{"id":68698,"date":"2026-01-21T15:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T23:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68698"},"modified":"2026-01-24T13:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T21:38:34","slug":"trumps-press-secretary-flagrantly-lies-that-trump-didnt-say-iceland-when-he-meant-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68698","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Press Secretary Flagrantly Lies That Trump Didn&#8217;t Say Iceland When He Meant Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The imperative to distort what the world plainly sees and hears with regard to Donald Trump has been a constant feature of the Trump Era. He and his cronies all too frequently find it necessary to provide explanations and\/or excuses for his obvious mental glitches that are utterly devoid of any resemblance to reality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Trump's Press Secretary Flagrantly Lies That Trump Didn't Say Iceland When He Meant Greenland%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68698\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post this article on Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/intent\/compose?text=Trump's Press Secretary Flagrantly Lies That Trump Didn't Say Iceland When He Meant Greenland%20https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68698\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post on Bluesky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-leavitt-whitehouse.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64944\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When a national <em>&#8220;leader&#8221;<\/em> is so delusional that he can&#8217;t distinguish fact from fiction, it presents a dangerous set of circumstances that could result in atrocities and behavior that has the potential to undermine the stability of a nation that relies on a coherent vision to preserve democracy and freedom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68671\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Whines That He Has \u2018Accomplished So Much\u2019 That \u2018We Shouldn\u2019t Even Have An Election\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Trump&#8217;s one year anniversary of his second occupation of the White House, he is exhibiting the sort of deranged conduct that could unravel America&#8217;s political and social infrastructure. That conduct is seen in ways big and small. The big examples include his attacks on foreign countries like Venezuela, his imposition of inflationary tariffs, and his military invasions of American cities.<\/p>\n<p>An example of conduct on a smaller, but still significant scale, occurred Wednesday when he delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. During his address Trump referred several times to Iceland, when it was clear that he meant Greenland. It&#8217;s a mistake that would have consumed the national media for days or weeks if President Biden had done it, but is hardly making a ripple from the press that seems to accept Trump&#8217;s cognitive impairment as normal and acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>Making matters worse is how Trump&#8217;s handlers try desperately to whitewash his blunders. And on this occasion his Propaganda Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, was wound up and ready to go. News Nation reporter Libbey Dean, noted that Trump <em>&#8220;appeared to mix up Greenland and Iceland around three times.&#8221;<\/em> In response Leavitt flatly denied that it happened, saying that&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;No he didn&#8217;t, Libby (sic). His written remarks referred to Greenland as a &#8216;piece of ice&#8217; because that\u2019s what it is.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No he didn\u2019t, Libby. His written remarks referred to Greenland as a \u201cpiece of ice\u201d because that\u2019s what it is. <\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re the only one mixing anything up here. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/awRQO3eN3Y\">https:\/\/t.co\/awRQO3eN3Y<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pkAQysW06h\">pic.twitter.com\/pkAQysW06h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/2014020416860573726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>For the record, here is what Trump said along with the video of Trump saying precisely what Leavitt insists that he didn&#8217;t say&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;They\u2019re not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. I mean, our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland\u2019s already costs a lot of money.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mcwuk6lx2q2q\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreifbgi3lejgms656afnf35a4goavjujbxmvcjsmlvqfyg6oyhfnlly\">\n<p lang=\"en\">Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: &#34;They&#39;re not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money.&#34;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc?ref_src=embed\">Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc\/post\/3mcwuk6lx2q2q?ref_src=embed\">2026-01-21T14:20:29.058Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leavitt&#8217;s explanation doesn&#8217;t make any sense at all. It doesn&#8217;t matter what was in the written transcript. No one is criticizing that. What matters is what Trump said. And he said <em>&#8220;Iceland.&#8221;<\/em> To which Leavitt didn&#8217;t mince words in Trump&#8217;s defense saying <em>&#8220;No, he didn&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/em> She is the walking, squawking embodiment of George Orwell&#8217;s admonition in <em>&#8220;1984,&#8221; &#8220;The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more, Leavitt&#8217;s excuse that Trump had referred to Greenland in writing as <em>&#8220;a piece of ice&#8221;<\/em> has no bearing on Trump changing the name of the country to Iceland &#8211; three times &#8211; when delivering the speech. Trump also called Greenland <em>&#8220;a piece of land.&#8221;<\/em> Does that mean it would have been okay to call the country Landland?<\/p>\n<p>Trump did indeed refer to Greenland several times as <em>&#8220;a piece of ice,&#8221;<\/em> but in explicitly derogatory terms. For example he said <em>&#8220;Who the hell wants to defend a license agreement or a lease, which is a large piece of ice in the middle of the ocean&#8221;?<\/em> Followed inexplicably by <em>&#8220;What I\u2019m asking for is a piece of ice.&#8221;<\/em> But those references cannot coherently lead to referring to the Greenland as Iceland, which is a name already in use by another nearby and totally separate country.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s Davos speech was jam-packed with bullpucky on a variety of topics. But his mentions of Iceland\/Greenland stood out for their sheer lunacy. And it&#8217;s notable that shortly after his speech Trump posted a comment to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68571\" target=\"_blank\">his failing Twitter ripoff, Truth Social<\/a><\/strong>, wherein he announced that an agreement had been reached regarding the fate of Greenland. And true to form, it was a tediously long and bizarre declaration that the U.S. and NATO had agreed to a relationship with Greenland that is, well, exactly what it has been all along. So all of the turmoil that Trump had put everyone through was, as usual, utterly pointless.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:fviqe3xscfdntuwbuzppqetg\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mcxkfozd3c2z\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreih4gypbffesz3r4thxznsxereck3hjrc46tsxvi25nxvf5hi6leou\">\n<p lang=\"en\">This is Trump&#39;s long, rambling attempt to save face. It says essentially that the U.S. and NATO have agreed to do exactly what they&#39;ve been doing all along.In other words&#8230;T-rumpA -lwaysC-hickensO-ut!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:fviqe3xscfdntuwbuzppqetg?ref_src=embed\">News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:fviqe3xscfdntuwbuzppqetg\/post\/3mcxkfozd3c2z?ref_src=embed\">2026-01-21T20:51:40.841Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68691\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s Asst Attorney General for Civil Rights Maligns Liberal Americans as \u2018Godless People\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68687\" target=\"_blank\">HOLY CR*P! 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