Trump interview with NBC: "We'll get Greenland. Yeah, 100%." And he won't take use of the military off the table.

[highplainsdem]

Long interview, initially about tariffs, and then it gets to this:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-couldnt-care-less-automakers-raise-prices-tariffs-rcna198731

The president on Saturday also said he has “absolutely” had real conversations about annexing Greenland, which is currently a semiautonomous Danish territory.

“We’ll get Greenland. Yeah, 100%,” Trump said.

He added that there’s a “good possibility that we could do it without military force” but that “I don’t take anything off the table.”

-snip-

Asked what message acquiring Greenland would send to Russia and the rest of the world, Trump said, “I don’t really think about that. I don’t really care. Greenland’s a very separate subject, very different. It’s international peace. It’s international security and strength.”

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. An act of war? Sure sounds like it.

Putin must approve.

[Prairie Gates]

2. We have one of the ahems running around saying that the US liberated its protectorates

from the real imperialists. Expect this argument to start circulating: Denmark as the old school European imperialist colonizing the poor Inuits, who need US assistance to liberate themselves.

Never is Stephen Miller and his band of online trolls happier than when they can make an argument that they think is the left argument and turn it in their own favor. They will be smirking as they declare the Danish "settler colonialists," believe me.

[Lovie777]

3. I guess NATO need to prepare for war.....

harming US military for this bullshit is a impeach able act.

[surfered]

4. As a member of NATO, we will be bound to defend Greenland if we attack Greenland.

I’m confused.

[thesquanderer]

6. Trump has talked about leaving NATO. Attacking a NATO country would be one way to do it, I guess. (n/t)

[c-rational]

5. This is nothing but cover for puti's invasion of Ukraine. Now it is sane to speak of simply annexing

another country/territory for security. And the nonsese of using the military. This is the disinformation machine making such pronouncements with rapidity to desensitize the people. If it gets repeated often enough it must be real, especially when it appears on tv. This also plays well to Xi and Chin's ambition toward Taiwan. Unfuckinging real this is not being called our for its lunacy. Ad no one speaks of what security we will gain.

More and more it is obvious we have a huge military to promote/our corporate interests. If we do not stand by our allies maybe we do not need that might anymore, especially if our fortunes are to be found within our shores. Want to save a a few trillion - reel in the military industrial complex and we have money to fix all.

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. Well, since Pootie has already annexed Mar-a-Lago... nt

[Cha]

8. I'm betting Greenland, Denmark & NATO are listening

and will act accordingly.

Fuck the Fucking Shitler Warmonger.

[Liberal In Texas]

9. One would think the sane members of congress would pass something stating that he can't

attack anybody without their approval.