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   The drug addled demented old fool's brain is toast.   Americunts are led by   
   a fool.   
      
   On Tuesday, Jan. 20, Donald Trump appeared before the White House press   
   corps to tout his accomplishments in his first year in office. Things   
   quickly went south, with not just the usual airing of grievances and lies,   
   but a weird, meandering affect that was even more pronounced than usual.   
      
   Maybe Trump was just having an off day. Maybe he was a little addled   
   because he was about to depart for Davos, Switzerland, for the World   
   Economic Summit, where he would appear in person for the first time since   
   2020. Surely it couldn't get worse.   
      
   To which Trump responded: Hold my beer.   
   What did Trump say in his Davos speech?   
      
   The speech he delivered in front of European leaders on Wednesday, Jan. 21,   
   was — to put it charitably — bad. Other descriptions like "unhinged,"   
   "dangerous" and "what on Earth?" also fit. He confused Iceland and   
   Greenland, he said NATO "called me Daddy," he disparaged Somalis as "low   
   IQ" and insulted some of the leaders to their face. He said he wouldn't use   
   force to take Greenland (sometimes he got the country right) while saying   
   that he could use force to take Greenland if he wanted to.   
      
   Political experts can debate the fallout from such a bizarre performance.   
   But as TV goes, it was so weird as to be almost incomprehensible - not that   
   you couldn't understand what Trump was saying, but because you couldn't   
   comprehend why he was saying it.   
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   effort to obtain the island for the United States, even by military means.   
      
   CNN's Wolf Blitzer said he has seen presidents speak to the summit before,   
   but had never seen one attack European leaders while they were sitting   
   right there.   
      
   Dana Perino, on Fox News, had a different reaction. After Trump sat for a   
   short question-and-answer session following his speech, Perino offered   
   this: "I think the president showed such agility and knowledge and ability   
   to answer any question that was given to him. He dominates the conversation   
   wherever he goes."   
      
   Say what? At this point it may sound like a broken record, but it needs to   
   be repeated: This is not normal. To not only normalize such a bizarre   
   performance but somehow find a way to praise it is simply not doing your   
   job. Unless your job is to please Trump. If that's the case, well, mission   
   accomplished.   
      
   Or you could take the New York Times approach: "Many of President Trump’s   
   comments about energy in his speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos,   
   Switzerland, were not grounded in reality."   
      
   You don't say.   
   Gavin Newsom and Andy Beshear trolled Trump after the speech   
      
   After Trump's speech, CNN's Kaitlin Collins caught up with Gov. Gavin   
   Newsom of California, widely considered to be a Democratic presidential   
   candidate in 2028. He called the speech "remarkably boring" and "remarkably   
   insignificant," and then went on to trash Trump and the speech. Did it   
   stand out to Newsom that Trump confused Iceland and Greenland?   
      
   "And that every time a windmill turns it costs $1,000," Newsom said. "A lot   
   of stuff stands out. None of this is normal. There's a normalization of   
   deviancy and consciousness and comments and commentary. He's held to the   
   curve, he's graded on a curve. It's really some jaw-dropping and remarkable   
   statements that just fly in the face of facts and evidence and common   
   sense." He also noted that American audiences have heard it all before, but   
   the claims may be new to Europeans.   
      
   Yes, it is in Newsom's best interest to troll Trump. The same is true of   
   Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who was also there. Beshear told Collins that   
   the speech was "dangerous, it was disrespectful and it was unhinged. ...   
   This is really concerning and for the United States, frankly,   
   embarrassing."   
      
   Certainly, Newsom and Beshear have ulterior motives. That doesn't make what   
   they said untrue. And good for Collins for interviewing them right after   
   the speech.   
      
   What a speech it was. At one point, Trump said, referring to World War II,   
   "After the war, which we won, we won it big, without us you'd all be   
   speaking German and a little Japanese, perhaps." He also said, "Without us,   
   most of the countries don't even work." He said Canada should be more   
   grateful to the U.S. and called out the country's prime minister, Mark   
   Carney, by name. "Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your   
   statements."   
      
   "Would you like me to say a few words of Greenland?" Trump asked. "I was   
   going to leave it out of the speech, but I thought, I think I would have   
   been reviewed very negatively."   
      
   And there you have it. It's all about appearances and reviews. Fitting for   
   someone who owes his job to reality TV, even though at times what went on   
   Wednesday seemed unreal. But not unusual.   
      
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