President Dwight D. Eisenhower made an important observation about finding answers to difficult questions. “Whenever I run into a problem I can’t solve,” the five-star general reportedly remarked, “I always make it bigger. I can never solve it by trying to make it smaller, but if I make it big enough, I can begin to see the outlines of a solution.”
The main criticism of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s convention speech on Friday was that in 40 minutes or so, he didn’t mention the words “Donald Trump” — or how he would respond to the president’s intimidation.
On the contrary, though, I thought what he was saying was pretty clear: That he intends to follow in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s footsteps to the point where their positions are indistinguishable.
The Conservatives have likely concluded that the public see Carney as best equipped to handle the president, and their optimal strategy is to inoculate themselves, in the hope that by the time of the next election, Trump is like the measles, unpleasant but transitory.
OUTRAGED cries and calls for US President Donald Trump to apologise for saying that ‘Europeans . . . stayed . . . a little off the front lines’ during the war in Afghanistan are still rebounding off the walls of Westminster days later. His statement was undoubtedly wrong and appeared to be crassly ill-informed. By late yesterday afternoon he had backtracked.
Trump’s generalisation was difficult to parse and therefore easy to condemn, so the truths in what he may have been thinking and what prompted his ire went unreported. Not least his patent disgust with ‘Europe’ for thwarting his peace-keeping efforts in Ukraine and Gaza.
Donald Trump has backtracked on claims British troops stayed away from the front line in Afghanistan after a backlash.
In a statement posted on Truth Social the US President said that British soldiers were “among the greatest of all warriors” and were “GREAT and very BRAVE”.
No apology for Canada?
A sigh of relief at this point may prove premature, but perhaps we can permit ourselves a modest expulsion of breath. So long as we do it slowly and inaudibly, and without making any sudden movements.
At the time of writing, Donald Trump has just finished his address at the World Economic Forum at Davos, where he managed to speak for just over 40 minutes without fundamentally pulling the rug from under the constitutional order of Europe. Despite being highly critical of the entire political and economic trajectory of the continent, many European heads of government will be quietly relieved that this big set piece statement did not include any catastrophic bombshells.
The White House’s top ranks are filled with Catholics, and President Donald Trump has courted the Catholic vote. But repeated, pointed criticisms from the first American to lead the Catholic Church have done little to move the administration on policy.
In recent months, Pope Leo XIV has criticized the administration’s treatment of migrants, its antipathy toward Europe and global institutions like the United Nations and the use of what he characterized as “diplomacy based on force” in the wake of the U.S.’s capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
Previously Lutnick went scorched earth on the Globalists
Howard Lutnick just walked into DAVOS and TORCHED the globalists.
GLOBALISM HAS FAILED.
Net ZERO makes you SUBSERVIENT TO CHINA.
You’re entitled to have BORDERS.This wasn’t a speech.
It was a CONTROLLED DETONATION at WEF.WARM UP Speech for TRUMP
pic.twitter.com/nzvmvQS3ub— Marc Nixon (@MarcNixon24) January 20, 2026
Of course ...
Carney leaving Davos without meeting Trump after speech on U.S. rupture of world order
On day one, he put the world on notice.
“Nothing will stand in our way,” President Donald Trump declared, to thunderous applause, as he ended his inauguration speech in a cold Washington winter on this day last year, at the start of his second term.
Did the world fail to take enough notice?
Tucked into his speech was a mention of the 19th Century doctrine of “manifest destiny” – the idea that the US was divinely ordained to expand its territory across the continent, spreading American ideals.
🚨 HOLY CRAP! Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just went straight at Europe to their faces in Davos.
“Let’s be clear. Europe is STILL buying Russian oil. Still. Four years later.”
“They are literally financing the war against themselves.”
Absolute truth bomb. No spin. No… pic.twitter.com/mihrElpFgK
— ⁿᵉʷˢ Barron Trump 🇺🇸 (@BarronTNews_) January 20, 2026
This is the most brilliant and hilarious video of the month 😂
Well done @DPolonuer pic.twitter.com/X6ovI4Zfux
— Chaya’s Clan (@ChayasClan) January 21, 2026
He has purged government agencies and sent the Department of Justice against perceived enemies. He has launched an immigration crackdown and deployed troops into cities. He has built a tariff wall around the economy. And he has suborned businesses and universities, forcing them to pay hefty sums of money and follow his orders.
In his first year back in the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump has markedly expanded the power of his office and wielded control over the world’s wealthiest country in unprecedented ways. Now, he is seeking to project that power outward. Since attacking Venezuela to capture its leader and take its oil, Mr. Trump has threatened to invade Greenland, send troops into Mexico and Colombia, and bomb Iran.
A lot of well heeled whining goin on. Watch the globalists choke.
KABOOOOOOOM!!!💥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/YxejDrQHva
— il Donaldo Trumpo (@PapiTrumpo) January 20, 2026
President Trump will confront fellow Nato leaders who accuse him of unravelling the global order in Davos on Wednesday, insisting that “we will work something out” after his threats to seize Greenland shook Europe’s alliance with the United States.
Accused by President Macron of France of creating “a world without rules”, Trump continued his menacing approach when asked how far he was prepared to go to acquire the Danish territory, saying: “You’ll find out.”
Earlier he took another swipe at Nato, saying: “Whether you like it or not, it’s only as good as we [the US] are.” But when asked whether he was prepared to sacrifice Nato for Greenland, he indicated that he was coming to Switzerland to talk about a deal.
President Trump’s Davos address is scheduled for 8:30 AM to 9:15 AM EST.
I will post the WEF Youtube channel.
Donald Trump’s White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, was recently recorded warning CBS News to broadcast a new interview with the president in full and without edits – or “we’ll sue your ass off”.
Trump “said, ‘Make sure you guys don’t cut the tape, make sure the interview is out in full,’” Leavitt told CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil after he had interviewed the president, according to an audio exchange first reported on by the New York Times. The 13-minute exclusive segment aired on Tuesday, months after CBS’ parent company Paramount agreed to pay Trump $16m over its editing of an unrelated interview ahead of the 2024 election that vaulted him to a second presidency.
🚨 NEW AUDIO: Karoline Leavitt just threatened CBS News over Trump’s interview:
“Air it in full… or we’ll sue your ass off.”
The White House is now openly trying to bully the media into compliance.
This isn’t “transparency.” It’s intimidation. pic.twitter.com/8pMBBJzYhC
— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) January 18, 2026
Donald Trump has insisted he doesn’t need to abide by international law and the only constraint keeping his power in check is his own morality.
In a wide-ranging defence of a week of global provocation, the U.S. president laid out the motivation behind his actions.
h/t Mauser
WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to pull the US out of a UN coalition that State Department officials claim has been pushing unconstitutional and racist policies — including a push for global reparations.
The UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent promoted racial grievances and “victim based social policies” within the world’s governing body that ran afoul of the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment and Equal Protection clause, according to Trump administration officials.
He's not fooling around. @fancypants_s https://t.co/gy5nN1UlxZ
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) January 7, 2026
h/t Patti Jo
Donald Trump’s operation to take out — excuse me, exfiltrate and arrest — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro late last night has produced few objections from MAGA World. Speaking at a press conference today, the US President credited American military power by “air, land and sea”, and said that the US is “going to run” Venezuela until “such a time that we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition” of power. A few Trump-aligned pundits such as Glenn Greenwald are agitated but, on the whole, the reaction has been nothing like the eruption of MAGA dissent that greeted the build-up to and aftermath of Trump’s decision to join Israel’s 12-Day War against Iran last summer.
US President Donald Trump has said he is withdrawing National Guard troops from several US cities, including Chicago and Los Angeles, after a Supreme Court ruling last week undermined his authority to use troops for policing.
“We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on New Year’s Eve.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Trump administration withdrew its legal attempts to keep control of troops deployed in LA. Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that Trump could not use troops in Chicago for domestic law enforcement.
