Nonetheless, he seems resolute in his commitment to his batsh*t destruction of the world as we know it. Now we are not so much keeping up with the White House as scrambling to catch up with a rapidly unfolding nightmare.
In the last week, Trump has: announced his intention to introduce 100% tariffs on movies produced outside of the states, sparking concern across the the film industry; said he doesn’t know if he has to uphold the constitution; and revealed he has an eye on the papacy by posting an AI-generated image of himself as the new pope.
Rwanda’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Olivier Nduhungirehe, also revealed that the East African country is in “early stage” conversations with the Trump administration to accept migrants deported by the US - because that worked so well for the Tories.
It’s enough to make you question whether life is a simulation.
Alongside the endless servings of word salad, incompetence dressing and danger croutons, surely the MAGA crowd have the humility to accept they have been disastrously wrong? Apparently not. According to a poll released by the Public Religion Institute, 92% of those who voted for Trump don’t regret their decision.
But what does this say about the health of American democracy in the modern age, when slugs vote for salt, then clap along as they shrivel? When the President can freely mock religions, pass the buck on problems clearly of his own making, and undo decades of international policy?
The worst bit is you can bet there will be so much more to come in this second term. Luckily, President Trump has been kind enough to reassure us all that he is not considering running for a third… but I’ll believe it when I see it.