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One day we will wake to his obituary :-)
Trump has dragged America so far down that no one takes the USA seriously anymore - AzExpress
The rulers of Russia, China, and North Korea are far from admirable men. They lead oppressive regimes marked by secret police, censorship, and prison camps. Yet, they are calculating leaders — and they know weakness when they see it. For years now, they have studied Donald Trump, and their...
The rulers of Russia, China, and North Korea are far from admirable men. They lead oppressive regimes marked by secret police, censorship, and prison camps. Yet, they are calculating leaders — and they know weakness when they see it. For years now, they have studied Donald Trump, and their verdict is clear: the American president is not a leader they take seriously.
The rulers of Russia, China, and North Korea are far from admirable men. They lead oppressive regimes marked by secret police, censorship, and prison camps. Yet, they are calculating leaders — and they know weakness when they see it. For years now, they have studied Donald Trump, and their verdict is clear: the American president is not a leader they take seriously.
The latest proof came with Beijing’s military parade on Wednesday, underscoring how little weight they assign to Trump. Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jong Un stood side by side to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko even joined them. The United States — a decisive force in defeating Japan and ending the war in the Pacific — was not included. Trump, much like the country he represents under his leadership, was left to observe from afar.
But this was more than an oversight; it was an intentional humiliation. Putin, Xi, and Kim showcased solidarity while reviewing China’s growing military might, just weeks after Putin dismissed Trump in Alaska and refused to negotiate an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The White House tried to portray that ill-fated summit as a diplomatic draw, but when a Russian autocrat shows no interest in compromise, dominates the press conference, and then cuts short a carefully choreographed lunch before flying home, that’s not diplomacy — it’s a public rebuke.
Trump has not fared much better with the other two. Amid Washington’s dysfunction, Xi is working to recast China as the steady hand of global politics. In fact, Beijing has gone so far as to offer an olive branch to India, a longtime rival, declaring it stood with New Delhi against “the American bully” after Trump inexplicably tried to slap 50 percent tariffs on India.
North Korea, meanwhile, continues its steady march toward a nuclear arsenal that may one day rival Britain’s. Trump once believed he could cut a deal with Kim Jong Un, trading “love letters” and photo ops. That illusion is long gone. Pyongyang now understands it can flatter Trump cheaply while saving real discussions for nations it considers legitimate players.
Trump’s reaction to being excluded from Beijing’s grand spectacle showed exactly why these strongmen dismiss him. Rather than ignoring the slight, he jumped on his social media platform with a petulant outburst thinly disguised as sarcasm. “May President Xi and the wonderful people of China have a great and lasting day of celebration. Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against The United States of America.”
The irony is that Russia, China, and North Korea are conspiring against the U.S. — but for a president to whine about it publicly only underscores his insecurity. Trump went further, demanding recognition of America’s role in World War II:
This doesn’t sound like strength or leadership — it reads like the complaints of a man desperate for acknowledgment. A confident president would have brushed off the parade entirely, or if pressed, simply reaffirmed America’s respect for the sacrifices of its allies. Trump, however, chose to sulk and insist that he would not have attended even if he had been asked.
America’s adversaries aren’t alone in treating Trump as unserious. Even allies, while bound to him formally, have learned that the best way to get results is to manage his ego quietly and conduct real diplomacy elsewhere. After Anchorage, where Trump all but echoed Putin’s narrative, European leaders rushed to Washington to reassure him he had done fine — while making clear they would still need to work around him.
Trump’s erosion of U.S. credibility might not be as severe if he had a real foreign policy team. Instead, he has little interest in world affairs beyond how they serve his personal ambitions — whether chasing a Nobel Prize or shifting headlines away from domestic troubles like the economy or Epstein disclosures.
In his first term, at least there were officials like Defense Secretary James Mattis, who put forward a national defense strategy to provide some direction. Now the Pentagon is run by Pete Hegseth, who shows no indication of grappling with complex issues. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, once billed as an “adult in the room,” has been reduced to little more than a political prop, weighed down with tasks but stripped of influence. And intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard seems more focused on purging imagined internal enemies than countering real threats — a gift to Xi and a joke to Putin.
The truth is simple: America today lacks a coherent foreign policy, has no steady team of experienced leaders steering defense or diplomacy, and is led by a president who treats international politics as an extension of his personal brand. No wonder Putin, Xi, and Kim — three men with nuclear arsenals aimed squarely at the United States — act as though Trump and the nation he represents barely matter.
You know what is kind of odd though ? Every time a Republican president attempts to bring one of them into more friendly relations with the United States the Democrats want to try and halt it dead in its tracks every time. Gee,........its almost like they NEED a common enemy isn't it? The smarter people DO notice....
He literally accused ME of PAYING DAMO a grand to boot his ass out of here! 