Does the Trump regime really believe it can tell other nations how to run their societies?

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If this were not true before, it’s true now: The Trump regime has jumped the shark – the shark, the cow, the moon, everything jumpable.

I saw this yesterday and didn’t believe my eyes, so I did some digging. Sure enough, it’s true.

The Trump regime has informed the city of Stockholm – as in Stockholm, Sweden – that if it and its contractors intend to continue doing business with the United States it had better set aside its DEI policies.

Apparently other entities in Europe – private companies, municipalities, even nations – have received similar instructions.

At this point I have one question for the Trump regime:

Just who the hell do you think you are?

Who do you think you are, that you can require a foreign entity, be it a private company, a city, or a state, to follow your loathsome guidance on issues of internal policy? The unmitigated gall of this demand, the towering hubris, defies belief.

A few weeks ago I heard a report that during the trade negotiations between the United States and Great Britain, the United States demanded that London terminate its protections for the LGBTQ community. I didn’t think that could be right, so I did some online research. I found a single newspaper article, which used an unnamed source, so I dismissed it as not credible.

Now, I’m not so sure.

Such a demand would be entirely consistent with the Trump regime’s current irrational behavior.

The city of Stockholm, as did the other European entities presented with this ridiculous requirement, told the Trump regime to go fuck itself. Good. That was the correct response.

Because the Trump regime is like an out-of-control cur dog that is running loose and biting everybody. It needs to be yanked back on its chain.

The arrogance is breathtaking.

About the author:

Del Stone Jr. is a professional fiction writer. He is known primarily for his work in the contemporary dark fiction field, but has also published science fiction and contemporary fantasy. Stone’s stories, poetry and scripts have appeared in publications such as Amazing Stories, Eldritch Tales, and Bantam-Spectra’s Full Spectrum. His short fiction has been published in The Year’s Best Horror Stories XXII; Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine; the Pocket Books anthology More Phobias; the Barnes & Noble anthologies 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, and 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories; the HWA anthology Psychos; and other short fiction venues, like Blood Muse, Live Without a Net, Zombiesque and Sex Macabre. Stone’s comic book debut was in the Clive Barker series of books, Hellraiser, published by Marvel/Epic and reprinted in The Best of Hellraiser anthology. He has also published stories in Penthouse Comix, and worked with artist Dave Dorman on many projects, including the illustrated novella “Roadkill,” a short story for the Andrew Vachss anthology Underground from Dark Horse, an ashcan titled “December” for Hero Illustrated, and several of Dorman’s Wasted Lands novellas and comics, such as Rail from Image and “The Uninvited.” Stone’s novel, Dead Heat, won the 1996 International Horror Guild’s award for best first novel and was a runner-up for the Bram Stoker Award. Stone has also been a finalist for the IHG award for short fiction, the British Fantasy Award for best novella, and a semifinalist for the Nebula and Writers of the Future awards. His stories have appeared in anthologies that have won the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award. Two of his works were optioned for film, the novella “Black Tide” and short story “Crisis Line.”

Stone recently retired after a 41-year career in journalism. He won numerous awards for his work, and in 1986 was named Florida’s best columnist in his circulation division by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. In 2001 he received an honorable mention from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his essay “When Freedom of Speech Ends” and in 2003 he was voted Best of the Best in the category of columnists by Emerald Coast Magazine. He participated in book signings and awareness campaigns, and was a guest on local television and radio programs.

As an addendum, Stone is single, kills tomatoes and morning glories with ruthless efficiency, once tied the stem of a cocktail cherry in a knot with his tongue, and carries a permanent scar on his chest after having been shot with a paintball gun. He’s in his 60s as of this writing but doesn’t look a day over 94.

Contact Del at [email protected]. He is also on Facebook, twitter, Pinterest, tumblr, TikTok, and Instagram. Visit his website at delstonejr.com .