Trump paints himself as great white hope in racism-drenched Davos speech

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/21/trumps-davos-speech-stephen-miller-white-identity-politics

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human@slrpnk.net · 103 pts · 218d (4 replies)

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 · 41 pts · 217d

What the nazi

shawn1122@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 217d

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.

guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 217d

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

Donald Trump is an absolute buffoon.

zloubida@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 217d

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.

HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 87 pts · 217d (7 replies)

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

Danquebec@sh.itjust.works · 48 pts · 217d (3 replies)

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

k0e3@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 217d

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

einkorn@feddit.org · 2 pts · 217d (1 reply)

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 · 3 pts · 217d

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

Frozengyro@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 217d (1 reply)

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 · 7 pts · 217d

Nah, embarrassment makes him madder.

WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 217d

Mashed potato brain.

SARGE@startrek.website · 28 pts · 217d (1 reply)
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captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 217d

Someone could have some fun with that

nonentity@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 217d (1 reply)

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 · 3 pts · 217d

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

Zier@fedia.io · 19 pts · 217d

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.

Maeve@kbin.earth · 15 pts · 217d

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

grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one · 11 pts · 217d

like a beached great white whale in nappies

Etterra@discuss.online · 7 pts · 217d

The Great White Orange Dope.

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 217d

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.

sturmblast@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 217d

Dumb white dope*

biofaust@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 217d

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.

RubberDuck@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 217d (2 replies)

And yet no western leader pushes back against this narrative.

lepinkainen@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 217d

Did you listen to Carney’s speech?

bossito@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 217d

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.

Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 217d

Shitty orange disaster is what he fucking is

Mouarfff@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 217d

Trump SHUT UP 🤬🤬🤬🤬

This n*zi make me crazy 💀💀💀💀

Formfiller@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 217d

The big dumb pedofile