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1. Trump's Iceland ambassador pick made a '52nd state' joke. Icelanders aren't laughing

   

   When Trump's pick for U.S. ambassador to Iceland joked this week that the Nordic country should become the 52nd state, and he should be its governor, it didn't exactly go down well. 

2. Exiled Reza Pahlavi positions himself as ready to lead Iran, as protests within country appear to ebb

   

   Iran's deadly crackdown appears to have broadly quelled protests for now, according to a rights group and residents, as state media reported more arrests on Friday in the shadow of U.S. threats to intervene if the killing continues.

3. How Denmark and Greenland are navigating Trump’s threats

   

4. 'Wine moms' are being blamed for the ICE protests. We've heard this one before

   

5. Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gifts her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump