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cytg111

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If he was smart he'd propose to trade Greenland for Ukraine ... That could turn some heads in EU vs Denmark.

Thank god he's dumb as rocks.
 

esquared

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Is this piece of shit really gonna start something over fucking Greenland?



I think he's just huffing and puffing over Greenland but I am a little more worried about the Panama canal.
We built it so in the syphilitic orange menace's tiny brain, he thinks we own it.
 

Jaskalas

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Is this piece of shit really gonna start something over fucking Greenland?
Trump again threatened to impose punitive tariffs on Denmark if it refused to give up its autonomous territory in the Arctic.

Frederiksen offered closer co-operation with the US on military bases and mineral exploitation on the island, but senior European officials said Trump baulked at the offer, demanding full US control.
It has nothing to do with Greenland and has everything to do with the narcissist's ego and an overcompensating need to attack everyone. Especially US Democratic Allies.

Trump wants to bully the world and is taking bribes pretending he is a mafia boss. Eastern Block will be his "friend" as they see an opportunity for corruption. Trump's derangement makes Trump a traitor.
 
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manly

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I think he's just huffing and puffing over Greenland but I am a little more worried about the Panama canal.
We built it so in the syphilitic orange menace's tiny brain, he thinks we own it.
We'd be an international pariah if we invaded Greenland. Maybe intentionally for Putin's bitch Trump, that would be the end of NATO.

OTOH when we handed over the canal, I believe in the agreement the U.S. reserved the right to intervene militarily if it was ever deemed necessary for security reasons.
 

nakedfrog

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It has nothing to do with Greenland and has everything to do with the narcissist's ego and an overcompensating need to attack everyone. Especially US Democratic Allies.

Trump wants to bully the world and is taking bribes pretending he is a mafia boss. Eastern Block will be his "friend" as they see an opportunity for corruption. Trump's derangement makes Trump a traitor.
That's so much of that going on with him, if he were a beverage he'd be Traitorade.
 
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gothuevos

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It has nothing to do with Greenland and has everything to do with the narcissist's ego and an overcompensating need to attack everyone. Especially US Democratic Allies.

Trump wants to bully the world and is taking bribes pretending he is a mafia boss. Eastern Block will be his "friend" as they see an opportunity for corruption. Trump's derangement makes Trump a traitor.
Aren't there rare metals and minerals there that EV companies need for their batteries?

Hmmm.
 

VRAMdemon

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Well, the first executive orders are now out.

Unsurprisingly, Trump has "claimed" that he can do whatever he wants.

How much can he do? It depends on who falls in line. That’s really the only thing that remains to be seen.

I still have some optimism that the various court battles to compel action will be too numerous for him to achieve everything he wants. However, in areas where he’s ordered certain actions to stop, or removed certain regulations, the consequences will likely outrun the courts for quite a while. These particular Republicans are motivated by opportunity and not so much fear, It’s passive aggression by the Republican wussies. All it requires is that they do nothing. Let Trump run rough shod over our traditional institutions. Let him do anything he wants, so history records the destruction as a Trump thing. The reconstruction will be a Republican thing.

Trump is testing the waters. Being Trump he will escalate until he finds a limit. Trump can only do what he wants if he has enough help doing so. We’re about to find out what that looks like.
 

QueBert

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Is this piece of shit really gonna start something over fucking Greenland?


MAGAs on YT were pissed at the prime minister of Denmark cussing at trump. A few claimed it shouldn't have happened and he lacked civility. Imagine people who love Trump saying something about another person's civility. Best shit I've heard in awhile lol.

I don't actually laugh much, but when I read that and saw like 79 thumbs up I legit laughed. But I'm sure they're all fine with Trump going apeshit towards him on a phone call. I wonder why Trump's so obsessed with Greenland. I know he talked about wanting to buy it or something his 1st term
 

cytg111

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Aren't there rare metals and minerals there that EV companies need for their batteries?

Hmmm.
If that was the case then it would be the same as saying

"Hey Greenland and Denmark, that's a nice bag of cash you got there, give it to me or Ill shoot you".
 

nakedfrog

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Well, the first executive orders are now out.

Unsurprisingly, Trump has "claimed" that he can do whatever he wants.

How much can he do? It depends on who falls in line. That’s really the only thing that remains to be seen.

I still have some optimism that the various court battles to compel action will be too numerous for him to achieve everything he wants. However, in areas where he’s ordered certain actions to stop, or removed certain regulations, the consequences will likely outrun the courts for quite a while. These particular Republicans are motivated by opportunity and not so much fear, It’s passive aggression by the Republican wussies. All it requires is that they do nothing. Let Trump run rough shod over our traditional institutions. Let him do anything he wants, so history records the destruction as a Trump thing. The reconstruction will be a Republican thing.

Trump is testing the waters. Being Trump he will escalate until he finds a limit. Trump can only do what he wants if he has enough help doing so. We’re about to find out what that looks like.
Gosh, who'd have thought the "And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab 'em by the pussy" guy would have the same approach to governing, and those pussies are going to let him.
 

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gothuevos

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If that was the case then it would be the same as saying

"Hey Greenland and Denmark, that's a nice bag of cash you got there, give it to me or Ill shoot you".
Does he even need to threaten them?

Like, what is stopping anyone from the US just rolling in and taking over? Don't we already have a base there anyway?
 

esquared

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Does he even need to threaten them?

Like, what is stopping anyone from the US just rolling in and taking over? Don't we already have a base there anyway?


Seriously, invading a NATO country?
Greenland is part of NATO, based on Denmark being a NATO country.
Not going to happen.

Why not just take Iceland too since we're right there. 🙄
 

cytg111

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Does he even need to threaten them?

Like, what is stopping anyone from the US just rolling in and taking over? Don't we already have a base there anyway?
Yes. That is why there wont be a war over "WWW 3". Imagine Nazi Germany starting out with the guns and bombs of the USA.
Wont be a War there will be a Whimper.
Age of billionaires.
Get ready to eat your neighbor.
 

[DHT]Osiris

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Yes. That is why there wont be a war over "WWW 3". Imagine Nazi Germany starting out with the guns and bombs of the USA.
Wont be a War there will be a Whimper.
Age of billionaires.
Get ready to eat your neighbor.
The last time the country with the most capable military in the world started shit, it didn't go well.
 

cytg111

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Seriously, invading a NATO country?
Greenland is part of NATO based on Denmark being a NATO country.
Not going to happen.

Why not just take Iceland too since we're right there. 🙄
You joke, but assume for a second that Putin had command over a military and intelligence force like the USA. Ukraine would have been a 2 hour special military operation.

Trump can do whatever the fuck he wants to do.

As for Denmark, I pray to Odin that we get to do as much damage as possible before the inevitable. Come get some.
 
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cytg111

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The last time the country with the most capable military in the world started shit, it didn't go well.
Gulf wars dude ... As it pains me, this shit is on lockdown.

I get what you are saying but the corruption that ate Russia's army away takes time ... if this was 20 years later after a Trump takeover, then maybe .... but this is still the same army that did all that.
 

cytg111

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Putin eating Europe from the east, the USA eating from the north.

We need more nukes.
 

QueBert

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I just read Trump said unless California agrees to implement Voter ID he won't be sending any money to assist with the wildfires. Between this, and the Greenland thing, just a few days in and he's already well on track with the shitstorm expectations I had for him.

Does he actually have the power to cockblock needed aid if he doesn't get his way? Winning wasn't enough, he gonna take out his anger on any state he lost. What a spectacular human being!
 

pmv

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I suppose he represents a return to Great Power politics and traditional imperialism. Russia gets to take Ukraine, and whatever bits of Europe it wants to grab, the US dominates the Americas and expands its territory in its own sphere (Trump's personal kingdom - probably to become hereditary). What's left of Europe struggles on however it can. China can dominate East/SE Asia, as long as it doesn't come into direct conflict with US/Trump interests. Africa is left entirely to its own devices.

Just not sure if this is merely Trump's idiosyncratic world view or if it represents some larger social change in the US population/politics?
 
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K1052

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I just read Trump said unless California agrees to implement Voter ID he won't be sending any money to assist with the wildfires. Between this, and the Greenland thing, just a few days in and he's already well on track with the shitstorm expectations I had for him.

Does he actually have the power to cockblock needed aid if he doesn't get his way? Winning wasn't enough, he gonna take out his anger on any state he lost. What a spectacular human being!

The options are that Rs in congress won't include it in legislation, he could veto it, or he could have OMB illegally impound the money. That last one foreshadows a major fucking problem nobody is really talking about for this year.

The D response should be we will vote for ZERO disaster dollars in any state that Trump won in the EC if they do this.