“That was how you got to be a power in the land, he thought. You never cared a toss about whatever anyone else thought and you were never, ever, uncertain about anything.”
Terry Pratchett; Guards! Guards!
#Discworld #FolkInCharge #TrumpingUSA #AmericaUKTradeDeal

“The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.”
Terry Pratchett; The Light Fantastic
#Discworld #OneHundredDaysOfTrump #OneHundredDaysOfExecutiveOrders #TrumpingUSA 🇺🇸

“‘I know about people who talk about suffering for the common good. It’s never bloody them! When you hear a man shouting “Forward, brave comrades!” you’ll see he’s the one behind the bloody big rock and wearing the only really arrow-proof helmet!'”
Terry Pratchett; Interesting Times
#Discworld #LiberationDay #TariffWars #ComradeTrump #TrumpingUSA

“A thinking tyrant, it seemed to Vetinari, had a much harder job than a ruler raised to power by some idiot vote-yourself-rich system like democracy. At least he could tell the people he was their fault.”
Terry Pratchett; Going Postal
#Discworld #Dictators #EconomicTurmoil #TrumpNMuskVoteYerselfRichScheme #TrumpingUSA

“…people like Ridcully are never, ever embarrassed about anything, although often people are embarrassed on their behalf.”
Terry Pratchett; Hogfather
#Discworld #Signalgate #NationalSecurityBreach #TrumpingUSA

“…the real purpose of a coven was to meet friends, even if they were friends simply because they were really the only people you could talk to freely as they had the same problems and would understand what you were moaning about.”
Terry Pratchett; Wintersmith
#Discworld #SignalChatUSA #WaltzingMatilda #WhoNeedsDefendingFromWho #TrumpingUSA

“‘Ah, he’s already lied to me,’ thought Vimes. ‘We’re being diplomatic.’”
Terry Pratchett; The Fifth Elephant
#Discworld #RussianDiplomacy #TrumpingUSA #ZelenskkyHostage #CoalitionOfTheWilling

“Thanks to Trump, the US has entered hospice care”
‘What the hell’s happening to your country?’ Traveling as an American under Trump 2.0 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/09/traveling-american-trump-essay?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#trump #donaldtrump #trumpism #toletgoatrump #trumping #trumpingusa #trumpregime #Trumpflation #trumpsexecutiveorders #USPolitics #usapolitics

“How hard can writing be? After all, most of the words are going to be 'and,' 'the,' and 'I,' and 'it,' and so on, and there's a huge number to choose from, so a lot of the work has been done for you.”
Terry Pratchett; Snuff
#Discworld #TrumpsExecutiveOrders #TrumpingUSA #MakingAmericaGuffAgain

“... the damned had been given that insight which makes hardship so easy to bear — the absolute and certain knowledge that things could be worse.”
Terry Pratchett; Eric
#Discworld #Ukraine #Greenland #Canada #HostileTakeOversandTariffWars #TrumpPutinAlliance #AndSoItContinues #TrumpingUSA

“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
Terry Pratchett; Going Postal
#Discworld #TateBrothersReleased #CrimsSupportingCrims #TrumpIngUSA

“They were men who felt that The Time Had Come. Regimes can survive barbarian hordes, crazed terrorists and hooded secret societies, but they're in real trouble when prosperous and anonymous men sit around a big table and think thoughts like that.”
Terry Pratchett; Feet of Clay
#Discworld #AmericaSellingOutUkraine #NoToNATO #RussianAppeasement #TrumpingUSA 😐🇺🇸

“Why bother with a cunning plan when a simple one will do?”
Terry Pratchett; Thud
#Discworld #ExecutiveOrders #ClutchingAtPaperStraws #Disassembling #TrumpingUSA 🥤🇺🇸

“‘I'm sure no one could call me a despot, your reverence,’ said Lord Vetinari severely.
Hughnon Ridcully made a misjudged attempted to lighten the mood. ‘Not twice at any rate, ahahah.'”
Terry Pratchett; The Truth
#Discworld #Despot #GazaDevelopmentPlan #RealEstateOpportunity #AnotherDayAnotherDollar #EthnicCleansing #TrumpingUSA 🇺🇸

​“… there was no knowing where it would end. How it would end was a bit more certain. It would probably end badly.”
Terry Pratchett; The Bromeliad/Diggers #USAID #MuskyDismantling #TrumpingUSA 🇺🇸

“‘The purpose of this lectchoor is to let you know where we are. We are in the deep cack. It couldn't be worse if it was raining arseholes. Any questions?’”
Terry Pratchett; Monstrous Regiment
#Discworld #TrumpingUSA #RecindingMedicareMeds #MuskySalute #TrumpsMonstrousRegiment