The president's antics may work domestically, but he's now loathed among elected allied leaders across Western Europe.

It is among the most familiar patterns of the Trump era.

First, Trump says or does something weird, rude or otherwise norm-defying. Some elected Republicans object, and the response from Trump and his minions is to shoot the messenger. The dynamic holds constant whether it’s big (Jan. 6 pardons) or small (tweeting “covfefe” just after midnight).

The essence of this low-road-for-me-high-road-for-thee dynamic rests on the belief that Trumpism is a one-way road. Insulting Trump, deservedly or not, is forbidden, while Trump’s antics should be celebrated when possible, defended when necessary, or ignored when neither of those responses is possible. But he should never, ever face consequences for his own actions.

This was the week Trump’s routine went global.

  • Gates9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    2 hours ago

    Trump is the blooming peyote flower on top of the shit pile of several decades of abusive U.S. foreign policy. Despite what people might want to believe, continuity of policy is maintained regardless of who is in the White House. There’s only one guy that attempted to disrupt this continuity, and the MIC blew his fucking head off in front of the whole world, just to make sure everyone would know that it doesn’t matter who you are, they are in charge.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    4·
    9 hours ago

    This is completely unfair to Trump. Trump is not burning bridges, he is blowing them up, to use the materials to build a NEW BRIDGE!!

    A much better bigger more beautiful bridge, actually the best and biggest and most beautiful bridge EVER BUILT!!
    And he calls it the big beautiful bridge to nowhere. I think it’s supposed to end in the middle of the Atlantic, making it by far the longest bridge ever built.

    So please people show some respect for the President will you?

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
    7·
    11 hours ago

    Why should he care about Americas future? His primary goals are being famous and rich while staying out of prison. If the world burns, unless it concerns Mar-a-Lago, he could not care less.

  • CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml
    31·
    9 hours ago

    Huge W.

    Anything that puts the US farther away from being able to terrorize the world (like they did with Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Iraq, Afghanistan and so many more) is a win for Humanity.