
Donald’s illiberal wave of stupidity has crashed down in an awkward arc, crowned in delusional bullshit, and smashed against the shore in a cascade of foaming margin calls.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, my favorite cabinet pick, saved the day, reportedly.
Yet Scott and Z are still on the outs, if yesterday’s pow wow with jornos is any indication.
"I think Mr. Bessent's problems are in his approach. And what he came in said: 'You have to sign this now' .... My colleagues know that tapping your finger on a contract and saying, ‘Now you have to sign it’ - to that I could only say to him, 'Stop tapping your finger and let's talk substantively.' He probably expected a different dialog, but I do not consider Ukraine a third-rate country." — Z (RBK-Ukraine, April 9, 2025)
Z was opining about the bonkers rare earth minerals contract between Team USA and Team Ukraine, which proposed the joint venture before Donald was re-elected.
The problem here is not that Ukraine is a third-rate country, but that Z is a third-rate president, according to at least one US lawmaker.
“I spent an enormous amount of energy trying to help the Ukrainian military to win their brutal fight against Russia. Unfortunately, if you have morons and crooks like Zelenskyy and his puppet parliament running your country, it’s a lost cause. Putin might be evil, but he is not a moron. The current reality on the ground is that Ukraine is not in the position to retake its territories, nor could they agree to give them up permanently. Therefore, only a temporary solution with the help of the United States can be achieved, which will give each side some time to regroup. The end result of that war will have to be decided later and not just on a battlefield.” — Viktoria Spartz (Congresswoman, Indiana, April 9)
Yesterday’s presidential pep talk was the same old same old, about what Ukraine’s partners should do, instead of what he and his potent managers are doing.
The president said 150 Chinese mercenaries are fighting against Ukraine.
The headless drake with the cormorant beak wearing the purple blouse long ago was removed from the playground in front of the President’s Office. The smiling red cat with human jaws wearing a blue crown and lilac intubated lion have also disappeared, along with all the other animals in the bestiary, including the yellow eared beast grasping a crustacean.
Just ask James, who profiles our prime-time comedian for BBC1.