President Trump is back in the White House, folks.
After a grueling 16-day stay at Mar-a-Lago, the President boarded Air Force One to return to Washington.
You would think all that “executive time” would sharpen the mind.
Apparently not.
During a press gaggle on the flight, the Leader of the Free World decided to try his hand at international comedy.
He set his sights on Denmark.
The “Dog Sled” Diplomacy
When asked about Greenland, the President couldn’t resist a petty jab.
He mocked Copenhagen’s recent security moves with a line that sounded like it came from a 1920s cartoon.
He claimed Denmark had “added one more dog sled” to bolster defenses on the island.
He presented this absolute nugget of wisdom as evidence the country was unserious about Arctic security.
Yes, you read that right.
The man with the nuclear codes thinks a NATO ally is defending the Arctic with a single extra sled.
Community Notes to the Rescue
Fortunately, we live in an era where facts still occasionally matter, even for the President.
Trump’s mocking claim was swiftly corrected by readers on X.
They slapped a community note on his remarks so fast it must have made his Secret Service detail dizzy.
It turns out that actual defense strategy looks a lot different than the President’s imagination.
A 4.2 Billion Dollar Reality Check
According to the community note on the President’s remarks, Denmark isn’t playing around.
Their 2025 defense upgrade for Greenland and the Arctic is valued at roughly $4.2 billion.
That buys a lot more than kibble and wood.
The package includes 16 additional F-35 fighter jets.
It includes two Arctic patrol ships.
It also features maritime patrol aircraft and a new early-warning radar system.
They are even adding extensive drone systems.
Basically, it amounts to a full Arctic and North Atlantic security modernization.
The Disinformation Label
The humiliation didn’t stop at the list of military hardware.
The community note explicitly labeled the President’s “one more dog sled” line as disinformation.
This underscores a growing pattern of Trump’s public remarks being fact-checked in real time on social platforms.
It seems the MAGA approach to geopolitics doesn’t hold up well against actual numbers.
Maybe next time the President should check the briefing book before making the joke.
