Correct. The progressive dream of punishing Donald Trump is not a realistic goal. If deterrence fails, it fails. Then the purpose of an Olympic boycott is to show that when NATO or OAS makes a threat, it is credible.
Suppose nations fail to threaten Olympic withdrawal as a consequence of a future U.S. conquest of Greenland. Then the U.S. conquers Greenland. Then many nations withdraw from the Olympics. That will be worthless.
A realistic boycott would not be by Olympic competitors but by foreign tourists. And there’s already evidence of trepidation amongst said tourists, not helped by Vance’s statements on the matter.
However, since this is LA Trump would just blame Newsom for it.
Disagree. If the US, by Trump’s order, militarily conquers and steals Danish territory, it’s basically impossible that Denmark would then participate in the Olympics, and I find it highly implausible that the rest of the EU wouldn’t stand by them. Anything beyond the EU is hard to predict, but their boycott seems almost certain to me.
I do agree that the Olympics would go ahead anyway and Trump will crow about the inflated American medal count.
While simultaneously whining that he deserves a gold medal and that is very unfair for the IOC to deny him one.
If Trump invades Greenland, the shit hitting the fan will be much more than an Olympic boycott.
Do you really think in three years Canada would meekly submit and Canadian athletes would cheerfully march under the flag of their occupier? There’d be an ongoing guerrilla war. The concern at the LA Olympics would be things blowing up.
The Olympics would be canceled.
Maybe more realistic than Trump trying to absorb Canada as a whole is taking over some small bits of territory.
Does Campobello Island have a golf course?
But he would do Greenland first.
I wonder how many Congressional Republicans smile along with his insane wet dreams to make him happy, but wish he would just stfu, and drop the whole thing. Do any of them genuinely believe these conquests would be a good thing?
Of course, he could go the whole hog and have a go at St Pierre and Miquelon while he’s at it.
I’m bracing myself for the carnage when he accidentally tries to land planes on Abrego Garcia.
No, I didn’t say that. I was humouring the OP’s premise of a “conquest of the Canal or Greenland (or Canada)”.
Some of them most certainly would. Recent polls indicate that 10% of Canadians would vote to join the US if there were a referendum on that question. The proportion of supporters would probably be much lower in the event of an invasion, but I doubt it would be 0.
There is precedent for athletes and teams in annexed territories being integrated into the conquering nation’s sporting organizations. For example, many Ukrainian soccer teams were absorbed or reconstituted by Russia following its military interventions. The teams now play in Russian leagues.
We want Alphonso Davies!
Joking of course. I join with my northern neighbors in telling Donnie to fuck off.