The only upside I can see of a President Trump is that he scares the sh*t out of some of our enemies, by Hal M. Brown

 

Consider this from the NY Times article Hamas Faces a Future Without Its Most Important Ally (subscription)

And Iran, which supports Hamas and Hezbollah, seems keen to avoid a direct fight with Israel, at least for now. Iran’s air defense systems were devastated in an Israeli attack in October, and after the victory of President-elect Donald J. Trump, the Iranians appear to have called off a reprisal attack.

There's no way that the authors of this article could know that Trump's election was the reason Iran hasn't attacked Israel. After all Trump isn't president yet. The point is still made. 

While Russia may benefit from Trump being president when it comes to Ukraine, other countries on Trump's bad side may decide it's the height of reckless insanity to incure the wrath of someone who has to prove he's Rambo on steroids.

Unfortunately the countries that may be on the receiving end of the rage of Trump when they don't bend at the knees before him may include Mexico and Canada. He's already threatened to take military action against Mexico.(See addendum below) 

Does he figure that since the United States won the first Mexican-American War which led to Mexico ceding present-day California, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and parts of several other states to the United States he'd easily win the second war with Mexico.

Nah.... Trump doesn't know details about history so I rather doubt he knows more about that war than it had something to do with Davy Crocket and the Alamo (and he may not remember that we lost that battle).

Trump likes the idea of being in a "trade war" simply because of the second word. He wants to be viewed as a warrior. Whether it's a war of words, a war against the "deep state," a war against fake news, a war against "woke," Trump has to win.  

I doubt there are many people in the entire world who don't know what MAGA means and that Trump wants it to mean "don't f*ck around with me, or else." He wants any adversary, whether an individual, institution, or another country to have an episode of uncontrollable fecal incontinence (there's a slang term for this that involves soiling one's pants) at the mere thought of going up against the country he believes belongs to him.

Addendums/updates:

1)

From Trump team debates "how much" they should invade Mexico, Rolling Stone reports

Excerpt:

Trump's pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has previously referred to Mexican drug cartels as “terrorist-like organizations poisoning our population” and said on Fox News last year that military action may be required to “put the fear in the minds of the drug lords.” 

Last year, Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., Trump’s pick for national security adviser, also introduced a bill to authorize the use of military force against Mexican drug cartels.

Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan, meanwhile, has claimed Trump will definitely use the military against cartels. “President Trump is committed to calling them a terrorist organization and using the full might of the United States special operations to take them out,” Homan said.

Perhaps these tough talkers don't think that Mexican police and military have tried this, and they know what I assume is the rough terrain where the drug labs and well armed cartel members have their hideouts. Achieving this goal isn't a script for the movie Zero Dark Thirty. While many won't admit it, aside from superlative planning and execution luck played a part in the success of the Osama bin Laden mission.

Does Hegseth think it will be a simple matter to put fear into the mind of drug lords? Is America ready for some of our elite soldiers to come back home in body bags?

2)

For those who sent me messages saying they can't stand to see these delusional images of a muscle bound Trump, this is the real macho man:

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