Daily News — January 20, 2026

"The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland."

While others stenograph, grift, or chase the next distraction—this is the news that matters and how it’s connected.

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“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace.”

That’s not a parody. That’s President Donald Trump, on White House letterhead.¹ The letter questions Denmark’s “right of ownership” (”There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago”) and demands “Complete and Total Control.”

A sitting congresswoman responded by calling for the 25th Amendment.¹

Then came Monday night. Trump posted on Truth Social: “There is no going back.”² He leaked private text messages from French President Macron and NATO Secretary General Rutte.² He posted AI-generated images of American flags over Greenland and Canada.

By Tuesday morning, Greenland’s Prime Minister was telling citizens to prepare for possible invasion. “It’s not likely there will be a military conflict, but it can’t be ruled out.”³ Fifty-seven thousand people—the entire population of Greenland—are being told to stockpile five days of food because the American president won’t rule out invading them.

Then came Davos. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney took the stage and declared the rules-based international order dead. “We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition,” he said.⁴ “Great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons. Tariffs as leverage. Financial infrastructure as coercion. Supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited.”

This wasn’t diplomacy. It was a eulogy—and a declaration of independence. Carney invoked Václav Havel’s greengrocer metaphor: the shopkeeper who puts a “Workers of the world, unite!” sign in his window not because he believes it, but to avoid trouble. “We are taking the sign out of the window,” Carney said.⁴ Countries can no longer pretend the old order protects them. “When we only negotiate bilaterally with a hegemon, we negotiate from weakness. This is not sovereignty. It’s the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination.”⁴

Danish PM Frederiksen at Davos: “The American president has unfortunately not ruled out the use of military force. And therefore the rest of us cannot rule it out either.”² Macron: “We do prefer respect to bullies.”²

Let that sink in. NATO allies are now publicly preparing for the possibility that the United States will invade them. The leader of Canada is declaring the American-led order dead and building coalitions to survive without us. A president is demanding “Complete and Total Control” of allied territory because he didn’t get a prize. This isn’t diplomacy. This isn’t even bullying. This is a superpower having a psychotic break in public—and 57,000 people stockpiling food because of it.

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Minnesota: Protect the Killer, Prosecute the Critics

“The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.”

That’s Governor Tim Walz. As of Tuesday, he’s under federal subpoena for criticizing ICE.

The Justice Department served subpoenas to five Minnesota officials: Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Frey, St. Paul Mayor Her, Attorney General Ellison, and Hennepin County Attorney Moriarty.⁵ Read those last two names again. Ellison and Moriarty are the officials who could open their own investigations into Renee Good’s killing. The subpoenas “could further complicate their efforts” to hold anyone accountable, the Times reports.⁵ Could complicate. The word is designed.

Ellison’s response: “Let’s be clear about why this is happening: Donald Trump is coming after the people of Minnesota and I’m standing in his way. I will not be intimidated.” The subpoena arrived shortly after his office sued the Trump administration.

The legal basis? A Civil War-era statute—one that’s been “rarely used,” but appeared on a memo from AG Bondi offering prosecutors “a road map for how to charge political agitators with crimes.”⁵ They’re using a law written to prosecute Confederate sympathizers against elected officials who criticized federal agents. Deputy AG Blanche called this criticism “terrorism.”

The New York Times states what should be obvious: “There is no evidence that either man has incited violence—let alone engaged in acts of terrorism.”⁵

But let’s talk about terrorism. The federal code defines it as acts “dangerous to human life” that “appear intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population.” Now ask yourself: Who shot an unarmed mother of three? Who tear-gassed a car with six children inside—including a six-month-old who needed CPR? Who shipped hundreds of people to a torture prison in El Salvador without trial, without evidence, without due process?

That’s not Walz. That’s not Frey. That’s ICE. That’s the DHS. That’s the President of the United States.

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Meanwhile

Venezuela: Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) called Trump’s seizure of Venezuelan oil unconstitutional: “The President can’t legally create a second Treasury overseas for his own piggy bank.”⁶ The U.S. seized its seventh oil tanker on Tuesday.⁷ Trump claims to have taken 50 million barrels. The White House response to Massie? Personal attacks.

Markets: Trump’s Greenland threats sent stocks tumbling. S&P 500 down 2.06%. Nasdaq down 2.39%. Dow down 1.76%. Threatening to invade your allies is bad for business.

Polling: Two days ago, Trump’s approval was 42.4%, disapproval 55.2%, net approval -12.8. Today: approval unchanged at 42.4%, disapproval up to 55.6%, net approval down to -13.2.⁸ That 55.6% disapproval matches the shutdown peak—the highest since his second term began. And most polls only reflect data through January 16. The “no going back” post, the leaked texts, and Tuesday’s market crash aren’t in these numbers yet.

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The Call

Every story in today’s news serves the same project. We track them using the fascism syndrome—ten indicators that a democracy is sliding into fascism—so you don’t lose the thread in the daily chaos:

• Aggression as virtue: Military threats against NATO allies. “Complete and Total Control” demands. Leaked diplomatic correspondence weaponized for dominance. Cooperation isn’t weakness to this administration—it’s unthinkable.

• Weaponized justice: Five officials subpoenaed for speech. The agent who shot Renee Good hasn’t been charged. Prosecutors who refuse are replaced.

• Consolidation of economic power: Seven tankers seized. Fifty million barrels taken. Money deposited in accounts “controlled by me, as President”—with Congress cut out entirely.

• War on reality: AI-generated images of American flags over allied territory. A letter claiming Denmark has no “right of ownership” based on boats landing “hundreds of years ago.”

Demand territory. Punish critics. Seize assets. Fabricate justifications. That’s not foreign policy. That’s not law enforcement. That’s fascism.

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1. Rep. Yassamin Ansari (@RepYassAnsari), “Tweet with Trump letter to ‘Jonas’“, X, January 19, 2026.

Documents full text of Trump’s White House letter demanding “Complete and Total Control” of Greenland, citing Denmark’s failure to award him the Nobel Peace Prize as justification for abandoning peace. Includes Ansari’s call for the 25th Amendment, noting 3.2 million views.

2. Michel Rose, “Trump, sharing leaked texts and AI mock-ups, vows ‘no going back’ on Greenland“, Reuters, January 20, 2026.

Reports Trump’s overnight Truth Social escalation, leaked diplomatic correspondence from Macron and NATO’s Rutte, AI-generated images of U.S. flags over Greenland and Canada, and European leaders’ Davos responses including Frederiksen’s statement that she “cannot rule out” military conflict and Macron’s “we do prefer respect to bullies.”

3. Christian Wienberg, “Greenland Tells Citizens to Prepare for Crisis“, Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance, January 20, 2026.

Documents Greenland PM Nielsen telling citizens to stockpile five days of food and prepare for possible invasion. Reports formation of emergency task force and Finance Minister Egede’s statement that Greenland is “under a lot of pressure.”

4. CBC News, “Full transcript: Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Davos speech“, CBC, January 20, 2026.

Complete transcript of Carney’s landmark speech declaring “rupture, not a transition” and invoking Havel’s greengrocer metaphor. Documents Canada’s pivot to strategic independence, including defense investments and trade deals on four continents.

5. Alan Feuer, Glenn Thrush, and Devlin Barrett, “Prosecutors Subpoena Minnesota Democrats as Part of Federal Inquiry“, New York Times, January 20, 2026.

Documents subpoenas to five Minnesota officials. Reports Deputy AG Blanche’s “terrorism” accusation and explicitly states “there is no evidence that either man has incited violence.” Notes ten prosecutors deployed from Michigan with more from five other states.

6. Rachel Frazin, “Massie rips Trump’s sale of Venezuelan oil ‘for his own piggy bank’“, The Hill, January 20, 2026.

Documents Rep. Massie’s constitutional objection to Trump controlling Venezuelan oil revenue without Congressional appropriation. Reports White House response was personal attacks rather than legal arguments.

7. PBS/AP, “U.S. forces seize 7th sanctioned tanker linked to Venezuela“, PBS NewsHour, January 20, 2026.

Reports seizure of Motor Vessel Sagitta, Trump’s claim to have taken 50 million barrels from Venezuela, and administration goal of $100 billion investment in Venezuelan oil infrastructure.

8. RealClearPolitics, “President Trump Job Approval“, RealClearPolling, January 20, 2026.

Aggregated polling average showing Trump approval at 42.4%, disapproval at 55.6%, for a net approval of -13.2. Disapproval matches the shutdown peak—the highest since his second term began.