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Trump threatens 25% tariff on European allies until Denmark sells Greenland to US

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What if NATO joins forces against us and/or stops trading with us and/or does not allow United States citizens visas? There are a LOT of things NATO could do to make life very hard for the United States.
They have been against Trump in both terms, the liberal ones. If NATO attacked the USA in a week, Russia, China USA, and maybe Turkey would be dividing the spoils. You don't trade with the enemy.
 
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So to prevent a country taking the place by any means whether the people want it or not you are supporting Trump in taking the place by any means whether the people want it or not.

Has anyone actually thought this through? I know Trump certainly hasn't. But it really looks like some of his supporters haven't either.
Funny, but not aligned with what I said.

I was talking about the U.S. protecting it's own (future) iron dome, located in Greenland. I'm talking about protecting millions of people from death, I'm not talking about "taking over" a place just so someone else doesn't... That would be silly.
 
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I'm talking about protecting millions of people from death, I'm not talking about "taking over" a place.
But you are supporting a man who does actually want to do exactly that!
 
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Denmark suffered the highest per capita casualties during our afghan adventurism that we invoked NATI article five for but what have they done for us lately ?

Americans whinging about NATO when the only time in its entire history Article 5 has been invoked was by the United States.
 
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You mean like we defended Ukraine. Greenland isn't a NATO member, just like Ukraine, and we see what happened to Ukraine.
Greenland is a part of the kingdom of Denmark which is a NATO member and is therefore covered by as part of the NATO security agreement.
 
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How on EARTH have you managed to get to a point where you can describe NATO allies as 'the enemy'?

Remember - anything, absolutely anything, will be excused by Trump supporters.
 
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But you are supporting a man who does actually want to do exactly that!
look the only way to avoid someone invading a country is to do it yourselves!!! better yet, make greenland as bad as the US so no one wants to take it over!.
 
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But you are supporting a man who does actually want to do exactly that!
I want nobody to die. I live 30 minutes from San Francisco, a primary nuke target on the west coast. New York is a primary nuke target on the east coast... I want us all protected!

...Making a few people mad to achieve that might be worth it in the long run.

...But our friends in Europe don't care about us that much, they're OK with us getting blown to bits, as long as 56,000 people living in Greenland have sovereignty.
 
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Socialists alike... Whatever happened that is causing them to grow closer together, I want none of.

I see it in Australia too, with constant law-making and ever increasing restriction.

...I fear we're losing them. They've surrendered. Liberty is seen as meaningless...
Liberty must feel like an untainable dream if living under an oppressive regime. However, in non-oppressive countries, having laws which protect vulnerable people and funding a welfare system, which helps everyone in youth, old-age and difficult circumstances, is what many of us like.

Indeed.
Trump seems to believe that you catch more Europeans with vinegar than with honey.
Then can you please tell him that we like honey?

Later Edit: I've removed a third quote, to which posts #111, #119, #120 and #141 refer, as I accidentally attributed it to the wrong person and apologise for the mistake.
 
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Liberty must feel like an untainable dream if living under an oppressive regime. However, in non-oppressive countries, having laws which protect vulnerable people and funding a welfare system, which helps everyone in youth, old-age and difficult circumstances, is what many of us like.


Then can you please tell him that we like honey?

The EU, and us in th UK, cut off Russian energy sources in solidarity with Ukraine, where there suffering is great.
Your quotes are in error. I never said that at the bottom.
 
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...But our friends in Europe don't care about us that much, they're OK with us getting blown to bits, as long as 56,000 people living in Greenland have sovereignty.

You have 46,000 gun deaths per year. You expect anyone to believe Americans care about people "getting blown to bits"?
 
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look the only way to avoid someone invading a country is to do it yourselves!!! better yet, make greenland as bad as the US so no one wants to take it over!.

"We do the best invasions. Huge!. Better than anyone else!"

Trump - probably.
 
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Remember - anything, absolutely anything, will be excused by Trump supporters.
I know free speech is frowned upon where you live, but in the free world, debating isn't equated with "support".

...Welcome to the real world!
 
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You have 46,000 gun deaths per year. You expect anyone to believe Americans care about people "getting blown to bits"?
Oh, so even the innocent Americans *deserve* to be nuked? Wow, that's compassionate.
 
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I want nobody to die. I live 30 minutes from San Francisco, a primary nuke target on the west coast. New York is a primary nuke target on the east coast... I want us all protected!

...Making a few people mad to achieve that might be worth it in the long run.

...But our friends in Europe don't care about us that much, they're OK with us getting blown to bits, as long as 56,000 people living in Greenland have sovereignty.
No, we don't want you blown to bits. Greenland has agreed to you having military bases there. You don’t have to make Greenland American in order to protect yourselves and Trump doesn't have to talk about Greenland without any reference to the people of Greenland.
 
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I apologise if I've misrepresented what you posted. Do you want to correct me?
The poster who posted those words can correct you if he chooses. But in your post, it's marked as if I said it.

...In post #110, the third quote is not mine.
 
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