Week 63 - Trump Escalates at Home and Abroad, With No Rhyme or Reason

This week marked renewed escalation by Trump and his regime, both internationally and at home. Nothing feels safe or stable. One pollster found that 71% of Americans said the country feels out of control. As we hit the one year mark of Trump’s return, he finds himself increasingly unpopular and underwater on every issue, even on fighting crime.Unlike the start of the second regime, when Trump methodically went down a to-do list provided to him by the Heritage Foundation in “Project 2025,” as 2026 gets underway, there is no longer a rhyme or reason to his actions. After marketing himself as an anti-interventionist and peace president, so far in 2026, Trump has threatened to invade or has invaded Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Canada, Iran, and this week Greenland (which he four times referred to as Iceland). Trump whines and petulantly blames these actions on not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. It’s hard to reconcile a grown adult, let alone a sitting U.S. president, acting in such a puerile fashion that the actual recipient tried to calm and flatter him by handing off her award.On the home front, Trump and his regime have made Minnesota ground zero for Trump’s war on his own country. The rationale for the mass deployment of ICE agents shifted frequently, as Trump threatened to further escalate by sending in the U.S. military on its own citizens, and took the unprecedented action of subpoenaing five Democratic officials.Trump continues to use the DOJ and FBI as tools to pursue his perceived enemies. In addition to Minnesota Democrats, this week, Trump ally Jeanine Pirro opened an investigation into four more Democratic lawmakers. All the federal government agencies are acting at Trump’s behest. Perhaps the most telling quote from his nearly two hour speech on his first year’s achievements was his musing that he wanted to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of Trump, but said he was rebuffed by his staff, then he said that was just a joke, saying, “My people don’t rebuff me.”