- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
- world@quokk.au
- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
- world@quokk.au
Summary
Trump stated the U.S. will “go as far as we have to go” to gain control of Greenland, citing national and international security needs.
JD Vance will visit Greenland’s Pituffik military base, scaling back a broader visit amid backlash from Greenland and Denmark.
Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute Egede condemned the move as “aggressive pressure” and insisted that “Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders.”
Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in acquiring Greenland, asserting that U.S. control is essential for security.
Trying to rationalize anything on his agenda is just going to drive you nuts.
Yes and no. It drives me nuts that it is happening, but all the reasons are there in plain sight. Putin is orchestrating the downfall of the US with Trump/MAGA and the oligarchs, like rabid dogs, will gobble up the pieces.
Did Putin also have Trump give weapons to the Ukrainians and have Trump train Nazi Ukrainian troops during his last administration?
If you remember, he tried not to by hinging it on a bogus investigation into Berisma and he also discontinued all support later after presumably discarding Zelenskyy since he had nothing more to give the admin politically in an era of ally abandonment. Notably, all of this abandonment is good for Putin.
It’s arguable that Trump isn’t so much an ally of Putin, but someone hoping to benefit from him as an attack dog to leverage power with our actual allies, but it’s been shown time and time again that Trump does not have either the ability or the will to reign in Putin, so the end result is virtually identical to treating him as an ally – except the added national embarassment of inconsistent messaging.
The alternative is that Trump is reigning him in, but it’s through personal favors that we may never know about. This is the entire Russiagate justification.
You are referring to something that happened in 2019, however Trump approved of two major arms sales to Ukraine during his last presidency prior to 2019. The latter sale in spring 2018 even included Javelin anti-tank missiles. Even the Obama administration refused to conduct such action against Putin.
One of the reasons that Trump is having America betray Ukraine is because yes, Zelenskyy raised objections to Trump’s ask for help in finding dirt on Biden, and Trump was then impeached. Trump now has personal hatred for Zelenskyy which was worsened after that massive fuck up that was Zelenskyy’s visit to the White House.
It indeed is.
Inconsistent messaging is consistent with the Trump administration, no? But yes, Trump is ditching the tradition allies of America in favor of countries such as Orban’s Hungary and Putin’s Russia.
I do not believe that Trump is a puppet of Putin nor a Russian agent but yes, he benefits Russia.
In the end, the number 1 priority for Trump is… Trump.
He does not care about Ukraine nor does he care about Russia nor does he care about peace nor does he care about the American people but instead, cares about himself and his wallet.