Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
5th January 2026
Key Epstein Deadline Arrives as Attention Turns to Venezuela (Catherine Bouris/The Daily Beast) Forget Venezula—EPSTEIN! EPSTEIN! EPSTEIN!
Democrats Begin to Call for Trump’s Impeachment Over Venezuela Attack (Amelia Benavides-Colón/NOTUS)
Democrats Begin to Call for Trump’s Impeachment Over Venezuela Attack (Amelia Benavides-Colón/NOTUS) I’m surprised it took them this long.
The Politics of Trump’s Idiotic and Illegal Venezuela War (Dan Pfeiffer/The Message Box)
Secret meetings point to inside job to take down Maduro (Cody Weddle/Telegraph)
Chinese Social Media Explodes: US Invasion Of Venezuela A ‘Template’ For Move On Taiwan I think they might be surprised….
Denmark PM urges Trump to stop threats to take over Greenland (Reuters) Trump, of course, has made no such threats. The guilty flee where no man pursueth.
What Maduro’s ouster means for Trump’s mass deportation campaign (Washington Post)
NPR Sounds Like DNC Radio, Promotes Trump-Trashing Takes on Venezuela
‘The perfect storm’: Trump has left the US less prepared for natural disasters, experts say (Gabrielle Canon/The Guardian) Because, as we all know, natural disasters are TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government—and the Federal taxpayer.
Trump amplifies conspiracies on killing of Minnesota lawmaker (Washington Post)
CNN’s Bash Repeatedly Pushes Talking Point That Venezuela Invasion Is Not ‘America First’ Not that anyone at CNN cares, of course.
Trump’s Move for Regime Change in Venezuela Threatens a New MAGA Rift (New York Times)
A New Trump Game Plan Takes Shape: Strike and Coerce (Wall Street Journal) Demonstrably more effective than the Democrat game plan of whine and wring hands.
Maduro’s Ouster Plays Right Into Putin’s Hands (M. Gessen/New York Times)
Gunboat Diplomacy Is Back. What Could Go Wrong? (David French/New York Times) Well, David French could go wrong—and, indeed, is, habitually.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s requiem for MAGA (Christian Paz/Vox)
Frenzied Trump, 79, Posts Almost 100 Times in an Hour in Late-Night Rampage (Janna Brancolini/The Daily Beast) Frenzied! Rampage!
Minnesota day care hoax is fueled by MAGA psychosexual weirdness (Amanda Marcotte/Salon) Amanda Marcotte loses her shit.
Venezuela raid enriches MAGA billionaire (Judd Legum/Popular Information)
If We had a Functional Constitution, We Wouldn’t have an Illegal War (Jennifer Rubin/The Contrarian) Jennifer Rubin loses her shit.
This Is What Happens When America Goes Mad (Steven Beschloss/America, America)
The Week Ahead — What is Donald Trump running away from so hard? (Joyce Vance/Civil Discourse …)
Did Trump really invade Venezuela for oil? (Eric Levitz/Vox)
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Big Breakup (Charles Bethea/New Yorker)
The Danger and Foolishness of Trump’s Foreign Policy (William Kristol/The Bulwark)
Patriots, Take to the Streets — If Washington won’t lead, we must. (Julie Roginsky/Salty Politics …) After all, ‘the streets’ are where the virtue signals live.
Trump’s ‘American Dominance’ May Leave Us With Nothing (Anne Applebaum/The Atlantic)
MAGA media link Trump’s overthrow of Maduro to 2020 election conspiracy theories (Matt Gertz/Media Matters for America) There’s that MAGA guy again—and apparently he has media. Who knew?