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Trump speech at DAVOS

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Shmoigel · 21/01/2026 14:12

I think he has finally lost any marbles he had in his tiny little brain!

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askmenow · 21/01/2026 20:37

Shmoigel · 21/01/2026 14:14

He is building a golden dome!

And that golden dome will likely be protecting Europe and you, much like Israel’s golden dome protects them.

Pairymoppins · 21/01/2026 20:37

Chorusforpoormortals · 21/01/2026 20:23

Flip Flopping Fool.

It appears Rutte has sat him on his lap, burped him, changed his nappy & popped his dummy back in.

Am still incredibly confused by all his bluster. If he (as he has said on many occassions as well as today) thinks Xi & Putin are "good guys" who does he need this Golden Dome to protect America from?

That’s what I said earlier! Journalists don’t even bother pointing out the basic incoherence of the whole thing.

Kendodd · 21/01/2026 20:37

FlyingCatGirl · 21/01/2026 20:29

Hardly! The Americans tended to rock up late in the day when the work was already done!

Firstly, we should remember the American bloodshed on European soil. I don't think we should be flippant about it or seek to diminish it.

Now, for slagging of complete nutcase Trump.
How is his speech going down in America? I bet the MAGA lot love it.

WearyAuldWumman · 21/01/2026 20:39

Playingvideogames · 21/01/2026 16:22

We need to up our defence spending, rejoin the EU and create a European army.

Brexit was a huge mistake.

It’s the only way. As Carney said earlier, the old ways are no more.

Trump is Putin's lapdog. Farage is Trump's lapdog.

I wonder whether those who listened to Farage and voted for Brexit now regret this?

Lonelycrab · 21/01/2026 20:39

He’s so full of shit

After ruling out using force (read-the US army aren’t going to back some sort of Greenland invasion as it’s essentially unlawful and will destroy NATO ) he’s now dropped the threat of tariffs. Fucking chump of the highest order.

I do hope you potential reform voters are paying attention to just how messed up your Nigel’s best mate is.

WearyAuldWumman · 21/01/2026 20:41

lifeonmars100 · 21/01/2026 16:20

I will say one thing for the UK, we would have got rid of a leader like this ages ago despite not having a written constitution. Meanwhile this dementia ridden mentally unwell man holds the most powerful office in the world. Truly terrifying

I recall the shock when Harold Wilson resigned. He was an honourable man who resigned once he received his diagnosis.

Chorusforpoormortals · 21/01/2026 20:46

Lonelycrab · 21/01/2026 20:39

He’s so full of shit

After ruling out using force (read-the US army aren’t going to back some sort of Greenland invasion as it’s essentially unlawful and will destroy NATO ) he’s now dropped the threat of tariffs. Fucking chump of the highest order.

I do hope you potential reform voters are paying attention to just how messed up your Nigel’s best mate is.

Agreed, interesting that #ImpeachTrump was trending on twatter earlier during his droning.

Flomingho · 21/01/2026 20:47

The man is an absolute buffoon and a dangerous one at that.

Lopteluga · 21/01/2026 20:48

Just thinking about it, if we’d lost the war would we actually be speaking German? Presumably we might learn it as a second language but did French people in occupied France stop speaking French? Genuine question.

Rachie1973 · 21/01/2026 20:50

Americano75 · 21/01/2026 14:46

The fuck did he just say about Somalians?

Last night he rambled on for over an hour claiming Somalians fought in the streets and killed each other because they don’t have police, and that Somalia isn’t a country. Apparently all Somalians are good at is ‘pirating’.

he literally insulted an entire nation in one hit.

FuckRealityBringMeABook · 21/01/2026 20:55

Lopteluga · 21/01/2026 20:48

Just thinking about it, if we’d lost the war would we actually be speaking German? Presumably we might learn it as a second language but did French people in occupied France stop speaking French? Genuine question.

Nope. They'd be learning it as a second language, like people learned Russian in the USSR.

Thesuperlativesistillloveyou · 21/01/2026 20:56

Maybe America wouldn't have got their arses hoyed out of Vietnam if Donnie boy donned a uniform.
There was nothing for nothing regarding ww2 between the UK and America it was only a few years ago the loan was paid back.

Thebookofcarolagain · 21/01/2026 21:01

Democrats have started impeachment/ parts of the constitution to remove him in his absence. But it will take a bit of time which frankly the USA doesn't have.
He is gearing up for ICE (his own malitia) plus the military to control citizens to declare martial law to stop the midterms
The lunatics who are backing him/ controling the situation are doing all they can to fast forward it cos they are creaming money out the whole fiasco. Miller should be locked up telling Minisota police to submit to the ICE and federal agents! He's is even more deluded than Trumpet is, he has no power over anyone.

Wintersgirl · 21/01/2026 21:03

I wouldn't be suprised if someone took a shot at him if the CIA don't get to him first, I don't wish death on anyone but this man is a lunatic....

IfOttersRuledTheEarth · 21/01/2026 21:04

Am still incredibly confused by all his bluster. If he (as he has said on many occassions as well as today) thinks Xi & Putin are "good guys" who does he need this Golden Dome to protect America from?

Shithole countries?

WearyAuldWumman · 21/01/2026 21:05

tara66 · 21/01/2026 17:23

Well, I find him very original and entertaining!!
He did call Greenland - Iceland though - but it's an easy slip and he had had a long flight!

An easy slip?

Are you merely gullible, or are you a member of Trump's staff?

I notice that FB is plastered with desperate looking posts from various branches of Trump's government, all claiming that he's a great leader. Things are beginning to look very Soviet.

Kendodd · 21/01/2026 21:09

WearyAuldWumman · 21/01/2026 20:39

Trump is Putin's lapdog. Farage is Trump's lapdog.

I wonder whether those who listened to Farage and voted for Brexit now regret this?

Absolutely 100% they do not regret voting for Brexit . Look how popular Reform is.
It's astonishing.

Figgygal · 21/01/2026 21:10

Was he supposed to go on that long?
Some of the things he was saying were clearly lies one he regularly peddles why is he not called out on it.
Other things were disgusting - the Joe biden Jibes, the you'd be speaking German if it wasn't for us 😯

Filthy narcissist

WearyAuldWumman · 21/01/2026 21:12

CarefullyCuratedFurniture · 21/01/2026 18:04

Nigel is funded (at a very deniable distance) by Putin. Putin has plenty of dirt on Trump. Nigel and his bosses would be very happy to see NATO fail and the UK align itself with an isolationist USA, because then Putin can get on with bothering Europe in peace. Dont ever fall for the nonsense that Reform is acting in the interests of the British people.

Thank you.

In other news, the Reform candidate for our council by-election has been caught out lying in his CV. Kudos to our local paper, The Courier.

Romano Valente claimed to have attended Cambridge University. When The Courier queried this, he deleted the claim from his FB profile and then claimed that it was a joke.

Much like his candidacy.

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/5412751/romano-valente-nigel-farage/

Reform Fife by-election candidate calls Cambridge University claim a joke as Nigel Farage promises better vetting

Romano Valente told The Courier he was considering a Holyrood run.

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/5412751/romano-valente-nigel-farage/

HelenHywater · 21/01/2026 21:13

Figgygal · 21/01/2026 21:10

Was he supposed to go on that long?
Some of the things he was saying were clearly lies one he regularly peddles why is he not called out on it.
Other things were disgusting - the Joe biden Jibes, the you'd be speaking German if it wasn't for us 😯

Filthy narcissist

The Somali stuff was vile. He should be called out for that.

simpsonthecat · 21/01/2026 21:15

I'm surprised he didn't mention Ilhan Omar, the Rep for Minnesota, he tends to hurl racist insults at her very very often. She is from Somalia. It's quite disgusting.

Alexandra2001 · 21/01/2026 21:16

Foggybottomblues · 21/01/2026 20:12

@ I'm not personally responsible for the US or Trump. All I said was under all the crazy he does have some valid points and I believe the UK, Europe and Canada should invest in their forces and security. My dad was in the British Navy and served in Iraq twice so I was born in England and I'm well aware of the sacrifices and important role British forces have played alongside the US. You cannot deny in recent yrs the UK has not invested in their forces and the US has and expects others to do the same. I've never once mentioned Greenland.

I made it clear i was talking about the USA... not yourself.

Yes Europe hasn't spend enough on its own defence but thats changing, Germany is spending 100s of billions extra on defence, UK too has promised to double its defence spend to 5% of GDP.

We are also spending much more on Ukraine's defence too, rightly, far more than the US.

So i disagree Trump has any valid points left to make, all he is doing now is trashing European/USA relationships & that'll affect the US too as we'll gradually wean ourselves off your military hardware.

WearyAuldWumman · 21/01/2026 21:16

Shmoigel · 21/01/2026 18:33

I have ADHD. On behalf of the ADHD community of the world....we don't want him!

waves in both ADHD and Scottish

I've said a few times over the past few days, I keep wondering who stepped on the butterfly. [Link is to a pdf of a Bradbury short story.]

www.astro.sunysb.edu/fwalter/AST389/ASoundofThunder.pdf

Pebbles16 · 21/01/2026 21:20

Uricon2 · 21/01/2026 17:34

*“The Ogre does what ogres can,
Deeds quite impossible for Man,
But one prize is beyond his reach:
The Ogre cannot master speech.

About a subjugated plain,
Among its desperate and slain,
The Ogre stalks with hands on hips,
While drivel gushes from his lips.”*

This from W.H. Auden came into my mind earlier while listening to Trump.

@Uricon2 this has sent chills in it's relativity. And here we are 57 years on...

MeTooOverHere · 21/01/2026 21:34

lifeonmars100 · 21/01/2026 16:20

I will say one thing for the UK, we would have got rid of a leader like this ages ago despite not having a written constitution. Meanwhile this dementia ridden mentally unwell man holds the most powerful office in the world. Truly terrifying

Australia the same. I can't believe how useless that much vaunted American Constitution and American political system really is. We have a written Constitution but we would never get to this stage because the parties will sort them out if they start going even a little ga-ga. And we the people have actual control (not like the Americans who claim it) because we give direct feedback to our elected reps who are NOT funded by vested interests. The few who do cling tightly to vested interests are widely viewed as highly suspicious and their parties tend to be kept on very short leashes.