One shoe at a time

Mar 14, 2026

I can’t stop looking at this photograph of Little Marco wearing his Trump shoes three sizes too big:

The US Secretary of State is a shine boy. He’s a professional kneeler and glazer, who is a laughingstock on the world stage. A kept man.

All of Trump’s men wear the shoes, regardless of the fit.

Trump decides, and that is all there is to it. He imagines the size, and his men get the shoes. Beautiful shoes. The best shoes.

It’s a beautiful arrangement. Though Trump’s minions aren’t so lucky as to have diamonds on the soles of their shoes, the footwear does come with a “Scarlett T” that will be forever branded onto the forehead of Trump’s sycophants.

They are as close to pets as Trump has ever had — except unlike most owners, Trump has no affections for his charges. He is their alpha and omega; their purpose, life and calling. He has given them power for the price of their dignity and obedience. All that is required is to keep quiet, and make sure to practice gratitude for shoes three sizes too big — or unnecessary wars.

The men who wear Trump shoes have started a war, and it is almost three weeks old.

When it began Trump said the following:

Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group of very hard, terrible people. Its menacing activities directly endanger the United States, our troops, our bases overseas, and our allies throughout the world…
…For these reasons, the United States military is undertaking a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests…
…Finally, to the great, proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand…when we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations.

Today, there are more than 5,000 US Marines headed to the region, and the US has succeeded in replacing one Ayatollah Khamenei for another Ayatollah Khamenei.

Donald Trump was warned that the Iranians would close the Strait of Hormuz, and create as much economic chaos as possible in order to survive the attack.

He didn’t listen.

Now what?

Trump, one of the few people in history to go bankrupt running a casino, now has a choice.

He can either back down, or double down.

Trump will double down.

He will escalate.

While escalating, the reasons for the war will change rapidly from moment to moment, day to day, week to week.

Remember, America the invincible, guided by Trump, chosen by God, can’t lose a war. It’s a game after all, according to the White House, which posted this on X:

Each week, more Americans will be killed.

Each week, more bombs will be dropped.

Each week, Trump and his shoe men will tell the country that we are winning something they told the country we won the week before. The contradictions will come faster and faster until it doesn’t matter anymore.

The only thing that will be consistent is the war will grind forward.

What Trump has tried has not worked.

His gamble has failed, and he doesn’t have a plan.

Wars are not won by blaming the media, but Donald doesn’t see it that way.

He doesn’t particularly care about losing a war. What he cares most about is being seen as weak, which means what lies ahead is a growing chasm of credibility between what is real and what is make-believe because, in the end, reality doesn’t matter to Donald Trump.

Winning does.

Winning what?

He wants to be praised as a great war lord on the Mar-a-Lago patio.

That is what victory looks like for Trump.

For the country, it looks like catastrophe.

This war is not going well.

America is losing Donald’s war of choice. He promised peace, and started a war in the Middle East.

There are now 20 countries involved in the fighting.

Trump is ringed by venomous clowns who have total disregard for the concepts of duty, honor and country. Together, they are the architects of a disaster that cannot quite be seen yet, but is coming fast.

The bill is coming due for 11 years of Donald Trump.

It will be brutal.

Someday, the rancid history of this era will be written.

It will be a pitiful tale, and it should start with the shoes.