Just hours after being sworn in Monday, a reporter asked Trump about his demand that NATO member states spend at least five percent of their GDP on defense, citing Spain’s defense spending level.
The president responded completely incorrectly.
"Spain is very low. And yet, are they a BRICS nation?” Trump asked.
“What?” the reporter replied.
“They’re a BRICS nation, Spain. You know what a BRICS nation is? You’ll figure it out,”
Trump said, managing to be both snide and wrong
The ‘S’ in BRICS does not stand for Spain at all.
The countries in BRICS are Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and new member states Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, UAE, and Iran.
No state in the entire European Union is a member of BRICS.
Here’s hoping that the president of the United States will eventually “figure it out.”
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Trump Starts Presidency by Failing Basic Geography Question
Donald Trump does not have the best grasp of geopolitics.The New Republic
NEWS: A hearing is set for Thursday morning in a lawsuit filed by four states challenging Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship. The Seattle case is one of at least four lawsuits already filed across the country challenging Monday’s order.
Tonight, at Law Dork: lawdork.com/p/multiple-lawsuit…
Multiple lawsuits challenge Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship
A hearing in a lawsuit filed in Seattle is set for Thursday morning, one of at least four cases already filed across the country challenging the executive order.Chris Geidner (Law Dork)
More from the Pro Life My Ass dept:
“[s]ome mothers … may be driven by the Executive Order to induce labor or schedule a cesarean section before the effective date, risk harm to their health and the health of their baby.”
*the effective date is 30 days from yesterday (the date of the executive order)
B.C. Premier David Eby asks Canadians to think carefully about spending money in U.S.
British Columbians should rethink trips to the United States and purchases of American products, as the province establishes a task force to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs, Premier David Eby said.Marcy Nicholson, The Canadian Press (Coast Reporter)
Unusual Whales is the only place to watch Pelosi’s trades as they happen.
Take her call options.
Watch them live: t.co/r3g3CTqq7n
Trump gets an ‘unconditional discharge’ in hush money conviction − a constitutional law expert explains what that means
A New York state court judge sentenced Donald Trump in his hush money case to ‘unconditional discharge.’ What does that mean?The Conversation
Honestly, it works. This particular saga began with an unconditional discharge, and now it ends with one.
Mientras que la era Biden termina y una nueva administración de Trump está a punto de comenzar —con planes de lanzar un esfuerzo masivo de deportación— 18 migrantes esperaron durante la noche fría del desierto de Arizona para la oportunidad de solicitar asilo.
#Tucson #Arizona
Migrantes acurrucados durante noche gélida en la Frontera, pronta inauguración de Trump
Mientras que la era Biden termina y una nueva administración de Trump está a punto de comenzar —con planes de lanzar un esfuerzo masivo de deportación— 18 migrantes esperaron durante la noche fría del desierto de Arizona para la oportunidad de solici…TucsonSentinel.com
Israel considers sending captured Russian-made weapons to Ukraine, embassy reports – Euromaidan Press
Israel considers sending captured Russian-made weapons to Ukraine, embassy reports - Euromaidan Presshttps://euromaidanpress.com/2025/01/21/israel-considers-sending-captured-russian-made-weapons-to-ukraine-embassy-reports/BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Scoop: Top DOGE Dem is ready for a fight (Erin Doherty/Axios)
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Scoop: Top DOGE Dem is ready for a fight
By Erin Doherty / Axios. View the full context on memeorandum.memeorandum
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@kcoyle @jessamyn You can't, in the US, though it doesn't stop people from claiming copyright on verbatim reproductions of public domain work.
In the UK it's a little muddier, but still just as gross.
Only creative work attracts a new copyright. Making a faithful duplication that by design does as little interpretation as possible does not give rise to a new copyright.
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Russia Flooded With Cocaine Since Start of War in Ukraine: Report.
Russia Flooded With Cocaine Since Start of War in Ukraine: Report.https://www.newsweek.com/russia-flooded-cocaine-since-start-war-ukraine-report-2018582BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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- Tyvek or other coverall/jumpsuit with hood
- 4 short lengths rope or heavy twine
- suitable "faceplate," plus duct tape or other means of fixing
- garbage, lots of
- embellishments as desired
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Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel proposed transferring captured Russian-made weapons in Lebanon to Ukraine
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