It's official: The USA has a King - and the Americans are the BAD GUYS … and getting WORSE

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A Baltimore drug kingpin (Garnett Gilbert Smith, also known as Abdule Jones and Brian Slack) who built a multimillion-dollar narcotics empire and lived a lavish, celebrity-style lifestyle before his arrest was pardoned by President Donald Trump in May

On Tuesday, Dec. 2, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández received a “full and complete pardon” by President Donald Trump following his conviction of conspiring with drug traffickers to import more than 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.

Seems Venezuela didn’t think of bribing pay off pay their due to Trump.

Trump truly thinks he can do anything he likes - even go to War and invade another country so he can plunder it.

Just like Russia.

And make no mistake: the Americans just shot themselves in the foot. They lost ALL moral ‘superiority’ (if they ever had any).

Telling China it can’t simply take Taiwan would be hypocritical in the extreme.

What the “Kristallnacht” was for Nazi-Germany, the invasion of Venezuela was for the US.

In Nazi-Germany it was about RACE - in the USA it is all about GREED.

No longer can US Americans pretend “We are the good guys”, because as much as I dislike Maduro, the USA is now unequivocally run by a crime family committing illegal acts left, right, and centre, and isn’t even pretending anymore that it isn’t about theft of resources.

We are back to ‘Spheres of influence’ and ‘Empire building’.

Greenland will be next. Ukraine will be betrayed. China will invade Taiwan.

Americans are now the BAD guys - in line with Putin and Xi.

The UNHOLY TRINITY.

“The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”

But honestly? Most Americans I met were not that good to begin with, just arrogant pricks with an air of entitlement and a superiority complex.

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Hegseth responded:

Well, it means we set the terms. President Trump sets the terms. And ultimately, he’ll decide what the iterations are of that. But it means the drugs stop flowing. It means the oil that was taken from us is returned, ultimately, and that criminals are not sent to the United States.

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I guess I missed when Venezuela pumped oil from the United States and deposited it under their land? In what manner was that oil ever “ours” to begin with?

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A Canadians perspective on how we perceive the USA

Pretty spot on if you ask me

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1611904720259169

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Waiting to see in the following months how many fentanyl deaths there are
This should drop it to 0 … riiiiigggghhhhttttt ???

:rofl:

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I’ve two words for you…

Epstein Files

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I’m sure someone will say that “you” invaded “us” first, because the Florida (!!) Panthers won the Stanley Cup. :slight_smile:

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Republican Representative Thomas Massie, a frequent Trump critic, wrote in a post on X that Trump’s warning of further strikes on Venezuela “Doesn’t seem the least bit consistent” with Rubio’s characterisation to Lee.

“If this action were constitutionally sound, the Attorney General wouldn’t be tweeting that they’ve arrested the President of a sovereign country and his wife for possessing guns in violation of a 1934 US firearm law,” Massie wrote in a separate post.

:joy::man_facepalming::joy:

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… and getting WORSE:

‘Soon’: Wife of prominent Trump aide shares ominous message over Greenland

Trump sets sights on Greenland

‘Nobody can stop us’, Trump says in chilling threat

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Marjorie Taylor Greene:

“This is what many in MAGA thought they voted to end. Boy, were we wrong.”

I’m not even tempted to say “Told you so” as it was so obvious and the MAGA crowd so stupid that there is absolutely no satisfaction in being right. I still don’t get how ANY decent person can vote for Trump and his acolytes … OHHH … got it now …

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It was for me nothing I could even get how this could be when he became first time president. In that moment I believed: okay, they have done it this time but it will not happen again. Oh boy. When he tried the second time and lost against Biden I saw what this guy is thinking about democrathy: nothing. He lost, it’s history.

And then there was a hope. When Trump tried to become president, Camilly Harris had good chances to become president of the united States. The day of the interview came, she answered to the question what she will change in the US politics when she becomes president: “Nothing”. Substantially this could be a good answer as the state was running good with Joe Bidens politics and america could exist. But deep in my heart I knowed: this is the moment she losses this election.

Trump again became president. With a political program everybody could see: this will not take a good end. With Elon Musk, with his ICE actions against immigrants. With the Tarriffs. This gui ruined the us politics and started to ruin the US economic. And started to turn the clock back in case of medic aid and several programs.

The result is that more and more americans become poor.

In his politics was one thing what was kind of right: China shall not reunion with Taiwan. Cause this would cost the economy of western hemisphere the entire Microchip economy they have. At the end it would result in a total technological leadership of china or in destroying all high tech machineries in Taiwan. You can choose. In german we say choose between plague and cholera. At the end we will have this situation: A china with ownership over the entire taiwaneese industries. This would bring us a big problem cause there is no technological advance anymore. Or we are killing the entire microchip economy of taiwan. This would destroy our entire economy effective immediately.

So Trump says: no, Taiwan is a state and you can’t get control over a state. Here we go. In Venezuela Mr. Trump decides: america shall gouvern this entire country. Otherwise this would not work cause they have a narco-traffic-terrorist as a president. So they catched Maduro and he will end in an US prison.

Following this example, Putin is right with the war to get control above the ukraine. Xi is right with his will to reunion what was never one country. And the next argument from US? Take greenland. Sorry, I don’t know how to handle this form of politics. Not at all.

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The thing that annoys me most: none of this (and what is to come) would have happened if Europe and NATO had stood up to Putin and said right at the start: “We won‘t invade Russia, but we WILL kick you out of Ukraine.“

Appeasement didn’t work with Hitler, and only people who should not be anywhere near politics expected it to work with Putin. As the saying goes: “If you don’t learn from History then you are bound to repeat the mistakes” - this is a prime example.

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Appeasement didn’t worked with Stalin, Hitler and other despotes. The only chance was in the beginning of ukraine war: Nato ll in to kick russia out of ukraine. We have an Example: Taks front to front in berlin. If there would not be that reaction russia would have occupied Berlin completely that moment. There would be no west berlin starting from that moment. Things history shows

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So can we now expect you to start campaigning for DExit?

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But what is China’s first priority, Taiwan or Manchuria?

A possible interesting side effect of Trump’s action is what will happen if substantial quantities of Venezuelan oil starts hitting the market? Russia’s economy is already teetering on the brink, their oil and gas exports are down ~27% YoY ( not least because Ukraine is hitting their refineries and Trump is imposing secondary sanctions ), any drop in oil prices will be a killer for them.

Plus Putin’s extra special friend, Xi Jinping, has demanded access to the Russian market on top of the knock-down priced oil and gas so now Russia’s useless car industry, etc… is being crushed because the Chinese can do it all better and cheaper.

If Xi Jinping decides the cost of being China’s extra special friend is Russia must return Manchuria what is Putin going to do?

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Dear Markus Winter,
I took the liberty of separating verifiable facts from speculation in your post, because some claims deserve scrutiny rather than amplification.

Recent U.S. presidential pardons and political decisions have exposed an uncomfortable truth: power is increasingly exercised without shame, restraint, or even the pretense of moral consistency.

When individuals tied to large-scale criminal activity receive clemency while ordinary people face the full force of the law, the message is unmistakable. Justice is no longer blind—it is selective. Loyalty and usefulness matter more than legality or ethics.

This erosion of accountability is not happening in a vacuum. It reflects a broader shift in how the United States conducts itself on the world stage. Sanctions, covert actions, and regime-change ambitions are justified in the language of democracy and freedom, yet they are often indistinguishable from old-fashioned resource politics. The gap between rhetoric and reality has become impossible to ignore.

For decades, the U.S. positioned itself as a moral counterweight to authoritarian powers. That claim is now severely weakened. Not because America has become identical to Russia or China—but because it increasingly behaves as though rules are optional when inconvenient. Moral authority is not declared; it is earned. And once squandered, it is not easily reclaimed.

This hypocrisy has consequences. It undermines the credibility of U.S. objections to aggression elsewhere. When international norms are enforced selectively, they begin to look less like principles and more like tools of convenience. That weakens the global order far more effectively than any external adversary could.

We are witnessing a return to spheres of influence, transactional alliances, and naked self-interest. Call it realism if you like—but let’s not pretend it is virtuous. Empire-building, whether overt or disguised, breeds instability and resentment, not peace.

Criticism of these policies is not anti-American. On the contrary, it comes from the belief that a nation capable of better should be held to a higher standard, not excused when it falls short. Governments are not their people, and citizens are not responsible for every act committed in their name—but silence and apathy allow the worst tendencies of power to flourish.

History is clear on this point: when wrongdoing becomes normalized, it is not defeated by slogans or nostalgia, but by accountability, courage, and refusal to look away.

The danger is not that the world is becoming more hostile.
The danger is that we are learning to accept it.

If we care about a better world, we should start by being honest about the one we’re creating.

Kind regards,

Chris

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[Recent U.S. presidential pardons and political decisions have exposed an uncomfortable truth: power is increasingly exercised without shame, restraint, or even the pretense of moral consistency.]

Yes, this is uncomfortable and shows that this democracy is at it’s end if Trump can do what he wants. Even a president needs borders and this president is without any border and I have no doubts that he will do more interesting stuffs.

[This erosion of accountability is not happening in a vacuum. It reflects a broader shift in how the United States conducts itself on the world stage. Sanctions, covert actions, and regime-change ambitions are justified in the language of democracy and freedom, yet they are often indistinguishable from old-fashioned resource politics. The gap between rhetoric and reality has become impossible to ignore.]

The entire problem for me as a German I simple: it looks like 1933 and reading and listening to what this president says reminds more and more to Adolf Hitler. I have no other comparable time in history which made the world a so dangerous place.

[For decades, the U.S. positioned itself as a moral counterweight to authoritarian powers. That claim is now severely weakened. Not because America has become identical to Russia or China—but because it increasingly behaves as though rules are optional when inconvenient. Moral authority is not declared; it is earned. And once squandered, it is not easily reclaimed.]

President Trump acts like a despot. And he treats states like they are in his ownership. I don’t know how the USA will apologize for this stuffs he is doing. To Venezuela but also to the Ukraine, to Europe. And there is another thing which is in my eyes dangerous. If Putin would be a musician, Trump would be his Violin. Putin plays Trump virtuously in real perfection. It is in my eyes the most unintelligent person which was ever US President. But that is only my opinion.

[This hypocrisy has consequences. It undermines the credibility of U.S. objections to aggression elsewhere. When international norms are enforced selectively, they begin to look less like principles and more like tools of convenience. That weakens the global order far more effectively than any external adversary could.]

The biggest problem is: catching the President of Venezuela isn’t the part. But telling the world that the USA will take the leadership above Venezuela is dangerous. The Government which is not elected by the country. That will end up like it ended in Iraq. And it has side effects. Xi Jingping will address the same Ideas to USA in case of Taiwan. If Venezuela is now governed by USA then Taiwan has to be governed by China also. Mr. Trump you need to understand. And I doubt that Trump will risk a war against China. Cause China is a way to far in military development. It is not an enemy like Iran or Venezuela. They have a big army with all weapons including nuclear options and hyper sonic rockets. We will see.

[Criticism of these policies is not anti-American. On the contrary, it comes from the belief that a nation capable of better should be held to a higher standard, not excused when it falls short. Governments are not their people, and citizens are not responsible for every act committed in their name—but silence and apathy allow the worst tendencies of power to flourish.]

I declare hereby: I am not anti American. I have many American friends and business contacts to people from America. It is – at least for me – not that what American people want and feel. It is what Mr. Trump believes is truths and that it is the right behavior. DON almighty would be the right Description. And that’s what this guy demonstrates every day. It is sad to hear from friends that they do not feel comfortable in their own home country, that they are ashamed that this guy can act so and is acting so. That the American judicial System allows things like this and that no Justice makes an end to this.

And I have no doubt that they mean what they say. The biggest problem coming up is: what will be at the end of this Presidents period? Will he go? Will he stay? And if he will stay: will anybody do anything against or will it be accepted by the judicial system and by the GOP of the republicans. This will make the biggest change. If the democracy can stop a guy like this we will see that there will be a comeback for human rights. Let’s hope so.

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Good post, but I see no scrutiny - you pretty much say what I say …

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The worst thing about it is that many Americans shouted as loud as we could that this is the sort of stuff what would happen and we were called, “alarmists” and had Trump Derangement Syndrome. In retrospect we didn’t shout hard and long enough. Not that it would have made much difference I guess.

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Mr. Bkeeney, as I wrote before: I have since my times of studies many friends in USA and the most of them are not republicans. So we could say: they have the same problem you have. But. It is not so that you could do anything against it. There are many people believing that this is the best he could do and so on. I know a few republicans which are still singing this song. And I? I stopped that contacts. That’s enough I said. While it destroys not only America. It destroys the entire System between USA, Nato, Europe, Asia-pacific. Trump takes care that we will land in the thrird world war if he is not stopping what he is doing. China isn’t a weak country. The other waxy around. And they will do what they can to get Taiwan. With Venezuela Trump has done exactly that step which was needed to show: hey, in our world the strongest is always setting the rules. In the believing that he is the strongest. If this would be real I would try to ask: the line Russia-China…they have more nuclear weapons. They have more intercontinental rockets. And so on. That is really dangerous. Cause I believe that, if this moron stands with his back to the wall he will not hesitate to use nukes. Yes, I strongly believe exactly that. We can’t do anything. The American citizens couldn’t do anything. Because voted for Trump. He was the Winner of the election. And even if anybody knows that this guy is a stupid and extremely unintelligent moron nobody of his party has done anything. That are the people which are guilty in this case. We are only viewers on the cheap and bad places. We are not even part of this games.