Trump says the U.S. will take control of Greenland 'one way or the other'

https://lemmy.nz/post/20028448

Trump says the U.S. will take control of Greenland 'one way or the other' - Lemmy NZ

Lemmy

Just casually threatening war with NATO. From Mr “yOuR ThReAtEnInG wOrLd WaR 3” less than a week ago
Listen I don’t believe Greenland has ever worn a suit.
What you mean is Greenland is playing with world war 3?
It’s not playing cards
And I don’t think Greenland ever thanked Trump for being such a good partner. Very disrespectful!

It’s not war when Trump does it. It’s liberation.

That same liberation under a Democrat would have them begging the Hague to arrest the sitting president.

I don’t think Trump “liberated” anybody during his first term, so I guess he wants to check that off his bucket list?
Or USSR when they “liberated” Poland!
it’s not casual. Don’t make the mistake Americans have take him at his word. He will start a war. Prepare.
Casually saying crazy shit is actually about 90% of Trump’s personality though. Still waiting for him to lock up Hilary.
You don’t think he would if he could? I mean, I wouldn’t be surprised if he did.
Probably a good thing that she still has Secret Service protection. Like Pence.
Need to prove to daddy Putin that you are worth keeping around, eh?
I always see photos of him with the fist raised like that. Looks like he chose his own salute. Not surprising at all, but seeing it is still both saddening and maddening
It’s the Black Power fist.
Except he’s white.
Wonder what we could call it?
It’s the socialist salute, which he has absolutely no right to use.
Almost like the nazis using an ancient symbol of luck as their logo.
This can be explained by the fact that DJT is an idiot.
The raised fist was a socialist salute before that; I wouldn’t be surprised if the black power movement took it from the socialists.
He gives a Minifist
It does look strangely small. Seriously though, not making any childish penis joke. The dude just has small hands ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So far nazis have ruined the toothbrush moustache, the swastika, the Gadsen Flag, Pepe (no big loss there), the OK symbol, and are on their way to ruining the US flag since anymore I nearly only ever seen it flown next to a Trump flag.

Now they are going to ruin the raised fist too.

they can pry pepe from my cold dead hands
I must be OOTL, how is the ok symbol ruined?
How did the OK sign become a symbol of white supremacy? | The Independent

Gesture been used as positive symbol for centuries before being hijacked by alt-right

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Nobody actually thinks the ok symbol is racist
When I made the thumbs-up sign, my mother said it was “taken over by Trump supporters”… Naw. That’s fucking stupid, I don’t care what those idiots do.
He wants to be like Hitler so bad, but knows that Americans will not stand for it so he does the close fist instead. In 100 years we will see that the way we see the nazi salute.
I think in his mind he‘s just pulling the handle for the steam whistle of his imaginary choo choo train.
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I’m still convinced he only wants Greenland because it looks big on a map.
Somebody’s feeding him grandiose ideas about global warming and northern sea routes.
To be fair, China has been investing in thawing sea routes for a while, though largely to free themselves from having to pass through the US-controlled South China Sea.
Excuse me? South America Sea*
Can’t imagine Trump would be happy keeping the word “South”. I think you may need to iterate on that.
Trump loves the south. It’s where he gets all his rubes.
Wait… South America is already a thing.
But not a sea! I’m guessing it works like email addresses… As long as someone else doesn’t have it, you can make it your own
I don’t see how thawing seas help China unless they’re planning on retaking Outer Manchuria from Russia?
Not sure what Manchuria has to do with it … the Chinese are looking for a sea route to deliver goods to Europe.
So they would go north to avoid US control, passing through [checks notes] the US/Japan-controlled East China Sea and the US-controlled Bering Strait?
Thereby avoiding multiple tight spots, yes. And it’s not a secret.
Arctic Ambitions: China’s Engagement With the Northern Sea Route

As climate change makes the Arctic shipping route more feasible, China is leaning in.

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If it’s just to avoid navigation hazards and save time, what was your point in mentioning that the South China Sea is “US-controlled?”
Because the South China Sea is a US-controlled tight spot and such spots are obviously easier to control than the proposed Bering Sea passage.
I don’t understand. Are you saying that the US has a hard time controlling the waters just off the coast of Alaska? I mean, I get that we don’t necessarily “need” to patrol them heavily right now because of the ice, but I don’t think that means it would be hard to do so if it became a priority.

But look … One of these is going to be easier to patrol:

I believe the correct term these days is Personchuria
Let’s not fall for that “Gulf of America” tier propaganda please. It’s called the Philippine sea because there’s a whole other country there, and China has been encroaching on their territory for years.
Literally haven’t heard of that name before.
True, same reason he’s hung up on the Panama canal (and why they always get brought up together)
Damn you web mercator projection! If only Robinson projection was the default on google/apple/whatever trump uses -map.

To be fair even on a globe Greenland is still massive. Just not quite as bad on Mercator.

It is also mostly ice. The entirety of the central Greenland is covered by 1.6km to 3.7km thick ice.

Settlements are around the coast, as Greenland has about 100km roads in total, no railroads and no inland water.

Republicans hate railroads, so that’s actually a plus for them.

no railroads

Well that is not technically true

Narrow gauge railway on Greenland

Touché.

Its going to be a small invasion using that though.

If they bring their own small train, that one fjord is done for.