The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Donald Trump 'orders US army chiefs to draw up plan to invade Greenland'

Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, The Mail on Sunday has learned.

Sources say that the policy 'hawks' around the US President, led by political adviser Stephen Miller, have been so emboldened by the success of the operation to capture Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro that they want to move quickly to seize the island before Russia or China makes a move.

British diplomats believe that Trump is also motivated by a desire to distract American voters from the performance of the US economy before the mid-term elections later this year, after which he could lose control of Congress to the Democrats.

But such a dramatic move would put him at odds with Sir Keir Starmer and would effectively lead to the collapse of Nato.

According to the sources, the President has asked the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) to prepare the invasion plan, but it is being resisted by the joint chiefs of staff on the grounds that it would be illegal - and would not be supported by Congress.

One source said: 'They have tried to distract Trump by talking about less controversial measures, such as intercepting Russian 'ghost' ships - a clandestine network of hundreds of vessels operated by Moscow to evade Western sanctions - or launching a strike on Iran.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...ident.html

Trump has said one of the reasons that Russia making a move on Greenland is bad is that 'we don't want Russia for a neighbor'. Someone should get him a map.

If NATO collapses or even continues without the US, it's not going to 'distract American voters from the performance of the US economy'. It's going to tank the US economy in such a way that Trump's tweet-storms to the contrary aren't going to fool even his most ardent supporters.

Boru

[The Grand Nudger]

It's a trade his most ardent supporters have always been willing to make.

[Angrboda]

We've been in Greenland for decades now, and generally do what we want there anyway. There's an off odor to this push, like someone's a puppet dancing on another's strings. Let's hear from our reporter in Moscow.

I think it's all about legacy. Just like his ballroom and the Kennedy Center, he wants a big legacy. His entire career has been about promoting his brand rather than substantive things.

[Alan V]

We've been in Greenland for decades now, and generally do what we want there anyway. There's an off odor to this push, like someone's a puppet dancing on another's strings. Let's hear from our reporter in Moscow.

I think it's all about legacy.  Just like his ballroom and the Kennedy Center, he wants a big legacy.  His entire career has been about promoting his brand rather than substantive things.

Yes, Trump is highly motivated by self-aggrandizement.  Nevertheless, the Kennedy Center will most likely have his name stripped off after he is gone, and the U.S. would likely give back Greenland if he took it.

Trump reminds me of certain managers I worked under during my professional career.  They would make changes to our systems without understanding why they were that way to begin with, just to make their marks.  In that sense, Trump is both self-motivated and self-destructive.  He may yet be impeached a third time if Democrats win back the House in the midterms.

[Nanny]

Two things the stable genius said recently:

"We don't want to have Russia as a neighbor"

"Just because Denmark landed a boat on Greenland 500 years ago doesn't mean they own the place"

Welcome to banana land

[Fake Messiah]

Trump’s New Message To America: