Friday, May 8, 2026

Jabba

 Dietrich Bonhoeffer famously wrote,  "Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice." 

Donald Trump is malicious and also stupid, and he can't manage to end his illegal war against Iran. 

The president cannot cope with complexity. Ordering the American military to attack Iran was, for him, a simple matter. After issuing the order, he likely ate four cheeseburgers and went to play golf, where he cheated and set a new course record.

After a week or two, the Iran war seemed to became complex. In that situation, Trump attempts to frame things simply so that he can make quick  yes or no decisions. 

He does not want real allies, who complicate matters; he wants obedient ass-kissers.  

Trump could not put together a genuine alliance with his own icy wife.  

If he really must deal with something complicated, he revises the problem until it's simple,  small and false. 

He doesn't care for the Pope, he claimed recently, because the Pope wants Iran to have nuclear weapons. 

After three weeks Trump lost interest in the Iran war. He turned to building himself a gigantic ballroom, patterned after his grandfather's Seattle house of the rising sun. Every delightful ballroom decision would be Trump's to make alone, down to the brand of toothpaste in the hidden presidential bunker.

Meanwhile the loony Iran war has turned static. Just a few people killed each day. Trump's attention seems to be drifting toward religion. Now he's pretending, like J. D. Vance, to be a Christian!

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