• scarabic@lemmy.world
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    Hmm I didn’t see a commitment to respond with force. Just a statement of what is “right,” as if Trump gives one shit about that. Fail.

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    This admin doesn’t give a shit. They are testing the world. Respond with force now, or more countries fall. The American I knew and loved is dead. If the world unites and invades, you will have millions on your side in the states.

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      Exactly this. EU shouldn’t issue hollow statements, France/UK should just send nuclear armed vessels to the greenland area and declare they are an alliance with Denmark…

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      Yep, I’m an American but I’ll be damned if i let anybody know it. So fucking ashamed of this country right now

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      And millions will be pissed and counter attack or at least try to maintain their position (looking at you southern states.)

      It’s unfortunate but an invasion is more likely to start Civil War 2 Electric Boogaloo.

      The better option would be boosting the military force in Greenland & Canada (geography and annexation desires.) to basically show that yes invading other countries is not acceptable.

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        Is it bad that I’m partly hoping the US pokes the Canada polar bear and they go full Geneva checklist on the administration? Wouldn’t be the first time they’ve burned the white house

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      I find it unfathomable that an invasion would be attempted. IMO Trump has put himself at the center of a potential Who Shot Mr Burns situation.

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    If they were interested in defending Greenland they would base support troops there so any American action would require direct engagement with EU military personnel.

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      I agree. But that would also trigger Trump into action, so they may be hoping diplomacy will still hold out, futile as that may be. Hopefully they’re building a joint task force in the meantime.

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          Yeah. It seems part of why he pulled the trigger on Mudaro is that Mudaro was dancing in a mocking fashion while Trump was trying to put the pressure on. He overreacted and sent in delta force with no plan for what to do after they got him… The US is likely putting a bunch of options in front of him at all times as they would any president, but he just gets pissed off and picks an option while he’s angry and sundowning rather than considering what’s strategically best for literally anyone else, not to mention feeling desperate as his power diminishes into lame duck territory. It’s starting to seem more and more like he’s bored of the game and just picking the most cataclysmic options, because he’s demented, so the whole fucking world has to walk on egg shells around the shit-pants fucker. He is probably also being encouraged to pick bad options by bad people that he trusts like the fucking moron he is, like Putin, so he’s always teetering in a shitty direction.

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      The US military would see that coming before they even left European ports.

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    Cool, cool, cool. Hey, any particular reason you’re putting out this statement? Or, just, y’know, because whatever?

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    Trump’s probably willing to make A Deal. Something like, “Give me your minerals or I will find a pretext to invade, and take them anyway”.

    Or something like that.

    Miller’s gonna spank himself into a coma at the thought.

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      They already could have negotiated a win win deal. This is as much about projecting strength as it is anything else. Trump’s (and Miller’s) power is diminishing. He’s in lame duck territory and he’s basically bored of the affordability crisis. The Epstein files are part of it, but more than anything it’s about how he’s losing his grip on power. He’s trying to spark a flame that’s run out of fuel by rubbing two sticks of dynamite together, and it was probably Putin’s idea.