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Lie Back And Enjoy It

Published by digby on January 20, 2026

I think this gentleman speaks for Europe:

Even the European right wing is rejecting this bullshit:

Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right party National Rally:

The United States is presenting us with a choice: accept dependency disguised as partnership, or act as sovereign powers capable of defending our interests. When a U.S. president threatens a European territory while using trade pressure, it is not dialogue—it is coercion. And our credibility is at stake. Greenland has become a strategic pivot in a world returning to imperial logic.

Yielding today would set a dangerous precedent, exposing other European—and even French overseas—territories tomorrow. The European Union cannot remain silent. The agreement negotiated last summer must be suspended. Our anti-coercion instruments must be activated, and targeted measures adopted. This is not escalation—it is self-defense. The choice is simple: submission or sovereignty. Europe must choose freedom, responsibility, and control of its own destiny.

Meanwhile, back in the states:

Not that he cares. Everything has always turned out well for him, he’s never been richer or more powerful and he believes that no one can stop him because no one ever has. Public opinion is no longer relevant.

His GOP allies may have some problems but I’m not sure they’re very worried either. They figure Trump will just do whatever’s necessary to ensure they stay in power and they’ve come to believe that Trump is magic/omnipotent so there’s no margin in trying to do it without him.

Read this NY Times article (gift link) about what has to happen, and soon, from Masha Gessen, a Russian emigre who knows what they’re talking about. We don’t have much time.

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