Led By Donkeys (2026). 'The Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace'
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Explanation: The Led By Donkeys https://www.youtube.com/@LedByDonkeys protest https://bsky.app/profile/ledbydonkeys.org/post/3mhdw4frqks2k https://www.facebook.com/ledbydonkeys/videos/the-donald-j-trump-institute-of-peace-washington-dc/4348158602132689/ contrasts Donald Trump's uncritical grandstanding / hyperbole with acts of war ordered by his administration, including the US attacks on Nigeria, Venezuela, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Syria and Iran, which includes the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minab_school_attack which according to the BBC News, at "least 153 people including children have died" (Ghoncheh Habibiazad, & Greenall, R., 2026). Context: "The institute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Institute_of_Peace was founded as an independent, non-profit think tank funded by Congress, but efforts by Trump's administration to exert control by cutting staff and budgets has resulted in a legal battle between the two sides. Trump has campaigned for a Nobel Peace Prize, and often speaks of his achievements in global diplomacy. The Department of State announced the renaming to 'Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace' on social media with a post that said it was done 'to reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation's history' and added 'the best is yet to come'" (Livesay, B., 2025). Further: "In his groundbreaking book 1984, [George] Orwell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell highlights a series of double-think https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublethink party slogans that are at once absurd and terrifying: 'War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.' Written in 1948, the novel was a dark, dystopian projection of the future of authoritarian politics absent the resistance of the people governed. Almost 70 years later, our country is being run by a president who is, in one form or another, building domestic and foreign policy on those very slogans. ... Both Dr. [Martin Luther] King https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr. and Orwell, writing from the perimeters of two different U.S. wars, not only saw a Donald Trump in the future of America, but also saw the fate of America if we don’t resist a Donald Trump" (Warren, V., 2017). Bibliography: Livesay, B. (2025, December 4). 'US Institute of Peace renamed after Trump'. BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp39qx4ledeo McClure, T., & Parent, D. (2026, March 3). 'Minab school bombing: how the worst mass casualty event of the Iran war unfolded – a visual guide'. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/03/minab-school-bombing-how-the-worst-mass-casualty-event-of-the-iran-war-unfolded-a-visual-guide Ghoncheh Habibiazad, & Greenall, R. (2026, February 28). 'At least 153 dead after reported strike on school, Iran says'. BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1l7rvqq51eo Warren, V. (2017). 'Dr. King and Orwell saw Trump coming. What it means for us'. The Center for Constitutional Rights. https://ccrjustice.org/home/blog/2017/04/14/dr-king-and-orwell-saw-trump-coming-what-it-means-us
