This whole thing has been great to show libs that the US is an empire. If all that stops you from taking your "allies'" lands is politeness, and you have their economies tied to yours, and host your military on their land, those are vassals. Denmark has no recourse whatsoever to Trump deciding Greenland is his. It is a vassal state, and the US has kept up the kayfabe of mutual diplomatic honor and recognition only to keep its vassals docile.
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yeah laying things bare like that is really the best thing about Trump, he gives libs nothing to work with and they can't do their usual mental gymnastics to pretend it's not what it is
Well said
That's why they prefer the Dems after all.
exactly
and that is a really weakass way to declare war on an ally
not even enough sack to throw down the spear
and that is a really weakass way to declare war on an ally
The US doesn't have "allies". It has vassals.
[...] could trigger a NATO response [...]
If they don't respond, we're all screwed on the South, btw
It could trigger a series of carefully worded statements from European vassals but nothing more.
Europe has nowhere else to go. Their elites put all their eggs in the yank basket and now they're suffering the consequences.
Their collective response is going to be to fight each other to see who can stick their tongue up Trump's ass further.