Missing Fat Dotard

Remember when Donald Trump was president? He conducted diplomacy mostly by insulting foreign leaders. The grown-ups in Washington were aghast. Would America's reputation survive the Orange Ogre's cringe fest? In due time democracy worked its magic and the adults took back the White House. Whoo-hoo! America is back! USA! USA! USA! USA! Instead of a Manhattan condo promoter with no political experience, the new POTUS had 50 years of experience. A seasoned professional was at the helm, Trump was vanquished, and sanity had returned to America. The euphoria lasted until Biden's team had its first serious international sit-down with China two months after Apocalypse Joe took office. It took China's foreign minister Wang Li about 15 minutes to take the measure of Blinken and Sullivan and Sino-American relations have been in a downward spiral ever since. That was just the first of many own-goals by Team Biden. We're not three years into Biden's term. How's America doing in the world? The little war we instigated in Ukraine? A year ago we were assured Ukraine just needed a few more months and a few more billions in weapons, and Putin would take his place in the dustbin of history. Now we're told Ukraine may need a few more years and hundreds of billions in weapons and financial support, and it looks like Ukraine will run out of Ukrainians before it runs out of US support, and Putin's demise is nowhere on the horizon. And today America is committed to standing with more than Ukraine for as long as it takes. As much as we love Ukraine and consider them brothers in freedom and democracy, we love Israel even more. Shared values, don't you know! We're Christians after all, a Jewish cult that went viral. However robust our commitment to Ukraine, we really mean it when we say we'll stand with Israel. And that's not all. The good folks of Taiwan are perhaps not as enthusiastic about fighting China as Americans are, but hopefully if we keep sending our top guns like Pelosi and Graham over for pep talks they'll eventually see the wisdom of picking a fight with China on our behalf. Have no doubt; we'll stand with Taiwan for as long as it takes too! I gotta admit I'm starting to miss Fat Dotard. Those adults in Washington are getting kinda scary.