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Watching a Superpower Die By Suicide [View all]

https://politicalwire.com/2026/01/22/watching-a-superpower-die-by-suicide/

Watching a Superpower Die By Suicide
January 22, 2026 at 12:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 0 Comments

Garrett Graff: “Across the first three weeks of 2026, and especially yesterday, President Trump’s Mad King rantings about Greenland have accelerated into something far more stunning and alarming: We are watching in real-time as a superpower dies by suicide — an all-but unprecedented choice to self-immolate and torch the country’s remaining global trust and friendships.”

“The entire world order we built across eighty years, a never-before-seen geopolitical success that has been tended and fostered by Republican and Democratic administrations across a dozen presidencies, has been sacrificed this week on the altar of Donald Trump’s legacy-mad narcissism.”

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Watching a Superpower Die By Suicide [View all] babylonsister 20 hrs ago OP

let's face it: we live in the "suicene" era... ret5hd 19 hrs ago #1

And 35% of its citizens are so up his orange ass, that they dont see or care BlueWaveNeverEnd 19 hrs ago #2

That 35% love to see others they "disagree with" (hate) beaten Justice matters. 17 hrs ago #22

NOT interviewed trump supporters for a segment yesterday, they lamented high orices BlueWaveNeverEnd 17 hrs ago #23

Gonna be a whole lotn of DUMB BASTARDS if TSF succeeds. bluestarone 19 hrs ago #3

Bookmarking. yellow dahlia 19 hrs ago #4

It's more a cancer. Kid Berwyn 19 hrs ago #5

It's not suicide, it's murder. cstanleytech 19 hrs ago #6

It's both. The GOP is a murder-suicide cult. ananda 19 hrs ago #10

premeditated. intentional. planned and organized. erronis 18 hrs ago #11

And why do people persist... GiqueCee 15 hrs ago #33

Well stated. Putin found the weak link, capitalized on it while slowly making it weaker. erronis 14 hrs ago #35

Let's be honest D_Master81 19 hrs ago #7

Rain falls on the just and unjust alike. hay rick 19 hrs ago #8

Charles Bowen: markodochartaigh 16 hrs ago #30

And it's because people were so brainwashed by Fox and social media... Initech 19 hrs ago #9

This ... Faux Noise is doing Vladimir Putin's work for him FakeNoose 18 hrs ago #12

Yup! So many of the problems that we've faced in the last 25 years were directly caused by Fox. Initech 18 hrs ago #13

AM radio, the politization of churches Cosmocat 18 hrs ago #18

Agreed popsdenver 18 hrs ago #15

Paywall !!! ihaveaquestion 18 hrs ago #14

Putin grins and feels a tingle up his leg. rubbersole 18 hrs ago #16

it would be bad enough it were suicide, but in our case it's assisted suicide. nt Javaman 18 hrs ago #17

No shit. SergeStorms 18 hrs ago #19

It's been a long slow poisoning BaronChocula 17 hrs ago #20

Was it Greenland or Iceland? pfitz59 17 hrs ago #21

meanwhile, Presidunce PEDOnald has just ordered TripleSecDef "Whiskey Pete" Hogsbreath... alterfurz 17 hrs ago #24

I believe... GiqueCee 15 hrs ago #34

And Yet, Republicans In The Hearing Today Are Worshipping Trump.... ColoringFool 17 hrs ago #25

Not suicide. Eaten alive by parasites that have been allowed to fester JHB 17 hrs ago #26

He mentioned at first in his first term and couldn't give it up. Project 2025 underpants 17 hrs ago #27

We win the Darwin Award C_U_L8R 17 hrs ago #28

We're witnessing the collapse of our country RoadRunner 16 hrs ago #29

As Will and Ariel Durant said, markodochartaigh 16 hrs ago #31

Rid us of this pestilence: IMPEACH HIM! Joinfortmill 15 hrs ago #32

Murder by the Wealthy IbogaProject 12 hrs ago #36

Self Immolate by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard ybbor 11 hrs ago #37

I'm a positive and social person but, I think the US is done by summer. Bread and Circuses 7 hrs ago #38

He's a Russian asset. Orrex 1 hr ago #39