Picture courtesy of CNN

 

by Bob Scott

It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad, world, about to get a whole lot madder under newly elected United States President Donald Trump.

 

The 78 year old alleged leader of the free world, not content with stirring a hornet’s nest by saying he plans to take over Greenland and make Canada a US state, yesterday, February 5, announced plans to build real estate on top of the blood and bones of the slaughtered Palestine men, women and child victims of Israel’s ethnic cleansing programme.

Trump unveiled his Gaza Strip plans, which he intends to brand the “Riviera of the Middle East,” during an Oval Office briefing at the White House. He was joined by Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been labelled a “war criminal” by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his role in the genocide of Palestinians.

 

“The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too. We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site.

“Level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings. Level it out and create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.

 

“We’ll do a real job. Do something different. Just can’t go back. If you go back, it’s going to be the same way it has for 100 years.”

 

But that’s not all. Trump insists that Egypt, Jordan, and other Middle-Eastern countries take in and house the 1.8 million homeless or displaced Palestinian people as he begins his rebuilding programme.

 

Unsurprisingly, the international community roundly condemned Trump’s criminally crass comments.

Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American member of the US Congress, accused Trump of “openly calling for ethnic cleansing,” on X (formerly Twitter).

 

Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas strongly rejected any plans to displace Palestinians from Gaza.

“These calls represent a serious violation of international law. Peace and stability will not be achieved in the region without establishing a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital on the borders of 1967, based on the two-state solution.”

US Senator Chris Murphy took to X to say Trump had lost his mind.

 

“He’s totally lost it. A US invasion of Gaza would lead to the slaughter of thousands of US troops and decades of war in the Middle East. It’s like a bad, sick joke.”

 

 

US Senator Chris Van Hollen added that what Trump plans to do is tantamount to ethnic cleansing.

 

“Trump’s proposal to push two million Palestinians out of Gaza and take ‘ownership’ by force, if necessary, is simply ethnic cleansing by another name. This declaration will give ammunition to Iran and other adversaries while undermining our Arab partners in the region.”

 

Egypt’s foreign minister rejected the proposal, insisting that Gaza must be rebuilt without the displacement of Palestinians. He was joined by a chorus of world leaders who reaffirmed their support for a two-state solution in the region.

 

Hamas, currently engaged in a fresh round of ceasefire negotiations with Israel, dismissed the plans as “absurd” and “hostile.”

 

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer stopped short of condemning Trump’s controversial proposal but reiterated Britain’s commitment to a two-state solution and emphasised the importance of maintaining the ongoing ceasefire in Gaza.

 

“They must be allowed home, they must be allowed to rebuild, and we should be with them in that rebuild on the way to a two-state solution.”

 

 

France’s foreign ministry issued a statement reaffirming its opposition to “any forced displacement of the Palestinian population of Gaza” and insisting that no third party should control the territory. It stressed that a two-state solution is “the only path to guaranteeing lasting peace” for both Israelis and Palestinians.

 

In Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov asserted that a resolution in the Middle East can only be achieved through the implementation of a two-state solution.

 

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry declared its rejection of “any attempts to displace the Palestinians from their land” and reiterated that it would not establish ties with Israel without the creation of a Palestinian state.

 

Both China and Australia reaffirmed their support for a two-state solution.

 

Turkey’s foreign minister warned that any plans excluding Palestinians from the equation would only fuel further conflict.

 

Evidence, if it was ever needed, that Trump has flown over the “Cuckoo’s Nest” in disregarding international law, and that he is the biggest danger to world peace, not Russian leader Vladamir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping or the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Hosseini Khamenei.

 

 

Trump, a convicted felon, a sex offender, and a former associate of human trafficker and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, may soon add “war criminal” to his growing list of transgressions if he pursues the ethnic cleansing of what remains of Palestine. Forced displacement is a war crime.

 

In the 1963 American comedy It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, a chaotic chase unfolds as a motley crew of strangers scrambles to claim a suitcase full of stolen cash. In the 2025 remake… oh, wait. It’s not a comedy. It’s all too real.

 

Source: The Thaiger 

-- 2025-02-06

 

 

The world is absolutely reeling with his latest announcement. Everybody expected weirdness from this man, everybody expected that he would be irrational and unpredictable, but nobody expected this. If anything we expected less foreign policy adventures not more. He falsely promised not to get the US engaged in any new wars, and yet here he is looking to invade Panama, Greenland and Gaza. So far. What's next Canada, Mexico, and China? 

 

Oh, I forgot he would never have the guts for China. Xi scares him way too much and always beats him at everything he tries. 

Reversing trans competing with females is mad?
Tightening borders is mad?
Reducing government waste is mad?
Pulling the rug from WHO and UNRWA is mad?

Suggest we look at these initiatives in the context of years drifting too far along woke/left ideology.

As far as Gaza in concerned, brilliant concept and let's see how it unfolds. Pumping $billions of western aid to extremist based societies to rebuild, only to allow them to continue their destructive agenda for both their own citizens and Israelis alike, will just lead to more conflict and further damage to Gaza. This could be the circuit breaker than ends up sorting the whole mess. Certainly giving everyone something to ponder, some shriek.

Above all is Trump is a negotiator, so we shouldn't take his opening gambit as a final position. He is pointing out the silliness of so many situation and disrupting them.

I don't like what he says but like what he does.
 

The beauty of disruptors - even ignorant & irrational ones - is that they force other people to justify their long-held but frozen views on controversial matters.

 

Horrible though he is, Trump is a great disruptor. Proof of the pudding was on Netanyahu's nervous but frozen smile as he stood beside Trump. And the candles burning late in the night in Cairo, Amman & Riyadh.

 

Noone can tell what the outcome will be. But it will be different & possibly better than the outcome currently in prospect ie no change, more of the same, and more still.

This is a keeper.........

Go Trump!!!

1 minute ago, baansgr said:

Go Trump!!!

 

 

....and keep going.

The Office of the President of the United States has limited checks and balances.

 

That is why it is important not to allow somebody woefully unsuitable into the Office. Unfortunately in the age of social media soundbites and hyperbole the system has failed. Let us hope the limited checks and balances are strong enough to hold the madman in check.

5 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

This is a keeper.........

 

 

Damn....I've been had.....of course this will have been done on purpose......the great disruptor trying unfreeze our minds.

3 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

....and keep going.

Yep, right onto his 3rd term 👍 

Absolutely top bloke!!

Articles like this are why people dont trust media anymore

8 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Yep, right onto his 3rd term 👍 

 

You may well be right!

 

They can live like pigs, or they can ditch the bs and lets start making that area great. The saudis got money.

Granted, Trump is a crazy man, but the terrorists in Hamas caused all of this by murdering innocent Israelis.

 

And yes, Trump's plan is ridiculous and will never happen.

Big gamble on Trump's part, but doing what they've been doing has been a disaster (and a tragedy) for 80 years. 

 

I don't know enough about his actual plan to judge yay or nay.  But something's gotta give.  Or the Israelis will still be fighting their neighbors in another 80 years. 

 

I'm thinking Trump is laying out an off the wall plan in hopes they can negotiate to a reasonable solution.  Or he may be crazy.  Time will tell.

 

5 minutes ago, Nickcage49 said:

Granted, Trump is a crazy man, but the terrorists in Hamas caused all of this by murdering innocent Israelis.

 

And yes, Trump's plan is ridiculous and will never happen.

 

 

No you don't understand.....he is the great disruptor, unfreezing the minds of us tiny people to new opportunities....it is all in the plan.

One thing is for sure, just to re-build and change nothing will result in a continuation of the same issues which led to the current conflict.

Is Trump really the problem?

Is his current behavior a surprise? Did people expect to see a rational diplomat at work?

NO!

 

Trumps behavior is similar since years. Nobody is surprised that he is crazy and megalomaniac.

And > 70,000,000 Americans voted for that guy. They wanted that Trump represents them and America.

> 70 million idiots are responsible for having the biggest idiot in charge.

 

The alternative was obviously not great. But does anybody think Kamala Harris would have left even 10% of the chaos in the first week like Trump did?

 

It's time for the rest of the world to unite and oppose the idiot in charge. He can do a lot, but he won't win against the rest of the world together. It's time that people stand up and tell him to resign. 

 

54 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

The Office of the President of the United States has limited checks and balances.

 

That is why it is important not to allow somebody woefully unsuitable into the Office. Unfortunately in the age of social media soundbites and hyperbole the system has failed. Let us hope the limited checks and balances are strong enough to hold the madman in check.

 

Well at least Biden has gone now.

57 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Go Trump!!!

 

55 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

....and keep going.

 

... further please POTUS, jump on the bus to Mars with Mrs Musk's problem child.

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

The world is absolutely reeling with his latest announcement. Everybody expected weirdness from this man, everybody expected that he would be irrational and unpredictable, but nobody expected this. If anything we expected less foreign policy adventures not more. He falsely promised not to get the US engaged in any new wars, and yet here he is looking to invade Panama, Greenland and Gaza. So far. What's next Canada, Mexico, and China? 

 

But is Trump actually invading all those countries. Or does he talk like that so that all the attention is on his madness?

We, or at least the Americans, should look at what is happening withing their country. Checks and balances are removed. Anti-Trump competent people are replaced with Pro-Trump incompetent people. Musk can do whatever he wants.

All that would be right now in the news if Trump would not have distracted them all with even more outrageous behavior. 

49 minutes ago, hotsun said:

Articles like this are why people dont trust media anymore

 

Yep. CNN...going rapidly down hill to the hellish confines of eternal fakery. 

I understand that some people support some politics of Trump.

But who told you that you have to support all of his politics.

 

The current suggestions are just f@##ing mad! And this is obvious to everybody who is watching.

Do you really think Trump is playing some 10 dimensional chess only Trump understands? There is an easier explanation. He is mad!

You don't have to support all actions from a mad person even if you think some of his actions make sense. 

What happened MAGA? Thought Trump promised America First. 

Disgusting! But when it comes to Trump, that's nothing new or surprising. 🥹

Just now, Eric Loh said:

What happened MAGA? Thought Trump promised America First. 

 

Lots of holiday homes for Americans on the new Rivera... 

4 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Trumps behavior is similar since years. Nobody is surprised that he is crazy and megalomaniac.

And > 70,000,000 Americans voted for that guy. They wanted that Trump represents them and America.

> 70 million idiots are responsible for having the biggest idiot in charge.

 

The alternative was obviously not great. But does anybody think Kamala Harris would have left even 10% of the chaos in the first week like Trump did?

Nobody was surprised because, the chaos and the way things were needed this crazy megalomaniac to upset the world and government so desperately since nothing and nobody was able to do it before. The People were tired of being fed Dem lies and promises. 

Harris was a twit who would not have changed anything except making sure Trans and wokeism became like the UK is still trying to make happen. Horrible laws and rules coming into play there that the majority hate or simply find outrageous. 

Is he really an idiot though, or you just do not agree with his tactics? 

As an idiot, he got Mexico and Canada to step up and make commitments to increase their efforts to stop the flow of illegals and the drugs that has been ravaging the US. 

As an idiot, he sorted out the problems that were increasing with wokeism and the use of pronouns as well as making a fair playing field for women's sports. 

As an idiot, he began taking down USAID that apparently has a larger budget than the DOD yet is now appearing most of that budget did not help but only a few and in fact actually helped create more problems globally than helping with them. 

As an idiot, he got Panama to cancel their contracts with China to continue taking over both sides of the Panama canal. Now Panama has agreed not to renew Chinas contracts and stop their building more securing the areas that they lease that can potentially block all access to the Panama canal. 

You want to call him an idiot for his comments that led to these actions. I want to say he is a good tactician and knows what to say to get people to commit to things the Dems seemed to let slide for their years occupying the government. 

It seems everything he threatens and says, is done for a reason you cannot fathom, even when the outcome is what he has been trying to accomplish. So who is the idiot and who is the tactician? 

I'd like to invite Mr. Trump to take over the UK.

Although Canada also desperately needs his help.

 

Not sure about Greenland.