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Gavin Newsom: "it's TACO Tuesday"
BBC: "Vintage Trump, bluster and threats".
Steve, 20 years ago: "a large, heavily armed, aggressive, banana republic"
The Mirror:
Donald Trump's strongman act collapses - but now he's confirmed the world's worst fears
The substance of the speech barely mattered. The damage did. What the world witnessed was a president confusing bombast with leadership, swagger with strategy, and contradiction with strength. It was geopolitics performed as self-parody. Nowhere was that clearer than in Trump’s fixation with Greenland. He presents it as if it were an underperforming golf resort he might snap up at auction, a frozen land waiting for the Trump logo.
What made the episode truly farcical, however, was how quickly the strongman act collapsed. After weeks of sabre-rattling and Davos posturing, Trump quietly changed his tune. Suddenly, last night, there were talks. Suddenly, there was a “framework”. Suddenly, the threats to slap tariffs on European allies melted away.
Trump will leave Davos claiming he had impressed the world. In reality, he confirmed its worst fears. He contradicted himself within sentences. He confused countries. He lied about NATO, ignoring that Article 5 has been invoked only once, in defence of the US after 9/11. He even recycled the lie that the 2020 election was “rigged”, informing a global audience that American democracy itself is fraudulent. It is not strength. It is instability, broadcast live. The ridicule is earned. msn.com - Donald trump s strongman act collapses but now he s confirmed the world s worst fearsSteve
