Fake news, still lying..by omission..

[ironglow]

  A reporter asks pres Trump if he would rule out taking Greenland by military or political means.  The president says he would not rule such out.
  So, fake news infers that he is planning to militarily take over Greenland by force.

    Trump is smart, keeping other national leaders wondering.  We don't know for sure if when he says he wouldn't rule it out...was he talking about
   military moves, political moves, or both?

  ..But of course, FN (fake news) has their own take.   https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/politics/trump-greenland-canada-panama-analysis/index.html

    Note; FN doesn't even address a political acquisition..

[DDZ]

Charlie Kirk at Greenland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZmtF5Akf3E

[darkgael]

“Keeping other national leaders wondering”
Why is that a good idea?

[Bob Riebe]

“Keeping other national leaders wondering”
Why is that a good idea?

It is FAR, FAR preferable to dropping your pants and squatting when they say crap as Obama and Biden did.

Although empty headed political babble that Bush used was not any better.

It keeps them wondering if any self-serving street hustler  type scam they want to use, proper polite political BS speak,  will bite them in the buttocks.
Putin knew what Biden would do if he invaded, because of Biden's moronic statements.
As much annoying as the Billions we have given the Ukrains leader is, that is the only thing that turned Putins gamble into a pathetic failure.

[ironglow]

“Keeping other national leaders wondering”
Why is that a good idea?

   Elementary..  Leaders of such groups as Hamas, Hezbollah and even nations such as Iran, Yemen, Oman and others, do not know just how far
   President Trump will go if they don't respond correctly.

  These entities don't respect the kind of weakness Biden, Obama and Carter have demonstrated..but they DO respect strength and determination.

  Do you know how much misery he may place on them, and what form that misery will come in ? 

  THE ART OF THE DEAL...he wrote the book on it, and we have seen some remarkable results !

  So, keeping the mystery going, gives him leverage.  He may blast them and he may not.... that brings them to the table..

  An example in nature...

  Experienced game wardens in Africa, say that most elephant charges are just fake...but now and then, the elephant follows through..

  ..But even the mock charge is enough to absolutely get the hunter's firm attention... and he may have to change his britches later..

    (36 second video)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXFaMkin7ZU

 

       

[darkgael]

Thank you both.

[GTS225]

I have serious reservations concerning this "acquiring" Greenland, Canada, or even the canal.

First is Greenland.  What do we "need" Greenland for?  I don't see how it's a strategic land mass, and this suggestion of stripping it's minerals just hits a raw spot.  And if we use military action, how is that any different than Putin going after Ukraine?  Greenland is a possession of Denmark, and this whole idea is suggesting that we'll be declaring war on Denmark?  I THINK NOT!!  If we don't honor the sovereignty of other nations, how are we to expect other nations to honor our sovereignty?

The same goes for Canada.  Honor their independence and sovereignty, and leave them alone.  If "we" want a "northwest passage", BUY the right-of-way, don't try to take it.

As for the canal, I can see some of the logic, BUT........if we go back on our own treaties, how can ANYONE have any trust in the U.S. at all, at any time?  OK....maybe China is influencing goings-on in Panama, but to "take" the canal, by any means, is again, just as bad as Putin's actions against Ukraine.  The better solution is to STOP BUYING CHINA'S CRAP!  They'll no longer have much need for the canal, and maybe some of that industry will come back home and generate needed jobs FOR AMERICANS.  Besides, it would be terrible business for Panama to even allow us to have it back......they would be extremely foolish to let go of that cash cow.

I'm starting to have "buyer's remorse" over some of this, as his verbal actions are leaning just a bit extreme.  We have (collectively) berated other counties for hostile actions against their neighbors, and even their not-so-neighbors.....how about we live by our own words and tactics?

Roger