Your article while excellent, is so very, very sad for Americans like myself. I’m a Boomer, post war. I’ve only know US stability. This is at once frightening but also so disheartening. I wish it were different. My heart and brain are breaking.
We should read and re-read the words of Mark Carny and make them our credo, going forward. Save for the economic suffering it might inflict on some of us, I say it might be time to rethink how the US is organized. Perhaps a coalition of regional affiliations of states with shared goals might work better than the cluster-fu*ck we've been suffering with for too long.
Carney entered world history at the moment he was needed. Invoking Havel, speaking to his fellow middle powers, rejecting nostalgia--a brilliant speech, with lines that will be quoted for decades to come.
While Americans are familiar with Trump’s misleading statements, Europeans have not been exposed to them as much. I was surprised by their attentiveness, and by the questions after Trump's speech. Many were relieved to hear “I will not use force to take Greenland,” but, unfortunately - they will be shocked if he does the opposite of what he says. I understood this deceptive speech to be a plea for Europeans to retrieve their troops and allow Trump to swallow up Greenland in the same deceptive way he did Venezuela. Even more importantly, Venezuela and Greenland will not be his stopping point – but he will continue this illegal and self-focused land grab as more and more countries fall to his dishonest promises.
The one thing we have going for us now is a GOP representative said that if the felon invades Greenland it will be the end of his presidency. They will impeach and remove him.
I have said this before, but there is something so grounding about the way you communicate. it helps me see a way through. The facts don't change. You just help me keep my feet on the ground as we plod through this devastation together. Thank you.
Listening to him talk at Davos was such an embarrassment.
First, it was pathetic how he was engaging in such emotional manipulation and gaslighting and pathetically begging for them to give him “ a piece of ice” as he went on and on with his outrageous, self promotion and bragging.
Then he insulted every single European leader.
Definitely unhinged.
It was a like mob boss making threats to give “protection”.
He clearly is transactional and doesn’t understand alliances or diplomacy or anything about a peaceful world order that he is gutting out.
He kept saying he’s not going to take Iceland by force.
Well, to me, this means that that’s exactly what he’s going to do.
It is clear that the European allies eyes are opened, and they are living in reality about him and our position in the world.
First, he tries to instill fear that Russia and China are a threat. Then he puts on his social media how China and Russia are not the“bogeymen” and bad guys that NATO is talking about both sides of his mouth.
Such abuser tactics
This is how he has navigated life all of his life and gotten away with it.
There is a toxic and pervasive energy that has inserted itself into America's mainstream. Like an incurable cancer it invades every quarter of our society, irredeemably debilitating. That corrosive disease is Donald Trump. How sad it is that he is taking an entire nation down with him as he seeks to feed his insatiable greedy appetite. His inadequacy as a non-leader is postured upon the world stage for all to witness. Having taken the seat at the most prominent dais in the free world, he has disgraced it and he has dishonored it. We had expected better and more. Donald has failed the people intentionally and miserably. A man born of hate and paybacks, he will never be content. But he will make certain the people, and the nations will suffer, much to his glee and joy.
TY, Steven for these words today. I was sooooo embarrassed - yes, listened/watched the whole national disgrace with so many untruths. Hopefully, those who heard this disgrace will know a majority of Americans are not like him.. The person who greeted him after was cordial even after hearing his rant - maybe the difference in donny and the Europeans. I really appreciate you including words of Mark Carney and will search for his entire talk. "God Bless America - land of the Free."
From the way Trump spoke it sounded like he was conflicted regarding Greenland.
He really WANTS to barge in there & seize it - and militarily he could - but the political price would be too great … I suspect he has been warned of that.
Excerpt: BRUSSELS — EU leaders have toughened their position and want the European Commission to ready its most powerful trade weapon against the U.S. if Donald Trump doesn't walk back his Greenland threats.
Germany has joined France in saying it will ask the Commission to explore unleashing the 🔻 Anti-Coercion Instrument at the emergency EU leaders' summit in Brussels on Thursday evening, according to five diplomats with knowledge of the situation.
Hank you, Mr. Beschloss. Your description of djt was spot on but I am still nauseated when djt stoops as low as he did in Davos. The man just personifies disgusting.
Your article while excellent, is so very, very sad for Americans like myself. I’m a Boomer, post war. I’ve only know US stability. This is at once frightening but also so disheartening. I wish it were different. My heart and brain are breaking.
I understand.
We should read and re-read the words of Mark Carny and make them our credo, going forward. Save for the economic suffering it might inflict on some of us, I say it might be time to rethink how the US is organized. Perhaps a coalition of regional affiliations of states with shared goals might work better than the cluster-fu*ck we've been suffering with for too long.
Such coalitions are evolving and need to keep happening. More on this good topic soon. Thanks, Leigh.
Carney entered world history at the moment he was needed. Invoking Havel, speaking to his fellow middle powers, rejecting nostalgia--a brilliant speech, with lines that will be quoted for decades to come.
Agreed.
Fastest turn around in American history is true. The US went from a country that fought fascism, to a country that IS fascist, in only one year.
Also you have to give Trump credit. He is the greatest ASSet Russia ever had. They’ll probably give him a medal.
Must be time to reinstitute the Lenin Peace Prize, which stopped after the fall of the Soviet Union.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin_Peace_Prize
While Americans are familiar with Trump’s misleading statements, Europeans have not been exposed to them as much. I was surprised by their attentiveness, and by the questions after Trump's speech. Many were relieved to hear “I will not use force to take Greenland,” but, unfortunately - they will be shocked if he does the opposite of what he says. I understood this deceptive speech to be a plea for Europeans to retrieve their troops and allow Trump to swallow up Greenland in the same deceptive way he did Venezuela. Even more importantly, Venezuela and Greenland will not be his stopping point – but he will continue this illegal and self-focused land grab as more and more countries fall to his dishonest promises.
The one thing we have going for us now is a GOP representative said that if the felon invades Greenland it will be the end of his presidency. They will impeach and remove him.
I have said this before, but there is something so grounding about the way you communicate. it helps me see a way through. The facts don't change. You just help me keep my feet on the ground as we plod through this devastation together. Thank you.
Thank you, Mark. I appreciate you saying so.
DITTO!!
Listening to him talk at Davos was such an embarrassment.
First, it was pathetic how he was engaging in such emotional manipulation and gaslighting and pathetically begging for them to give him “ a piece of ice” as he went on and on with his outrageous, self promotion and bragging.
Then he insulted every single European leader.
Definitely unhinged.
It was a like mob boss making threats to give “protection”.
He clearly is transactional and doesn’t understand alliances or diplomacy or anything about a peaceful world order that he is gutting out.
He kept saying he’s not going to take Iceland by force.
Well, to me, this means that that’s exactly what he’s going to do.
It is clear that the European allies eyes are opened, and they are living in reality about him and our position in the world.
First, he tries to instill fear that Russia and China are a threat. Then he puts on his social media how China and Russia are not the“bogeymen” and bad guys that NATO is talking about both sides of his mouth.
Such abuser tactics
This is how he has navigated life all of his life and gotten away with it.
Outstanding Reality Blast
Thank you
💙🇺🇸💙
Now and still
It’s up to all of us
There is a toxic and pervasive energy that has inserted itself into America's mainstream. Like an incurable cancer it invades every quarter of our society, irredeemably debilitating. That corrosive disease is Donald Trump. How sad it is that he is taking an entire nation down with him as he seeks to feed his insatiable greedy appetite. His inadequacy as a non-leader is postured upon the world stage for all to witness. Having taken the seat at the most prominent dais in the free world, he has disgraced it and he has dishonored it. We had expected better and more. Donald has failed the people intentionally and miserably. A man born of hate and paybacks, he will never be content. But he will make certain the people, and the nations will suffer, much to his glee and joy.
I suspect there really isn’t much real ‘joy’ in that hollowed out husk of a human!
And he’s panicking … a dangerous time for all a la ‘cornered rat’ scenario.
— a trap of his own making.
TY, Steven for these words today. I was sooooo embarrassed - yes, listened/watched the whole national disgrace with so many untruths. Hopefully, those who heard this disgrace will know a majority of Americans are not like him.. The person who greeted him after was cordial even after hearing his rant - maybe the difference in donny and the Europeans. I really appreciate you including words of Mark Carney and will search for his entire talk. "God Bless America - land of the Free."
Bessnet on Sunday show was repeating Trump’s craziness talking about our country being the “hottest “in the world being the sycophant that he is.
Who talks like that about a country?
It is the way Trump talks about women.
It’s the only language he knows and the only vocabulary he has.
His ‘I just grab-’em’ and ‘they let’cha do it!’ philosophy, yes.
From the way Trump spoke it sounded like he was conflicted regarding Greenland.
He really WANTS to barge in there & seize it - and militarily he could - but the political price would be too great … I suspect he has been warned of that.
As HCR discussed yesterday, the Europeans have their ‘BAZOOKA’ trade retaliation to fall back on : 🔻Anti-Coercion Instrument. The EU-America relationship is NOT as weighted in favor of America as Trump wd have us believe. https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-bazooka-trade-us-greenland-france-threat-nato/
Excerpt: BRUSSELS — EU leaders have toughened their position and want the European Commission to ready its most powerful trade weapon against the U.S. if Donald Trump doesn't walk back his Greenland threats.
Germany has joined France in saying it will ask the Commission to explore unleashing the 🔻 Anti-Coercion Instrument at the emergency EU leaders' summit in Brussels on Thursday evening, according to five diplomats with knowledge of the situation.
Mark Carney is a great leader. I wish we had a leader of his stature intelligence.
Canada needs to do what it needs to do right along with all the other allies.
I wish they would come in and save us.
Can we have Canada annex us with Mark Carney as PM, President? We need him now! Get rid of the criminal out of his mind fuhrer wannabe!
Hank you, Mr. Beschloss. Your description of djt was spot on but I am still nauseated when djt stoops as low as he did in Davos. The man just personifies disgusting.
Great piece today, Steven