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I think we should change the thread title to “Trump’s Latest Media Manipulation”.
If you ask me, this is one of his more ham-handed attempts to control a news cycle. My only question is what is he trying to take attention away from? The death of Jimmy Carter?
Trump only jokes about things like committing rape and murder.
And then regardless of what other people do, Trump will retroactively claim that was what he wanted them to do all along. He’ll say his brilliant plan worked and his cult will praise his ability to play four-dimensional chess.
I’m thinking that might be the case. The Carter funeral has been on all day (I’m watching on CNN), and while there have been commercial breaks, they have been minimal. No mention of Trump, his ideas for concepts of plans once he is sworn in, nothing.
So the more outlandish and outrageous Trump can be, the more likely he is to get some attention. Which we know he craves. I’m wondering if he spent some time today thinking, “What can I say that will put the spotlight back on me? I know! I’ll threaten to take the Panama Canal and Greenland by force. That should do it!”
He’s forgotten how to use a mic. Why is anybody expecting him to be making sense?
He’s saying whatever pops up into his head. That’s all. Expect more of it.
The only question is, will Congress and the armed forces be good Nugganites or not?
I really don’t think these things are calculated or timed. I think that Trump just spouts off at any given time any stupid idea that comes into his head that makes him look tough. Then it is left up to individual members of his base to decide whether its a bold idea to show the world whose boss, or if its so stupid that even they can’t swallow it in which case he’s just trolling.
He is fucking insane.
Next time someone says that having a constitutional monarch is worthless, remember this:
As Trump eyes Greenland, Danish king makes it bigger on his coat of arms
Whatever the opposite is of owning the libs, King Frederik X has done it.
I’m guessing this is going to set back the movement for Greenland independence. Greenlanders need Denmark.
It will take some time to try to explain the the Danish coat of arms symbology of this to Trump. If it’s even possible.
Worst jobs in the world -
- Trump Communications Director
- Trump Press Secretary
How in the hell do you spin this stuff?
On the other hand, head chef would be easy. “Burn another one Tom, make sure you have enough ketchup”
Disagree. One glance at this New York Post headline, and Donald will know:
King of Denmark trolls Trump by changing royal coat of arms to make Greenland prominent
Will. Trump. Understand. How long and how often will you need to explain it to him again.
I am very sympathetic to this point of view, but there is the uncomfortable reality that by having said the thing, people are now going to start asking him about the thing. At no point will he ever deny the thing. He may incrementally “have people look into it”, they may try to curry his favor by coming up with near-enough alternatives.
There’s the potential that the empty words will snowball into action without ever having been a plan at any point in time. The action may not come to full fruition, but it may come close enough to fruition that it does real and lasting harm.
So yeah, I don’t think Trump has any plan to invade Panama, but that’s not necessarily cause for complacency either. This is fascism. Fascism doesn’t make plans, it screws up everything it attempts, yet it still manages to make horrendous things happen.
This is, in fact, what’s already been happening. Because Trump has been saying dumb stuff about the Panama Canal and Greenland for weeks (and Greenland going back to his last administration), a reporter today asked him if he’d rule out using military force to take them over. And, entirely predictably, Trump replied with, “I’m not going to commit to that.”
Well yeah, that’s been mentioned in this thread. My take is that this is dangerous because it will continue happening, pushing it closer to beginning to happen, without Trump ever having anything like a plan at all.
To be clear I have trouble imagining that annexing Greenland will come anywhere close to fruition. But there’s a shit-ton of damage that could be done while playing footsie with the idea, even if we’re only talking about damage to international relations.
When it comes to Greenland, I hear some pundits asking why and I think of the GIUK Gap that was prominent in the Tom Clancy novel Red Storm Rising. But the GIUK Gap is for protection against Russia. How are you going to explain this to Putin, Trump?
I am beginning to seriously doubt Fetterman’s intentions.
On Fox News…
“If anyone thinks that’s bonkers, it’s like, well, remember the Louisiana Purchase? I think Alaska was a pretty great deal, too,” he said. “I would never support taking it by force, but I do think it’s a responsible conversation if they were open to acquiring it… And I don’t think it’s helpful to freak out.”
He’s quickly becoming a disappointment in the same way Sinema did.
The only people disappointed by Kyrsten Sinema were those not paying attention to what a shit-scammer she was after joining the ironically-named “Problem Solvers Caucus”.
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