Americans are notorious for their ignorance of history, geography, and knowledge of the world. They think that the world is all contained between Boston and San Diego. With the mediocre-with-money running the place, mistakes can be dangerous. W Bush, another imbecile conservative, once confused Austria with Australia.
People around the world equate being wealthy with being smart. But nothing is further from the truth. Intelligence has nothing to do with money. Remember the "Money can't buy me love" song... it also goes for intelligence. In fact, being wealthy is often achieved with brutality, sneaky deals, cheating, corruption, etc....
John Stuart Mill said it succintly: "Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives". Applied to wealth and money, this statement can be rendered as, "Dumb people are not necessarily rich, but most rich people are dumb". It's just that you don't meet them every day.
Of course, Trump's confusion between Iceland and Greenland could be because they are neighbors, but it also could reflect a Freudian slip on the part of the demented senile geezer: He may be dreaming of annexing Iceland TOO. If you add Canada to his hallucinations (have you seen his maps showing all of the American northern continent-and Venezuela-under the US flag?), he - and he alone - would rule half the world.
He says he has a problem with the "Russian Threat" in Greenland, but he has Russia on his own borders on the other side of the continent. Doesn't he, shouldn't he, fear Russia's contiguity with Alaska? That tells you that Trump's "Russia Hoax" is simply a hoax.
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After The Stock Market Plummeted Due To His Greenland Threats, Trump Seems Confused About Which Country He Wants The US To Invade
Megan Liscomb
Wed, January 21, 2026
You know Greenland.
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And you know that President Donald Trump has his little orange heart set on taking over Greenland for the US.
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His desire for Greenland loomed large in his latest late-night social media crashout.
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Even though Danish politicians have repeatedly told him to pound sand, Trump keeps on pushing.
Danish lawmaker: “Greenland has been part of the Danish kingdom for 800 years. It is an integrated part of our country. It is not for sale. Let me put it in words you might understand. Mr. Trump, FUCK OFF.” pic.twitter.com/i656JW8uVY
— News Breaking LIVE (@NBLNewsLIVE) January 24, 2025
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Yesterday, after Trump threatened more tariffs against the European Union if it won't back him in his quest to take over Greenland, the stock market plummeted.
CNN displaying the stock market dropping while Trump brags about the stock market pic.twitter.com/RwaGCTCgum
— Acyn (@Acyn) January 20, 2026
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The stock market sell-off evaporated over $1 trillion in value from the S&P 500.
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Which brings us to today, where we find the president seemingly confused about which country he wants to invade, which is very normal and very cool.
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Speaking at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, Trump said, "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
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Here's the clip:
Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money." pic.twitter.com/Iu9CI6M2ku
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 21, 2026
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But that's not all! He also said, "Iceland, they love me. They called me 'Daddy' last time. A very smart man said, 'He's our daddy. He's running it.'"
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Here's that clip:
“Iceland, they love me,” Donald Trump says about Greenland. “They called me ‘Daddy’ last time. A very smart man said, ‘He’s our daddy. He’s running it.’”WTAF… pic.twitter.com/CDmaAM4bUW
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) January 21, 2026
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In response, Americans are very, very embarrassed.
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And people from around the world are also like, "Hey, so this is a really basic mistake that he really, really shouldn't be making."
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People are calling for the 25th Amendment.
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And pointing out that if former president Joe Biden had made a mistake like this, it would have been viewed very differently.
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