A bit of local color from here in #Mississippi: a guy from North Carolina tried to go full Tim McVeigh on a county government building near the courthouse in #Pascagoula, using propane tanks of his own to cause an explosion with a large propane tank he had parked next to. It didn't work, and he died in a gun battle with pursuing sheriff's deputies.

Motive unclear. My guess: some of the #MAGAts are starting to realize that the #Trumpezoid clown show in Washington DC will have serious negative economic consequences for THEM, and not just for the people they hate — and they're starting to lose it.

https://www.wlox.com/2026/04/17/north-carolina-man-tried-set-off-explosion-pascagoula-before-being-shot-by-deputies-officials-say/

I'm seeing some concern that #Europe is not prepared for a full-on confrontation with the #USA. True enough, but not as important as one might think. On December 7th, 1941, #Japan was ready for war; the #USA was not. They caught us flatfooted and asleep at the switch. It didn't make any difference in the end, as the more astute among the Japanese knew it wouldn't.

And the flip side of #Europe's lack of preparation is that the #USA is now much closer than #Europe, in both economic and military terms, to the maximum power of which it is ultimately capable. Or, put another way, #Europe has much more potential to become yet more powerful than the #USA does.

Think how many INDIVIDUAL European nations (not counting #Russia) have, throughout history, shaken the world all by themselves. And now the #Trumpezoids propose to take on ALL of them together?

That's just like a #Trumpezoid, to mistake circumspect restraint for weakness.

@iamkonstantin CHARMING. Your client's entirely logical response to recent events says everything about the actual effects of #Trumpezoid policy. A competent #imperialist like Henry #Kissinger would be aghast at the waste of good will.

#Trump isn't building an #empire.

He's dismantling one.