In his second term, Donald J. Trump has shifted from campaigning as a peace-focused leader to authorising military actions across several regions, including controversial strikes in Iran, Venezuela and expanded military cooperation in Nigeria. The writer argues the moves signal a broader pattern of interventionism tied to strategic interests such as oil security, counterterrorism and regional influence, fuelling global debate over U.S. foreign policy and the justification for regime-change efforts.
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FAMOUS for a television show about apprenticeship, Donald J. Trump is more than a failed businessman – he is a monster too. He thinks running a country is a game show, where you can gamble with people’s lives without consequences.
His first term of office in 2017 was marred by controversial decisions including the ambition to build a wall on the Southern border to thwart Mexicans from entering illegally.
But that was not as bad as his second term. Losing the 2020 elections seemed to have triggered rabies on this Mar-a-Lago pitbull; he is always on the offensive – and angry for no reason.
His decision to invade sovereign states like Venezuela, Nigeria, and recently Iran is proof enough that he is blood thirsty. Notwithstanding the horrible leadership of these leaders, but regime change should be the business of the people of that country.
Activists and supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami party hold posters of US President Donald Trump (C) and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an anti-US and Israel protest in Peshawar on March 2, 2026 after the death of Khamenei amid US-Israel strikes.
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Bombarding the Nigerian Islamic state as a “Christmas Present” in defense of the Christians is an insane justification of madness. This is an oxymoron when considering the principles of Christianity and that of Christ.
The irony of this is that in his campaign he blamed George W. Bush for the Afghan and Iraq wars, and Barack Obama for orchestrating the NATO attack in Libya, resulting in killing Muammar Ghadaffi.
He complained about the budget spending on these ‘unnecessary’ wars, alas, he is starting his own – always cocked-and-loaded. Is it because he cares about the well-being of those he claims to be liberating? A big no! Just like his predecessors, Americans care about themselves. There is something common about these countries – they have oil.
One wonders who the next target will be on the trumped-up charges. The orange pitbull is blood and oil-thirsty just like his predecessors.
Dropping bombs on other countries on the guise that you are defending their freedom is a lie that should not be entertained. This borders on psychotic disorders, and a bed at Bellevue Hospital should be prepared, not one in Camp David.
If the fight was really about the good-of-people and in defense of democracy, why has he not unleashed the same wrath on the likes of Benjamin Netanyahu, Kim Jong-un and Vladmir Putin that he has been cosying up with?
This really begs the question about the next target. The next presidential elections are only coming in 2028. How many bombs would he have dropped by then?
This behaviour of the world bullies should be stopped before World War III breaks out because of idiots like Trump and his worshippers.
The UN security council is likely going to wince their tails like they have done before; and he is going to continue unabated. Courageous writers like Dr. Hunter S. Thompson called out people like George W. Bush and Richard Nixon for who they were, it is time we take a leaf out of their good book.
The rabies on the cantankerous pitbull is way too advanced and his dementia too. It will take a lot of courage to put him down (figuratively) before it spreads to other world leaders. We need peace and unity, not bullies like Trump. | SANDILE GUMEDE Independent Writer and Socio-political Commentator
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