Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, not the Norwegian government and certainly not the Danish government, determines the winner of that prize. Yet Trump now not only blames Norway for failing to give it to him, but is using it as a justification for an invasion of Greenland.
Think about where this is leading. One possibility, anticipated this morning by financial markets, is a damaging trade war. Another is an American military occupation of Greenland. Try to imagine it: The U.S. Marines arrive in Nuuk, the island’s capital. Perhaps they kill some Danes; perhaps some American soldiers die too. And then what? If the invaders were Russians, they would arrest all of the politicians, put gangsters in charge, shoot people on the street for speaking Danish, change school curricula, and carry out a fake referendum to rubber-stamp the conquest. Is that the American plan too? If not, then what is it? This would not be the occupation of Iraq, which was difficult enough. U.S. troops would need to force Greenlanders, citizens of a treaty ally, to become American against their will.
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“Give me the Peace Prize or else I’ll invade other countries and start wars” sounds like something out of a sitcom.
The last ten years have been filled with last straws. Pick one for godsakes! This dude is a child rapist
There have been so many last straws. America is a threat to the world. That he remains in power is evidence.
Right? Swear to god I want to throw anyone who says “this most recent thing is the start of the descent into…”, or whatever other similar nonsense, into a big hole in the ground. Weak cowards who want the thrill of being close to danger but who never want to actually walk the walk.
start with Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Trump mocking that disabled reporter because of who they are should’ve been the last straw.
Trumpie saying it was okay to grab them by the pussy, should’ve been the last straw.
If Donald’s sibling Robert took over the Trump Organization instead, Donald wouldn’t run for President to begin with.
The road is currently littered with things that should have been the last straw
And that’s just from today. Here’s the haul since new years
I was unable to find a photo of enough hay bales to represent 2016 till now. And that’s just the current stuff, we’d need a full planet of hay to represent the number of last straws from before that, and a whole galaxy to represent the global last straws throughout history (obviously).
Yeah, throw it on the pile.
the last straw should have been “grab them by the pussy”
but here we are, getting murdered in the street by nazi fascist pigfuck thugs
The last straw should have been mocking a disabled reporter. That was a decade ago.
If only someone time-travels themselves to convince future Trump voters in 2015 to vote for Hillary instead.
Which is probably nowhere close to the end. We’re probably going to have to go through a civil war, experience a nuclear catastrophe, something to cow the cultists back.
Would you like some more appeasement mr president?
Not the rape, murder, torture, kidnapping, corruption, illegitimacy, illegality, unconstitutionality, warmongering, domestic and international terrorism, pedophilia, economic harm, environmental harm, the destruction of public landmarks, undermining congressional power, illegal firings and appointments, nepotism, theft, convictions, insurrection, sedition, or treason but his grade school bullying of our allies? THAT should be the last straw?
I mean, apart from all that, what’s so bad about him? ;)
a: He’s also ugly and smells like shit.
Amidst all the doomers in here… I know a crazy MAGA person in my family. They have been staunch about supporting him and defending him since the beginning.
They are livid about this Greenland situation.
Did they say why?
I’m glad they have a line but they’re an irredeemable piece of shit for voting for him 3 times
Well at least they draw the line somewhere
They’ll change their tune if he does actually invade
Thank fuck. This at least gives hope!
Trunp campaigned on being the “peace president” and no more foreign wars. He actually meant he is the war president and MORE foreign wars.
“it can’t be a war if I do it. I’M THE PEACE PRESIDENT!!”
The author is married to the polish minister of defense. Not that it matters, just a fun fact.
He’s currently Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
And in case anyone reading takes her professional credentials to be “wife” instead of just taking it as a fun fact, she’s a renowned journalist, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and one of the world’s most important experts on modern authoritarianism. wiki
Right, Foreign Affairs. I wasn’t sure but don’t care enough to double check :) As I said, just a fan fact. I knew she was a writer but I never saw her “in the wild”.
Totally. It is a fun fact!
Anybody who reads that and doesn’t immediately conclude he’s absolutely fucked in the head and a threat to… everyone needs to get on the next SpaceX test rocket.
The problem is even if haalf of trump voters finally agreed. And united left and right all decided to message our reps to stop this it either goes discarded or Vance is next in line and he still pursues it
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There’s been so many “last straws” there’s not a camel out of traction in the whole world.
Should be?
We’re way past the Rubicon. The army is breaking through the city gates.
last straw
Really? The last straw happened in the beginning of his previous administration
Entire bales of hay followed, I’m buried under straws and I can barely breathe.
I think “last straw” is very relative.at best.
last straw
Really?
No. Because now we’re talking about Caesar crossing the Rubicon.
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