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Trump Won’t Rule Out Military Taking Greenland, Panama Canal

www.bloomberg.com Trump Won’t Rule Out Military Taking Greenland, Panama Canal

President-elect Donald Trump declined to rule out using military or economic coercion as he detailed plans to seek greater US influence over Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal during a press conference Tuesday.

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Why are we giving this guy any more serious news coverage? Coverage of this guy needs to come primarily from The Daily Show and The Beaverton.
And people called him a pacifist, lol
- It’s based on the track record of actual actions because Trump has little self-control when speaking. 4 years of Trump was less bloody in terms of US interventionism than under Biden and that’s a fact. I wouldn’t use it as a predictor of future behaviour though because the man is a whacko and it’s hard to tell how much influence military industrial complex will have over him this time.
  
  LOL
The EU has a harder defense Clause than the NATO. The Member States must do everything possible to Support the attacked state
- Greenland isn't part of the EU though.
  
  I think Greenland is part of Denmark, which is a member state
I thought the era of relative peace within the West would last longer. Renaissance of gunboat diplomacy and proper colonial wars weren't on my bingo card for this decade.
Not a war hawk at all and definitely putting America first. /s
TBH: We kind of know that Trump has dementia. He is babbling incoherent stuff since years and the media should stop repeating everything
- They should get VP Vance to countersign millitary commands to make sure that is their actual political will and not just Trump's dementia.
It's almost refreshing when they give the actual reasoning for a dumbass war that will benefit no one - Cause I wanna - Instead of inventing WMDs and "spreading the seeds of democracy"
Not a news.

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