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BumRushDaShow

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Thu Mar 27, 2025, 03:46 PM Thursday

Trump Says The U.S. Will 'Go As Far As We Have To Go' To Acquire Greenland [View all]

Source: Huff Post

Mar 27, 2025, 10:53 AM EDT


President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the purpose of Vice President JD Vance’s trip to Greenland is to reinforce the idea that the U.S. has to acquire the semi-autonomous Danish territory, warning that Americans will “go as far as we have to go” to get control of the island.

In an interview with Vince Coglianese, Trump said a U.S. delegation was traveling to the territory this week “to let them know that we need Greenland for international safety and security.” “We need it, we have to have it,” Trump said. “It’s a island that from a defensive posture and even offensive posture is something we need, especially with the world the way it is.”

“I hate to put it that way, but we’re gonna have to have it,” he continued. Asked if he thinks the Greenlandic public would be on board with his plans, Trump said he wasn’t sure. “I don’t know,” he said. “I don’t think they’re un-eager, but I think that we have to do it and we have to convince them.”

A recent poll shows the overwhelming majority of the people of Greenland oppose joining the U.S. This is not stopping Trump, who separately told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday that the U.S. “will go as far as we have to go” to get control of Greenland.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-increases-pressure-greenland_n_67e541b4e4b03374624d0580/amp



25th Amendment time.
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I'm willing to impeach Chump and remove him from office FakeNoose Thursday #1
How about dropping him, from 70,000' DENVERPOPS Thursday #65
parachute? n/t BaronChocula Thursday #73
100% optional on that parachute... (n/t) Moostache Thursday #76
Nope DENVERPOPS Thursday #93
Jumping to a ... alimbalt Friday #139
Wish he would visit the inside of an active volcano... Like he could just DROP in to say HI. Trueblue1968 Thursday #100
... ruet Thursday #2
He wants it mostly because it looks so big on a Mercator projection map PSPS Thursday #3
He can't wait to rename it "Trumpland" FakeNoose Thursday #17
See? He has the highest number! Best in class! erronis Thursday #26
And he has a matching IQ to boot! GreenWave Thursday #51
Heehee. And his new number 47 has to be even worst. brush Friday #120
Yes, now he's the TWO worst presidents in the US History FakeNoose Friday #135
LOL! Stonealone Thursday #47
Where the f is George W. Bush on that list? RazorbackExpat Thursday #97
Where are both Bush's and Reagan? This is the best thinking of "experts"? LT Barclay Thursday #105
John Tyler was a full on traitor. He was a member of the confederate House of Representatives. Lucky Luciano Friday #119
Green $$$ land. BattleRow Thursday #29
LOL electric_blue68 Thursday #75
He's jealous because Putin has such a big land area on the map OnionPatch Thursday #86
He wants it... JPK Thursday #101
All anybody needs to know about this bastard is two words: calimary Friday #116
Greenland, a current territory of Denmark needs to get the troops ready. wcmagumba Thursday #4
I hope he's sending his Jan6 mob. I don't want to pay for this stupidity mdbl Thursday #6
I wouldn't wish that on anyone! Nt Hope22 Thursday #34
They aren't a bright bunch mdbl Friday #131
I see that coming if he continues this nonsense Bayard Thursday #8
Nobody on earth benefits from another world war. ananda Thursday #22
There are too many people BidenRocks Thursday #109
Should be a force of all European nations. harun Thursday #16
Before invading he will try the Art of the Deal. thought crime Thursday #40
Thanks.. the only chuckle I got from this whole thread mountain grammy Thursday #59
45,000 Greenlanders X $10 million VMA131Marine Thursday #92
And no crypto! BadgerMom Friday #112
The 34-times convicted felon (unanimously by a Jury) does not pay his bills Justice matters. Friday #114
Indeed -- for all the talk of how Greenlanders feel about this, EarlG Thursday #53
The NATO members, (less the U.S.) DENVERPOPS Thursday #68
TY so much for this, EarlG. I have been thinking Cha Thursday #70
He could literally precipitate WW3. Humanity doesn't need that. WheelWalker Thursday #106
Right wingers will impeach him if our Baitball Blogger Thursday #5
I wish I had your faith. Scrivener7 Thursday #9
No, they won't. maxsolomon Thursday #10
Nope.. Because shared hate is more important than anything. LiberalArkie Thursday #14
I'm assuming he also wants it to Captain Zero Thursday #33
Just like they impeached GW Bush for sacrificing thousands of servicemen Martin Eden Friday #125
GW Bush indeed escaped legal justice for that. Baitball Blogger Friday #132
Every time I see a commercial featuring horribly maimed veterans, pleading for money Martin Eden Friday #133
This message was self-deleted by its author bucolic_frolic Thursday #7
This message was self-deleted by its author vapor2 Thursday #11
Probably. That South African white supremacist thinks that he should control it all. SharonAnn Thursday #28
Freedomland thought crime Thursday #45
Freedonia, it's been run by idiots before, might as well these idiots too. dem4decades Thursday #62
"Are you like a crazy person?" (SARCASM at Trump) /nt artemisia1 Thursday #12
Nope. Won't happen. twodogsbarking Thursday #13
I often get fooled thinking The Borowitz Report is real reporting until I glance a the source. Torchlight Thursday #15
The Goodbye Look thought crime Thursday #64
For a quick second I was thinking the op was the onion and was going to have a chuckle--then riversedge Thursday #90
That would start... Chi67 Thursday #18
..if the motherfucker were to view.. thomski64 Thursday #57
No. In fact, he sees Putin as a HUGE threat johnnyfins Thursday #60
No it won't Polybius Friday #122
Somehow he thinks that he needs it MuseRider Thursday #19
He sees something he wants, he just pops a couple TicTacs and grabs it. tanyev Thursday #72
Exactly, that is all it takes. MuseRider Thursday #98
He should be fucking overthrown for saying this shit out loud. It's happened to more competent dictators for much less. Karasu Thursday #20
..saying ridiculous shit, constantly.. thomski64 Thursday #61
That's how his reptilian brain works. "I want it." "I'll grab it by the pussy." "They let me do it." erronis Thursday #21
This is basically the same as Lex Luthor's idea Don1 Thursday #23
Greenlanders: "Thanks for asking, but are you fucking kidding me?". EarnestPutz Thursday #24
this "we need it, we have to have it bullshit" sounds like a tag line from an old food commercial orleans Thursday #25
ALso sounds like classic addiction talk. Amaryllis Thursday #36
The world is so bad right now? But, i thought Donald was good friends with Vlad and Kim. txwhitedove Thursday #27
If I was 20 instead of 68 I'd volunteer for Greenland... wcmagumba Thursday #30
Trump needs a new home in an insane asylum. It's definitely A 25 time. flashman13 Thursday #31
I''m not so sure they wouldn't. Many of the analyses I've seen on that scenario suggest you'd have an intramilitary Karasu Thursday #41
In that Bible of yours, JD... heckles65 Thursday #32
He's threatening a NATO ally with unprovoked aggression, so yes it's 25 Amendment time. Uncle Joe Thursday #35
"We need it. We have to have it!"-the chant of every four-year-old who has never been told "no". Midnight Writer Thursday #37
End of the EU? Angrboda Thursday #38
Are you sure? Little is so compelling as having a common enemy. n/t NH Ethylene Thursday #89
greenland should kick all us troops out moonshinegnomie Thursday #39
Yep. They should bar this JD Vance clown troupe from entering the country at all. Karasu Thursday #43
or even better,arrest him moonshinegnomie Thursday #50
As nice as that would be, Trump would definitely use it as an excuse to attack/invade. But I really don't understand why Karasu Thursday #63
Trump would love that Polybius Friday #123
The Phat man says coprolite Thursday #42
I think there are too many numbers in that last sentence. niyad Thursday #44
This smells of a usual Trump move... Pesky1 Thursday #46
Big talk from the little man....trying to deflect from signalgate PortTack Thursday #48
Trump was always a fucking psychopath, now he's completely lost touch with reality. sop Thursday #49
SLAVA GREENLAND! Marcuse Thursday #52
I'm with Greenland. C_U_L8R Thursday #54
Oust this nutcase already! AllyCat Thursday #55
WTF does that mean invasion sanctions///// Historic NY Thursday #56
Some military people that have his ear have convinced him that this is necessary. He has no idea what he is doing beyon Evolve Dammit Thursday #58
More like Musk and Thiel. Karasu Thursday #96
I was just thinking about why this is an obsession and remembered that there is still a lot of pushing and shoving LT Barclay Friday #118
yes indeed now that shipping channels can be open more or less year round. Lotsa oil too. What could go wrong? Evolve Dammit Friday #136
How long until we send troops in? KatyaR Thursday #66
Maybe he should take a long walk on a short pier to show how determined he is! GreenWave Thursday #67
Hey, the thought just occurred to me that Orange Julius Caesar's major jonesing for Greenland generalbetrayus Thursday #69
Fuck this shit. Paladin Thursday #71
Prezzidint Shit-For-Brains... GiqueCee Thursday #74
For now. It will be melting. Marcuse Thursday #82
True... GiqueCee Friday #129
I guess it's that mineral(?) whatever stillcool Thursday #77
So if he thinks he needs it so badly, defacto7 Thursday #78
When he breaks the NATO Treaty that is the law of the land, the US Military should refuse all orders. ancianita Thursday #79
Canada and Denmark could invoke Article 5. Marcuse Thursday #85
Yep. 31 militaries against this one. ancianita Thursday #88
They absolutely should if he fucking tries. Karasu Thursday #95
I hate to put it this way, but we're going to have to have this guy committed to a facility for the criminally insane Blues Heron Thursday #80
Like St. Helena? WheelWalker Thursday #103
Weasel words. "I don't think they're un-eager." louis-t Thursday #81
That made-up word stumped me too! BumRushDaShow Thursday #83
I don't think Finland or Sweden will attack us. louis-t Thursday #84
Sounds like something he'd say about a woman he raped Hekate Thursday #111
"To Acquire Greenland", "to get control of the island"... and then what? Make them a state? Norrrm Thursday #87
People have been treating this as a joke, but someone needs to stop him (looking at you, Congress) NH Ethylene Thursday #91
Why did I think of this: Marthe48 Thursday #94
This is incredibly apropos, that's why. I've just shared it with 3 other people. SMH Hekate Friday #113
This is crazy. Figarosmom Thursday #99
We don't "have to aquire" anything. If the US needs more space for military bases on Greenland, Jack Valentino Thursday #102
Naksarlugu! Taikkua maligarnik uqallaktiujut uvattinniimmata. dobleremolque Thursday #104
Americans will go as far as we have to go to defend NATO, traitor. AmericaUnderSiege Thursday #107
Give it up, orange shit-head. calimary Thursday #108
I'm willing to go as far as I have to remove these fucking maniacs from power. Initech Thursday #110
We are agreed that he is nuttier than squirrel poop, right? Hekate Friday #115
Twice impeached convicted felon IronLionZion Friday #117
How many GOP Congress members and Senators to we need to barbeque to stop this????? Ford_Prefect Friday #121
If this isn't Borowitz HarryM Friday #124
Trump's statement is a declaration of war. Greenland and Denmark made it clear they don't want to hand land to MAGA Doodley Friday #126
But then ONLY Congress can formally "declare War" BumRushDaShow Friday #128
'Go As Far As We Have To Go' Aussie105 Friday #127
Stick'em up! no_hypocrisy Friday #130
This is why you don't put psychopaths in the President's chair. travelingthrulife Friday #134
I expect that someone will "go as far as they have to" in order to stop him. Oopsie Daisy Friday #137
One sick metal case who should be removed by the Constitution Article 25. Bengus81 Friday #138
Coming soon: "Elon! Buy me Greenland!" intrepidity Friday #140
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