Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
13th January 2025
The real danger of Trump’s Greenland gambit (Vox)
NATO would be ‘compelled to respond’: Former U.S. ambassador on Trump’s threats to buy Greenland (MSNBC)
JD Vance says there’s “a deal to be made in Greenland” (Axios)
Canada’s election is about to have an Elon Musk problem with Trudeau’s exit (The Guardian)
Canada the 51st US state? Trudeau says ‘not going to happen’ (BBC)
Trump’s ‘51st state’ comments a distraction from tariffs, Canada’s retaliation plans, Trudeau says (Politico)
‘51st state? Not going to happen’: Trudeau slams Trump annexation threat (MSNBC)
PBS’s Barron-Lopez: ‘Disinformation’ for Trump to Blame Dems for Wildfire Response
Trump’s thuggish response to the California fires is a bad omen (Noah Berlatsky/Public Notice)
The corporate lobbyist who will run the Trump White House (Popular Information) As opposed to the ones who ran the Biden White House. (And the Obama White House.)
Confirmation Hearings Open in a Test of Trump’s Hold on Senate G.O.P. (Carl Hulse/New York Times)
CBS Host Asks Newt If Trump Refugee Limits Might Block the Next Einstein from America Einstein was a Jew. Nobody is talking about limiting the number of Jews. (Name me a Mexican Nobel Prize winner.)
Scoop: House Dems plan $10 million opening salvo for 2026 (Andrew Solender/Axios)
Defense pick Pete Hegseth repeatedly criticized removing names of Confederate generals from US bases (Andrew Kaczynski/CNN) I like him already.
Don’t Call Kennedy a Vaccine Skeptic. Call Him What He Is: A Cynic. (Paul A. Offit/New York Times) We could use more cynics.
Incoming Trump Team Is Questioning National Security Council Staff Over Loyalty (Associated Press) Are you on the Trump Train? Or are you agents of the Deep State? A reasonable question to ask.
Top Radical Leftist Canadian Lawmaker Threatens Trump: “We’re Ready To Fight Like Hell” Against U.S. Your turban tells the truth — it is for sale, to people like you.
Despite Trump’s win, ‘election integrity’ activists still seek sweeping voting changes (Miles Parks/NPR) Because progressive will still try to cheat if they think they can get away with it.
Elon Musk Is an ‘Evil Person,’ Steve Bannon Says (Matthew Mpoke Bigg/New York Times) Steve Bannon is an evil person, all the Narrative Media have said.
MSNBC Attacks Trump And Musk For Telling The Truth About Suspicious LA Fires
John Browne: Trump Faces 4 Threats
Hegseth’s views on women in combat, infidelity and more – in his own words (Lolita C. Baldor/Associated Press) Hard to take seriously anything written by a Lolita.
Gov. Abbott Orders Flags Raised for Trump Inauguration
Pete Hegseth Is a Test (Rebecca Traister/New York Magazine)
Trump’s return puts Medicaid on the chopping block (Phil Galewitz/CBS News)
CBS News’ Margaret Brennan Compares Illegal Aliens To Einstein
Bannon’s Rage at Musk Suddenly Goes Nuclear as MAGA Meltdown Worsens (New Republic) Except that Bannon has nothing to do with MAGA (the New Nigger) except in his dreams.
Team Trump Suddenly Backtracks on Key Campaign Promise (Hafiz Rashid/New Republic) Was it really a ‘promise’? Or just a Democrat delusion that they were sure Hitler would want to do?
MSNBC Ups Rachel Maddow to Five Nights, Sends Alex Wagner Into Field for Trump’s First 100 Days (Brian Steinberg/Variety) Gotta have a lesbian in the lead!
Begun, the MAGA Wars Have (Jonathan V. Last/The Bulwark) Tiresome the Kristol Krew have become.
Rachel Maddow Will Return to Nightly Shows on MSNBC for Trump’s First 100 Days (Michael M. Grynbaum/New York Times) You’re in good hands with the Narrative Media!
DNC Hires Team to Combat Misinformation From Trump WH
As Trump prepares to take power, MAGA can’t stop the ugly infighting (Aaron Blake/Washington Post) At least in the eyes of the Narrative Media.
Suddenly Donald Trump doesn’t want to talk so much about the economy (James Downie/MSNBC) After all, it’s not as if he had anything else to do.
House GOP crafts bill to let Trump purchase Greenland (Andrew Solender/Axios)
Dems should hold Trump nominees ‘accountable’ at hearings, Schumer says (Jordain Carney/Politico) Accountable for what?
Trump’s Worst Nightmare: Jennifer Rubin Leaves Washington Post To Launch ‘Pro-Democracy’ Website
Jen Rubin leaves the WaPo (The New Neo)
Village People to perform at Trump rally in DC, inaugural ball (Brett Samuels/The Hill)
Some military officers worry that Pete Hegseth could turn a blind eye to U.S. war crimes (NBC News)
Gavin Newsom and California Democrats reach $50M deal to Trump-proof the state (Politico)