What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[grumbler]

Trump reacting to Carney

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTyG90IEfJY

Looks like he got his feelings hurt.

He's such a whiney little bitch.

[Zanza]

Trump's new country club the so-called Board for Peace was launched today at the WEF.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Peace

I guess the attendees show how much America's sphere of influence has shrunk under Trump.

Argentina — President Javier Milei

Armenia — Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan

Azerbaijan — President Ilham Aliyev

Bahrain — Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa

Bulgaria — Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov

Hungary — Prime Minister Viktor Orban

Indonesia — President Prabowo Subianto

Jordan — Deputy Prime Minister Ayman Safadi

Kazakhstan — President Kassym‑Jomart Tokayev

Kosovo — President Vjosa Osmani

Mongolia — Prime Minister Gombojavyn Zandanshatar

Morocco — Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita

Pakistan — Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif

Paraguay — President Santiago Pena

Qatar — Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani

Saudi Arabia — Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al‑Saud

Turkey — Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan

United Arab Emirates — Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority Khaldoon Al Mubarak

Uzbekistan — President Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev

[Grey Fox]

So many Muslims. Israel must be thrilled.

[Valmy]

So many Muslims. Israel must be thrilled.

Netanyahu worked hard to help get Trump elected so serves him right.

But if I was a Palestinian I wouldn't find that list of brave peacemakers encouraging.

[grumbler]

Ajerbajan didn't get a seat? Was that because of their war with Albania?

[crazy canuck]

So many Muslims. Israel must be thrilled.

The Saudis played the long game

[The Brain]

The list says a lot about how the US views its place in the world.

[Tamas]

The list says a lot about how the US views its place in the world.

It is pathetic.

[Norgy]

Carney UNINVITED from Big Beautiful Board Of Something as Russia says "Da".

 

A line in the book "Putin's People" still lingers on my mind. It was a comment from a source after telling the story of how Trump got financial backing after his bankruptcy. The money was from someone "no strings attached", but clearly with strings attached, as it supposedly came from the old KGB funds stowed away after 1987 around the world.

"Donald doesn't do due diligence". And that, indeed, seems to be proven again and again.

By the way, "Putin's People" does not pin "asset" to Trump, but does say that the KGB in the 80s certainly thought they had an asset in Trump.

[crazy canuck]

Something that struck me as odd was him mentioning improving relations with Russia in his rally speeches when he was running for the nomination the first time round.

It was so far off the prevailing view of the GOP at the time that it seemed just another example of Trump having no idea what he was doing. It was also not reported much.  These were the same speeches where he talked about building the wall and make Mexico pay for it.

[Tamas]

I saw a good comparison: this whole thing feels like being tied to a chair while watching a toddler play with a loaded gun.

[Duque de Bragança]

Close call for Belgium, they almost got into the Graft Gaza Board of Peace, instead of Belarus. Identical first three letters I guess. 

https://www.lalibre.be/international/2026/01/22/gaffe-diplomatique-la-maison-blanche-confond-la-belgique-et-le-belarus-dans-sa-liste-pour-son-conseil-de-la-paix-KW3KOZFSKVHQHO7D7AZS6KUYCU/

https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/trump-board-of-peace-european-members-not-needed-d6sxgpbpx

Times link is paywalled.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

De Wever is too smart for Trump so that wouldn't have worked out anyway 

[Duque de Bragança]

I guess the Epstein files are still a problem, since there is another polemic, started by the Orange Agent himself:

UK hits back after Trump claims NATO troops avoided front lines in Afghanistan
AMERICAS
The UK on Thursday said Donald Trump was "wrong to diminish" NATO's role in Afghanistan after the US president suggested allied troops were not on the front lines, sparking outrage in the country and among families of the hundreds of British soldiers killed in the war.
Issued on: 23/01/2026 - 13:57
Modified: 23/01/2026 - 14:33
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By:
FRANCE 24

Britain said US President Donald Trump was "wrong to diminish" the role of NATO troops in Afghanistan, as a claim by the US president that they did not fight on the front line sparked outrage.

In an interview with Fox News aired on Thursday, Trump appeared unaware that 457 British soldiers died during the conflict in the South Asian country following the September 11 attacks on the United States.

"They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan," Trump told the US outlet, referring to NATO allies.

"And they did, they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines," he added.

Trump also repeated his suggestion that NATO would not come to the aid of the United States if asked to do so.

In fact, following the 9/11 attacks, the UK and a number of other allies joined the US from 2001 in Afghanistan after it invoked NATO's collective security clause.

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As well as British forces, troops from other NATO ally countries, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Denmark and others also died.

"Their sacrifice and that of other NATO forces was made in the service of collective security and in response to an attack on our ally," Prime Minister Keir Starmer's official spokesman said.

"We are incredibly proud of our armed forces and their service and sacrifice will never be forgotten," he added.

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'Heroes'

Care Minister Stephen Kinnock earlier said he expected Starmer would bring the issue up with Trump.

"I think he will, I'm sure, be raising this issue with the president ... He's incredibly proud of our armed forces, and he will make that clear to the president," he told LBC Radio.

"It just doesn't really add up what he said, because the fact of the matter is the only time that Article 5 has been invoked was to go to the aid of the United States after 9/11," he added in an interview with Sky News.

Defence Minister John Healey said NATO's Article 5 has only been triggered once.

"The UK and NATO allies answered the US call. And more than 450 British personnel lost their lives in Afghanistan," he said.

The troops who died were "heroes who gave their lives in service of our nation", he added.

Lucy Aldridge, whose son William died at the age of 18 in Afghanistan, told The Mirror newspaper that Trump's remarks were "extremely upsetting".

Emily Thornberry, chair of parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, denounced them as "so much more than a mistake".

"It's an absolute insult. It's an insult to 457 families who lost someone in Afghanistan. How dare he say we weren't on the front line?" the Labour Party politician said on the BBC's Question Time programme on Thursday evening.

According to official UK figures, 405 of the 457 British casualties who died in Afghanistan were killed in hostile military action.

The US reportedly lost more than 2,400 soldiers.

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260123-britain-hits-back-after-trump-claims-nato-troops-avoided-afghan-front-line

I could also mention that if there is who avoided the front (lines) it was Trump, but that was in Vietnam, not in Afghanistan. United Statesians also mentioned it previously, to no avail for his MAGA base.

[Norgy]

Well, he pulled out of Afghanistan like it was Stormy Daniels.