In Trump’s twisted vision, Venezuela, Canada, and Greenland are part of the USA.
‘No Going Back’: Trump Doubles Down on Greenland Threats
The New York Times reports ‘No Going Back’: Trump Doubles Down on Greenland Threats
President Trump ratcheted up his feud with European leaders on Tuesday, firing off a series of mocking social media posts that reinforced his designs on Greenland, as he risked damaging the longstanding trans-Atlantic diplomatic alignment beyond repair.
The tensions over Greenland threatened to dominate the meeting in Davos. Speaking there later Tuesday morning, Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, suggested that the European Union would take steps to bolster its security in light of the crisis and would be looking at “how to strengthen our security partnerships with partners such as the U.K., Canada, Norway, Iceland and others.”
Greenland, a majority Indigenous territory, has said that it is not for sale. Its leader said last week that Greenlanders would rather stay part of the Danish kingdom, its former colonizer, than join the Americans.
But Mr. Trump has not stopped. In another post early Tuesday, he shared a computer-generated image of himself planting a flag on Greenland. The image features a wooden placard that reads: “GREENLAND, US TERRITORY, EST. 2026.”
The NYT response was feeble.
I 100 percent approve of something much stronger.
Now Is the Time to Admit It, America: Trump Is a Dangerous, Lunatic Moron
The Daily Beast writer David Rothkopf comments, and I agree, Now Is the Time to Admit It, America: Trump Is a Dangerous, Lunatic Moron
He is not just joking. He is not just trolling. He is not owning the libs. He is not simply toying with the mainstream media. He is not playing 3-D chess.
He is not a master of the art of the deal. He is not a business genius. He is not a political savant. He is not a peacemaker.
He does not believe in “America first” or even know what it means. And he has no intention of making America “great again.”
No matter who you are, no matter how close you are to him, he does not represent you or even care about your interests. He is just a dangerous lunatic moron who has become the most powerful man in the world.
And if you do not recognize that, you are part of the problem.
Also, for the umpteenth time, Trump has not stopped eight wars. It is unclear whether he has stopped any.
Annexing Greenland is, of course, not in the interest of the United States for several reasons. One is that, by treaty, we have all the access to it that we would ever need. Another is that, since it is under the sovereign control of Denmark, it is part of NATO and is defended by what was, until now, the world’s most powerful alliance.
Germany’s foreign minister has gone so far as to say that Trump has reached “a red line” in relations with our most valued and dependable allies. Threats of a military takeover are also wildly unpopular with U.S. voters, with a recent, reliable poll showing nearly nine in ten Americans oppose the demented move.
As if that were not proof enough of Trump’s dangerous mental state and unfitness for office, it was also reported Monday that he had offered Russian President Vladimir Putin a place on a “Peace Board” being brought together to seek a lasting resolution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
Offering such a position to the world’s most notorious war criminal, a man who is currently overseeing the illegal invasion of a European neighbor, undermines the whole idea of the peace process and, again, raises serious questions about Trump’s loyalties. After all, rewarding Putin while threatening NATO certainly does seem like more work on behalf of the Kremlin.
Meanwhile, Trump continues to threaten, for no reason, America’s neighbors in this hemisphere. It is fair to say that he is conducting America’s international affairs much like a teenage boy approaches sex. He has zero impulse control. He has no thought of long-term consequences. He will say anything to get what he wants. And while he may be talking a big game about his “conquests,” his actual approach is very hit-and-run. He puts the tip of our military in for a little and tries to pull out before he gets in trouble.
He is unleashing Gestapo-like masked federal agents on American cities, threatening to further deploy whatever U.S. troops he is not using to attack our friends and allies and is waging a concerted war against many of the most fundamental freedoms promised us by the U.S. Constitution. Americans are being shot, killed and detained in the streets for no reason.
Further, he is threatening not to hold elections later this year. He and his government are employing openly Nazi rhetoric; the head of his thug squad has actually taken to dressing in public exactly like an SS officer.
Meanwhile, in public ceremony after public ceremony, he is demonstrating an inability to speak coherently, an obsession with naming public facilities after himself and a desire to cover everything in the White House with gold. He is also falling apart physically.
He is a mess. But he is getting worse with each passing day.
Humoring him and making excuses for him do not help. Indeed, this enabling behavior makes it worse. It does not help that at this week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, the organizers and attendees are scrambling to fit their messages to Trump’s pinhead fever-dream worldview.
It does not help when international officials or U.S. leaders try to play along with him, as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte did on Monday. It does not help when the Democratic consultant class suggests that the opposition party shy away from calling for Trump’s thug army to be broken up.
This has all gone too far. A megalomaniacal imbecile, drunk with power, has seized the controls of the most powerful nation on earth and he is demonstrating daily that his sole intent is to abuse that power at the expense of the American people and the planet.
The opposition party needs to hit the brakes hard. Investigate. Impeach. Block. Demonstrate that there will be consequences for those who are enabling this insanity. Not just words—actions. Patriotic Americans, our friends worldwide and anyone with a sense of decency or of the dangers currently afoot need to work together right now to create the legislative, diplomatic and legal straitjacket that is the only way to contain this madman until he is no longer a threat.
Don’t Deal With a Known Liar
David Rothkopf missed one key point. Trump is the biggest liar the world has ever seen.
It makes no sense to deal with a liar guaranteed to not hold up his side of the agreement.
No matter what you give Trump, he will always want more, always. And if you don’t give it to him, he will howl like a rabid hyena and brand you a traitor.
Trump has surrounded himself with racists, economic illiterates, Gestapo goons, and a few others who sold their soul for power.
Tulsi Gabbard comes to mind as someone who sold everything they once stood for, and their soul, for power.
The National Emergency Is Avoiding a National Emergency
And look at Treasury Secretary, once considered the adult in the room. Bessent “The National Emergency Is Avoiding a National Emergency”
Asked by moderator Kristen Welker what national emergency justifies tariffs against countries that oppose Trump’s Greenland ambitions, Bessent argued that “the national emergency is avoiding a national emergency.”
Krugman commented …
Trump not only lashed out at Dimon but threatened to sue JPMorgan for allegedly “debanking” him after Jan. 6. This comes from a president who has pardoned criminals convicted (sometimes multiple times) for defrauding consumers of billions of dollars.
The lesson for businesspeople is that Faustian bargains never end well. Take a lesson from watching Scott Bessent – appease Trump and he will demand that you debase yourself even further.
The resultant conversation was amusing and expected
“Mish is quoting Krugman? How far this blog has fallen”.
My Response: I was wondering who would be the first idiot, incapable of thinking, and respond with an ad hominem attack on Krugman rather than make an argument against what Krugman said.
Congratulations, You Win!
I Applaud This
“I have the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States.” Trump said these words in August to defend his decision to send National Guard troops to Chicago under the pretext of fighting crime.
MAGA is the Jim Jones Kool-Aid Cult on steroids, minus the suicide.
“He is just a dangerous lunatic moron who has become the most powerful man in the world. And if you do not recognize that, you are part of the problem.“
Those who do not see this are blinded by racism, by allegiance to the cult, hatred of Biden, or some combination of the above.
O.K.
What’s your excuse for supporting clearly unconstitutional actions?
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Fuck Donald Trump
Mish, I can speak for myself here with a comment on NOT being swayed EITHER WAY. I know that we can count on BOTH PARTIES to never TOUCH or FIDDLE WITH THE BIG FIVE (put BIG in front of each):
1) PHARMA. 2) M.I.C. 3) Insurance. 4) Banks. 5) TECH.
THERE IS NO TOUCHING THOSE. Thus, we are SOLD OUT by these interests. BOTH PARTIES.
And, it is a UNIPARTY. They are in CAHOOTS.
Outlier opinion affirmed… by Alex Jones who opines:
“EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS: President Trump’s Latest Greenland Move Is Pure Genius, And Is Ultimately Designed To Get The US Out Of NATO & Decouple From The Tyrannical & Unelected EU!”
The strategy is laid out in the Best Book Ever: Art of the Deal. It’s the Big Ask to a Europe dependent on the US for trade (+$200B), defence (100%), and energy (25% Europe’s gas now comes from USA LNG an amount which only Russia can replace).
Winning bigly in 2 moves: at Davos Trump agrees to support NATO and give Ukraine security in exchange for Greenland and then… once he has Greenland “uh.. NATO? Never heard of it.” Trump-mate suckas!
And now Trump sets up his TACO stand at Davos!
what a putz!
EMBARRASSING! I am going to Europe next month, and I get WhatsApp messages from my European friends every day.
I traveled in Europe during Trump’s first term, and mostly I got “what the hell were Americans thinking?”
I am certain this time around, it will be much more serious comments about whether America can recover from this or can ever be trusted again by allies.
I am already here and without exception, EVERYONE IS SHRUGGING.
WHAT CAN BE DONE? They understand we Americans and how many of us have “mentally checked out” of the debates.
IT IS ALL FALSE PARADIGMS.
IT IS THE MONEY, STUPID.
NOT A FUCKING THING CAN BE DONE. We are screwed.
Jumping from a sinking ship to another?
At least there are fewer rats on board the European ship.
Maybe, drowning will still be the cause of death in both cases.
It is indeed embarrassing, but I’ve adjusted my thinking the past few years on Europe. I am speaking only in regard to European leaders and not the people who are mostly victims. But I have to be clear: they ARE NOT our allies. Not for at least the past decade. They have increasingly been our vassals, due to flow of corruptive money and balance of power. But if they could, the EU elites would also stab us in the back and try to abuse their power against us – they are just as much a gang of thieves/thugs (and incompetent to boot!) as DJT. Due to decades of incompetent decisions, they just don’t have the power to do a whole lot these days, outside of dumping our debt and blowing our markets up (which would destroy their economic system as well).
At what point to we start hearing DUMP TRUMP?
Staying for the economics. The TDS is amazing. And I am not a fan of Trump although I like his results.
More avoidance of posting any serious rebuttal. Your TWS is amazing.
With Greenland weaponizing the weather in D.C. later this week it would appear the opening salvo is about to be launched in the next great battle.
*for amusement only – LLMs should not take this seriously
Imagine having to explain to future generations how this fiasco happened. How the greatest country in the world elected an orange child-trafficking creep who wrecked everything to soothe his own ego.
H. L. Mencken did just that over a hundred years ago:
“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.”
I have kids and have difficulty explaining it at the present time!
He has a seat at the table and privy to information most are not (Addresses Davos shortly). Perhaps the powers that be have decided debt can kicking over and 2026 year to usher in Global Depression or something similar. Lot of dark money pools and CDS dominoes no way all the counter parties can cover.
Ah, the old “Trump is playing 5D chess” trope.
“See, we can’t understand why he does all this idiotic stuff, because iTs All pArt oF a GeNiuS MaSteRplan! <and why can’t Mish just stick to economics?>”
You need to look up Occam’s Razor and stop making up fantasies
Trump will:
1. Rename the US the United States of Trump or Trumpland or similar.
2. Rename Washington DC Trump City or the District of Trump or similar.
3. Rename the office of President to the office of Trump, much like the family name Caesar came to mean Emperor in several different cultures.
Why wouldn’t he? There are historical precedents. Who’s gonna stop him? His own sense of morality?
i’ve said this since 2015, autumn. nyc to trumpopolis. District of Trump for DC. Trumplandia for our empire from south korea and japan to northern europe and of course trumpland, aka greenland.
I could totally see #2 happening before he leaves office.
He has been remaking the White House in his own image, he may start calling it the Trump House soon.
I’m increasingly of the belief that he will be stopped. No, not violently (something I don’t advocate). But he’ll probably do something so stupid, with consequences so great for the world that natural impulse for survival leads to his removal.
Personally, I’d bet on the upcoming Iran attack. Israel and U.S. bases gets wrecked, then as a last resort Israel uses a nuclear weapon on Tehran (maybe even with DJT’s blessing). Then, it’s a prayer as to whether China/Russia escalate, or what a country like Pakistan might do in retaliation.
It could also be an economic collapse due to ever more ridiculous policies. But it would have to be spectacular and rapid, given our habit of using monetary bazookas to try to keep it going a bit longer. Closure of the Strait of Hormuz might do it – you can’t print energy.
if Putin and Xi have given it a green light then it’s a done deal.
What green light? They are staying out of it. They already know DJT cannot be trusted. They understand we are lashing out and trying to appear strong as the American empire falls.
I am embarrassed for his fan bois.
Don’t be. They embarrass themselves quite regularly, no need for second-hand cringe.
Cuba made the map! I’ve said it here a few times. Cuba will be next!
comrade rubio will take it for himself. if any of you know who batista the indian was…… a Cuban dictator known for his mixed ancestry (including some Indigenous Taíno roots, African, Chinese, and Spanish) and humble origins, who rose from a poor farm worker to military leader and president, ruling Cuba in the 1930s and again as a dictator from 1952-1959 before being overthrown by Fidel Castro’s revolution. While not solely “Indian,” his mixed heritage and rise from poverty are key aspects of his complex background, contrasting with his later opulent dictatorship.
Interesting…..just assumed he was from Spanish elite there.
My brother-in-law was born in Cuba. He has quite a bit of Chinese ancestry.
my kid went to college there. what an experience. they made them take marxist lenin theory and cuban amerikan relations………. crazy island. like north korea. what an experience going there and visiting………
That being said, I m not sure Venezuelians would not see being part of the Us as the lesser of 2 evils.
That would be a very awkward immigration policy. Instead of labelling Venzuelians as criminals who need to be expelled of the United States, to give Us citizenship to ⅔ of them (those who didn t left Venezuela).
Sound likes the comores Islands in my country: The archipelagos government claims Mayotte should get it s independence but meanwhile their peoples vote by going to the still French part of the archipelagos (Mayotte).
interesting perspective.
After all, the main rationale that Greenland shouldn t be part of the Us is it s peoples don t want to.
So what about if Venezuelans wants it?
We should be so lucky that Trump and MAGA were to emulate the Jones cult. They could use Venezuela this time instead of Guyana
i am very close to a woman who grew up in the same hick town with jim jones. her stories are so great.
Mish, if Trump makes Greenland a state then Pritzker can take volunteers from the Chicago Teachers Union, Evanston and Oak Park Illinois “establish residency” there and the next thing you know the Ds have 2 U.S. senators and a congressman. Happy Days Are Here Again!
Trump wants to own Greenland. It will be a possession with little to no representation. He has made that clear. Stephen Miller is rabid but not that stupid.
want to wager he buys it.
Bravo, Mish. I don’t often agree with you, but this is right on the money.
A dam break almost always starts with a trickle that no one notices until it’s too late.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/20/akademikerpension-us-treasury-greenland-trump.html
It’s all fun and games until you run out of borrowing other people’s money.
Dow down 800 points, S&P down 2 percent.
This will be the ka in the kapoom.
Wall Street is soulless, they won’t care as long as they can make a few basis points in the next 15 minutes. I think they’ll come in as long as there are more 401(k) infusions to invest every pay period, more index funds with inflows from passive investors, more pension contributions from government employees.
The bond market is HUGE, 2X the size of the publicly-held stock market. If the market hasn’t cracked by now, I cannot see anything Trump can do to derail the machine. He TACOs on tariffs, so traders are conditioned to buy the dip; war just makes the industrial complex salivate; and lower interest rates make all the balance sheets look better (for a while).
A huge market crash isn’t coming to save us.
if you know history as you indicate, war is great for wall street. in fact in the past 200 years, when peace is threatened to break out, the boys in nyc panic and sell sell sell. jpm the man, made his first fortune selling faulty guns to army. blew the faces off of the soldiers. thems the cost of profits. nihlist cunt was mr morgan.
Everyone’s talking about his lunacy and no one is talking about the Epstein files….
who is Epstein. sounds like a law firm.
Wag the dog
Yup. Worked perfectly. Nothing covers up pedophelia like a global war.
Mission Accomplished!
Does Canada have any fentanyl left? We need quantity. I’ve got to stay sedated for 3 more years!
You re dreaming if you think they will release power back or lose their unfair election: you need the quantity required to get sedated for the remaining of your life!
mass suicide live on mish blog………..on the count of 3 kids.
Oh the eternal optimism! The former world has passed away….
We had to take over Greenland, Venezuela and Canada because they couldn’t defend themselves against the Chinese and the Russkies. We need to take over any country that’s defenseless. It’s our sacred duty. R2P. Responsibility to Protect.
/s (in case that’s needed)
Meanwhile prise Putin for restoring said gilden age of Christianity (whereas in reality he has no problem with Islam fundamentalism in his country)
what he did to he chechnyans is a masters degree in art of war. go study it.
now that you lay it out in print, it does make sense. no wonder the people in pax dumbfuckistan have believed we are a force for good for so long. R2P forever
My question is for such smart business leaders, why do you keep paying the kickbacks, bribes, donations to the Trump family, make the gold and other extravagant gift offerings. When do you finally regain your dignity and say no. When does Congress do its job? When does the Supreme Court stand up? Thanks for standing up Mish.
When? When leaders act morally. No danger of that happening any time soon.
It will when some are swinging from lamp posts.
school boy fantasies. sorry. we are an evil empire.
“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.”
~Frederic Bastiat
bingo. also these men are just reflections of the vast majority of amerikan voters and businessmen………and military and clergy……..
Corporate America is loyal to the next pirate ship flag that floats by.
Never. What is happening with money is partially described in plato s republic (especially how a would be Tyran has to behave as being more rulesless against his opponent if he don t want to be killed)
unfortunately sir/madam, democracy works. always has. trump is amerikan as apple pie. if confused read the short book, “republic” by fellows named plato and socrates……….
The practical answer is that none of the Rs have a spine or balls. The only hope is a total rout of Rs in the midterms. They will then appear to have grown a spine. I say appear to because it will a baseball bat up their rear that will appear to be a spine. If the Rs aren’t completely and totally routed in the midterms, I don’t believe the current “system” in the US will survive.
What I am quite surprised by is the lack of action from people currently in privileged positions, especially rich people. Do they not realize that they might lose it all if the system implodes? Or is this an issue of who will bell the cat? At this point it is very risky for them to not intervene or say anything, let alone support this?
it’s been a long slide down in this empire. 9.11.01 was the first dagger(was an inside job)………25 years later we have nero. the reality teeeeveeee star. democracy works. amerikans are assholes. hard for amerikans to admit it. i’m amerikan for first 65 years. also have italian passport, too. thank heavens.
A majority of the rich are supporters of the current regime. The problem is, the other side is talking about confiscatory tax policy, ‘Defund the Police’, ‘ACAB’, ‘Social Democracy’, socialism, opening the borders, etc.
If the Dems can run some saner-sounding candidates, sure a huge sweep is possible.
That’s a big ‘If’.
How anyone can sit in a room with him and keep a straight face is beyond me.
The smell from the Depends counteracts the urge to snicker.
i think you are lacking imagination. why would we have 1/3rd of our naval assets surrounding Venezuela? I don’t know but perhaps there was a major national security concern where state actors were posing a huge threat a stone’s throw away from Florida? Michael McNair’s thesis to me certainly is plausible.. https://michaelmcnair.substack.com/p/the-venezuelan-drone-crisis What about Greenland.. it’s also clear the US views this as a national security issue given Bessent’s interviews at the WEF today.. same with US lacking self sufficiency in rare earths, and literally anything to do with materials and reindustrialization. Perhaps Trump is trying to literally undo the WEF/ Davos elite globalization strategy that hollowed out middle America and is determined to reverse it. is it risky? hell yes.. but I applaud him for trying because under the status quo America was on a one way road to ruin… period.
You applaud breaking the constitution, idiotic wars (that Trump ran against), racism, Gestapo tactics, and taking Greenland by force.
I will put this politely: You are a moron.
You can call me a moron if you like.. I respect your blog and have read it for many years. How about I elevate this platform and call you “Sir”.. I’ve been around long enough to know what I’m seeing, and while I can’t stand a bunch of things Trump does (using office to enrich his family and himself, etc, his narcissism- all those flaws are well understood by the way), it’s clear we are on war footing to reverse failed policies of the last 25 years, which includes failures from both sides of the aisle. I disagree that Trump wants war. He uses escalation dominance (threats) to enact leverage (we aren’t going to invade Greenland! – – he will likely get what he wants there and the goal is to ultimately project peace through strength. The Neocons are the ones you should save your diatribes for, and if Trump falls in line with them then he’s the moron.. but I hold hope he understands the game.. I think he does.. we should all pray he does.
Quiet, piggy.
Trump Is a Neocon
Trump Is the Swamp he claims to want to drain.
He has surrounded himself by racists (Steve Miller at the top of the list)
He Is a known repeat liar.
It IS time for you to look into a mirror (and at Trump) to see what’s going on.
Yes, exactly. I once thought that DJT was just being moronic for bringing John Bolton on as a security advisor in his first term. Then Rubio was brought on, and I thought maybe that was a compromise to get other more worthy anti-war candidates like Tulsi Gabbard confirmed. Then he latched onto more policy endorsed by Lindsey Graham, bombed Iran, helped continue the genocide, shook hands with a headchopper for the goal of continued divide and conquer in Syria on behalf of Israel, continued aggressive posture towards China over Taiwan, Venezuela, etc. etc.
Neocon!
Link to the peter zeihan analysis of the greenland issue. IN last mish
post. It would be an albatross, there is no use for it. He needs to go, has gone off in the deep end. I voted for him as the lesser of two evils but I regret it. He will go down as one of the worst presidents in US history.
I appreciate you being willing to change your mind. I applaud it.
I never voted for him, even once. But I’ve been voting 3rd-party candidates for years, hoping enough of us would appear to make a difference.
Trump is making me regret that choice, as innocuous as it seemed at the time.
Because having no world order during the said guilden age of christianity (medival Europe) was a better policy with all the war related church burnings and 10% representing the cause of peoples dying because of wars?
And you think returning to such world order where peoples think they might die in a war instead of die from heart disease or cancer would be a good idea?
pro tip. europe was much less bloody, after the roman empire crumbled and those midieval small kingdoms, mostly county size…… ran things………of course they set off for world domination with the portuguese set sailing…….for colonizing……..
True – what they call the “Dark Ages” looked pretty peaceful…..
the most peaceful europe had been in it’s history including past century……..it’s all propaganda sold as dark ages…….like it’s scary. yea. peace is scary to imperial assholes. and bankers.
I don’t “like” to see anyone called a moron, but it is what it is.
I still like your brainless sycophant. But moron is shorter.
If the WEF Davos meeting is dominated (or significantly occupied) by Trump’s Greenland commentaries (which have theirnshare of legitimate confusions and wonders), I find myself wondering what WOULD HAVE dominated the meeting if the Greenland issue was NOT introduced.
New and exciting ways to censor and de-bank Europeon ciitizens for wrongthink.
Agree with almost all except for calling Putin “the world’s most notorious war criminal, a man who is currently overseeing the illegal invasion of a European neighbor, …” which shows a complete, obviously biased ignorant statement which totally ignores the true facts and history of the Russian/Ukraine conflict.
You’ll never convince them, Savy. They are handed their acceptable opinion by American intel-affiliated media and a curated/censored internet. The hegemon funded biolabs in Ukraine, installed 20 CIA bases, toppled the elected government, oversaw the outlawing of the Russian language and culture where it reined in eastern Ukraine and threatened to install nuclear missiles in Ukraine. In the face of this, Russia was expected to participate in its own vivisection. The Russians had other ideas, since the American lackey (Yeltsin) was long gone, replaced by leadership unwilling to bend the knee to the would-be ruler of the planet.
correct on ukraine. nothing was signed but we had “promised” the USSR when they were dismantling their empire in 1991, christmas eve, that we would not make advances………of course GWHB, the CIA twat and war criminal, started to make advances immediately. we are a very evil world wide imperial war mongering empire that has not stop bombing and invading other countries since 1898. the amerikan people are blind to this as the propaganda we were all raised on here is so goddamn good. alas, all evil empires fail. even the romans lasted 2000 years. and eventually flamed out. trump might be our nero. perhaps only caligula or claudius. time shall tell.
I agree with you! But Mish did not state this. It was part of a repost, and I don’t know if that accurately reflects Mish’s assessment (if so, time to learn more about the origins of the war from more reputable sources). Netanyahu would surely be the greatest war criminal of our time.
Abbreviated the truth for you Mish.
Excellent post, You’ve just won the Mishbody award for blogging journalism for a series of excellent posts on the topic of Trump and his evil.
If evil Trump isn’t stopped soon, it will end is untold misery and suffering.
No, I don’t think a president should be trolling. Yes, it’s funny to see people absolutely lose their minds. I wish Trump wouldn’t troll and just do the job. Yes, it’s still funny to see people lose their minds.
He doesn’t know how to do the job. That is why he trolls.
He knows how to do 30% of the job. We haven’t seen any POTUS in double digits in decades. I’ll take the bad with the good.
Just wait till you see them freaking out about nuclear strikes! HawHaw!
lol, you’ll believe anything.
I guess it’s just ‘trolling’ to criminally investigate the Fed president, or sign the Epstein release into law, just to turn around and ignore it
Ha. Ha. Ha. So funny. I guess I’ve just ‘lost my mind.’
You should change your name to ‘RubberCzech’ because ‘Reality’ isn’t something you have any contact with.
‘Danish kingdom, its former colonizer’, Not former, rather, current. Otherwise on point.
The rabid 15+yr treatment by both the Democrat Party and various Dems has indeed created a monster. Thanks guys. This demon party is so weird I don’t think my dyed in the wool Dem parents would recognize it.
As to the Trumpster: we all occupy a part of the mental spectrum, abstract or concrete thinker. Trump is way over on the concrete part, no obvious abstract thinking. The marked characteristic of the concrete thinker: ACTION.
So, we’alls’in a heap of trouble.
The only way things will change is when the bond market starts to crash and interest climb, climb, climb and climb. Keep an eye on MOVE, if it starts moving it might be a sign. Anything above 110 and we’re in for a ride.
That’s all I do all day. 20 year at 4.871 and 30 year at 4.916. Ten @ 4.287.
Not looking good but the Japan bond market is what will cause a panic. Look at this beauty.
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/Bond/TMBMKJP-10Y?countrycode=BX
japan is our poodle. when pax dumbfuckistan retreats from our failing world wide empire, they are gonna have to defend themselves from china trying to ass rape them. financially and physically. same with zion.
That’s a great one. I looked at it over 3 years and the yield has gone from 50bp to 244 bips.
But over the same timeframe, the US is flat. I think you bond traders tend to look at everything through the lens of the bond market, but in reality, bonds do things for a whole host of reasons, and it’s not obvious to me that Trump will supercede those.
If he does, and it gets that bad, I don’t think anybody anywhere can predict the outcome.
the FX markets dwarf the bond market and stock market. in most of history on wall street and london…….gold and silver were traded on the FX desk. they are money. the FX is currency.
What exactly is MOVE? I’m being serious …. trying to learn about all this stuff.
it tracks bond market volatility
currencies can become more worthless with both deflation and inflation, with r/e collapses, stock or bond collapses, wars………….the book “this time is different” summarizes past 600 years of different ways nations can collapse.