Trump speech at DAVOS

Some of them yes - but then the whole stuff with ICE agents is having some bleed though - others it's part of a cult and eveything else is dismissed.

https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker

He's not got high approval ratings and he's clearly worried about midterm elections.

Epstein is wider than Trump - so there more than just him wanting distractions from it all.

@YourBrickTiger if he proclaimed himself the son of Satan, they'd still follow.

Nope. He can shoot someone of 5th Avenue, remember?

Given what I've just experienced with my friend in America - no.

Will the Epstein files be enough to turn the tide with his supporters?

Laughing emoji needed. 😅

if those files are ever released kissing his ring might be the least of it.

Paid trolls and ignoramuses

Who on earth are the 10% who think your post is unreasonable 😳

What's wrong with Mark Carney?

Do you think it's a distraction tactic?

The US is currently.the laughing stock of the world. Yesterday's speech was like watching your drunk, senile, incontinent old uncle fill his commode while eating his Christmas dinner. Only worse.

I think they’re both on the Epstein files—Trump and Clinton. What size don’t get, however, is why “nobody is above the law” doesn’t apply to both men on the matter. 🧐

Meanwhile in other news, the Clintons are in a spot of bother. What coincedental timing:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgxxw0wx44o

True - missed that one.

I think it's gone over badly all round and he's walking back as fast as he can while trying to face save.

Saw BBC article NATO head said he didn't discuss sovereignty and Denmark and Greenland say they aren't budging on it - so who knows what he thinks he got or can make out he's got to his base.

Some Americans are shockingly rude and their language is just so aggressive, arrogant and frankly vile.

Just don’t forget that 48% of the votes were for the Democrats, that’s a sizeable number of people. I would be mortified to be represented by MAGA and their thick bully boys, so I feel for them. The whole thing must be a nightmare. At least we are being well represented on the world stage and aren’t insulting friends left right and centre.

Well I received nice abuse from our American allied friends online when talking about Greenland. Told to get to fuck and that my nation is weak and we've done f all for America.

They voted him in.

He's a reflection of their society. In the same way whoever we vote *for is a reflection of ours.

I think the relationships board is informative

“We agreed that this Christmas xxxx but xxxx just doesn’t listen and keeps going on about xxxx and has said they will xxxx”

(idea: international affairs negotiated on AIBU? Although I don’t think going nc/lLTB are options)

I think the stock markets completely tanking after his threats might have had something to do with him needing to find a way to TACO while saving (his orange) face.

If it were fiction it would be dismissed as too remote from any conceivable reality.

No-one is sure.

Head of Nato spoke to him and he seemed happy with not owning it saying he had a deal but last night I saw several pundits point out head of Nato doesn't represent Denmark or Greenland so what can he promise. He may have pointed out there is a treaty that gives them a hell of a lot of power and control existing already - but till the details emerge no-one sure what they hell he thinks he's got he didn't have before.

Also saw suggestion that it was combination of Europesn threatening extreme economic actions - people walking out of other US presentations and whole Greenland thing being very unpopular in US menaing he backing away form ownership for now.

Apparently he also said no deal is done and will always be open to re-negotiation when he decides - prompting many to think what's the point of any agreement with him at all.

As long as we don't have to kiss HIS ring, I'm good.

The polls from the fairyland @NoisyViewer just described, which bears not the slightest relation to reality.

He is 50% mafia boss and 50% wwe character, so he will keep finding ways to demand that countries kiss the ring and none of it will make sense.

The problem with the "flattery" approach the EU was going for before was it confirms the idea the US does everything and therefore the sense of grievance.
Either they say "yes yes America is responsible for everything and we are freeloaders" = grievance or "no actually...= Rage". You can't win. All you can do is grey rock and edge away slowly.