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EarlG

(23,431 posts)
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 09:19 AM 21 hrs ago

The President of the United States is currently standing on a stage

in front of a gathering of the world's richest people, rambling almost incoherently about how they should give Greenland to him.

That's all he wants. Just an entire country. Just give it to him. "A piece of ice. Cold and poorly located ... It's a very small ask." (ACTUAL QUOTE.)

The good news is that he says he's not going to take it by force, even though he could take it easily, and by the way, he's building battleships which will be 100 times more powerful than the big beautiful battleships that you saw in World War II.

So he just wants the world to give Greenland to him. He needs it. Just give it to him. Also, Canada. He's got big plans for Canada.

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The President of the United States is currently standing on a stage (Original Post) EarlG 21 hrs ago OP
Twenty freaking fifth Amendment!! Scrivener7 21 hrs ago #1
cholesterol niyad 21 hrs ago #3
Extra strength Adderol tinrobot 21 hrs ago #17
How about an Adderall-fentanyl cocktail? Make it a double. n/t Safe as Milk 19 hrs ago #74
I toast to that! Texin 17 hrs ago #117
I'd be more in favor of Canada taking over the USA Zorro 21 hrs ago #2
Or St Helena taking over Trump. Hugin 21 hrs ago #5
Yes! highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #25
I actually wouldn't mind seeing Mt. St. Helens taking over Trump. calimary 20 hrs ago #60
How's this Hugin? wolfie001 20 hrs ago #61
Fit for the Louvre... Hugin 19 hrs ago #70
"A cold rain descended on the battlefield during the night....." wolfie001 18 hrs ago #99
Trump thinks we, Canadians, should be more grateful to US. I have to say Trump has made us so Bev54 19 hrs ago #75
I'm envious orangecrush 19 hrs ago #88
No way ,,,, 3auld6phart 19 hrs ago #76
I pity the translators! Intractable 21 hrs ago #4
Closed caption in every other country Johonny 21 hrs ago #11
This is one for the ages DET 21 hrs ago #6
He just said Iceland twice..... IcyPeas 21 hrs ago #7
+1 dalton99a 21 hrs ago #9
A multi-cringe moment in one of the cringiest speeches of all time 0rganism 21 hrs ago #18
He is stupidly literal. returnee 20 hrs ago #65
And now he's talking about the amazing F-47 and Macron's eyeglasses and drug prices going down 1000% dalton99a 21 hrs ago #8
Really? Because my eye drops went from $0.00 AllyCat 20 hrs ago #47
... jfz9580m 20 hrs ago #51
Embarrassing hannah 21 hrs ago #10
No! NJCher 20 hrs ago #32
Perhaps a small drone is called for Wicked Blue 18 hrs ago #94
Step 2 in the TACO process Fiendish Thingy 21 hrs ago #12
Now trying to justify his stupid math calculations about prescription drug prices Walleye 21 hrs ago #13
Going down by 1000% dalton99a 21 hrs ago #15
Can never admit he was wrong about anything Walleye 21 hrs ago #16
Thank you Trump. OGBuzz 20 hrs ago #43
I'm getting a prescription later today at HEB. ananda 20 hrs ago #53
And To Think That Bessent Went On National TV... ProfessorGAC 20 hrs ago #54
Math On! NoSheep 19 hrs ago #89
HA ! you're trying to rationalize something that's not rational vapor2 18 hrs ago #92
Actually this is a good thing. Phoenix61 21 hrs ago #14
We shoulda had a drinking game for every time he said "Biden" IcyPeas 21 hrs ago #19
Why? Do you have a death wish? That much alcohol can kill a person. Ray Bruns 20 hrs ago #30
That might be preferable The Madcap 20 hrs ago #35
It's been quite some time since I've subjected myself to Trump speaking EarlG 21 hrs ago #21
He's making a great case for why he shouldn't be president. highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #26
"he's lost his salesman's energy and brashness" Dulcinea 19 hrs ago #81
I caught a minute or two of him and you are right. He's really losing it these days. Katinfl 18 hrs ago #104
I Was Thinking The Dame Thing WiVoter 21 hrs ago #24
This may be the one thing that really makes them sit up and take notice. He is stark, raving mad! Katinfl 18 hrs ago #103
shithole or someone else who is just as deranged/insane ................. Lovie777 21 hrs ago #20
He's played Risk and thinks owning it will give him three extra armies each turn? Torchlight 21 hrs ago #22
the savants blamed this greenland obsession on a mercator projection rampartd 13 hrs ago #123
We are being humiliated... BH liberal 21 hrs ago #23
Our SYSTEM is being humiliated NJCher 20 hrs ago #36
Please don't speak for me. ❤️ littlemissmartypants 20 hrs ago #46
Rambling on and on incoherently for the entire world to see Grim Chieftain 20 hrs ago #27
Well said! BH liberal 20 hrs ago #29
Never Ever Karch 20 hrs ago #28
Pathological compulsive liar. He has little control over it. Kind of like littlemissmartypants 20 hrs ago #50
The President of the United States Chiefsfan 20 hrs ago #31
The only people clapping.... BooScout 20 hrs ago #40
Thank you. Not watching so I was appalled by the comment about people standing up and clapping for him. Biophilic 20 hrs ago #49
Toadies Kid Berwyn 19 hrs ago #77
" sat in silence"? Hell no they should have been booing KS Toronado 18 hrs ago #100
Governor Newsom told them what to look for. bucolic_frolic 20 hrs ago #33
Why torture yourself? Botany 20 hrs ago #34
Please tell me NJCher 20 hrs ago #38
Or a colonoscopy prep drink........ lastlib 20 hrs ago #59
For the last few months until they removed a stone from my liver last Friday it was not pretty. Botany 20 hrs ago #68
What an embarrassment. OGBuzz 20 hrs ago #37
Simple we are outnumbered IbogaProject 20 hrs ago #48
Also the bomb threats at polling places and the mahina 18 hrs ago #107
Yes, but all their chincanary fails under massive turnout IbogaProject 17 hrs ago #114
deja vu poozwah 20 hrs ago #56
This is fucking insane, and so embarrassing obamanut2012 20 hrs ago #39
Poorly located...but essential for security... MiHale 20 hrs ago #41
I noticed that too MustLoveBeagles 20 hrs ago #66
What an embarrassment...the man is a blathering idiot. walkingman 20 hrs ago #42
It's mine!!!!! Give it too me!!!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 20 hrs ago #44
peace in our time poozwah 20 hrs ago #45
After Hearing His Delusional Mr.Bee 20 hrs ago #52
My take: Completely isane...Now they're using him to get what they want most: money Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #55
Why doesn't he just fucking die? Orrex 20 hrs ago #57
Someone, stop him! Ilsa 20 hrs ago #58
😂😂😂😂 Traildogbob 18 hrs ago #102
The diplomats are way too nice! nt Ilsa 17 hrs ago #115
You are correct Traildogbob 17 hrs ago #116
I forced myself to watch it - kind of felt it was my civic duty. OMG. I'm mortified. To think this is what is Vinca 20 hrs ago #62
But he doesn't want "ugly" battleships Jersey Devil 20 hrs ago #63
Unlike the beauty contests he's sponsered in the past, whathehell 12 hrs ago #127
This demented, feeble, blithering idiot Farmer-Rick 20 hrs ago #64
I wish I could rec this many times -eom vanessa_ca 19 hrs ago #82
Can we put the orange idiot on an iceberg... Sancho 20 hrs ago #67
Good idea 👍 MustLoveBeagles 19 hrs ago #73
Hey, it worked for the Eskimos. k55f5r 19 hrs ago #85
Have Denmark rename the big island as "Denmark", then lastlib 17 hrs ago #113
Hideous lies...hideous embarrassment. Shouldn't believe anything he said. He's using allegorical oracle 19 hrs ago #69
Thank you GOP dlk 19 hrs ago #71
This is so embarrassing. Baitball Blogger 19 hrs ago #72
To all world intelligence services: it's time to drop the decorum and release all the incriminating information you have NBachers 19 hrs ago #78
I got a message from my office in Geneva DFW 19 hrs ago #79
Just maybe some in the media should go up to the senators and the US Supreme court and ask them did you fail this turbinetree 19 hrs ago #80
I have an idea! Let's give widdle Twumpy a TOY map of Greenland. We can put a blue ribbon on it PatrickforB 19 hrs ago #83
BS Chi67 19 hrs ago #84
Idiot maliaSmith 19 hrs ago #86
We're doomed orangecrush 19 hrs ago #87
hate to say it oldinmtdem92 18 hrs ago #98
Give Him the Hook Deep State Witch 19 hrs ago #90
Just give Czechoslovakia to Hitler Metro135 19 hrs ago #91
Geez, he's stupid. No wonder he and Sarah Palin got Ilsa 18 hrs ago #93
For crying out loud Republicans just get him the hell out of office. He's gonzo. hadEnuf 18 hrs ago #95
"he says he's not going to take it by force" Nasruddin 18 hrs ago #96
Sadly MAGA is spreading worldwide: Make America Go Away GreenWave 18 hrs ago #97
77 million Americans voted for this imbecile. n/t flvegan 18 hrs ago #101
He's done an amazing amount of damage to the United States in just one year. patphil 18 hrs ago #105
I take no comfort in him saying he won't use force. hamsterjill 18 hrs ago #106
South Park may have been topped EnergizedLib 18 hrs ago #108
I seriously wonder how he hasn't been yanked off stage with a giant cartoon hook yet. Initech 18 hrs ago #109
K&R spanone 18 hrs ago #110
K&R spanone 18 hrs ago #111
What a buffoon! JoseBalow 18 hrs ago #112
Canada has a great big yobrault1 15 hrs ago #118
I just couldn't watch it. LudwigPastorius 14 hrs ago #119
The Big Problem for PEDO is... Cha 14 hrs ago #120
Part of me is wondering how many of the other NATO countries sakabatou 14 hrs ago #121
Criminal mob boss. "Easy way or hard way." Nice country you have there (to all of Europe).... Evolve Dammit 14 hrs ago #122
Did he actually say Canada? MadameButterfly 12 hrs ago #124
Here's the full video malaise 12 hrs ago #125
Look at his eyes... llmart 9 hrs ago #129
I want Scotland to build VMA131Marine 12 hrs ago #126
He backed off today popsdenver 10 hrs ago #128
Did anyone else notice his slumping posture? ShazzieB 9 hrs ago #130
Perhaps FIFA can give him Greenland? C Moon 4 hrs ago #131
I decided to watch the entire thing CitizenVain 3 hrs ago #132

calimary

(89,198 posts)
60. I actually wouldn't mind seeing Mt. St. Helens taking over Trump.
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:40 AM
20 hrs ago

With LOTS AND LOTS of burning hot lava!

It sure would help him get ready for Hell.

Hugin

(37,525 posts)
70. Fit for the Louvre...
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 11:00 AM
19 hrs ago

I’ll take a ten x fourteen glossy on black velvet.

(Oh, nice. I just realized that the famous source art work is a WATERCOLOR! Very subtle. Waterloo! )

wolfie001

(7,222 posts)
99. "A cold rain descended on the battlefield during the night....."
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 12:08 PM
18 hrs ago

tRUMP is having his Waterloo.

Bev54

(13,258 posts)
75. Trump thinks we, Canadians, should be more grateful to US. I have to say Trump has made us so
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 11:18 AM
19 hrs ago

very very grateful that we are Canadians and not Americans.

3auld6phart

(1,674 posts)
76. No way ,,,,
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 11:22 AM
19 hrs ago

Do we want anything to do wit with yourChristo Faciscist filth.we have our own share of dummies. lo

Johonny

(25,606 posts)
11. Closed caption in every other country
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 09:27 AM
21 hrs ago

American president says something nuts. American president says another thing completely nuts. WTF this guy is batshit crazy. Call for the padded cell. Okay, we're out of here.

0rganism

(25,492 posts)
18. A multi-cringe moment in one of the cringiest speeches of all time
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 09:31 AM
21 hrs ago

What a goddam jackass. Will it never shut up?

returnee

(840 posts)
65. He is stupidly literal.
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:51 AM
20 hrs ago

Greenland is an ice-land.
People seeking asylum come from asylums.
He confuses meanings.

dalton99a

(92,455 posts)
8. And now he's talking about the amazing F-47 and Macron's eyeglasses and drug prices going down 1000%
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 09:26 AM
21 hrs ago

AllyCat

(18,585 posts)
47. Really? Because my eye drops went from $0.00
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:30 AM
20 hrs ago

Last year to $800 yesterday. One month supply.

He lies about everything. He literally makes things up in his head. None of what he says is true. Nothing.

jfz9580m

(16,637 posts)
51. ...
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:32 AM
20 hrs ago

Trump has (among other things) made me start to consider the multiverse (an outlandish theory I used to think)..

Surely it would be either extraordinarily bad luck or an indictment of human nature for this to be the sole reality - factory farms, ventilation shutdown, mass extinction, human overpopulation, resource depletion, deforestation, climate change, mass incarceration, holocaust, war, slavery, rape, obscene levels of inequality, climate change, religion over science, Trump..

I feel judged ;-/..like this is the final clear indictment of this entire reality.

NJCher

(42,589 posts)
32. No!
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:09 AM
20 hrs ago

I love it! More! More!

Since the founders’ design for preventing dictators has failed, this is the absolute best way for the world to see what we are up against.

Fiendish Thingy

(22,259 posts)
12. Step 2 in the TACO process
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 09:28 AM
21 hrs ago

“I could take it by force, because when you’re a star, they let you do it, but I won’t. Instead, I will make the greatest deal like never before, and you can stop selling off your Treasury bonds…”

OGBuzz

(31 posts)
43. Thank you Trump.
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:21 AM
20 hrs ago

I went to the pharmacy to pick up my $100 dollar monthly prescription and walked away with $1000 plus the meds.

ananda

(34,520 posts)
53. I'm getting a prescription later today at HEB.
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:33 AM
20 hrs ago

I think it's $15 for 90 days.

In Maga math, that means I will save $1,485.

ProfessorGAC

(75,958 posts)
54. And To Think That Bessent Went On National TV...
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:34 AM
20 hrs ago

...and tried to use magic math to show that this 800% or 1,000% nonsense somehow made sense.
He's either the ultimate sycophant or just as dumb as his boss.

Phoenix61

(18,719 posts)
14. Actually this is a good thing.
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 09:28 AM
21 hrs ago

In case there were any doubts about him being bat shit crazy. I don’t think rich people want a crazy person in a position to screw with the markets.

EarlG

(23,431 posts)
21. It's been quite some time since I've subjected myself to Trump speaking
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 09:39 AM
21 hrs ago

But the more I see him now, the sadder and weaker he looks. He's still spouting most of the same crazy shit that he's always spouted, but there's an extra edge of lunacy to it now.

The worst thing for him though is that he's lost his salesman's energy and brashness. When he had that, he could hypnotize an audience -- he could say almost anything he wanted and people just got this overall impression of strength and confidence. But without it he sounds more like someone rambling to themselves in a corner at the nursing home.

Dulcinea

(9,739 posts)
81. "he's lost his salesman's energy and brashness"
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 11:29 AM
19 hrs ago

THIS! That's all he had going for him. Now he's sliding into dementia, insanity, or whatever. Time to take Grandpa's phone away.

Katinfl

(659 posts)
104. I caught a minute or two of him and you are right. He's really losing it these days.
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 12:29 PM
18 hrs ago

Katinfl

(659 posts)
103. This may be the one thing that really makes them sit up and take notice. He is stark, raving mad!
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 12:24 PM
18 hrs ago

They are getting a front row seat to his dementia. How can they cave to his man’s whims? You have to stand up to a bully, that’s all. Gavin Newsom has it exactly right…….pray they take him at his word.

Lovie777

(21,981 posts)
20. shithole or someone else who is just as deranged/insane .................
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 09:36 AM
21 hrs ago

has the nuclear codes.

Torchlight

(6,380 posts)
22. He's played Risk and thinks owning it will give him three extra armies each turn?
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 09:43 AM
21 hrs ago

That's all I can think of.

rampartd

(3,972 posts)
123. the savants blamed this greenland obsession on a mercator projection
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 05:31 PM
13 hrs ago


but the parker bros president gets his "smarter than the generals" insight from a risk board.

BH liberal

(128 posts)
23. We are being humiliated...
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 09:47 AM
21 hrs ago

in front of the whole world! The rest of the nations on this planet won't have a hair on their asses if they don't call for a boycott on everything American at this point. And who could blame them!

NJCher

(42,589 posts)
36. Our SYSTEM is being humiliated
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:14 AM
20 hrs ago

Last edited Wed Jan 21, 2026, 01:10 PM - Edit history (1)

I and many others on this board have let the world know we want no part of this and that we strenuously but peacefully object.

No “we” here.

Grim Chieftain

(1,317 posts)
27. Rambling on and on incoherently for the entire world to see
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:05 AM
20 hrs ago

Not only does it make him look bad, it makes the US look pathetic that we would allow this to happen - and to continue.
It's no longer just about his sanity, it's about ours too.

littlemissmartypants

(31,949 posts)
50. Pathological compulsive liar. He has little control over it. Kind of like
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:32 AM
20 hrs ago

Another problem he has further down his anatomy.

Chiefsfan

(1 post)
31. The President of the United States
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:08 AM
20 hrs ago

Why did the people in the audience stand up and clap for the orange baby? They should of sat in silence!!!

BooScout

(10,409 posts)
40. The only people clapping....
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:18 AM
20 hrs ago

...were from the American delegation....ten people tops.

Biophilic

(6,436 posts)
49. Thank you. Not watching so I was appalled by the comment about people standing up and clapping for him.
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:32 AM
20 hrs ago

bucolic_frolic

(54,228 posts)
33. Governor Newsom told them what to look for.
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:10 AM
20 hrs ago

They were forewarned, and he wasn't far off the mark!

Botany

(76,534 posts)
34. Why torture yourself?
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:11 AM
20 hrs ago

Trump is like drinking 1/2 a gallon of unpasteurized apple cider, eating a bran muffin, and then
getting into a car in a traffic jam on a freeway with no exists for miles. The results will not be
pretty.

lastlib

(27,649 posts)
59. Or a colonoscopy prep drink........
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:39 AM
20 hrs ago

Me, I'd rather drink the prep than listen to The Bastard.

Every time I hear him speak, I think, "God, WHY didn't Fred let it run down his leg??"

Botany

(76,534 posts)
68. For the last few months until they removed a stone from my liver last Friday it was not pretty.
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:54 AM
20 hrs ago

Much better now.

OGBuzz

(31 posts)
37. What an embarrassment.
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:15 AM
20 hrs ago

How the hell was this lunatic ever elected? Twice!
It was the same b.s. yesterday from the White House press room. He pulls numbers and statistics out of his ass and no one dares challenge him to his face.

IbogaProject

(5,651 posts)
48. Simple we are outnumbered
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:32 AM
20 hrs ago

His voters are about 1/3 of the eledgible voters but what put it over the top are non-voters and those who don't register l to "stay off the jury rolls".

IbogaProject

(5,651 posts)
114. Yes, but all their chincanary fails under massive turnout
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 01:15 PM
17 hrs ago

They can only really shift close elections

poozwah

(397 posts)
56. deja vu
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:35 AM
20 hrs ago

i have posted the following quote many times before and it never grows old:

“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” h l mencken.

this quote explains how this lunatic was elected…….TWICE!

poozwah

(397 posts)
45. peace in our time
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:29 AM
20 hrs ago

let’s say denmark gives us greenland and neville rubio comes back from denmark with the paperwork showing us this gift. will we have “peace in our time”? will adon trumpler stop with greenland? will he then sign a nonaggression pact with putlenin? will we invade canada and mexico? have we seen this shit before?

Mr.Bee

(1,684 posts)
52. After Hearing His Delusional
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:33 AM
20 hrs ago

rant yesterday about how he 'fixed' this nation
from the mess Biden had made, how everything is affordable
in his fantasy, no wonder he wants to take on more countries to
make great again!
a big NT

Joinfortmill

(20,241 posts)
55. My take: Completely isane...Now they're using him to get what they want most: money
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:34 AM
20 hrs ago

Congress better get off their ass soon, before the oligarchs own everything. Russia 2.0.

As for the rest of us, we need to do more. We need a complete moratorium on all non essential workers and spending for a week. I'm not kidding. Send these rich bastards a message.

Traildogbob

(12,629 posts)
102. 😂😂😂😂
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 12:22 PM
18 hrs ago

OMG! This is great. If only they would just laugh their asses off about every word, he would stroke out with rage, Die and THEN, only THEN we can start to make ourselves better with hope of great one day.
They could ALL end his shit today, just freaking 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Then watch 😠😖😡🌚💥🌑 and enjoy. 😊😃😀

Traildogbob

(12,629 posts)
116. You are correct
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 01:25 PM
17 hrs ago

Way too much Class, not something MurKKKa has anymore.
Just gold plated assery. 35 percent of the Nation.

Vinca

(53,429 posts)
62. I forced myself to watch it - kind of felt it was my civic duty. OMG. I'm mortified. To think this is what is
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:43 AM
20 hrs ago

representing us on the world stage is something out of a movie script. He was in full-blown crazytown mode.

Jersey Devil

(10,760 posts)
63. But he doesn't want "ugly" battleships
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:48 AM
20 hrs ago

He doesn't like some of our newer battleships because they are not "aesthetically" pleasing, wants them to look menacing and "beautiful".

whathehell

(30,376 posts)
127. Unlike the beauty contests he's sponsered in the past,
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 06:32 PM
12 hrs ago

maybe he can now run one for Battleships.

Farmer-Rick

(12,519 posts)
64. This demented, feeble, blithering idiot
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:49 AM
20 hrs ago

Threatening filthy-rich powerful people from all over the world to just handover a country populated by over 53,000 people (never asking the 53,000 people who in all actually own it.) is brought to you by capitalism.

It's the ever soul crushing grinder behind the scenes in modern nation-wide disputes.

Enjoy the inevitable end stages of capitalism. It will get worse.

And thank the idiotic economists who told you "free" trade was a good thing. Some of them even got Nobel awards for lying to you.

Sancho

(9,180 posts)
67. Can we put the orange idiot on an iceberg...
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:53 AM
20 hrs ago

...call it "Iceland" and shove his fat ass out to sea???

Just asking?


lastlib

(27,649 posts)
113. Have Denmark rename the big island as "Denmark", then
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 01:03 PM
17 hrs ago

name some iceberg "Greenland"--"sure, don, you can have 'Greenland'--but you have to come and personally take possession....."

allegorical oracle

(6,250 posts)
69. Hideous lies...hideous embarrassment. Shouldn't believe anything he said. He's using
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:55 AM
19 hrs ago

Greenland to eventually get Canada. A map rendering he produced a couple days ago showed the U.S. flag emblazoned over Greenland, Canada, and all of the U.S.

dlk

(13,137 posts)
71. Thank you GOP
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 11:01 AM
19 hrs ago

Remember who knowingly and willingly did this to America, and the world.

Baitball Blogger

(51,802 posts)
72. This is so embarrassing.
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 11:04 AM
19 hrs ago

It sounds like he thinks he's standing around a pool table, squeeging the tip of his pool stick while he's bravadoing with his buds.

NBachers

(19,221 posts)
78. To all world intelligence services: it's time to drop the decorum and release all the incriminating information you have
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 11:26 AM
19 hrs ago

DFW

(59,788 posts)
79. I got a message from my office in Geneva
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 11:28 AM
19 hrs ago

It was basically the French equivalent of WTF??

turbinetree

(27,060 posts)
80. Just maybe some in the media should go up to the senators and the US Supreme court and ask them did you fail this
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 11:28 AM
19 hrs ago

country..........not once but twice and why you own this shit show................JFC

PatrickforB

(15,363 posts)
83. I have an idea! Let's give widdle Twumpy a TOY map of Greenland. We can put a blue ribbon on it
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 11:34 AM
19 hrs ago

and let him know how truly valued he is as our Pwesident. Gosh, he's been the best champion of Greenland that ever was! And now, Donald, here's a nice new SHINY MAP of Greenland, and you can be King!!!

This guy has the emotional range of a six year old bully on the fricking playground. Geez.

Chi67

(1,278 posts)
84. BS
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 11:36 AM
19 hrs ago

Trump cannot be trusted. He will try to take Greenland by force if he so chooses.

Metro135

(403 posts)
91. Just give Czechoslovakia to Hitler
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 11:53 AM
19 hrs ago

It's all he wants. It will bring us "peace in our time."

Ilsa

(63,930 posts)
93. Geez, he's stupid. No wonder he and Sarah Palin got
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 11:58 AM
18 hrs ago

along so well.

Maybe Ivy League uni's and other "prestigious" universities should have a general knowledge exit test. The general voting public can't seem to prioritize objectives or see beyond his strident, emotional rhetoric and racism, and it seems like we elect a lot of ivy league presidents.

hadEnuf

(3,545 posts)
95. For crying out loud Republicans just get him the hell out of office. He's gonzo.
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 11:59 AM
18 hrs ago

He's clearly a rambling lunatic and an evil bastard. We know you could care less about the evil part, but the lunatic part is making you look even nuttier than he is by keeping him in there.

Nasruddin

(1,194 posts)
96. "he says he's not going to take it by force"
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 12:00 PM
18 hrs ago

Remember, he lies like he breathes - with every breath.
Like Mary McCarthy said about Lillian Hellman, everything he says is a lie, including and and the.

patphil

(8,757 posts)
105. He's done an amazing amount of damage to the United States in just one year.
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 12:30 PM
18 hrs ago

You name it, he's fucked it up.
But his ambitions go far beyond the United States. He believes he can be ruler of the world. 1.5 trillion dollar "defense" budget projected for 2026! That's about 600 billion more than our current defense budget.
Of course we now have a Department of War, not Defense.
That tells you a lot about what his plans are.

The world is hearing a strong echo of Hitler in the words of Trump.

My only hope is that his health fails before he can take us farther down that dark path of destruction.
Something to remember is that the 600 billion more for the Department of War came from all of the programs he cut or trashed altogether. If the 2026 election doesn't put on the brakes, we're going to see even worse devastation both here and abroad in 2027.

hamsterjill

(17,113 posts)
106. I take no comfort in him saying he won't use force.
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 12:32 PM
18 hrs ago

He lies.

He is only backing away from the use of force because other countries have stepped up to defy his sorry ass. He is a fucking crazy idiot. There is no telling what he may say today, and then do tomorrow.

Initech

(107,685 posts)
109. I seriously wonder how he hasn't been yanked off stage with a giant cartoon hook yet.
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 12:44 PM
18 hrs ago




LudwigPastorius

(14,286 posts)
119. I just couldn't watch it.
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 04:21 PM
14 hrs ago

I watched some of Trump's press conference the other day, and I'm all stocked up on crazy here.

Cha

(317,338 posts)
120. The Big Problem for PEDO is...
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 04:33 PM
14 hrs ago

Greenland and Canada do NOT Want to be owned by the Rapist, Mass Homicidal Maniac inside the WH.

The Idiot is showing the World What We Patriots are up Against in the USA

TY

sakabatou

(45,817 posts)
121. Part of me is wondering how many of the other NATO countries
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 04:36 PM
14 hrs ago

are considering using Article 5 on the US. I know they absolutely will should the US try to invade Greenland.

Evolve Dammit

(21,549 posts)
122. Criminal mob boss. "Easy way or hard way." Nice country you have there (to all of Europe)....
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 04:44 PM
14 hrs ago

popsdenver

(1,712 posts)
128. He backed off today
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 08:32 PM
10 hrs ago

and now is expecting a Nobel peace prize for resolving the "War" between the U.S. and Greenland........LOL

ShazzieB

(22,276 posts)
130. Did anyone else notice his slumping posture?
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 09:38 PM
9 hrs ago

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His right shoulder was noticeably lower than his left, causing him to lean at an odd angle, and he seemed to be gripping the lectern (or whatever it was) for dear life, presumably to keep from falling over. His voice was raspy, his articulation was mushy, and he seemed to push the words out with a noticeable effort, as he rambled incoherently.

He's obviously in no shape to run a corner hot dog stand, much less the government of a major nation. Every public appearance he makes is more pathetic than the last one. It's embarrassing, shocking, and outrageous that he's being allowed to continue in office in his condition. Watching him makes me want to scream, "SOMEBODY, PLEASE DO SOMETHING ALREADY!!!!! 😱

CitizenVain

(4 posts)
132. I decided to watch the entire thing
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:11 AM
3 hrs ago

I guess American Presidents don't usually comment directly on trade issues at DAVOS but dang....
This is embarrassing; we're a country under duress; and I am ashamed...

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