When I first heard Trump talking about the US acquiring Greenland, I hoped it was just bluster from a juvenile "man" who enjoys swaggering and bullying, but after seeing how we have just turned our backs on Europe and taken up with Putin, while echoing his talking points about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I now expect the US to seize Greenland at some point, with a declaration that it is our right to own it because we are a great power whose greatness will be enhanced by taking over Greenland while Denmark is a nothing that doesn't need or deserve the territory.
My heart hopes you are wrong, but my head tells me you are right.
The very ugly part is ahead of us, if the US really ethnically cleanse Gaza, take over Greenland and Canada, while abandoning Ukraine to its fate to Russia.
Even if only a part of this happens, it can skyrocket into a new Cuba missile crisis very quickly.
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and South Korea need to get in on this, too. In the name of God, stand up! You’re dead if you don’t.
I would add Mexico, Colombia, and Panama to that list.
Absolutely, and Sheinbaum seems like just such a leader to spearhead a Latin American coalition.
At least on military matters, the first three are still bound by their constitutions to follow where Britain goes.
Every liberal democrat in the world must read this article.
The good news is that this is a moment of moral clarity and that we have to decide what we stand for.
Look on the bright side: doubling or tripling defense spending will stimulate their economies.
Is this a joke, or do you actually not understand the broken window fallacy?
Mostly a joke, but we saw the same thing happen in the US at the start of WW2. The unemployment rate went from 9.9% in 1941 to 4.7% in 1942.
Thanks Robert, the struggle continues
When I first heard Trump talking about the US acquiring Greenland, I hoped it was just bluster from a juvenile "man" who enjoys swaggering and bullying, but after seeing how we have just turned our backs on Europe and taken up with Putin, while echoing his talking points about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I now expect the US to seize Greenland at some point, with a declaration that it is our right to own it because we are a great power whose greatness will be enhanced by taking over Greenland while Denmark is a nothing that doesn't need or deserve the territory.
My heart hopes you are wrong, but my head tells me you are right.
The very ugly part is ahead of us, if the US really ethnically cleanse Gaza, take over Greenland and Canada, while abandoning Ukraine to its fate to Russia.
Even if only a part of this happens, it can skyrocket into a new Cuba missile crisis very quickly.