Trumps MAGA on a ‘runaway train of death and destruction’: conservative

President Donald Trump’s “delusions of grandeur” inevitably overwhelm the Constitution, decency, political good sense and Americans’ distress.That’s the opinion of Jennifer Rubin, who writes in The Contrarian that beyond the misery wrought by the Iran war, Trump and his administration almost seem to delight in inflicting suffering on the most vulnerable. Her list of examples is extensive. Leading off are the more than 150 direct murders at sea, a violation of international law. The video game-like bombings were done “without effort to interdict the boats or seek definitive proof that the victims are ‘narco-terrorists.’”Then there is the general cutback in Medicaid and the refusal to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies. Add to that the suspension of SNAP benefits during last year’s government shutdown, “depriving kids, seniors, the disabled, and the working poor of food,” Rubin writes. That’s a choice prior administrations chose not to take.DOGE actions also caused pain. “The MAGA crowd was delighted when DOGE minions cut vital government services, slashed jobs, and consigned children and adults overseas to death,” Rubin writes. “Trump applauds when government workers lose their jobs.” The Department of Homeland Security shutdown that has been underway since mid-February is also punching down, Rubin contends. “He and his MAGA toadies refused to separately fund TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard.”Meanwhile, Trump continually “tries to cut vital social services in blue states, holding their residents hostage to his partisan power plays.”The hidden tax on purchases imposed via tariffs is “forcing already strapped families and small businesses to pay more. The Trump regime tells Americans either they won’t pay for it, or if they do, it’s worth a recession.”Why is this happening? Rubin claims Trump shows all the classic symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder. But it’s clear, even without an official diagnosis, “he inarguably cares nothing about (if not outright celebrates) deaths, illnesses, suffering, economic distress and any other harm he inflicts on those who refuse to worship him.” The solution is simple, Rubin concludes. In eight months, “The voters still have the power to stop the MAGA runaway train of death and destruction.”

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