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BumRushDaShow

(164,713 posts)
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 04:44 PM Jan 2025

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 Trump’s threat to acquire Greenland by military force, saying, “The United States is not going to invade another country. That’s not who we are.”

Trump “speaks very boldly on a lot of things,” Lankford said, adding: “We’ve seen this over how he’s done negotiations, whether it be for real estate or whether — how he served as a great president just four years ago.”

Lankford’s 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

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GOP Sen. James Lankford: U.S. won't invade Greenland (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jan 2025 OP
A headline I couldn't have imagined 10 years ago Lulu KC Jan 2025 #1
Uh-oh..... lastlib Jan 2025 #2
The difference this time . . . Aussie105 Jan 2025 #6
But you also have the "Bomb bomb bomb Iran" Lindsey Graham types in Congress too BumRushDaShow Jan 2025 #9
Don't forget Grenada! BumRushDaShow Jan 2025 #8
I remember it now that you mention it,,,, lastlib Jan 2025 #13
The 2 Raygun "invasions" BumRushDaShow Jan 2025 #15
Actually, it was Bush I who invaded Panama Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2025 #17
I remember the Lebannon bombing (the troops were in a hotel) BumRushDaShow Jan 2025 #19
Then he says he'll vote "yes" on Tulsi Gabbard. Diamond_Dog Jan 2025 #3
In GOP world, they make nonsense sound sensible and the media rarely sets the viewers straight. spooky3 Jan 2025 #29
Oh jeez. LisaL Jan 2025 #4
Did he forget Iraq? Polybius Jan 2025 #5
Yes the US does invade countries and if Trump wants to do it, he will. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #12
"Gaslighting R Us" spooky3 Jan 2025 #30
Yes Trump makes Bush and Cheney look like rank amateurs. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #32
"That's not who we are." 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2025 #7
Agreed, they won't invade WestMichRad Jan 2025 #10
Sen. James Lankford dismisses President-elect Trump's threat to acquire Greenland by military force LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 #11
Ok thanks Nasruddin Jan 2025 #14
No one looks good wearing brown lipstick Lankford Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2025 #16
"Speaks boldly" dflprincess Jan 2025 #18
"The United States is not going to invade another country. That's not who we are." The Wizard Jan 2025 #20
And Mexico.... Jack Valentino Jan 2025 #23
for general information. The actual size of Greenland. spike jones Jan 2025 #21
Nice to hear at least one GOP politician say things which we ought to be able Jack Valentino Jan 2025 #22
Trump Was Not A "Great President" MissouriDem47 Jan 2025 #24
Thank you. Okieboy is delusional. yonder Jan 2025 #25
Hitler is not going to invade Poland. He speaks boldly about a lot of things, we've seen this is how he does JohnSJ Jan 2025 #26
Well, the last I checked a Senator from Oklahoma isn't the C-in-C, so his word RockRaven Jan 2025 #27
Very Telling DallasNE Jan 2025 #28
Lankford has enormous 'ick factor' pfitz59 Jan 2025 #31

Lulu KC

(8,406 posts)
1. A headline I couldn't have imagined 10 years ago
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 04:48 PM
Jan 2025

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

(27,348 posts)
2. Uh-oh.....
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 04:53 PM
Jan 2025

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

(7,505 posts)
6. The difference this time . . .
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 05:03 PM
Jan 2025

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

(164,713 posts)
9. But you also have the "Bomb bomb bomb Iran" Lindsey Graham types in Congress too
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 05:31 PM
Jan 2025

The hawks haven't gone away. They are just waiting for their moment.

BumRushDaShow

(164,713 posts)
8. Don't forget Grenada!
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 05:22 PM
Jan 2025

I have a godbrother who was in the 82nd Airborne who parachuted onto the island during that.

lastlib

(27,348 posts)
13. I remember it now that you mention it,,,,
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 07:44 PM
Jan 2025

but it escaped me at the time. Knew there was something else in the Caribbean, but couldn't think of it then.

Thanks!

BumRushDaShow

(164,713 posts)
15. The 2 Raygun "invasions"
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 07:58 PM
Jan 2025

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

(132,010 posts)
17. Actually, it was Bush I who invaded Panama
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 08:49 PM
Jan 2025

Reagan sent the Marines to Lebanon where 200 or so were blown up by a suicide bomber.

BumRushDaShow

(164,713 posts)
19. I remember the Lebannon bombing (the troops were in a hotel)
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 09:13 PM
Jan 2025

But Grenada was 1983! Poppy wasn't in as President until 1989 - and yes, Panama WAS under Poppy (I blend them together )!

spooky3

(38,190 posts)
29. In GOP world, they make nonsense sound sensible and the media rarely sets the viewers straight.
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 11:50 PM
Jan 2025

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.

Irish_Dem

(78,894 posts)
12. Yes the US does invade countries and if Trump wants to do it, he will.
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 07:31 PM
Jan 2025

No one will stop him.

Langford is a fool.
Don't talk to us, talk to the orange f-wad.

WestMichRad

(2,868 posts)
10. Agreed, they won't invade
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 06:19 PM
Jan 2025

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.

Nasruddin

(1,160 posts)
14. Ok thanks
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 07:53 PM
Jan 2025

Let's see, Sen Lankford has been on the same hymn book page with Trump recently, hasn't he?

The Wizard

(13,535 posts)
20. "The United States is not going to invade another country. That's not who we are."
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 10:08 PM
Jan 2025

Tell that to Iraq and Vietnam.

Jack Valentino

(4,218 posts)
22. Nice to hear at least one GOP politician say things which we ought to be able
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 10:40 PM
Jan 2025

to take for granted, except for prospect of the beast arising from Bethlehem...

MissouriDem47

(377 posts)
24. Trump Was Not A "Great President"
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 10:44 PM
Jan 2025

According to presidential historians Trump ranks last of all of the presidents. Langford must be living in an alternate reality.

 

JohnSJ

(98,883 posts)
26. Hitler is not going to invade Poland. He speaks boldly about a lot of things, we've seen this is how he does
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 11:39 PM
Jan 2025

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

(18,568 posts)
27. Well, the last I checked a Senator from Oklahoma isn't the C-in-C, so his word
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 11:40 PM
Jan 2025

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

(7,942 posts)
28. Very Telling
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 11:42 PM
Jan 2025

Lankford: Trump “speaks very boldly on a lot of things,” Lankford said, adding: “We’ve seen this over how he’s 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

(12,215 posts)
31. Lankford has enormous 'ick factor'
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 12:03 AM
Jan 2025

Career 'youth pastor' who invalidates his faith by supporting the 'pussy-grabber' in chief. Wonder how he explains this to his congregation?

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