Meme Sahib: Trump laughs away Chinese humiliation as critics unload on flippant President

From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrive to attend a army parade marking the eightieth anniversary of the top of World War II, in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025.

TOI correspondent from Washington: Stunned by the show of Chinese geo-political savvy and army heft, mortified Americans, notably within the strategic affairs neighborhood, are unloading on MAGA supremo Donald Trump for taking America again to the nineteenth century whereas remainder of the world, primarily Asia, marches ahead. Images of bonhomie amongst leaders of China, Russia, and India, and Beijing’s army may showcased in its WW2 victory parade is dominating geo-political discourse within the US, alarming many analysts who at the moment are asking if the worldwide stability of energy has shifted decisively and if America has been eclipsed. Footage of China’s spectacular army parade, with state of teh artwork {hardware}, evoked quick comparability with Trump’s embarrassing birthday parade in June below the guise of celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary. The occasion noticed uncoordinated US army personnel shuffling previous the President and yawning aides, bored spectators, and amid restricted army {hardware}, a squeaky classic tank trundling previous the White House in photographs critics stated are worthy of a rag-tag army from a poor Third World nation. The dialogue between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese chief Xi Jinping on longevity and life expectancy, caught on a scorching mic, triggered one analyst right into a rant about Trump’s personal well being, rumors about which have been aggravated by the President’s latest musings about going to heaven. David Rothkopf, a nationwide safety analyst and commentator on the Daily Beast, stated the dialogue was an apt metaphor that illustrated how Asian leaders are wanting forward and saying they’ve a future, whereas Trump and his regressive insurance policies are taking America again to the 18th and nineteenth century.Earlier this week, the US President despatched out marketing campaign fundraising emails with the topic line: “I want to try and get to Heaven” soliciting $ 15 contributions. It was one in all a number of situations in latest days when he has invoked going to heaven, together with joking one time that he at present stands fairly low within the totem ballot. “Meanwhile, the US is run by a desiccated old felon sex trafficker racist and his military is run by a drunken frat boy idiot who can’t even organize a parade. It’s sad!” Rothkopf raged “How did we get here?” is the query that’s ringing by means of the strategic neighborhood as analysts are zeroing on not simply Trump’s psychological acuity, but additionally his bodily well-being following a collection of weird statements and social media posts that many see as petulant and childish. Amid fervid debate about America’s future and its place on the planet, the US President blasted out a collection of memes on Thursday ridiculing his home political opponents whereas speaking up his MAGA imaginative and prescient. Among the memes was one displaying Illinois governor JB Pritzker and former New Jersey governor as sumo wrestlers, and one other caricaturing California Senator Adam Schiff with an elongated neck. In a 3rd, he taked of revoking the US citizenship of Rosie O’Donnell, amongst a number of television personalities who’re essential of the President.While Trump talked up a resurgent America on his watch amid childish memes on social media, the headlines are uniformly bleak, some forecasting the demise of western energy due to the US President’s blunders — amongst them, punishing India due to his frustration with Russia. John Mearshimer, a political scientist affiliated with UChicago and a recognized critic of US international coverage, stated in a single interview that Trump’s tariff had backfired badly and his India coverage is a colossal blunder.But from the President’s social media feed — a meme displaying the him dancing, with a caption that learn: “Trump is right about everything.”