Our embarrassment in the world is ongoing. The only consolation we can take from the constant humiliation that Trump puts us through is that he won by a narrow percentage of a plurality of voters. Once again, I wish we would do what Australia does and demand that people vote. Although maybe that would just make somebody like Trump stronger. If people were forced to vote, they might decide to use the vote to lash out as so many Trump voters did. What they don’t understand is that they’re lashing out against themselves. They will take the hit for voting for Trump and so will the rest of us.
The Secretary General of NATO is in town visiting with Trump. And it got as nutty as you would expect. Trump once again doubled down on what a great 51st state NATO would make. It is consummately embarrassing. I don’t know if the Canadians are laughing or crying. I know I want to hide under a piece of furniture when Trump starts this.
To be honest with you, Canada only works as a state. It doesn’t, we don’t need anything they have. As a state, it would be one of the great states anyway. This would be the most incredible country visually. If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it between Canada and the U. S.,just a straight artificial line.
Somebody did it a long time ago, many, many decades ago, and, uh, makes no sense. It’s so perfect as a great and cherished state keeping Oh, Canada, the national anthem. I love it. I think it’s great. Keep it. But it’ll be for the state. One of our greatest states, maybe our greatest state.
Can you imagine being the Secretary General of the greatest defensive unit, the greatest peace keeping unit on the planet, sitting there listening to this? And of course it got worse. When Trump went on to Greenland the Secretary General steered away from that. But very politely. He didn’t want to be the next Zelensky.
Donald Trump is babbling about taking Greenland in front of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte:
"I think it will happen."
Rutte basically told him to leave him and NATO out of it.
Donald is a global embarrassment talking about "international security" when he's bowing down to… pic.twitter.com/TKbLpDjecf
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) March 13, 2025
The last thing Mark Rutter, the Secretary General, wants to get embroiled in is this insanity. If you think you can stand more, here’s an 18-minute clip. Trump is bored, as usual. He thinks he’s indulging in witty repartee and urbane banter, as men of the world are wont to do. He believes that all those in the room are awed by him. What he does not know is that everybody there is having a controlled anxiety attack just being in the Oval Office and they’re all praying that this scene won’t go off the rails. They know what that looks like and they do not want to be a part of Trump’s next psychotic episode.
Kudos to Secretary General Rutter. He managed to strike the right note, yes, he was very good *friends* with Donald, whatever you say, Donald, we’re all looking forward to the world, hey, what about the entire solar system, under your *leadership.*
Again, and always, what I wouldn’t give to be a fly on the wall and listen to what Mark Rutter says to Ursula von der Leyen and what she says to Emmanuel Macron and what he says to the Canadians, and so on and so forth, about how they really feel about Trump. I’m willing to bet you that after Trump is in the grave you will see a spate of tell-all books that you make your head spin. While he’s above ground and in power, nobody wants to worsen their situation, but when he’s either out of power or dead, then watch the gloves come off.
If we’re lucky Trump will die knowing how much the entire world thinks he’s a complete idiot. Or, maybe he’ll die in office. MAGA used to do nothing but predict the imminent demise of Joe Biden and he doesn’t have an ounce of fat on him and exercises a lot. Trump is morbidly obese with an awful diet and he shuffles in and out of the golf cart. Yet you don’t hear a peep from anybody about how his age and bad health will kill him. Of course the essential difference is, Biden actually did the job he was elected to do, while Trump goes golfing and asks Elon what happened in any given week.
As promised, here is the longer version. You might want to listen to a bit of idiocy here and a bit there and fast forward because that’s all that Trump is contributing to the conversation.
3.13.25 155 pm ET NATO Sec. General Mark Rutte @SecGenNATO meeting with Trump
"NATO became much more powerful due to MY actions"
"Ukraine has known the answer to NATO acceptance for 40 years"
"Canada will be our greatest state, let them keep their national anthem" pic.twitter.com/tjjxlMZC39
— Jeff Storobinsky (@jeffstorobinsky) March 13, 2025
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I think the 51st state will send down a medical team and a straight jacket to take this gentleman to a place where he can do no harm to himself or others. Everyone in this country knows he’s crazier than an outhouse rat, and that we would be doing the world and our southern neighbour a great favour.
I would prefer it if the US became the 11th province of Canada.
We can even just move the northern states.
I have long maintained that I agree with Trump that we need a wall on our southern border.
I just differ on the latitude. I recommend using I-80 as the dividing line.
We can name it the “Mason-Dipsh*t line”.
70 might work better. I’m in the San Francisco East Bay, & 80 is north of me. Trust me my congressional district is as blue as can be. Dem DA, Supervisors, assemblycritter, state senator, Governor?, Lt. Governor, AG, both federal Senators, & congresscritter.