The Madness of the deluded Emperor Donald

• Iran wants me to be their Supreme Leader. I said No, thanks.
• I’m the opposite of desperate.
• I love to save money, for myself and the government.
• The Iranians are begging to make a deal.
• I don’t want a mentally ill person as president
• I aced 3 cognitive tests like no one has ever done before.

[When will some one put him out of our misery?]

The insane megalomaniac displays his delusions in a meeting of his Cabinet of sycophantic clowns

The Trump Press Secretary goes full cult as new leaks on the war humiliate him. “If President Trump says it, it must be true”.

Reality

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• Accelerating economic damage is creating urgency around the Strait of Hormuz.
• The shambolic US assault preparations continue.
• Iran demands recognition of its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.
• The Houthis are set to strangle Red Sea traffic if the US makes a ground attack.

Tensions in the oil market will persist for months, even in the most optimistic and low-probability scenarios.

The war can’t be explained by material interests alone.

Some light relief – a highly amusing take from The Daily Show on various aspects of this madness.