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Greenland

Trump Explains Why He Has to Have Greenland
January 21, 2026
Trump wants Greenland. He's upset about not getting awarded the Nobel Prize and is taking it out on Europe.
This cartoon was created a day before Trump's performance at the Davos conference where he conceded that he wouldn't invade Greenland and that there's a "framework of a deal".

The idea came to me as I saw the news of Trump’s letter to the Prime Minister of Norway.  He’s acting like a 2 year old. Let’s depict him that way. Animated head with toddler body. Very low tech but it gets the point across.

I also tried to use the subtitles as a way of mimicking him writing a letter. Interesting effect.

Used the cell phone calling trick to depict European leaders all calling to try to talk him out of invading Greenland.  Tariffs for all, he responds.

I had a hard time figuring out how to end it.  Then I thought bribe him with a plane would be perfect. And since he’s in a 2 year old body, let’s have it be a toy plane.

The headline sort of predicted true events, as a day after this was published, Trump stated at Davos that he wouldn’t invade Greenland.