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    4 months ago

    Everything he does is a distraction from what is really going on elsewhere in the government, the systematic destruction of our rights through the judicial and legislative branches.

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      4 months ago

      Trump has no idea why he wants Greenland. Someone close to him is feeding him ideas, while feeding his ego.

      Greenland is set to become an economic producer in the future, but we have maybe a century before that even starts. I gotta think you’re right, Greenland is a distraction from all the other bullshit. Keep them talking and no one will notice the really evil shit

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        Greenland is because Putin wants to destabilize both the EU and NATO. He wants the US to lose its allies.

        Panama is because Russian ships aren’t allowed through, and Outin wants that to change.

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          There’s that, but also whoever controls the panama canal has a huge amount of power in global trade. Almost anything made in China and sold East of the Mississippi in the US went through the canal. Almost anything Made in the western US and sold in the EU went through the canal. Panama is also going through a drought that is lowering the levels in the reservoirs they use to raise the locks. This is causing them to raise crossing fees and restrict traffic. The line-go-up people hate that, as they’d turn panama into a desert before they slowed the increase in their profits.

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        4 months ago

        “Get the bafoon back on stage to distract the pleebs and give mainstream media something to report other than us making sure only the people we like have rights”

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    The President is very much a figurehead - he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.

    https://hitchhikersguidetoearth.fandom.com/wiki/President_of_the_Imperial_Galactic_Government

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    4 months ago

    Doing as Putin tells him. Despite being the most powerful country in the world, Trump wants to ruin that by destroying the alliances that make it possible.

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    4 months ago

    It’s important to security because he wants to tear down the alliances with Canada and NATO. But the primary reason is to cash in on the natural resources without worrying about environmental laws if it’s an occupied territory.

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    4 months ago

    When companies are failing, they move into acquisitions to prevent competition from outpacing them. The Republicans are quickly learning that everybody else is ahead of us, and to deafen that they think making a play to acquire them, will be something that they can do.

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    My pet theory for the whole owning Canada, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico is for the oil tbh. Tale as old as time