Opinion piece criticizing a U.S. president's policies and legacy on his birthday

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Key details reported by multiple sources:

• Author Geoffrey Robertson AO, KC wrote the piece, which is published in both SMH and THEAGE on June 15, 2026.
• The article references a jury verdict against the U.S. president for sexual assault.
• The author mentions the U.S. president's attempt to add his name to the John F. Kennedy Memorial Centre for the Performing Arts.
• The article criticizes the U.S. president for sinking small boats (with sailors clinging to wreckage) as a war crime.
• The author claims the U.S. invaded Venezuela to capture Nicolás Maduro, calling it a war crime.
• The article states that the U.S. bombing of Iran began with a missile strike killing 168 schoolgirls.
• The author mentions the U.S. backing Israel’s war on Lebanon as part of the Iran conflict.
• The article references the U.S. president’s incitement of Iranian protesters in January, leading to their slaughter by Revolutionary Guards.
• The author claims the U.S. Secretary for War, Pete Hegseth, ordered bombing of boats suspected of drug running and ended the rule requiring the army to 'give quarter' to surrendered prisoners.
• The article mentions Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire due to cuts to USAID, leading to deaths from lack of food and medicine.
• The author criticizes the U.S. government’s opposition to the International Criminal Court, particularly regarding Netanyahu’s alleged war crimes in Gaza.
• The article references the U.S. bombing of reservoirs supplying water to dehydrated Iranian citizens as a war crime.
• The author states that the U.S. president reached an agreement with Iran, which is worse than Barack Obama’s deal that he previously ripped up.
• The article mentions a better deal offered by Iran in February 2026, which the U.S. president ignored.
• The author claims the U.S. president’s policies have led to the starvation of Cuba’s people by cutting off petrol and food supplies.
• The article references the U.S. president’s threats of tariff punishment against nations that oppose his wars.
• The author mentions the U.S. president’s alleged megalomania, including potential invasions of Taiwan, Greenland, and Canada.