THE AMERICAN POSEIDON ADVENTURE

A tantrum is an episode of emotional dysregulation characterized by an intense, poorly controlled expression of anger, frustration, or distress that exceeds what the situation typically warrants and reflects a temporary failure of self-regulation. Common features include emotional loss of control and a disproportionate reaction to a trigger. Tantrums often occur when an individual feels overwhelmed, thwarted, or unable to express needs or emotions in a regulated way.

Donald Trump’s fixation on Greenland, entwined with his disconnected belief that he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize, is a textbook tantrum. He is out of control.

That behavior has been enabled by the failure of Congress to assert its constitutional role of checks and balances, and by a Supreme Court that has embraced an extreme “unitary executive” theory, effectively allowing Trump to flail beyond the law without consequence. The result has been an unrestrained, rampant, volatile, and dissociated pattern of conduct.

This tantrum is not trivial. It is not the first. And its consequences will be long-lasting and harmful to the United States.

Trump’s conduct on Greenland, ICE, in using the Department of Justice as a personal instrument of retribution while shielding allies (the Epstein files being only one example), in leveraging governmental power for personal gain, in rewriting history on official government websites, in the illegal use of tariffs that punish American consumers, in abusing military authority for personal or political benefit, in threatening First Amendment freedoms by clawing back funds from universities, in flirting with the nationalization of private companies like Intel, and in the cascade of lies used to justify conduct that culminated in the killing of Renee Good, collectively forms a portrait of a tyrant serving himself while skewering the institution he purports to lead.

No corporate board in America would hire him as a CEO. He would not pass the background check required to be a volunteer driver for the American Cancer Society.

When children or dysregulated adults lose control, boundaries are essential. Authority must be asserted to restore order. It is shameful that the United States appears incapable of managing itself and instead looks to Europe to be the adult in the room. That failure reflects poorly on all three branches of government.

But responsibility does not rest with institutions alone. It ultimately lies with the American voter.

Roughly 100 million eligible Americans do not vote. They are on the verge of losing their vote because they refuse to use it.

A data point released today underscores reality. According to Bloomberg, Trump’s net worth in 2025 remained roughly $6 billion, unchanged from 2024, despite widespread losses across most Trump-branded businesses and assets. The only reason his net worth did not fall was income derived from “deals” (such as Trump’s Crypto policy reversal) made possible solely by the leverage of the presidency. In plain terms: he used public power and public money to sustain private wealth. On his own merits, he is a loser.

So much for The Art of the Deal. This looks far more like the Barnum & Bailey principle that “a sucker is born every minute.”

We need Congress to reassert its authority and right the ship before it capsizes. Our ship of state has been driven onto the rocks by a modern Captain Queeg.

It is time for a legitimate mutiny.

CONGRESS SHOULD ACT.
AND WE MUST VOTE.

RESIST!!! & EDUCATE!!!