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senseandsensibility

(24,284 posts) Wed Jan 21, 2026, 04:28 PM Yesterday

Looks like Lawrence was right? [View all]

For weeks now, Lawrence O'Donnell has been saying that this whole Greenland thing is a distraction from the Epstein files. I was ambivalent about his theory, but it looks like he was right. The only thing I would add that is that it is also a distraction from Ukraine. If this debacle hadn't engulfed the entire meeting, Europe would have been pressuring trump about Ukraine.

TACO strikes again, and the corporate media obliges by NOT reporting on what trump doesn't want covered.

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Looks like Lawrence was right? [View all] senseandsensibility Yesterday OP

It's always best to pay attention to what msm does not cover, at least here in the United States of Extortion. SheltieLover Yesterday #1

Trump lies like the rest of us breathe. I would not trust this man's utterances. waterwatcher123 Yesterday #2

Lawrence will have fun tonight LetMyPeopleVote 23 hrs ago #3

Must watch TV! senseandsensibility 23 hrs ago #5

still believe that Greenland has nothing whatsoever to do with Epstein stopdiggin 23 hrs ago #4

You're right that they have nothing to do with each other senseandsensibility 23 hrs ago #6

disagree. Greenland is NOT a 'distraction' - a 'diversion' or a 'sideshow' stopdiggin 19 hrs ago #15

I think both are true. JokeHer 18 hrs ago #16

perhaps true stopdiggin 14 hrs ago #18

I think he really was planning to invade Greenland MadameButterfly 22 hrs ago #9

Boy, you could see that when he got pissed off at the auto worker Emile 23 hrs ago #7

Well now that he has TACO'd again maybe they can get back to the Epstein Bev54 22 hrs ago #8

He won't ever let the Epstein files out MadameButterfly 22 hrs ago #11

I actually think Trump was serious about Greenland, but the 870 point drop in the stock market on Tuesday spooked him. Fil1957 22 hrs ago #10

That makes sense. Greenland is just a big distraction; KPN 22 hrs ago #12

This will be the paradigm: Every Trump failure will bring about another Trump failure. Zelda_Orchid 21 hrs ago #13

EVERYTHING is a distraction from the Epstein files progressoid 21 hrs ago #14

Lawrence had fun LetMyPeopleVote 18 hrs ago #17

I don't think he cares that much about the Epstein files fujiyamasan 14 hrs ago #19

Recommeded. H2O Man 14 hrs ago #20

Yes and no Cosmocat 9 hrs ago #21

Lawrence opener LetMyPeopleVote 6 hrs ago #22