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In reply to the discussion: Trump Says The U.S. Will 'Go As Far As We Have To Go' To Acquire Greenland [View all]Marcuse
(8,253 posts)52. SLAVA GREENLAND!
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.


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Trump Says The U.S. Will 'Go As Far As We Have To Go' To Acquire Greenland [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Thursday
OP
Wish he would visit the inside of an active volcano... Like he could just DROP in to say HI.
Trueblue1968
Thursday
#100
John Tyler was a full on traitor. He was a member of the confederate House of Representatives.
Lucky Luciano
Friday
#119
The 34-times convicted felon (unanimously by a Jury) does not pay his bills
Justice matters.
Friday
#114
Every time I see a commercial featuring horribly maimed veterans, pleading for money
Martin Eden
Friday
#133
Probably. That South African white supremacist thinks that he should control it all.
SharonAnn
Thursday
#28
I often get fooled thinking The Borowitz Report is real reporting until I glance a the source.
Torchlight
Thursday
#15
For a quick second I was thinking the op was the onion and was going to have a chuckle--then
riversedge
Thursday
#90
He should be fucking overthrown for saying this shit out loud. It's happened to more competent dictators for much less.
Karasu
Thursday
#20
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 "we need it, we have to have it bullshit" sounds like a tag line from an old food commercial
orleans
Thursday
#25
The world is so bad right now? But, i thought Donald was good friends with Vlad and Kim.
txwhitedove
Thursday
#27
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
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
Yep. They should bar this JD Vance clown troupe from entering the country at all.
Karasu
Thursday
#43
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 was always a fucking psychopath, now he's completely lost touch with reality.
sop
Thursday
#49
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
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
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
When he breaks the NATO Treaty that is the law of the land, the US Military should refuse all orders.
ancianita
Thursday
#79
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
"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
This is incredibly apropos, that's why. I've just shared it with 3 other people. SMH
Hekate
Friday
#113
We don't "have to aquire" anything. If the US needs more space for military bases on Greenland,
Jack Valentino
Thursday
#102
I'm willing to go as far as I have to remove these fucking maniacs from power.
Initech
Thursday
#110
How many GOP Congress members and Senators to we need to barbeque to stop this?????
Ford_Prefect
Friday
#121
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
I expect that someone will "go as far as they have to" in order to stop him.
Oopsie Daisy
Friday
#137