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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]BaronChocula
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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