{"id":63649,"date":"2026-04-22T11:42:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63649"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:04:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:04:25","slug":"when-trump-derangement-syndrome-is-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63649","title":{"rendered":"When Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Dangerous"},"content":{"rendered":"

On April 12th, Real Clear Politics<\/a> posted an article about a recent quote from Tom Friedman. The quote is disturbing for many reasons.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

New York Times columnist Tom Friedman told CNN’s “Smerconish” that he would love to see the Islamic Republic in Iran replaced by a Democratic regime, but letting Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu get credit for succeeding at overthrowing it like this might not be worth it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Nothing would improve the region more than the replacement of this regime in Iran,” Friedman said. “The problem is I really don’t want to see Bibi Netanyahu or Donald Trump politically strengthened by this war because they are two awful human beings.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“They are both engaged in anti- democratic projects in their own countries. They’re both alleged crooks. They are terrible, terrible people doing terrible things to America’s standing in the world and Israel standing in the world,” Friedman said about Trump and Netanyahu. “So I really find myself torn. I want to see Iran militarily defeated, but I do not want to see these two terrible people strengthened.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

At least he said alleged crooks. He can’t support America’s war effort because he doesn’t like the people in charge. Also notice that he doesn’t amplify any of his charges with actual facts. I don’t think the war in Iran is hurting either America’s or Israel’s standing in the world. I think it may actually result in both countries being respected.<\/p>\n

Loving your country does not mean that you have to love its elected leaders at all times. I was not a fan of either President Obama or President Biden. However, I never hoped for the military disasters we saw under both Presidents. I don’t care who is in charge, I never want to see another situation like Benghazi or the withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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