Another in a (generally ) weekly series of posts with interesting reading / viewing material (note: some linked articles contain adult language).
Easter was particularly interesting this year. A few days in advance, at a White House Easter luncheon, Trump’s “spiritual advisor” compared him to Jesus Christ. Doubling down on the blasphemy, Trump then skipped out on church on Easter Sunday, opting instead to post a profanity-laden tweet threatening genocide against Iran.
Trump’s supporters were oddly silent about the whole thing — in spite of its timing, and clear threats of war crimes. Plenty of other folks, though, are questioning his mental health. Democrats are no longer alone now in calling for Trump’s impeachment.
Surprisingly few people, though, noted the parallels between Trump’s ultimatum and the Curse of King Croesus.
There’s also the recent related news of military threats that the Trump administration made against the Vatican (!) earlier this year.
Fortunately, the Iranians gave us a last-minute off-ramp from / ceasefire in the war, which Trump leapt for even though the terms are a big win for Iran. It’s fragile, and so far barely holding. Time will tell…
But things are looking so bad that Melania Trump appears to now be using the Epstein files as a distraction from the Iran war that was supposed to distract us from the files. But will it distract everybody from the return of inflation? And then, there’s The Onion’s take on this.