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Eugene

(62,765 posts)
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:16 AM 13 hrs ago

Trump Adviser Somehow Makes Greenland Threat Even Worse

Source: The New Republic

Trump Adviser Somehow Makes Greenland Threat Even Worse

Edith Olmsted
Mon, December 23, 2024 at 4:37 PM EST
2 min read

In the least surprising revelation ever, Donald Trump’s adviser Corey Lewandowski said the president-elect’s dream of annexing Greenland was all to boost his own ego—and acted like that was a good enough reason.

During an interview on Newsmax Monday, Lewandowski suggested that Trump’s recent calls to have the U.S. claim the Panama Canal and Greenland were purposefully outrageous declarations, and just part of the tactical brilliance one could expect from his bold America First agenda.

“So what is Donald Trump talking about? He’s talking about maybe Greenland from a historic perspective coming as part of the United States, taking back the Panama Canal so that China doesn’t have its influence there,” Lewandowski said.

“This is a president who is making out-of-the-box announcements to put the world on notice that once again the United States is the dominant world superpower, and we have a president who understands what that means, and is not going to kowtow to our foreign friends, or our foreign adversaries,” Lewandowski added.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-adviser-somehow-makes-greenland-213704198.html

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Deuxcents

(20,101 posts)
3. Reinforcing our perceived standing in the world with threats and being a bully isn't leadership
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:36 AM
10 hrs ago

dweller

(25,237 posts)
4. A blunderbuss
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:20 AM
9 hrs ago

of BULLSHIT
To boost his own ego
purposefully outrageous declarations
tactical brilliance ?
out-of-the-box announcements …




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sinkingfeeling

(53,240 posts)
5. He's 'putting on notice' to the whole world that the US is done as the champion of democracy and respect for others.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:23 AM
9 hrs ago
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