This is not normal: The Florida Man at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. is obsessing about nukes, Nigeria, and Seth Meyers
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The angry Florida Man who lives in the White House, has piled on more evidence of his instability.
Just a sample:
King Donald the Wannabe has announced that the Pentagon should renew its testing of nuclear weapons because other countries are doing the same thing, and we shouldn’t be left out of the fun.
Even though:
No other country on planet Earth is currently testing nuclear weapons, nor have they done so for years.
The Pentagon, headquarters of the Department of Defense, which Trump likes to call the War Department, is not in charge of testing atomic or hydrogen bombs. That responsibility lies with the Department of Energy.
So, we have a man who brags about the large red button on his desk who doesn’t know the first thing about the status of worldwide nuclear arms testing and he doesn’t know who in his very own government would do that testing, yet he’s in charge of launching all those missiles.
Not exactly comforting.
Meanwhile, our erstwhile King Donald, still pouting over not winning the Nobel Peace Prize, is looking for ways to start wars:
He’s sent an armada off the coast of Venezuela to bombard military installations in that country because he believes they are in cahoots with drug smugglers.
And now he’s threatening to send troops to the African country of Nigeria “guns-a-blazing” because they are killing one another over there.
Never mind that the Constitution of the United States, which he swore an oath to uphold, reserves to Congress the power to declare war on other nations.
And would-be King Donnie—who campaigned as a champion of the First Amendment—has now decreed that anyone who “criticizes Trump” may be a traitor, specifically singling out late-night TV host Seth Meyers who he says may be illegally making fun of him.
Here’s his post:
And while Americans face a hunger crisis wth the impending loss of food stamps, our commander-in-chief seems more obsessed with redecorating the White House bathrooms—gotta love that new chandelier and all the gold plating—than children who may go without meals.
I could go on, but I’m actually traveling, and had hoped to take a few days off. But unlike House Speaker Mike Johnson, I do have plans to get back to work. But I couldn’t let all this pass without comment.
One of the great dangers here, besides Trump himself, is that the constant bombardment of this insanity wears down our sensibilities over time; it begins to feel like business as usual.
This is not normal. This is dangerous.
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Unless he, and his appointees, are removed from office, this will only get worse.
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