Trump warns Iran to reopen strait of Hormuz by Tuesday or face ‘hell’ President shifts deadline again for attacking power plants and bridges in expletive-ridden social media post

The white Christian king of the US threatens war crimes if His will is not fulfilled by the Musulman heathens:

"Trump warned that Tehran had until Tuesday to reopen the strait of Hormuz or he would obliterate Iran’s power plants & bridges."

Happy Easter to all in this time of #assholisation.

Trump has undermined the US national security apparatus War against Iran does not seem to have undergone the normal stress-testing

#Hegseth is the posterboy for shamefree assholery ( #assholisation) in the US:

"To ensure the 'UNAPOLOGETIC lethality' of US force, he has gutted a congressionally mandated office designed to help military planners avoid non-combatant casualties."

All targets are legitimate if chosen by the Führer

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#Assholisation = the rise of vice signalling, performative cruelty & nastiness: "What is worrying today is the willingness of the powerful to dispense with even cursory attempts to put a legal gloss on their actions. The open contempt for the law is shown not just in words but in actions."

What unites Greenland, Venezuela and Ukraine? Trump's immoral lies and Europe's chronic weakness | Simon Tisdall The president’s inability to tell right from wrong fuels his increasingly dictatorial, illegal and erratic behaviour, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

There's more & more recognition of #assholisation/ the coming out of the #assholesociety:

"The president’s inability to tell right from wrong (aka assholery) fuels his increasingly dictatorial, illegal and erratic behaviour."

Welcome to the #assholocene.

Donald Trump says US to take sanctioned Venezuelan oil to American ports President says he will control money earned from sale of up to 50mn barrels of crude

At the geopolitical level, #assholisation = the return of classical, unvarnished (not humanrightswashed) imperialism:

"Trump says US to take sanctioned #Venezuelan oil to American ports. He will control money earned from sale of 50mn barrels of crude."

‘Men explicitly loving men is so threatening to the status quo’: why are gay male pop stars being shut out of the music industry? Not long ago, artists such as Lil Nas X and Olly Alexander were ruling pop. But success has stalled as acts face industry obstacles and rising homophobia. What now?

2. #Assholisation = turning away from climate action, human rights, env. protection... & from #queer rights.

"Not long ago, (queer) artists such as Lil Nas X were ruling pop. But success has stalled as acts face industry obstacles and rising homophobia."

Trump lambasts ‘weak’ and ‘decaying’ Europe and hints at walking away from Ukraine US president recycles far-right tropes on European immigration and presses Zelenskyy to accept his peace plan

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The root of #assholisation is usually not being an evil shit, it's mostly *failure*:

"Trump has hinted he could walk away from supporting Ukraine as he doubled down on his administration’s recent criticism of Europe."

In his mind, Ukraine is his failure, so he wants to turn away from it.

Eswatini confirms receiving over $5m from US to accept deportees Trump administration struck largely secretive deals with at least five African countries to accept migrants

#assholisation is performative cruelty by formerly imperial societies: "Look, potential migrants, we're NOT the semi-enlightened, quasi humanists we've been pretending to be, we're actually no different from our ancestors who invaded and killed and pillaged throughout the entire world.

Trump administration asks tiny Pacific nation of Palau to accept migrants deported from US Palau, a country of just 18,000, is considering a draft agreement to resettle ‘third country nationals’ from the US

Insult + injury:

"Trump administration asks tiny Pacific nation of Palau to accept migrants deported from US"

Because it's not enough that Palau is drowning, let's also turn it into a prison camp. #Assholisation.

US ambassador to Israel says US no longer pursuing goal of independent Palestinian state Mike Huckabee suggested any future Palestinian state should be carved out of ‘a Muslim country’

#Assholisation is, when the assholes get to say the quiet part out loud, & nobody minds:

"Huckabee suggested a Palestinian state should be carved out of ‘a Muslim country’", because christian nationalism & white supremacy's goal is ultimately always "Lebensraum for white people".

#assholisation of society in full swing

US leading, but others following soon

Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species

"Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber"

Because of course he does. #assholisation.

i call it #assholisation.