Trump Sells Dominance. Americans Get Invoices.
The Iran war bill comes due, the World Cup gets a phone call, and voters start asking what the strongman act actually costs.
Editor’s Note: Excerpts from a longer article. View Mary Geddry’s full post here as a .pdf.
Fresh off hijacking the nation’s 250th birthday celebration for his own personal aggrandizement, Trump has now managed to taint the World Cup before Team USA even takes the field against Belgium. The flags go up, the bunting comes out, the cameras roll, and then somewhere behind the curtain the phone calls begin.
This is Trump’s America, sadly, where every shared space eventually becomes a private transaction. A national birthday becomes a campaign stage, a soccer match becomes a favor call, and a rulebook becomes a suggestion. A beloved global tournament becomes one more venue for the old familiar sequence: grievance, access, pressure, reversal, victory lap.
Having dragged the World Cup into the White House favors office, Trump is off to meet with NATO leaders. What could possibly go wrong, other than the alliance, the postwar order, Ukraine policy, European defense planning, and the remaining shreds of America’s reputation?
Originally posted on Substack:
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