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At Davos, Trump humiliated the United States on the world stage and threatened the alliances that made us powerful. Reports describe gasps, groans, nervous laughter. The kind of laughter you hear when powerful people realize the guy with the big stick is also unhinged. First target: Greenland. He called it “cold and poorly located,” then demanded “immediate negotiations” to take “complete and total control.” He claimed he wouldn’t use force… then warned Europe they can agree and America will be grateful, or refuse and “we will remember.” Then he moved on to Europe itself. He told them their countries “don’t even work” without the U.S. He joked that if America hadn’t stepped in during WWII, they’d all be speaking German and Japanese. And because it’s Trump, he couldn’t resist the culture-war junk either. He mocked clean energy, recycled his wind-turbine obsession, and tossed out claims that don’t match the reality of how much wind power the U.S. and China actually use. Meanwhile, the people in that room are trying to plan around climate disasters and economic shocks. He treated it like stand-up. It got so sloppy he appeared to confuse Greenland with Iceland and blamed “Iceland” for a stock market dip tied to investor anxiety about his Greenland threats. Then came the ugliest part. Somali immigrants. He referenced a fraud scandal and used it as an excuse to insult an entire community’s intelligence. People near the front audibly groaned. That wasn’t a slip. That was scapegoating, on purpose, for applause. He even admitted tariffs are personal. Switzerland’s president “rubbed him the wrong way,” so he raised tariffs to 39%. Not policy. A grudge. He took shots at Canada’s prime minister. He complained the Federal Reserve doesn’t consult him. And on Ukraine, he called Zelensky and Putin “stupid” if they don’t “get it done,” like a war is a negotiation show he can score points on. This is the real danger of Trump’s second term: it’s not just cruelty at home. It’s chaos abroad. Allies get humiliated. Markets get rattled. Immigrants get targeted. And U.S. power gets used like a weapon for ego. If you’re wondering why Europe looks panicked right now, this is why. They aren’t just watching a president. They’re watching an unstable man holding the lever of NATO, tariffs, and global security, and treating it like a toy.