Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
16th January 2025
Denmark’s prime minister summons business leaders following Trump’s Greenland threat (Reuters)
Ramaswamy Has a High-Profile Perch and a Raft of Potential Conflicts (New York Times) The swine!
The questions Pete Hegseth wouldn’t answer (Aaron Blake/Washington Post) “Have you stopped beating your wife?” and equivalent.
Farah Griffin Labels Hegseth ‘Least Qualified’ SECDEF Nominee In History Less qualified than Robert McNamara? What happened to the Woke Narrative?
Overhaul national intelligence without Tulsi Gabbard at the helm (Kenneth C. Brill/The Hill)
Trump transition puts up guardrails around RFK Jr. (Politico) Keeps all the yappy little dogs away.
Tackling Trump’s Policy in the Americas, Rubio Would Confront New Tensions (New York Times) Oh, ya think?
No More Mr. Tough Guy on China (Michael Schuman/The Atlantic) And no more threatened invasion of Taiwan, I suspect.
Clemency Request ‘Pending’ For Leaker Of Trump’s And Others’ Taxes Because, after all, Orange Man Bad.
The Israeli Right May Soon Be Disenchanted With Trump (Bret Stephens/New York Times) Because, as we all surely know, Orange Man Bad.
Biden on if Trump will get credit over him for ceasefire deal: ‘Is that a joke?’ (Alex Gangitano/The Hill) No, Joe, you’re the joke.
Trump Effect Continues As Florida Vice Mayor Switches To Republican Party
Professors Say Trump’s Policies Could Exacerbate Wildfires Yeah, all those ‘journalits’ with flamethrowers.
Trump encourages Vivek Ramaswamy to seek Ohio’s open Senate seat (Washington Post)
The First Domino – Democratic women lead the fight, all Republicans fail us (Mary L. Trump/The Good in Us) The Bad Trump is back in action.
PBS’s Barron-Lopez Uses Hegseth Hearings to Repeat Smears of Trump, Musk, RFK Jr.
Why This Lifelong Democrat Voted For Trump
RFK Jr. Effect: Cancer-Linked Red Dye Banned From US Foods
White House Reporters Fear a Return of Fire and Fury (Paul Farhi/Vanity Fair) We’ve had enough of Smear and Innuendo.
Senate Dems Praise Bondi’s ‘Competence,’ Pivot to Attacking Trump During Contentious Confirmation Hearing Because, whatever else may happen, Orange Man Bad.
Trump Is Walking Back His Biggest Campaign Promises Before Taking Office (Jennifer Bendery/HuffPost)
NIH director to step down ahead of Trump inauguration (Nathaniel Weixel/The Hill)
‘We Have a New Sheriff in Town’: Israel and Hamas Agree To Hostage-Ceasefire Deal Imposed by Trump
A Euphoric Tech Industry Is Ready to Celebrate Trump and Itself (New York Times) Gee, they loved the tech bros when they were censoring conservatives and giving big bucks to Democrats.
Trump Unveils His White House Blacklist (Yasmeen Hamadeh/The Daily Beast)
In Effort To Improve Senate Confirmation Hearings, Democrat Women Replaced By Rabid Hyenas (Babylon Bee)
UK Says a Deal on the Chagos Islands Won’t Be Finalized until Trump Is Consulted
The Purge Has Begun – As Biden exits stage left, Trump enters stage right–and promptly clears the stage. (The Bulwark) Well, that’s what he was elected to do.
Unrepentant: Google Continues Campaign Against Trump Nominees