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In reply to the discussion: Interesting and unnerving analysis of what could happen if Piggy invaded Greenland: [View all]Fiendish Thingy
(22,115 posts)3. All true, and why I said yesterday Trump would be impeached and removed- by Republicans
The European Union is the largest single market in the world, and they will weaponize it. Europe will likely move to call in U.S. debt and dump their dollar reserves, sending the value of our currency into a death spiral. The U.S. economy, which relies on the dollar being the global reserve currency, will collapse. Inflation will make the post-COVID spikes look like a rounding error. Your savings will be worthless before the ink dries on the invasion orders.
Corporate America will face an extinction event. U.S. companies will be expelled from the European market. Apple, Google, McDonald's, and Tesla will see their assets seized or their operations banned. Trillions of dollars in market capitalization will be incinerated in minutes. The stock market will not just crash; it will close. We are talking about the complete de-globalization of American industry, cutting us off from the wealthiest consumers on the planet.
Corporate America will face an extinction event. U.S. companies will be expelled from the European market. Apple, Google, McDonald's, and Tesla will see their assets seized or their operations banned. Trillions of dollars in market capitalization will be incinerated in minutes. The stock market will not just crash; it will close. We are talking about the complete de-globalization of American industry, cutting us off from the wealthiest consumers on the planet.
This would cause a corporate uprising, with CEOs storming the White House with torches and pitchforks, demanding Trumps head on a platter. If they couldnt convince the Republican goat rodeo in congress to remove him immediately, all eyes would turn to Vance and the multimillionaires in the cabinet to enact the 25th amendment (they only need 13 out of 25, so the die hard loyalists like Bondi and Hegseth could fuck right off), which would buy enough time for the house and senate to find their spines.
Lets just hope the Republicans send an emissary (I nominate Lindsey Graham!) to have that heart to heart, Goldwater to Nixon chat, before things get to the no-turning-back stage.
Thanks for posting - I just wish the author had a better platform than Facebook.
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Interesting and unnerving analysis of what could happen if Piggy invaded Greenland: [View all]
Ocelot II
12 hrs ago
OP
Good analysis. Horrifying that this is who we are now. Every once in a while, the magnitude of that
Scrivener7
12 hrs ago
#2
All true, and why I said yesterday Trump would be impeached and removed- by Republicans
Fiendish Thingy
12 hrs ago
#3
I just reread all my comments in this thread, and I don't find the word "immediately" anywhere
Fiendish Thingy
9 hrs ago
#38
It sickens me to my core to know that piece of shit believes he will one day be President...
Moostache
9 hrs ago
#34
It's not my analysis. I know the US has a long-standing treaty regarding the military base
Ocelot II
11 hrs ago
#7
The U.S. has ONE base only. Breaking the NATO treaty will be an unlawful order to the U.S. Military. The NATO Treaty is
ancianita
10 hrs ago
#8
Cool. What Congress thinks or votes on adds validation for a decision that is the U.S. Military's alone;
ancianita
8 hrs ago
#46
As Trump has shown in just the past week, treaties can be torn up or ignored. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
10 hrs ago
#16
The people of Greenland&Canada should launch a class-action lawsuit against the US for tRumps terror campaign against us
Fords Crackpipe
10 hrs ago
#10
And Vladimir Putin will have gotten everything he wants, and he won't even have had to leave the building.
Aristus
10 hrs ago
#11
A very clear, concise, and I believe correct accessment. Thank you Ocelot II
flashman13
10 hrs ago
#12
See the first word? It's IF. That makes the piece a total hypothetical. Not an analysis. The fact that it's on a social
ancianita
8 hrs ago
#44
Don't be trying to school me. I suppose you think the world will thank us for for attacking an ally.
flashman13
2 hrs ago
#60
Pfffft school you? about a hypothetical not being logical? Believe what you want.
ancianita
2 hrs ago
#62
Yep, that's Putin's plan that Trump is carrying out. Break up NATO and destroy the US economy from within.
Fozzledick
10 hrs ago
#14
I have always thought something drastic would have to happen to make people wake up.
Katinfl
9 hrs ago
#21
Obviously this is a worst-case scenario, and all things that COULD be done by the EU and other NATO members.
Ol Janx Spirit
9 hrs ago
#24
Britian has just said in one of this a.m.'s bulletins on DU that they would put troops in Greenland now. If true,
SWBTATTReg
8 hrs ago
#47
Sounds to me like Corporate America better get their shit together and reign in their puppet.nt
Trueblue Texan
2 hrs ago
#61
Chilling that the donor class hasn't gotten their shit together to stop him
Ruby the Liberal
1 hr ago
#63