Paul Revere by Cyrus Dallin, North End, Boston

Monday, January 19, 2026

The Shame of America

 

Trump is so embarrassingly stupid:


Norway’s PM says that he has explained to Trump several times that the Norwegian government has no say in the Nobel Peace Prize.





“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize … 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,” Trump’s message to Jonas Gahr Støre. “The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland.” 


Stocks sell off globally as traders digest Trump message saying he wants Greenland because ‘your Country decided not to give me the Nobel.’"

20 comments:

Grey One talks sass said...

You know, I was kind of hoping Trump would act true to form and embody every abusive relationship trope in the book. I know, eewww but still, hear me out.

See, in the treaty with Denmark which was signed more than a minute ago for the Virgin Islands there is clear wording stating in exchange for the Island complex the USA would leave Greenland alone.

And here we are.

I'm hoping some crack lawyer type who despises all things MAGA takes a look at these old treaties. I mean, with Trump breaking everything he can find I am sure that lawyer will find similar poison pills in many of them, not that the clauses were considered poison back in the day because... well, who would do such a thing? I know, who would, right?

Per the kids I've been reading there are many treaties that might also come under renewed scrutiny. First mentioned was the Louisiana Purchase, the state of Alaska, and the entire American Southwest used to be owned by Mexico. Since he opened this door I'm encouraging the kids to rummage around a bit to see if anything can help us here/now.

I said all that in a cheerfully evil voice to say that what is happening in Minnesota is disgusting. What is happening in Trumps brain is distressing. And what is happening on the world stage as it relates to the USA is encouraging. The world is with us, not the Trump admin, a fact I find refreshing.

My thoughts this day are with the families who've lost loved ones into the ICE detention/concentration camp system (the numbers of murders keep growing, may the information always find it's way to the light). They are also with those who just wanted to get home but our White Supremacist ICE agents decided to play trap a car with flash bangs, terrorizing children before gassing them with the green HC gas which is not safe for anyone let alone a baby. Shame on Fox "news" (specifically Jesse Watters) for playing the shame blame game when they told their viewers that the mother of the baby brought her child to a riot. No lie too low, no slur to evil will ever be missed by that crew.

And that is why they will be defeated because evil NEVER serves it's own purposes. How do I know? China and Canada just ended talks - trade talks. All those orders which used to include the USA? Yeah, that ship has sailed.

Anonymous said...

"I didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize so I want to destroy the world" is the single most unhinged thing I've ever heard.

Shaw Kenawe said...

I thought his letter to Norway’s PM wasn’t real, but I checked and it is.

Trump is getting crazier by the day. His saying he is no longer thinking only of peace because he didn’t get the Nobel prize is something I might expect from a kindergarten student who didnt win the “best coloring within the lines contest”. We and the world are in big trouble.

BB-Idaho said...

Unhinged to start with and rapidly deteriorating. He is almost his own worst enemy.

Anonymous said...

Ignorance, fear, hate, and a large dose of stupidity defines the moron Trump. As a consequence one can only conclude his cult of worshipers suffer the very same afflictions.

This nation and the planet is screwed unless the deranged moron is removed fom office.

Shaw Kenawe said...

He certainly is ours!

Shaw Kenawe said...

I still don't understand how anyone can still support this mentally ill malignant narcissist.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Governing by menacing threats and undeserved punishments is never a winning method -- think how that works with raising children, and what happens to those children when they mature. Tyrannical rule never ends well. History has shown that again and again. Trump and his cultists think they're winning. The short term? Maybe. In the long term, it will be disaster.

Dave Dubya said...

Trump: I need to invade and take over Greenland now, because if I don’t, Russia will.

Also, Trump: Vladimir will you please join my Board of Peace?

Trump must be quite impressed by Putin's "peace mission" in Ukraine. Is it my “TDS” that keeps me from admiring this madness?

Shaw Kenawe said...

The world understands that Trump is mentally ill. Russia and China know how to manipulate that fact to their advantage. We are justifiably appalled to understand that he represents the USA. Trump's supporters are as demented as he is. That's quite a statement, I know; but what other conclusion can one make after a year of watching Trump act like a mentally disturbed tyrant?

Dave Miller said...

I got nothing. Greenland and the EU have already said, "Let's Make a Deal" offering to give the US everything Trump wants except ownership of actual property.

So what holding things up?

All I can surmise is it must be a childish, mean spirited dictator wannabe.

BTW BB... you struck a nerve on the Mothership.

Shaw Kenawe said...

I took a look, but didn't find what you referred to in your comment about BB-Idaho. I did, however, find this:

"There are Christians who like to suggest “Jesus would support the MN protesters..” He might have, but I believe God’s hand is on AMerica and letting criminals, pedophiles, murderers, etc., is not something God would want to hurt His flock here already. Amen."

She and her sailors are incredibly blind to the fact that their hero, Trump is an actual criminal! And while we have no concrete proof that he's a pedophile we absolutely KNOW that Trump is a pedophile protector because of how his DoJ moved a convicted pedophile, Maxwell, from a regular secure prison where pedophiles are always sent to a cushy "club fed," where she is granted special privileges NO ACCUSED PEDOPHILE HAS EVER BEEN GIVEN.

They do not inhabit the real world; they pretend none of those facts exist!

Shaw Kenawe said...

Most of the world recognizes that Trump is mentally ill, but our own people -- MAGA -- are blind to facts:

Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:

"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"

BB-Idaho said...

Yes Dave, just following 1st Amendment rights -
"BB-IDAHO…I have NO idea what you’re talking about….but you go to other blogs and slam me pretty good so if you’re going to stick around again, please don’t. I was really sad to see that, and surprised, since I don’t go to your kind of leftwing blogs but was alerted I should on one particular day for FAR worse than what you said; I don’t give a damn what ‘they’ say (i don’t even remember which blog it was) but I had cared what you said."
Its a Trump thing - love to give it out, but can't take it.

Shaw Kenawe said...

I'm guessing our little tattle troll, JoeCon/-FJ reported to the Captain of the Mother Ship that we criticize her and her commenters.

I read that blog to see what the MAGA cultists are saying about Trump's actions -- and it's mostly NOTHING. I have not read a word about Trump's threats against one of our most loyal allies, Denmark. I have not read anything about Trump's belligerent talk about invading and taking another country's territory, under the guise of "national security."

We can assume, then, that the Mother Ship and the sailors are all in for what Trump is threatening.

I see them as a major reason we have a lawless malignant narcissist leading America. I will continue to monitor that blog because it represents, IMO, America's heart of darkness.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Most of us read Joseph Conrad's novella, "Heart of Darkness" in school.

"Heart of Darkness refers to Joseph Conrad's novella, meaning both the literal, unexplored Congo jungle and the symbolic inner darkness within humanity, critiquing European imperialism by exposing the savagery and hypocrisy beneath supposedly "civilized" veneers, particularly through the descent of the ivory trader Kurtz. The "darkness" represents primal savagery, colonial exploitation, and the moral corruption inherent in unchecked power and civilization's self-deception, revealing a shared darkness between Europeans and Africans."

In this case, it is the moral corruption of Trump and his administration and the people who support it.

BB-Idaho said...

Regarding Trump's Minnesota thing, I recall in WW2 the MN 34th Division spent over 500 days in combat against the Nazi regime. By far the most of any of the American forces in the European Theatre. Of course the Faux DOA -dictator of America missed that in his mis-educated childhood of luxury. Gotta send in US troops angainst Minnesota Nice. Impeach -Now!

Anonymous said...

Until white culture fully accepts the explotation and brutal savagery of its colonialism and racism as it conquered indigenous peoples across the globe not a damn thing will change permanently. Evil Trump personifies that era in the present day DSA (divided states of Amerika.

Dave Miller said...

Shaw... and BB too, the crowd of the Mothership is a great group of avatars for a certain segment of America, The extreme MAGA segment if you will.

Mostly they are a group which dismisses any evidence that does not comport with their strongly held ideas. And has little or no evidence to support what they believe. Because as some there have suggested and believe, Google hides, or removes any evidence that does not serve the "librul libtard agenda".

Grey One talks sass said...

Shaw, he hates the same people they hate. Honestly when I look at MAGA as a whole all I see are White Supremacists from the top all the way down. It is who they were back in the day and who they are now.

There are some things that need to remain in the past.