President Trump is known for thinking that he has exaggerated talents and abilities. But in a recent tweet he has topped himself. In responding to criticism of his decision to withdraw troops from Northern Syria and allow Turkey to conduct a military operation there to get rid of the Kurds, he said the following:
“As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!),”
“In my great and unmatched wisdom” is so over the top, it would be laughable if the speaker wasn’t the President of the United States. It sounds like something the Wizard of Oz would say, or Mussolini. Totally delusional. This is certainly not an impeachable offense, but it does show why Trump is unfit for the office and should have been removed through the 25th Amendment procedure.
But there’s more delusion. He will totally destroy and obliterate the Turkish economy? And he’s done it before? This is truly scary stuff.
But beyond the evidence of delusion, what’s disturbing about this episode is that it is being reported in the press, including The New York Times, as evidence that Trump pivoted on the issue after receiving a barrage of criticism from Republicans and Democrats in Congress.
But he and his administration didn’t pivot. His statement is just blather. How can anyone take it for a substantive statement? And all the Defense Department said was that they and the President made clear to Turkey that the U.S. does not endorse a Turkish operation in Northern Syria and will not support one or be involved in any such operation.
Note, they did not say that they would stop any Turkish operation, against the Kurds or otherwise. And now that the Turkish military operation is underway and openly aims at wiping out the Kurds, all Trump said was, “It’s a bad idea” and that we can’t have these endless wars; and the Defense Department just reiterated what they had said previously. We have abandoned our allies.
We are in uncharted territory. All one can do is pray, God preserve the United States. Follow through with impeachment. And if that fails, vote Trump out of office in November 2020.
