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.

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    9 days ago

    You can’t just keep invading countries to distract from being a massive kiddy fiddler

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        8 days ago

        Makes one wonder how much they planned this out. The Epstein files could picture Trump balls deep in a 13-yo girl, nothing would happen.

        The fascists have larger goals in mind. They’re speed running WWII, trying to avoid the Nazi’s mistakes, so good so far. But like the Nazis, giddy over the lack of internal or external resistance, they’re biting off more than then can chew, way too fast. Cheap gasoline at the pumps only goes so far. They’re not energizing the whole economy like the Nazis did, people aren’t feeling it.

        No idea what comes next. But the American Empire is over. Our economy is just too large to fall over quickly. But AI gives us hope! (Of crashing…) The Buffett Index is higher than either during the Great Depression or the 2008 recession. We have 200%+ more fake money in the stock market than our GDP. The cost will be staggering.

        Can all y’all grow potatoes? I can, but I’m not very good at it.

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      8 days ago

      Please don’t hit DC or anywhere else really. DC especially is super cool and voted like 95% against him.

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    8 days ago

    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.”

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      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.

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      if people had any balls at all, they would abandon the traitorous democratic party

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    8 days ago

    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.

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    9 days ago

    If god was real, he would have granted the prayers of billions of people around the world all praying for tge same thing.

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      The West doesn’t believe in God, and if we did, we wouldn’t be as corrupt and immoral to collectively put men like Trump and every single one of his also bloodthirsty predecessors in power. Trump is nothing but the naked, shameless truth of the American empire and maybe the West at large. Also, he’s just a sign of the times not the one responsible for it (end of American hegemony, transition of power into the hands of oligarchs/anational groups of interest) and, as such, part of the world is more than okay with it. Don’t you think every victim of America would rather they focus their violence on their own citizens instead of the rest of the world as usual? 🤷

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    He really doesn’t want those Epstein files to come out, that say he raped a bunch of little girls. He really, really doesn’t want them out. Someone better leak them if they care about world order.