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[–] Darkard@lemmy.world 250 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Just casually threatening war with NATO. From Mr "yOuR ThReAtEnInG wOrLd WaR 3" less than a week ago

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's not war when Trump does it. It's liberation.

That same liberation under a Democrat would have them begging the Hague to arrest the sitting president.

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[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 189 points 2 weeks ago (15 children)

I'm still convinced he only wants Greenland because it looks big on a map.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 100 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Somebody's feeding him grandiose ideas about global warming and northern sea routes. Probably some flattering lies about splitting said routes between them and dominating world trade too, once Canada and the EU are out of the way.

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 19 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

To be fair, China has been investing in thawing sea routes for a while, though largely to free themselves from having to pass through the US-controlled South China Sea.

[–] Nay@feddit.nl 20 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Excuse me? South America Sea*

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It has room to move people into as climate change makes living in the equatorial regions difficult.

It has a bunch of minerals the USA could use.

It houses a NATO base that if it were in Russia's hands would make it easier for Russia to eventually project force westward.

There are reasons for America to want Greenland. They all happen to be evil which Im fairly positive is a side benefit for the current administration.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Or, he recognises that arctic and subarctic territories are going to be worth much more in the future because of global warming. Trump is a major scatterbrain but in general it looks like he’s acting impulsively based on pieces of trivia, some of them being correct. Not that I agree with proposed solution to the issue but not everything he does is entirely dumb and those are very rarely inconsistent with his own interests.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He's not acting entirely on his own, he had handlers with a plan.

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The assumption should never be that Trump wants a thing but that Putin wants it.

https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-s-arctic-militarization-behind-trump-s-focus-on-greenland/7946621.html

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 10 points 2 weeks ago

Putin wants it. That's why this is happening.

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[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 73 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Kinda incredible how quickly he pivoted from, "We're gonna stop spending billions on all these wars," to, "Fuck it, I feel like invading Greenland."

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[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 63 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I can't wait for the "Donald Trump hiding place" memes.

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[–] illi@lemm.ee 44 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I always see photos of him with the fist raised like that. Looks like he chose his own salute. Not surprising at all, but seeing it is still both saddening and maddening

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

So far nazis have ruined the toothbrush moustache, the swastika, the Gadsen Flag, Pepe (no big loss there), the OK symbol, and are on their way to ruining the US flag since anymore I nearly only ever seen it flown next to a Trump flag.

Now they are going to ruin the raised fist too.

[–] arschflugkoerper@feddit.org 16 points 2 weeks ago

they can pry pepe from my cold dead hands

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 21 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

It's the Black Power fist.
Except he's white.
Wonder what we could call it?

[–] anothermember@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's the socialist salute, which he has absolutely no right to use.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 weeks ago

Almost like the nazis using an ancient symbol of luck as their logo.

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[–] Hubi@feddit.org 13 points 2 weeks ago

Orange Power?

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[–] boreengreen@lemm.ee 43 points 2 weeks ago (20 children)

Looks like Denmark needs nukes.

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Trump is making it unsafe for Americans to travel across the globe. Seriously if he keeps making these hostile statements some person with mental health issues will snap and attack American tourists in Denmark.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Prepare for a lot of fake Canadians.

Easy test, make fun of the usa in front of them. Any Canadian worth their salt will join in (more so now a days), but most americans can not seem to do so without mentioning weird colours and parties.

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[–] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe he's counting on it

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[–] dotdi@lemmy.world 35 points 2 weeks ago

Need to prove to daddy Putin that you are worth keeping around, eh?

[–] painfulasterisk1@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Seems like he's a terrorist.

[–] EndRedStateSubsidies@leminal.space 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you think it's insane it's basically still how we took the Kingdom of Hawaii.

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Is it so he can give it to Russia as a forward operating base for future invasions?

[–] gamer@lemm.ee 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I still have my fingers crossed that RFK accidentally gives him some kind of super ebola that causes his anus to melt

[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

He'll just wear a bigger diaper then. A huuuge diaper, absolutely tremendous. The biggest in the world.

gesticulates with tiny hands to indicate gargantuan size

[–] doodledup@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This guy needs a reality check! Can somebody take over the US please?

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 23 points 2 weeks ago

Make America Great......... Britain Again!

[–] HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth 15 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Russia already own the US that why all of this happen now

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[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 19 points 2 weeks ago

It would be quite like Trump to completely disregard the consent of the people of Greenland in this exchange while giving them platitudes about how he respects their rights

[–] gabelstapler@feddit.org 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Could Denmark please issue a Casus Foederis? πŸ˜€

[–] booganiganie@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

United states takes over Greenland. Greenland people not USA citizens. Deported coz not citizens.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Are we minions? Really? Like the entire USA doesn't have a way to remove this guy on a technicality at least? ....to be president you must also be 7ft tall or younger than 65y? Must fit thru a 12" wide slot without extruding internal organs? Something! Maybe hair must be exactly 27um thick at the root and this must be measured after a hefty meal.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

Like the entire USA doesn’t have a way to remove this guy on a technicality at least?

If the entire US wanted him gone, he wouldn't have taken off to begin with. The problem is that big swaths of the country are absolutely Q-pilled on this guy. They genuinely believe his schtick (thanks, in no small part, to a fully compliant corporate media and a complicit religious movement).

Past that, there's a mushy middle that feels utterly powerless. I'm sitting here on my couch in Houston. I don't have any way to get rid of my shitty mayor, much less my fascist President. The issue isn't finding a technicality. The issue is that bureaucrats in the US aren't seriously interested in doing a coup. Comey/Mueller aren't coming to save anyone. Hell, much of the police state is in the bag for this guy in one way or another. We've got enough Pam Bondis and Tulsi Gabbards and Ken Paxtons and Pete Hegseths and Michael Flynns bouncing around the branches of government that nominally provide national security to buffer out the opposition.

It comes down to the fundamental problem of the American system of governance. We weren't that far off the mark from outright fascism under Reagan or Truman. Trump's crassness and ignominity are not, themselves, sufficient to get him removed from office. He'll get away with trying to seize control of Greenland for the same reason Bush Jr got away with invading Iraq and LBJ got away with invading Vietnam and McKinley got away with invading the Philippines. Because this is who we are as a country. We're a big military that steals shit from the periphery to enrich the elites in our imperial core.

We're an Imperial Power full of violent, invasion-loving thugs, rapists, and looters. We're doing what we've always done.

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[–] Elchi@feddit.org 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] Rene@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If they would offer everyone in Greenland 1million that would be about 56 billion right? If you have friends with deep pockets..

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

He thinks because daddy vladdy does stuff that way he can. Rube

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