The world is finally believing Donald Trump’s bluster.
Norway’s prime minister confirmed a message Donald Trump sent because he was angry about not being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump said he “no longer feels an obligation to think purely of Peace” and demanded “Complete and Total Control of Greenland.” He even questioned Denmark’s claim to the territory, “There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago.”
With tomorrow’s first anniversary of his second inauguration looming, Denmark has had enough. They’ve deployed military units to defend Greenland. Meanwhile, three U.S. cardinals renounced Trump’s foreign policy and the French have declined a seat on his hand-picked Board of Peace.
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Denmark deploys troops to Greenland for military exercises as Trump vows to "100%" impose tariffs on eight European allies who oppose his demand for "Complete and Total Control."
Source: The Independent
January 19, 2026
France rejects Trump's Gaza "Board of Peace" over concerns it would undermine the United Nations, as the Kremlin confirms Putin has been invited to join.
Source: Politico
January 19, 2026
Trump tells Norway's prime minister he no longer feels obligated to "think purely of Peace" after not receiving the Nobel Prize, demands "Complete and Total Control of Greenland."
Source: The Independent
January 19, 2026
DOJ threatens to prosecute church protesters in Minnesota while ICE has made arrests at churches in at least a dozen incidents since revoking protections for houses of worship.
Source: The Hill
January 19, 2026
Justice Department considers loosening gun regulations including easing private sales and shipping restrictions, as the administration pushes to cut 5,000 ATF law enforcement officers.
Source: The Washington Post
January 19, 2026
Fed Chair Powell will attend Supreme Court arguments Wednesday in the case challenging Trump's power to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook, an unusual move as Powell himself faces a DOJ criminal probe.
Source: CNBC
January 19, 2026
Judge refuses to block DHS policy requiring seven-day notice for congressional visits to ICE facilities, though she stressed she was not ruling the policy lawful.
Source: The Associated Press
January 19, 2026
Nicaraguan man arrested by ICE in Minneapolis died in Texas detention facility, the sixth death in ICE custody in 19 days and 38th since Trump took office.
Source: Newsweek
January 19, 2026
Noem claims 10,000 "criminal illegal aliens" arrested in Minneapolis, but immigration experts say the numbers are "VERY likely false" and "HIGHLY inflated."
Source: The Hill
January 19, 2026
Trump stands by Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer amid allegations of an affair with a staffer, drinking in her office and taking subordinates to a strip club on a government trip.
Source: The Washington Post
January 19, 2026
Three Catholic cardinals call U.S. foreign policy immoral, citing Venezuela, Ukraine and Greenland, and renounce war "as an instrument for narrow national interests."
Source: UPI
January 19, 2026
Virginia legislature sends reproductive rights amendment to November ballot, becoming the first Southern state to let voters enshrine abortion access.
Source: The Virginia Mercury
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