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[–] [email protected] 137 points 4 days ago (20 children)

He just announced foreign vehicle tariffs and there is a huge scandal brewing around the Signal thing. If the media stays on the Signal leak it could become a Watergate-sized problem.

So, Trump hit the "distract them with Greenland" button. He couldn't use the "distract them with Canada is a state" button again, he used that one for the Social Security thing last week.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago (13 children)

I think it’s really dangerous to keep dismissing the Greenland talk as a distraction. We have learned the lesson dozens of times before not to dismiss anything he says because it’s just “crazy talk.”

Taking control of Greenland and Canada would give a US-Russian alliance complete control over the Arctic circle, which has been a tactical goal of Putin’s for decades.

The day could come very soon when the US will take military action against Europe on behalf of Russian interests, and the rest of the world should take it seriously and prepare.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Believe me, I see the danger. I harbor no illusions that they wouldn't go that far or that it's just a distraction. Nothing is just a distraction, everything they say is an admission. I guess my point was Americans need to keep their eyes on this Signal thing because of how it could blow up but Trump knows how to distract so this week it's Greenland, and next time it will be Canada again. When they have the power and the courts are nutted, then it won't be a distraction but an action.

If they push this signal thing it just might crack. Then maybe set them back a few months or a year. Then we can have the midterms and maybe just maybe get a handle on some of this shit.

I have had 4 double shots of espresso since lunch so I am rambling lol good luck homie everyone is going to need it.

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