President Donald Trump said the U.S. will "go as far as we have to go" to get control of Greenland, ahead of a planned visit to the Arctic island by the vice president.
  • 2ugly2live@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I don’t want Greenland, I just want you to stop bombing kids and work on our Healthcare. Why on the fuck are you even looking at Greenland???

      • houseofleft@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        5 days ago

        Yeah, I think that’s one of the scariest things. Previous presidents have done a lot of terrible things, but there’s always been a basic rhetoric of morality- at oeast a pretence that official policy us “the right thing”.

        The US’s latest bunch of clown have openly hateful and dishonest language, without any sense of shame. I don’t even think we’ve seen the beginning of the level of cruelty a country can achieve when it suddenly abandons any rule of law or accountability.

        • CalipherJones@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          5 days ago

          “but there’s always been a basic rhetoric of morality- at oeast a pretence that official policy us “the right thing””

          That’s what they taught me in school. It’s absolutely bullshit. This country was built on genocide to perpetrate slavery. It’s a warmongering nation that destroys other countries to ensure its own economic dominance on the world stage.

    • MBech@feddit.dkEnglish
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      5 days ago

      They’re on board with him. Invasions create job security for them. The military won’t care until they’re told to fire on Americans, and even then a large part won’t care, as long as they’re firing on the “wrong” kind of people.

      There is no way this lunacy ends in a civil arrest.

  • LanguageIsCool@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    All of a sudden the conservative rhetoric is that indigenous Greenlanders are mistreated by the Danes and that’s unfair; they need America’s help.

    • CalipherJones@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 days ago

      I wonder how much of Regressive rhetoric and propaganda comes straight out of the heritage foundation. Where is the epicenter of the cancer?

    • Etterra@discuss.onlineEnglish
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      5 days ago

      That’s such transparently stupid bullshit. If they believed that they’d start by helping indigenous Americans. It sickens me that so many people are idiotic enough to either believe this or just not care.

  • Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.caEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I wonder if Americans will wake up and start to push back when they and their families start dying for this stuff. Taking over other countries means death and not just to those who are being taken over.

  • bradinutah@thelemmy.clubEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Nice try, Donvict. You and your coward yes-men have their incompetence signal exposed and the distractions aren’t working anymore. Please resign! We need Republican Senators to grow a spine, be pro-USA, not tolerate incompetent national security, and impeach this loser.

  • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    6 days ago

    a strange part of me wants to see this go as badly as possible because that’s how much I hate Donald Trump and all of the Americans who voted for him and the ones who didn’t vote. but that’s me being an angry psychopath right? I shouldn’t feel this way or want these things. they’re really bad

    • DerArzt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 days ago

      I have full confidence that the US Military could take Greenland, I don’t have confidence that the US could deal with the international fallout that would come from it.

      • StartWin@reddthat.comEnglish
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        5 days ago

        That depends. Has Russia started a land war across the entire Eastern front at the same time?

        Then it might be a bit tough for Europe to do anything about Greenland. It’s almost like the whole ‘we need to take Canada’ rhetoric is pre-emptive, knowing Canada would be the most dangerous remaining opponent to such a plan, should Europe be busy… for some reason. Take Canada and Greenland at roughly the same time. Tie them down while Europe is busy. The US ends up owning Greenland. And, if things fall out wrong, Canada, too - though it might not be a primary goal.

        From that point, Russia and the US divide Europe between them.

        Is this an insane plan? Yep. Would it work? Doubtful. Is it the potential thinking of the fascist dickheads in charge, despite that? I suspect so.

        • Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.caEnglish
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          5 days ago

          Does Russia have enough male population left to fight a big war? They’ve killed off a good chunk of them in Ukraine already.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      6 days ago

      I’m in a similar boat. I hate that these people have turned me into someone who has such disdain and hatred for individuals. I hate that they’ve made me into someone who wakes up everyday with a deep-seated desire to read about their deaths.

      I fucking hate it. I don’t want to be that person.

  • mynamesnotrick@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Can this fucker ever say anything that actually means what he says. I swear to fuck, every fucking thing out of this asses mouth is something that can be taken however he wants it. I understand WHY he does it that way but fuck am I tired of it. Its been barely two months. Holy fuck.

  • Pringles@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Thinking about why the US is so keen on Greenland: It’s only relevant for them if they intend to make enemies out of the EU, because they already have all the access they need. But only as long as they are allied with Europe.

    It’s clear where this is headed. Russia is not the only reason why Europe is rearming.