cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41391186
Donald Trump said Friday his administration will take action on Greenland “whether they like it or not,” further escalating his rhetoric as he pushes to acquire the Danish territory for the U.S.
The comments came during a meeting with oil executives to discuss the prospect of doing business in Venezuela. Less than a week earlier, the U.S. military invaded the oil-rich South American nation and captured its leader, Nicolás Maduro.
Denmark and its European allies in NATO – the military alliance co-founded by the U.S. – have pushed back, reiterating that Greenland is not for sale. But the Trump administration nevertheless says it is currently weighing a range of options on Greenland, including utilizing the U.S. military or cutting a deal to purchase it from Denmark.
I don’t wanna start any drama or anything, but here’s my .02. I can see this thing going completely sideways.
Asshole
This is what makes Putin very happy despite losses in Ukraine and some Russian domestic uncertainty.
He really wants to achieve the impossible, to distinguish himself from Brezhnev: defeat the West without even firing a shot.
I’m doing the leonardo di caprio pointing meme thing rn in agreement with this comment.
Also, they’re actually advancing in Ukraine.
Can they go there and like die or something
The dude with 34 sexual assault convictions does not adhere to consent. Color me shocked!
This is true. Look up Donald Trump Rule 34 for more info.
Can we just get to the nuclear apocalypse already? I’m so fucking tired.
Rapist says what?
The important thing about Greenland is that less than 1% of the Epstein files were released by the deadline.
I consider this trope to be cover for Trump. Evil people are perfectly capable of multiple evils.
It’s the only way to remind conservatives.
Conservatives aren’t reading these comments
Why would they need to? We’re so busy dead-catting each other.
Spoken like a true rapist.
He is madman
No fucking thanks to Putin and Roy Cohn.
He’s a mad fool being steered by evil madmen like Stephen Miller.
PeeWee Himmler
Two things can be true
It’s mad men all the way down.
Oops! All shit heads!
Theoden and Grima Wormtongue
Theoden and Grima Wormtongue
wormtongue would be jd vance, and thiel ironically has palintir to control wormtongue over with.
Aside from the fact he wears that suit about as well as a toddler posing for a holiday photo, he is LITERALLY wearing a lapel pin of HIMSELF. Jesusfuckingchrist.jpg
he wears the suit like that to hide his neck vagina. its likes he strangling his neck with the tie.
Fuckin hell, this guy
“I would like to make a deal, you know, the easy way. But if we don’t do it the easy way, we’re going to do it the hard way,” Trump said at the White House.
The Art of the Deal: shoot them and take all their stuff.
Art of the steal
Art of the kill
Many have outlined Trump’s mafia-style speech. Like the truly wealthy, the mafia is a group he admires, was never allowed into, wants to imitate.
It’s so clear I want to scream. The US watched the man make a fool of himself in the 80s and 90s, he was tabloid trash. Even The Apprentice made fun of his bombastic nature, but apparently neither Trump not his fans were in on the joke.
Unlike ICE, the mafia has recruiting standards.
How many children in the 1980s were acutely aware of Trump? I imagine very few. You’re talking about people who were in their twenties and older in the 1980s. And if you were 25 in 1984, you were 65 in 2024. A lot of the electorate is simply too young to remember Trump in his 1980s incarnation. And while older voters do vote at higher rates, the difference is massively overblown.
You just described me. I’ve known he was an insufferable putz since the 80s. By the 90s, I was seeing articles in the NY Times about money laundering for the Russian Mob. I was shocked they’d give him a reality show, but that’s bar is extremely low.
Looking back from the perspective of a Millennial or younger, I realize that the first time they really saw him was when Mark Burnett decided to polish his image on The Apprentice, and make him campaign ready. They only saw a carefully crafted hologram of him, and his re-brand worked.
I’ve had people tell me that I’m stupid for not knowing that Trump has always been the “King of NYC,” and they still LOVE him there. I laugh whenever I hear that, because I’m a New Yorker-in-law, and I’ve been visiting and living in NYC for decades, and I know first hand that NYers despise him intensely. I’ve never heard a real New Yorker say anything good about him. New Yorkers have ALWAYS had a special, deeply-rooted hatred for him.
He was a showman in The Apprentice, isn’t that enough to disqualify him as the unserious, self-centered and money hungry person he is? Nvm rapey, pedo, racist, etc etc. America is just a country of stupid lost souls, that’s all.
He’s just saying out loud what has been American policy since the day pilgrims landed, man.
“I’m gonna make ya an offah ya can’t refuse”
If they had any balls at all, potential Democratic hopefuls for 2028 should be announcing now,
“If Trump takes Greenland or any other country’s land, I’ll give it back immediately if elected.”
Trumps whole thing is throwing grenades and leaving others to deal with a fallout. No matter what happens with Greenland he’s irreprably damaged the USs alliances everywhere. The possibility the US is fickle enough to invade an ally and then undo it in 4 years is insane. Any successor to trump that wants to backtrack needs to sort out the rampant unchecked power of the office, not to mention the lack of accountability at so many levels of the government.
"If Trump takes Greenland or any other country’s land, I’ll give it back
That’s not really what happens, from what I’ve observed. I think once a policy has been woven into action, it’s difficult to unpick all of the new dependencies and go backwards without wasting a tremendous amount pf resources. Most of what Trump has been doing is probably here to stay. The Democrats are super neutral on everything. there’s almost nobody pushing to the left.
The US has given up captured territories before. Including the Panama Canal Zone, the Philippines, Cuba, and others.
Panama Canal
Hong Kong
Germany
All the Soviet Iron Curtain countries
Afghanistan
Lots of nuances, nothing is a black & white perfect analogy
if people had any balls at all, they would abandon the traitorous democratic party
Edgy
I propose a Superman party, where we save chipmunks, and drop dictators on cacti.
The high cholesterol in Donny needs to do something about him whether he likes it or not.
Can you imagine the outrage if Biden said the things Trump has over the past, say, 72 hours?
They would’ve eaten Biden alive for saying virtually anything trump has said.
