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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMetaphor for Trump's folly into Iran:
Driving a car without steering and brakes.
He has no idea when and how the ride will end.
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Metaphor for Trump's folly into Iran: (Original Post)
no_hypocrisy
2 hrs ago
OP
It is a smash and grab robbery, and Trump will burn it all down to get what he wants.
Irish_Dem
2 hrs ago
#1
He judges success by how rich his billionaire buddies are getting. We don't matter.
Walleye
2 hrs ago
#2
Millions of Americans locked up with dementia to keep themselves and others safe.
Hope22
20 min ago
#8
Irish_Dem
(80,846 posts)1. It is a smash and grab robbery, and Trump will burn it all down to get what he wants.
He doesn't care about democracy or freedom.
He has a clear idea what he wants.
Iran has oil.
Walleye
(44,531 posts)2. He judges success by how rich his billionaire buddies are getting. We don't matter.
no_hypocrisy
(54,759 posts)4. Doesn't mean that the goal will be reached.
This is both inept planning and execution.
The oligarchs and billionaires hitched their wagon to a most incompetent "leader".
Walleye
(44,531 posts)6. I think they understood that he was completely corruptible
2naSalit
(102,097 posts)3. Or...
A drunk chimpanzee with an AK47.
C_U_L8R
(49,293 posts)5. Trump's diaper situation
Its just going to get messier every day until the old man expires.
And no matter what, someone else gets stuck cleaning it up.
Hope22
(4,670 posts)8. Millions of Americans locked up with dementia to keep themselves and others safe.
This man is the only exception and he is permitted to terrorize the world. Enough already.
surfered
(13,018 posts)7. It ends when he takes us over the cliff.
twodogsbarking
(18,405 posts)9. Driving around without a destination.