Can we at least all agree that Trump’s strategy of insulting as many allies as possible before starting his war against Iran is not going well at all?

[strandjunker@mstdn.social]

Can we at least all agree that Trump’s strategy of insulting as many allies as possible before starting his war against Iran is not going well at all?

[vikingchieftain@mstdn.social]

@Strandjunker

I think that's actually the only area in which he has achieved great success. I can't think of another American president who has damaged relations with allies as much as Trump has.

[davidnjoku@mastodon.world]

@Strandjunker Let's not forget that he continued to insult them right after he started the war.

Apparently, for example, Kier Starmer isn't Churchill.

I think the implication is that Trump is Roosevelt.

[yakyunightowl@mastodon.world]

@davidnjoku @Strandjunker Roosevelt's disability was only physical tho.

[vladimirn@piaille.fr]

@Strandjunker
Bah... "his" "allies" are also looking after their own interests (not those of the people).
So, it is all possible that it becomes again interesting they agree to be "allies" again.
It is disgustingly desperate.

[passwordsarehard4@mastodon.social]

@VladimirN @Strandjunker kinda like Russian oil being peachy keen now.

[life_is@no-pony.farm]

@Strandjunker@mstdn.social Yes, that's right.

[npars01@mstdn.social]

@Strandjunker

Trump is an expert at abusive relationships.

He's the guy who flips out & puts his wife in the hospital with a broken arm, then is flabbergasted that she filed for a restraining order & divorces him.

His worldview is completely shaken by the idea that people can say "No" & make it stick.

The Epstein Class suffers from the same self-delusion.
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[riaresists@mastodon.social]

@Strandjunker It’s perfectly trumpian.
I hope every world leader snubs the 🫏publicly.

[mugsysrapsheet@mastodon.social]

@Npars01 @Strandjunker
I've made a point of the fact that this is the FIRST TIME in #ToddlerTrump's life that anyone has said "No" to him.

As The Boss' Son, no one told him No.
As the boss himself, no one told him No.

Worse yet, he has surrounded himself with Yes Men who insulate him from reality.

And now he's discovering there's an entire world out there that doesn't buy his bull$#!+ when he tries to gaslight them.

[rozeboosje@masto.ai]

@Strandjunker define "going well".... for Trump and the USA? Not so much. But it has shaken us here in Europe and many other countries out of the complacency that we don't have to look further because that rich market of gluttinous American consumers will always be there for us. We have finally started to take other global markets seriously and we are already starting to see results that will keep benefiting us LONG after Trump is gone. So cheers for that *smirk*

[stux@mstdn.social]

@Strandjunker Yes

[vmateusimeon@mastodont.cat]

@Strandjunker no entenc massa aquesta reflexió. No entenc si hi ha alguna intenció darrere. Hagués estat bé que hagués convençut els europeus occidentals per haver anat junts a agedir l'Iran?
Canviant el focus, perquè els europeus occidentals, per exemple, respecten el bloqueig sobre #Cuba? Què té de raonable aquest bloqueig?