Onumba.com —- “Unhinged.” “Madman.” “Juvenile.” “Embarrassing.”
Those were some of the words used by a bevy of concerned lawmakers to describe President Trump’s Easter message to the American people. So much for Easter celebration being a time of family and community gathering for meals in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In one fell swoop, the president turned the Christian shindig into a macabre moment of death, destruction and curse words.
But to be clear, it was a good thing that Trump delivered his Easter missive even as the conflict with Iran rages. However, the president’s words left a whole lot to be desired. The speech contained a smorgasbord of truculent remarks reflecting unmitigated madness. It was a vivid display of arrant lunacy and uninhibited rodomont masquerading as a man projecting a macho posture.
In short, Trump’s Easter epistle was a striking departure from fundamental presidential decorum. It lacked a dram of tact, basic natural restraint and then heaped a tectonic lampoonary on both the Christian and Islamic faiths.
Poor choice of words, of course, but then again, maybe it wasn’t and that he intentionally and tactically spewed these venoms. But let us remember how all of this started. Trump, for the life of many, conspired with Israel and attacked Iran without provocation and now casually cavorting and trumpeting the sweeping devastation he unleashed on the country.
The lethal duo of the United States and Israel has decimated Iran after dropping an armada of bombs on the country’s military facilities and nuclear sites, causing sprawling destruction and deaths following threats to “bomb them back to Stone Age.” Fortunately, major hostilities have now ebbed as negotiation to end the bruising conflict plays out.
But during the fragile lull, Trump again threatened to completely obliterate Iran targeting infrastructures such as bridges and power plants if the Strait of Hormuz is not opened within “48 hours.” That would peg the deadline at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
“We’re blowing up the entire country,” he wrote.
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”
Really?
Is Trump blustering? Who knows. But this is not stuff to play with. It would be a profound mistake ——— a seismic irresponsibility and rank recklessness, to say the very least, for this Congress ——– generally known for its spineless and lollygagging posture to do nothing.
This congress, known for being a classic bumbling milquetoast, must not abdicate its duty to check this president and intervene in this potential catastrophy in favor of “hoping and praying,” ——– as Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has openly confessed he is doing ——— that the president is only engaging in hollow bombast.
Fine. Give hope a chance and pray for the best are iconic cliches and shibolettes, but then what if the president is not blustering? Then what? This is akin to a five year old child playing with fire sorrounded by grown folks watching and hoping for the child not to burn down the house. Congress must act now. The American people did not vote this unhinged, empty-headed bloke into office to annihilate humanity.
But despite the steady spew of apocalyptic threats emanating from Trump, Iran is refusing to budge. Major global powers in Europe and Asia are vehemently opposed to this conflict and have spoken out against Trump for stoking the war while rejecting his heavy-handed overtures to help. The Strait of Hormuz offer the passageway through which 20 percent of the global oil is transported.
“Open the Fuckin Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH,” the president posted on his Truth Social Network, earlier, issuing a dire warning to the Iranian regime of crushing level of bombing if they refuse to open up the Strait of Hormuz.
The president then capped off the expletive loaded rants with “Praise be to Allah,” after he had ended a similar spate of threats to Iran the day before with “Glory be to God” —— perhaps a misguided balancing gesture or whatever the reason was for referencing both faith’s traditional doxologies.
Regardless, both ‘Praise be to Allah’ and ‘Glory be to God’doxologies register as flat-out malarkey considering that dude, for one thing, is not religious, and for another, as president of the most powerful country in the world, should refrain from chucking words recklessly and behaving like a Canopy Place gangster ——— only more frightening given the vast power he wields.
The president’s jaw-dropping diatribe quickly ignited a cascade of broadsides.
“The President of the United States is ranting like an unhinged madman on social media,” Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on X. “He’s threatening possible war crimes and alienating allies. This is who he is, but this is not who we are. Our country deserves so much better.”
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut echoed parallel sentiments.
“Completely, utterly unhinged,” said Murphy, suggesting that the president’s remarks is unsettling enough for the cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment and move to transfer of power to someone else.
Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia also expressed profound disappointment in the president tirade.
“This is all embarrassing and juvenile, and it’s people trying to act like they’re puffed up and tough, when what we really see from the administration in this war is the absence of a plan, the absence of a clear rationale.”
Former Congresswoman Majorie Taylor-Greene, Trump’s erstwhile front-line acolyte, also took a swing at Trump, lambasting his Easter message as both unchristian and childish.
“Everyone in his administration that claims to be a Christian needs to fall on their knees and beg forgiveness from God and stop worshipping the President and intervene in Trump’s madness,” Greene said.
“Our President is not a Christian and his words and actions should not be supported by Christians.”
