Politics Break - 09 September 2025

WELL. There is not only no "art", and there also is NO "deal" when it comes to Donald Trump. There goes one of our closest trading and military partners, 

South Korea. Easy come, easy go. Who needs allies? Who needs trade? Who needs a reputation for keeping one's word, and being respected? Who needs to rise to the challenge of setting the bar for integrity, justice and democracy?

Not Trump. So America doesn't either. America will just do what Trump does, when things don't go our way, and throw a little tantrum, pick up our marbles, and go home and sulk.

Trump is sulking. His BFFs, Putin and Kim Jong Un, and former pal Modi from India, joined China's President Xi for a huge summit capped by a military parade in China, and they didn't invite him.

"Looks like we've lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China. May they have a long and prosperous future together!" Trump posted in a snit on Friday.

He has been lashing out at everybody. Declaring war on our own cities. Saying Black kids are "born criminals". Blowing up a boat of civilians while threatening Venezuela. Weaponizing religion.

And rounding up every foreigner in sight. To hell with the "worst of the worst" criminals. Hit everybody where it HURTS. Round up our neighbors and coworkers. Take healthcare workers and construction workers and farm workers away from us. Terrorize the students that support our colleges and the tourists that support our businesses. Bring America to its KNEES, so it can plead for forgiveness.

And bring the WORLD to its knees as well. Tariffs are not enough. Slap 'em all DOWN. Teach 'em who is BOSS.

Only a couple of weeks ago the President of South Korea, Lee Jae Myung, met with Trump in the Oval Office. A few days before that, Trump had made some grumpy postings about South Korea, so, hoping to avoid the kind of treatment Zelenskyy had received, Lee responded by heaping praise on Trump in public posts.

The meeting in the Oval Office started amicably. Lee buttered Trump up right off the bat.

“I heard that you recently redecorated the Oval Office, and I would like to say that it looks very bright and beautiful,” Lee said through an interpreter. “It has the dignity of America, and it symbolizes the new future and prosperity of America.”

Then, knowing Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize, Lee urged Trump to reunify the two Koreas, which might even result in the construction of a Trump Tower in North Korea, where they could all enjoy a round of golf together, Trump, Kim and Lee.

And then Lee sat there, stoically smiling, while Trump had the bad manners to speak wistfully about wishing he could be sitting with his old pal Kim Jong Un.

Lee did not come empty handed; he brought Tribute to the King.

He had already pledged to invest $350 billion in the U.S. That was part of the DEAL he made with Trump, to avoid the extortion threats Trump had made to cripple the South Korean economy with crushing tariffs.

Now, during his visit to the White House, Lee pledged an ADDITIONAL $150 billion investment.

However, Lee learned within DAYS that Trump's "deals" are not worth the paper they are written on.

There is no "art". There is no "deal".