Listen to Donald…

Our government might have been surprised. As for the rest of us, we’re like

Yup

Well said.

Canada PM gets standing ovation at Davos as he warns of world order ‘rupture’

Not that Europe doesn't love sermons on "courage" over "bullshit politics", @gavinnewsom.bsky.social, but maybe "the time to get serious" was several years ago. A bit rich to criticise those now trying to navigate the fallout of events on which you had much more influence that any European.

Possibly the best yet.

MUST READ - REALLY 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-19...

Yes. Time to get serious.

So much winning. You’ll be tired of all the winning

DUTCH WARN TULIP BOOM COULD FALTER WITHOUT WIDER ADOPTION

Probably to avoid being dazzled by the diamond encrusted Rolex Oysters in the audience.

Oh dear, have they not noticed that for dimwit don a deal is *never* a deal? Throughout his entire life he has been reliable for one thing - his unreliability.

Over 200,000 sign Danish petition to buy California from the U.S

This is one hell of a quote. European leaders really are running out of patience.

To be fair to a certain group of commentators, if you put aside literally everything Trump has ever said or done, it was really hard to see all this coming.

Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…

No shit, Sherlock!

I hope there are UK groups taking notes for how to organise under a Farage government

Show some gratitude, you selfish pricks. Without the EU, Ireland today would be the poor, backward, misogynistic priest-ridden colony of the Vatican that it was from “independence” until it joined.

Two organisations which trump took particular care to avoid in his youth. I wonder how “bone spurs” impacts on the performance of a NFL player?

“Can I go check a pulse?” a bystander said after Good was shot, his hands in the air. “No! Back up!” an ICE agent told him. “I’m a physician!” “I don’t care!” the agent replied, before another came up and said they had their own EMS on the way. trib.al/xhpYFiw

Greenland v Trump.

The fact that a man like Farage who praised Putin, made himself Mr Brexit, and campaigned for Trump is considered anything other than a crank is a fairly damning indictment of the political climate in Britain.

Spoilt brat throws toys out of the pram, for not getting what he wanted.

I'm good thanks. I think I probably won't move to the country where the authorities pump out neo-Nazi memes and masked militias roam the streets.

One thing that now even the most hopeful have to admit, is that the unctuous European tactic of flattering, praising, massaging Trump has been a catastrophic failure and made things worse.

My grand theory of Trump is that he's a narcissistic over-entitled senile old man surrounded by sycophants who tell him what he wants to hear so they can get on with making money, and history will not forgive anyone involved.

Just a reminder that as of now, Iran is still run by cruel theocrats, Venezuela is still run by far-left socialists, Russia is still run by a destructive dictatorship, and Ukraine is still run by a vibrant democracy.

A serious deterioration in US-UK relations will be a cost of living issue. This is not bizarre at all.

“It’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago”…… 🫣

It's true: "In 1943, Norwegian author Knut Hamsun went to Nazi Germany and met with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. After returning to Norway, he sent his Nobel medal to Goebbels as a gesture of thanks for the meeting. Goebbels was honoured by the gift." What an extarordinary precedent.

I don't know how it's fixed because Brexit has become a de facto religion and going back in or holding a 'rejoin' referendum would just stir up a whole load of shit and turmoil - but the UK needs to realign with Europe on every front as quickly as possible.

The UK was better off in the EU and Europe was better off with the UK in it. All of this Trump driven chaos underlines that and you can practically hear Putin rubbing his hands in Moscow. WE have deliberately weakened ourselves, our security and our region for absolutely no good purpose at all.

I trust Paul to have sourced this (but not of course Russia to tell the truth). If so… this is devilish. And Tony Blair should pull out and say why.

Cartoon done for the latest edition of "Fortnight" seems quite appropriate this week....

Um….don’t tell me, it’s on the tip of my tongue……

Tl:dl - trump tells Norway that because “they” didn’t give him the Nobel Peace Prize, he’s not interested in peace with Norway. 😳

The only Peace that Vlad the Impaler understands is the one in R.I.P.

1️⃣ He didn't say that. 2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him. 3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling. 4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it. 5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented. 6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.

Similarly, in the U.K., if we bring in mandatory ID, who do you think will be asked for them?

“I was wrong to call donald trump a would-be tyrant. There’s nothing “would-be” about it.”

🎶 Did NATO donate the dough, the dough, did NATO donate the dough? Eighteen thousand feet of runway is an awful long way to go.🎶

What we are seeing from Trump in the last few days is no surprise or revelation. It’s was he has always been and will be. The surprise was that too many people wilfully refused to admit it.

Never forget…

“But that relationship has become decidedly abusive”