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Parting shot—a word from the editors
The Best Definition of Donald Trump We Have Found
In his zeal to prove to his antagonists in the War Party that he is as bloodthirsty as their champion, Hillary Clinton, and more manly than Barack Obama, Trump seems to have gone “play-crazy” — acting like an unpredictable maniac in order to terrorize the Russians into forcing some kind of dramatic concessions from their Syrian allies, or risk Armageddon.However, the “play-crazy” gambit can only work when the leader is, in real life, a disciplined and intelligent actor, who knows precisely what actual boundaries must not be crossed. That ain’t Donald Trump — a pitifully shallow and ill-disciplined man, emotionally handicapped by obscene privilege and cognitively crippled by white American chauvinism. By pushing Trump into a corner and demanding that he display his most bellicose self, or be ceaselessly mocked as a “puppet” and minion of Russia, a lesser power, the War Party and its media and clandestine services have created a perfect storm of mayhem that may consume us all.— Glen Ford, Editor in Chief, Black Agenda Report
Patience Paul patience ! I understand the impulse, but the U.S. snake is still very poisonous and must be dealt with via a long stick and eventually kept at bay will starve itself, it is already half dead. I listened today to Teresa and her utter non sense, and the Herr Trump like the little threatened school boy that he is made the same statements, and of course the ever ugly minded Mss. Haley, and my dander got up in a hurry listening to this crap my 1st thought was for Russia how intolerable such uncalled for scheming and rudeness… Read more »