Donald Trump the Megathread part II - mod warnings in OP, Updated 18/03/25

They do have an recognized ambassador and an embassy here on Leeson St.

Yes. Go back to sleep now.

You are a strange poster. I said the people of Greenland should decide what they want and you seem to be implying that I support the US taking over them.
I have no idea where you have got this from.

US already have a big base there. They could take Greenland on a friday afternoon and who would stop them?

If they voted for independence they'd cede protection from NATO, and the EU, and Denmark would hardly go to war to protect an ex colony.

Russia might have something to say, but only if they want Greenland for themselves

surely joining Canada would make more sense -

I regret your politicians answer is a non answer. It might be better if we both take a neutral position about our posts on this issue by using the "ignore" option Boards provides us.

It looks like it might be a valid position for NATO members to go direct to the GOP members of the US Senate and House of Congress and ask them if they agree with the "isolationist" route their head of state has take their country on where it's NATO obligations are concerned and if they agree with him that the US is no longer a willing working partner in the NATO treaty group, that they accept he is revoking US working membership of NATO with his statement of using US military to seize Danish territory. The response from the GOP members would be of obvious interest to NATO, Trump, Ukraine and Russia.

It seems to me that, by de-facto walking away from NATO, Trump has no authority to tell NATO that he, not it, will decide who can, and who cannot, be a member of NATO. Ditto for the EU.

Gaining the upper hand in the culture war doesn't just involve defunding your enemies. You must spend on your own cause as well.

I'd see any use of US military force by Trump to be an instant revoking of its working NATO partnership with Denmark and all the other NATO members, resulting in a note of regret being passed by one or more other NATO ambassadors to the US on Trumps statement.

The other NATO countries may have already done so politely, with polite asides about trust in the US not to use its bases in those countries for special military operations against them in their own territories being weakened.

I don't see Russia taking any actions, even through mercenary proxy forces, as Putin wont want, cant afford, direct military wars on several home fronts.

Geographically speaking it would made good sense. Could the Canadians afford it? The Canadians would have to turn from being one of the biggest laggards in NATO financial contributions to being on a par with the US in contributions.

Any tariffs from the US on Canada would make that financial objective very difficult for them to achieve.

Just free questioning of the press secretary on what her boss said.

Let me ask ye this question -

Where do you think 'the line' is for US Democrats, for the US left wing and opponents of Trump is in general?

Or does this line even exist?

Because MAGA/Republicans/right-wing Americans had lines. It was always made clear, for example, that violence would ensue if the second amendment of the US Constitution was violated in any significant way.

There is no equivalent on the other side, it would seem. All they're doing is pointing out how illegal and unconstitutional much of the crap that Trump and co are doing.

But here's the thing about that - Trump and Musk's ongoing rampage through the US government is moving at a pace the law cannot really catch up with, so pointing out the many legal issues with it doesn't actually do anything other than maybe give the critic a sense of moral superiority.

Because of the incrementalism we've seen in US politics over the last decade to where the US president calling for ethnic cleansing in Gaza is just another news day, it's hard to imagine any one thing which would be a sufficient shock to the system that it would spur Trump's opponents into the kind of action actually needed to defeat him.

The only thing I can come up with would be if Trump declared the Democratic party to be an illegal terrorist organisation and had all of its top members rounded up, and sent to Gitmo without trial.

Camp David golf course isn't quite 9 hole !
It's one green with various tee boxes to make it (kinda) a 4 hole pitch and putt course.
Its more of a novelty than anything approaching a serious course. I doubt Obama used it more than twice.

Some pics and vids
Camp David Golf

Can you point to anything that indicates Greenland has a desire to join the US? Cause the only poll I've seen says exact opposite.

Cause ATM, your logic appears to be that Trump wants something ergo he'll get it.