Ordinarily, a nationwide snowstorm of historic proportions — cancelling flights, closing schools, causing power outages, highway accidents, and even a number of deaths — would be enough to deal with.

But in the Oval Office, it’s doubtful that the focus is on the weekend’s weather woes. Donald Trump is buried under a bigger load of problems today than that pile of snow outside his front door.

Judging from the morning news, things are not going his way. Where to begin?

> Well, on the domestic front, there are the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Despite the frigid weather, the political climate there is heated to the point of erupting, following the murders of two innocent citizens by ICE agents and the attempted cover-up by the government. It has reached the point where Trump has found it necessary to dispatch his so-called “Border Czar,” Tom Homan, to try to find a way out of the mess his troops have created. And Trump is said to be considering reducing the number of ICE agents on site, though that hasn’t been confirmed.

The White House rhetoric, as usual, is anything but helpful. Trump posted on Truth Social this morning:

“I am sending Tom Homan to Minnesota tonight. He has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there. Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me.” [Kit Maher and Kristen Holmes, CNN, January 26, 2026.]

So far, so good. But then he mentioned an investigation he has launched into alleged fraud in Minnesota, which he claims “is at least partially responsible for the violent organized protests going on in the streets.” And, just for kicks, he threw in a comment that the Justice Department and Congress are “looking at” Minnesota Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, saying that “Time will tell all.” [Id.] (Surely it is just a coincidence that Omar happens to be a naturalized U.S. citizen from Somalia . . . right?)

Then that font of all White House wisdom, Karoline Leavitt, had to add her two cents’ worth of venom:

“Tom Homan will be managing ICE operations on the ground in Minnesota and coordinating with others on the ongoing fraud investigations” . . . adding in a post on social media that Homan’s mission will be “to continue arresting the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens.” [Id.]

Of course. “Illegal aliens” like Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti.

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Then there are the foreign entanglements.

> NATO and the European Union: I’m sure Trump is wishing he could turn the clock back just one week, when he would still have been able to cancel his trip to Davos . . . or at least to re-think that disastrous hour-long diatribe in which he insulted and demeaned every single ally he could think of. Because he crossed so many red lines that day, that now our friends are pushing back. They’ve had enough. The UK, France, Germany and Italy have flatly refused to join his “Board of Peace,” and have spoken out against his belittling remarks. Even his threats of increased tariffs are being met with talk of retaliatory measures that would cause total chaos to the U.S. economy.

And even the interim president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, said on Sunday that she had had “Enough already of Washington’s orders over politicians in Venezuela. Let Venezuelan politics resolve our differences and our internal conflicts. This Republic has paid a very high price for having to confront the consequences of fascism and extremism in our country.” [Laura Sharman, CNN, January 26, 2026.]

Trump thought that invading Venezuela, kidnapping President Maduro and his wife, and decreeing that he would “run” the country until a successor could be chosen would be enough to frighten Rodriguez into submission. And for the past few weeks, she has been trying to balance between leading her nation and keeping Trump happy. But even she is growing sick of his bullying.

> Iran has similarly refused to knuckle under to Trump’s threats, continuing its massacre of anti-government protesters, with one estimate of those killed being as high as 30,000 since December.

> China, while not directly issuing threats, is in the midst of a military purge that could bode ill for the U.S. and a number of other countries, including Taiwan, as President Xi Jinping takes complete control of the country’s military.

> And Greenland . . . well, bless their 55,000 souls, they have simply stood up and said “NO!” They love their “piece of ice,” and they’re not giving it up to anyone — and least of all to Donald Trump.

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Add to all of that the fact that even some of his most loyal Republican leaders are beginning to realize that it’s time to face reality and think about the future of the country they took an oath to protect and defend — not to mention their own political futures — and you’ve got a picture of a very, very worried man.

As well he should be.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
1/26/26