thinking, he really is that bad.

[beachbum bob]

9. conservatives really want nothing to do with the rest of the world.....

so trump is doing them a service.

[Scarsdale]

10. The republicans

are allowing the entire country to look like idiotic brain dead fools to the rest of the world. As long as we are distracted by THEIR president, they are quietly dismantling everything good that has been accomplished. SS, Unemployment compensation, Healthcare, the list is long. We should band together, demand that THEY have to join this disaster of a healthcare program, or it goes nowhere. Just knowing they exempt themselves from it should be a read flag. Something is WRONG with it. Cancel pensions for these do-nothing productive asses. They line their pockets from the time they land in DC, and retire multi millionaires, and STILL take a pension and healthcare funded by taxpayers. What a farce!!

[WinkyDink]

11. This is a must-read. TRP speaks truth to power.

[dalton99a]

12. "petulant, paranoid, petty"

AND fucking dangerous.

[mnhtnbb]

13. How long do we--and our allies--have to put up with this a$$hole?

His removal from office cannot come soon enough for me.

[Ligyron]

14. The Rude One seemed a lot more serious in this offering.

The lack of irony and humor was notable because this really is serious. Nothing funny about it.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. THIS

Not the usual invective-filled (chuckle-worthy) rant, but a serious telling it like it is!

[theaocp]

20. He. Is. Fucking. Joffrey. Baratheon.

Enuff Z'Nuff. Fuck me gently with a chainsaw. Damn.

[nancy1942]

30. Well said.

He has made our country a mockery. A total fool who apparently will be allowed to destroy us with the blessing of the traitors who now control our government. The damage he's done is irreparable.

[Johonny]

31. When you call to expand defense spending by a huge amount and then complain

about how much America has to spend on defense...you're pretty much are pissing in the wind.