I have a hard time believing the public, much less military members, have the stomach to do something like this. There's zero moral standing in it and it seems like all modern overt military actions by the US needed to have something its participants and supporters could hold up to say "I'm doing this to make the world, and my country, a better and safer place," even if that publicized nobility turned out to be a farce coughIraqcough (although I am glad Saddam got to experience what it feels like to die). Unless you're the demigod of a highly programmed autocracy like North Korea, it takes significant buy-in to wage an invasion, war, and occupation. With Greenland being a benign and peace-loving gem of nature, it would absolutely blow my mind if Trump said "CHARGE!" and military members did anything but a limp soulless salute and slow shuffle to mill about stupidly in passive protest.
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If the right-wing media start inventing stories about Greenland, Canada and Panama being threats to the USA, I don't trust the US public to see through them. Many will, of course, but then many saw through the Iraq stuff too, just not enough.
I hear Greenland has WMDs - in the form of melting glaciers that will cause some kind of climate catastrophe. /s
The only solution is to preemptively nuke those glaciers so they can't melt on their own terms.
Genius. If you vaporize them they can't melt.
The magic of thermonuclear thermodynamics!
I wish Trump would shut TF up.
The worst part about him winning the election is that you can't escape his bullshit.
Inb4 Trump starts invading because 2-3 MAGA nuts from Greenland said they wanted to be part of US, so that's plenty of reason for the whole Greenland to need it as well - "they'll see why it's good for them once they're ours, trust me".
Foreign leaders need to stop responding as if a serious response will have any effect. They need to throw that shit back in his face. Tell him you'll accept, only if he discards the shithole states. Then list red states. Or tell him if he can find Greenland on the map, you'll consider it. Or direct the message at blue states and welcoming them if they decide to secede.
We wish to secede!!
I have had it with these muthafuckin calls for muthafuckin annexation
Well I recall reading about what happened the last time vikings tried to land on American shores, and I say bring em on!
I just need to check my notes real quick.
Okay so it turns out we may have genocided the people who defended their homeland against some of the most feared warfighters of that time, so perhaps trump just drops this whole thing before unnecessary blood is shed.
Seriously, anyone who gets so much as a papercut as a direct result of one of trump's orders is regretful and unfortunate.
For national security reasons the world should build a wall around the US.
...and make Mexico pay for it.
Obviously, since the US can't even afford eggs.
Trump also undermined Denmark's claim to Greenland, saying it was "very far away and really has nothing to do" with the island.
Well, except, you know ... the whole Nordic/Viking settlements thing?
Hell yeah!
It's only distraction.