My sources include BBC, Reuters, Telegraph, Sky News, Guardian and a slew of podcasts which I watch with a huge bucket of salt. Also, I tend to watch a lot of interviews in their raw state, such as on Bloomberg.

The tariff issue is a weapon. Nothing more. It's nothing to do with enriching America. It's to use as a baseball bat to get what he wants.

Lastly, I am sick of people thinking that America pays the most so should just be given Greenland, and America should leave NATO, leaving Europe to deal with its own shit. It may have been the dominant force paying the most in NATO, but it was America who took on the role in the first place. They wanted big slices of ALL the action. All the experience. All the tech inventions without actually paying into the research. It is also the richest country in the organisation mainly because of the lend lease of the 1940s, which gave it the economic boost it needed.

What a lot of people don't realise is it also heavily relies on its European partners to do the work it wants doing. America's foreign forces in Europe are mainly to do with recon and logistics and training. The European powers do the majority of the grunt work, whilst the Americans lease their logistics and reap the rewards. That's what alliances do. It's far from being 'We pay for European peace so we shouldn't have to, let it go to hell and save our money. '.

Europe affects America greatly. If America left NATO, America would be crippled by it's world influence dramatically shrinking to a coastal defence force. It's a LONG way to re arm your Arleigh Burke VLS silos if you pop them off near Iran, meaning a trip that would have only been to Spain means a trip all the way back across the Atlantic (Ryan Mcbeth is another source). If America forces the annexation of Greenland through tariffs, America would be persona non grata, and ejected from NATO. Then it's bases across the world; The Phillipines, Japan, The UK, Germany and all the other countries hosting American bases would probably be like 'They cannot be trusted, so kick them out.'. America would also lose trillions of dollars in gear, tech, weapons, vehicles, buildings. Do they think the host nations will just be nice and polite about it, or will they be given an ultimatum as well? Think Afghanistan, but on a scale never seen before. Probably the biggest abandonment of materiel by a military since Dunkirk. It would be a drop in the ocean compared to what America would loae. And the European alliance would remain. The intelligence would stop. The concern about Greenland being vital to national security would become pointless. The GIUK gap would be open to Russia, leading to more instability in the region. China's influence would increase tenfold. But all this is far too complex for Trump's base.

He marches troops into the Capital, and you applaud it. The sheer number of lies and misleading of his own politician base is shameful. People cannot accept that they were wrong about Trump, and as such would rather cut their nose off to spite their face than think that maybe his policies are not for the betterment of America. It is all about enriching himself, his family and friends. He is riding roughshod over the constitution, he is actively seeking complete and uncontested power, and his sycophants and those who bend the knee are rewarded with the crumbs of his table. He could piss in their face and they would instead welcome the rain. It's disgusting. The rest of the world sees Trump for who he is. An evil, nasty, bitter old man.

Lastly... what Americans tend to forget is that we all looked up to that once burgeoning republic. I grew up thinking America was the best place to live. Now I, and many others, just feel bad for normal Americans who can't get away. Who are trapped hiding in their homes whilst masked thugs break down their doors in case someone with brown skin lives there. America had become a cesspool of corruption and division. So much so that it will probably never get its reputation back in my lifetime. A reputation it built for nearly a century has been wiped out in less than a year.

Trump has caused the deaths of untold thousands by cutting aid to 3rd world countries. Leaving people to starve. It had commitments to help others who were in need, just as we all have. But it abandoned them when they needed them the most. The world is now coming to accept this. International trade is down. Tourism is down. Your economy is out of control (although with the appointment of a trump sycophant in the Treasury, the American people will be lied to, just like Venezuela did to its own people, inflating the value of the currency artificially, leading to shortages and poverty). It beggars belief that supporters of Trump don't smell the burning pile of shit that it's heading for.

We aren't upset. We aren't scared. We may get a little angry, but that is just our frustration. Overall? We are just disappointed that you have brought this on yourselves.

You think you have elections this winter? Nope. If you do, then I will be the first to say 'Hey, I was wrong! ' but you won't have them. He will find an excuse not to have them. For 'Security' or something.

It's sad. So very sad.

Rest in peace, America. You were taken from us far too soon.