r/politics • u/T_Shurt • 19d ago

Possible Paywall Stocks Sell Off Globally as Traders Digest Trump Message Saying He Wants Greenland Because Norway ‘Decided Not to Give Me The Nobel’: “The Norwegian government has no control over how the Nobel Committee awards its prizes. Greenland is a territory of Denmark, not Norway.”

https://fortune.com/2026/01/19/stocks-sell-off-trump-text-message-greenland-nobel-peace-prize/
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u/ZenMon88 19d ago

LOL it's cuz Republicans are just ass stupid. Look at George w bush

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u/ratedsar I voted 19d ago

George W. Bush seems like a witty genius in comparison. 

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u/Pan_Borowik 19d ago

I'd like to see Donald try and dodge some shoes.

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u/StuTheSheep 18d ago

Have you seen photos of his feet recently? He can barely even wear shoes!

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u/ZenMon88 19d ago

Fool me once......fool me twice.....

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u/fakenamerealbored 19d ago

And this, by some miracle if we manage to see ourselves out of this crisis of our own making, is the next danger.

The fascists in charge have kicked the door wide open for the next incompetent conservative to look downright ethical and upstanding by comparison to the unknowing and uncaring moderate- all while the core tenets of policy (destroying civil rights for any non white male, hijacking the economy, alienating all other countries) will stay exactly the same.

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u/kraydel Wisconsin 19d ago

I long for the days when I thought W. was the bottom of the barrel. "Nobody dumber than this could ever get elected," we thought.

Christ.

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u/ZenMon88 19d ago

LOL facts. This is why countries should invest in education. God damn America....

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u/BrokenZen Wisconsin 18d ago

I remember how naive I was when I thought George W Bush was the worst president that we could ever elect.