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    So to all the folk who voted for Trump because they thought he was the guy who was going to get us out of the endless wars, how to you feel now? You buffoon. You simpleton. You absolute imbecile.

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        These absolute morons don’t realize we are currently experiencing the inflation THAT THE TRAITOR CAUSED.

        Jesus christ this country is fucking insanely stupid.

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          We aren’t even in a high inflationary period now! Biden’w policies saw us through this global inflation better than every other industrialized nation, and the inflation rate is now very close to what it was before Covid.

          He did a fucking amazing job dealing with this inflation, but the red codes think trump will being prices back down to what they were 5 years ago. They don’t understand the difference between inflation and higher prices, nor do they understand that deflation like that is just as bad for our economy as inflation. Hell, trump has even said he can’t bring grocery prices back down.

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          It is very sad that undecided voters couldn’t do the bare minimum of a google search as to why inflation was so bad.

          Could it be because during trumps presidency he approved the printing of trillions of dollars to keep the economy afloat and cut taxes that were set to expire during Bidens presidency?

          No had to be because Biden is old.

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            Biden has been a fantastic president, but his messaging to the people has sucked. He needed to blow his own horn much, much more loudly and more often.

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            At the end, by many measures even that taking point was self-disputing. How many gas pumps had Joe Biden “I Did That” stickers in October when gas was sub-$3/gallon in tons of places.

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    The fuck does he even want with Greenland. How did this become a thing. Who planted the idea in his tiny head. Is this some Russian plot putin is making him do.

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      Military dominance in the Arctic. Russia and China are also vying for influence. The US already has a large military base there. Thule Space Base. But taking territory from friends and allies by military force is probably the worst way to go about doing anything.

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      Probably some misguided thought that somehow it will be more habitable than the rest of the US thanks to climate change (the climate change that doesn’t exist) opening up real resource extraction.

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        But like who told him to do it. This Greenland and Panama canal thing is not something his deep fried brain could come up with in a million years and it came out of him to start which is also weird. Usually the Russian propaganda youtubers start an idea then faux news starts planting seeds then Trump will see it on there and boom we get the tweets. I haven’t followed this super close but from what I can gather this originated with him, which is already crazy since he doesn’t originate anything on his own except poopy diapers.

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      I highly doubt this but they could be looking at it as a future refuge when climate change makes most the land around the equator completely uninhabitable. Though, since half of them are already old ghouls I highly doubt they’re thinking that far into the future.

      I’m guessing to build a resort for them and their rich friends so they can be safe and isolated from the rest of us peasants. Maybe get some natural resources as well with exploitative and unethical labor practices

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        But the people who would go there are rich enough to build their bunkers there already. It’s not like they need it be a part of America to do that.

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    Any other asshole in Washington would be laughed out of office for saying shit like this. This particular asshole gets sanewashed and taken seriously. Why?

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      Surely 100 dollars out of your yearly taxes to start a pointless war on two fronts is better than 20 cents out of your yearly taxes to stop the greatest threat to human rights, ability for people to self govern and peace in europe against an enemy who has been interfering in everyones internal politics and threatening everyone with nukes constantly.

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      He doesn’t get taken seriously. By anybody. Ever. It’s his singular source of effectiveness.

      They all just see him as a wrecking ball to destroy everything with.

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    Promising a “Golden age of America,” Trump also said he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America,” saying that has a “beautiful ring to it.”

    What a dumbass

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      What can I say, though, he knows his deplorable base. I’m not sure they could get any more hard over such performative bullshit.

      I wonder how many have been bitching about the price of eggs lately, by the way? I wonder if eggs went through the same miraculous transformation that fair elections did, post donvict’s win.

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      with a de facto totalitarian who attempted a coup at the helm, americans will finally understand for the first time what it means to be “free”. It will be like pulling out a rotten tooth: painful but it will get better. Once the civil war that is required to get trump out of office in 10 years is finished.

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    Fix your fucking country. You’re going to hurt a lot people because you worship stupidity, bravado, power, and money.

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      Give us a moment. The sane among us are still trying to figure out which of our friends and family are still worth a shit.

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      I would love too. I really don’t think America should invade any country. One thing everyone can do no matter what country they live in you can boycott Tesla and Twitter. Musk is going to be a major funder of the GOP so ending his propaganda megaphone and wealth could change the course of events.

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      Easy: People within its ranks will begin to make choices. Not necessarily take action, just make choices. If things continue small insubordinations will occur and eventually rifts at nearly every level.

      If things got really bad the military would split into three:

      1. Pro Trump
      2. Pro United States
      3. Undecided/Everyone else.

      If this happens it will be a test of the quality of leadership on both major sides. A fundamental breaking of the chain. It’s why Trump wants to replace current military leadership: They’ve told him no. A pattern we’ll continue to see for at least two years.

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    Literally the only reason he’s doing this is because he sees his idols taking other territories while everyone stands around wringing their hands.

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    I read headlines like this and sometimes wonder if someone slipped me crazy pills. It’s just so bonkers. Greenland? WTF? Panama, I kind of understand, because reactionary old assholes have been butthurt about Panama being planned to be handed over, then actually handed over, for fucking decades and donvict is the exact type of crotchety and butthurt old dumbass that I’ve been hearing whine about it for as long as I can remember.

    But why the fuck would America use military force to take either? Other than gender-affirming for someone like donvict, what do we stand to gain?

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      Greenland is just the low-hanging fruit, an easy target. Something for the masses at home. Taking it won’t take an afternoon. In fact, they’ll just show up, plant a flag, next to it a “No Danes” sign, then call it a day. Then make a biiig celebration of it at home so everybody is distracted while they irreparably dismantle American democracy.

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      Greenland has oil, and it’ll be prime real-estate in a decade or two once the equatorial regions are inhospitable.

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      People would say that call of duty was extremely unrealistic this time around if they used this as a plot element haha

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    The oanaman panama canal I understand. I vehemently disagree with that but I understand the desire for control there.

    What the fuck did Greenland do to deserve this?

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      What the fuck did Greenland do to deserve this?

      It shouldnt have been so large on the map. Obviously it’s a giant threat to “America” in the north.

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        Another instance of Trump not understanding maps, when you realize Greenland is much MUCH smaller than it appears xD

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          Everyone said naming the good country Iceland and the shitty one Greenland wouldn’t actually trick anyone…

          Yet here we are in 2025 and the US president is falling for it.

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      As the glaciers melt they think there will be new reserves of natural resources. Plus it will gives control of newly opened Arctic sea routes.

      It would make some sense if it wasn’t controlled by an ally.

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      What the fuck did Greenland do to deserve this?

      It likely has a lot of mineral wealth. It’s best to get control of that wealth, before some dirty locals try to setup their own government with rules about respecting them, their culture or property.

      /s on that last bit, for the terminally stupid.

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      At least Greenland, being part of Denmark, is also a part of NATO, which basically rules out military force. Unless you literally want to start another world war. Don’t do it, Donnie.

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      I believe the “rationale” (for lack of a better word) is that the land of Greenland will become much more valuable in a post-climate-change world. Much of greenland will become warmer and therefore more comfortable to live in and more suitable for farming. So the idea is to take it now while it’s still largely a chunk of uninhabitable ice rather than wait until later when everybody else is fighting for it too.

      At least, that’s my understanding of it.

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      With Greenland, he wants control of the Arctic. China and Russia are also competing for control. But this is just the wrong way to go about it in every sense of the word.

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      I mean

      Good question

      Essentially that would be the US invading another NATO country (Denmark) and annexing it’s territory. Which I think would call for article 5 (In this case an act of war against all of NATO by the largest military of NATO). In practice, would Denmark and the rest of NATO just not call it an invasion? Send a bunch of strongly worded letters about an “unauthorized intrusion” or something? I have no idea.

      I mean I think Trump is probably saying these things just to stay in the spotlight or distract from other news, like he often does.

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      Would probably get Greenland and the US would face a lot of hostility. But he doesn’t seem to care about consequences much.