"This post is bonkers on many levels. ...

The post also makes explicit that Trump is trying to use tariffs not to nurture the American economy but to force other countries to do his bidding."

I intend to punish, cow, and coerce you by taxing my own citizens.

#Trump #Greenland #madman #tariffs #NATO #Europe #fascism
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"Donald Trump is not blowing up NATO by accident. He is not threatening tariffs on European allies because he is impulsive. And he is not floating bizarre new global bodies where nations pay billions for access because he suddenly cares about peace.

This is a strategy. A crude one, but coherent. And it is designed to replace alliances with tribute."

~ Julie Roginsky

#Trump #Greenland #madman #tariffs #NATO #Europe #fascism
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Trump's Latest Shakedown

The president just upped the ante

^{Julie Roginsky (Salty Politics with Julie Roginsky)}

"Trump’s foreign policy vision is not based on shared values, mutual defense, or democratic norms. It is based on leverage, punishment, and payment."

#Trump #Greenland #madman #tariffs #NATO #Europe #fascism
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"The monumental idiocy of Trump’s threat to impose a 10% tariff on eight European nations that do not support his bid to conquer Greenland cannot go unremarked.

Foreign nations do not pay tariffs on goods imported into the US. Tariffs are paid by US companies that import goods into the US. Those companies pass their costs onto US consumers."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #Greenland #madman #tariffs #NATO #Europe #fascism
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Sunday Comment Section Open 1/18/26

January 18, 2026

^{Robert B. Hubbell (Today's Edition Newsletter)}

"French intelligence, working with Ukraine, deliberately fed false high-level intelligence to Trump’s regime to test whether it would leak. That information quickly surfaced in Russian channels, confirming their worst fears. As a result, France and other European services have effectively cut the United States out of critical intelligence flows related to Ukraine and broader security matters."

~ Ben Meiselas

#Trump #Putin #NATO
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Sunday Afternoon News Updates — 1/18/26

My recap of today's top stories

^{Ben Meiselas (Meidas+)}