Don't Panican! Republicans are now waking up to Trump

Not for the first time, many people - including some leading Republicans - are asking themselves: "Who can save us from Donald Trump?

- SEAN O'GRADY

A man who has lived his life disregarding conventions, the law, even the constitution of the United States, the better to aggregate wealth and power, has now set himself against the rest of the world. With his unprovoked and irrational trade war – one that now finds him playing chicken with President Xi of China – the gangster-in-chief has gone global.

To those rightly concerned about the damage being inflicted on the US and world economy, the president has issued this typically solemn and statesmanlike statement: “The United States has a chance to do something that should have been done DECADES AGO. Don’t be Weak! Don’t be Stupid! Don’t be a PANICAN (A new party based on Weak and Stupid people!). Be Strong, Courageous, and Patient, and GREATNESS will be the result!”

Well, it doesn’t feel that great yet, but Trump may have inadvertently given rise to a new resistance movement: the Panican Party.

Far from being cowardly and weak and stupid, Panicans are the people who put country before party – and have the guts to stand up to a deluded bully trashing American workers’ living standards. These Americans are the strong, courageous and patient people who understand that America is not Trump’s personal real estate.

“Panicans” should wear the label with pride, put it on T-shirts, bumper stickers and, yes, red baseball caps.