“One more such victory and we are done for” - King Pyrrhus of Epirus, in 279 B.C.

Can the democracy of the US last more years of such Pyrrhic victories under Donald Trump?

- BY VIJAYA CHANDRASOMA

King Pyrrhus made this statement when he won a war against the Romans at such devastating cost that it was virtually a defeat, implying that any more “wins” like that would destroy his country.

During his campaign for a second term in 2024, Trump announced that he would stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine even before he took his presidential oaths, that the Israel Gaza conflict would end on Day One of his presidency. He promised there will be no new wars during his presidency.

He also promised that the high grocery, gas, housing and other prices will start coming down immediately. As will Inflation caused by the mismanagement of the Biden administration. “We will be winning so much that Americans will get sick of winning”.

Americans ~ at least 70% of them are now furious after all these “wins”.

The Russian/ Ukraine war continues to rage. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s military forces, the IDF, has been kept busy, completing the genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza and the West Bank and bombing Lebanon.

The United States of America, under the presidency of Donald Trump, has been inundated with so many “wins”, mainly against themselves, that, like King Pyrrhus’ Epirus, democracy may be “done for” not long after its 250th birthday.

When asked about his promise to bring prices and inflation down from Day One of his presidency, he says he has been too busy keeping Israel safe from a nuclear attack by Iran, a country which has no arsenal of nuclear weaponry. And playing golf.