“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.”
Has there ever been a more appalling self-own than Donald Trump’s loony late-Sunday night message to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre? Oh, now you can think about what’s good for your country, Donroe? Forgive me if I find that a bit hard to believe. Besides, you did get the Etsy Re-Gifted Nobel Prize. Surely that counts for something.
Trump added: “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.”
Trump has “done more for NATO than any person since its founding.” Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, Dwight Eisenhower, FDR, and a few other losers would like a word. Also, I guess fighting alongside the U.S. in 13 international conflicts, including Iraq and Afghanistan, doesn’t count as “doing something for the United States”? Hard to believe such a noted history buff like Trump wouldn’t be aware of that.
People, this is the freaking president of the United States. If your dear ol’ grandpa sent such a completely bonkers 3 a.m. missive to someone, you’d call that person the next day to apologize and explain that Pawpaw has dementia. And you would definitely take away the old man’s car keys.
Only the most deeply infected (or power-mad) MAGAs refuse to acknowledge how Trump’s speeches, texts, and public statements so often disintegrate into nonsense these days, or how batshit crazy many of his Truth Social posts are. It’s not normal, it’s not okay. It’s literally a threat to humanity. A man with the emotional depth of a 6-year-old has access to the U.S. nuclear codes.
I know it’s a cliché, but seriously, can you even begin to imagine the response from the right if former President Joe Biden were writing deranged messages to world leaders in the middle of the night or showing other obvious signs of mental decline? Biden would be mocked 24/7. Calls for his resignation would be non-stop. Oh, wait. That part already happened. The difference is that Democratic leaders went to their faltering president and said, “Pops, it’s time to step down.”
No one in the GOP seems willing to confront Trump, and this insanity has gone on far too long. Every day, it’s a new crisis, another country targeted, more masked “law enforcement” sent to American streets, more pointless chaos.
For years, world leaders tried the “flatter him shamelessly” approach with Trump, knowing that letting him think you admire him was the quickest way to get what you wanted. Think “FIFA Peace Prize.” That tactic is no longer reliable. Trump now has the attention span of a gnat at a fast-food dumpster. Enough with the flattering; The way to stop a bully is to punch him in the nose, and someone needs to do it to President Biff Tannen soon.
The European NATO alliance is on an economic and military parallel with the U.S. and they are bound by the NATO treaty to militarily defend against an invasion of Greenland. But beyond the unlikely insanity of armed conflict, NATO countries could dish out trade and logistical punishments that could cripple the U.S. It’s time they called Trump’s bluff. Canada already has, having crafted a trade deal with China just this week. NATO countries are not powerless. They have American bases they can shutter, troops and materiel they can move to Greenland, if necessary. If Trump goes beyond the yapping stage toward actually invading a NATO ally, he will likely get a long overdue bitch-slap, maybe even by some sane Republicans who will have finally seen enough of his crazy brinkmanship.
My friend Ed Weathers said it well in a recent email. “The question for the Europeans is this,” he wrote: ‘How do we break with Trump without breaking with the United States?’” Ed’s solution was for European leaders to issue a joint statement, something to the effect of, “Donald Trump is clearly undergoing a mental breakdown. He is no longer sane,” putting the ball in America’s court. Making it easier for us to finally say, “Sorry Pops, we’re taking away the keys.”