The Arms Race to Kiss Trump’s Ass Has Never Been More Ridiculous
I do not wish to leave aside an important branch of this subject, because it is a danger from which princes are in difficulty preserved, unless they are very prudent and discriminating. It is that of the flatterers, whose courts are full, because men are so compacted in their own affairs, and in a way so deceived in them, that they are kept with difficulties of this pest.
–Nicolo Machiavelli, The prince, 1532
A Trumpworld figure is not tried
On the way in which he exercises a certain duty.
It is more on the kisses that he
Can plant on Donald Trump’s patience.–Calvin Trillilin, The nation, May 2025
Like the “Rococo Hellscape Doré“From the rebuilded oval office of President Donald Trump, the rhetoric that the officials of the cabinet and foreign leaders deploy to flatter Trump, now in his second term, has risen to a level of auto-Paris so exalted that we must ask if climbing can continue. If these infiltrations are larger, can it finally detect the rhythm of rape so that the rest of humanity can make too many crèche or too recipient? On this last question, we are all witnesses, in real time, a natural experience at the 1600 Pennsylvania avenue.
A July 8 Photo Capinet op was, like his predecessors, a North Korea – Style Competitive ramp exercise:
“I would like to thank you for your leadership,” Trump told Trump, Kristi Noem. “Several times, the day after the flood of Texas, you and Melania were on the phone with me, and I want to thank you.»(Verification of reality: new parasitic cost controls adopted by the administration Delayed FEMA deployment by 72 hours.)
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth said that at the recent NATO meeting, he witnessed: “The way the world reacts to us by saying that it is time for you to open the burden and take the lead for your continent. This only happens with President Trump in the direction. ” (Verification of reality: NATO, which has recently been committed to increasing defense spending by 3.5% of the gross domestic product Over 10 years,, has not yet met Its previous 2 -year objective of 2%.)
Interior secretary Doug Burgum: “The fact that you have approved and supported a policy of energy domination, which sends a signal to the market that we are going to have more supply. You spoke during the campaign that inflation is a country-business. You have broken the back of inflation in six months, among all the other things you have done.” (Verification of reality: the consumer price index was not high in particular when Trump came into office.)
