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The Board of Pieces
Wed, Jan 21, 2026
The markets rallied today because the hostage taker briefly lowered his weapon. But the relief is Stockholm syndrome. The S&P 500 recovered 1.2% after Donald John Trump announced a vague concepts of a framework for Greenland, allowing Wall Street to pretend the previous day's threat to torpedo the Atlantic alliance never happened. This is the TACO principle – Trump Always Chickens Out – applied to sovereign territory. It gave investors just enough cover to buy the dip, effectively paying the ransom while ignoring that the hostage – the global order – is still tied up in the basement.
The Greenland framework was merely the distraction necessary to unveil the real mechanism of the new era: the Board of "Peace." It is a misnomer so grotesque it should be renamed the Board of Pieces. This body is far from the diplomatic forum that its name suggests. It is a cartel of autocrats designed to carve up war-torn regions for profit. The inaugural roster reads like a human rights indictment: Vladimir Putin, Viktor Orbán, Alexander Lukashenko, and Benjamin Netanyahu. In this club, membership is permanent, and the only buy-in is loyalty to the Chair.
While CEOs distract themselves with AI fantasies, the machinery of the world is being re-engineered into a permanent loot box for phallic narcissists. The Greenland framework was the sleight of hand. The Board of Peace is the prestige. No matter how brutal these regimes become, their seat at the table is now guaranteed, ensuring that the future will not be negotiated. It will be carved up, sold off, and developed by a committee of monsters who will never face an election again.
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By The Hold ReportWed, Jan 21, 2026
The markets rallied today because the hostage taker briefly lowered his weapon. But the relief is Stockholm syndrome. The S&P 500 recovered 1.2% after Donald John Trump announced a vague concepts of a framework for Greenland, allowing Wall Street to pretend the previous day's threat to torpedo the Atlantic alliance never happened. This is the TACO principle – Trump Always Chickens Out – applied to sovereign territory. It gave investors just enough cover to buy the dip, effectively paying the ransom while ignoring that the hostage – the global order – is still tied up in the basement.
The Greenland framework was merely the distraction necessary to unveil the real mechanism of the new era: the Board of "Peace." It is a misnomer so grotesque it should be renamed the Board of Pieces. This body is far from the diplomatic forum that its name suggests. It is a cartel of autocrats designed to carve up war-torn regions for profit. The inaugural roster reads like a human rights indictment: Vladimir Putin, Viktor Orbán, Alexander Lukashenko, and Benjamin Netanyahu. In this club, membership is permanent, and the only buy-in is loyalty to the Chair.
While CEOs distract themselves with AI fantasies, the machinery of the world is being re-engineered into a permanent loot box for phallic narcissists. The Greenland framework was the sleight of hand. The Board of Peace is the prestige. No matter how brutal these regimes become, their seat at the table is now guaranteed, ensuring that the future will not be negotiated. It will be carved up, sold off, and developed by a committee of monsters who will never face an election again.