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The signs that the clown show known as Trump II is rapidly coming apart at the seams are everywhere. Last month, the US government announced it was ending the Ocean Observatories Initiative and removing the hundreds of sensors in the ocean that provide crucial data about the world’s oceans — especially the Atlantic Overturning Meridional Current, which strongly influences the climate in Iceland, Scandinavia, and Western Europe.
Just days ago, the putative president signed a humiliating memorandum of understanding at Versailles in which the United States agreed to effectively pay Iran $300 billion in reparations. It was supposed to signal the start of a 60 day period during which the parties would negotiate a final treaty, but the deal may not last 60 hours, as this morning Israel is continuing military operations in Lebanon, in violation of the agreement.
Last night, Jimmy Kimmel called that agreement the “Retreaty of Versailles” — a reference to the fact that the treaty ending World War One was also signed at that location. It was that treaty, which imposed harsh penalties on Germany, that led directly to the rise of Adolf Hitler and the start of World War Two.
