I’m sure it was another perfect call
I think the Danes need to get out their inner vikings. The worst thing they could do is to cave in to that bully.
The problem here is that Trump is reaching into what was already a situation with real tension, around the desire for Greenland independence. For a sizable number of Greenlanders, the only thing that truly ties them to Denmark is fiscal dependence.
The choice between being Danish citizen, and profiting from its welfare state, and becoming another native tribe in the US who will be exploited and pushed around in order to extract oil and minerals, seems a relatively simple one for me.
There is surely no big love lost between Greenland and Kopenhagen, but Trump has just made it very clear that there can’t be genuine independence for them anyway. If they don’t entertain their existing ties ties with Denmark, they’ll inevitably come under direct US influence. In their shoes, I’d be very frightened about that prospect.
Personally I think the Danish should sell Greenland.
Canada is it’s closest neighbour so would be the perfect option for a logical and trusted buyer
MAGAs: Greenlanders love us. They are welcome to become American
American Samoans: Hi, over here! [Waves]
MAGAs: [Ignores Samoans]
Guamanians and Chamorros: Uh, we’ve been waiting for that for over 100 years
MAGAs: Yay Greenland
Puerto Ricans: WTF!
MAGAs: You can can fuck right off
Never go full US
The situation is ripe for exploitation. It’s amazing that we are living in such times when incoming heads of state can just talk so openly and brazenly about the sovereign lands they would like to acquire.
We are appalled that Putin has done this with Ukraine and others. We are outraged that China might do it with Taiwan. But Trump is no different.
If I were the Danish govenment right now I’d put this on X:
I always thought that Nineteen Eighty Four was a dystopian novel about a future in which the world is divided into warring totalitarian blocks; Eurasia, Oceania, Eastasia.
Turns out it was a blueprint for 21st century diplomacy.
This story was back in circulation today, in honour of President Carter’s funeral.
They were a different people then.
Bit of a surprise that Trumps hand picked,partly,Supreme Court wouldn’t block his sentencing.
Still little hope that democracy will still prevail after Jan 20.but it is a crumb,and of course the felon will be spitting chips!
If I were advising the Indian and Brazil / Argentina, I would go back to being non aligned.
Clearly , being America’s friends is more harmful than being their enemies.
This was on a friend’s FB page:
An anguished question from a Trump supporter: ‘Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?’
The serious answer: Here’s what the majority of anti-Trump voters honestly feel about Trump supporters en masse:
That when you saw a man who had owned a fraudulent University, intent on scamming poor people, you thought “Fine.”
(Trump University settlement finalized by judge at $25 million)
That when you saw a man who had made it his business practice to stiff his creditors, you said, “Okay.”
(Trump Hotel Paid Millions in Fines for Unpaid Work)
That when you heard him proudly brag about his own history of sexual abuse, you said, “No problem.”
(List of Trump's accusers and their allegations of sexual misconduct - ABC News)
That when he made up stories about seeing Muslim-Americans in the thousands cheering the destruction of the World Trade Center, you said, “Not an issue.”
That when you saw him brag that he could shoot a man on Fifth Avenue and you wouldn’t care, you exclaimed, “He sure knows me.”
(President Donald Trump could shoot someone without prosecution: Lawyer)
That when you heard him relating a story of an elderly guest of his country club, an 80-year old man, who fell off a stage and hit his head, to Trump replied: “‘Oh my God, that’s disgusting,’ and I turned away. I couldn’t—you know, he was right in front of me, and I turned away. I didn’t want to touch him. He was bleeding all over the place. And I felt terrible, because it was a beautiful white marble floor, and now it had changed color. Became very red.” You said, “That’s cool!”
(Donald Trump Shared a Hilarious Story About Not Wanting to Help a Dying Man | GQ)
That when you saw him mock the disabled, you thought it was the funniest thing you ever saw.
(Donald Trump Criticized After He Appears to Mock Reporter Serge Kovaleski)
That when you heard him brag that he doesn’t read books, you said, “Well, who has time?”
(The President Who Doesn't Read - The Atlantic)
That when the Central Park Five were compensated as innocent men convicted of a crime they didn’t commit, and he angrily said that they should still be in prison, you said, “That makes sense.”
(What Trump has said about the Central Park Five)
That when you heard him tell his supporters to beat up protesters and that he would hire attorneys, you thought, “Yes!”
(Trump's endorsement of violence reaches new level: He may pay legal fees for assault suspect)
That when you heard him tell one rally to confiscate a man’s coat before throwing him out into the freezing cold, you said, “What a great guy!”
That you have watched the parade of neo-Nazis and white supremacists with whom he curries favor, while refusing to condemn outright Nazis, and you have said, “Thumbs up!”
(Trump's Tweet About Unite the Right Fails to Name Nazis - The Atlantic)
That you hear him unable to talk to foreign dignitaries without insulting their countries and demanding that they praise his electoral win, you said, “That’s the way I want my President to be.”
(Here's A List Of Countries And Leaders Trump Has Insulted Since His Election | HuffPost Latest News)
That you have watched him remove expertise from all layers of government in favor of people who make money off of eliminating protections in the industries they’re supposed to be regulating and you have said, “What a genius!”
(https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/12/29/138-trump-policy-changes-2017-000603)
That you have heard him continue to profit from his businesses, in part by leveraging his position as President, to the point of overcharging the Secret Service for space in the properties he owns, and you have said, “That’s smart!”
That you have heard him say that it was difficult to help Puerto Rico because it was in the middle of water and you have said, “That makes sense.”
That you have seen him start fights with every country from Canada to New Zealand while praising Russia and quote, “falling in love” with the dictator of North Korea, and you have said, “That’s statesmanship!”
(https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/02/politics/donald-trump-dictators-kim-jong-un-vladimir-putin/index.html)
That Trump separated children from their families and put them in cages, managed to lose track of 1500 kids, has opened a tent city incarceration camp in the desert in Texas - he explains that they’re just “animals” - and you say, “Well, OK then.”
(More than 5,400 children split at border, according to new count)
That you have witnessed all the thousand and one other manifestations of corruption and low moral character and outright animalistic rudeness and contempt for you, the working American voter, and you still show up grinning and wearing your MAGA hats and threatening to beat up anybody who says otherwise.
What you don’t get, Trump supporters, is that our succumbing to frustration and shaking our heads, thinking of you as stupid, may very well be wrong and unhelpful, but it’s also…hear me…charitable.
Because if you’re NOT stupid, we must turn to other explanations, and most of them are less flattering.
- Adam-Troy Castro
So you are saying I could get 100mil without becoming @Bekloppt new brother in law?
A true but the one for me is his supporters that arent wealthy believe he will help them.
