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It was doing enough to distract from the fact heβs in the Epstein list so itβs usefulness was over.
Yeah now it is yet another potential war with another country and aliens.
Yeah, this is really the answer. Over and over and over again, it's clear that the policy of his regime has always been to "flood the zone".
Every single week, they do something unique and so heinous that it would have ended any prior administration. They can keep things from sticking by just continuing to do stuff like that and get popular focus on a new thing. The people that should be able to keep them accountable legally are similarly overwhelmed.
Greenland was probably never a serious thing for the regime, it just had to serve a purpose of keeping their opponents busy. It's the political equivalent of a gish gallop.