Things weren’t going so well for Donald Trump. Negotiations to end the war in Ukraine — the one he said he would wrap up within days of taking office in January 2025 — were stalled; Americans were seeing through his lies about prices coming down, jobs being created and salaries going up; U.S. citizens were being killed as collateral damage in his brutal immigration roundup; his MAGA base, and even his Republican-majority Congress, were beginning to develop cracks; his administration was being run by incompetent, self-serving yes-men (and women); and worst of all, the Epstein files weren’t going away.

So he did what any normal person occupying the most powerful office in the world would immediately think to do: he invaded Iran, with no legitimate justification, no authorization from Congress, no sane strategy, and no exit plan.

In the meantime, Ukraine continued to fight for its life for the fifth consecutive year. But the next round of peace talks, which had been tentatively slated to begin last week, were put on hold — to the obvious delight of Vladimir Putin. According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, scheduling the negotiations had become difficult because it was unclear when U.S. officials would be able to participate. [Alex Raufoglu, RFE/RL, March 13, 2026.]

This time it was not Putin who caused the postponement; it was Trump’s and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s decision to divert the nation’s military resources to the Middle East, where their disastrous attack on Iran — initially touted as a surgical strike that would be over in the blink of an eye — has instead broadened into a multi-nation war of retribution against U.S. allies in the region.

Who starts a new war — and on false pretenses, at that — before an ongoing war is wrapped up? A blithering idiot, that’s who. One who, despite a lifetime of failures, still believes he can cover up his disastrous mistakes by creating more chaos. Who has no sense of loyalty to his allies. Who doesn’t give a flying fig how many people are killed, crippled, bankrupted and disenfranchised by his actions. Who is motivated only by ego and greed.

And when the shit once again hits the fan, what does he do? First, he dissembles — no, he LIES — about his justifications, his “goals,” and how things are going. Then he calls upon those very allies he so recently insulted and turned his back on — our traditional NATO allies — and asks them to put themselves in harm’s way by helping him out of his latest mess, because suddenly we’re all friends again.

And what about Ukraine? Well, here’s where it gets interesting. It seems that four years of being forced to stand up against the might of Russia’s forces has also provided the smaller country with an unexpected opportunity. Ukraine has suddenly emerged as the world’s leading experts in drone technology, production and wartime application, with particular emphasis on the Iranian Shahed drones that Iran has been selling to Russia and is now using in its own retaliatory strikes against U.S. interests in the Middle East.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in appreciation for America’s assistance throughout the course of Russia’s assault, had offered to share its innovative technology with the U.S., but was met with a shocking lack of interest . . . until recently. Suddenly, Trump and his squad of stable geniuses have come to realize that we may need these newer, more effective, and less expensive weapons after all. And Zelensky — being the far bigger man — is still willing to share his bounty with us.

Now, that’s irony at its best.

And that’s what I call a President.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
3/16/26