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[–] scala@lemmy.ml 14 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Full on dementia, coming back to this month's later.

[–] tourist@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

New York Times, February 21st, 2026:

Trump invades Iceland

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 points 6 hours ago

Trump invades Trumpland

FTFY

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 16 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

EU needs Greenland more than US due to security reasons.

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 15 points 9 hours ago

US is the security reason

[–] Nosavingthrow@lemmy.world 18 points 14 hours ago

Germany needs to start cutting ties with the US so they can be on the right side for once.

[–] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 36 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

it's going to be a global holiday when he dies

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 13 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

yeah but The Cowards who keep telling him to do this shit will still be alive. It's not like the man came up with this on his own.

[–] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

Agreed. Trump is just a lightening rod that keeps everyone's outrage focused on him instead of people like Miller and Thiel.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

if we have to celebrate his birthday (VD Day here in the US) we'll celebrate VT Day globally

[–] Maverick604@lemmy.ca 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Just un-redact the Epstein files, you coward!

[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

The redacted text can actually be selected and copied, then pasted to read what is underneath. They literally used a black digital highlighter.

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Christmas came early this year, although the unredacted text is pretty brutal.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I'm willing to bet DOGE (pronounced "douche") cut their Adobe Acrobat subscription so they had to go with the best free option

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 35 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (10 children)

Can't we just fly Trump to a random ice covered rock and just hire some people to pretend it is Greenland and he can have a little senior assisted living situation inside Trump Castle in Newer New York City, Greenland safely isolated from the rest of us?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

that sounds like more work than just leaving him in greenland

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Greenland doesn't deserve that

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

To make it more convincing, they could spray-paint some rocks green.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

And his holding cell gold.

[–] elbiter@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

It would be so dope to make him believe everyone around him pretends he's president, but he's actually not.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 22 hours ago (7 children)

Surely he can't tell the difference between northern Alaska and Greenland

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[–] madjo@piefed.social 3 points 13 hours ago

He wants his grubby pedo hands on the resources under the ground in Greenland.

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 45 points 23 hours ago (9 children)

American here. I'm sure annexing Greenland would be very useful to us for all kinds of reasons. I don't want to do it.

Unless the people in Greenland want to become part of the United States, I don't believe we have any more right to declare Greenland ours than Hitler had a right to declare France his, or Russia has a right to declare Ukraine theirs.

If the people of Greenland want to become part of the United States, verified with an election monitored by multiple disinterested third parties, then by all means welcome to the party guys.

However given the timing of this ridiculous idea, I can't help but think the whole thing is just a distraction from the Epstein files.

[–] GojuRyu@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

There has been leaks that US intelligence are making moves to influence the greenlandic people using intelligence gathering to find pro secession and US elements in greenland. Any talk of the possibility of greenland joining the US as a real possibility only legitimizes an eventual takeover. Greenland has made it clear that they are not interested and that such talk is an insult and a threat to their sovereignty and self governance, current and future. I don’t think you mean to promote Trumps talking points, so this is just meant to let you know that it indirectly does.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Unless the people in California want to secede from the United States

I wonder how you USians would respond to that.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Californian here, I'd vote yes.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

As a Califorgreenlandian, i ratify the change that apparently just got voted in.

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Given that it is a part of our mainland continent, I would be less enthusiastic than if, say, Hawaii or Alaska wanted to secede.

Nonetheless, self-determination is a solidly American value. If an overwhelming majority of Californians wanted to leave the union, then in general I believe the rest of the country should let them. Otherwise we are forcing them to be subject to a national government they don't want.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I really, really doubt it would be as peaceful as you say it would be

[–] biotin7@sopuli.xyz 17 points 19 hours ago

I see colonialism is back on the menu of Amerikkkans

[–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 11 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Americans also need to have a referendum to allow Greenland to join and Denmark needs to have a referendum to let them go as well, if it is too be all above board, as Greenland is subject to the Danish government.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago

The fact that Denmark would likely respect the Greenlandic vote is proof that they shouldn't leave.

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[–] MOARbid1@piefed.social 100 points 1 day ago
[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 51 points 1 day ago
[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 51 points 1 day ago

That's cool, give up the Epstein files

[–] plateee@piefed.social 18 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Tell me you're slacking off at your day job without telling me you're slacking off at your day job:

Landry, in a post on X, thanked Trump: "It's an honor to serve ... in this volunteer position to make Greenland a part of the U.S. This in no way affects my position as Governor of Louisiana!"

Yes this is a distraction - but we also need to remind ourselves that this shit isn't normal even if it weren't a distraction.

In the middle of the Clinton blow job scandal, Bill didn't go off saying New Brunswick needed to become a state to secure our national supply of bowling balls or some shit.

Trump can be making a distraction and also moving the Overton Window at the same time.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

The demand has been made- we are going to see his little temper tantrum any day now.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

Walls are closing in, eh, Donny?

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