Nobody cries like a bully.

The big goon in the schoolyard, on the prowl for little kids to push down. Scattering books and kicking them. Snatching hats and throwing them in the mud. Then someone finally stands up to the guy, taps him on the nose, and he’s on the ground, writhing and wailing like the baby he is.

Because he isn’t really strong — he’s only tough when picking on somebody half his size.

Welcome to our political moment. President Donald Trump, desperately lobbying for a Nobel Peace Prize, can’t stanch the slaughter caused by his hero Vladimir Putin. He shrugs off Israel pulverizing Gaza. Tariffs are imposed and withdrawn in a wild, Lewis Carroll carnival of confusion.

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But he sure can go after his critics, and anyone who opposes his authority. They must be crushed, b

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