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kentuck

(115,172 posts)
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 09:20 AM Yesterday

"Unless you give me Greenland, Russia and China will take it..."

Paraphrasing Trump.

How stupid is that comment?

If he has the ability to stop Russia and China from taking over Greenland, why doesn't he help our allies defend it?

What is he saying?

It doesn't make any sense.

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"Unless you give me Greenland, Russia and China will take it..." (Original Post) kentuck Yesterday OP
"If I don't rape her now, other people will" dalton99a Yesterday #1
Zone of distortion OC375 Yesterday #2
I wish someone would ask him usedtobedemgurl Yesterday #3
Trump really is 3 bricks short of a load Coldwater Yesterday #4
That's what NATO is for. Kid Berwyn Yesterday #5
Kentuck I have to steal your house because if I don't Irish_Dem Yesterday #6
+1 dalton99a Yesterday #10
The Russians would take over Greenland? How? Is Agent Orange going to lend them Vogon_Glory Yesterday #7
He wants Greenland, he has no valid case to make Johonny Yesterday #8
AKA: "I Need To Give Greenland To Putin, Or I'm A Dead Man.... ColoringFool Yesterday #9
He's insane. spanone Yesterday #11

OC375

(492 posts)
2. Zone of distortion
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 09:32 AM
Yesterday

"Greenland is an ally that has resources people will want in the future, and it's strategically located. We should expand our relations, investment and interests there."

...turns into...

"If we don't take it, someone else will."

I don't think his brain works very well. What's worse, he can't even articulate it. I doubt his base even knows "why we want it."

usedtobedemgurl

(1,936 posts)
3. I wish someone would ask him
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 09:34 AM
Yesterday

"So, if you are trying to protect Greenland from Russia and China, are you finally admitting Xi and z put in are not good guys?"

Vogon_Glory

(10,208 posts)
7. The Russians would take over Greenland? How? Is Agent Orange going to lend them
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 09:57 AM
Yesterday

ships and sailors from the US Navy?

Seriously, I don’t think much of the Russian navy these days. What is still happening in the Black Sea when the Russian navy squared off against a weaker, under-equipped opponent (and got sunk) makes me think that the Russians would fare far worse if they sortied out of the White Sea or their home ports in the Baltic and faced off against European fleets.

This is con-man BS coming from the corrupt clique in the White House.

Johonny

(25,602 posts)
8. He wants Greenland, he has no valid case to make
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 10:02 AM
Yesterday

The American people as to why we need, want it. Thus, you get the word salad Scott Bessent presented this weekend. It doesn't make sense. It will never make sense. Trump is a greedy stupid person with no oral, values, or love to offer. He is an empty soul. Fear what he will do the next three years

ColoringFool

(332 posts)
9. AKA: "I Need To Give Greenland To Putin, Or I'm A Dead Man....
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 10:24 AM
Yesterday

Walking."

TRUMP IS AND HAS BEEN FOR DECADES LITERALLY AFRAID FOR HIS LIFE, BECAUSE HE OWES BILLIONS TO PUTIN & THE RUSSIAN MOB OLIGARCHS! REMEMBER: ERIC SPILLED THE BEANS ABOUT LOANS.

PLUS, PUTIN HAS THE EPSTEIN INFO AS WELL AS HIS OWN KGB MOSCOW EVIDENCE.

So---Next time you wonder why Trump stole Top Secret documents; why he invaded Venezuela and took the money/oil; why he wants Putin on this bogus "Board of Peace" (aka, go in and loot war-torn nations); why money goes unaccounted for....

That's why.

Trump is no more loyal to Russia than he is to the United States. He doesn't care about Russia! He CARES about himself and those open windows and special umbrellas!

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