Whatever happened to Greenland and the Panama Canal?

[milestogo]

Did TACO give up on those?

[BeerBarrelPolka]

1. So many targets, So little time

[GreenWave]

2. Maybe it's like when Russia defeated the USA right after WWI.

Kept out of history books,

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/fact-america-actually-invaded-russia-after-world-war-i-23150

[Xavier Breath]

10. I read a book about that some years ago.

I was at Barnes and Noble, I believe, saw it and bought it because until that moment I had no idea about that whole episode. It was a great read, but what a stupid, horrific, bloody mistake.

[dannward]

16. My great uncle died there

My great uncle, a young West Point grad, was the only American officer killed in that expedition. One of his brothers was killed in France. Two other great uncles were priests - two of their earliest masses were their brothers' funerals. There's a good article about the family and their influence on DePaul University.

https://spca.depaul.press/the-great-war/

[Dave Bowman]

3. He probably forgot that they exist. It will come back eventually.

[leftstreet]

4. Did he ever get rid of windmills?

[Arazi]

5. He's been working covertly in Greenland. The Danes told him to stop his shit a few weeks ago

And the military buildup in the Caribbean is so large, I’ve been wondering if Panama is also on the agenda with that kind of force deployment.

[marble falls]

6. Epstein.

[mwmisses4289]

7. It appears so. He got too much pushback

from other countries saying they would come to their defense. He may be getting the same with Venezuela. Thought I saw something where it one of the ships he sent there has been recalled.

[sop]

8. 5-year-olds have short attention spans.

[Metaphorical]

9. Not sure about Greenland

Mexico is very close to opening its Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, which is a staggered set of rail and truck connections across the Isthmus that connects Atlantic and Pacific ports. This was originally intended to take some of the load off the Panama Canal, but Trump's rhetoric likely has highlighted to the rest of the world that it is also a way to lessen the danger of the US attempting to reassert control over the canal.

More here:

&t=291s

Like so much of Trump's "foreign diplomacy" his Panama Canal "doctrine" reflects very outdated data. I also suspect that he's largely ceded authority to Stephen Miller's pogrom, and because it's no longer top of mind, he's simply forgotten he ever said anything about it.

[lark]

11. He also TACO'd on making Canada the 51st state.

Every one of these was just a distraction to get us to look away from his unconstitutional destruction of our democracy.

[milestogo]

12. Yes, that was particularly outrageous.

[surfered]

13. Toddlers have short attention spans. Dementia causes short term memory loss.

And Trump acts like a demented toddler.

[ananda]

14. Panama Canal will be easy once he's got upper Latin America.

...

[travelingthrulife]

15. He never gives up on anything. Trying to force Coke to go back to their original formula

comes to mind. Vindictive people never let anything go.

[Silent Type]

17. trump moved on to new stuff to upset Democrats. Get them talking and yelling about stupid stuff he can't do, and

he can get away with the really bad stuff he's doing-- healthcare, immigration and deportation, hurting poor, and worse.

[Whyisthisstillclose]

18. Sssshhhhhh. Don't remind him.....

[Sneederbunk]

19. Showerheads and flush toilets are the real enemies.

[Johonny]

20. Hes saving it for the third term

Right now he's bombing Nigeria and Venezuela for peace ✌️

[Igel]

21. Greenland? Panama?

Danes agreed to seriously ramp up military spending in Greenland and in July '25 agreed to give the US more free access to Greenland. He still rumbles, but looking at the Russian bases and Arctic Ocean routes really does point out that the minimal staffing on Svalbard (which is pretty much a free port) and in Greenland are real weaknesses if Russia decides to do something bad after it's finished up doing the most recent bad things. The nuclear subs intended for the Atlantic are also a Real Bad Thing and between the subs and messing with Greenland they could make keeping the US and the rest of NATO actually united in any kind of useful logistical or economic way really difficult.

Panama pulled back seriously on cooperation with the PRC and exited the "Belt and Road" initiative in February; the Hong-Kong based operator of the ports at either end of the canal agreed to sell its interests in the ports to a US-based consortium. (The PRC objected strenuously, didn't follow the outcome to see if the sale went through.)

Some of this was reported here and pretty much sank into the Lethe, some never entered the room.

[bif]

22. He has the attention span of a gnat!

Which in these two cases, is just fine!