Donald Trump doesn’t give a fuck about our troops. He doesn’t give a fuck about anyone but himself. He never has and he never will. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

He is just re-enacting this great performance. youtu.be/fEj1h7BC2b4

Civilians in Tehran are reporting toxic oily rain following US and Israeli airstrikes on oil storage facilities. An estimated 10 million people face exposure to hazardous chemicals, with risks including skin burns and lung damage.

There is no logical case. Trump is a bullshitter. He says whatever it takes to get through the moment. This isn’t new.

If self-restraint is no longer even practiced from a sense and understanding of enlightened self-interest, there must be some kind of intellectual degeneration, or even more likely, a psychopathology at play. I'm thinking of Fromm's concept pair of biophilia vs. necrophilia.