Heather Cox Richardson notes that on the same day Maria Corina Machado gave Trump the Nobel Peace Prize he now wants to pretend belongs to him, the Florida Panthers hockey team presented him with a jersey bearing his name and the number 47, two championship rings, and a golden hockey stick.
#Trump #madman #megalomania #NobelPeacePrize #Greenland #Venezuela
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Trump responded saying that he hoped the team didn't want him to choose between the stick and the jersey, then:
"Maybe I get both, who the hell knows. I’m president, I’ll just take ‘em.”
Because as we all know, that's what presidents do: just take'em.
Heather then notes that in the fall of 2021, Trump told Susan Glasser and her husband, journalist Peter Baker, that he wanted Greenland as a piece of real estate.
#Trump #madman #megalomania #NobelPeacePrize #Greenland #Venezuela
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“'I’m in real estate,' he told them. 'I look at a corner, I say, "I gotta get that store for the building that I’m building," et cetera. You know, it’s not that different.'"
And in his interview with New York Times published on January 7, Trump said he wants not just to work with Greenland, but to own it, “Ownership is very important,” he told David E. Sanger.
#Trump #madman #megalomania #NobelPeacePrize #Greenland #Venezuela
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“'Why is ownership important here?' Sanger asked.
'Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success,' Trump answered. 'I think that ownership gives you a thing that you can’t do, whether you’re talking about a lease or a treaty. Ownership gives you things and elements that you can’t get from just signing a document, that you can have a base.'”
#Trump #madman #megalomania #NobelPeacePrize #Greenland #Venezuela
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"Katie Rogers asked: 'Psychologically important to you or to the United States?'
Trump answered: 'Psychologically important for me. Now, maybe another president would feel differently, but so far I’ve been right about everything.'”
#Trump #madman #megalomania #NobelPeacePrize #Greenland #Venezuela
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"This Pax (Ex) Americana era was illustrated Friday, as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney wrapped up a trip to China. This wasn’t just any old visit, either: It marked the first time a Canadian PM had been to the world’s second-largest economy since 2017—and based on the glamorous video Carney’s team released, it was a smashing success for Beijing."
~ Catherine Rampell
#Trump #madman #tariffs #TradeWar #NATO #China #Canada
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-making-china-great-again-trade-adversaries
"Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled a 'new strategic partnership' between the two countries. ... Trump’s big bet that countries would ultimately determine that they simply can’t live without America’s markets, and thus would cave to his every whim, was dangerously wrong. Instead, Carney’s Beijing visit shows just how much Trump has done to make China great again."
His 'Donroe' atavism fits with his other primitive throwback policies, from tariffs (recalling the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 that deepened the Great Depression) to immigration, racial discrimination and restriction (recalling the Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 excluding southern and eastern Europeans and barring Asians)."
~ Sidney Blumenthal
#Trump #economy #tariffs #TradeWar #immigrants #Venezuela #Greenland #oil #Iran #affordability #DonroeDoctrine
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/17/americans-on-trump-foreign-policy
"While Trump strides across the stage posing as a world conqueror, the Quinnipiac poll shows him to be an incredible shrinking man – 57% opposed to 'running' Venezuela; 73% opposed to sending troops there; 55% opposed to taking over its oil sales; 86% opposed to militarily seizing Greenland; 55% opposed to buying it; and 70% against military action against Iran. According to the AP-NORC poll, 61% disapprove of his foreign policy in general."
"The Reuters-Ipsos poll showed only 17% in favor of Trump acquiring Greenland & 4% in favor of military force.
Public disapproval of Trump’s foreign policy now nearly equals the disapproval of his economic policy, on cost of living at minus 25 points. Trump has repeatedly derided the reality of the 'affordability crisis' as a 'hoax', 'scam' or 'con job', lately on 13 January, as a 'fake word', as though he could magically make it vanish."
"Financial Times: The first US sale of the Venezuelan crude oil was to a company whose senior member had donated to Trump’s re-election campaign. The sale was conducted last week to a company called Vitol. John Addison, a senior trader at Vitol, donated $6 million to PACs backing Trump’s re-election campaign."
~ Ron Filipkowski
#Trump #Venezuela #oil #BigOil #Vitol #JohnAddison #EconomicElites
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-287-11626
"Addison also attended the meeting Trump had with oil executives at the WH and was also involved in his company’s efforts to secure a $250 million deal for Venezuelan crude. The deal kick-started the president’s controversial plan to sell up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil."
#Trump #Venezuela #oil #BigOil #Vitol #JohnAddison #EconomicElites
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"We’ve just gotten another reminder that history, under Trump, is both morbid and mischievous. At this very moment in Greenland, amidst the icebergs and desolation, the great powers of the Western world are assembling –" (continued in /15)
~ David Shuster
#Trump #madman #Greenland #NATO
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(continued from /15)
"not to repel the Hun or confront Lenin’s Bolsheviks, but to gently, awkwardly, and incredulously discourage the President of the United States from behaving like an intoxicated real estate speculator at a polar auction
Britain, France, Germany, Norway, and Sweden have dispatched soldiers, ships, and warplanes to the Arctic, ostensibly to reassure the world that the Arctic has not been 'abandoned,' as Donald J. Trump has alleged."
#Trump #madman #Greenland #NATO
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"What I am about to share with you is an exclusive report with enormous global implications. We have live sources on the ground in Greenland at this very moment as Donald Trump announces sweeping tariffs against European nations in an unprecedented attempt to force the purchase of Greenland."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #madman #Greenland #NATO
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https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-trump-imposes-massive-tariffs
Good afternoon everyone.
"At the same time, a significant military buildup is underway in Greenland, and today marked the largest protest in the country’s history. …
I spoke directly with Shane Smith, who is on the ground in Greenland, reporting from outside the United States consulate. What he describes is extraordinary. Massive demonstrations, heightened military presence, and a population united in opposition to American pressure."
#Trump #madman #Greenland #NATO
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"Donald Trump has many weird obsessions, but his fixation on acquiring Greenland may be the weirdest. Alas, it’s also consequential."
~ Paul Krugman
Krugman then points to a Reuters headline today saying that Trump is imposing tariffs on eight European nations over Greenland.
Meanwhile Epstein Epstein Epstein — the mantra that's not going to go away despite the madness.
#Trump #madman #Greenland #NATO
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-stupidest-trump-move-so-far
"The largest protest in Greenland’s history unfolded today in Nuuk, and the message could not have been clearer. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets to reject Donald Trump’s threats to seize their land. In a country of roughly 55,000 to 60,000 residents, the turnout amounted to an extraordinary show of unity."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Trump #madman #Greenland #NATO
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/saturday-afternoon-news-updates-as
Here’s a wrapup of the major developments so far today as protests erupt abroad, allies draw red lines, and the Trump White House escalates threats at home and overseas.
"The president posted a series of social media attacks aimed at Greenland and at the countries supporting its sovereignty, singling out Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland."
#Trump #madman #Greenland #NATO
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"These are the same nations that have offered military support to deter a U.S. invasion of Greenland. Trump’s response was to threaten tariffs, starting immediately on February 1 and escalating to as high as 25 percent by June, unless those countries 'allow' the United States to take Greenland."
#Trump #madman #Greenland #NATO
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People power rules today. #greenland #minnesota
Why Greenland?
Money.
@wdlindsy I’m not sharing this post because Aaron Parnas says that a deal to acquire Greenland won’t happen in two weeks and “likely not possible before June 1st”. He later says Greenland doesn’t want to become part of the United States.
He is normalizing the idea that Greenland will eventually say yes, as if they haven’t repeatedly and unequivocally said no.
A better video in linked post. https://infosec.exchange/@itisiboller/115911832251548610
https://jacobkaarsbo.substack.com/p/intel-brief-greenland-special-ecb?r=5z212z&triedRedirect=true
"Tariffs are paid by Americans importing goods from Europe.
MAGA has decided for some inexplicable reason that beating their own dog, with a baseball bat, will coerce nations to cede their sovereignty.
Raising prices for all Americans harms the EU, how exactly?"
Wife of John Addison donated:
43. Shannon V. Addison $6,757,065
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/houston-trump-donors-2024-campaign-21114303.php
https://archive.ph/H3G9Q
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/houston-political-donors-democrat-republican-21114292.php
https://archive.ph/KPWb4
More self-serving fake philanthropy
https://www.papercitymag.com/society/doctors-night-museum-fine-arts-childrens-memorial-hospital/
@wdlindsy "strategic partnership" used to mean "we're fucked, we hate each other but we have no other option".
Still, it is amusing how good trump has been for China.
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