Even on a day in which he celebrated a genuine success, Donald Trump can't help being totally weird.
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Donald Trump is riding high after he strong-armed Iran and Israel into a ceasefire agreement that, for now, puts an end to a conflict that had the potential of turning really nasty. However, instead of acting like a normal person/president, he spent his day angling for the Nobel Peace Prize before reminding the world that he is crazy.
First of all, let’s give credit where credit is due: The direct hostilities between Iran and Israel have ended for now, and the US attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities played a major role in that development. In addition, Trump personally stopped an attack from Israel after the ceasefire began, which is both a reflection of how much Tel Aviv would have loved to continue its attacks and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pragmatism.
The last thing Israel wants to do right now is anger a volatile US president.
The coming days will show how much this ceasefire is worth… and the coming months whether Iran managed to salvage its nuclear program in spite of Trump’s assertions.
For now, however, the US president genuinely looks like one of the winners of the conflict, which is a rare sight. Usually, Trump screws things up and then pretends to be “winning,” or he takes credit for minor things or the accomplishment of others.
Not this time. This was an actual achievement.
So what did Trump do? Did he talk about the importance of peace and his vision for a better world? Did he magnanimously give others credit?
Of course not.
Well, to be fair, he tried those things but managed to sound like a weirdo.
“Both Israel and Iran wanted to stop the war, equally,” he wrote in one social media post. “It was my great honor to Destroy All Nuclear facilities & capability, and then, STOP THE WAR!”
That was quite literally the high point of his social media activity, which seemed to consume most of the president’s day.
He also shared a letter from Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) to the Nobel Committee in which the lawmaker suggested that Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. This would be the first time that the prestigious award would be given to a world leader for bombing another country.
Apart perhaps from getting a spot on Mount Rushmore, winning the Nobel Peace Prize is the thing Trump craves the most, especially since Barack Obama was awarded one (unjustly, in our opinion).
By the way, readers of this column will be familiar with Carter, who introduced legislation to rename Greenland into “Red, White, and Blueland” (and we really wish we were making that up).
Most importantly, however, Trump reminded the nation that he is an unhinged lunatic in a post insulting several Democrats and touting his score in a test given to possible dementia patients.
This time, he was triggered by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who suggested that the president’s decision to attack another country was unconstitutional and merited impeachment (he had earlier also attacked Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie, who also said this was unconstitutional).
Reminders of his two impeachments usually set off Trump, so he immediately launched into a wide-ranging tirade.
Among other things, he called AOC “one of the ‘dumbest’ people in Congress,” although it was not clear why he put “dumbest” in quotes.
“When we examine her Test Scores, we will find out that she is NOT qualified for office but, nevertheless, far more qualified than [Texas Democrat Jasmine] Crockett, who is a seriously Low IQ individual, or [Minnesota Democrat Ilhan] Omar, who does nothing but complain about our Country, yet the Failed Country that she comes from doesn’t have a Government, is drenched in Crime and Poverty, and is rated one of the WORST in the World, if it’s even rated at all,” he ranted.
Which test scores is he talking about? Nobody knows. However, we could venture a guess as to why Trump is targeting women of color…
But the president was just getting started. After referring to “The Mouse,” which could be one of the childish nicknames he uses for his adversaries, and taking a shot at Joe Biden, Trump suggested that AOC should also be tested for dementia.
“AOC should be forced to take the Cognitive Test that I just completed at Walter Reed Medical Center, as part of my Physical,” he rambled on. “As the Doctor in charge said, ‘President Trump ACED it,’ meaning, I got every answer right.”
We’ll let you be the judge on who sounds like he should be tested.
The president then said AOC should spend more time in Queens. In Trumpspeak, that means he is upset that she and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) have been able to generate huge crowds in rallies across the country.
Finally, Trump called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) “our Great Palestinian Senator,” which is definitely something a normal person would do.
In other words, after the president started the day with an actual win, it was quickly business as usual again in the White House on Tuesday.
In his Navigating the Insanity columns, Klaus Marre provides the kind of hard-hitting, thought-provoking, and often humorous analysis you won’t find anywhere else.