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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 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 73 points 1 month ago (7 children)

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

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

It's mad men all the way down.

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

Oops! All shit heads!

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[–] kadu@scribe.disroot.org 70 points 1 month 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 62 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When tariffs came in, I was hopeful they realised, finally, that they were dealing with a madman. However, they still negotiate as if he's a rational actor. Express concern etc. Just like the Dems in the USA. He pays no heed to their comments or concerns. He only responds to power.

Tariff the shit out of USA tech. Stop buying USA weapons. Start allowing Ukraine to attack inside Russia. Cut off their supply of precious metals by working with Australia and Denmark (Greenland).

Show them you mean business by reducing tariffs on china in return for Chinese concessions. Start really penalisong any European or American companies that still do business in Russia.

Its mind boggling that they are doing practically nothing concrete.

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

And sell off US Treasury bonds. Put the willies up the money people.

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[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 14 points 1 month 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 1 month 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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[–] Hux@lemmy.ml 65 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Aside from the fact he wears that suit about as well as a toddler posing for a holiday photo, he is LITERALLY wearing a lapel pin of HIMSELF. Jesusfuckingchrist.jpg

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 points 1 month ago

he wears the suit like that to hide his neck vagina. its likes he strangling his neck with the tie.

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 53 points 1 month 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 19 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

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[–] prex@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

I'm adding 'danish intelligence releases Epstein files' to my bingo card. The rest of it is all bullshit anyway.

[–] FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 1 month ago (4 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 51 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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

Art of the kill

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Many have outlined Trump's mafia-style speech. Like the truly wealthy, the mafia is a group he admires, was never allowed into, wants to imitate.

It's so clear I want to scream. The US watched the man make a fool of himself in the 80s and 90s, he was tabloid trash. Even The Apprentice made fun of his bombastic nature, but apparently neither Trump not his fans were in on the joke.

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[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] InsanelyCrewed@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 month ago

Spoken like a true rapist.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 27 points 1 month 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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[–] blackbearjesus27@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month 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.

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago

Trump and his administration deserve to be kirked. 

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Maybe Europe needs to consider bombing Trump

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month 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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[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks 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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[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month 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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[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Oh, so that's his morality.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

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

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[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month 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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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Rapist says what?

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago
[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago

When you're famous they let you do it?

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

The US already has a military base there. Fuck off

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

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

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

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.

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