@Nonilex

#USpol
👉When the Tail Wags The Dog👈

#Epstein-Files: Will the real-life #US President soon resort to emulate his fictional predecessor?

"#Illinois Gov #JBPritzker says he’s worried how #Trump might respond 2 the growing controversy over his ties 2 #Epstein.
“My great fear...is that...the release of that information, which...will be devastating 4 Trump,...he might take us 2 #war w/ #Venezuela just 2 get a distraction in the news & take it out of the headlines.”

https://apnews.com/article/pritzker-trump-reaction-epstein-files-distraction-280eb69c80aee902b3ed6d712c79f332

*#HPsCommentary*

#GeoPol #USpol
#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog
#WarInTheMiddleEast

*The tale wags the dog again 1): Panama, Venezuela, Greenland, Mexico, now Iran, what's next?
👉Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈*

(1/n)

#Trump is "flooding the zone" that even the #Herculean tale's #AugeanStables would look meek in comparison.

As I had been saying, lately last November, it was evident that #Trump would be implicated by the #EpsteinFiles. During the last decades,

1) https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/wagging-the-dog-trump-bombed-iran-and-blew-up-his-america-first-base/

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable? 👈*

(2/n)

...there've just been too many photos in the press.

#Trump, not being able to control his impulses most of the time, known that he liked to visit the really young contestants 1), thinly-clad, prefereably,

OFC, it was, in my view, almost inevitable that he was able to withstand the lure of "young flesh"?

After all, he is even on tape that he not only felt intitled...

1)
https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/oct/18/allegations-about-donald-trump-and-miss-teen-usa-c/

@Nonilex

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable? 👈*

(3/n)

...to do so, as a "star", but that women would be begging him to "Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything." 2)
#BillClinton tried to circumnavigate a misconduct in office by claiming that he did "not have sex with #MonicaLewinsky" (legally true, as fellatio is (was?) not considered "sexual intercourse," legally speaking, in the #US), but it eventually drove him out of...

2)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/read-donald-trumps-lewd-remarks-about-women-on-days-of-our-lives-set-2005-groping-star-a7351381.html

@Nonilex

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable? 👈*

(4/n)

...office.

How much more ist this, presumably, #Conservative #Congress and the #Christian-American #MAGA voter base willing to take from this convicted sex offender?!?

One thing is certain, though: there are too many interested parties for the (the rather complete) truth not to come out eventually. Eventually, more rounds of "redacting" (which was largely illegal measured by the law #Trump recently...

@Nonilex

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈*

(5/n)

...signed into effect) will only delay the invitable.

That said, the attention-grabbing (pun intended), aforementioned "small wars" (which could also be called a "hit-and-run" from the perspective of international law) are bound to continue...until the full truth comes out.

The clock is ticking and while #Trumps frauds are another league, even compared to #AlCapone (who got only caught due to...

@Nonilex

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable? 👈️*

(6/n)

..."creative accounting," put mildly.--On the other hand, 👉 #Trump's also was found guilty: " #DonaldTrumpJr. and #EricTrump, possessed the “requisite intent to defraud,” in addition to top executives #AllenWeisselberg and #JeffreyMcConney...,"👈 * even though the half a bn USD fine was later tossed out by the #NY Court of Appeals. Also, he's been a convicted fellon and the first...

@Nonilex

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https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5463599-trump-fraud-case-appeals-court-tosses-penalty/

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️*

(7/n)

...#US President to be convicted: 👉 "Donald J. Trump is still legally classified as a convicted felon."👈

#Trump's greatest weakness is his unassaible belief in his own sacrosanct invincibility.

We will see how long this will still go on. I, for one, am beginning to think that, alas, by December 2026, we will see a much younger, possibly even more dangerous...

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https://legalunitedstates.com/is-donald-trump-a-convicted-felon/

@Nonilex

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️️*

(8/n)

...unelected incumbent in the #OvalOffice...

#Trump 3) has been pushing the Wheel of Fortune for decades. Fortuna, however, is known to...
...balance things out...eventually.

In fact, 👉 the irony about war #Trump has waged against Iran might even yet become two-fold:👈

For one, as #ColbyHall 3) wrote today:

"In 2012 and 2013, [#Trump]...

3)
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/wagging-the-dog-trump-bombed-iran-and-blew-up-his-america-first-base/

@Nonilex

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️️️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️️️*

(9/n)

...warned repeatedly that #BarackObama might attack #Iran to appear tough or distract from political weakness. He urged #Republicans not to let #Obama “play the #IranCard...”

👉[#Trump's] argument was blunt: a president in political trouble might reach for war to reset the narrative.👈

👉 Now #Trump is the president escalating against #Iran amid domestic strain. The symmetry is not subtle as the...

@Nonilex

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️️️️️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️️️️️*

(10/n)

...very same standard he applied to Obama now applies to him. And given details surrounding this most recent attack, the suspicions are even stronger."👈 3)

And the second case of irony? You might ask. Well, ..that second dimension of irony is still in the making:

I am no #Nostradamus, but only 11 hours ago, I wrote in my (more or less) daily political commentary:

"#Autocrats such as #Putin, #Trump,.

@Nonilex

RE: https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/111949124362576334

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️️️️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️️️️*

(11/n)

...#Xi, #Netanyahu, #Orban, 👉 #Khamenei*👈 , #Kim, #Milei, #BinSalman (#MBS), and others are not only flirting with #totalitarianism, they are *living* it and developing it further (#Xi, #SteveBannon, #HeritageFoundation, and many others).

The best example of this in written form is probably the #MAGA movement's #plan to seize power, #Project2025.

👉 So far, Lady Justice or the Furies...

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https://www.dw.com/en/irans-supreme-leader-khamenei-is-dead-state-media-confirms/live-76161011

#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️️️️️️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️️️️️️*

(12/n)

...have caught too few of these modern-day tyrants👈: #Raisi, #DaSilva, #Yoon + #Maduro.

However, much more serious than these individuals is the global degeneration of #democracies into #plutocracies and the almost enslaving trend of #Technofeudalism*..

* Technofeudalism:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/111949124362576334
(#Thiel, #Musk, #Zuckerberg, #Bezos, and many others) in connection with #enshittification 5), and #shrinkflation 6).