'Really is unhinged': Trump stuns by breaking 'protocol' in effort to shame world leaders

[LetMyPeopleVote]

trump shared copies of confidential communications with other world leaders. If any world leader thought that they could work with trump, these leaders now know that trump cannot be trusted.

'Really is unhinged': Trump stuns by breaking 'protocol' in effort to shame world leaders

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-01-20T16:21:00Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2674911464

President Donald Trump went on an overnight online posting spree early Tuesday, sharing private text messages with European leaders — and in doing so sparked a wave of outrage from critics who compared his behavior to that of a teen in the “middle of his first high school drama.”

Trump shared screenshots of private text exchanges with two European leaders: French President Emmanuel Macron, who appeared perplexed by Trump’s fixation on acquiring Greenland, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who seemed to express support for the idea.

The unorthodox behavior for a sitting U.S. president didn’t go unnoticed by critics, including X user “War Monitors,” who provides news and commentary on world events and has amassed more than 1.2 million followers.

“The ‘president’ is sharing private messages with world leaders online as if he’s in [the] middle of his first high school drama,” they wrote in a social media post on X Tuesday.

Another critic, Areih Kovler, a writer and political analyst, expressed confusion as to Trump’s intent behind sharing the messages, particularly his private text exchange with Macron.

“There's nothing embarrassing in this message for Macron. No gotcha. No obvious tactical reason to break diplomatic protocol by releasing it,” Kovler wrote to their more than 80,000 followers in a social media post on X. “It makes every world leader reluctant to put anything in writing. Just another sign Trump is losing it.”

[creon]

1. cut him off

Do not communicate
Send his messages to the "Spam Folder".

[TommyT139]

3. I swear

... before reading your whole message, I assumed you meant cut him off from his illegal adderall

[creon]

14. That should be done as well.

European leaders should shut hin down.

[Moostache]

11. I'm sorry in advance... I can no longer wish anything else though.

Down.
Not off.

Cut him down.

We are being destroyed by a rabid dog, fuck protocol and propriety.
By ANY means necessary, Trump must exit this untenable position or he will take us all down to salve his broken ego.

[creon]

13. I understand.

I understand the feeling.
He is a useless mouth

[Ocelot II]

2. What is this "protocol" of which you speak?

[stopdiggin]

10. took me a second ...

which is funny, because I've used the same ....

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[Callie1979]

4. I'd like to see what Rutte said that seemingly supported it

[highplainsdem]

15. One sentence that was misrepresented. All Rutte said about Greenland in that short note was

I am committed to finding a way forward on Greenland.

See this OP I posted last night: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143601778

Rutte's full message is quoted in the excerpt from an Independent article in the comment section.

[Callie1979]

16. I keep asking people what we'd be able to do as "owner" that we cant do NOW?

No one ever gives me an answer. because there IS no answer; this is a trump vanity project nothing more.
We can add bases if we want; we used to have 17. Denmark has already said so

My bet (hope) is that we end up with a big announcement that we are going to expand our footprint & trump will, of course, claim he MADE this happen. When all he really needed to do was ask

[tanyev]

5. "High school drama" is generous.

I’d say middle school, tops.

[Katcat]

6. No he is not

“Losing it”.

If he ever had it, he lost in decades ago.

[Grim Chieftain]

7. It would be great if the world leaders would stand in unison

and turn their backs when he begins to speak. It is going to take a strong, unified message to get the attention of the Republicans who are enabling this idiot.

[Harker]

8. Get the hook.

At long last, get the hook.

[Trueblue1968]

9. Kick him out of the summit Now. Throw shoes at him.

#RemoveTrumpNow

#LockUpTrump

[Liberal In Texas]

12. Has he made his horse a senator yet?

Oh, that's right, he hates animals so he doesn't have a horse.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. The Daily Show had fun with this

Link to tweet