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Week 145 - Greenland is Not for Sale


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This week, renewed questions surfaced about  Trump’s mental health, as he referred to himself as the “King of  Israel,” the “chosen one,” and “hereby ordered” U.S. companies to change  their dealings with China. Trump created another unprovoked  international crisis with long-time ally Denmark, cancelling a trip he  invited himself on, last minute, over the country’s unwillingness to  discuss selling him Greenland.

As fears of a recession loomed and his approval  rating weakened, Trump went on the attack of the Federal Reserve and its  chairman, Jerome Powell, as well as oddly blaming the media for being  in cahoots with Democrats to hurt the economy ahead of the 2020  election. As conditions worsened, Trump doubled-down on his trade war  with China, claiming presidential power from a 1977 Act which was not  meant to address trade disputes.

More than two dozen mass shooting were thwarted  by law enforcement since the El Paso and Dayton shootings, yet Trump  reversed himself on taking any action on gun control, and tweeted  support of a white supremacist hate group at a rally in Portland.  Trump’s paranoia, erratic behavior and authoritarian maneuvers seemed  magnified by Congress being out of town for their long summer break. The  narrative again this week was dominated by Trump and his never-ending  series of shiny coins and not normal, authoritarian-like actions.

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