USA Politics

[____no5]

It's morbidly fascinating that we have people claiming Biden to be evil incarnate, the catalyst for WW3 and so on. At the same time we have Trump being entirely unhinged and making threats of annexation to Mexico, Canada, Greenland, Denmark and Panama. He refused to rule out military action against a NATO ally. But Biden is the warmonger, clearly.

Wait to see first what of all the above actually happens. We judge presidents by their actions not words. Trump clearly try to maximise his gains by throwing stuff out there (though there's method in madness) and others bite as fishes.
For Canada, Trudeau was the one that fucked up the most by not replying strongly & Greenland PM was happy to accuse Denmark of colonial practices, after Trumps tweet. And I was terrified by the weakness of Denmark's reply. This is not Trump's fault, it's the end result of being fully aligned with US just as Canada did under Trudeau and this is the taste of that medicine.

Panama's reply was appropriate and in order.

Yes, it will be utterly pathetic if US swallows Greenland but at least we'll have some clarity what means to be a vassal (as if Nordstream wasn't enough), which is exactly what we are and what will always be as long as we rely to a country an ocean away for our security.

At least with Trump we take it in the face, with other presidents same end result but under the illusion of friendship /alliance, all nine yards.

 

[LooseCannon]

Trudeau should have looked Trump in the eyes and told him that the US could be the 11th province and we'd give everyone health care, and then Trump would have fucked right off about this stuff, as long as the story never got out.

 

[____no5]

When I read that I could not believe my eyes and later when I made sure I didn’t read wrong, I thought precisely of you, how you must be feeling. Trudeau proved to be too little of a leader. An Emperor’s Naked moment and he was naked all along.

 

[LooseCannon]

I think he's cautious where aggression should be met with aggression, yes.

 

[Perun]

Trudeau should have looked Trump in the eyes and told him that the US could be the 11th province and we'd give everyone health care, and then Trump would have fucked right off about this stuff, as long as the story never got out.

Eh, you know that's not what would have happened. Trump would have gone public and whined about how Meanyhead Trudeau threatened him and America. There's no bigger group of crybabies than MAGA.

 

[srfc]

He said something about putting tariffs on Danish goods, would that not mean the entire EU?

 

[Vaenyr]

Wait to see first what of all the above actually happens. We judge presidents by their actions not words. Trump clearly try to maximise his gains by throwing stuff out there (though there's method in madness) and others bite as fishes.
For Canada, Trudeau was the one that fucked up the most by not replying strongly & Greenland PM was happy to accuse Denmark of colonial practices, after Trumps tweet. And I was terrified by the weakness of Denmark's reply. This is not Trump's fault, it's the end result of being fully aligned with US just as Canada did under Trudeau and this is the taste of that medicine.

Panama's reply was appropriate and in order.

Yes, it will be utterly pathetic if US swallows Greenland but at least we'll have some clarity what means to be a vassal (as if Nordstream wasn't enough), which is exactly what we are and what will always be as long as we rely to a country an ocean away for our security.

At least with Trump we take it in the face, with other presidents same end result but under the illusion of friendship /alliance, all nine yards.

"Wait and see"? We all know that had Biden said anything remotely close to that you'd be writing essays about how he's the worst person to ever exist. Yet with Trump you are always charitable. Your behavior and responses on this are expected and transparent at this point. I'll leave it at that, before we get warnings for "bullying" someone who continuously posts in bad faith.