I have seen a few plays in the area called "Theater of the Absurd." Theater of the Absurd was a post-WWII construction where words meant different things, logic fell to illogic and plays proceeded forward but often ended right where they started.
I love some it, admire more of it, and find that often, these absurd movements reflect real life too much instead of not at all.
What I am trying to say is that actions can be multiple things at multiple times. And these new pronouncements are of the type that are funny and stupid at the same time, with a touch of delusion. What can I be discussing?
Remember when our past and future President tried to buy Greenland in his last administration? He has just announced a new Ambassador to Denmark. In this announcement, he also said;
“For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.”
He is like an old dog with a bone. Here is his announcement (on social media, where his mind can wander at will).
But he has been on a kick for new nand for a while now. Over the weekend, he demanded Panama give the USA control of the Panama Canal, or we would "take it back*." We never owned it, but okay.
The President-elect also spoke with Canadian PM Trudeau about tariffs. At the end of the meetings, he made fun of Trudeau as the Governor of Canada, and said Canada would make a nice 51st state.
Prior to Canada, he met with the President of Mexico. After their meeting, he said that the Mexican President agreed to stop immigration and let the US patrol inside Mexico. She immediately called that out as untrue.
He and his team have elevated Theater of the Absurd to Reality of the Absurd. Ain't life grand.
*Technically, we never owned it. It was a lease trade. The United States would control the canal for 100 years from 1903. The treaties Jimmy Carter began ensured a steady control and handover to Panama by 1999, which occurred
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