"Let me be absolutely clear about what you just read: The President of the #UnitedStates is explicitly stating that because he didnât receive an award he wanted, he âno longer feel[s] an obligation to think purely of Peaceâ and is therefore justified in threatening to forcibly take territory from a #NATO ally.
This is the stated reasoning. From the President. In writing. To a foreign head of state."
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Everyone Knows Our Mad Kingâs Greenland Obsession Is Insane. Why Wonât Congress Stop It?
by Mike Masnick
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Trump sent a text message to Norwayâs Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre... And I genuinely need you to read this, because summarizing it doesnât do justice to how absolutely deranged it is:
Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a âright of ownershipâ anyway? There are no written documents, itâs only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT
Let me be absolutely clear about what you just read: The President of the United States is explicitly stating that because he didnât receive an award he wanted, he âno longer feel[s] an obligation to think purely of Peaceâ and is therefore justified in threatening to forcibly take territory from a NATO ally.
This is the stated reasoning. From the President. In writing. To a foreign head of state.](https://plantroon.com/photo/preview/640/828586 "Headline and text(edited for length):
Everyone Knows Our Mad Kingâs Greenland Obsession Is Insane. Why Wonât Congress Stop It?
by Mike Masnick
...
Trump sent a text message to Norwayâs Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre... And I genuinely need you to read this, because summarizing it doesnât do justice to how absolutely deranged it is:
Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a âright of ownershipâ anyway? There are no written documents, itâs only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT
Let me be absolutely clear about what you just read: The President of the United States is explicitly stating that because he didnât receive an award he wanted, he âno longer feel[s] an obligation to think purely of Peaceâ and is therefore justified in threatening to forcibly take territory from a NATO ally.
This is the stated reasoning. From the President. In writing. To a foreign head of state.")
Everyone Knows Our Mad Kingâs Greenland Obsession Is Insane. Why Wonât Congress Stop It?
Look, I know weâve all gotten somewhat numb to the constant stream of unhinged pronouncements from the White House. At some point, the brain develops defense mechanisms. But every now and theâŚTechdirt
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in reply to Zhi Zhu đ¸ď¸ • • •"I want to focus on a few layers of #insanity here, because they compound on each other in ways that should be making every American deeply uncomfortable.
First: #Trump is yelling at the wrong country about the wrong thing.
The #NobelPeacePrize is not awarded by the Norwegian government. It is awarded by an independent five-member committee chosen by Norwayâs parliament...
Also, #Greenland is a territory of #Denmark. Denmark, notably, is not #Norway."
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TechdirtZhi Zhu đ¸ď¸
in reply to Zhi Zhu đ¸ď¸ • • •"Second: Heâs openly admitting his #Greenland obsession has nothing to do with national #security.
... #Trump, in his own words, saying the quiet part extremely loud: the real reason is that his feelings got hurt over a prize...
Third: âThere are no written documentsâ is weapons-grade historical illiteracy.
...There are, in fact, extensive written documents, including treaties that the #UnitedStates itself has signed"
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Everyone Knows Our Mad Kingâs Greenland Obsession Is Insane. Why Wonât Congress Stop It?
TechdirtZhi Zhu đ¸ď¸
in reply to Zhi Zhu đ¸ď¸ • • •"Fourth: Heâs threatening to invade a country because he didnât get a Peace Prize.
Like, what the fuck are we even doing here?
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Fifth: This is #25thAmendment territory, & everyone knows it.
...When the President openly states that his bellicose foreign policy is being driven by a grudge over not receiving a #peace prizeâand that this grudge means he no longer feels obligated to pursue peaceâwe are describing someone whose judgment is fundamentally compromised."
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in reply to Zhi Zhu đ¸ď¸ • • •"But hereâs whatâs actually happening: basically everyone in a position to do something about this is pretending everything is fine.
The normalization machine is working overtime.
... A decade ago, as a political rival, Ted Cruz once warned that weâd wake up one day to find a President Trump had nuked #Denmark. And yet now heâs actively supporting Trumpâs lunacy."
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Everyone Knows Our Mad Kingâs Greenland Obsession Is Insane. Why Wonât Congress Stop It?
TechdirtZhi Zhu đ¸ď¸
in reply to Zhi Zhu đ¸ď¸ • • •"The President wonât rule out military action against #NATO allies because he didnât get a peace prize.
đ Because he didnât get a *peace* prize. Peace. Prize.đ
... We are watching in real-time as the post-World War II international order that the #UnitedStates built and led for 80 years crumbles because one manâs ego couldnât handle not getting an award."
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Everyone Knows Our Mad Kingâs Greenland Obsession Is Insane. Why Wonât Congress Stop It?
TechdirtNicole Parsons
in reply to Zhi Zhu đ¸ď¸ • • •Trump's bruised ego isn't the only reason.
The richest people on the planet fund Trump's fascist movement for the same reasons aristocrats & industrialists funded Hitler.
They hate any democracy that taxes them.
They hate anything that threatens their obsessive hoarding of wealth.
Target The Moneyed funding fascism.
Accelerating a fossil fuel phase out robs these folks of the money frying the planet & ending democracy.
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