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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 21/01/2026

I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans. When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Newsom: "It was remarkably boring. It was remarkably insignificant. He was never going invade Greenland. It was never real."

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Mina @minerva1.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

So stop calling him daddy and hit back.

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Fi 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Independence For Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @asenathmagic.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

BORING? That’s what he took from that? He absolutely DOES intend to get his clammy little hands on Greenland, and Newsome is completely wrong.

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DemoBLACK CAT @beckya.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

It’s as real as Newsom’s chance of becoming president (as in zero)

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leftaz.bsky.social @leftaz.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I don't know what you mean, but Gavin Newsom is the only one, at this level, fighting Trump right now. I for one appreciate what he's doing!

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Seven Yakima @sevenyakima.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Hard disagree. He only speaks to a domestic audience and his whole spiel is to troll and ridicule DFT. Doesn't offend me at all.

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AuntieU @umaija.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

If you wait for the Democrats to act, you'll be waiting for a long time. There is only one party, the Corporate Uniparty in the US. bsky.app/profile/umai...

AuntieU@umaija.bsky.social

The Democratic Party is a loyal opposition. It accepts the legitimacy of the system & reinforces it. Whereas Resistance happens when the rules stop working, when legal channels fail, when institutions get captured, when the system itself becomes the source of abuse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTZW...

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The Difference Between a Loyal Opposition and Resistance | A Dispatch from the High Castle

YouTube video by Tad Stoermer

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cognitively accessible math @geonz.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

It literally turns my stomach. I want to say "do you lie to your mother like that?"

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eerorantanen.bsky.social @eerorantanen.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Make no mistake, with or without Trump, US can NOT be trusted as a security partner again. Maybe in a generation or two, but anyone living through these times should always remember. Never forget it was only because of Ukrainian bravery that we in Europe still live in peace.

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ABC MSP @boogerminer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

He's really just confirming that Trump is not alone in having the attitude that other nations are subordinate and there to be pushed around. Similarly, if this is the collective opinion on Canada, then yeah, we are better off without them.

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Titania Bird, Fae Queen of Swords | Part-time VTuber! @titaniabird.neocities.org · 21/01/2026

For what it's worth, a good number of Americans *also* would like Newsom to shut the hell up.

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dcamdupe.bsky.social @dcamdupe.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The American people voted Trump in as president twice. Once could be explained a misunderstanding. A second time says there is something wrong with them.

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Gibby @thegibbon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

That Trump's undignified rambling threats against Europe and Canada will not lead to his removal is, in part, why it doesn't matter anymore that it won't leading to his removal. The rot has spread much, much further

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Rob L @robll.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I bet he wins the next presidential primary though. America has a thing for a-holes.

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I Do Stuff @thewilliamgeorge.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

America doesn't have a serious opposition because most Americans are okay with it until it negatively affects them personally. It's all still sportsball to them.

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rogue vagabond @picaroon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

It's absolutely infuriating to a lot of us, too.

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ohgeezihateyou.bsky.social @ohgeezihateyou.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

we hate Newsom too

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Lord McPee @lordmcpee.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

It drives most Americans batshit too.

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Amarie 🌿 Amparo (she/her) @1000islandlake.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Newsom is a fucking slimy bullshit artist. Do not trust him.

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Meyada @melari.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Legit, and if we’re always just one election away from some absolute dipshit wrecking international alliances, it is impossible to meaningfully conduct relations in a durable way, and US military might is great enough vast that even a small possibility of US military action MUST be taken seriously.

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M Miller@resisting2016🐸🐸🐸 @mmiller.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Smugness is unattractive as well as counterproductive.

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Bribleck @bribleck.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Complacent condescending shit is part of why I dislike Newsom so we agree on that point

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Ms AB @justagalandadog.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom is becoming a danger to himself and others.

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Henrik Korkeamäki @henrikkorkeamaki.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Yep. One can't unscramble an egg. Whatever Trump does, he already botched tfo.

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Adam @adamcobb.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Like the dude had the president of Venezuela kidnapped two weeks ago! There’s effectively a ruling party militia running amok in a major city, they’ve stopped processing visas from about seventy countries. The ‘ha! He doesn’t really mean it’ approach really doesn’t cut the mustard anymore.

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Dr Phoenix CS Andrews @thatdocphoenix.com · 21/01/2026

Good luck, GN has ridiculous stans who will soon descend

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Rollamichael @rollamichael.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom is a greasy chameleon and I do not trust him. Once in a while he puts up a good fight but he never goes all in. AOC for president!

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jezbox @jezbox.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newson is a twat. And if he's the Democrats best hope in 28? Forget it.

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Leslie Street @lesliestreet.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Gavin Newsom is terrible and condescending in almost any circumstance. That he is considered a frontrunner for 2028 is the stuff of nightmares.

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RJKSac 🤦🏻‍♀️ @rjksac.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

No one in California will vote for Newsom. People despise him here.

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aboutosleep.bsky.social @aboutosleep.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I think Democrats trying to pick Gavin is part of the issue Trump will take whatever you let him grab. 🤷‍♂️ it's like saying Vladimir would've invaded Ukraine if people had taken him seriously these people are criminals who will brake every law if they think you'll let them.

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Sha Val @sharonval.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

It is incredibly embarrassing. And you are right. It goes so much deeper. The world is looking at our voters thinking it could easily happen again post-Trump. Who could ever trust us again?

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Lily 🇺🇸🇵🇸 🇮🇷 @cronemusings.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I agree. It’s flippant.

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 📼 🎧 @robdysonpr.uk · 21/01/2026

Newsom isn't the great mind and master opponent to Trump he likes to think he is. Dems need to look at themselves and why there is no credible leadership there either, and certainly no one reassuring ordinary folks who don't want to get shot in the face.

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DJ - ABOLISH MAGA @djsndnkxnsn.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Maybe if EU leaders kiss more ass they will stop acting this way!

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Julie Zimmer @jzimmer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Gavin Newsom's comments show his go-to style: straight talk & tough confrontation instead of the usual polished diplomacy. It grabs headlines & fires up crowds, but it can push away the partners we need for real global teamwork. Definitely not the leader I'd vote for in these times of world change.

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sigreign @sigreign.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

My man there's a good portion of the population in the US that feel the same sentiment.. the corporations and nations PACs have gamed the system here to have this happen..

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jwatsonco.bsky.social @jwatsonco.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Entirely fair. As an American myself, I think our national reckoning (after removing Trump) must include a hard look at how our own sense of entitlement and pride brought us to this point. It's good to love your own country, but we should listen and learn from others, too, rather than lecture them.

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Mia @miak06.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Trump’s comments about Denmark, that Denmark owes the US & should be grateful, that Greenland belongs to the US - & all else Trump said - to show such ignorance that the guy in his ramblings confuses Iceland w Greenland multiple times… You can’t walk that stuff back Not as the President of the USA

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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

youtu.be/0goGamFRtO0?...

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Europe needs a dramatic strategic revolution - now: historian Robert Kagan

YouTube video by The Nerve

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D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom is kind of egging him on here. Both appear to view 75 years of post-war European security as a game.

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carrender.bsky.social @carrender.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom ain't ready for prime time.

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Bernard Loonen @loonenbg.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Well, we'll know for sure when it actually doesn't happen. Whenever that may be.

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Joe Calhoun @jbc3.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Europeans? You’re not alone, it’s absolutely infuriating to us USians too.

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Mike Sand✨ @mikesand.com · 21/01/2026

Great news folks, we don't have to do anything

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Elaine @laineyg.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Trump doesn’t do “allies”. Everything is transactional. That’s why he doesn’t want to use troops in conflict because no one would come and help

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quifidelisest.bsky.social @quifidelisest.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Wasn’t he the one saying he was a t rex and needed to be hit in the face the other day? He changes his speech every day… don’t trust you either

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Political Gambler @paulmotty.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I find it more irritating that virtually no politician or commentator on either side of the Atlantic will spell it out. Trump's Greenland obsession is Russian foreign policy. To first destroy NATO, and then share out the proceeds between these partnered oligarchies. #globalcrimesyndicate

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rNId @globalsozial.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

It will take some time, but everybody is discussing how to push US-Companys out of his business 🤷‍♂️ all long term desissions Are clear: no US services.

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It's bitchy babes! @bitchyolympian.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Newsom is an ass.

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riparian2.bsky.social @riparian2.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom is not wise enough to lead a country.

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OldeHippi🦋 @oldehippi.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

It's Trump's game of RISK and Newsome is a sucker too.

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Gill @gillu3.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Completely agree. I’m actually proud our politicians aren’t stooping to Americans terrible & disgusting disrespect. The US will end up alone, with no allies & frankly whether they voted for him or not, they deserve this now.

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Matthew Powell @thedoctor2016.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Also why do they believe a word he says? Be the opposition. “Force” doesn’t just mean military it’s the power of the self styled best country in the world moaning.

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Crissie Brown #🟦 @comicrissieb.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The US has never been a reliable ally. To be such would undermine American Exceptionalism, which is at core the unshakeable belief that we know and do best and the rest of you should just gratefully do as you're told. Soon, I hope, the rest of the world will discover they can make do without us.

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Caroline Goldsmith @goldcaro.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

See also 'We want healthcare, not Greenland'.

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Angry Bird Lady @mariootsa.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

They treat all this shit like a game. Taking their stupid bullshit on a road tour.

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IYKYK 🌮 @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 21/01/2026

Newsom is a supercilious corporate twat, and always has been.

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Clive @watcherskies72.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

We have been lectured for years about how America is a shining beacon of democracy, the great democratic experiment. Lots of checks and balances and co-equal branches of Government. Such a dream for the rest of us to follow. ....that experiment has failed drastically. Where is the shining beacon ?

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Custardsteeth @clownsbootz.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

You'd all be talking German or Japanese! It's pretty condescending stuff, and it's quite peculiar as he's in a largely German speaking country. Plus, I dont recall the Japanese ever invading Europe

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Petachou @petachou.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Complacent condescending is Newsom’s superpower.

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Arkenor @arkenor.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

He doesn't care what happens to Europe, and will face no consequences for being wrong.

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mayteblue.bsky.social @mayteblue.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Yes, so infuriating 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

the Danish PM should have thrown a fucking chair at Newsom for showing up and having the fucking brass balls to lecture them

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D.A. Rosenthal @darosenthal.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

perhaps social media has erased the boundary between messaging for a domestic audience and messaging for export.

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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Newson did himself no favours. He came across as an arrogant wanker. Something some (not all) Californians excel at.

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Per Damkier @perdamkier.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Can confirm. He has a very good SoMe team, but himself is by and large just an insufferable prick.

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Michelle D. @stillmichelled.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I understand why it's infuriating and am not a big fan of Newsome. He doesn't speak for a majority of Democrats, I can tell you that, plus it's pretty clear he, like Trump, is most fond of the sound of his own voice.

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spike29.bsky.social @spike29.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

And Canadians.

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rex 🦖 @rexs1gma.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I’m part of his constituency and it’s no Sunday in the park over here either.

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AnthonyW @anthonyw182.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Typically, it's always someone else fault They all elected him They failed to oppose him American should look at itself in the first instance

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Natascha Strobl @nataschastrobl.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Yes! It is not just Trump but the end of us cultural hegemony in Europa. I grew up in a world where rural bars would name themselves Manhatten or San Francisco because that was where everybody longed to be. No more. Europe is shifting away from the US, and not just politically.

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Peter de Bode @peterdebode.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom is a despicable poser and Cal needs to get rid of him asap.

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ENVY2024 @envy2024.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Lawrence O’Donnell said the same thing so shut up

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Sorry Buddy @3cityyimby.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The Yankees really don't seem capable of understanding it. It baffles them every time someone explains they don't get a complete reset every four years.

readtheline.ca

Matt Gurney: 'We will never fucking trust you again'

Some blunt talk for our American neighbours at the Halifax International Security Forum.

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Totes McGotes 🇨🇦 📎🐾 @beccaroob2.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Infuriating to Canadians also. That kind of unhinged disrespect and hominin stuff coming from an American politician on the world stage should prove this isn't just about Trump It's about America and Americans and their values

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4653ingCA 🍁 @leslie4653.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Newsom cosplaying for Dem pres is looking more like felon Avenati . Gavin ain't going beyond Cal

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George W Harris @bullcityfats.northsky.social · 22/01/2026

Americans find Newsom absolutely infuriating as well. Especially in the state where he's governor.

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Friso Gosliga @frisogosliga.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Agreed. Newsom is not unlike Vance. They both disrespect European leaders, they both project American superiority. Dems just make slightly more sense to Europeans. But friends? Nah.

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The Cybernetic Sage @cybernetic-sage.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Even sadder are people who assume Americans are to blame, or even complicit, and talk against 'America' - rather than the asshat destroying it, whom many Americans are far more infuriated with than Europeans are...because we LIVE here. Words are important, folks!

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Don Mateo @donmateo.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom has been coming across like a right fucking arrogant prick recently. Feels like the only thing he's learned from a Trump presidency is how to shit-talk your supposed friends. If he's the best the Dems can offer in 2028 then the US is really screwed.

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David O’Leary @daveoleary.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom should get his own house in order before lecturing us.

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

He's wrong too. Europeans are not ready to negotiate over Greenland's sovereignty which is the discussion Trump is referring to.

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Tim Wood @livecut.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Europe: "Pardon us if we haven't yet got the hang of Trumpspeak. How do you tell when he's lying, Governor?"

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Paul M 🇮🇪🇨🇦🇫🇷🚲🍉 @onebiskuit.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Americans are very unfortunate in their politicians. A choice of sadistic crooks in Red and gutless sinecurists in Blue. The Dems lose elections more than the GOP wins them.

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thatveganlesbian.bsky.social @thatveganlesbian.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

100%. And for far too long the world has just kinda looked at each other before giving an awkward half laugh & nod to their friend, who is so far up his own ahss he can't see how the rest of the room really views him when he's admiring his reflection in the mirror & flexing, saying he's the best.

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devokneivel.bsky.social @devokneivel.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Agree. Don't trust a country that votes in a POS twice. The US constitution is broken when it can allow a malevolent dictator to get in charge. You can't trust a country like that.

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wrangler of level 1 goblins @machminotaur.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

yeah dude we know, we started hating him before you ever heard about him. we've been trying to tell everyone the dems are just a second republican party and conceited dickheads who aren't here have been sneering and arguing with us say, didn't your country have a race riot a few months ago?

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henry sholar @mapablue.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Yeats' "the best lack all conviction" and so, "what rough beast… slouches towards Bethlehem…" stopping off in Davos?

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Miss g @grainne.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

We get it. It’s untenable. It feels untenable here too.

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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Try living next door!

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ponsterm.bsky.social @ponsterm.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The Europeans aren't wrong to see the average American voter as condescending and complacent. The system reflects the people in that way.

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Framboise @stardustbunny.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Gavin Newsom has done well in playing a lightning rod for Trump's ire but is by and large just as useless and arrogant as the vast majority of congressional Dems. We're never going to be reliable allies until there's an actual push for change and a sense of humility that comes with it.

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werner58.bsky.social @werner58.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

He's like those young entrepreneurs who think "Steve Jobs was extremely successful while being an abrasive asshole: so I shall be an asshole too". He thinks that being an overconfident asshole like Trump is required to win.

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pb63.bsky.social @pb63.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱@jasondogwood.bsky.social

This is what the world thinks of us. "America isn't the way it is because he's president, he's president because America is the way it is." -Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2026.

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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Add Canadians to this

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Patrick Bormann @patborm.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

You got me. He made me indeed furious.

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tolofson.bsky.social @tolofson.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Tech Bros have been salivating over Greenland for years. Musk gave Trump a quarter of a billion dollars for his campaign. A small chunk of it was actually for the campaign. That’s all…

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Wake Up '92 @wakeup92.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I'm American and it pisses me off. No political leader in America has station to talk to Europeans like this. Trump has completely debased our political standing worldwide.

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Karma's Dad @karmasdad.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

In too many ways, Newsom is a caricature of what Trump would be like if he claimed to be a Democrat. Narcissism is very strong with him as well.

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軽laura @keilaura.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

same energy as when chuds would scream "russia is not going tk invade ukraine" down your throat in 2022

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SamuelBucket @danwoody.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

He's definitely a complacent, condescending shit but he's got a great haircut

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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Particularly from people who have allowed parts of their own country to be invaded, having asserted that would not happen either.

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Iykyk @lipstickscribbles.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Gavin has been pretty infuriating to many Americans especially if one ever fell under his governorship. Faster he flames out the better.

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Moody Starbuck @moodystarbuck.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Comparable to the "opposition" in russia. Always blaming Europe and everybody else but russians.

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Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · 21/01/2026

It's interesting that so many of the comments here are along the lines of "We also hate Newsom" when that is beside the point. The point is that Newsom is just one manifestation of a broader problem with American politics that is undermining the Western alliance. *That's* what is infuriating.

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Cynthia Sax @cynthiasax.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

THIS. Same with Canada.

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Riki T. 🦌 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇱 @rikitaun.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

This guy some days ago blamed on Europeans because they were too weak facing Trump. There’s nothing good in Democrats neither. America is just a bluf.

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teloilla liikkuva hurja mötkö @naururastas.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

"He wouldn't have really invaded." sounds very much like "The nazi salute wasn't serious, just trolling."

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Jake @honyocker.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I think maybe you missed the point that Gavin is speaking here to an audience of one - looking to get under Trumps skin and antagonize him. How is that remotely condescending? Swing and a miss with your analysis here.

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thetruerotstift.bsky.social @thetruerotstift.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

What annoys me (German): He correctly blames European leaders for their inaction, the German Chancellor being a prime example. BUT: This is a US mess, and what the everloving fuck are the Democrats doing?

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WhatRWeDoingHere @voteblue4vr.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom is worthless. Really and truly.

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Cathy - co-owner of 🇨🇦♥️ @cathy-nesbitt.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

American Exceptionalism is alive and well. This will not end until Americans realize that this IS AMERICA and they are responsible for creating DJT and his gang of grifters.

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ꀭeͤ✞ꌚe͎n̆̈ 𝕊⊍תּḋᥑy҉҉ @jetsensunday.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom is part of the American fascist movement, he represents the danger within the Democratic party of the party redistricting to ensure they control entire states and then becoming just as openly fascist as the GOP.

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DiscoElastico @discofornow.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Condescending it may be, but it's true.

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Kara Fagan 🇨🇦 Liberal @fagankara.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Then why did Newsom spend yesterday trying to outsource the responsibility to Europe for the mess America made?

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Simon B.-M. @simonbm.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

They are only interested in themselves, which is understandable, but we have to be interested in ourselves and not them.

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csquared69.bsky.social @csquared69.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I'm in California and I find him infuriating also. He is trying to relate to his red pilled teenaged son by embracing the right and saying we have to listen to them. I don't have to listen to Nazis. Gavin is part of the corporate Democratic establishment and his is NOT our only hope.

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Ewan Sutherland @sutherla.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom comes over as completely inept, tone deaf and ignorant of the world beyond California

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Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsome seems extraordinarily obnoxious The US really needs to start doing psychometric testing on anyone wanting to stand for president & exclude all narcissists & psychopaths Ditto the SCOTUS Because neoliberalism rewards them; after 50 yrs they are in positions of power & influence all over

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Livia Scott @livialand.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I really HATE this man. total slime / trashbag

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom won’t dine out on that response for long, that’s for sure.

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Canililac🍁🇨🇦 @canililac.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

We understand. US politicians almost always patronize & condescend to Canadians. This is the same governor who tried to gaslit Canadians to visit California because of our US boycott (due to their annexation threats) while ignoring the fact their hostile govt controls the US border.

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Robster 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇹🇼 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @unilecturerrob.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

His audience- despite saying this in Davos- isn’t the Europeans though is it. Anyway he won’t get the nomination but he will probably be a senior member of the cabinet.

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ConstantlyDumbfounded @imdumfounded.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

His audience is Trump. I get why Europeans would hate it but that kind of language is purposefully used to get under trump's skin. Probably counterproductive, but, 🤷‍♀️

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W @29psw1.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

It's almost like Newsom doesn't know who he's talking about. His dismissiveness actually increases the chances that Trump will invade.

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bill doyle @billjondoyle.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

agree. those of us in the Surprisingly Large World Outside The US are all getting sick of it

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mister-sister.bsky.social @mister-sister.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

So if it wasn't real (appearently dissapointing for Newsom) than why did he lecture us Europeans with shamelessly disrespectful tone to stand up against Trump? Newsom embodies much of US cultural roots that gave birth to Trumpism. They are deadly wrong, if they think we are waiting for them

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Max the Silent @max-the-silent.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Yep, Gavvy Boy needs to get his arse home and do something to stop this bastard in his own country and stop his cancer coming over to ours. Not try and do deflection and media spots. Pathetic

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Nick Reineke @rockleesmiletv.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The constant downplaying of the real and actual threat that T poses by people who want to appear calm and in control does nothing but further normalize the actual destruction and incremental erosion of rights we're seeing on a daily basis. Everyone should indeed be furious.

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Ian Ford 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ianford.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

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Ian Ford 🇪🇺 🇺🇦@ianford.bsky.social

My take is that everything Newsom says/does is about his presidential ambitions. -By saying world leaders are weak, he looks commanding and presidential to potential American voters. -By saying that Trump is all bluster, he looks commanding and presidential to potential American voters.

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Cerberus 🇨🇦 @cerberus25.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

They can’t get it through their heads that they aren’t the best. Newsom is as arrogant, he’s just not insane.

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crisko 2.0 @crisko2.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Not JUST Europeans, any ally of the US! A yank I can confirm their sole focus continues to be internal politics thus messaging is same. More ignorance & complacency than deliberate condescension? Charney gave an elegant eulogy to Pax Americana. And this one summed it up bsky.app/profile/jaso...

Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱@jasondogwood.bsky.social

This is what the world thinks of us. "America isn't the way it is because he's president, he's president because America is the way it is." -Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2026.

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𝒦𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝒥𝓊𝓊𝓁 - N△FO🇪🇺🇺🇦🇩🇰🏴‍☠️ @kristianjuul.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Meanwhile Europe today 😂

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Birgit Hartoft 🇩🇰🇫🇴🇬🇱🇪🇺 @bhartoft.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Exactly. Newsome also demonstrates a complete lack of understanding and respect for Europeans. Condescension and ‘performative politics’ does not go down well in Europe.

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vm0808.bsky.social @vm0808.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom don’t be a dick . You are sounding like an arrogant twat . People are starting to watch your behaviour & rhetoric & think he WONT make a unifying president .

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Oddballwoofwoof @oddballwoofwoof.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I heard his comments yesterday when he was telling Europeans what they should be doing. He sounded very condescending. He was tell us to make lots of painful financial choices and my thought was that California still subsidises Republican states and the Federal government even now.

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Nathan Fairbairn @nathanfairbairn.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

This guy is such a caricature of a slimy politician. Straight out of central casting.

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My Two Bits @mybits.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Why don't the GOP throw the idiot out?

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Martin Petersen @mpetersen.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

What is your point? The man is being sarcastic. Have you followed his recent attacks on trump? It apparantly is his way of coping with the whole situation.

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Chantal 🇿🇦🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️#BLM🟪 @xxstones.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

What an intellectual desert US government is

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corraban @corraban.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The 'reinvented' Newsom is too full of himself to remember that Trump is a narcissist, a vindictive bully and a liar. Nothing Trump says can be believed or trusted.

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Steve Whitworth @stevewhitto.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Yesterday he was saying Europeans should step up. Maybe a few Americans, including Newsom, should step up.

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Freudian Mistake @freudian-mistake.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Wanting Europe to increase sable rattling instead of using the "checks and balances" in the "oldest democracy" is just my kind of humor... How about you do your job and organize your opposition work as intended?

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The Gungler 🏳️‍⚧️ @thegungler.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Is he trying to goad Trumpler into invading Greenland?

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D. Audy 🇨🇦 @doma-834.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom is just a another symptom of everything that’s gone wrong with today’s USA. it’s infinitely less threatening and infinitely saner, but it’s part of the same disease and the cure is the same: we need urgently to de-Americanize, create new alliances and partnerships and move forward.

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Tzippy Shmilovitz @tzipshmil.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

he is arrogant, but 100% right on this.

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Matt Jones @yosemitesamurai.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Ignore him. There is an audience of one for this stuff. Trump hates nothing more than being called boring and insignificant...

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🎄 Inger 🇩🇰🇬🇱🇫🇴🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @imbrunsgaard.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I am pretty sure the greenlanders felt a lot of things, but boredom was not among them.

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europtimist.bsky.social @europtimist.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

These Democrats can climb on Artemis and fuck off all the way to the moon @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social recently interviewed Amos Hochstein and he was also DRIPPING with condescention for Europeans

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Almightrex @almightrex.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

newsom sucks

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Irrelephant @onewheeldoin200.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

BINGO. If a man threatens to rape a woman, then says "jk lol I was never going to do that", that relationship does *not* return back to normal afterwards. There was intent and there was ability to cause harm. It's always rape language then gaslighting with MAGA, and indifference from the rest.

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Jo @pinkbicyclegirl.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Just a different version of condescending bullying.

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David Walker @walker-2512.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Gov Transphobe can fuck off as well

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Liberty and Justice for All @libertyjustice.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom is being his usual snarky self when it comes to Trump, who he is addressing here.

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Earonn @earonn.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

He is trolling trump. Has been for quite a while now. More should do it, that will make the orange rapist explode way earlier.

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Nick in Moldova @brit-in-moldova.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Yeah... US Democrats who think Europe still trusts and like them are in for one **** of a shock if the midterms happen, and they win...

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Kaia @kaiabell.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom is certainly a symptom of the problem and not the solution to it.

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Hellanal Boner-Farter @weedlordmegadoodoo.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

If you want it to change, call out the useless democrats who grovel at Trump's feet and do nothing to oppose him. We need them out, so we can replace them with people who will actually resist fascism.

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Steve Smith @stheman.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom has hit upon something that a lot of the resistance to Trump has come to feel about our “allies”: that these our nations ruled by weak men whose strategy towards dealing with Trump has been appeasement and sycophancy.

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Zeta Of 1 @zetaof1.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I found it more annoying that, if I recall correctly, before the speech he was very verbal about how strongly european leaders need to oppose Trump. How Europe conducts its foreign policy is Europe's deal. Don't expect us to clean up your country's interior messes just because you can't.

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Saw Dog 🌊 @sawdog.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

100%

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democracyrocks.bsky.social @democracyrocks.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Well, it comes off the same to European-Americans. Never voting for that man.

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Some Guy Called Nick 🇨🇦 @pisseartiste.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

This applies to Canadians too.

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Mr. Pleasantries @jeffreyd.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

We have to stop treating him like a joke ffs.

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Ody @odeecs.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Gavin Newsom thinks he's going to be President. He's not.

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moestrummer.bsky.social @moestrummer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

EU Euros are not victims. To date, they are complicit. They are perpetrators.

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Gisaster @gisaster.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

As a Canadian it was nauseating living in FL for Q1 2025 and hearing all media outlets, including NPR, laugh at Trump’s repeated threats to Canada. My family disposed of that property in Q2; we’re done with the US.

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smurfsup | aka the sentient backpack @smurfsup.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Hear you. But imo *more* A’cans than most realize either 1) already fully know and endorse the (many) points in this (incredible) JVL piece or 2) would quickly do so after only a moment’s forced reflection Unfortunately our “mouthpieces”, that others hear, are 💩 bsky.app/profile/theb...

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

"Many people comfort themselves by saying some version of 'Donald Trump is an aberration' or 'This isn’t who we are.' Both of those sentiments are incorrect."

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This Is the End

Putinism abroad always morphs into Putinism at home. And we chose this path. Why? Because something-something the price of eggs.

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Una Bergmane @unabergmane.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Absolutely! bsky.app/profile/unab...

Una Bergmane@unabergmane.bsky.social

Peak imperialism: your country is descending into the darkness at the speed of light, your own party is doing close to nothing to prevent it, but you travel around and condescendingly lecture other states about how to better resist the aggressor that your compatriots elected.

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Kris with a K @krisarmstrong1.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Try a different Governor. bsky.app/profile/ofth...

Home of the Brave@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

Gov. Andy Beshear: "You now understand why Canadians have stopped buying American products like bourbon, why they stopped going to tourist destinations like Las Vegas. Every state can tell you how much their economy is losing because of Trump."

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Sir Angus of the Prune @manrayon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom figures Trump won by being a troll so if he just trolls harder, he'll become president.

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Penni W. @penumbrawhirl.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I wonder if Newsom's baiting 47. It seems he's speaking to an audience of one. The orange one hates to be mocked.

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handle.invalid @handle.invalid · 21/01/2026

Threats to tarriff, wage war, hold aid, charge opponents, states & business for "protection" from those threats=threats to break your legs in mob "protection rackets". These threats & wild acts create fear that both masks crimes & masks & powers extortion of bribes & emoluments.

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DrBoss @abrainiac.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Also canadians This condescending BS infuriated us too

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Jo 🇪🇺🇺🇳🥂🍾 @jofromeurope.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

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Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com

Putin in 2014: “Don’t believe those who claim that other regions will follow after Crimea. We don’t want Ukraine to be divided; we don’t need that.”

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Dubious Food @dubiousfood.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

It's probably either Vance or this greasy prick in 2029. God help us.

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Kelsi @kelsispace.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsome is a fucking turd with hair too

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EveningStarNM @eveningstarnm.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Newsom was speaking to Americans in that interview, not to Europeans. He says different things to them. Capitalists require stability for their markets to be predictable. They will lie because they know the masses want stability, too, and their lies, if cleverly told, will be believed.

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Arterial Z @arterialz.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

He governs the 6th largest economy in the world but all he's got is trolling after Trump, alienating allies on a deeper level

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mysticalmagical7.bsky.social @mysticalmagical7.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Saying Trump didn't say anything on consequence in his speech is infuriating and condescending? I would expect everyone listening to it realized the same.

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Jack London @jacklondonbluesky.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Yeah - I am not sure how smart Newsom is - he comes across a bit thick

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Taras @tchuprynka.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

100%. And his previous "oh, European answer is weak"... dude, you have a sitting legislatory body which is doing NOTHING to stop a demential, brain-dead president who kidnaps presidents and threatens to invade a NATO ally for no freaking reason at all... miss me with this shit.

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Raised by wolves @mwinter.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

It's true. And yet I just don't believe that America is alone in producing arrogant, insufferable and poorly regulated men.

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petethefeet65.bsky.social @petethefeet65.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Yeah, this little dumpling was screaming yesterday for Europe to DO SOMETHING because america was about to invade Greenland and appeasement (sic) wasn't the way to go. Today, trump was always full of shit, and little dumpling Newsom knew it all along. america is way too far gone to save itself.

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Martin Leyland @strategicthinking.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Did a middle ground ever exist in US politics? Was there ever a time when discourse and debate out-ranked monologue? Whatever your thoughts about the current incumbent at The White House you’d be forgiven for thinking that the whole of the country has disappeared into the well of hatred and madness

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Anagram Doe @anagramdoe.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom cares about one thing and one thing only: being president. The only audience that matters for that goal is Americans so he doesn't bother thinking about how the rest of the world will take what he says

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1983film.bsky.social @1983film.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Most Americans are just delusional idiots. Are you even realizing the growing hate towards everything that comes from you. I hope the world just moves away from you and let your country die a slow death

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Dave Hall @dehall.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Ditto here in Canada. The arrogance from most of the political Right and Centre, and much of the Left is insufferable.

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Genesys, Prince of Wolves | She/Her/It | 18+ @crownprincegenesys.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Screw Gavin Newsom. He's a spineless hypocrite.

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Not a Confederate @clivingsbkk.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Newsom is working hard to not become president.

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lucydemo.bsky.social @lucydemo.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Yeah, the corporate democrats have been complicit in all of this.

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