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Greenland was an unpopular issue, even among conservatives and Republicans. The past year has not gone well for the GOP and this was yet another thing hurting their midterm chances for 2026.
The EU agreed to a framework for a deal that gives the US nothing it doesn't already have. Trump is either truly convinced he's come out on top and sees it as a win, or is using it as an excuse to back away from it while declaring victory to his base.
To add to this correct answer, NATO allies were sending military assets to Greenland. Not even trump can destroy THAT Imperialist dragon.
Trump, if nothing else, knows how to read the room. The problem is that he doesn't govern alone. He can say he's pulling ICE agents out of Minnesota because it's cratering his popularity, but nobody in his own party takes that seriously. What makes Greenland unique is that it would take Trump's approval to launch an invasion, and Trump knows what it would do to his popularity.
To be absolutely clear this isn't an defence of Trump in any way. It's just "he knows how to read the room" and nothing else.
Probably used some 3d chess moves from Art of the Deal to get Alaska instead.
He's busy planning a war on Iran, I'm sure he'll come back to Greenland after.
I dont think so. EU must have threatened US that will retaliate
What could the EU possibly threaten the US with at this point? The EU is entirely dependent on the US militarily, and now for energy as well. All Trump has to do is to stop LNG shipments and the EU will be in a massive crisis. He's got Europeans bent over a barrel here, and everybody knows it. There has been no single instance of the EU standing up to Trump to date.
Dumping US treasury and joining BRICS
There's zero chance of that happening given the EU relationship with Russia.
I am busy trying to win the race so really dont know but that's my guess
Because Greenland repeatedly tells him they're not for sale. And they mean it. They're not budging.
Or Trump got quiet because surprise ambushes are best executed without notice.
Imagine a laser beam and a cat
It was doing enough to distract from the fact heβs in the Epstein list so itβs usefulness was over.
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.
Yeah now it is yet another potential war with another country and aliens.
Dementia!
It's either China, Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, Palestine, Canada, Greenland, Epsteinland, Mexico... Always a distraction from a distraction...
Because that distraction from The Trump Files Featuring Jeffrey Epstein has worn out its traction. Time too e on to the next: invade Iran!
I think they found out that it's too hard to pull off without breaking too many alliances, so it was easier to switch their gaze to starving Cuba and probably bombing Iran soon
Notice even media isn't mentioning it anymore. Seems like everything is rigged and general public is clueless and busy doom scrolling LemmyΒ
Get your head out of this "the media does this or that" gutter where they are maybe part of a big conspiracy by the man to keep us docile. Media has never been perfect, reporting on all stories fairly and balanced and all that. That's an unattainable ideal. You have to pick and choose what you read. They always jump on the big stories and neglect the smaller ones, especially if they operate under a need to generate profits.
47 came up through reality television. He will stay on topic as long as it generates headlines. Whether he is heel or hero doesn't matter. There is also the behavioral pattern of TACO, he looks to play chicken with the world but backs out of it again quite quickly. And BTS he works to make himself and other rich people richer. Anything he does can pretty much be explained through this prism, after the fact.
Greenland, like wanting Canadian anschluss, generated headlines. He looked like he had a grand plan, the real estate developer in him came through. There was opposition and with it attention, which he likes. And then even members of his cult were sceptical to critical about this neo-imperialist bullshit. If the world had rolled over and let him have it, he would have took it. But European leaders managed to group up on him and gave him the most face saving out out of this bullshit. And it took away attention from other things, like the famous pedophile case.
He is not a details guy. They say anything that cannot be put on a single page with lots of pictures he will not take in. The agreement the US has with NATO ally Denmark already allows for 99% of his grand plan. They packaged the info he never absorbed into something that looks like a win for the great deal maker. And they probably awarded him the clubman of the year trophy to please his ego. Good enough, for now at least. Now, let's escalate tensions in Iran or kidnap a south American dictator.
If you dig for European sources, you can read about developments that are the long tail of this failed Greenland grab. Officially, no European leader but maybe Spain's Sanchez will be on record saying the US are no longer a reliable partner for anything. But off the record, that's their tune. Efforts are underway to de-Americanize the defense industry and spending. Another slow building wave is the European desire to break free of dependence on US tech firms. These stories maybe would made the news in North America, if there wasn't the bigger so-called AI bubble inflating at the same time.
Picking and choosing what you read isn't always possible, especially in this new smoke and mirrors world of anti-social "tech". Picking and choosing what is only presented to you is not enough, but here we are.
Why? What's stopping you from finding news sources you trust on your own and bookmarking them? I understand the defeatist stance for some local stuff where most of the news has hidden behind paywalls - although paywalls can often be creatively avoided. But when it comes to coverage of the continued American embarrassment that is 47 on the world stage, the world is your oyster. You have news from other English speaking countries, of which there are loads. And a lot of public broadcasters and news organizations that normally speak or write in something else will offer English language articles. If you stop at consuming what is presented to yourself by our friend Al Gorithn, that is a choice.
Enlightenment is man's release from his self-incurred tutelage.
While the Kant certainly wasn't referring to consuming news in the digital age, his abridged quote can be wiggled to apply as a motto in this context as well.
We are already passed the "renaissance" and "enlightenment" ages and have squandered all of that to collect money tokens, imo. We are currently deep into the Age of Stupidity. "If you wonder why your letters never get a reply, when you tell me that you love me, I want to see you write it". Sometimes info is hidden and kept secret. You are not privy to it. That's all I meant.
i listened to a couple of interviews where they suggested that trump's personal business interests were threatened if he kept pushing for it; so he dropped it.
doom scrolling Lemmy, Facebook, Instagram, X, Grindr, Tinder, imgur....etm
There's even doom scrolling on grindr and tinder?
No but thereβs doom swiping
grindr doesn't swipe
So it scrolls then?
taps
More like swiping butts, amirite?
I'm a doom Top, anyone wanna doom hookup?
... probably, lol
Ever since he recently shit his pants on live TV, heβs noticed heβs been shitting himself more frequently every few hours. Given that his lucky staff had the pleasure of doing multiple diaper changes a day, he hasnβt had time to really focus on Greenland. I think heβs going to try some more ivermectin, or possibly, bringing some bleach into the body (almost like a cleaning?). His doctors are looking into that. But yes, heβll get the poopy diaper thing under control at some point and then itβs back to Greenland.
He forgot about Greenland and moved on to his next anger fixation. He'll cycle around back eventually.
Dementia
They already have military bases there, nobody really gives a shit
we are in 2026 so all effort is about how to best steal the election. Once that is over the crazy will go back to full throttle for another year and then tone down unless they fix the pesky elecion problem in 2026.
Art. Of. The. Deal. Push on any leverage perceived or actual regardless of the side effects and then collect concessions. Rinse, repeat.
because India acceded, changing american strategy drastically