Monday, August 10, 2026

the 40 days of trumpmas - a surreal serial poem

the 40 days of trumpmas - a surreal serial poem


Remember, remember! The fifth of trumpvember

 the 40 days of trumpmas - a serial poem

 

for 40 days the trumpeter reigns,

his lies and hate on whom he disdains,

but election day will come so soon,

we'll no longer hear the orange baboon;

 

in 39 days full of world wide problems.

we could elect him to get rid of the muslims,

but as he'll rant on trivialities of his presidential life,

what could be worse? - you could be his wife;

 

in 38 days just what will you do?

the donald has said he likes lgbtq,

but as he bullies his women and all his men too,

if youre questioning, what stops him from bullying you?

 

in just 37 days, some people are saying,

(or pleading or hoping or some even praying)

the duke of prunes will dye his forelock purple my friend,

and thus make america grape again,

 

our days are down to just 36,

before our problems the don will fix,

he will on day one do what hes said - true,

he'll wall out our enemies - and fat women too!

 

on the 35th day of trumpmas

yes just seven weeks remain!

will the polls and tallies deliver us

donald with his golden mane?

 

34 days and the vice-pipers have piped,

though pence didnt say why donalds suit shouldnt be striped,

he wouldnt defend his master's string pulling,

to make america great? - who do they think they're fooling?

 

just 33 days till the macho tornado,

unless its blown away by hurricane machado,

with women and voters he has so much to loose.

keep your mouth shut donald (unless youre changing your shoes)

 

32 days and we’ve been hit by the big blowhard,

donald spoke here in fla (oh, we had a hurricane too)

this administration gives us playing the race card, a weak economy, and unemployment

but if you want a job you could be donald’s campaign manager (unless youre a jew)

 

31 days, just a month, remains;

will the donald say hes sorry, and his baser impulses restrain?

or keep blaming bill clinton for our moral demise;

when trump speaks to us, our NO votes must be our replies!

 

election comes this time (in 30 days) each 4 years,

time for praise and tears and fears;

as polls will open in many states,

vote early, please dont vote late!

 

down to 29, just a leap february,

and theres still the donald quite

contrary;

donald donald, how does your garden grow?

quoth the master debater, "with pretty maids groped in a row"

 

just 28 days - later or soon,

and the zombies will rise, led by the big goon;

unless everyone gets a reality inoculation,

i might have to move to canada for a well deserved vacation; 

 

now just 27, less than 4 weeks,

no time for you to say 'yikes!' or 'eeeks!'

obama wants to go to mars and colonize it for man,

lets send trump tomorrow! and colonize it for orangutan!

 

26 days are all that remain,

will our democracy and economy go down the drain?

if we all keep listening to the blustering oaf,

will he give jobs and prosperity? - or just half a loaf

 

25 days - will more women speak?,

of the antics of donald who the presidency seeks,

dating 14 year old girls or groping their mothers,

how did the gop pick him over the others?,

 

24 days - were down to two dozen,

the next woman who speaks just might be your cousin,

or mother or sister, aunt, niece, even daughter,

describing the circumstance in which donald caught her,

 

23 days left and trump doesnt yet have as many accusers,

as cosby, but he assures us that they are all really losers,

sent by bankers or hillary with secret agendas,

to disrupt our election of him - our defender!,

 

22 days and we know charity begins at home,

but donalds attention is so prone to roam,

his gift that disappeared to 911 survivors from his foundation?,

oops! maybe donald spent it on a vacation,

 

21 days and trump says the election may be rig-ly,

if hes not the winner and his total's not big-ly,

tremendously higher than hillary gets,

he warns his supporters may all lose their wits,

 

20 days left and while george zimmerman still walks free,

the man who shot at HIM got 20 years - while trayvon got eternity,

trump wants us to support our cops and maintain law and order,

he'll put all the inner city dwellers in jail, and send the immigrant criminals far across the border,

 

19 days left till we all go to pretend,

to elect someone to lead us, as if on it our lives depend,

but wise man, donald trump, already really knows,

who we really voted for - a wolf in president's clothes?,

 

18 days and we bad hombres demand a rebate,

on the ill feelings left since the comments of one candidate,

the debaters have met in their final grudge match,

but only donald can say from whose hands victory will be snatched,

 

17 days and our government is corrupt with quid pro quo,

did you take latin at wharton? is that how you know?,

donald wants us to fire at them all - the bureaucrats lined up in rows,

and believe me, corruption is a subject. that donald really knows,

 

16 days - lets set term limits on all our office holders,

and put all our women in binders - or maybe in folders,

donalds endless complaints are becoming a sour whine,

have a little cheese with that, from wisconsin, where 

hillary's doing fine,

 

15 days and on stocking covered thighs did linger,

two miniature hands with two thumbs and eight tiny fingers,

they belonged to the donald who believed that he owned,

any thing that he wanted - or anyone he got alone,

 

14 days yes only two weeks,

till the duke of orange assends to the throne he seeks?,

to rule all americans, the strong and the weak?,

and dominate the globe with power that's peak?,

 

the 13th day to go - does that seem unlucky?,

not for donald whos lately been appearing quite plucky,

claiming media, polls, and parties are against him,

and rallying his multitudes with wit waxing dim,

 

on the 12th day of trumpmas donald awoke with a jerk,

promptly fired his latest campaign manager (who considered that a perk),

if youre "AAAfroAAAmurikan" and unemployed i can put you to work,

barked donald the businessman from behind his sly smirk,

 

it's the 11th and engineer casey trump is in the caboose,

i hear some of you saying oh no! what's the use,

our campaign will probably just go off the tracks,

but donald says its ok - cause he's got "the blacks",

 

just ten days left yes only one-zero,

til donald is hoping that he'll be your hero,

as new hillary emails come under investigation,

donald hopes to rename camp david to camp donald for

his vacations,

 

like a cat has nine lives we're left with only 9 days,

till we're subject to donald? and his old wicked ways,

on foreign affairs he says he'll save us from isis,

but his domestic affairs are misogyny and crisis,

 

our days are numbered - yes only eight,

till once again we make america great,

by getting rid of candidates who have nothing to add,

goodbye donald you wont make america sad,

 

just one week to go - its day minus seven,

till america's lifted above - to trumpty dump heaven?,

where for rich folks like donald opportunity abounds,

and we keep the working poor with a wall that surrounds,

 

how the time it does fly its already day 6,

till americans problems the donald will fix,

his solutions begin on trumpday number one,

dont you like them? they'll come at the barrel of a gun,

 

Five days to go, baby, One in five,

No one here gets out alive, now,

david dukes not opposed to all jews,

he backs trump - who are you going to choose?,

 

only 4 days left till the armaged-don,

he'll seize power by the horns once he has won,

and donnie will be what he longs for - a winner,

using the FBI to wreak havoc on hillary the sinner,

 

only three left, just a triad of days,

and the donald his supporters continues to amaze,

with hoopla and folderoll made up in his head,

his winning temperament will leave us all dead,

 

just a pair of days - 2 - till trump paradise,

since these words you're reading please heed my advice,

the creatures that surround us are beginning to bite,

'blacks for trump' fear the Illuminati so lets turn out their light,

 

just a single day left till our thanksgiving,

deliver us from donald and preserve the living,

forget sanity and disgard your misgivings,

but pray hard to your gods that they'll be forgiving,

since we've got the nukes why can't we use'em?,

on the road to 2016 why couldn't we lose HIM?,

 

and trumpmas now has finally come,

the tallies will count up to a winning sum,

unless the earth is struck soon by a cataclysmic comet,

to elect a candidate who just makes you want to vomit?,

we wish you a merry trumpmas at this time each 4 years,

if you have'nt voted you've lost the chance to mitigate your fears,

cause donald duck is ready to lead, forget your crocodile tears,

so you'd better get the vaseline and lubricate your rears!

 

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https://www.politico.com/ 

https://www.youtube.com/@ForbesBreakingNews/videos 

https://www.nbcnews.com/ 

https://www.nvunheard.org/protest-listings/?q=ergonomic%20backpack

https://www.hrc.org/ 

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What’s behind Trump’s shift to economic pressure on Iran? Will it work?

 

What’s behind Trump’s shift to economic pressure on Iran? Will it work?

 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/10/whats-behind-trumps-shift-to-economic-pressure-on-iran-will-it-work

What’s behind Trump’s shift to economic pressure on Iran? Will it work?

Months into the war, Trump is returning to squeezing Iran’s economy rather than military offensive for now.


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A political billboard rises above Valiasr Square in central Tehran on August 8, 2026 [Atta Kenare/AFP]

More than 23 weeks into the war on Iran, United States President Donald Trump has signalled he would rather rely on squeezing Tehran’s economy than returning to a military offensive, as he had warned he might last week.

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the critical waterway now central to negotiations aimed at ending the war, remains disrupted by Iranian forces as a US naval blockade tightens its grip on Iranian ports.

While Iran and Oman have said they are close to reaching an agreement on the management of the Strait of Hormuz, Trump said the US is “only semi-negotiating” with Iran. Tehran has denied direct talks at all with Washington.

So after months of expansive fighting, why is Trump turning to economic pressure over military force in this conflict?

At the beginning of the month, US President Donald Trump had threatened attacks on Iran at levels ‘not seen since World War II’, but he has since cancelled them and reverted to economic tactics
At the beginning of the month, US President Donald Trump had threatened attacks on Iran at levels ‘not seen since World War II’, but he has since cancelled them and reverted to economic tactics [File: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]

What has Trump said about changing strategy?

“We are low-keying it,” Trump told the news website Axios in an interview on Sunday regarding the US approach to the war on Iran. This signals a complete change from his comments last week when he gave “duplicitous” Iran “one last chance” to make a deal or suffer catastrophic strikes.

Now, Trump said, he wants to hit Iran economically instead.

He said Iran is in “very bad shape” financially, citing high inflation and difficulty paying its own soldiers, and credited a US naval blockade in place since April with increasing that pressure.

“We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money,” he said.

Trump also claimed that falling prices of oil, which was trading at about $78 a barrel on Monday, have eased the economic impact on US consumers of the war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which had sent oil prices above $100 a barrel for a time.

“It will work out. It always works out. It’s like a chess game,” he said.

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Speaking about the war on Iran on Saturday, Vice President JD Vance told Fox News: “We’re in the middle of the game, and we’re applying a whole host of tools – diplomatic, economic, military tools – to ensure that we get the best outcome for the American people.”

FILE PHOTO: People gather on a beach, as a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz is visible, near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 31, 2026. Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. ISRAEL OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ISRAEL. NO ACCESS FOR ISRAELI MEDIA. NO USE BBC PERSIAN. NO USE VOA PERSIAN. NO USE MANOTO. NO USE IRAN INTERNATIONAL. NO USE RADIO FARDA. DIGITAL: NO USE BBC PERSIAN. NO USE VOA PERSIAN. NO USE MANOTO. NO USE IRAN INTERNATIONAL. NO USE RADIO FARDA./File Photo
A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz is seen from the beach at Bandar Abbas, Iran [File: Amirhosein Khorgooi/West Asia News Agency via Reuters]

What effect has the US naval blockade had on Iran?

The US has maintained a naval blockade against Iranian ports since mid-April. The aim is to reduce Iran’s oil exports – estimated at about 1.5 million barrels per day – and thereby significantly decrease its oil revenues.

On Saturday, the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) reported redirecting 53 commercial vessels, boarding two and disabling two others.

Trump described this as an unyielding “wall of steel”. Iranian authorities have attested to near-zero crude exports due to the blockade. The oil export constraints are adding to Iran’s existing economic woes, linked to domestic structural issues and mismanagement, topped off by years of harsh sanctions.

Iran’s infrastructure has also suffered significant damage during the war launched by the US and Israel in late February. Tehran has asked the US to compensate it for these losses as one of the conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

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Is the US short on munitions?

Several US media reports have indicated that Washington is running low on munition stockpiles due to the fighting in the Middle East and Ukraine.

At the end of last month, Axios reported that the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, had cautioned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Trump that a shortage of air defence interceptors could hamper the US ability to protect its forces and allies in the Middle East.

The Pentagon has asked the US defence industry to rapidly escalate the production and delivery of weapons, including munitions in extremely short supply due to the war with Iran, The Washington Post reported, citing a Department of Defense memo.

However, a Pentagon official on Saturday told Al Jazeera that the US has enough munitions to sustain its military operations.

“We have sufficient munitions for the task at hand,” Jarred Conley, the Deputy Director, Maritime at the Defense Innovation Unit, told Al Jazeera in an exclusive interview. “The department has everything it needs today to execute a war.”

STANSSTAD, SWITZERLAND - JUNE 21: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Alternate crop) U.S. Vice President JD Vance (R) looks on next to U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, as Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi (L) shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, before the start of a quadrilateral meeting between the U.S., Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Lake Lucerne Summit, aimed at advancing a deal to end the Middle East conflict at the Buergenstock Resort, Lake Lucerne on June 21, 2026 near Stansstad, Switzerland. Vance is visiting Switzerland for negotiations with Iran to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz that have been delayed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon. (Photo by Nathan Howard-Pool/Getty Images)
Trump sent Vice President JD Vance, background right, and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, second from left, to negotiate with an Iranian delegation, including Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, far left, to Switzerland in June for talks mediated by Pakistan and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, centre, after the two countries signed an MoU [File: Nathan Howard-Pool/Getty Images]

Is Trump under pressure at home over this war?

Trump began his second term in the White House at the beginning of last year promising to avoid “stupid wars”.

Currently, his war on Iran is unpopular in the US, where the president and his fellow Republicans are seeking to defend their narrow congressional majorities in November’s midterm elections.

Only about 35 percent of Americans approve of the war, a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll suggested. Asked which political party has a better approach to handling war and “terrorism”, registered voters picked Democrats over Republicans – 37 percent to 36 percent.

This is the first time Democrats ⁠have led since Reuters/Ipsos polling began posing the question in December 2024 when Republicans led 39 percent to Democrats’ 28 percent.

Will economic pressure work against Iran?

Mehran Kamrava, professor at Georgetown University in Qatar, said negotiations between Iran and the US are progressing very slowly and cast doubt on whether Washington’s economic pressure campaign would succeed.

He noted that Iran has been able to exert considerable pressure on Gulf countries where US military assets and infrastructure are located by attacking them with missiles and drones.

“What we have seen is that the Iranians are trying to put economic pressure on the regional neighbours, particularly on countries like Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, so that they would in turn put pressure on the US to negotiate with Iran,” he said.

“Meanwhile, the US is putting economic pressure on Iran. … So neither side is willing to take that first step and extend an arm and say, ‘Let’s sit down and negotiate,’” he said.

Kamrava said he was sceptical that US economic pressure would prove effective, particularly as Iran’s leaders are not under the same internal political pressure as the Trump administration.

“Tehran is under tremendous economic pressure, but we need to bear in mind that Iran’s political system is ultimately a very repressive one. It’s not that people making decisions directly care about the plight of the middle classes,” he said.

“They want to stay in power,” he said, adding, “So I’m not sure if this tactic is going to work at this point.”

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Has the US achieved any of its stated war goals?

Not really. The US and Israel time and again have shifted the goalposts considerably since launching the war on February 28, the day they killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

At the outset, the US said the war was about restricting Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, which Tehran said it was never intending to do, and forcing a change in Iran’s government, which Trump has quietly dropped since. The US also made other demands, including restricting Iran’s ballistic missiles programme and ending its support for Iran-aligned armed groups around the region, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen and others in Iraq and Syria.

As the war has continued, the cost to Gulf countries and the global energy crisis unleashed by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have put pressure on Washington to reach a peace deal with Iran.

Iran put forward several conditions of its own for ending the war, including lifting the US sanctions and naval blockade and unfreezing Iranian assets. But a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that Iran and the US signed on June 17 to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and begin a 60-day negotiation period unravelled within days, mainly over disagreements about the management of the strait.

While the MoU did mention the eventual lifting of US sanctions on Iran and a reconstruction fund for Iran, it did not specifically cover US demands about Iran’s ballistic missile programme or regional armed proxy groups. It also appeared to show the US had given up any hope of forcing regime change in Iran.