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.

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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-16-2026

January 16, 2026

Well, President Donald J.

Letters from an American

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.

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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.

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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.'”

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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.'”

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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

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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-making-china-great-again-trade-adversaries

Trump Is Making China Great Again

America’s friends and trading partners are running into the arms of our adversaries. What a mess.

The Bulwark

@wdlindsy

I'd rather Xi than Trump and by a wide margin.