OMG! :( TRUMP’S MADE FOR TV MELTDOWN STRANGER THAN DR. STRANGELOVE

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION

You can’t fight in here, this is the White House.

OMG! If it wasn’t so serious it would be “Dr. Strangelove.”

Trump said his showdown with ballsy Zelenskyy made great TV.

And headlines, commentary and outrage — and SNL comedy.

“Isn’t this crazy,” Trump said when elected.

Captivating, insightful, enthralling, gripping, engrossing, riveting, spellbinding, entrancing, transfixing, mesmerizing, hypnotic, mesmeric, absorbing, fascinating, thrilling, irresistible, addictive, unputownable ….

Pick your synonym.

Deranged, more so.

Most called it sadistic, shameful, disgraceful, distressing, embarrassing, mortifying, humiliating, demeaning, degrading, dicey, dodgy, discreditable, dishonouring, cringeworthy, upsetting fearful at very the least.

Unless you’re his bulldog v.p. J.D. Vance and his Republican supporters who revelled in their commander and chief bully, while the rest of the world was reviled by their public misrespect for a world leader actually at war with a “a liar and criminal, to quote Trudeau.”

Trump said it was good for the world to witness his art of the deal.

Indeed. Imagine how he wheels behind closed doors.

Talk about take no prisoners.

Compare that to the next day’s diplomatic reception and dignified sit-down with U.K. PM Keir Starmer who loaned Zelenskyy 2.6 billion pounds to back his three-day his defence against Putin.

Give the Ukrainian president all the credit in the world when he arrived at 10 Downing Street wearing the same black-sleeved uniform shirt he was made fun of by Trump on his arrival at the White House then berated inside by an American aide for his “disrespectful” attire.

In London it was keep calm and carry on.

In D.C. it was survive to fight another day — deal or no deal after being shown the doors.

Take your minerals and run.

If Trump doesn’t want Ukraine’s raw earth resources …?

Let’s make a deal Canada. Our minerals and theirs together, thank you.

Trump may have Gretzky, but we’ve got the 4 Nations Cup.

Score it Canada 13, Trump The Great One.

And on Saturday Night Live, Mike Myers (a.k.a. Wayne’s World, Austin Powers) was spotted in the curtain call in NYC (after spoofing fellow Canadian Musk) wearing a black ‘Canada Not For Sale’ t-shirt emblazoned with  Canadian Flag.

Now that’s balls. Yeah, baby!

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