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[–] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 41 points 2 days ago (3 children)

it's going to be a global holiday when he dies

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

yeah but The Cowards who keep telling him to do this shit will still be alive. It's not like the man came up with this on his own.

[–] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Agreed. Trump is just a lightening rod that keeps everyone's outrage focused on him instead of people like Miller and Thiel.

if we have to celebrate his birthday (VD Day here in the US) we'll celebrate VT Day globally

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[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

EU needs Greenland more than US due to security reasons.

[–] Paragone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Trump intends to completely cut-off Canada's trade, Alaska, Pacific, mainland, Atlantic, Greenland ( a base ), so that he can butcher Canada, & successfully annex it, just like Putin wants Ukraina: for subjugated possession.

He isn't joking about his "Department of War":

He'll be waging war on 3 fronts: northward, enforcing his annexing of Canada,

Civil War Part2, once he "de-naturalizes" all non-Republicans, making everybody not in his cult into illegals,

AND war to the south, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, etc, as his imperialism "needs" to be doing..


The only obstacle left is the portion of his brain which fights-against absolute-psychopathy, & when that portion of his brain fails, in a "stroke", if the psychopathy wins, the ocean-of-blood begins spilling.

Prep.

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[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 day ago

US is the security reason

[–] MOARbid1@piefed.social 99 points 2 days ago
[–] Nosavingthrow@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Germany needs to start cutting ties with the US so they can be on the right side for once.

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 48 points 2 days ago (9 children)

American here. I'm sure annexing Greenland would be very useful to us for all kinds of reasons. I don't want to do it.

Unless the people in Greenland want to become part of the United States, I don't believe we have any more right to declare Greenland ours than Hitler had a right to declare France his, or Russia has a right to declare Ukraine theirs.

If the people of Greenland want to become part of the United States, verified with an election monitored by multiple disinterested third parties, then by all means welcome to the party guys.

However given the timing of this ridiculous idea, I can't help but think the whole thing is just a distraction from the Epstein files.

[–] Paragone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

He's committed to his imperial continent-kingdom:

His intent to annex Canada's real.

WITH Alaska AND Greenland, he can kill all ships bringing supplies to Canada..

He's going to be waging war on 3 fronts: northward, Civil War Part2, & southward, once he "de-naturalizes" all non-Republicans, converting all outside his cult into "illegals"..

His enmity against NATO has been visible for over a decade, btw..

https://www.lee.senate.gov/2025/6/lee-introduces-withdrawal-from-nato is independent of Trump, but it does communicate that NATO isn't safe, now..

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[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Unless the people in California want to secede from the United States

I wonder how you USians would respond to that.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Californian here, I'd vote yes.

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Oregonian here. Pretty sure we'd come along. I haven't asked Washington, but I assume they're in too.

As a Califorgreenlandian, i ratify the change that apparently just got voted in.

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[–] GojuRyu@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There has been leaks that US intelligence are making moves to influence the greenlandic people using intelligence gathering to find pro secession and US elements in greenland. Any talk of the possibility of greenland joining the US as a real possibility only legitimizes an eventual takeover. Greenland has made it clear that they are not interested and that such talk is an insult and a threat to their sovereignty and self governance, current and future. I don’t think you mean to promote Trumps talking points, so this is just meant to let you know that it indirectly does.

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 1 points 4 hours ago

Pro succession movement in Greenland? I very much doubt it. They can influence all they want, and if they are that only shows imho that they fundamentally misunderstand how other countries work.

[–] biotin7@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I see colonialism is back on the menu of Amerikkkans

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 1 points 4 hours ago

As an American I certainly hope not

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 34 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (11 children)

Can't we just fly Trump to a random ice covered rock and just hire some people to pretend it is Greenland and he can have a little senior assisted living situation inside Trump Castle in Newer New York City, Greenland safely isolated from the rest of us?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Surely he can't tell the difference between northern Alaska and Greenland

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[–] elbiter@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

It would be so dope to make him believe everyone around him pretends he's president, but he's actually not.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

To make it more convincing, they could spray-paint some rocks green.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

And his holding cell gold.

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[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 48 points 2 days ago
[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago

Walls are closing in, eh, Donny?

[–] plateee@piefed.social 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Tell me you're slacking off at your day job without telling me you're slacking off at your day job:

Landry, in a post on X, thanked Trump: "It's an honor to serve ... in this volunteer position to make Greenland a part of the U.S. This in no way affects my position as Governor of Louisiana!"

Yes this is a distraction - but we also need to remind ourselves that this shit isn't normal even if it weren't a distraction.

In the middle of the Clinton blow job scandal, Bill didn't go off saying New Brunswick needed to become a state to secure our national supply of bowling balls or some shit.

Trump can be making a distraction and also moving the Overton Window at the same time.

[–] Paragone@lemmy.world 1 points 52 minutes ago

Excellent concept!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

Thank you for identifying it, eh?

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[–] Zier@fedia.io 21 points 2 days ago

Epstein distraction, again.

[–] Maverick604@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just un-redact the Epstein files, you coward!

[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The redacted text can actually be selected and copied, then pasted to read what is underneath. They literally used a black digital highlighter.

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Christmas came early this year, although the unredacted text is pretty brutal.

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[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

The demand has been made- we are going to see his little temper tantrum any day now.

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago

Trump has to kiss my ass.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago

The world tells Trump to Fuck Off.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 8 points 2 days ago

It is like Trump already promised Alaska to Putin.

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