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no_hypocrisy

(49,182 posts)
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 07:31 AM Yesterday

It's occurred to me that Trump wants to "own" the

entire continent of North America by appropriating Canada, Greenland, Mexico, and Panama.

That's so Putin.

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It's occurred to me that Trump wants to "own" the (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Yesterday OP
Sounds tri laterial Blue Full Moon Yesterday #1
that has occurred to me as well rampartd Yesterday #2
He Would Still Have Options... GB_RN 23 hrs ago #6
If Trump tries to make Quebec speak only English, he will lose that battle. Irish_Dem 23 hrs ago #15
C'est impossible! COL Mustard 22 hrs ago #29
i should have paid more attention to pepe le pew rampartd 20 hrs ago #38
The French Canadian cussing would be epic. Irish_Dem 20 hrs ago #40
I just think of COL Mustard 16 hrs ago #42
Paul Bunyan, Davy Crocket, Old McDonald. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #43
Why trDUMP and his team of Nazis could move all the tan, brown, and black people off the western hemisphere,... magicarpet 22 hrs ago #27
I have often said that Trump and his people think of America not as a nation of laws, but as a piece of real estate Walleye Yesterday #3
Rampant resource extraction too,.... magicarpet 22 hrs ago #28
And climate chaos will give them a prime opportunity to grab more & Trump sees himself as king of North America. CrispyQ 22 hrs ago #30
Fully agree. OLDMDDEM Yesterday #4
Using armies is so old-fashioned. Trump will just buy out all these countries. /s TheRickles 23 hrs ago #5
Not exactly a "purchase". More of a surrender in stages. no_hypocrisy 23 hrs ago #9
I doubt Canada and the UK would just sit still for Trump's Hitler type nonsense. hadEnuf 23 hrs ago #10
The UK could be "neutralized" if Musk's "investment" pays off in returning no_hypocrisy 23 hrs ago #11
Please don't go down that rabbit hole. paleotn 23 hrs ago #18
That is how it is done in Russia LiberalArkie 23 hrs ago #20
conscription is not necessary rampartd 20 hrs ago #39
with OPM, of course. Captain Zero 2 hrs ago #49
$139.866 trillion dollars Escape 23 hrs ago #7
Is there anything in the mint after his last term? LiberalArkie 23 hrs ago #21
QAnons & other whackos already think Fort Knox is empty Callie1979 14 min ago #52
Why would we want them? People say that every country except Mere-a-loco 3Hotdogs 23 hrs ago #8
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music 23 hrs ago #12
It's his way orangecrush 23 hrs ago #13
Yes Trump wants to own North and Central America. Irish_Dem 23 hrs ago #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music 22 hrs ago #25
Along these lines, I wouldn't be surprised if we Mike 03 23 hrs ago #16
Yeah, so does his new "whisperer", Musky. Joinfortmill 23 hrs ago #17
Granted. Maybe. Kind of like me wanting a full head of natural hair once again. paleotn 23 hrs ago #19
"You know I'm automatically attracted to large tracts of land--I just start grabbing them. tanyev 22 hrs ago #22
Complete and utter BS IronLionZion 22 hrs ago #23
I think he just wants to govern them by proxy JohnnyRingo 22 hrs ago #24
The irony is that all the Mexicans he wants to throw out would become US citizens Jersey Devil 22 hrs ago #26
he is as crazy azureblue 22 hrs ago #31
Being king of the US isn't enough. He wants to be KING OF THE WORLD! QED 22 hrs ago #32
This makes sense from an "inside Trump's head" point of view. Silver Gaia 21 hrs ago #33
Greenland Walrus hunters may harpoon his fat carcass Submariner 21 hrs ago #34
Pact with Putin and Jinping NCDem47 21 hrs ago #35
Australia (and New Zealand) will be an enclave for the mega-wealthy to live in. haele 12 hrs ago #47
Yeah sure, he pierced the bottom 4 worst POTUS ever underpants 21 hrs ago #36
Occurred to me as well. And then I take it to another KPN 21 hrs ago #37
He doesn't think like a President is "supposed" to think. yellow dahlia 18 hrs ago #41
trump is COMPLETELY INSANE! LetMyPeopleVote 14 hrs ago #44
Using that sharpie to change storm paths everywhere!! Captain Zero 2 hrs ago #50
trump is making putin happy LetMyPeopleVote 14 hrs ago #45
Rule #1 - Don't feed the troll JoseBalow 13 hrs ago #46
He doesn't want Mexico. Too poor. He only wants to invade applegrove 5 hrs ago #48
I Do Believe someone needs to Test the Water at Mar-a-Lago for Lead Oneear 34 min ago #51

rampartd

(857 posts)
2. that has occurred to me as well
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 07:43 AM
Yesterday

canada gets to be "the 51st state" until he hears that many of them speak french.

he probably doesn't realize that chiquitta brands prefers the status they now enjoy in the banana republics.

if mexico and central america even get territorial status he will have no place to deport his new citizens to.

GB_RN

(3,217 posts)
6. He Would Still Have Options...
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 08:06 AM
23 hrs ago

You just know that in his demented mind, “North” America means everything north of South America. I bet the concept of Central America doesn’t exist in his head. So, he’d start deporting people to Colombia, and then every other country in South America. Hell, if he could pull off annexation of everything between Texas and Colombia, I wouldn’t put it past him to try and deport everyone from those countries into South America, because, you know, North America for ‘Muricans.

COL Mustard

(6,977 posts)
29. C'est impossible!
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:42 AM
22 hrs ago

Sacre bleu! And all zose ozer French words I learned from Bugs Bunny!

Irish_Dem

(59,651 posts)
43. Paul Bunyan, Davy Crocket, Old McDonald.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 03:20 PM
16 hrs ago

Lumberjacks, hunters/trappers, farmers.

And excellent craftsman.

And interestingly, they don't speak classic French.
They speak Quebec French.

magicarpet

(16,935 posts)
27. Why trDUMP and his team of Nazis could move all the tan, brown, and black people off the western hemisphere,...
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:39 AM
22 hrs ago

.... and dump them all on Antarctica at the South Pole. Let them fend for themselves in the cold. Only White people with blonde hair and blue eyes could inhabit the more temperate climes.

Walleye

(36,386 posts)
3. I have often said that Trump and his people think of America not as a nation of laws, but as a piece of real estate
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 07:47 AM
Yesterday

And like any real estate developer he always wants more. And it is very Russian, they always try to take territory.

magicarpet

(16,935 posts)
28. Rampant resource extraction too,....
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:42 AM
22 hrs ago

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$€$$$$$
$$$$$$$
$$$$
$

CrispyQ

(38,570 posts)
30. And climate chaos will give them a prime opportunity to grab more & Trump sees himself as king of North America.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:48 AM
22 hrs ago

The trajectory for humanity isn't good. IMO the collective is afraid & isn't making good leadership decisions in areas where it still has the freedom to do so. Right now I say it's 50-50 the US comes back from this election. Their gross incompetence might save us, but that will messy & harmful.

no_hypocrisy

(49,182 posts)
9. Not exactly a "purchase". More of a surrender in stages.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 08:16 AM
23 hrs ago

1. Trump threatens tariffs on Mexico and Canada on flimsy rationales, e.g., illegal immigration policies and Fentanyl.
2. Mexico and Canada protest.
3. Trump takes office. Imposes said tariffs.
4. In retaliation, both Mexico and Canada impose their own tariffs against the U.S.
5. Trump retaliates against the retaliation. IOW, he declares that any country imposing a tariff against the United States is an "Act of War". And military action. (He'll re-instate the draft to get enough troops.)
6. Trump makes demands of U.S. sovereignty over Mexico and Canada in order to "negotiate peace".

And that's how it's done.

hadEnuf

(2,787 posts)
10. I doubt Canada and the UK would just sit still for Trump's Hitler type nonsense.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 08:23 AM
23 hrs ago

C'mon guys, help us out with this lunatic.

no_hypocrisy

(49,182 posts)
11. The UK could be "neutralized" if Musk's "investment" pays off in returning
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 08:25 AM
23 hrs ago

Nigel Farang to power.

paleotn

(19,515 posts)
18. Please don't go down that rabbit hole.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 08:48 AM
23 hrs ago

That's not going to happen. Could it? Well, aliens could visit tomorrow or a comet could impact the earth killing us all next week. But the probabilities of that are extremely, extremely, extremely small.

Some seem to be approaching the "FEMA camp" mania the right had during Obama's tenure. Please don't be one of them. Please let rational thought rein over emotion. We're all not happy with the current situation, but making up wild, extremely low probability scenarios is not helpful. He's trolling you. Refuse to be trolled.

rampartd

(857 posts)
39. conscription is not necessary
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 11:13 AM
20 hrs ago

the army is about the only job with decent benefits that will hire an american.

Escape

(72 posts)
7. $139.866 trillion dollars
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 08:09 AM
23 hrs ago

That's the net worth of the United States. I'm pretty sure Trump plans to "own" that as well.

Callie1979

(264 posts)
52. QAnons & other whackos already think Fort Knox is empty
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 07:44 AM
14 min ago

Along with a litany of other theories

3Hotdogs

(13,559 posts)
8. Why would we want them? People say that every country except Mere-a-loco
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 08:14 AM
23 hrs ago

is a shit-hole country.

Response to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Irish_Dem

(59,651 posts)
14. Yes Trump wants to own North and Central America.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 08:40 AM
23 hrs ago

It is the autocrats' geopolitical dividing up of the globe.

Putin gets Ukraine and Europe.
Xi gets Taiwan and the Pacific.
Trump gets North and Central America.

It was decided some time ago.

Response to Irish_Dem (Reply #14)

Mike 03

(17,360 posts)
16. Along these lines, I wouldn't be surprised if we
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 08:41 AM
23 hrs ago

begin to see Trump statues commissioned in various places, Trump bridges and Trump Avenues, maybe some colossal structures like stadiums, event centers built by his very own Albert Speer. So if he begins soliciting architects, steady your stomachs.

paleotn

(19,515 posts)
19. Granted. Maybe. Kind of like me wanting a full head of natural hair once again.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 08:50 AM
23 hrs ago

Ain't happening.

tanyev

(44,727 posts)
22. "You know I'm automatically attracted to large tracts of land--I just start grabbing them.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:12 AM
22 hrs ago

It's like a magnet. Just grab. I don't even wait. And when you're a star dictator, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab 'em by the deed. You can do anything.”

IronLionZion

(47,113 posts)
23. Complete and utter BS
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:12 AM
22 hrs ago

he is just distracting people from his epic failures in who he's been nominating for cabinet and how hard his economic policies are going to screw our country.

The MAGA answer will be to blame the foreigners.

News panels have been discussing the vastly different approach China has been taking by building business investment relationships with countries all over the world while Trump spews empty threats like an idiot.

JohnnyRingo

(19,416 posts)
24. I think he just wants to govern them by proxy
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:13 AM
22 hrs ago

He doesn't want to hold the title, but he wants to drive the car.

Jersey Devil

(10,354 posts)
26. The irony is that all the Mexicans he wants to throw out would become US citizens
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:34 AM
22 hrs ago

I don't think he has thought this through.

azureblue

(2,325 posts)
31. he is as crazy
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:53 AM
22 hrs ago

as ever - he's babbling whatever come to his mind at the time, with the attention span of a gnat. The only thing that motivates him is money and revenge. To the rest of the world, Trump should be in an asylum, but here in the USA, he's President. Which says everything about the people of America.. His mental decline is painfully obvious, but the media refuses to talk about it, instead, sane washing Trump, and editing what he says to make him look good.

He's easy to manipulate, and loves flattery. He won't come through with any of his pronouncements, because he doesn't know how to, wants everyone to forget he even said it, and has no people who can help him deliver - all they are is a bunch of incompetent ideologues. So he will blame everybody else.

The delicious part is Elon, because Elon, wants to be "Somebody" and he thinks his money makes him smart and right. But you gotta say this for Elon, at least none of his businesses have gone bankrupt.. So we will see a contest of meglomaniacs, and the more spotlight Elon gets, the more jealous Trump will be. And Trump will be so focused on keeping the spotlight, he won't come through with any of his promises or pronouncements. A real shitshow lies ahead.

To add to the pile, the GOP congress is a collection of people who are too stupid to know they are stupid and petty. So they will descend yo squabbling, and break up into factions, with purity tests, so they won't be able to get anything done, either, especially with the GOP rebellion against Trump going on..



QED

(2,979 posts)
32. Being king of the US isn't enough. He wants to be KING OF THE WORLD!
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:56 AM
22 hrs ago

Nothing will ever be enough for that megalomaniac.

NCDem47

(2,593 posts)
35. Pact with Putin and Jinping
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:16 AM
21 hrs ago

They carve up the Eastern Hemisphere (Europe, Asia, Africa) and Trump gets the western (Americas and Greenland). Australia spared?

Pretty simple really.

haele

(13,644 posts)
47. Australia (and New Zealand) will be an enclave for the mega-wealthy to live in.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 07:40 PM
12 hrs ago

Once they corral the indigenous groups into little reservations, of course.

Haele

underpants

(187,318 posts)
36. Yeah sure, he pierced the bottom 4 worst POTUS ever
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:20 AM
21 hrs ago

Which no one thought was possible and then tells everyone how horrible the country is so what’s next? EXPAND!!!

KPN

(16,165 posts)
37. Occurred to me as well. And then I take it to another
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:53 AM
21 hrs ago

level all together: The frigging guy is nuts! He, Trump sees all of this as nothing more than a reality show version of “Game of Thrones”.

In his mind, I suspect he believes he will be able flip the switch and actually domineer over Putin in the end, and sees Xi Jinping as his biggest competition to achieving global domination. Musk? With his presidential immunity, he probably thinks he can just disappear him if he gets too far out of line. And the MAGAloons, were he actually to do all that? They will love and cheer every bit of it!

applegrove

(123,603 posts)
48. He doesn't want Mexico. Too poor. He only wants to invade
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 02:51 AM
5 hrs ago

to shoot the top ranking cartel members and anyone nearby them.

Oneear

(97 posts)
51. I Do Believe someone needs to Test the Water at Mar-a-Lago for Lead
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 07:25 AM
34 min ago

Check the Blueprints at Pam Beach, FL, for the Type of Water Pipes going from the Water Plant to the Mar-a-Lago Beach Club. Are they Galvanized Pipes Dipped in Zinc?

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