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Rebuffing the unstable madman in the White House unites and strengthens people of goodwill worldwide [1]
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Date: 2025-07-14
The people of Brazil were astonished last Thursday when official correspondence from the US Government imposed punitive tariffs of 50%.
While laughable in its poor grammar and capitalisation, the childish letter posed serious threats to citizens in both the USA and Brazil. In clear violation of the rules of international commerce, it claimed Brazil was targeted because its supreme court is hearing charges against Trump’s buddy, the corrupt former president Jair Bolsonaro.
The letter prompted derision by many, but condemnation by others. Former foreign affairs minister Aloysio Nunes saw it as “coisa de gângster” – a gangster act – and urged Brazil to tell Trump to “lamber sabão” – eat soap.
Two daily newspapers in Belgium – Sudpresse and La Dernière Heure – openly canvassed the question: Is Donald Trump crazy?
Professor of political psychology at Louvain University, Stephan Van den Broecke, answered yes:
“Few economists will tell you his decisions make sense ... Describing countries as 'kissing his ass' to ridicule those trying to negotiate tariffs demonstrates an underdeveloped personality."
In France, L’Express ran analysis by an academic who concluded "Donald Trump est aussi idiot que malheureux" – Trump is as stupid as he is unhappy.
Expressions of alarm at American institutions failing to replace the incapacitated president have been published in India, Germany, Norway, Australia, Britain, Liberia, Russia and the USA and elsewhere.
Evidence of severe dysfunction
Recent erratic decisions highlighting Trump’s mental decline include:
threatening to deport citizens he doesn’t like,
a letter beginning “Dear Mr President” sent to the leader of Bosnia Herzegovina who is a woman and not a president,
congratulating President Boakai of Liberia for his “beautiful English” unaware Liberia is anglophone,
announcing brutal Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts fights will be staged at the White House,
launching bizarre legal action against California over women in sport,
boasting petrol cost $1.99 a gallon when the lowest was $2.31 and the average $3.16,
announcing last Wednesday morning that undocumented farm workers would be exempt from deportations, then reversing his decision in the afternoon,
threatening to take over New York city if endorsed Democrat Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor,
claiming that releasing the Epstein files – arguably the main reason Trump was elected – was of no interest to anyone,
imposing destructive tariffs on all trading partners except Russia ,
signing a bill which cuts $930 billion from Medicaid, risking the health of 11.8 million Americans,
agreeing to deepen federal debt by $3.4 trillion.
Trump has shown no competence to manage and no coherent response when quizzed about:
who in his administration stopped military funding for Ukraine,
his chief border thug Tom Homan ’s admission that arrests are based on racial profiling ,
reaching his 90-day deadline for getting 90 trade deals , with none done and only three started,
p rominent lawyer Alan Dershowitz exposing Attorney General Pam Bondi as lying about Jeffrey Epstein’s client list,
the worst measles outbreak in 33 years,
his principal associate deputy attorney general Emil Bove, now nominated as a senior judge, urging his staff to defy court orders,
a federal district judge ruling against Trump’s unconstitutional executive order ending birthright citizenship,
Houthi sailors from Yemen thumbing their noses at Trump’s much vaunted truce by sinking two ships in the Red Sea on Friday.
And all those were from just last week. We have insufficient space for all the stupidities from the week before, let alone all those from prior months.
Trump balloon photo via Michael Reeve/ Flickr, Oval Office via YouTube screenshot, courtesy Independent Australia.
Global cooperation to exclude the USA
One unintended consequence of Congress’s refusal to remove Trump for his mental incapacitation is unprecedented collaboration between former rivals.
Japan, South Korea and China have entered into fresh trade alliances. China has removed tariffs from 53 African countries. Australia is negotiating new trade deals with India and the European Union.
Responding to Trump’s deranged rants, Prime Minister Mark Carney calmly affirmed that his people “are making significant progress in building one Canadian economy” and noted they are now “strengthening our trading partnerships throughout the world."
Leaders avoid Trump and win on trade
Some very stupid Australian “journalists” are trying to accuse prime minister Anthony Albanese of failing to secure a personal meeting with Trump.
In fact, he is one of the smart leaders along with India’s Narendra Modi, China’s Xi Jinping, Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum, Spain’s Pedro Sánchez, South Korea's Lee Jae Myung and New Zealand’s Christopher Luxon who are securing desired outcomes without suffering a direct encounter.
When Trump invited the head of the world’s largest democracy to dinner, Modi said “Thanks, but no thanks.”
They and others prefer to avoid being berated like Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskii or humiliated like Mauritania’s Mohamed Ould Ghazouni, or the simpering sycophancy of NATO’s Mark Rutte.
Australia is definitely winning. Destinations of boosted exports so far this year include Canada, the UK, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Africa, Argentina – and the USA.
We shall see how long Americans tolerate the madman. Perhaps the longer it takes, the better for global cooperation. Veremos. Vi får se. Θα δούμε. On verra bien. 我们将会看到。 Посмотрим. We shall see.
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This is an edited version of an article published today in Independent Australia. The original article is available here in full for free:
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/dealing-with-the-madman-in-the-white-house-unites-the-world,19934
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