Trump is a Jedi master of "DARVO"...

...the all-time favorite con of abusers. DARVO = deny, attack, reverse victim and offender.

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/DARVO

It's worse than that. Don't forget the chocolate shake...

...and the second Filet-O-Fish (which Trump calls a "Fish Delight" for some bizarre reason).

He also recently berated McDonald's executives for being too skimpy with his "Fish Delights" when it comes to the tartar sauce!

Your conjecture (Scandinavian influence) is largely correct.

It's especially true in northern MN, where there were large numbers of Scandinavian settlers (as well as other ethnic groups, including eastern Europeans and Italians). All of those groups valued community and solidarity; radical politics and labor union organizing were influential for MN history in general, and the north country in particular.

Fertility drugs?! Wait until Dr Oz finds out what MAGA chuds think...

...about IVF--or contraception, for that matter. Some of the most fanatical MAGA supporters are radtrad Catholics, and they hate IVF. They've also been infiltrating traditionally Protestant Republican-affiliated organizations in order to gain influence over party doctrine ( "co-belligerence" ), which is why you see increasing numbers of nondenominational Protestants opposed to IVF (and even contraception).

https://democraticunderground.com/10143599232#post5

Oh, snap!!

The article doesn't go into much detail about sectarianism...

...in the anti-abortion movement, but there is a lot of it, including a rift between Protestants and Catholics. The latter tend to be the hardliners, particularly so when it comes to the radtrad Catholics. They have a large media apparatus (e.g. EWTN, Relevant Radio) which has been obsessed with maintaining the political hardline on "life issues" like IVF and (anti) contraception when it comes to Republican policy.

What's particularly ironic is that there are a number of sycophantic...

..."intellectuals" who have found billionaire sugar daddies to set them up with MAGA "think" tanks. They even have pretentious pseudo-academic journals with names like American Greatness...at a time when the US is in obvious decline.

....one of the MAGA "think" tanks like the Claremont Institute. IIRC, they have a ridiculous make-work "journal" called American Greatness whose writers slave like stevedores to defend the indefensible on a daily basis...I'm also quite sure that in the near future, the "intellectuals" at Claremont will begin sounding like far-right Maoists: "Follow the Shining Path of Trumpism!".

Where is Trump getting these moronic ideas? ...My guess is that it's the idiots at a few of the Trumpy "think" tanks. Three of the most likely candidates: the America First Policy Institute, the Claremont Insitute and its affiliated make-work journals like American Greatness, and the Heritage Foundation, which in recent years has gone openly fash.

There have been reports on MN social media that ICE...

...agents are swapping plates on their vehicles. A better approach would be to record VIN numbers, since those cannot change (and are found in multiple locations on the vehicle). I know that mechanics and car rental agencies have electronic readers that can scan a VIN number instantly. I don't know if that sort of thing is available to the general public, however.

It's a favorite for "sync music" in Hollywood...

...sync music being the music "synchronized" to whatever is occurring on-screen at the moment. Typically, the music replaces most or all of the dialogue while it is playing, so it helps if it is particularly striking in its sound, composition, etc. "Red Right Hand" was used to great effect in the X-Files episode "Ascension"; it is essentially the "Duane Barry theme" (a primary character in the episode).

https://variety.com/2018/music/news/nick-cave-song-peaky-blinders-red-right-hand-1202692550/

Famous last words--this reminds me of the ill-considered remarks...

...by an unnamed member of the George W Bush administration many years ago (it was rumored to be Karl Rove). The quote was reported by Ron Suskind in the NYT (10/17/2004). In the end, they hanged themselves with this statement; it might as well be the epitaph for the Bush regime.