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The interns would receive financial support from Danish taxpayers, at the same time as Trump threatens to annex the semi-autonomous Danish territory

The US Consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, is looking for unpaid interns to service its communication channels, leaving local authorities to foot the bill of financially supporting applicants while the US steps up annexation threats.

Last week, Donald Trump appointed a special envoy to Greenland – a semi-autonomous territory under the Danish Realm – sparking backlash from Greenlandic, Danish and European authorities.

Initially expressing interest in acquiring the island during his first term in 2019, Trump has ramped up discourse and efforts during his second term, going so far as to suggest the US would use military force to annex the Inuit nation.

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[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I know it’s bleak but that isn’t how it works

The states get to conduct their own elections and we’ve always had elections during war anyway

Federalism is one of the few really good ideas the founders had for dealing with this exact problem: a tyrannical federal government

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but lets not pretend laws and precedence mean much any more.

[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I know, and they are disregarding laws I don’t mean to imply otherwise, and this is a perverse point to make but

We’ve had elections during every war so far so I think the best they can do is attempt to hack them and cheat in more conventional ways

[–] justaman123@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it really seems like they stole the last election with shady vote machines after implying that the Dems did it in 2000.

[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago

Everything they attack is a clue, from "rigged elections" to "anti fascism".

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Except the red states are going to do what he says and the blue states are going to be invaded by national Guardsmen from the red States.