Anyone who knows even a little bit about history, understands the US has been trying to annex Greenland for 160 years because its proximity to the Arctic and Europe makes it a real national security asset. The potential for rare earth mining is just the most recent hot button topic. The real reason is so simple and so Trumpian. He wants to succeed where everyone else has failed, just like with everything else he has done during his time as president.
3 other presidents-2 democrats and 1 republican before Trump wanted to annex Greenland. This is nothing new. Seward bought Alaska and the country as a whole called it “Seward’s Folly”. I read that if you play the game Risk that having Alaska, Venezuela and Greenland you pretty much win.
Also a great way to cause disruption to friendships as a kid, was playing Risk.
We played Risk once in college, and one of the players got very upset when two others ganged up on her and decimated her. Machiavelli was often invoked during this game. It was not pretty. Certainly it was never seen as fun.
I have a friend from high school, and I can still recall him saying the word "again" as he decimated my armies and ultimately won the game.
The US has ‘owned’ Greenland since we essentially took it over in 1941. It has been under our effective control since then. Trump is just ratifying what is essentially already true. Denmark also used to control Scotland, most of England, Norway, and Iceland too. Now they don’t. And they pretty much hate the native Greenlanders. Russia and China covet the location as a base to attack us. By making Greenland a territory of the US that stops their aggression. Is the King of Denmark going to defend Greenland? No. Is non-US NATO going to help out? No. The whole of NATO could only muster what amounts to a platoon (44) of troops. So, just sell the place and be done.
As for the Nobel Peace Prize, it’s been an unfortunate joke for the last 40 years. Talk is cheap. Ms. Machado knows that Norway and the Nobel Committee will absolutely nothing to help her poor country, but that Trump has and will. So, she’s just saying thanks to the guy who is actually helping her people.
I have read, although not independently verified, that the Danish government implanted IUD's in native women who went for 'well care' visits without their knowledge or permission. So they have lost their ability to virtue signal if true.
And Jeff Childers, in his Coffee and Covid stack, noted 3 previous presidents who took a run at Greenland: The first was Democrat Andrew Johnson (1865–1869), fresh off his successful purchase of Alaska from the Russians for two cents an acre. But the sale fell through. Next up was William Howard Taft (R, 1909–1913), and then in 1946, after World War II and amid emerging Cold War tensions, Democrat President Harry S. Truman tried again, formally offering Denmark $100 million in gold (worth about $14 billion today) for Greenland, citing its military importance, but Denmark rejected the offer.
Germany occupied Denmark without significant resistance on 9 April 1940. The invasion began at 4AM and the Danish Government capitulated at 6AM. The Danish Government stayed in place controlling domestic affairs as a subordinate to Germany until August 1943, when Germany placed them under a military Governor.
In breaking news I learned that Denmark is sending an additional 100 troops (essentially one company) on an exercise (meaning temporarily) to Greenland. I think we have about 150 people permanently stationed there, a reduction from our 6000 that we had there during the Cold War.
I can't help but laugh at this. Honestly, anyone who voted for this man knows he is an egotistical maniac with a love for our country, and also for being the winner in all things, all the time, everywhere. This doesn't make him a bad person, it makes him competitive and someone who sees the end result. I am not politically smart. I don't know what owning Greenland does for us, aside from what I've read. But I trust the president. And he makes me giggle. A lot. So this to me, is just funny. The Nobel part of it anyway. Let him have the damn medal. It's rarely given to people who deserve it anyway. It's mostly political and it shows sometimes. Other times, it's spot on. He's just playing the political game differently than most people like and that's why they're pushing back so hard on him.
I do not see him at all as an egotisical maniac. Save that for the likes of walz, frey, newscum, hochul, mammadammadingdong, murphy, kelly and all their vile ilk. Trump is assertive, confident, cunning, staunch, freedom fighting, American loving, generous, peace lover and says it like it is kind of guy. MAGA.
Maybe that wasn't the exact right term, but my point was simply that however you look at him and whatever you see, he is America first and that's what matters.
I think he was being gracious because Maria very much wanted to gift it to him and had deeply meaningful reasons. It would have been the height of rudeness to act as if someone’s gift lacked any real meaning and didn’t matter when accepting it, or refusing to take it, because THAT would have been the alternative.
I think his response was more to her and her intentions than the medal itself. As with most things that Trump is being gracious and proper with his haters can easily spin it to make him look even more self-obsessed. I honestly don’t think he’s that obsessed with the medal itself, I think the media and his haters have painted him to be obsessed.
Yes, both have awardees that are real head scratchers, and people/groups who have been snubbed that should have gotten awarded. And then they gave the Prize to the inventor of ivermectin and then promptly refused to acknowledge the drug when it turned out to help treat covid!?
There was very informative post yesterday by the Independent Medical Alliance on Substack, @Donna in MO, called "Who Changed the Scientific Conclusions of a Paper That Could Have Saved Millions? At Last We May Have a Name."
It led to a short series of articles from 2022 by Phil Harper, Substack author, about the cancelling of Ivermectin that gave pertinent information of the circumstances for that cancellation.
Sad, but not shocked. The whole world of published research has been compromised for some time. Same thing happened to those who did not follow the climate emergency narrative ~15 years ago.
The whole Noble Prize thing is of little importance anymore if only because of its having been given to Obama. As for Greenland, Trump is well within the bounds of our national security interests due to its proximity to the Americas. It's an expansion of the Monroe Doctrine. And there's no way Denmark could ever protect Greenland. In 1941 Denmark surrendered to the Nazis 6 hours after being invaded by them. Our controlling Greenland fits well into Trump's vision of a multipolar world.
My biggest beef with Trump is that he has not yet sent the military into Minneapolis. The church invasion was the last straw .
This will probably be an unpopular opinion. But to me it's kind of like a football game where everyone saw the ball over the line in the end zone but the referee says it wasn't, so no touchdown. Obama had done nothing about peace in the world when he won it and they even said that. Trump is the architect of the Abraham Accords which is a monumental achievement. The Middle East has been a tinder box forever and no one there ever even thought about peace with their neighbors till Trump got them together to make deals, not war. So now the player who was at the top of the pile in the end zone and saw the ball over the line and was voted MVP says she is giving the trophy to the guy who actually got the ball over the line. The referee is BIG MAD, and the score will not reflect the change, but the player feels vindicated. President Trump has a big ego, but my God, he's earned it. None of this is to say I like everything he does at all, but trying to get Peace in the world is one of the things I voted for. As for Greenland, (more unpopular opinion coming) if you think of the geopolitics like a game of Risk, he is correct, we need it as a buffer zone. And I think he will get it. *Edited to add, I am a fierce Risk player, and have never lost a game. I've said from the beginning that Trump is right; we need Greenland. Also, we've been trying to get it for over 150 years, this isn't new.
Yes, Trump has an ego, but he is so good at keeping people guessing at his next moves. His ability to bluff, bloviate, exaggerate and feint, along with appearing fragile and even perhaps unintelligent at times are his super powers. And, he's not perfect, but I don't mind.
Look at what has changed so far.
China is losing energy supplies, Big Pharma is having to reduce the fleecing of america by pricing meds more equitably, HHS/RFK jr are rewriting health science policy, Big Ag and Food are threatened, private equity firms are losing the opportunity to buy out suburbia, credit card companies have had a temporary hold on their ability to fleece the public during challenging economic times, NATO/ WHO/ UN/USAID and all their downstream minions are being cut off from US funding, the Federal Reserve is being gradually set up for investigation and perhaps ultimately sunsetted, and perhaps the IRS as well, International trade balances are becoming more equitable, our borders are closed and we are regaining the ability to vet new immigrants for what they can contribute to our country, welfare fraud in Minnesota, California and elsewhere is being investigated, the ACIP committee is restoring solid science to pediatric health care, wasteful green energy industries are having their subsidies removed..... I don't mind if DJT is a little too loud and uncouth at times, when faced with the improvements that are happening.
The Deep State is of course pushing back on all fronts, still has MSM to influence the unaware, the Fed is still printing money for it's own corrupt ends..... we are definitely deeply in the middle of massive disruption of the system. Not all the right players come dressed in noble finery. They bring their vices, their ego, their talismans with them. But, they should be judged by their accomplishments and the ability to provoke their (our) opponents.
Trump et al. (are?) currently hovering over several important targets, or we would not be witness to the all out attack on every front from the Deep State and their minions.
Stay Tuned for the Unexpected. I'm sure I'm wrong on many things, but much of this is looking good.
He wants it, needs it and really, REALLY, has to have it - not for himself, of course, but for US security. Just look at all his other achievements. It seems doubtful any future president will be able to hold a candle beside Trump. Love him or hate him, I'm sure as heck glad for all he's accomplished. And when I think he's hit the limit, he adds another one to his list. So, get over it.
but in blazers” made me laugh so hard I scared the dog. Again. Bougie isn’t as big as fan as I, Jenna. I’m pretty sure it’s because she prefers any loud guffawing to be done later in the day.
Trump makes me laugh. He also makes me cringe.
Remember in “Finding Nemo” where 100 seagulls are simultaneously going, “Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine”? That’s what this feels like— with both the shiny medal and the quaint Green country.
In the grand scheme of things, it seems
smart to buy Greenland. I just wish he’d do it more diplomatically, I guess.
I know the media jackals will never portray Trump in a good light. I just wish, in my wildest dreams, that he would play it cool.
Explain why we want it. Explain that previous presidents attempted to purchase it, and the outcomes thereof. Calmly say you’re giving it another go, and lay it out like the RISK game it sort of is. Get down on the level of the lowest of the low IQ and gently make the power points. And never let them see you sweat— or flip a bird, or pout because you don’t have a Nobel.
To me, RFK does this. He’s probably the second most maligned man in America, yet he just shakes it off like water off a ducks’ back dancing to the Taylor song, and he goes to the next thing. He lays out info, gives you a sec to absorb it, ignores the hecklers — online and in real time, and gets back in the car.
That’s what I crave. BUT, if this petulant toddler gets the job done, and he typically does, well… I’ll take it over the other offerings, any day.
He is not a petulant toddler. He is a great man and does not need to kowtow to the low IQ, lowest common denominators among us. They should work to up their own games.
Don’t get me wrong, Lori. I think he’s a great man as well.
He’s done a LOT of wonderful things and I know he has loads more up his sleeve. I think God,
Himself matured him and gave him a terrific team this second go-around.
He SO reminds me of Cyrus in the bible.
I just think he occasionally acts like he is having a tantrum, and though he has reason, I wish he could rise above it.
As to the lowest IQ thing, I just don’t see them ever “getting” The Donald, or upping their game, unless we slow walk them through at least 1-2 dozen things.
As mentioned on this thread, the US has been trying to buy Greenland for a long time. Trump is the fourth president to attempt it. Of the previous three, TWO were democrats. So...
I hope he succeeds. Denmark gets some billions, and we get strategic control and access to minerals.
we also need a sub base there, apparently. I can't help feeling there is some urgency to this now that we regular folks aren't privy to. China and Russia are not sitting idely, although they might be waiting for the next admin to make any moves. Pres Trump realizes time is not on his side to get things lined up.
I don't think he is looking to start any wars. He is trolling because that's how he gets our whole country informed, otherwise nothing he does gets reported. He is trying to make media do it's job.
I no longer believe that he wears red or formerly blue tie. I think that he truly believes himself to be put there for reason, under the red, white and blue.
I remember that I Love Lucy episode... When Lucy goes into business making salad dressing, she uses that line on Ricky. The audience laughing at that comment (or maybe it was a laugh track??) was enough of a signal to my young mind that I should analyze that comment and learn from it. It's similar to the Sunk Cost fallacy.
News Flash: We're all actors - some more than others. Most everyone modifies every thing they say and do and support and despise and etc., etc., etc. What we say and how we act depends on who is listening and/or watching. It also depends on who we are and what we care about (or don't care about). Best regards.
Why shouldn’t the U.S. have Greenland? It is a back door to our national security interests. Do the objectors prefer Chinese and/or Russian militaries taking it? It is absolutely certain that Europe can’t protect Greenland. They don’t have the will or the means. They depend on the U.S. to protect them, for God’s sake.
Wait a minute, you think the NYT wouldn’t make shit up to vilify Trump? Really?! Does that letter sound like Trump? It doesn’t to me, not enough hyperbole, no outlining the 8 wars he ended in detail, no comparison to the anointed one, Obama, who earned his NPP for what exactly? Talking nice?
As far as acquiring Greenland goes, why not? The Danes aren’t doing anything with it and we have military bases there already. Why not make it a US territory? And no, Trump is not going to invade Greenland. He will do everything short of it to try and get it though, which is what a master negotiator does.
Anyone who knows even a little bit about history, understands the US has been trying to annex Greenland for 160 years because its proximity to the Arctic and Europe makes it a real national security asset. The potential for rare earth mining is just the most recent hot button topic. The real reason is so simple and so Trumpian. He wants to succeed where everyone else has failed, just like with everything else he has done during his time as president.
3 other presidents-2 democrats and 1 republican before Trump wanted to annex Greenland. This is nothing new. Seward bought Alaska and the country as a whole called it “Seward’s Folly”. I read that if you play the game Risk that having Alaska, Venezuela and Greenland you pretty much win.
Yes Janet. Jeff Childers wrote about that recently. He loved playing Risk as a kid.
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/revolutionary-wednesday-january-7
Also a great way to cause disruption to friendships as a kid, was playing Risk.
We played Risk once in college, and one of the players got very upset when two others ganged up on her and decimated her. Machiavelli was often invoked during this game. It was not pretty. Certainly it was never seen as fun.
I have a friend from high school, and I can still recall him saying the word "again" as he decimated my armies and ultimately won the game.
Risk is also an extremely simple game. It's pretty absurd to even consider using the game of Risk as a basis for global politics.
Perhaps it has something to do with Camp Century and Project Iceworm:
https://x.com/ELExodus7/status/2013546468041208153
Very interesting!
Doubt it. US always had access to that base and approval to build others under the current defense agreement.
MAGA.
The US has ‘owned’ Greenland since we essentially took it over in 1941. It has been under our effective control since then. Trump is just ratifying what is essentially already true. Denmark also used to control Scotland, most of England, Norway, and Iceland too. Now they don’t. And they pretty much hate the native Greenlanders. Russia and China covet the location as a base to attack us. By making Greenland a territory of the US that stops their aggression. Is the King of Denmark going to defend Greenland? No. Is non-US NATO going to help out? No. The whole of NATO could only muster what amounts to a platoon (44) of troops. So, just sell the place and be done.
As for the Nobel Peace Prize, it’s been an unfortunate joke for the last 40 years. Talk is cheap. Ms. Machado knows that Norway and the Nobel Committee will absolutely nothing to help her poor country, but that Trump has and will. So, she’s just saying thanks to the guy who is actually helping her people.
I have read, although not independently verified, that the Danish government implanted IUD's in native women who went for 'well care' visits without their knowledge or permission. So they have lost their ability to virtue signal if true.
And Jeff Childers, in his Coffee and Covid stack, noted 3 previous presidents who took a run at Greenland: The first was Democrat Andrew Johnson (1865–1869), fresh off his successful purchase of Alaska from the Russians for two cents an acre. But the sale fell through. Next up was William Howard Taft (R, 1909–1913), and then in 1946, after World War II and amid emerging Cold War tensions, Democrat President Harry S. Truman tried again, formally offering Denmark $100 million in gold (worth about $14 billion today) for Greenland, citing its military importance, but Denmark rejected the offer.
As for Denmark, didn’t they surrender to the Nazis 6 hours after being invaded?
Germany occupied Denmark without significant resistance on 9 April 1940. The invasion began at 4AM and the Danish Government capitulated at 6AM. The Danish Government stayed in place controlling domestic affairs as a subordinate to Germany until August 1943, when Germany placed them under a military Governor.
I like your assessment. It makes sense to me.
I believe the feeling is mutual concerning the attitude Greenlanders have toward Denmark.
In breaking news I learned that Denmark is sending an additional 100 troops (essentially one company) on an exercise (meaning temporarily) to Greenland. I think we have about 150 people permanently stationed there, a reduction from our 6000 that we had there during the Cold War.
Denmark needs to keep in mind if they send too many, Germany may conclude they're abandoning the homeland and moving to Greenland.
THIS!!!☝️☝️☝️
I can't help but laugh at this. Honestly, anyone who voted for this man knows he is an egotistical maniac with a love for our country, and also for being the winner in all things, all the time, everywhere. This doesn't make him a bad person, it makes him competitive and someone who sees the end result. I am not politically smart. I don't know what owning Greenland does for us, aside from what I've read. But I trust the president. And he makes me giggle. A lot. So this to me, is just funny. The Nobel part of it anyway. Let him have the damn medal. It's rarely given to people who deserve it anyway. It's mostly political and it shows sometimes. Other times, it's spot on. He's just playing the political game differently than most people like and that's why they're pushing back so hard on him.
I do not see him at all as an egotisical maniac. Save that for the likes of walz, frey, newscum, hochul, mammadammadingdong, murphy, kelly and all their vile ilk. Trump is assertive, confident, cunning, staunch, freedom fighting, American loving, generous, peace lover and says it like it is kind of guy. MAGA.
Maybe that wasn't the exact right term, but my point was simply that however you look at him and whatever you see, he is America first and that's what matters.
Since Obama grabbed it, it’s a meh subject for me. Trump is just being Trump.
Wanting and achieving are two different things. Obama wanted Peace. Trump achieved Peace. The PRIZE is a sham.
You mean since they awarded it to Obama for being black. Cause he sure had not done anything (still hasn't) to earn it.
I will take another order of Trump please, anytime.
The Nobel prize has been cheapened, not unlike admission to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It would be classier if he didn't care about it, but....
I think he was being gracious because Maria very much wanted to gift it to him and had deeply meaningful reasons. It would have been the height of rudeness to act as if someone’s gift lacked any real meaning and didn’t matter when accepting it, or refusing to take it, because THAT would have been the alternative.
I think his response was more to her and her intentions than the medal itself. As with most things that Trump is being gracious and proper with his haters can easily spin it to make him look even more self-obsessed. I honestly don’t think he’s that obsessed with the medal itself, I think the media and his haters have painted him to be obsessed.
As usual he is trolling, and making people more aware of what is important in our world.
How else would the " main street media" report it on their channels otherwise?
agreed.
Yes, both have awardees that are real head scratchers, and people/groups who have been snubbed that should have gotten awarded. And then they gave the Prize to the inventor of ivermectin and then promptly refused to acknowledge the drug when it turned out to help treat covid!?
There was very informative post yesterday by the Independent Medical Alliance on Substack, @Donna in MO, called "Who Changed the Scientific Conclusions of a Paper That Could Have Saved Millions? At Last We May Have a Name."
It led to a short series of articles from 2022 by Phil Harper, Substack author, about the cancelling of Ivermectin that gave pertinent information of the circumstances for that cancellation.
https://imahealth.substack.com/p/who-changed-the-scientific-conclusions
Sad, but not shocked. The whole world of published research has been compromised for some time. Same thing happened to those who did not follow the climate emergency narrative ~15 years ago.
That’s the DEI Euro-weenies, in spades.
Knew the R&R Hall of Fame was questionable a long time ago...
Waiting *how long* to induct Rush?
See: Alex Lifeson's acceptance speech: https://youtu.be/Px57H2bX9HI?si=JnXixKmef-mP_vrr&t=252
That was EPIC! Love Rush but never saw this before, thanks for sharing!!
The whole Noble Prize thing is of little importance anymore if only because of its having been given to Obama. As for Greenland, Trump is well within the bounds of our national security interests due to its proximity to the Americas. It's an expansion of the Monroe Doctrine. And there's no way Denmark could ever protect Greenland. In 1941 Denmark surrendered to the Nazis 6 hours after being invaded by them. Our controlling Greenland fits well into Trump's vision of a multipolar world.
My biggest beef with Trump is that he has not yet sent the military into Minneapolis. The church invasion was the last straw .
I blame Pam Biondi and DOJ the most.
I agree with Glenn Beck and Barnes, Pam Biondi has to go.
I have been seeing this sentiment a lot lately. What do you think it is about her that has led so many people to now see her as a failure?
Pam-All talk, no arrests.
I'm starting to think there's a good reason to explain this. Check this out: https://open.substack.com/pub/eko/p/the-darkest-nudge?r=1dbjzc&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
She speaks loudly, regularly on Fox, yet carries no stick.
Correction: 1940, not 1941.
This will probably be an unpopular opinion. But to me it's kind of like a football game where everyone saw the ball over the line in the end zone but the referee says it wasn't, so no touchdown. Obama had done nothing about peace in the world when he won it and they even said that. Trump is the architect of the Abraham Accords which is a monumental achievement. The Middle East has been a tinder box forever and no one there ever even thought about peace with their neighbors till Trump got them together to make deals, not war. So now the player who was at the top of the pile in the end zone and saw the ball over the line and was voted MVP says she is giving the trophy to the guy who actually got the ball over the line. The referee is BIG MAD, and the score will not reflect the change, but the player feels vindicated. President Trump has a big ego, but my God, he's earned it. None of this is to say I like everything he does at all, but trying to get Peace in the world is one of the things I voted for. As for Greenland, (more unpopular opinion coming) if you think of the geopolitics like a game of Risk, he is correct, we need it as a buffer zone. And I think he will get it. *Edited to add, I am a fierce Risk player, and have never lost a game. I've said from the beginning that Trump is right; we need Greenland. Also, we've been trying to get it for over 150 years, this isn't new.
Excellent analogy (says the gal who DOES NOT get sportsball at all but somehow understood this perfectly)! :)
Total agree. If it can be backed up by action and achievement, it is not bragging. And Trump has the goods and receipts.
I like everything he does. He has steel balls which I will take any day over men that have been pussified.
OMG Lori!!! That's one live comment! [Insert super smiley face!]
I think it's Masterpiece Theatre at its finest.
Yes, Trump has an ego, but he is so good at keeping people guessing at his next moves. His ability to bluff, bloviate, exaggerate and feint, along with appearing fragile and even perhaps unintelligent at times are his super powers. And, he's not perfect, but I don't mind.
Look at what has changed so far.
China is losing energy supplies, Big Pharma is having to reduce the fleecing of america by pricing meds more equitably, HHS/RFK jr are rewriting health science policy, Big Ag and Food are threatened, private equity firms are losing the opportunity to buy out suburbia, credit card companies have had a temporary hold on their ability to fleece the public during challenging economic times, NATO/ WHO/ UN/USAID and all their downstream minions are being cut off from US funding, the Federal Reserve is being gradually set up for investigation and perhaps ultimately sunsetted, and perhaps the IRS as well, International trade balances are becoming more equitable, our borders are closed and we are regaining the ability to vet new immigrants for what they can contribute to our country, welfare fraud in Minnesota, California and elsewhere is being investigated, the ACIP committee is restoring solid science to pediatric health care, wasteful green energy industries are having their subsidies removed..... I don't mind if DJT is a little too loud and uncouth at times, when faced with the improvements that are happening.
The Deep State is of course pushing back on all fronts, still has MSM to influence the unaware, the Fed is still printing money for it's own corrupt ends..... we are definitely deeply in the middle of massive disruption of the system. Not all the right players come dressed in noble finery. They bring their vices, their ego, their talismans with them. But, they should be judged by their accomplishments and the ability to provoke their (our) opponents.
Trump et al. (are?) currently hovering over several important targets, or we would not be witness to the all out attack on every front from the Deep State and their minions.
Stay Tuned for the Unexpected. I'm sure I'm wrong on many things, but much of this is looking good.
MAGA.
He wants it, needs it and really, REALLY, has to have it - not for himself, of course, but for US security. Just look at all his other achievements. It seems doubtful any future president will be able to hold a candle beside Trump. Love him or hate him, I'm sure as heck glad for all he's accomplished. And when I think he's hit the limit, he adds another one to his list. So, get over it.
He is the GOAT.
“Everyone panic,
but in blazers” made me laugh so hard I scared the dog. Again. Bougie isn’t as big as fan as I, Jenna. I’m pretty sure it’s because she prefers any loud guffawing to be done later in the day.
Trump makes me laugh. He also makes me cringe.
Remember in “Finding Nemo” where 100 seagulls are simultaneously going, “Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine”? That’s what this feels like— with both the shiny medal and the quaint Green country.
In the grand scheme of things, it seems
smart to buy Greenland. I just wish he’d do it more diplomatically, I guess.
I know the media jackals will never portray Trump in a good light. I just wish, in my wildest dreams, that he would play it cool.
Explain why we want it. Explain that previous presidents attempted to purchase it, and the outcomes thereof. Calmly say you’re giving it another go, and lay it out like the RISK game it sort of is. Get down on the level of the lowest of the low IQ and gently make the power points. And never let them see you sweat— or flip a bird, or pout because you don’t have a Nobel.
To me, RFK does this. He’s probably the second most maligned man in America, yet he just shakes it off like water off a ducks’ back dancing to the Taylor song, and he goes to the next thing. He lays out info, gives you a sec to absorb it, ignores the hecklers — online and in real time, and gets back in the car.
That’s what I crave. BUT, if this petulant toddler gets the job done, and he typically does, well… I’ll take it over the other offerings, any day.
He is not a petulant toddler. He is a great man and does not need to kowtow to the low IQ, lowest common denominators among us. They should work to up their own games.
Don’t get me wrong, Lori. I think he’s a great man as well.
He’s done a LOT of wonderful things and I know he has loads more up his sleeve. I think God,
Himself matured him and gave him a terrific team this second go-around.
He SO reminds me of Cyrus in the bible.
I just think he occasionally acts like he is having a tantrum, and though he has reason, I wish he could rise above it.
As to the lowest IQ thing, I just don’t see them ever “getting” The Donald, or upping their game, unless we slow walk them through at least 1-2 dozen things.
He is entitled to tantrum with the list of shit he has to contend with. I give him a free pass to do so.
I was waiting to have a mammogram done and laughed out loud at the whole article. Priceless.
Bless your… heart. And your Dollies.
As mentioned on this thread, the US has been trying to buy Greenland for a long time. Trump is the fourth president to attempt it. Of the previous three, TWO were democrats. So...
I hope he succeeds. Denmark gets some billions, and we get strategic control and access to minerals.
we also need a sub base there, apparently. I can't help feeling there is some urgency to this now that we regular folks aren't privy to. China and Russia are not sitting idely, although they might be waiting for the next admin to make any moves. Pres Trump realizes time is not on his side to get things lined up.
Gimmie a peace prize, or I'll take you to war
Is like
"We lose money on every sale, but we're going to make it up on volume."
I don't think he is looking to start any wars. He is trolling because that's how he gets our whole country informed, otherwise nothing he does gets reported. He is trying to make media do it's job.
Sorry, that was not for you. I hope you are right dorota
Since Butler shooting, I find different Trump.
I no longer believe that he wears red or formerly blue tie. I think that he truly believes himself to be put there for reason, under the red, white and blue.
I remember that I Love Lucy episode... When Lucy goes into business making salad dressing, she uses that line on Ricky. The audience laughing at that comment (or maybe it was a laugh track??) was enough of a signal to my young mind that I should analyze that comment and learn from it. It's similar to the Sunk Cost fallacy.
The gallon jar pickle people did that, at Walmart.
How'd that work out for Vlasik?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michaelgirdley_the-rise-and-fall-of-vlasic-pickles-how-activity-7385306168375554048-3A1q
At least Trump is consistent with his “if I can’t dazzle them with brilliance, I can baffle them with bull shit”.
There is no BS to what he does. He is well orchestrated.
He’s a paid actor just like all the rest of them.
News Flash: We're all actors - some more than others. Most everyone modifies every thing they say and do and support and despise and etc., etc., etc. What we say and how we act depends on who is listening and/or watching. It also depends on who we are and what we care about (or don't care about). Best regards.
And you are a tool like the rest of them. Aren't you due to be protesting at a church in minneapolis?
Why shouldn’t the U.S. have Greenland? It is a back door to our national security interests. Do the objectors prefer Chinese and/or Russian militaries taking it? It is absolutely certain that Europe can’t protect Greenland. They don’t have the will or the means. They depend on the U.S. to protect them, for God’s sake.
I voted unsure, but really, would have liked to vote all of the above.
Wait a minute, you think the NYT wouldn’t make shit up to vilify Trump? Really?! Does that letter sound like Trump? It doesn’t to me, not enough hyperbole, no outlining the 8 wars he ended in detail, no comparison to the anointed one, Obama, who earned his NPP for what exactly? Talking nice?
As far as acquiring Greenland goes, why not? The Danes aren’t doing anything with it and we have military bases there already. Why not make it a US territory? And no, Trump is not going to invade Greenland. He will do everything short of it to try and get it though, which is what a master negotiator does.