The Daily Populous Thursday March 19th, 2026 evening edition
Authored by theguardian.com and submitted by Silent-Resort-3076

That’s different from the United States being alone.

We – that is, the vast majority of Americans who were against Trump’s war from the start, and who support Nato and the United Nations charter and the post-second world war system of alliances and rules – are not alone.

Most of the people of the United States stand with most democracies of the world.

When Trump’s call to America’s traditional allies for assistance clearing the strait of Hormuz was rebuffed by those allies, those allies didn’t rebuff the United States. They rebuffed the person in the Oval Office who didn’t even consult them before launching this war.

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, said his country “will never take part in operations to open or liberate the strait of Hormuz in the current context”. (Trump responded, “He’ll be out of office very soon.”) Canada’s foreign minister, Anita Anand, said that Canada “was not consulted prior to the offensive operation” and “has no intention of participating in” it. The British prime minister, Keir Starmer, has said the UK would not be “drawn into the wider war”.

So, like an angry five-year-old whose friends refuse to come to his party because he shouts at them and never shares his toys, Trump exploded: “[W]e no longer ‘need,’ or desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance – WE NEVER DID! Likewise, Japan, Australia, or South Korea.” He added: “In fact, speaking as President of the United States of America, by far the Most Powerful Country Anywhere in the World, WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE!”

May I be so bold as to address myself to America’s allies and friends?

In point of fact, we the people of the United States do need your help.

We need your help fighting the global climate crisis.

We need your help heading off pandemics.

We need your help countering global criminal gangs that are trafficking people and dangerous drugs and weapons.

We need your help fighting global poverty, hunger and disease.

We need your help safeguarding freedom and democracy from authoritarian regimes intent on extinguishing freedom and democracy around the world.

It’s important that you, the citizens of other democracies, know that the vast majority of us – the people of the United States – are embarrassed and offended by the oaf who now occupies the highest office in the United States.

He does not speak for us. He is not making decisions based on our welfare, let alone the wellbeing of the rest of you. Please don’t confuse him with us.

We are trying our best to resist him, contain him, protest against him and remove him from office as quickly as we possibly can.

bobcatgoldthwait on March 19th, 2026 at 14:02 UTC »

This article is incredibly embarrassing.

Trump still has a ~40% approval rating. Nearly half the country is looking at this and saying "this is fine". Just because some of us are pissed off doesn't mean shit, a massive portion of our population has been lost to propaganda and will continue to support evil men like Trump.

Speak_To_Wuk_Lamat on March 19th, 2026 at 13:16 UTC »

Trump is a symptom.

lee_bow on March 19th, 2026 at 12:41 UTC »

Please do so before he sets the globe on fire