Trump paints himself as great white hope in racism-drenched Davos speech (www.theguardian.com)
from throws_lemy@reddthat.com to world@lemmy.world on 22 Jan 2026 00:16
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human@slrpnk.net on 22 Jan 2026 00:57 next collapse

Trump surmised: Yes, we might have our internal squabbles, but I am bringing tough love because we are all in this together. We are the standard bearers of western civilisation. We must resist the barbarian hordes. We must save the white man.

The ageing president, who in 2024 complained, “We got a lot of bad genes in our country right now,” told the World Economic Forum that he was “derived from Europe”, namely: “100% Scotland, my mother; 100% German, my father. And we believe deeply in the bonds we share with Europe as a civilisation.” Trump speaking in front of a US flag. Speak hysterically and carry a big stick: Trump’s foreign policy threats Read more

He lamented that “certain places in Europe are not even recognisable, frankly, any more”, blaming culprits that included “unchecked mass migration”. Trump said: “It’s horrible what they’re doing to themselves. They’re destroying themselves, these beautiful, beautiful places. We want strong allies, not seriously weakened ones.”

What came next was pure racism…

That wasn’t the pure racism part?

0ops@piefed.zip on 22 Jan 2026 01:55 next collapse

What the nazi

guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 22 Jan 2026 05:05 next collapse

Oh, he went on a tirade about Somalians and the supposed fraud in Minnesota.

Donald Trump is an absolute buffoon.

shawn1122@sh.itjust.works on 22 Jan 2026 05:24 next collapse

He went on to imply non-white people are not capable of producing functional civilization (I assume by ignoring most of human history) and then went on a rant about Somalia.

zloubida@sh.itjust.works on 22 Jan 2026 06:13 collapse

That wasn’t the pure racism part?

It’s racism only if it’s about the US part of North America. Otherwise it’s sparkling xenophobia.

Maeve@kbin.earth on 22 Jan 2026 01:59 next collapse

I hope there's a leak of certain tests that surprises people about the DNA makeup of these people.

HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 22 Jan 2026 02:26 next collapse

He also repeatedly said Iceland when he meant Greenland. Brain is gone

WanderWisley@lemmy.world on 22 Jan 2026 03:16 next collapse

Mashed potato brain.

Frozengyro@lemmy.world on 22 Jan 2026 03:18 next collapse

We could probably get him to forget the whole Greenland thing by embarrassing him about calling it the wrong thing, and he’ll never want to bring it up again

FaceDeer@fedia.io on 22 Jan 2026 05:24 collapse

Nah, embarrassment makes him madder.

Danquebec@sh.itjust.works on 22 Jan 2026 03:52 collapse

Imagine all the NATO countries send forces to Greenland and poor Iceland gets invaded instead.

einkorn@feddit.org on 22 Jan 2026 07:27 next collapse

Given that Iceland has no standing army but is frequently visitided by (among others) US troops, can we call it under military occupation on this technicality already? 🤔

huppakee@piefed.social on 22 Jan 2026 11:07 collapse

Let’s not give the orange man the idea he already owns it please

k0e3@lemmy.ca on 22 Jan 2026 07:55 collapse

Aw fuck, this is no laughing matter, but I laughed so hard at this. Now I feel bad.

SARGE@startrek.website on 22 Jan 2026 03:17 next collapse

I’ve only interacted with two dementia/alzheimer’s patients, so I’ll admit I don’t know much about the conditions.

While yes, they could get belligerent and uncooperative, but largely would agree with pretty much whatever you were saying, as long as you weren’t using a mean tone. Basically they were thought sponges that had no problem agreeing with whatever you said, and even repeating it for a short time before losing it.

Trump is clearly a thought sponge for whoever he last spoke to that wasn’t immediately adversarial to him.

captainlezbian@lemmy.world on 22 Jan 2026 11:55 collapse

Someone could have some fun with that

Zier@fedia.io on 22 Jan 2026 03:36 next collapse

You can't be the 'great white hope' if you are orange.
How dumb is this guy??

Spoiler Alert: The dumbest on Earth at present.

RubberDuck@lemmy.world on 22 Jan 2026 05:19 next collapse

And yet no western leader pushes back against this narrative.

lepinkainen@lemmy.world on 22 Jan 2026 06:06 next collapse

Did you listen to Carney’s speech?

bossito@lemmy.world on 22 Jan 2026 07:41 collapse

False, but also he holds all the guns. American justice and political systems are the ones who should be stopping him but failing miserably at it. In a normal democracy (see Brazil or South Korea for reference) he would be in jail.

nonentity@sh.itjust.works on 22 Jan 2026 05:50 next collapse

White supremacists are the weakest and most brittle snowflakes.

Any group which resides at the pinnacle of privilege, yet feels aggrieved such that it requires exclusion of, and protection from, conflicting ideas, has relinquished all legitimate claims to strength and authority.

explodicle@sh.itjust.works on 22 Jan 2026 17:28 collapse

If they were good at anything, then they’d brag about that instead.

grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one on 22 Jan 2026 06:06 next collapse

like a beached great white whale in nappies

sturmblast@lemmy.world on 22 Jan 2026 11:41 next collapse

Dumb white dope*

Mouarfff@lemmy.world on 22 Jan 2026 12:08 next collapse

Trump SHUT UP 🤬🤬🤬🤬

This n*zi make me crazy 💀💀💀💀

Pat_Riot@lemmy.today on 22 Jan 2026 14:02 next collapse

Shitty orange disaster is what he fucking is

Formfiller@lemmy.world on 22 Jan 2026 17:12 next collapse

The big dumb pedofile

biofaust@lemmy.world on 22 Jan 2026 17:17 next collapse

Being white must be all he has left. I would love to see Sanchez bringing him in front of the Alhambra: either his brain explodes scanners-style or he will claim to be 110% Nasrid.

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org on 22 Jan 2026 17:19 next collapse

Yeah, I did notice the use of “remigration” (although he said “reverse migration”) and “low-IQ” in referance to an ethnicity that happens to be black. Also he just openly blamed non-white Western culture for the third world being poorer.

Etterra@discuss.online on 22 Jan 2026 19:54 collapse

The Great White Orange Dope.