Megalomaniac in chief: Trump's gun, Trump's Gulf
Donald Trump's defining trait is megalomania — a malignant narcissism that now expresses itself in photos of him holding assault rifles, dressing as a king or pope, threatening Christ, and pretending to heal the sick.
This would be a sideshow if the world's most powerful military and economy were not in the hands of a pathological figure who rejects military service for his own son yet poses as a warrior.
American politics is in a state of pure decay at its highest level. Trump also wants to rename the Persian Gulf, just as he renamed the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America." Iran officially designated National Persian Gulf Day on April 30 to preserve the historical name against such attempts.
The Persian Gulf is one of the world's four or five most critical maritime chokepoints, alongside the Strait of Malacca, the Strait of Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb, the Suez Canal, and the Panama Canal. These waters are at the center of a war of aggression imposed on Iran that began in June 2025 and again on February 28, 2026, now in a temporary ceasefire that has not stopped the fighting.
Warfare has become hybrid — cyberattacks, media warfare, economic pressure, and financial attacks. Just two days ago, the US imposed new sanctions on 35 Iranian entities, extending a 48-year policy of sanctions against Iran.
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