All the latest wild and unhinged moments from Trumpworld – as the UK helps capture a tanker running Russian colours near Scotland…and the White House tells everyone up is down and black is white
Donald Trump’s White House rewriting history with its new version of the events of January 6th is among the most troubling things that has happened in his first year back in the oval.
We really should have seen it coming – he’s hardly been shy about making comments about how it was a “day of peace” and not a violent attempted coup. And how those that took part were patriots and peaceful protesters. But it hits different when it’s not just babble out of his mouth, but is official text on a website. I’m not exaggerating when I say this is bordering on failed state territory. Orwell would blush. Even Kim Jong Il would say it was a bit much. The US is clearly no longer a reliable ally…and yet we’re still treating them like a pretend best friend. Not to mention apparently helping them capture boats bound for Venezuela.
Meanwhile in Trump land
- The White House confirms Trump is prepared to take Greenland by force
- Trump boarded a ‘Russian’ tanker and we helped
- US Government cracks down on people putting stickers on Trump’s face
- And when you’ve lost QANON Shaman…
Here’s everything you need to know
1. White House confirms Trump ready to invade Greenland and take it by force
Last night, for the first time, an official statement from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Donald Trump’s plan for seizing Greenland.
Trump, it’s understood, would prefer to simply buy Greenland from Denmark. But if they say no, Leavitt said, he’s ready to use the US military to take it by force.
Here’s her statement in all it’s insane glory: “President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it’s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region.
“The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilising the US military is always an option at the commander in chief’s disposal.”
Trump is said to want the issue dealt with by the end of his presidency.
2. White House rewrites history of January 6th with website stuffed full of insane lies
To mark five years since Trump supporters attempted, at his urging, to overthrow the government in a violent coup d’stat, the official White House website last night published a revisionist history of the insurrection, full of what Trump used to call “alternative facts.”
It includes a string of outright lies, including claiming that rioter Ashli Babbitt was “murdered in cold blood”, and naming the Capitol Police officer who shot her. In reality, she was at the front of an angry mob of Trump supporting rioters in a Capitol corridor and, despite repeated warnings to stop, attempted to climb through a shattered window beside a barricaded door into the Speaker’s lobby. An officer shot her in the shoulder and she later died in hospital. The US Capitol Police found the shooting was “lawful and within Department policy” and “potentially saved Members (of Congress) and staff from serious injury and possible death”.
Other elements of terrifying nonsense included in the revised timeline of the only coup attempt in modern US history include a section entitled “BETRAYAL OF THE PRESIDENT: Mike Pence refuses to act”, accusing the former Vice President of “cowardice and sabotage” for not overturning the legitimate result of the election and declaring Trump the winner.
It also claims Trump “urged calm” between 2.24pm and 4.17pm.
What Trump actually posted at 2.24pm was this: “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones the were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!”
At 2.26pm Pence was whisked out of the Capitol for his safety. Just before 3pm, rioters broke into the Senate chamber.
It wasn’t until well after 4pm that Trump went on camera and halfheartedly told his fans it was over and to “go home in peace.”
At no point between 2.24 and 4.17 did Trump do anything approaching “urging calm”.
The website also claims “zero law enforcement officers lost their lives, which is a lie. In the days and weeks that followed the attack, five officers who served on Jan 6 died. Four took their own lives. One – who had been sprayed with pepper spray during the assault – died following multiple strokes the following day. He was 42.
The rioters, all of whom Trump pardoned on the day he returned to office, are descried as “patriots” and “peaceful protesters”.
This is absolutely not normal behaviour, and we’re not taking it nearly as seriously as we should be. Trump is telling us exactly what he intends to do in January 2029.
3. Putting a sticker over Trump’s face might void your National Parks pass
Last month, entrance passes for US National Parks were redesigned to include Trump’s face. This in itself is being challenged in court because Federal law requires the main America the Beautiful Pass to feature the winning photo of the National Parks Foundation’s annual public lands photo contest. For the 2026 pass, this is a gorgeous image of Montana’s Glacier National Park.
Since then people have come up with their own way to protest the change – by putting stickers over Trump’s face.
And obviously, Trump’s department of the Interior is so petty that they’ve updated the “Void if Altered” rules for this year to specifically ban stickers.
4. When you’ve lost the QANON Shaman…
The most visible member of Trump’s angry mob on January 6th was a fella known as the QANON Shaman. You know him. Bearskin hat with horns, topless, facepaint. That guy.
Well, CNN caught up with him to ask if he’s still a fan of the President. Turns out he very much is not, because of his failure to release the Epstein files.
5. US Boards Russian tanker bound for Venezuela…near Scotland
A US official says US forces have boarded a Venezuela-linked sanctioned oil tanker in the North Atlantic near Scotland after pursuing it for weeks.
The US had been pursuing the tanker since last month after it tried to evade a blockade on sanctioned oil vessels around Venezuela. It had been sanctioned by the US in 2024 for allegedly smuggling cargo for a company linked to Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. The US Coast Guard attempted to board it in the Caribbean in December as it headed for Venezuela.
The ship refused boarding and as it headed across the Atlantic, its name was changed from the Bella 1 to the Marinera and was reflagged to Russia, shipping databases show.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said before the seizure that it was “following with concern the anomalous situation that has developed around the Russian oil tanker Marinera.”
6. And it turns out we helped
Turns out we helped, something the MoD felt compelled to note was “in full compliance with international law”.
Defence Secretary John Healey said: “Today our UK Armed Forces showed skill and professionalism in support of a successful US interception of the vessel Bella 1 while on its way to Russia. This action formed part of global efforts to crack down on sanctions busting.
“This ship, with a nefarious history, is part of a Russian-Iranian axis of sanctions evasion which is fuelling terrorism, conflict, and misery from the Middle East to Ukraine.
“The UK will continue to step up our action against shadow fleet activity to protect our national security, our economy, and global stability – making Britain secure at home and strong abroad.
“The US is the UK’s closest defence and security partner. The depth of our defence relationship with the US is an essential part of our security, and today’s seamlessly executed operation shows just how well this works in practice.”
