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orangecrush

(22,118 posts)
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 12:28 PM Monday

Trump 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.

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Trump is NOT TROLLING about Panama, Greenland, and Canada. (Original Post) orangecrush Monday OP
I agree WestofDenver Monday #1
i hope all the people who voted drumpf because they "just want peace" and Democrats bring "endless wars" Takket Monday #2
It's pretty much axiomatic that every fascist dictatorship will engage in territory aquisition Prairie Gates Monday #3
Toothless bravado .... anciano Monday #4
I'm having that same thought mike_c Monday #5
One can do both at the same time. Igel Monday #6
New member to all eyes here. ExoticMei Monday #11
Hello -- and welcome. :) allegorical oracle Monday #14
Hello ExoticMei Monday #15
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote 14 hrs ago #23
Look squirrel Fullduplexxx Monday #7
What happens when a NATO nation attacks another NATO nation? The Madcap Monday #8
Pax Trumpia? VGNonly Monday #9
... orangecrush Monday #13
Hitler was just kidding about Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Austria. Ping Tung Monday #10
Greenland is part of Denmark Fiendish Thingy Monday #12
Totally agree DeepWinter 23 hrs ago #18
A year or so ago I mentioned this Johnny2X2X Monday #16
You are owed orangecrush 23 hrs ago #17
Why can't we seize Russia? milestogo 23 hrs ago #19
Nobody wants orangecrush 22 hrs ago #20
... milestogo 22 hrs ago #21
Cause Russia got a lot of nukes? LisaL 22 hrs ago #22

WestofDenver

(24 posts)
1. I agree
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 12:46 PM
Monday

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)
2. i hope all the people who voted drumpf because they "just want peace" and Democrats bring "endless wars"
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 12:49 PM
Monday

are happy.

Prairie Gates

(3,568 posts)
3. It's pretty much axiomatic that every fascist dictatorship will engage in territory aquisition
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 12:50 PM
Monday

They have different reasons for it (lebensraum, anticolonialism, etc), but it is a feature of the form of government.

anciano

(1,599 posts)
4. Toothless bravado ....
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 12:50 PM
Monday

the US military has not only the right, but also the duty to refuse to obey unlawful orders.

Igel

(36,229 posts)
6. One can do both at the same time.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 12:56 PM
Monday

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)
11. New member to all eyes here.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 01:31 PM
Monday

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.

Fullduplexxx

(8,364 posts)
7. Look squirrel
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 01:04 PM
Monday

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)
8. What happens when a NATO nation attacks another NATO nation?
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 01:15 PM
Monday

i.e., T****-land attacks Canada. Does that trigger Article 5 against T****-land?

VGNonly

(7,800 posts)
9. Pax Trumpia?
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 01:18 PM
Monday

Whats next Australia...New Zealand...Antarctica...the Moon?

Will Maga-Lardo become the "New Vatican City"?





Ping Tung

(1,420 posts)
10. Hitler was just kidding about Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Austria.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 01:21 PM
Monday

So nobody worried about it until........

Fiendish Thingy

(18,800 posts)
12. Greenland is part of Denmark
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 02:21 PM
Monday

Denmark is part of NATO

If Trump invades Greenland, WWIII starts.

Same with Canada.

Don’t be ridiculous- He’s trolling.

DeepWinter

(586 posts)
18. Totally agree
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 08:48 AM
23 hrs ago

He knows what gets liberal/Progressives riled up and he leans into it. And it clearly works, look around.

Johnny2X2X

(21,880 posts)
16. A year or so ago I mentioned this
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 11:18 PM
Monday

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.

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