Air Date: 1-29-2026

Today we examine the collapse of the American-led, rules-based world order (such as it was) in real time. Canada’s Prime Minister pointed out that the emperor has no clothes and declared US hegemony over while Europe called Trump's bluff on Greenland... all the more reason why he would prefer a fake “Board of Peace” that he can rule over as a worldwide plutocracy.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: TACO Returns: Trump 'isolated and Humiliated' by Greenland Saga Says Hayes - All In with Chris Hayes - Air Date 1-21-26

KP 2: Why Trump Just Threatened Canada in Davos | About That - CBC News - Air Date 1-21-26

KP 3: Trump's War on Iran / Davos / Canada-China Relations with Prof. Jiang Xueqin of Predictive History - Reason2Resist with Dimitri Lascaris - Air Date 1-22-26

KP 4: MAGA Empire with Aslı Bâli and Greg Grandin Part 1 - The Dig - Air Date 1-16-26

KP 5: Iran’s Protest Movement with Yassamine Mather and Kevan Harris - Jacobin Radio - Air Date 1-20-26

KP 6: Mehdi Reacts to the Intense Debate Over Iran's Protests - Zeteo - Air Date 1-17-26

(00:44:46) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On why an might-makes-right is evil

DEEPER DIVES

(00:56:10) SECTION A: GREENLAND (OR IS IT ICELAND?)

A1: Chris Hayes' Map-based Theory Behind Trumps Greenland Obsession - All In with Chris Hayes - Air Date 1-14-26

A2: Why Donald Trump Really Wants Greenland - Full Story - Air Date 1-19-26

A3: ‘What Starts World Wars’: Trump Ramps up Greenland Obsession, Floats Military Action - All In with Chris Hayes - Air Date 1-6-26

A4: Trump Threatens Greenland: The Start of World War 3? with Richard Wolff - The Socialist Program with Brian Becker - Air Date 1-21-26

A5: Greenland Tariffs Have European Leaders Ready To Give Up On Trump - Mallen Baker - Air Date 1-18-26

(01:33:49) SECTION B: IRAN IN CHAOS AND STILL A TARGET

B1: Iran's Khamenei Says US, Israel Links Behind "thousands Killed" in Protests - Al Jazeera English - Air Date 1-18-26

B2: MAGA Empire with Aslı Bâli and Greg Grandin Part 2 - The Dig - Air Date 1-16-26

B3: News Brief: For Media Reporting on Iran, Trump Suddenly Morphs Into Pro-Democracy Humanitarian - Citations Needed - Air Date 1-17-26

B4: What Will Happen in Iran Now That Protests Have Died Down? - DW News - Air Date 1-17-26

(02:02:12) SECTION C: CANADA MADE AN ADVERSARY

C1: Canada Prepares For US INVASION - And Mark Carney Declares US Hegemony OVER - Owen Jone - Air Date 1-21-26

C2: Mark Carney and the New World Order - Front Burner - Air Date 1-20-26

C3: Canada-China Form New Partnership: This Is Huge - The Rational National - Air Date 1-16-26

(02:25:22) SECTION D: THE WORLD MOVES AWAY FROM THE DOLLAR

D1: The New Trump World Order - Why, America? with Leeja Miller - Air Date 1-19-26

D2: Oxfam Warns of Rising Authoritarianism & Billionaire Boom - Democracy Now! - Air Date 1-21-26

D3: Foreign Central Banks Are Dumping US Debt At Alarming Rates - UNFTR Media - Air Date 12-19-25

(02:50:02) SECTION E: DYING COLONIALIST EMPIRE

E1: "Empire in Decline": Historian Alfred McCoy on U.S. Aggression in Venezuela, Iran & Beyond - Democracy Now! - Air Date 1-13-26

E2: Will Trump’s Board of Peace Replace the UN? - Today in Focus - Air Date 1-21-26

E3: MAGA Empire with Aslı Bâli and Greg Grandin Part 3 - The Dig - Air Date 1-16-26

E4: Gaza, Venezuela, and Greenland Mark End of World Legal Order Set up in 1945 - Redeye - Air Date 1-19-26

E5: America Is Now The Enemy - Large Man Abroad - Air Date 1-20-26

SHOW IMAGE CREDITS

Description: Photo of Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland standing alone, half in shadow, and off to the right against a wall with logos of the summit.

Credit: “President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland” by the U.S. Government via Wikimedia Commons| Public Domain

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