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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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[–] QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world 94 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 73 points 6 days ago (7 children)

He's a mad fool being steered by evil madmen like Stephen Miller.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 34 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It's mad men all the way down.

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 days ago

Oops! All shit heads!

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 5 days ago

PeeWee Himmler

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[–] kadu@scribe.disroot.org 69 points 6 days ago (2 children)

So quick question, why allow them to keep their military base? They're clearly hostile, time to pack up and leave.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 60 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Either Europe's politicians are still deluding themselves that the USA could be an ally against Russia, or it's a case of no one wanting to move first and be the first the USA targets for economic and social destruction.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 20 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Which is the point of a united Europe. They should work together.

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[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 14 points 6 days ago

EU politicians did switch to a "don't feed the troll" stance on Trump. Flattery backfires because he sees that as weak. Taking sudden action works as a provocation in him. Best case they're waiting him out and preparing quietly in the background.

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[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 26 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, i never thought of that. All EU countries should expel the US troops and seize the bases and hardware

(now Rammstein is playing in my head...)

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[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 33 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The dude with 34 sexual assault convictions does not adhere to consent. Color me shocked!

[–] InsanelyCrewed@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

This is true. Look up Donald Trump Rule 34 for more info.

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 51 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The important thing about Greenland is that less than 1% of the Epstein files were released by the deadline.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I consider this trope to be cover for Trump. Evil people are perfectly capable of multiple evils.

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[–] FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 6 days ago (8 children)

Fuckin hell, this guy

“I would like to make a deal, you know, the easy way. But if we don’t do it the easy way, we’re going to do it the hard way,” Trump said at the White House.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 50 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The Art of the Deal: shoot them and take all their stuff.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 8 points 6 days ago

Art of the kill

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[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 30 points 6 days ago

Spoken like a true rapist.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

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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[–] blackbearjesus27@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Can you imagine the outrage if Biden said the things Trump has over the past, say, 72 hours?

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

They would've eaten Biden alive for saying virtually anything trump has said.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 26 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Evil piece of shit from evil piece of shit country says evil piece of shit thing that pushes the rest of the world to global destruction.

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[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I don’t wanna start any drama or anything, but here’s my .02. I can see this thing going completely sideways.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 29 points 6 days ago (1 children)

At this point the Epstein files are a distraction from all the fascism.

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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago
[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 16 points 6 days ago

Trump and his administration deserve to be kirked. 

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (7 children)

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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[–] robocall@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Maybe Europe needs to consider bombing Trump

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Abduct him and put him on trial in a European country. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The high cholesterol in Donny needs to do something about him whether he likes it or not.

[–] cutemarshmallow@europe.pub 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

The universe sure is taking its sweet ol' time keeping him here against our will...

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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Rapist says what?

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Can we just get to the nuclear apocalypse already? I’m so fucking tired.

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I would vote for an asteroid if i could.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

Oh, so that's his morality.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago

Can they go there and like die or something

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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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[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 days ago

The US already has a military base there. Fuck off

[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 7 points 6 days ago

When you're famous they let you do it?

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