If so, remember:
“He is insane!”
Asked on Anderson Cooper 360 whether there was any hope for European leaders to “de-escalate” and “reason with the president” over his repeated threats to annex Greenland, Senator Rueben Gallego (D, AZ) said, “No, and I’ve been very clear. He is a madman. He is insane. He’s only thinking about himself.”
“You really think he’s insane?” pressed Cooper.
“Yes! I’m sorry, where are we at this moment where we don’t understand what’s happening in this country?” Gallego responded. “The man is threatening war against a NATO ally and we’re all thinking this is rational. Let’s accept what’s happening here. He is not rational right now. He is destroying our world reputation, potentially our economic opportunity, economic mighty power around the world because he is being petty.”
He argued, “None of this is rational. Everyone needs to stop pretending this is rational.”
We need to support Democrats who are willing to take the risk to become direct in trying to remove Trump from office.
But first we need more Democrats like Gallego who are willing to take the risk.
Why do Trump supporters love him?
Why? Because they are just like him — ignorant of the rest of the world; ignorant of their own history; selfish; bigoted; mean; phony “Christians;” gullible.
What was certain was that, by the end of 2025, Trump did not seem to be acting crazy like a fox: he just, by that point, seemed crazy, period. Or more precisely, he seemed in the grip of a kind of demented megalomania, which inspired him to do things such as demand that Washington D.C.’s NFL team name its soon to be constructed $3.5 billion stadium after him, or risk losing the federal subsidies helping to finance the project (“Imagine if Obama . . . “). Nor did any of this seem to be part of some sort of kayfabe or schtick: he simply appeared to have become even more stupid than formerly, as creeping dementia merged with a lifetime of ignorance and laziness, and a coterie of Rasputin-like courtiers swept into the White House to take advantage of their boss’s deteriorating state.
Indeed, by the concluding days of the first year of his second term, Trump’s speech and behavior had become so consistently bizarre that numerous observers began to wonder publicly if the regular bruising that appeared on his hands, which he often tried to disguise with makeup, might indicate that he was being given the new generation of intravenous drugs, that slow the progress of the Alzheimer’s disease he may well have inherited from his father. (In his final years, as he slid further and further into dementia, Fred Trump was sometimes given fake contracts to sign, to distract him from the terrible fate that had befallen him.)
As 2026 began, it was evident that similar measures might have to be taken with the president of the United States, before the expiration of his second, and hopefully final, term — although already some especially shameless enablers, such as Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz, were busily concocting purported legal workarounds, to allow Trump to remain in office beyond 2029.
Trump’s boasting that he had “aced” yet another dementia test – at least the third such test his doctors had given him during his first year in office – only added to the surreal atmosphere surrounding his obviously deteriorating cognitive condition. That atmosphere took an even more surreal turn the very next day, when Trump announced he had ordered an invasion of Venezuela to kidnap the country’s president and his wife, because the president wasn’t really the president, but rather the head of a drug cartel. (This action took place just a few weeks after Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras, who had been sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for moving tons of cocaine into the US). He then announced that the United States was going to occupy the country indefinitely, while US oil companies extracted what his advisor Stephen Miller characterized as oil that had been “stolen” from America.
A few days later, in the midst of threatening to annex Greenland by military force, Trump hosted Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, and humbly accepted her purported transfer of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to him, as she handed him a medal symbolizing the prize. Nobel winners are given several gold-plated replica medals to go along with the “real,” solid gold medal they are awarded, and it was unclear which medal Machado gave Trump. What was clear was that Trump had ordered the invasion of Venezuela in large part to extort the Nobel Peace Prize from Machado, and for a moment it seemed he was both sufficiently childish and demented that he believed this pathetic farce did in fact magically transform him into the Nobel Peace Prize winner he so desperately longed to be.
That illusion was shattered a few days later when, on the eve of the first anniversary of his second presidency, Trump sent the following letter to the prime minster of Norway:
Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize [Nobel prizes are awarded by an independent committee that has no connection to the Norwegian government] for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark [Denmark and Norway are different countries] cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, [the United States signed multiple treaties many decades ago recognizing Denmark’s sovereignty over Greenland] it’s only a boat that landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DTJ.
The theme that ties together this year-long adventure in various forms of deranged absurdity and flagrant criminality is this: We who are horrified witnesses to Trump and Trumpism have come to understand exactly why his most fanatical supporters love him – because he’s just like them.
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The words of a psycopath . . .
Batshit Crazy Psychopath Trump “no longer feels an obligation to think purely of Peace” after Nobel statement
“Dear Jonas,” the president wrote to Norway’s prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre.
“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT.”
Even by Trump’s standards, this letter is so delusional and dangerous that there is no longer any question that the president is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,” as laid out in the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.
The authenticity of the message was confirmed to the AFP news agency by a source close to the matter and by Støre to Norwegian newspaper VG. It is unclear why Trump decided to send a message to Støre as the peace prize is decided by the Norwegian Nobel Committee and not the government.
In a written comment, Støre underlined that the Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded by the Norwegian government. “I have clearly explained, including to president Trump what is well known, the prize is awarded by an independent Nobel Committee,” Store said.
COMMENT: ” It is unclear why Trump decided to send a message to Støre as the peace prize is decided by the Norwegian Nobel Committee and not the government. “
No, it is not “unclear.” It is clear that Trump is demented. Worse than that, Trump has NEVER understood that laws, rules, regulations, procedures apply to him. Trump insists on being the bride at every wedding, the infant at every christening, the victor at every event — and let’s hope that he is soon the corpse at at least one funeral.
MEANWHILE: TRUMP WROTE TO THE NORWEGIAN PRIME MINISTER ABOUT GREENLAND. GREENLAND BELONGS TO DENMARK, NOT NORWAY. TRUMP IS AN IGNORANT FOOL.
Will Trump see what happened in Iran and copy it in the US? Don’t think he will not . . .
Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’
Source: The Sunday Times (UK)
Yesterday [Friday], for the first time, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, admitted that “several thousands” have been killed since the protests began three weeks ago.
In a broadcast to the nation on state TV, he blamed protesters themselves, describing them as “foot-soldiers of the United States” and claiming that “rioters were armed with live ammunition that was imported from abroad”.
But The Sunday Times has obtained a new report from doctors on the ground, which says at least 16,500 protesters have died and 330,000 have been injured, most of them in two days of utter slaughter in the most brutal crackdown by the clerical regime in its 47-year existence.
Most of the victims are thought to have been younger than 30. Heartbreaking Instagram posts record deaths of a female fashion designer of 23, three young footballers — including one who was just 17 years old and captained a youth team in Tehran — a champion basketball player of 21, a fledgling movie director and a student hoping to study for a doctorate at Bristol University, whose first protest was his last.
https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/article/iran-young-protesters-news-nsdztp5t2
Don’t be surprised if Trump uses this as an example of what he will do in the US.
Outside agitators don’t show up in bathrobes
Kristi Noem: “When we did these operations in other cities across the country, we didn’t see this kind of violence. We didn’t see organized, funded protesters come in to conduct acts of violence against our law enforcement officers like we’re seeing in Minneapolis.”
When did you ever see “outside, funded protesters come in” wearing bathrobes?
Does anyone associated with Trump ever tell the truth?
How did we get here?
Simple: A lot of very wealthy people used their money.
Speaking of Rush Limbaugh. He died in February 2021 — 5 years ago. When was the last time you heard anyone say a word about him?
Have you received an award you would like to give to Trump?
On January 15, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump during a meeting at the White House, saying it was a recognition of his commitment to her country’s freedom.
“I think today is a historic day for us Venezuelans,” she said after meeting Trump in person for the first time, weeks after US forces seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas and charged him in a drug-trafficking case.
Trump said on social media that the move was “a wonderful gesture of mutual respect”, but the Nobel committee has said the prize itself was not transferable.
Now — in recognition of Trump’s overall wonderfulness — other recipients of coveted prizes are falling in line.
While Trump’s demented mind goes bonkers over Greenland, Democrats once again prove we are the only sane ones
After the extraordinary pushback on President Donald J. Trump’s bizarre demand for Greenland, he has responded with what economist Paul Krugman called “a howl of frustration on the part of a mad dictator who has just realized that he can’t send in the Marines.”
In a long screed this morning, Trump’s social media account said the president is placing tariffs of 10% on all goods from the countries currently protecting Greenland after February 1, and that the tariffs will increase to 25% on June 1. The post says the tariffs will be in effect “until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”
COMMENT: In case you have not read Trump’s bizarre, demented rant, here’s a link.
This post is bonkers on many levels. On the most basic: where is he thinking he’s going to find the money for “the complete and total purchase of Greenland?” And besides, the countries involved—Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom—are all U.S. allies. Economist Justin Wolfers notes this trade war will include the entire European Union, for “[a] trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU.”
The post also makes explicit that Trump is trying to use tariffs not to nurture the American economy but to force other countries to do his bidding. The question of whether his tariff wars are constitutional because they address what he claims is an economic emergency is currently before the Supreme Court. Two lower courts have found that the president does not have the power to levy the sweeping tariffs he has been announcing. Today’s tariff announcement does not refer at all to economic need but rather is about economic coercion.
Finally, in its insistence that only the U.S. can “protect” Greenland, the screed echoed Russian president Vladimir Putin’s promises to “protect” Ukraine. Ignoring the reality that Greenland is part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the world’s strongest defense alliance, it said that Greenland and Denmark, of which Greenland is a part, “currently have two dogsleds as protection, one added recently.” It also added that the protection Trump insists only U.S. ownership of Greenland can provide might also include “the possible protection of Canada.”
As huge demonstrations of solidarity broke out today in Copenhagen and Nuuk, the capitals of Denmark and Greenland, respectively, both the European Council, made up of the heads of state or governments in the European Union, and the European Commission, the primary executive branch of the European Union, weighed in on Trump’s threats.
President of the European Council António Costa and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen issued a joint statement, underlining that “[t]erritorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law. They are essential for Europe and for the international community as a whole.” The two leaders reiterated that they are committed both to dialogue with the U.S. and to standing firm behind Denmark and the people of Greenland.
“Tariffs would undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral,” they wrote. “Europe will remain united, coordinated, and committed to upholding its sovereignty.”
The European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas—the EU’s chief diplomat—wrote: “China and Russia must be having a field day. They are the ones who benefit from divisions among Allies. If Greenland’s security is at risk, we can address this inside NATO. Tariffs risk making Europe and the United States poorer and undermine our shared prosperity.”
Representatives from the twenty-seven countries in the European Union are holding an emergency meeting tomorrow.
Meanwhile, lawmakers in the EU say they will not ratify a new trade agreement the European Commission and Trump signed last July. Some lawmakers are talking about using a trade “bazooka” against the U.S., a range of measures outlined in the E.U.’s Anti-Coercion Instrument that punish trade rivals trying to coerce the E.U. Those include trade restrictions and restricting investment in the E.U.
Meanwhile, Reuters reported today that Trump appears to be trying to set up his own organization to rival the United Nations. The administration has sent letters to leaders from several countries inviting them to be part of a “Board of Peace” led by the U.S. The board would first tackle the crisis in Gaza and then go on to take on other crises around the world.
Bloomberg reported today that the draft charter for the proposed organization makes Trump the board’s first chair and gives him the power to choose a successor. He would decide what countries can be members. Each member state would get one vote in the organization, but the chair would have to approve all decisions. The draft says that each member state has a term of no more than three years unless the chair renews it, but that limit doesn’t apply to any member states “that contribute more than USD $1,000,000,000 in cash funds to the Board of Peace within the first year of the Charter’s entry into force.” The draft suggests that Trump himself will control that money.
Last night, U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez in Minneapolis prohibited agents from the Department of Homeland Security from retaliating against or arresting peaceful protesters or using pepper spray or other less-lethal weapons against them. Menendez also prohibited agents from stopping or detaining people following their vehicles.
The descriptions in the decision of how agents have treated protesters are detailed and damning. The plaintiffs submitted sworn testimony. In contrast, the judge notes, the agents “did not provide sworn declarations from immigration officers (or others) who witnessed or were themselves directly involved,” but instead relied on the declaration of the acting field office director for the ICE St. Paul Field Office, David Easterwood—who was not present at any of the incidents—that the agents said the protesters had obstructed their activities.
Yesterday Fox News broke the story that the Department of Justice is investigating both Minnesota governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey on criminal charges for allegedly impeding the work of law enforcement officers in the administration’s surge of agents to their state.
Trump’s reliance on bogus investigations to establish a narrative is well established. This tactic of launching investigations to seed the idea that a political opponent has committed crimes has been a staple of the Republican Party since at least the 1990s. As the media reported on those investigations, people assumed that there must be something to them. Trump adopted this tactic wholeheartedly, most famously when he tried to force Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky to announce he was opening an investigation into Hunter Biden—not actually to open the investigation, but simply to announce it—before Trump would release to Ukraine the money Congress had appropriated it to help it fight off Russia’s invasion.
The Trump administration is trying hard to project dictatorial strength and power, but the narrative is slipping away from it.
For all of Trump’s bluster about U.S. trade, the world appears to be moving on without the U.S. Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada visited Beijing this week, the first visit of a Canadian prime minister to China since 2017. On Friday, Canada broke with the U.S. and struck a major deal with China, cutting its tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for China’s lowering its tariffs on Canadian canola seed. Carney posted on social media: “The Canada-China relationship has been distant and uncertain for nearly a decade. We’re changing that, with a new strategic partnership that benefits the people of both our nations.”
Trump’s triumphant narrative is not working at home, either. A new CNN poll released Friday shows that fifty-eight percent of Americans believe that Trump’s first year in office has been a failure. Americans worry most about the economy, but concerns about democracy come in second. The numbers beyond that continue to be bad for Trump. Sixty-six percent of Americans think Trump doesn’t care about people like them. Fifty-three percent think he doesn’t have the stamina and sharpness to serve effectively as president.
Sixty-five percent of Americans say Trump is not someone they are proud to have as president.
In Virginia today, former representative and former intelligence officer Abigail Spanberger took the oath of office as the commonwealth’s seventy-fifth governor, the first woman to hold that position. In her inaugural address, she celebrated the peaceful transfer of power and called for Virginians to work together to make life more affordable and embrace progress, writing a new chapter in the state’s history.
“As we mark 250 years since the dawn of American freedom: What will our children, grandchildren, and their descendants write about this time in our Commonwealth’s history—this chapter—50, 100, and 250 years from now?” she asked.
“Will they say that we let divisions fester or challenges overwhelm us? Or will they say that we stood up for what is right, fixed what is broken, and served the common good here in Virginia?
Today, we’re hearing the call to connect more deeply to our American Experiment—to understand our shared history, not as a single point in time, but as a lesson for how we create our more prosperous future. And so I ask—what will you do to help us author this next chapter?”
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