The reflecting pond is green and the blue-painted floor is peeling off. The U.S. appears moronic, while Iran appears to have gotten a great deal. Israel's reputation is diminished and the underdog Ukraine is pounding Moscow. This is a lesson in hubris more than anything. When you walk around boasting about how you're the best, never seeking humility, you draw more attention to your failures.
The reflecting pond typically turns green when it's drained, cleaned, and refilled. It happened under Obama's presidency as well. But you never heard about it because Obama wasn't holding press conferences from the Oval Office to brag about how he was the best at cleaning pools while haranguing his predecessors
Honor is a quality that runs counter to the MAGA movement; any agreement is subject to be ripped up on a whim if the wind doesn't blow their way.
There could be a sound strategic argument for releasing $300 billion to Iran, it's plausible, but after you've spent literally years campaigning how awful it was to send $1.7 billion as part of a deal which actually gave us physical shoes-on-the-ground access, you begin to look like a dementia patient.
Moreover, after you've obsessively bragged about how you've obliterated your enemy, it makes you look like a fool when you have to quit attacking them because they won't stop lobbing missiles at the world's trade routes and refineries — a neat little trick they weren't doing before all this, but now have learned works really well.
Obama opened his library today and reminded us of the type of leaders we are capable of electing. Leaders who are humble and kind, and wield America's diverse strengths with honor and dignity, instead of all this vengeful, ignorant pride. May we all pray that the MAGA movement is short lived and that Vance - or Rubio or Miller or Hegseth - doesn't carry the baton for this mental depravity into the next generation.
Vote out the red hats. Out of office. Out of society. Out of our culture. Get the virus out of the system.
If you are someone I know who voted for MAGA, of course I forgive you — 100%. Let's move on from this disaster together. I won't blame you if your intentions were good.
If you are still all about that MAGA, you don't have to disconnect with me, because I am willing to strive to understand what has driven you to the point of accepting a circus.
I remember an old boss 10 years ago explained his vote for MAGA as wanting to "watch the world burn," and so I've come to realize that some people see the world differently. Sometimes that's okay, sometimes it's not. Sometimes there's a balance, and sometimes it has to be black and white. This is black and white, and red's all over.