Trump brags world leaders are ‘kissing my a**’ and celebrates ‘great Hannibal Lecter’
www.independent.co.uk‘Please, Sir, make a deal. I’ll do anything. I’ll do anything, Sir,’ Trump mocked just hours before his sweeping reciprocal tariffs were imposed

I’m mostly sure that they’re only doing so as a stop gap. Re-alignment takes time, and we’ve sent a loud and clear message that we don’t want to be anybody’s friend anymore. Even if we get Cyber-Bernie 3000 for president in four years, the damage will still be done, and there will always be the lingering understanding that we may just turn around and directly elect Elon Musk as president (don’t fucking talk to me about constitutionality without telling me you’ve been in a coma for the last year first).