on January 20, 2026, 12:08:41, in reply to "I also find the Greenland thing a bit dumb"
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Not that we want it, but how he is going about it.
Of course, we have no idea what has and is happening in back rooms. The face of what the media sees is likely only a glimpse of what is actually happening. So I can dislike the rhetoric and discourse going on around it, and still understand why we have any interest in it at all.
Part of me wonders if this is Trump forcing the EU to step up their military spend so that the US can reduce theirs. Asking nicely hasn't gotten us very far.
I've been pretty vocal about our debt/deficit being my largest concern, and without addressing the military budget in conjunction with SS/Medicare/Medicaid reforms, I don't see how we ever get a handle on the budget.
Maybe it's 4D chess, and maybe it's just him saying that Greenland has vast rare earth deposits that will be needed in the future that either need to be defended, or incorporated. Hey EU, Pick a path, you can't just sit on the sidelines. Previous Message
Why are we fighting with allies over something unimportant? What makes him think he can just buy it on his own? Where is the ROI analysis? Where is Congress? We are massively in debt and with huge negative cash flow as a federal government.
Why can't we get what we're interested in - whatever that is - via routine agreements, like we do with military bases?
Here's the intro to today's WSJ story:
President Trump amped up his rhetoric on his plans for Greenland in a series of social-media posts, saying the U.S. was the only country that can ensure peace and prompting terse exchanges between U.S. and European officials.
The posts follow days of escalating tensions over the territory, with Trump having launched a series of tariff threats in an effort to pressure Europe to drop its opposition to a U.S. takeover.
Why??? What is this "ensure peace" he is talking about? What's the threat? Why would that be our responsibility?
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