República das bananas com bomba atómica

OK, we are a banana republic – Paul Krugman – Op-Ed Columnist – New York Times Blog

For now, I’m just going to quote myself:

So what we now have is non-functional government in the face of a major crisis, because Congress includes a quorum of crazies and nobody trusts the White House an inch.
As a friend said last night, we’ve become a banana republic with nukes.