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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump is NOT TROLLING about Panama, Greenland, and Canada.
He is emulating Putin.
Proposing attacking and siezing sovereign nations.
It is his way of glorifying the actions of a murderous thug, and putting the world on notice that the United States is no longer to be trusted.
WestofDenver
(24 posts)but I think these comments by *rump serve as smoke-screen as well. Holman / Voight and the rest benefit from the cover to finalize their plans. *rump for sure has the Putin mind-set, but I think the near term goal of the administration is internal conquest.
Takket
(22,659 posts)are happy.
Prairie Gates
(3,568 posts)They have different reasons for it (lebensraum, anticolonialism, etc), but it is a feature of the form of government.
anciano
(1,599 posts)the US military has not only the right, but also the duty to refuse to obey unlawful orders.
mike_c
(36,383 posts)Trump wants a war.
Igel
(36,229 posts)Look, here's my wrangle with most Trump commentary.
Trump: "I'll do something bad!"
--He's telling the absolute truth; Trump never lies! He's an evil genius.
Trump: "Look what else I'll do--it's phenomalicious!"
--Rat-f**ker wouldn't be able to tell the truth and say the sky is blue if his life depended on it--effing liar! He's a buffoon idiot that needs a staff of servants to wipe his ass and pull his, um, ... never mind.
In other words, he's necessarily in a state of true-valid superposition, in which he's both 100% truthful and 100% mendacious (and everything in between) all the time, until observed by somebody. Then the wave equation/superposition immediately collapses--and, weirdly enough, always conforms to the observers preconceptions. Even if the same utterance collapses 19 different ways for 18 different observers, they're still completely correct.
Whatevs.
Most of the time Trump doesn't so much lie or tell the truth as speak without reference to the truth. To use a Princeton professor's technical term, he "bullshits." A liar must intend to deceive, knowing he's deceiving. Trump just talks and doesn't even consider whether there's a truth deeper than the sound waves produced by his buccal cavity. On occasion it's likely he lies or truth-tells, but there's no way of knowing when those are. (And, honestly, it's often the same on commentary about him, because that's just based on what the observer believes Trump would have said, even if he spouts word salad and sentence spaghetti.)
ExoticMei
(2 posts)Hello all! This is my 1st reply. I signed up finally during the lockout cause I was scared. Nothing has gotten me to comment.
I've been a lurker since 2008, a great and grand poster RIP got me here through huffpost then. I've had a Birdseye view of du. Mostly been satisfied, but too afraid to post/reply since Nov.
But you... you got me to, just to say: I love this! I wish there was more.
Merry Christmas to you and everyone.
allegorical oracle
(3,386 posts)ExoticMei
(2 posts)Been here a while, not seen.
And
Thank you 😊
LetMyPeopleVote
(155,489 posts)Fullduplexxx
(8,364 posts)Don't look at my failed Attorney General don't look at my terrible pics for political posts let's not talk about my fading mandate. Let's go invade Canada
The Madcap
(566 posts)i.e., T****-land attacks Canada. Does that trigger Article 5 against T****-land?
VGNonly
(7,800 posts)Whats next Australia...New Zealand...Antarctica...the Moon?
Will Maga-Lardo become the "New Vatican City"?
Ping Tung
(1,420 posts)So nobody worried about it until........
Fiendish Thingy
(18,800 posts)Denmark is part of NATO
If Trump invades Greenland, WWIII starts.
Same with Canada.
Dont be ridiculous- Hes trolling.
DeepWinter
(586 posts)He knows what gets liberal/Progressives riled up and he leans into it. And it clearly works, look around.
Johnny2X2X
(21,880 posts)Last edited Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:51 PM - Edit history (1)
I mentioned how I told my concerned Canadian friend that they should be worried if Trump gets in again because he will not rule out taking parts of Canada.
My post was reported and removed as being kooky conspiracy theory nonsense.
orangecrush
(22,118 posts)An apology.
milestogo
(18,247 posts)orangecrush
(22,118 posts)A second rate gas station located on a stinking beet farm.
milestogo
(18,247 posts)LisaL
(46,752 posts)NT