GOP Sen. James Lankford: U.S. won't invade Greenland
Source: NBC News
Jan. 12, 2025, 1:19 PM EST
Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., on Sunday dismissed President-elect Donald Trumps threat to acquire Greenland by military force, saying, The United States is not going to invade another country. Thats not who we are.
Trump speaks very boldly on a lot of things, Lankford said, adding: Weve seen this over how hes done negotiations, whether it be for real estate or whether how he served as a great president just four years ago.
Lankfords comments come as Trump has shown a renewed interest in annexing Greenland over the last few weeks.
In a statement announcing his pick to be ambassador to Denmark last month, Trump wrote: For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/james-lankford-us-wont-invade-greenland-military-force-rcna187306
Lulu KC
(5,291 posts)For the love of Pete, the world has gone mad. I'm glad to hear a moment of sanity from a Republican senator. Keep the sanity coming, please.
lastlib
(25,053 posts)Knowing how GOPhers lie, it seems the invasion is imminent......
The senator seems to have forgotten a few little details----like Iraq (twice), Afghanistan, Vietnam, Mexico, Cuba, Panama.......
What a maroon. They seem to grow them with fertilizer in GOPee-land.
Aussie105
(6,543 posts)is that most people realize Trump is a loudmouth and not quite right in the head; he is not to be taken seriously.
Republican folk won't say that out loud, but their actions might reflect that.
Time for the quiet voices in politics to stand up and speak out, or at least try to minimize Trump's potential damage.
BumRushDaShow
(145,077 posts)The hawks haven't gone away. They are just waiting for their moment.
BumRushDaShow
(145,077 posts)I have a godbrother who was in the 82nd Airborne who parachuted onto the island during that.
lastlib
(25,053 posts)but it escaped me at the time. Knew there was something else in the Caribbean, but couldn't think of it then.
Thanks!
BumRushDaShow
(145,077 posts)were Grenada and Panama. And there was all this talk of "the command and control center" in Grenada that ended up being a phone booth!
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2023/october/phone-call-home-grenada-legend
(we were "rescuing U.S. med students IIRC)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(117,115 posts)Reagan sent the Marines to Lebanon where 200 or so were blown up by a suicide bomber.
BumRushDaShow
(145,077 posts)But Grenada was 1983! Poppy wasn't in as President until 1989 - and yes, Panama WAS under Poppy (I blend them together )!
Diamond_Dog
(35,409 posts)None of them make any sense.
spooky3
(36,557 posts)Lankford also called TSF "President Trump." He isn't President until the 20th. President Biden is.
The interviewer did not correct him, but did refer to him as "Mr. Trump." So she gets a C rather than an F.
Normalize, normalize, normalize.
LisaL
(46,802 posts)And I was so looking forward to invasion of Greenland.
Polybius
(18,664 posts)Irish_Dem
(60,651 posts)No one will stop him.
Langford is a fool.
Don't talk to us, talk to the orange f-wad.
spooky3
(36,557 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(10,960 posts)Tell that to the native Americans.
WestMichRad
(1,927 posts)But I could imagine the Turd Reich military doing a large buildup of forces at the Thule air base -sorry, Pituffik Space Base is the current name. Might be handy for saber rattling.
LetMyPeopleVote
(156,236 posts)Nasruddin
(888 posts)Let's see, Sen Lankford has been on the same hymn book page with Trump recently, hasn't he?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(117,115 posts)dflprincess
(28,575 posts)Is that code for "speaks like the idiot he is"?
The Wizard
(12,985 posts)Tell that to Iraq and Vietnam.
Jack Valentino
(1,538 posts)spike jones
(1,808 posts)Jack Valentino
(1,538 posts)to take for granted, except for prospect of the beast arising from Bethlehem...
MissouriDem47
(61 posts)According to presidential historians Trump ranks last of all of the presidents. Langford must be living in an alternate reality.
yonder
(10,013 posts)JohnSJ
(96,897 posts)negotiations.
Do they think we are a bunch of idiots? Oh wait, yes they do, and unfortunately they are right because he got re-elected.
We have to be he dumbest F##king country on the planet.
RockRaven
(16,606 posts)means jack shit.
On top of which everyone with two brain cells to rub together knows Langford is both cowardly and impotent when it comes to defying The Convicted Felon.
DallasNE
(7,617 posts)Lankford: Trump speaks very boldly on a lot of things, Lankford said, adding: Weve seen this over how hes done negotiations, whether it be for real estate or whether how he served as a great president just four years ago.
He covers well, using "boldly" when "recklessly" is a far better fit. And he stopped himself after saying "whether" as he was heading down a rabbit hole, perhaps about to praise Trump's agreement to end our engagement in Afghanistan. But there is another drawback to what Lankford is claiming: people quickly pick up on style in place of substance and it quickly breaks down. Gaza will be the first big test. Remember how it took over a year for Kissinger to negotiate the shape of a table for the Vietnam negotiations in Paris? Oh, just 4 years ago Trump was mired down with Covid-19 and had to be bailed out by Biden. Lankford tried to put lipstick on a pig but it is still a pig.
pfitz59
(11,084 posts)Career 'youth pastor' who invalidates his faith by supporting the 'pussy-grabber' in chief. Wonder how he explains this to his congregation?