Don’t Just Save America. Save the World.

By Tom B

From where I stand, Trump isn’t content with power at home he wants the world under his thumb. He belittles allies who refuse obedience. He meddles in foreign governments. He fantasizes about absorbing entire nations.
And then came his chilling words at the United Nations: a choice between “a deal with Iran” or “annihilating” the country entirely. Many shrugged it off as theatrics. But after failing to control Iran through conventional force, the only remaining interpretation is nuclear threat.
No rational leader would consider a first strike. But Trump has never operated within the bounds of rational leadership. He is a man who cannot admit defeat — not in sport, not in politics, not in war. And that makes him dangerous.
He has already shaken the world with tariffs, broken alliances, and contempt for international law. But threatening nuclear destruction is a leap toward global chaos. Nero watched Rome burn; Trump would watch the world crumble while admiring his own reflection.
The world asks why Americans haven’t stopped him. We’re fighting but we face a party that has surrendered and a government paralyzed. On November 3, we stop defending and start reclaiming.
We will take Congress back. We will dismantle the billionaire chokehold on our democracy. We will reform the courts. We will rebuild the guardrails. Because the stakes are nothing less than the future of the world.
We rise together. We act together. We win together.

Let’s roll.


The views expressed here are those of the Indivisible Oregon editorial team, 
one voice within a broader Indivisible movement.

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