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nmmi

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5. The title and the last 3 paragraphs from your link perfectly illustrates your point --

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 03:03 AM

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/politics/trump-us-expansion-panama-canada-greenland/index.html

Trump is teasing US expansion into Panama, Greenland and Canada
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The episode stems from another Trump provocation, this one to implement 25% tariffs on goods originating from Canada and Mexico, that is illustrative of his approach to negotiating with foreign leaders.

In many ways, the gambit delivered the intended result: leaders from both countries immediately sought an audience with Trump to reaffirm their commitment to assist the US on border issues. And it provided an early avenue for Trump to claim victory over a foreign target.

“President Trump Is Securing The Border,” his transition team wrote in a recent release, “And He Hasn’t Even Taken Office Yet.”

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"Teasing" and "delivered the intended result", sigh.

It sure is upsetting the targets, and the rest of the world is going WTF!, and as Rhiannon points out in #4,

He is pissing off and scaring our friends and allies. Do we think that they'll share classified information with us? ... can't trust

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This kind of talk is from madmen [View all] Pototan Yesterday OP

This is what voters wanted, so leave me out of it Blue_Tires Yesterday #1

Oh, I feel the same way Pototan Yesterday #2

oh, and THIS Skittles Yesterday #3

The title and the last 3 paragraphs from your link perfectly illustrates your point -- nmmi Yesterday #5

yes......and try to imagine if a DEMOCRAT was behaving like this Skittles Yesterday #6

By flooding zone w shit, these attacks on neighbors & allies get short shrift in the media, there is so much to cover.nt Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #8

The invitation to Trudeau to go to Merde-a-Loco was issued before the tariff bomb. . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #7

He is pissing off and scaring our friends and allies. Do we think that they'll share classified information with us? Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #4

Do we want them soldierant Yesterday #9

You're completely right, we're on our own here for at least the next four years Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #10

Let's see ... soldierant Yesterday #11

And now we need to worry about Ukraine... Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #12

Oh, lord, yes. soldierant 20 hrs ago #22

I am utterly embarrassed! Not just about what tsf says, but the idiots we live with that voted for this PortTack Yesterday #13

Beware! SleeplessinSoCal Yesterday #14

NYT: Trump's Wish to Control Greenland and Panama Canal: Not a Joke This Time (no paywall) nmmi Yesterday #15

Should be more Figarosmom Yesterday #16

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I didn't JustAnotherGen Yesterday #18

We are all Americans, whether we voted for Trump or not Pototan Yesterday #19

I'm a Black Woman JustAnotherGen Yesterday #21

In their world malaise Yesterday #20