I’m sure some political talk will be unavoidable but I’d like to keep this dry and to the point if we could.

  • PlzGivHugs
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    92 days ago

    Trump said he’d take control of Panama and Greenland potentially including a military invasion, and said he’d buy Canada.

    Thats the short, out-of-the-loop, reason you’re hearing about it.

    • @AeaoOP
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      Is there a reason why? It just feels really out of the blue and random? It’s just I don’t think I’ve ever heard him mention anything about Greenland before.

      Panama canal I could see some reasons, I don’t agree or like the idea, but I can at least see theres some history with that and America.

      Canada is attached to the us and we had a war or two before I guess

      Why greenland?

      • @[email protected]
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        There’s a funny “rumor” going around that Trump wants Greenland because of how huge it is (ie he has no idea what the Mercator projection is and thinks it’s as big as Africa)

      • PlzGivHugs
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        51 day ago

        The only potential reason I can see is that it could be strategicly useful as climate change makes the weather there more mild. Given that this is Trump, however, and Denmark (and thus Greenland) is currently an ally, it would make more sense that he read it Twitter or something and he repeated it.

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        It’s just posturing to project strength and appeal to his base who want a strongman dictator. He did actually talk about buying Greenland during his first term as well. It’s probably just because it’s somewhat near the US and could conceivably be acquired without starting a world war. Not that I think it will happen.