I'm Confused

[silverscreenselect]

Since I don't seem to have any idea what Trump is thinking, per our resident Trump truth talker, perhaps someone can explain to me what is the difference between a "framework of a future deal" and a "concept of a deal" about Greenland? No one in Europe or Nato seems to know which one we have or what the difference is either. And they're not sure whether Trump is referring to Greenland or Iceland either.

I do know that Trump announced the formation of a new "Board of Peace" that will be bigger and better than the United Nations in the near future. They've got a nifty little gold seal, and, like Mar-a-Lago, you have to pay $1 billion as an entry fee to join (or be some nation that Trump decide to waive the fees for). One nation that will not be joining any time soon is Canada, whose invitation was withdrawn by Trump. Lucky Canada. Others who were invited to join but haven't done so yet, perhaps because of the $1B dues, are Russia, China, and most of our NATO allies. The words of Groucho Marx come to mind: "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member." Here's the official Board of Peace logo (gold-plated replicas of which will soon be on sale through Truth Social) and a list of the initial members (besides Trump, who apparently will be its chairman for life).



This is who is on the board and participated in the signing event.

Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, minister of the prime minister’s court, Bahrain
Nasser Bourita, minister of foreign affairs, Morocco
Javier Milei, president, Argentina
Nikol Pashinyan, prime minister, Armenia
Ilham Aliyev, President, Azerbaijan
Rosen Zhelyazkov, prime minister, Bulgaria
Viktor Orban, prime minister, Hungary
Prabowo Subianto, president, Indonesia
Ayman Al Safadi, minister of foreign affairs, Jordan
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, president, Kazakhstan
Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, president, Kosovo
Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, prime minister, Pakistan
Santiago Peña, president, Paraguay
Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, president, Qatar
Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, minister of foreign affairs, Saudi Arabia
Hakan Fidan, minister of foreign affairs, Turkey
Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, special envoy to the U.S. for the UAE
Shavkat Mirziyoyev, president, Uzbekistan
Gombojavyn Zandanshatar, prime minister, Mongolia

Most of these are countries that either owe Trump for favors (Argentina, the Arab countries) or are trying to suck up to him. Several of them are on the list of countries who are currently barred from immigration visas.

If this Board of Peace decides to award a Peace Prize next year, I can guess who the heavy favorite to receive the award will be.

[elwoodblues]

Let me guess. Does that billion-dollar entry fee go to Trump himself?

[silverscreenselect]

One nation that will not be joining any time soon is Canada, whose invitation was withdrawn by Trump.

I'm hearing reports that the reason Canada was "disinvited" to the Board of Peace is because Canadian PM Mark Carney delivered a speech at Davos that was widely hailed as the most impressive and persuasive at the conference, in stark contrast to Trump's hour+ of confused babbling.

I hope that's not true because the next thing you know, every elementary school in this country will also be disinvited because their class presidents can all deliver more impressive and coherent speeches than Trump. And they also know the difference between Greenland and Iceland.

[elwoodblues]

[kroxquo]

That cartoon is an disgraceful outrage. All of those people have too much class and too many scruples to be seen with the likes of Trump.