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The Chokehold of Two Tyrants!

As Donald Trump returns to the White House once more in exactly 8 days, his alliance with Elon Musk and authoritarian tactics signal a dangerous reshaping of global power. With threats of tariffs, sanctions, and intimidation, Trump wants to force nations into compliance, from Canada to Europe, while pursuing his boldest ambition yet—annexing or buying Greenland. His reign will be marked by empty promises, coercion, and the erosion of diplomacy. History teaches that unchecked power breeds resistance, and while Trump may momentarily tighten his grip, the world will rise against his chokehold. His reign is vulnerable—and the backlash is coming.
 

Trump returns, a convicted man,
With Musk his knight in a grim new plan.
The world is their prey, the globe their prize,
They crush and plunder as justice dies.

 

Tariffs as bludgeons, threats like chains,
Profits they reap from the people’s pains.
A pageant of bullies with golden masks,
Squeezing nations in brutal tasks.

 

They muzzle dissent, unleash their hounds,
Turn courts to weapons, break moral bounds.
The press folds under their vicious glare,
As scholars retreat in trembling despair.

 

Putin advances through Ukraine’s cries,
Orban ascends while democracy dies.
Netanyahu’s war leaves blood-soaked plains,
Gaza burns under genocidal flames.

 

Canada falters with empty pledges,
Europe buckles at its weakened edges.
Diplomacy sinks, economies fall,
The tyrants' chokehold consumes us all.

 

But power unchecked will rot away,
The world will rise on a brighter day.
No tyrant reigns without a cost,
Their victories hollow, their empires lost.

 

A tide is swelling, the reckoning near,
Against their greed, defiance is clear.
Resist their chokehold, reject despair,
A new world rises—it’s already there.

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TrumpMuskCanadaGreenlandPanamaauthoritarianismglobal powersanctionstariffsresistancepolitical coerciontyrannyworld backlashglobal instabilitygeopolitical tensionpower struggle

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Comments

Rolph David

Sun 19th Jan 2025 13:36

Thank you Nigel, Yanma and Naomi for your "like"!

Cheerio,
Rolph

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