I was watching Trump sitting next to Zelenskyy this morning, rambling and riffing for the press. I was making notes, when - holy shit, did he really say that, when - holy shit, he just did a 180, when - holy shit, that makes no sense, and holy shit, something else - so I threw my notes away to make this post instead.
This man cannot be the emissary for America anymore. He is shot. He is full of gaffes (the Islamic Republic of Japan, yes - he said that), he is full of hyperbole (the bomb goes off and leaves you with no face), he is full of narcissistic envy (he can't shut up about Obama), full of ambiguity, full of politicization, and his attempts at grandiosity fall flat to the rest of the world and make us look terrible.
What the rest of the world thinks, matters. Our friends scratch their heads; and our adversaries salivate at how predictable and malleable he is. Everyone privately scoffs at him. His reputation is not salvageable, and he's dragged America's reputation down with him.
Malignant narcissists in decline ALWAYS get worse, and they NEVER go down alone.
