Moose BitesFeb 22
Randahl Fink

American tax payers will now pay for a hospital ship which will be sent to Greenland, Trump claims on Truth Social.

Let me rephrase that: The US, which does not offer free healthcare to its own people, wants it's own people to offer free healthcare… to Greenland… which already has free healthcare.

Maybe it is time for another brain scan for the US president.

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Show threadRob Johnston 🍁Feb 22
@randahl Both the Gulf of Tonkin incidence and the USS Maine immediately leap to mind. I'm suspicious.
Show threadRandahl FinkFeb 22
@rjohnston you think he is preparing for a false flag attack on a United States ship?
Show threadRob Johnston 🍁Feb 22
@randahl It's just such a bizarre proposal. And I've never heard of an ice-reinforced hospital ship from Louisiana. Damage seems inevitable.
Show threadCourt Cantrell won't conformFeb 23
@rjohnston @randahl Shades of Titanic?
Show threadSteven HeywoodFeb 22

@randahl @rjohnston

A Caribbean ship being sent up to the Arctic sounds like an adventure in intended failure, though it sits ill with an executive culture that sees last quarter's stock results as the only history to learn from.

It could just be the syphilitic ramblings of the rancid stooge the "Christian" Nationalists, Fascists and white supremacist-curious techbros have chosen for their front man. Seeing a Prince demoted and publicly taken to the pokey for a bit of noncing at a mutual friend's place may have disturbed the old boy's balance a little.

Show threadDying World 🔥🌎🔥Feb 22
@randahl Pure performative propaganda bullshit as usual.
Show threadJoanna Bryson, blatheringFeb 22
@DyingWorld @randahl or POSSIBLY also about a US submarine https://www.dw.com/en/trump-says-sending-great-hospital-boat-to-greenland/a-76076414
Trump says sending 'great hospital boat' to Greenland

The US president said a vessel was "on the way" to Greenland, with the move coming amid a rift between the US and Europe over control of the strategically important island.

Deutsche Welle
Show threadIdaho buckeyeFeb 22
@randahl I think that is for our troops that invade should a polar bear attack then
Show threadThe Drop Bear 2.0 Feb 22
@randahl 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 what a dumb fuck he is 🤦🏼‍♀️
Show thread@[email protected] has moved.Feb 22
@randahl Let me guess, the ship is launching in “two weeks.”
Show threadWilliam HamiltonFeb 22

@feisty_lemming @randahl
“Two weeks! Twooo weeeks…”

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Show threadJohn Francis 🇨🇦🦫🍁Feb 22
@Beltliner403 @feisty_lemming @randahl *ducks and runs*
Show threadWhatevsFeb 22
@randahl Is there some kind of epidemic on Greenland?
Show threadBaron VonskinnbackFeb 22
@Stephenleader @randahl yes, it clearly has an epidemic of freedom & democracy, that must be crushed by the American military, Next thing we will hear is that Trump is sending them "special" blankets...
Show threadRandahl FinkFeb 22
@Stephenleader nope.
Show threadPiggleston PecanpantsFeb 22
@randahl Look at the Tuskegee experiments and ask yourself if he truly wants to help anyone. He probably is hoping to kill them so it's easier to take over.
Show threadlabbatt50Feb 22

@randahl

Not only another brain scan, X-Rays, a CT scan, a PET scan and a complete psychological exam.

Show threadLIPSERVANTFeb 22
@randahl
It's not another MRI he needs: It's the 25th Amendment.
Show threadErnst Greiner 🇪🇺Feb 22
@randahl did they find something in the previous scans?
I mean a brainy something
Show threadtrying bear 🕊😺🕊🐼Feb 22
@randahl i doubt that it's a hospital boat. more likely a trojan horse.
Show threadBaron VonskinnbackFeb 22
@bearofroses @randahl I heard they are renaming it to the "USS Epstine (who Trump has definitely never met)"...
Show threadPēteris CauneFeb 22
@randahl the little green medics strategy?
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESFeb 22

@randahl

here's another absurd story:

https://www.reuters.com/world/denmarks-joint-arctic-command-evacuates-us-submarine-crew-member-greenlandic-2026-02-21/

"Denmark's Joint Arctic Command said on Saturday it had evacuated a crew member who required urgent medical treatment from a U.S. submarine in Greenlandic waters, seven nautical miles outside of Greenland's capital Nuuk."

"WE ARE GOING TO INVADE! WE ARE THE TERROR!"

"ooh very scary! i'm proud of you, nice performance. but just pipe down now, it seems you need some help. let me get you a nice ride and a blanket"

Show threadMichael WymanFeb 22

@benroyce @randahl Danes and Greenlanders are justifiably concerned and upset by the rhetoric and outright threats coming from their American… “allies”?

But they’re also decent people who will help some poor random, in-distress soul from that ally, because that’s what decent people do.

Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESFeb 22

@mwyman @randahl

the moral upperhand matters

Show thread🇪🇺 Paul Schoonhoven 🍋🍉Feb 22
@benroyce that might have triggered Trumps response .. 🙈🙈

@randahl
Show threadTanya Karoli 4 a better worldFeb 22
@benroyce I immediately thought of this as well! He must have heard of this incident and couldn’t bear that Greenland appears the hero.
@randahl
Show threadIlka 🌐Feb 22
@benroyce I think the two stories are connected. Although I think only the DNK side is true. 😝 @randahl
Show threadMarkus FalkFeb 22

@randahl be aware that #tax dollars financing a government like the US is a wide spread misconception about how fiat money (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_money) works. They do not use tax dollars for this otherwise ludicrous propaganda shit show 🤪.

I am wondering who is not being taken care of there. What is the #healthcare system like on #Greenland? No doubt it’s better than what #US citizens have.

Fiat money - Wikipedia

Show thread🇪🇺 Paul Schoonhoven 🍋🍉Feb 22
@markus_falk it is free. Paid by Denmark.
@randahl
Show threadMarkus FalkFeb 22
@vosje62 @randahl well nice. Let’s see how this ship then backfires 😅 🍿
Show thread🇪🇺 Paul Schoonhoven 🍋🍉Feb 22

@markus_falk @randahl with both ships seems to be in dry dock for maintenance, it backfires badly the moment they decide to interrupt that.

Update:
Trump Announces Greenland Hospital Ship Mission as Mercy and Comfort Sit in Alabama Shipyard
https://gcaptain.com/trump-announces-greenland-hospital-ship-mission-as-mercy-and-comfort-sit-in-alabama-shipyard/

Trump Announces Greenland Hospital Ship Mission as Mercy and Comfort Sit in Alabama Shipyard

President Donald Trump announced on Saturday via social media that the United States will send a hospital ship to Greenland to provide medical care, posting alongside an illustration of the...

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Show threadJason Bellew,💻🤠🏳️‍🌈🐻‍❄️🖖🏻Feb 22

@vosje62 @markus_falk @randahl Or it's a play, he's not sending them (due to dry dock) and sending something else? I mean he thinks if he says it then everyone in the world will believe it's true.

If I was Denmark/Europe, I'd be taking a closer watch at what is approaching Greenland from the US now.

Show thread🇪🇺 Paul Schoonhoven 🍋🍉Feb 22

@jasonb @markus_falk @randahl

I don't care what he does...
In this it is totally his problem.
😅

Show threadRantanplanFeb 22
@vosje62 It’s everyone’s problem if he sends a warship. @jasonb @markus_falk @randahl
Show thread🇪🇺 Paul Schoonhoven 🍋🍉Feb 22

@heinlenstein @jasonb @markus_falk @randahl

Nothing moved so far.
We will see in 5 days, as that seems to be the time needed to get one of them operational.

Show threadnotsoloudFeb 22

@markus_falk
Well yeah, but try to fund a well sized government only by printing money. Hello inflation.

If you want more expeditionary hospital ships, one way or another you'll have to tax more.

@randahl

Show threadMarkus FalkFeb 22

@notsoloud @randahl that is part of the misconception. Inflation is not directly linked to creating money. It only rises if the spending power can not be met by what a market can provide.

So as long as there is enough supply in hospital ships, inflation remains low.

Also, raising taxes removes that money from the system and then it’s gone. You literally cannot spend tax dollars. 🤓

Show threadBaron VonskinnbackFeb 22
@markus_falk @notsoloud @randahl so cutting taxes, whilst increasing tax spending & pumping money into the economy via the banking system via the back door to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars, what does that cause?
Show threadMarkus FalkFeb 22
@Vonskinnback @notsoloud @randahl it causes the deficit to rise, the economy to prosper and it creates value with whatever was produced with that money.
Show threadBaron VonskinnbackFeb 22
@markus_falk @notsoloud @randahl so why doesn't everyone do this, has Trump discovered the magic answer to neverending growth & prosperity?
Show threadMarkus FalkFeb 22

@Vonskinnback @notsoloud @randahl many countries in the world function this way. This is how the Biden admin managed to get out of the Covid recession before.

The short story is, there are different schools in macro #economics and the dominating one favors the rich, small powerless governments, free markets and is afraid of government deficits. If you like to learn more you can start here: https://youtu.be/TANEzcjNDvc?si=huuKADzDJ_66JlnT

#neoliberalism

The Self-Improvement Lie

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Show threadBaron VonskinnbackFeb 22
@markus_falk @notsoloud @randahl thanks for this, I will give it a watch...👍
Show threadnotsoloudFeb 22

@markus_falk
And there are no limits to this process? At all? Where?

Let's say the US government prints a trillion trillion trillion dollars tomorrow. They go shopping for a high speed rail network, health care for everyone, full cleanup of any polluted area, a completely new renewable energy system and throws in arts funding enough to generate a new Renaissance for good measure. Right now. At any cost.

There would be no rise in inflation?
@Vonskinnback @randahl

Show threadMarkus FalkFeb 22

@notsoloud @Vonskinnback @randahl

The amount of money governments like this can create has no limit.

Inflation becomes a problem when the resources a market can provide do not match that investment.
This is the real limit to government spending: the people doing the work, the missing specialists for difficult tasks, the materials that are needed, missing infrastructure and so on.

Anything a government can produce can always be financed.

Show threadDanielFeb 22
@markus_falk @notsoloud @Vonskinnback @randahl The US has an even more special position in this regard, at least for now: the Dollar being the de-facto world currency means that you can issue debt (print money) like there’s no tomorrow, because Dollar debt used to be a desirable (and tradable) asset. Which the US has been living off for decades, at this point.
Show threadel Celio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Feb 22

@notsoloud @markus_falk @randahl

and this is what trump wants to do, once he ousts Powell from the Federal Reserve.

Inflation is a sort of tax (a regressive tax that hits mostly the poorer workers)

Show threadMarkus FalkFeb 22
@elCelio @notsoloud @randahl see my post here https://rollenspiel.social/@markus_falk/116113190527761035 🤓
Markus Falk (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] that is part of the misconception. Inflation is not directly linked to creating money. It only rises if the spending power can not be met by what a market can provide. So as long as there is enough supply in hospital ships, inflation remains low. Also, raising taxes removes that money from the system and then it’s gone. You literally cannot spend tax dollars. 🤓

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Show threadLenoraFeb 22
@randahl Jeff Landry is the governor of one of the poorest states in the union. We're also the sickest but he thinks it's cool to give free healthcare to another country? #louisiana you #voted for this?
Show threadMelissa BearTrixFeb 22

@randahl

No it's a bullshit statement and the reason he wants a hospital ship there is to create fear of a war

Hugz & xXx

Show threadStarkRGFeb 22
@MelissaBearTrix @randahl Literally everything he says is bullshit. I don't understand why anyone treats his statements as anything but a lying liar lying about everything. All it takes to stop him is people just not following his bullshit illegal and immoral orders and calling out his statements as bullshit lies to his face when he says them.
Show threadMegatronicThronBanksFeb 22
@randahl It's just random shit to take up bandwidth while Epstein hits and they finish stealing all the US taxpayer's cash.
Show threadToni AittoniemiFeb 22
@randahl The American people who are sick must absolutely love hearing that! 🤔
Show threadRolf CronbergFeb 22
@randahl The first scan didn’t find any?