Trump's 2026 Circus: Maduro Snatch, Gutted Agencies, and Global Punchlines

𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱'𝘴 2026 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴: 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥, 𝘐𝘊𝘌 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴, 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘕𝘈𝘛𝘖—𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴.

𝗢𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 By Bruce Alpine.

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s 2025 dawned with Donald Trump's January 20 inauguration, the globe braced for "America First" redux. 

Instead, executive overreach, institutional sabotage, and geopolitical whiplash spiraled into anarchy by year's end. 

Late-2024 predictions, like CNN's "chaos around the world," rang true. 

Trump's tariffs, mass deportations, and alliance ruptures fueled domestic rage and global isolation. 

Mid-year, NPR flagged a "chaotic" foreign policy: sky-high tariffs paired with isolationism, letting Ukraine and Gaza wars fester as U.S. aid evaporated. 

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists called it "more erratic, darker, and more dangerous," citing a $2 trillion nuclear buildup that unnerved allies. 

Early 2025 blitzkrieged policies: revived "Muslim ban" deportations with family separations; Education Department evisceration, withholding billions from colleges (per ACE); FEMA gutted during hurricane season, dubbed "sweeping chaos and fear" by IU experts. 

Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China ignited inflation, as Nate Silver's 113 predictions warned, alongside a 43-day shutdown over debt ceilings that crippled services. 

Domestically, federalizing the National Guard quelled anti-ICE riots in California and Chicago, signaling proto-authoritarianism—NYT op-eds blasted Trump's "battle to undermine democracy." 

Tensions erupted January 7, 2026, when ICE agent Jonathan Ross murdered 37-year-old U.S. citizen and poet Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. 

Amid chaotic protests, agents yanked her car door; as she drove off, three bullets felled her—blocks from George Floyd's 2020 murder site. 

A devoted mother of three who sang and penned poetry, Good embodied "kindness," her family grieved. 

Activists branded it "murder," sparking hundreds-strong rallies; her kin vowed lawsuits as the FBI probed. 

Protests ballooned, Indivisible rallying a million against "authoritarian power grabs." 

By December, trade wars jacked egg prices to records; WHO withdrawal hobbled pandemic prep; Supreme Court slapped Guard overreaches. 

Richard Murphy's Tax Research blog termed 2025 a "nightmare year": brash GOP wins hid infighting and economic drag. 

Into 2026, Eurasia Group's Top Risks named Trump the top threat, eclipsing Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar wars. 

"US political revolution" (Risk #1) morphed cronyism into "state capitalism with American characteristics," channeling billions to Musk's efficiency czars, slashing 100,000 federal jobs. 

Ian Bremmer decried an "ending global order," U.S. losing drone and battery edges to China. 

The "Donroe Doctrine" (Risk #3) detonated January 3: U.S. commandos kidnapped Nicolás Maduro from Caracas, igniting UN outrage and Latin refugee waves—Brazil and Mexico slammed a "Pandora's box." 

Paris protests screamed "America hates the world"; tariffs devolved into "red herring" trade mayhem. 

Crisis Group eyed Venezuela's cartel-fueled void, plus Trump's water project and tribal land vetoes widening U.S. divides. 

By January 6, alliances cracked—Denmark mulled NATO quit after Trump's Greenland threats: "one way or the other," mocking defenses as "two dog sleds," eyeing force against Russian/Chinese bids. 

Greenland's Prime Minister vowed NATO fidelity; Germany pledged Arctic boosts, birthing a diplomatic storm. 

Markets quaked on VIX surges. Silver forecasts 2026 Democratic House gains, but turmoil reigns: a felon's folly eroding U.S. prestige. 

The Nation's 2025 "lawless grasp" recap? 2026's pandemonium sequel—with three years to fray further.

As midterms approach in November, Trump's support has plummeted to historic lows among independents and core GOP voters, per recent polls. 

This toxic shadow risks dragging Republicans into a rout, allowing Democrats to seize the House majority and recapture Senate seats in key battlegrounds, shattering GOP unity and reshaping Congress. 

Global fixation on Trump's encore yields wary claps, stifling smirks.

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