Attribution: Collection time to Altar of Trump by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator, Ontario, Canada
[Graeme MacKay born in Ontario, Canada, his worked as staff editorial cartoonist for The Hamilton Spectator since 1997, earning multiple national awards and nominations, including citations from the United Nations and the Association of Canadian Cartoonists.]
Today’s scripture at Davos borrowed from Matthew 5:25-26 KJV
and our hymn of the day: “Shall we gather at the Grifter”
Americans are exhausted by the daily horrors of President Trump’s second term, U.S. consumers would pick up the tab for any new tariffs levied against imports from Europe, and the president indicated he’s no longer interested in peace after losing out on the Nobel Peace Prize.
Trump might literally declare war against Scandinavia over getting āsnubbedā for the Nobel Peace Prize, he sent a threatening text message to the Norwegian Prime Minister, he has started posting screenshots of private messages other leaders send him including French President Emmanuel Macron, the people of Greenland arenāt too keen on the idea of becoming part of America, Trump had a press conference today to reflect on the one year anniversary of his Presidency, ICE at a Mexican restaurant in Minnesota and then arrested the people who served them a meal, and we put together a collection of highlights to show the best of the worst in the first year of Americaās new 11 carat Golden Age.
NY Post has nuthinā on patdās puns š¤©
thanks, anon, I try.
Lindsey, weāll miss you. šWapo.
Dumbass has to be pissed. š”
So Canada is making moves, entering into a trade agreement with China that allows importation of Chinese electric cars in exchange for lowered tariffs on agricultural goods. Canada apparently understands it has options to respond to Dumbassā tariffs and is saying to the US that it isnāt going to go along to get along. I wonder how long the border will remain open to tourism. Mrs. P really wants to visit old Quebec.
These peopleā¦ā¦Head Hammerhead surrounded by the shortest agents thy could find.
nah heās not compensating for anything
nice to see we have plenty of monsters to recruit
little dicks and little legs
drag us all into the dregs
giant thugs and egos too
making slaves of me and you
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What America is Clicking: January 21, 2026
Thatās the mix for today. What did we miss? ā Silas
Not only a good pun, PatD. “Vermin On The Mourn” could be some fine click bait on social media.
This is almost a declaration of war against Europe. Putin must be laughing his ass off
today’s meme…
can’t even remember the name of the country he’s invading. called it Iceland
Listening to Dumbass at Davos on my way back from the dentist. Apparently the flight didn’t bring him to his senses. Said the US has been trying to buy Greenland for 200 years. Best I can tell the only entreaty to buy Greenland was in 1945 for $100M that the Danes rejected out of hand.200 years, 80 years – it’s so hard to tell the difference…
meme #2…
just so you know, congressional Republicans, other societies have history books too
someone will remember what you did or didnāt do
patD, you’re Vermin On The Mount was prophetic.
the first BBC lead out of this:
“The atmosphere in Davos today is being described by attendees as a “geopolitical rupture” following President Trumpās special address to the World Economic Forum. While he touted a “miracle” in the U.S. economy, his rhetoric toward European allies has reached a new level of vitriol, centering on a mix of energy policy, migration, and the ongoing Greenland acquisition crisis.”
I asked Silas for a flash report:
TRUMP CRASHES DAVOS
The “New” Insults: What Was Said
Trumpās speech moved beyond his usual trade complaints into direct attacks on European culture and sovereignty:
“Destroying Themselves”: Trump claimed that European nations are “destroying themselves” through a combination of “unchecked mass migration” and a “Green New Scam.”
“Not Recognizable”: In a targeted jab at major European cities, he remarked that many places in Europe are “not even recognizable anymore” in a “very negative way.”
The Linguistic Flex: In a return to a controversial historical trope, he told the audience, “Without us right now, youād all be speaking German and Japanese.”
The North Sea Swipe: He specifically hammered the UK, calling their energy levels “catastrophically low” because they “don’t let anyone drill” in the North Sea.
The “Ungrateful” Allies: He openly questioned if NATO would “be there for us” if the roles were reversed and accused Denmark of being “ungrateful” for U.S. protection.
The Live Backlash
The reaction from European and “middle power” leaders has been swift and unusually coordinated:
Emmanuel Macron (France): Following the speech, Macron criticized what he called “new colonialism” and “useless aggressivity.” He told reporters, “We prefer respect to bullies.”
Mark Carney (Canada): The Canadian Prime Minister received a standing ovation for a speech earlier in the day where he urged middle powers to unite against “great-power threats.” Trump responded directly during his own turn, telling Carney, “Canada lives because of the United States… remember that, Mark.”
Bart De Wever (Belgium): The Belgian Prime Minister gave a blunt assessment: “Being a happy vassal is one thing. Being a miserable slave is something else. If you back down now, youāre going to lose your dignity.”
Ursula von der Leyen (EU): Called Trumpās threat of “Greenland tariffs” a “mistake” and signaled that Europe is already looking to diversify trade toward India and South America to bypass U.S. volatility.
The “Greenland vs. Iceland” Confusion
A major talking point among the Davos elite today is a moment where the President appeared to confuse Greenland with Iceland four times during his remarks. He claimed the stock market slide on Tuesday was due to “Iceland” and told the crowd that Europeans “loved me until I told them about Iceland.”
He also revealed that his pursuit of the territory is partially influenced by Norwayās refusal to grant him the Nobel Peace Prize, stating that since they didn’t give him the award, he no longer feels an obligation to “think purely of peace” over U.S. interests.
The Corporate Chill
While some U.S. CEOs remained quiet, JPMorganās Jamie Dimon commented on the sidelines that he would have been “more polite” about the criticism toward Europe. Meanwhile, outside the Congress Center, protesters have swapped traditional slogans for hats reading “Make Europe Great Again” (in green) and “Make Science Great Again” (in red).
a popular hat for sale on Davos streets
Anon
That one needs to be posted everywhere under lots and lots of pictures.
He’s blabbering about trade deficits – which he doesn’t understand. Using the Swiss luxury watch sector as the example.
Oh, and Poobah, Cat Zakrzewski (WaPo) that
His six-year-old’s understanding of the names of the two islands can’t grasp that they are opposite what you would think.
meme #3…
Oh, and he was blasting China for building and selling turbines but not using them. 10% of China’s power comes from wind, – about the same as in the US – and in 2021 China installed 70% of the worldwide new wind installations versus 14% by the US. I guess his speechwriters have never found that powerful resource – Wikipedia.
Well that’s that. Gotta go get ready for a hearing.
Craig – Today (I think about showtime), Hack Smith is giving public testimony aka āwithout tRUMPsky, there is no J6 insurrectionā
Pogo – Does he want Iceland, too? Or should I ask, do the Thiel techbros want it?
Someone said they are training crows to attack red hats. If that was a joke, it shouldnāt be.
š¶ And it talks like a N&zi, and it walks like a N&zi, and it says only white folks belong. (Thatās āIn The Gardenā)
Harass-ed are the brown folks, even if they are off-duty ICE Gestapo
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/lifestyle/article-15482135/trump-supporters-maga-baby-boom-usha-vance-pregnant.html
KKK Leavitt, Katie Mitler, and Usha will all be visibly pregnant during the campaign season and all are due before midterms. How far these traitors will go for optics.
Can you call CPS now since a fetus is a person?
Interesting that none of the couplesā offspring will be up to snuff per N&zi requirements.
*MAGA is losing supporters, so they have to make moreā¦probably in a lab. Adolf is always telegraphing & he did say heād be the āfather of IVFā š¤¢
BiD, i had tomorrow 1/22 on my calendar for jack smith testimony
keep NATO
impeach trump
C-Span says 1/22 for Smith.
ICE, however, has not paid any third-party providers for medical care for detainees since October 3, 2025. Last week, ICE posted a notice on an obscure government website announcing it will not begin processing such claims until at least April 30. Until then, medical providers are instructed āto hold all claims submissions.ā
*They also withhold medical care from humans imprisoned in US concentration camps. Is this a ruse to get more funding for DHS, maybe saying theyāll use it for care rather than kidnappings?
My bad. I donāt know what day it is since I retired. Never thought Iād miss the office, and I mostly donāt, except sometimesā¦like I really miss paid holidays. LoL
Orange Adolf cutting NATO ties, but not closing US bases in NATO countries. What does he think NATO is, anyway?
Trade-wise, he is pushing the EU into Chinaās waiting arms.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/21/china/china-davos-trump-intl-hnk
As US President Donald Trump primed his arrival in Davos by sowing discord with allies ā ramping up threats to take control of Greenland, vowing to levy tariffs on opponents of that bid, and leaking private messages from European leaders ā Beijing took the cue to position itself as an alternative global leader.
And thereās a growing audience willing to listen.
*Tread lightly, but yeah.
Craig, Here is the Weavers version during the whole Folk Song era of the 1950s – 1960s
another 1k+ day for our chat room, time to book the Elks Lodge?
The Weavers and Pete Seeger were the spearhead of the whole folk revolution before Baez, Dylan, and Peter Paul and Mary.
This song by Seeger might be more appropriate for today’s politics:
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/21/business/eu-us-trade-deal-indefinitely-frozen
A key group of European Parliament members blocked a vote to ratify a US-European trade deal Wednesday after President Donald Trump threatened to take over Greenland and charge as much as an additional 35% tariff on countries opposed to his ambitions.
āEU-US Deal on ice indefinitely!ā Bernd Lange, chair of Parliamentās trade committee, said in a post on X.
āUntil the threats are over, so there will be no possibility for compromise,ā Lange added. He seemed to suggest, though, that the EUās commitments to purchase American military and energy products will stick.
*China has military equipment, and they are way better in the energy sector. Just sayinā
Did he really just say that? š¤¦āāļø Trump manages to confuse Greenland with Iceland four times in one speech while hinting at “unstoppable force.” Meanwhile, European leaders at Davos are already planning for a world without US leadership.
Weāre breaking down the transcript and the “Goodnight Irene” message to NATO.
TODAY’S RUNDOWN
00:00 Intro – Goodnight Irene with Lead Belly
02:15 Trump Davos Speech Analysis
05:40 Greenland vs Iceland Confusion
10:20 US-Denmark 1951 Defense Agreement
18:45 Mark Carney and the Middle Powers
25:30 ICE Operations in Minnesota Update
32:10 Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley Speech
40:15 Trump, Putin, and the End of NATO
48:50 Goodnight Irene Lead Belly Outro
Then there is the anthem for the AI resisters:
Orange Adolf is making an ass of himself in Davos, a place full of asses.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/air-force-one-turns-around-trump-davos-minor-electrical-issue/
A “minor electrical issue” forced Air Force One to turn around and return to Maryland less than an hour after takeoff Tuesday night as it was headed for Davos, Switzerland, with President Trump aboard, White House officials said. The president then departed for Switzerland aboard a new plane about an hour later.
*Aboard a new plane???
https://abc7.com/post/winter-storm-watch-weekend-forecasters-warn-potentially-catastrophic-texas-carolinas/18443337/
Forecasters warn of a ‘potentially catastrophic’ storm from Texas to the Carolinas
*By tomorrow, there wonāt be a loaf bread left on store shelves. Hmm, I wonder if stores will be price gouging/surge pricing?
The Holy Trinity of Bad Weather Forecasts
Dodo really stinking up the joint this time.
Ivy – finally I got to the commissary today. Mostly picked over, looks like all sorts of people are taking the weather forecast seriously. D.C. region, threat of snow flake will shut down the region. Snow shutting down roads is going to happen with this one. Just depends on how deep. One inch is good for at least a couple of days. Six inches results in congress holding session in Cancun, for a month. In Colorado normal day.
I bought several years worth of TP before sfb was sworn in. Same for paper towels. I was guessing he would do something very stupid to P off Canada, and I was right.
they just keep coming today…
In today’s chat room…
ICE detains babies? When they need medical care, they just… don’t get it? What happened to that 4-year-old at the bus stop?!
Ivy…
where I live, it’s toilet paper, bread, eggs, and milk. It’s called the french toast run… both coming and going.
Renee, sounds like you need maple syrup on that list too.
True, BB, on the Front Range if we wake up to snowfall, itās melted by lunchtime.
Ivy…
people around here always have maple syrup on hand…
the way most people always have mustard and ketchup on hand…
TACO up!
The real stuff, no doubt, not the fake brands like Mrs. Butterworth. š
taco taco trump returns
no doubt the EU threat of backing out of the free tariff agreement that was/is? to be voted on tonight had something to do with his 180.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/21/
The Art Of Bullshit
Weāve just witnessed a masterclass in the “Circular Deal.” After threatening 10% tariffs on our closest allies and demanding the “total purchase” of Greenland, President Trump emerged from a room in Davos with NATOās Mark Rutte to announce he is canceling the tariffs in exchange for a “New Arctic Framework.”
The punchline? This “breakthrough” deal for the right to build more bases and install the “Golden Dome” missile defense is almost a word-for-word update of the 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement. For 75 years, the U.S. has already had the legal authority to “construct, install, maintain, and operate” military facilities across the island.
By creating a geopolitical crisis out of thin air and then “settling” for the rights we already owned, the administration is effectively selling us the same bridge for the second time and calling it a discount.
In short: Denmark keeps its sovereignty, the tariffs go into a drawer, and the White House gets a fresh coat of “Golden Dome” paint to hide the fact that they just spent a month bullying allies only to end up exactly where they started.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/21/business/eu-us-trade-deal-indefinitely-frozen
so he marginalized us for nothing
art of the fuck trump voters
why donāt you malcontents like trump just because he manipulates markets by tantrum and throws the world order into chaos, youāre obviously suffering from TDS
The Art of the Deal is lighting a fire just so you can sell everyone a fire extinguisher!
TACO and chickenshit in one day. NYT
Venue-level decision my ass. In addition to corporate sponsors USA House has corporate sponsors, the U.S. government was an official partner at the venue.
How do we get ICE N&zi s to peel off? They are part of a group. Itās their identity.
Their aggressive recruitment campaign for ICE agents features a flashy hiring bonus, but a closer look reveals strings attached that could tangle up an unwary applicant for years.
Imagine receiving $10,000 upfront. After taxes, you might take home $7,000. You spend it on relocation costs. Six months later, you leave the job. The government will demand repayment of the full $10,000. Suddenly, you are $3,000 in debt for a job you no longer have.
While you might assume that getting fired (involuntary separation) protects you from having to repay a bonus, the contract often specifies that if you are fired for āmisconductā or āpoor performance,ā the repayment obligation still stands. In a high-pressure law enforcement role, performance metrics can be rigorous. The definition of āmisconductā in the fine print gives the employer significant leverage over your financial future.
*Five years to be fully vested for the yearly bonus. If this starts picking away at them, they might realize nobody has their back. These guys are pikers. I donāt see them sticking to it for five years; racism might be fuel for now, but it is going to burn them out.
Nobody wanted to meet privately with tRUMPsky, but who wants to be alone with a 34 felony count, adjudicated rapist?
Adolf should be shunned, the US should be boycotted, and the entire administration should be impeached, convicted, and removed for treason. Shoulding all over everything.
The most beautiful opossum has moved under the front on the house. Marked like Siamese cat; white with dark nose and tail. I was startled and screamed and it scooted under the dining room. I tried to talk it out, but no dice.
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Nobody came to greet him but I hope they gave him a good bumās rush on the way out.
Will the Texas grid hold during the deep freeze?
This woman lies about everything, even in the face of actual video tape
WTF
Other pieces of ice sinking further into the moral abyss.
Where’d he get that nifty chopper, Qatar? I’ve seen Marine 1 and that ain’t it.
the ones wearing jeans on-duty probably enrolled on the way home from the bar, amateur red-flag
Well now, at least one Judge read the first amendment. WaPo
It may not be the whole enchilada, but it’s at least the chips and guac.
Iām still wondering what plane he took to Davos since AF1 had an āelectrical problemā and returned to the US part-way through flight.
Denmark is making a terrible mistake to let the US build more bases on Greenland. Under this regime, the US should be seen as occupiers. Letting the fox into the henhouse.
From all the ice videos Iāve seen, they all sound exactly like young high school punks who somehow wind up with some form of power.
Authoritah!
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-davos-sometimes-you-need-dictator-comments-11396343
While reflecting on his speech earlier in the day, Trump said, āI canāt believe it, we got good reviews on that speech. Usually they say, āHeās a horrible dictator type person. Iām a dictator.’ But sometimes you need a dictator. But they didnāt say that in this case.ā¦ Itās all based on common sense, itās not conservative or liberal, or anything else.ā
NATO CHIEF DISPUTES TRUMP’S TALK OF A GREENLAND DEAL
UN secy general just told Brett that Greenland “didn’t come up” in the meeting where Trump later claimed they made a deal???
FOX NEWS: Rutte says the status of Greenland was not discussed as part of the āframeworkā deal Trump announced.
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2014136312912101617?s=20
Stunt, they lowered eligibility to age 18, so you’re right about high school kids joining ICE
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/21/ice-minnesota-trump
Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, which I direct
The Trump administration is encouraging the lawlessness by announcing āabsolute immunityā for ICE agents. But if the secretary of homeland security, Kristi Noem, does not heed the court ruling, the consequences may be nothing short of civil war.
As public outrage grows, ICE has escalated its actions, increasingly engaging in what appear to be random acts of violence regardless of immigration status. Governor Walz has placed the Minnesota national guard on standby to support local law enforcement, while Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act ā an extraordinary move that would grant him sweeping domestic military powers and potentially sidestep recent supreme court limits on the use of federal troops in law enforcement. One thousand additional ICE agents have been sent to Minnesota, suggesting that Trump is essentially using ICE as a specialized paramilitary force to target protesters and suppress dissent. And the Pentagon has readied the armyās 11th Airborne Division ā roughly 1,500 active-duty soldiers ā to back up the presidentās threat.
This scenario closely mirrors one explored in an October 2024 tabletop exercise conducted by the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL), which I direct, at the University of Pennsylvania. In that exercise, a president carried out a highly unpopular law-enforcement operation in Philadelphia and attempted to federalize the Pennsylvaniaās national guard. When the governor resisted and the guard remained loyal to the state, the president deployed active-duty troops, resulting in an armed conflict between state and federal forces. The core danger we identified is now emerging: a violent confrontation between state and federal military forces in a major American city.
coffee is insanely expensive now
thanks trump voters
Sending a kid to school shouldnāt feel like rolling dice with their nervous system.
Teachers afraid to teach. Parents left in the dark. Kids taken from bus stops and left carrying fear they canāt name.
Dodoās tongue must have slipped on the ice between the teleprompter and his brain.
KK must be counting on Fox or cBS not running any of the video that makes her look like a liar.
BiD, there are 2 AF1s, just in case.
Of course. What did we expect?
They’re back at it…https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QtWkRx5CbAY
Good one, Pat. No pressure. š°šļø
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