COGNITION(S): Cognition Red, Cognition Blue!

MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2026

Human cognition is limited: We wish that what follows weren't the case. But at this time, at home and abroad, the dominant, dangerous point of concern is a problem whose name can't be spoken.

The dominant topic is a form of "mental disorder" (that's a technical medical term). Over the long football weekend, that apparent disorder surfaced first in a long, nutty Truth Social post.

You don't have to read the whole thing. We're simply trying to establish the historical record:

Truth Details

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

We have subsidized Denmark, and all of the Countries of the European Union, and others, for many years by not charging them Tariffs, or any other forms of remuneration. Now, after Centuries, it is time for Denmark to give back—World Peace is at stake! China and Russia want Greenland, and there is not a thing that Denmark can do about it. They currently have two dogsleds as protection, one added recently. Only the United States of America, under PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, can play in this game, and very successfully, at that! Nobody will touch this sacred piece of Land, especially since the National Security of the United States, and the World at large, is at stake. On top of everything else, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Finland have journeyed to Greenland, for purposes unknown. This is a very dangerous situation for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Planet. These Countries, who are playing this very dangerous game, have put a level of risk in play that is not tenable or sustainable. Therefore, it is imperative that, in order to protect Global Peace and Security, strong measures be taken so that this potentially perilous situation end quickly, and without question. Starting on February 1st, 2026, all of the above mentioned Countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Finland), will be charged a 10% Tariff on any and all goods sent to the United States of America. On June 1st, 2026, the Tariff will be increased to 25%. This Tariff will be due and payable until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland. The United States has been trying to do this transaction for over 150 years. Many Presidents have tried, and for good reason, but Denmark has always refused. Now, because of The Golden Dome, and Modern Day Weapons Systems, both Offensive and Defensive, the need to ACQUIRE is especially important. Hundreds of Billions of Dollars are currently being spent on Security Programs having to do with “The Dome,” including for the possible protection of Canada, and this very brilliant, but highly complex system can only work at its maximum potential and efficiency, because of angles, metes, and bounds, if this Land is included in it. The United States of America is immediately open to negotiation with Denmark and/or any of these Countries that have put so much at risk, despite all that we have done for them, including maximum protection, over so many decades. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Tariffs and dogsleds and DONALD J. TRUMP all in caps oh my!

That's a long post, and the post is observably nutty—in its insulting reference to those two dogsleds, but also in the bizarre decision to levy tariffs on long-standing allies unless they'll be willing to help the U.S. accomplish "the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland." If only for today, don't make us explain beyond that. 

We've shown you the text of the declaration. The report at Mediaite runs beneath this headline:

Trump Blurts Epic Saturday Morning Rant Threatening Allies—And Referencing ‘Dogsleds’—In Bid To Seize Greenland

It was indeed an epic rant, and so it went on Saturday morning—but there was more to come. Late last evening, Nick Schifrin of PBS broke the new report in a tweet.

We'll offer links to news reports below. But this is the actual missive the sitting president sent to Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, with a request that Støre should pass the missive along:

Dear Jonas: 

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, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. 

Thank you! President DJT

So disclosed Schifrin, he of PBS. The president wasn't awarded the Nobel prize, and that has made all the difference!

We'd call that overtly bizarre. 

For the record, the Norwegian government ("your Country") plays no role in deciding who will receive the various Nobel prizes. Here are links to two news report about this latest declaration:

Norway’s PM says Trump sent letter tying Nobel prize snub to Greenland ambitions
Politico. For full report, click here.

READ: Trump Warns He Has No ‘Obligation to Think Purely of Peace’ Over Greenland in Unhinged Letter
Mediaite. For full report, click here.

He wasn't awarded the Nobel Prize. Inevitably, this imagined though non-existent snub has led him to harden his stance—and no, he hasn't "stopped 8 Wars PLUS." 

Also, as everyone except him seems to know, the presidential election in 2020 wasn't rigged and stolen. That said, he keeps making the lunatic claim—and no reporter has dared to ask him why he insists on doing that.

There's much, much more to this latest development in this developing global problem. For now, we'll leave it right there—but also this:

We've told and told you, then told you again! The medical state of this powerful man is the globe's most significant issue. That said—and with this, Denmark comes back into play—our American press corps is unwilling to see what is right before us, not unlike the bedazzled citizens in this famous tale:

The Emperor's New Clothes

"The Emperor's New Clothes" is a literary folktale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, about a vain emperor who gets exposed before his subjects. The tale has been translated into over 100 languages.

"The Emperor's New Clothes" was first published with "The Little Mermaid" in Copenhagen, Denmark on 7 April 1837, as the third and final installment of Andersen's Fairy Tales Told for Children. The tale has been adapted to various media, and the story's title, the phrase "the Emperor has no clothes," and variations thereof have been adopted for use in numerous other works and as idioms.

Over a hundred languages! We assume that you're familiar with the tale's famous plot.

All over the world, people have understood that this famous tale tells us something very important about the limits of human cognition (or possibly, about the limits of human character). Yet here we sit, two hundred years later, and our biggest news orgs still refuse to report or discuss The (Apparent) Problem Which Does in Fact Have a Name.

This apparent problem is always a tragedy—but when it involves a sitting president, it's also extremely dangerous. That's one of the places where the limits of human cognition come in.

Over here in Blue America, we Blues have let the sugarplums dance in our heads—our thoughts of reclaiming the House this year, and possibly even the Senate.

Needless to say, that could happen! But the sitting president would still be the sitting president, after a humiliating election defeat. He'd still be the commander in chief—and what night he decide to do then?

We can't answer that question; neither can anyone else. But medical problems of the type in question are tragic but also very dangerous in the current circumstance.

To what medical problems do we refer? We're speaking of possible cognitive decline, possibly layered on top of one (or more) possible "personality disorders" (whatever they are). Such medical issues are always a tragedy—but in the current circumstance, they also threaten the world.

Now for some full disclosure:

Other remarkable cognitive failures are tied to this possible medical problem. We're speaking of Cognitive Failure Red, but we're also speaking about Cognitive Failure Blue.

The inability to see what's right there before us would represent an ancillary cognitive failure. Our current "national discourse" reeks of that failure. That's true among the elites of Silo Red, but also in Silo Blue.

Despite the praise we humans heap on ourselves, our human cognition is very limited. (Among other signs of this state of affairs, we humans tend to have a very hard time grasping that basic fact.)

Denial Red and Denial Blue! The failure to see what's right before us is general over the civil war which now obtains between our two Americas. 

The Reds refuse to discuss what's sitting right there. We Blues refuse to report it too.

With that, we return to the final day of our failing nation's three-day football holiday weekend. Denial and failure are all around us. The principal proof of our cognitive failure is the fact that we warring Americans, Red and Blue alike, are simply unable to see it.

Either that, or our warring elites, Red and Blue, simply refuse to speak!

Tomorrow: So many different denials in play, even among us Blues!