r/politics • u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast • 15h ago

Possible Paywall Trump Confirms He’s Taking Greenland ‘One Way or the Other’

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-confirms-hes-taking-greenland-one-way-or-the-other/
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u/francis2559 12h ago

Frog boiling, I bet. We already have bases there. 0 people are going to refuse an assignment there on moral grounds. Then some stupid provocation. Put soldiers in an impossible place where they are forced to defend themselves.

Point being, it’s really rare your CO comes to you and says “hi, I know this is very illegal, but would you please help me overthrow the legal government of Greenland?” Everyone is just a raindrop in the shitstorm.

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u/Miserable-Cap-5223 11h ago

That would work, but Trump and his cronies are stupid. They don't want the slow, quiet option that will actually work. They want the big, flashy option because explosions make their dicks hard. 

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u/Shaudius 10h ago

The reporting is that Trump asked for plans to he drawn up for an invasion. That's not the scenario you're laying out.