“And he’s mastered policing as it is practised by the majority of forces in the universe, which is, basically, screaming angrily at people until they give in.”
Terry Pratchett; Feet of Clay
#Discworld #SendInTheTroops #TrumpingUSA

“That was how you got to be a power in the land, he thought. You never cared a toss about whatever anyone else thought and you were never, ever, uncertain about anything.”
Terry Pratchett; Guards! Guards!
#Discworld #FolkInCharge #TrumpingUSA #AmericaUKTradeDeal

“The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.”
Terry Pratchett; The Light Fantastic
#Discworld #OneHundredDaysOfTrump #OneHundredDaysOfExecutiveOrders #TrumpingUSA 🇺🇸

“‘I know about people who talk about suffering for the common good. It’s never bloody them! When you hear a man shouting “Forward, brave comrades!” you’ll see he’s the one behind the bloody big rock and wearing the only really arrow-proof helmet!'”
Terry Pratchett; Interesting Times
#Discworld #LiberationDay #TariffWars #ComradeTrump #TrumpingUSA

“A thinking tyrant, it seemed to Vetinari, had a much harder job than a ruler raised to power by some idiot vote-yourself-rich system like democracy. At least he could tell the people he was their fault.”
Terry Pratchett; Going Postal
#Discworld #Dictators #EconomicTurmoil #TrumpNMuskVoteYerselfRichScheme #TrumpingUSA

“…people like Ridcully are never, ever embarrassed about anything, although often people are embarrassed on their behalf.”
Terry Pratchett; Hogfather
#Discworld #Signalgate #NationalSecurityBreach #TrumpingUSA

“…the real purpose of a coven was to meet friends, even if they were friends simply because they were really the only people you could talk to freely as they had the same problems and would understand what you were moaning about.”
Terry Pratchett; Wintersmith
#Discworld #SignalChatUSA #WaltzingMatilda #WhoNeedsDefendingFromWho #TrumpingUSA

“‘Ah, he’s already lied to me,’ thought Vimes. ‘We’re being diplomatic.’”
Terry Pratchett; The Fifth Elephant
#Discworld #RussianDiplomacy #TrumpingUSA #ZelenskkyHostage #CoalitionOfTheWilling

“How hard can writing be? After all, most of the words are going to be 'and,' 'the,' and 'I,' and 'it,' and so on, and there's a huge number to choose from, so a lot of the work has been done for you.”
Terry Pratchett; Snuff
#Discworld #TrumpsExecutiveOrders #TrumpingUSA #MakingAmericaGuffAgain

“... the damned had been given that insight which makes hardship so easy to bear — the absolute and certain knowledge that things could be worse.”
Terry Pratchett; Eric
#Discworld #Ukraine #Greenland #Canada #HostileTakeOversandTariffWars #TrumpPutinAlliance #AndSoItContinues #TrumpingUSA