Anyone else suspicious of the GOPs hyperfocus on Greenland the last 24 hours?

[crimycarny]

Last edited Fri Mar 28, 2025, 09:35 PM - Edit history (1)

I'm seeing what appears to be a very coordinated attempt to get everyone talking about Greenland in the hopes Signal-gate will go on the back burner. Trump and the GOP have talked about Greenland in dribs and drabs, but all of a sudden, the rhetoric has really ramped up, almost frantically so.

A news article on CBSNews today reported that Israel is super pissed about the Signal-gate as it put one of their operatives at risk. In the article, there was this snippet:

"CBS News reported Thursday that President Trump has been privately venting his irritation about the Signal chat leak and is closely monitoring the news to see if the fallout quiets down, according to sources familiar with the matter." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israeli-officials-signal-texts-exposed-intelligence-sources-say/

I think Trump is instructing Vance and other GOP operatives to go out and make statements about the US taking over Greenland, and to make them as offensive as possible, to try and get everyone talking about that. It's all the GOP is talking about today, which is what makes me suspect it's another attempt to distract.

I think that it might backfire as Signal-gate is too big to let go of. Now he's just adding Greenland as a cherry on top.

Edited to Note: The coverage is not just due to JD Vance visiting Greenland. JD Vance didn't announce he was going to Greenland with his wife until AFTER Signal-gate. I think this is on purpose. I think what was initially going to be a low-key visit got ramped up for maximum exposure and distraction from Signal-gate.

[OrlandoDem2]

1. Signal will be on the Sunday shows.

[JanMichael]

2. Squirrel

[Diraven]

3. Exactly

This was never a serious thing. Pure baffle them with BS.

[delisen]

4. Great Observation on your part. Thank you. nt

[Arazi]

5. A US delegation visited Greenland today. Of course it's in the news

[crimycarny]

6. No, it's more than that

If the coverage were limited to JD Vance, then you could perhaps say it's just because Vance is visiting Greenland today. But the number of GOP mouthpieces going on every far-right news media channel today, with coordinated comments meant to be over the top and repulsive, speaks to a different motivation.

Trump is doing his firehouse approach to distract the media's focus on Signal-gate, but I honestly don't think it will work. Signal-gate isn't going away any time soon. Too much juicy meat still left on the Signal-gate story for the media to let go of that bone .

[RandomNumbers]

7. Yeah that, and turning worm-brain loose to destroy HHS

as well as several other news stories that came out today.

"BURY IT" he screamed ...

[CoopersDad]

8. Greenland is estimated to have some of the world's largest untapped oil and gas resources.

I think this might be what's going on.

AND, with climate change extraction will be easier as the ice caps disappear.

[crimycarny]

9. I understand Trump's desire for Greenland

However, I find the ramping up of rhetoric and timing a bit over the top if that is Trump's objective.

Initially, there was a sort of low-key approach with the 2nd lady taking a visit. Once Signal-gate hit, all of a sudden the visit got far more high profile with JD Vance deciding to go along, even though it was widely reported Greenland was already upset about the 2nd lady's visit. I remember thinking, "Why in the world would JD Vance want to escalate an already tense situation?"

That's when the timing hit me: JD Vance didn't announce he was visiting until after Signal-gate erupted. Trump had to know that taking over Greenland was a pipe dream, so who cares if he has to blow up any slim-to-none chance of that happening? If it helps distract from Signal-gate, it's worth it to him.

I think Trump still wants Greenland, that hasn't changed, I just think he's purposely inflaming the situation as a useful distraction. If Signal-gate hadn't happened, the visit would have remained low-key. Trump would have continued on his quest for Greenland, no doubt, but not in this over-the-top manner.

[John1956PA]

10. Putin is pulling the strings. It is the plan to divide the resources and other benefits between the U.S. and Russia.

However, the U.S. would have rights in name only. Russia would get most of the benefits in an under-the-table deal.