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[NY Post] Trump wants to buy Greenland, again, after claiming US could take back ownership of Panama

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Os Trigonum, Dec 23, 2024.

  1. Os Trigonum

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    bit of a bias there, I suppose, my kid was a barista at Gimme for several years
     
  2. HTM

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    If he tries to use force to seize Greenland I will be happy to denounce it.

    Trump blusters plenty. I’ll believe it when I see it.
     
  3. Os Trigonum

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    pretty sure you're gonna see Trump bring back the draft
     
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    Don’t know about you, but “economic coercion” to seize territory from an ally is something I wouldn’t support either.
     
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    I got my dog in Ithica.
     
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    It's all about McDonald's coffee
     
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    actually McDonalds coffee is the one reliable cup of coffee you can get if you're driving across the country
     
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    new rallying cry: "Grab Greenland by the pusssy!"
     
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    Would much rather buy Greenland than take in Canada as the 51st state.
     
  11. Os Trigonum

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    why not both copy.gif
     
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    Trump making yesterday's jokes a reality.

    Gulf of America: Can Trump really rename Gulf of Mexico?


    He's not the first to suggest it. In 2012, former U.S. Rep. D. Stephen Holland of Mississippi proposed a bill to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America." But he meant it as a joke, to mock his Republican colleagues he said seemed to want to push anything or anyone Mexican out of the state.

    Two years previously, when he was on The Colbert Report, Steven Colbert created a "Gulf of America fund to help clean up after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster dumped 210 million gallons across nearly 60,000 square miles of the Gulf over a period of four months in 2010.

    "I don't think we can call it the Gulf of Mexico anymore," he said at the time. "We broke it, we bought it.
     
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    Our incoming admin has discussed taking control of *checks notes* Greenland, Panama, Canada, the UK, and now…The Gulf

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    I've talked about this several times here. Others know about my ridiculous love for it. I worked for the company that roasts and grinds it. I stacked boxes of it all shift.

    They're very particular about their coffee. Maxwell House had a coffee plant east of downtown Houston. I say that because all Houstonions know it because of its big neon sign of coffee being poured in a cup. I worked there also after the company that produced the McDonald's coffee. Henry Ford built the Maxwell House building. It converted to a food company in the 50's.

    Anyway both jobs were unrelated, the first was a temp job and then the next was a permanent job. The HR lady at orientation said the company that owned the building previously (neither were Maxwell House) they had long left lost the McDonald's account because the owner was stealing of their inventory, McDonald's bought their own beans.

    The temp job was trying to get the Duncan account right before I left, they are also very particular. I've never had their coffee
     
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    Americans voted in a moron. Rather than focus on real issues that matter, he's talking about renaming the Gulf of Mexico...
     
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    Trump is definitely not a moron, neither is JD Vance. Both are incredibly high IQ people.

    American pride has value -- and even the Gulf of America transition plays into that. Greenland and Panama Canal are strategic from a national defense standpoint. These moves all make good sense. America is flexing its muscles -- as it should.
     
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    The U.S. making a play for Greenland makes a ton of sense and previous administrations have recognized the importance of Greenland and the vital American interest in the island especially moving forward as the Artic because increasingly accessible.

    Denmark and the rest of the Western bloc should be in favor of America taking over Greenland. They should want the strongest military in the world and leader of the liberal world order safe guarding Greenland. But maybe they think we will do that for free for them anyway and don't want us to have any potential benefits from the Island itself.

    Really people only hate the idea because they have Trump derangement syndrome.
     
  20. Mr.Scarface

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    So you support Trump starting wars to take land from Allies? Or tryto force Canada to become a state?

    https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/trump-military-force-greenland-panama-canal/6097667/?amp=1

    What happened to “Trump doesn’t start wars?”
     
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