President has claimed the US needs to acquire Greenland for national security purposes — a move that European allies see as a threat to the Arctic island’s sovereignty
  • Cornballer@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    51 minutes ago

    He’ll try but it won’t be given willingly and Bibi won’t let him try and take it. If he tries he will fail

    • M0oP0o@mander.xyzEnglish
      1·
      3 hours ago

      Or be crowned leader for life, really in both cases never getting Greenland.

  • Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29·
    6 hours ago

    he also said…

    • Iran would take 2 weeks

    • Gas prices would be cheaper

    • The economy would be better

    • he was a “stable genius”

    • Biden and Obama were the worst presidents in history

    • he’s not a pedophile

    And he’s 0-6 on all those.

  • Snapz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    6 hours ago

    Great news for Greenland. A trump “guarantee” is typically the assurance of the opposite

    • Muffi@programming.devEnglish
      4·
      2 hours ago

      We did the opposite, and just blew our military budget on American fighter jets instead (I wish I was kidding).

  • Jaysyn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    8 hours ago

    Trump can’t even control his bowels, let alone Iran.

    Starting a war with NATO would end the USA right now.

    • Nonconfrontational@lemmy.mlEnglish
      19·
      5 hours ago

      Fuck yeah, let’s go! The system designed and controlled by literal Nazis after operation paperclip? Fucking end it yesterday!!

      Edit: not big fans of history around these parts, I see.

    • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      51·
      2 hours ago

      Yes, but only if the world takes Trump seriously when he makes threats.

      I cannot overstate how dangerous the TACO Trump Always Cowards Out mentality is because what makes Trump so dangerous is he is too much of a coward to back down.

      Europe is throwing the world into chaos by ignoring this reality.

    • DementedSociety@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      6 hours ago

      I am SOO fucking sorry man. I country is turning into a real pile of shit and I absolutely hate every second of it.

    • metermatic26@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      4 hours ago

      Ye…the boys and girls who shouted for years that they were the vanguard of democracy ánd who for years complained that people of Iran, China and Russia should ‘rise up’ and ‘get rid’ of their tyrannic leaders are now more willing than any other people to throw their hands up and surrender in the face of the dumbest, most incompetent autocrat that has ever risen to power.

      In fact, the US is one of the few countries in the world where average citizens can legally own an automatic rifle or organize a militia and literally no one has tried to wrestle power from him including the supposed opposition party. Think about it; dozens of kids and teachers get blown away by crazed teen shooters each year. Thousands die from armed robberies and murders committed with firearms.

      And the reason they never banned that crap is because of an almost sacred right to defend yourself from tyrannic rule. So, if you’re not going to do that, why even have firearms in the first place?!

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
      348·
      19 hours ago

      Sorry. A lot of people thought Harris was just as bad and don’t like elections. Also, the quality of marksmanship has gone down significantly.

        • deft@lemmy.wtfEnglish
          71·
          7 hours ago

          And those kind of comments are how Trump got into office.

          But also Putin isn’t a war criminal right? And China hasn’t been trying to slow walk a genocide in Tibet? There are no reeducation camps for Uighur muslims or Tibetans?

          Okay.

            • deft@lemmy.wtfEnglish
              71·
              6 hours ago

              Uh huh.

              But the reeducation camps the United States government forced indigenous Americans into was definitely genocide. Same banana.

              And no that is not how you get more leftists. Education is how you get more. This generation is 100% more right wing than the media wants to admit

              Also it’s spelled Kamala, maybe don’t talk about a country you’ve probably never even been to so confidently.

              • metermatic26@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                4 hours ago

                Frightful times breed frightful people. Being ‘left’ in the US means to be a hypocritical, moralist neoliberal, so don’t expect the revolution to start anytime soon.

                • deft@lemmy.wtfEnglish
                  1·
                  3 hours ago

                  I don’t want a revolution. Revolutions look nice on paper and being decades or centuries away from them seem nice but revolutions cause extreme instability that open up space for corruption and allow the very people you’re often trying to help fall through the cracks.

                  We didn’t get the 40 hour work week because people fought and died for it, unfortunately. It might have brought the conversation forward but it likely delayed results as states prioritize control and stability and will increase their means of violence to do so. We got the 40 hour work week because the right people were elected.

                  Unfortunately the same with slavery but in an odd opposite way. The civil war ended slavery, but only because increasingly officials who were anti slavery were elected and that put pressure on southern states to engage in violence as they feared slavery would end. Which caused the government to increase their means of violence and force stability, ending slavery.

                  The solution is obvious, educated people make better decisions including electing better officials and they will steer society the right way. Currently the level of frustration has made people close off their opinions, disengage from electoral processes and regress back into factions prone to infighting. I fear a revolution, it will immediately land on the feet of the poor, destitute and desperate and harm them probably killing the very people a revolution is supposed to help.

                  I’m not preaching total non-violence here. There will be violence. But starting a full blown revolution is not the path forward in my opinion. Regardless of how people want to portray it stability is way closer than it seems, uniting together and education are the shortest paths to it.

                  And people who comment that harris and trump are the same are actively ruining those avenues to a solution because often they’re not interested in a solution they’re interested in being right and being heard and making people believe they are right.

                  That’s just my take though.

              • Nonconfrontational@lemmy.mlEnglish
                12·
                6 hours ago

                Lmfao. No the 100 million dead native Americans are what makes what the US did a genocide.

                I agree, education is key, which is why china’s leaders are 60% stem degree holders lol.

                I couldn’t give less of a fuck on how to spell a war criminal removed name.

                • deft@lemmy.wtfEnglish
                  11·
                  4 hours ago

                  But you’re happy as a clam to defend the others. Okay

        • schnapsman@feddit.orgEnglish
          31·
          6 hours ago

          People forget that in the rather crowded primary she was one of the least popular candidates and one of the first to crash out. And that was even before anyone knew about her dumber policy positions. So, justified or not, we knew people wouldn’t enthusiastically show up for her.

        • DementedSociety@lemmy.worldEnglish
          32·
          6 hours ago

          wtf even is this comment. You know who the orange diaper-filler is besties with, right!? Fucking mouth-breathers.

            • DementedSociety@lemmy.worldEnglish
              41·
              5 hours ago

              What I am trying to say, and the reason you’re getting down voted for a dumbass opinion, is that for any and ALL reasons you could possibly come up with about her being a bad candidate, trump is objectively 10-100x WORSE on exactly the same reason… Plus 100x extra insane and horrible policies for each of those 1 arguments you made a dumbass comment about.

              No one said anything about “history starting” on Trump’s 2nd term. I’m saying you OBJECTIVELY are ignoring facts, and it makes your comment, and you for making it, look stupid.

              I HATE our two party system more than anyone, but I’ll bet you either voted for trump, didn’t vote, or voted third part during the recent presidential election. IMO, the current state of the US is a direct outcome of your stupidity, and stupid people like you. That, or your not from the US, in which case STFU.

              • Nonconfrontational@lemmy.mlEnglish
                21·
                5 hours ago

                And Americans are easily manipulated and believed trump when he pretended to be anti war, while kamala leaned into the war mongering. It’s not the fault of Americans that they’re tremendously stupid, but it should be a consideration to any intelligent politician. It wasn’t this time around and now we have the acceleration of American fascism.

                Edit: I’m not American. Death to America. Your piece of shit country will invade mine before your dumbass midterms.

                • DementedSociety@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  41·
                  4 hours ago

                  Well, in this case I am sorry, my country shouldn’t be invading any other countries. I will agree with this, death to American fascism. But don’t let the these maga scum fool you, you say it’s not their fault. While a small group were “useful” idiots and got scammed into this, a much larger group are just racist pos. It is absolutely insane the amount of brainwashed idiots walking around in this country.

      • FireRetardant@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        11 hours ago

        Its currently like letting an ancient guy with dementia, anger issues, and health problems drive a semi down the highway, the death is coming but it’d be nice if someone could step in and prevent bystanders from being injured/killed.

        • mangobanana@discuss.onlineEnglish
          3·
          8 hours ago

          He’s not coming up with shit on his own, there is a whole league of horrible people behind making these decisions

        • reddit_sux@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          8 hours ago

          What could the world do if the only ones who can save the bystanders is the ancient guy sitting in the passenger seat egging the driver on.