Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, not the Norwegian government and certainly not the Danish government, determines the winner of that prize. Yet Trump now not only blames Norway for failing to give it to him, but is using it as a justification for an invasion of Greenland.
Think about where this is leading. One possibility, anticipated this morning by financial markets, is a damaging trade war. Another is an American military occupation of Greenland. Try to imagine it: The U.S. Marines arrive in Nuuk, the island’s capital. Perhaps they kill some Danes; perhaps some American soldiers die too. And then what? If the invaders were Russians, they would arrest all of the politicians, put gangsters in charge, shoot people on the street for speaking Danish, change school curricula, and carry out a fake referendum to rubber-stamp the conquest. Is that the American plan too? If not, then what is it? This would not be the occupation of Iraq, which was difficult enough. U.S. troops would need to force Greenlanders, citizens of a treaty ally, to become American against their will.
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Just how jealous can he be of Obama? Run for president because a joke at the correspondence dinner and willing to start WWIII because Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. FFS
I sometimes wonder where we’d be today if Obama hadn’t made that joke or been given the Nobel Prize. That abominable thing might never have entered politics, might never even have entered the conscious awareness of most people of the world.
Tens of millions of people fell in line behind him. The US was already completely fucked and there’s no hiding from that. Trump didn’t do anything people weren’t itching to hear and to latch onto.
He’d be grasping at straws for the next controversial thing to distract from the Epstein files getting out and proving his pedophilia
And now there’s no message of the Epstein files in the comments. The files the president can release with the flick of his finger. Great job America.
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Unprecedented incompetence demands unprecedented removal. who’s on our side? military used to be when i was in it back in the 80s. not sure anymore. hoping there are a few heros plotting before we have to witness the stupidest extinction event ever. there’s a gold medal waiting. congress and scotus are compromised mostly. France drags out the guillotine quick.
The Atlantic - a fundamental part of The Last Straw consortium within the MSM, providing the vital straws that keep the hope alive, that the exploitation is about to stop increasing.
Would you like some more appeasement mr president?
It should be, but will it be?
How will Vance be any better? That thirsty little shit might continue the exact same set of projects.
I think Vance will be more consistent thus not giving politicians excuses to “wait and see”. Right now the main tactic to deal with Trump seams to be “don’t do anything, maybe he will forget about it in a couple of weeks”. Maybe with Vance they will be forced to act instead of hoping problems will be solved by his dementia.
Might ? Might ?? Are you paying any attention at all ?
He might be better in being harder for MAGA cultists to like. But I’m not sure how much they care about being liked, when they’re talking about simply cancelling elections.
The US is awesomely amazing at invading other countries. This is a simple fact sustained by history
Having said that
It’s also a simple fact, sustained by history, that America suckw beyond badly at occupying conquered territories. Iraq, anyone? Afghanistan anyone?
And those had relatively easy climates. Greenland is a fucking horror show with which the US has little experience
Any occupation of Greenland by the US WILL fail eventually, the question is just how many US soldiers will have to die before it’s decided that maybe just maybe this wasn’t a good idea.
The only way it would could possibly work is a complete genocide, kill or forcibly remove ALL citizens. This of course would be a humanitarian catastrophe with very few examples in history, but I wouldn’t put it past the cheeto.
This all goes to ignore people living in the US. If you invade Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, Greenland… Do you really think that none of its citizens that currently live in the US might get ideas? Then what? You’re going to round those all up too?
Once the US invaded one of its allies, the current administration will be over, it’s just a matter of time before it will bleed to death
To paraphrase a cool movie: There is no winning move, except not to play
To paraphrase a cool movie: There is no winning move, except not to play
It depends what you count as winning. There are some who might consider “give yourself a country for your 80th birthday” the ultimate win, and not give much of a shit beyond that. As an example.
WarGames was a cool movie indeed.
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I see more of a Haiwai situation. Or do you not consider that occupied territory.
Not the rape, murder, torture, kidnapping, corruption, illegitimacy, illegality, unconstitutionality, warmongering, domestic and international terrorism, pedophilia, economic harm, environmental harm, the destruction of public landmarks, undermining congressional power, illegal firings and appointments, nepotism, theft, convictions, insurrection, sedition, or treason but his grade school bullying of our allies? THAT should be the last straw?
I mean, apart from all that, what’s so bad about him? ;)
(a: He’s also ugly and smells like poo.)
Maybe the Americans were the evil Russians all along and the Russians are just soviets?
In any sane country, sure, but we’re well beyond that at this point.
There’s been so many “last straws” there’s not a camel out of traction in the whole world.
The last straw before what? What is supposed to happen when the camel’s back breaks?
The final straw. After that maybe the ultimate straw! Heaven help us if we ever get to the terminal straw, that one’s a doozey!
Some very angry tweets and some really pointed think pieces!
Spontaneous combustion?
The 25th amendment should be immediately invoked and Trump removed.
Article 2 section 4 removes him and his entire cabinet instead
Which would vastly preferable. I wish we could do that!
That has to be done by his cabinet.
The people who trip over themselves fondling his balls on live TV.
Only way a “25th amendment” happens on this fucker is if it plays out like it would in North Korea.
