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By now you’ve seen Trump’s big speech at Davos.
The slurring,
the confusing of Greenland and Iceland,
the nonsense about wind power,
and the racist smearing of Somalis before the whole world
—it was an unmitigated disaster.
But things got worse when Trump’s propagandists spun it all as a world-historical triumph:
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt unleashed an extraordinary stream of obsequious praise,
absurdly declaring that
…

Trump Press Sec. Goes Full Cult as Reviews of Davos Fiasco Turn Brutal
As Karoline Leavitt and others struggle to spin Trump’s speech as a world-historical triumph, a critic of Trump’s unfitness explains why it was a disaster for our whole country and its future.

Wer Trumps Rede in Davos gehört hat, wer ihn regelmäßig in den USA hört, der fragt sich unwillkürlich, ob Trump noch normal ist. Doch viele seiner Aussagen werden von den Medien „vernünftig gewaschen“. Was heißt das? Sie ziehen Aussagen heraus und präsentieren diese “vernünftig“ in journalistischem Stil. So erscheint #Trump in der Berichterstattung normaler, als er wirklich ist. | mehr bei Johanne…

"Sanewashing" im US-Wahlkampf: Wie der seriöse Journalismus Trumps Irrsinn normalisiert
Viele Medien stellen Donald Trump vernünftiger dar, als er ist. Kolumnist Johannes Franzen erklärt: Das liegt daran, dass sie sich an Regeln halten – und Trump nicht.

Trump and Greenland: What to know as Trump backs down from tariffs | Vox https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/476000/donald-trump-taco-greenland-stock-market-explained

“Trump always chickens out,” briefly explained
“Trump Always Chickens Out,” briefly explained.

Trump's pardon of CZ is a gift to the crypto industry, which has spent heavily to ease regulations and rewrite history to remove associations with criminality (Max Chafkin/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters

Trump Pardon of Binance’s Changpeng Zhao Is Rewriting Crypto History
The move by Trump comes as his family works to profit from coins.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt denied that Trump mixed up Iceland and Greenland in his WEF speech, despite video evidence (Tom Jones/Poynter)
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2026/did-trump-call-greenland-iceland-davos-speech/…

Trump misspoke at Davos. Karoline Leavitt told reporters not to believe their ears. - Poynter
During a speech, Trump repeatedly referred to Iceland while talking about Greenland. Then the press secretary denied what the video plainly shows.

Why does Trump want Greenland? “National security.”
Why should Trump’s ballroom vanity project proceed? “National security.”
Why is Trump killing the wind energy industry? “National security.”
Why does #Trump hate the New York Times? “National security.”
The pattern is ... not subtle.
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For the White House, ‘national security’ is becoming the answer to every question
Donald Trump and his team have a go-to tactic intended to shut down debate over their goals. It's not working.

The college dreams of 80,000 undocumented California students threatened by Trump suit
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-22/trump-suit-threatens-in-state-college-tuition-for-undocumented-cal…

Trump suit targets college tuition of undocumented California students
Trump sues California alleging in-state tuition and financial aid programs for undocumented students are illegal, threatening the education of some 80,000 such students.

Trying to track the tariffs?
It’s a mess.
See this tracker from a law firm ReedSmith:
https://www.tradecomplianceresourcehub.com/2025/11/20/trump-2-0-tariff-tracker/#updates
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Trump 2.0 tariff tracker
According to President Trump, “Tariff is the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” Throughout his presidential campaign, Trump promised to use tariffs

Trump administration abruptly recalls over two dozen career ambassadors
The Trump administration has recalled more than two dozen
career diplomats from ambassador positions and other senior posts around the world
as it works to enforce adherence with Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda.

The directive has infuriated State Department personnel
who say it will leave key embassies without critical leadership
and may effectively end the careers of many ambass…

Trump administration abruptly recalls over two dozen career ambassadors
A senior State Department official called it a bid to ensure adherence to the “America First” agenda while others called it a devastating blow to America’s diplomatic corps.

Donald Trump’s “pay-to-play” governing and fundraising style is helping forge a new gilded age
where many super rich donors to Trump’s Maga Inc Pac and other top Trump causes are reaping big political and financial gains,
including lax regulations, federal contracts and other benefits, say scholars and analysts.
The transactional style of the US president has been a financial boon to cryptocurrency, AI and fossil fuel interests, among others,
which have showered seven…