We’re 12 days into 2025 and I’ve already broken my only New Year’s resolution.

I swear that every time Donald Trump writes an insulting tweet or a bombastic statement, I will not succumb to the temptation to simply write about something crazy — without using spellcheck, of course.

My calculation is that after the president-elect of the United States is sworn in later this month, there will be ample opportunity to devote time and space to his wild rambles.

I promised myself that, if possible, I would try to avoid examining the meaning and impact of Trump’s signature convulsions of absurdity, partly selfishly to protect myself—at least briefly—from the undeniable consequences of his Psychological harm. About the world’s wounded hearts.

From the moment he announced his candidacy for president in 2016, Trump has dominated our gaze and attention. Every depressing day after that was a cacophony of madness that took a heavy toll on the mind, spirit, and soul.

But escaping Trump has become impossible. Cloaked in immense power and unfettered by truth or decency, he continues to hone his insatiable narcissism and ego, giving us a bitter taste of the chaotic orgy looming on the not-too-distant horizon.

On Tuesday, Trump held a rambling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

One of the countless examples of Trump’s stream-of-consciousness idiocy is his musings about the “drip, drip, drip” of faucets and gas water heaters.

“(A) gas heater is much cheaper,” Trump said. “The weather is much nicer and, as the saying goes, you don’t get itchy. Whether someone has a heater where you go and you’re scratching — that’s what they want you to have.”

Ladies and gentlemen, the chaotic synapses of the future President of the United States are at work.

Ridicule aside, it would be a grave mistake to confuse Trump’s incoherence with a lack of conviction.

as i wrote earlier and oftenin my opinion, Trump is a true fascist. Fascists don’t roar. Fascists don’t joke. Fascists don’t joke.

It’s a troubling sequel to Trump’s plan, filled with authoritarian tactics and rhetoric, to achieve what he calls a “golden age” in which years of “weakness” will be replaced by a return to the greatness America deserves.

Trump has assembled a pliant administration to realize his grand ambitions for America — with little resistance from a Republican-controlled Congress, the Supreme Court, or the billionaire bosses courting him from the swarms of corporate media.

So when Trump insists time and time again that he will use military force if necessary to impose U.S. hegemony over Greenland and the Panama Canal for “significant” national security reasons, I believe him.

Trump was asked if he could “assure the world” that as president he would not use “economic or military coercion” to achieve his territorial goals. He quickly replied: “No.”

I believe him because, as history proves, this is exactly what fascists tend to do.

As a Canadian, I also believed Trump’s warning that he would use America’s unique economic strength to actually force Canada to become the 51st state.

I didn’t laugh. Instead, I shuddered when Trump was asked whether he would “consider using military force to annex and acquire Canada.”

The question was as compelling as Trump’s answer. “No, it’s economic power,” he said, “because Canada and the United States, that’s really important.”

Fascists would not “put forward the idea of ​​seizing land, canals, or annexing sovereign states.” Once these “ideas” are born, they take a tangible shape and inevitably a blueprint is drawn to turn them into reality.

Therefore, I do not believe that Trump’s promised aggression (even against NATO allies) is a “negotiation tactic” or a familiar “distraction” tool – as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently put it suggestion – The incoming president is proposing sweeping tariffs on Canadian goods imported into the U.S., resulting in high costs.

I believe bold Trump means making America’s “golden age” a reality – damn international law, damn territorial integrity, and damn Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty, which mandates the arming of a NATO member state An attack is an attack on all NATO members.

It’s time to finally abandon the childish reasoning that Trump is “joking” when making “outlandish” statements, such as possibly declaring war (economic or otherwise) on Greenland, Panama, or Canada.

Look, Trump believes every fantastic word he says. Canadians and others must acknowledge this and confront fascist bullies speaking out and loud.

Numerous federal politicians have taken to social media to mock Trump’s “hysterical” plan as insufficient.

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey knows what needs to be said and how to say it.

“(Trump’s) history is one of trying to create chaos, using humor to create chaos. But those tend to become policy statements and realities. So, in my opinion, treating it as a joke is not the right thing to do,” Fu said. Ray said.

He added that Canada is a “strong sovereign nation and will always be a strong sovereign nation.”

The prime minister said Trump’s threat to Canada’s sovereignty was “completely unacceptable.”

Then, to his credit, Furey issued a stern warning to Trump.

“The cost of sovereignty is incredible; Canadians, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians paid the price in blood, and trying to take that away will come at a huge cost.”

Listen, listen, sir. Listen, listen.

The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial position of Al Jazeera.