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Marcuse

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52. SLAVA GREENLAND!
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 05:46 PM
Mar 27
This is not stopping Trump, who separately told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday that the U.S. “will go as far as we have to go” to get control of Greenland.


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I'm willing to impeach Chump and remove him from office FakeNoose Mar 27 #1
How about dropping him, from 70,000' DENVERPOPS Mar 27 #65
parachute? n/t BaronChocula Mar 27 #73
100% optional on that parachute... (n/t) Moostache Mar 27 #76
Nope DENVERPOPS Mar 27 #93
Jumping to a ... alimbalt Friday #139
Wish he would visit the inside of an active volcano... Like he could just DROP in to say HI. Trueblue1968 Mar 27 #100
... ruet Mar 27 #2
He wants it mostly because it looks so big on a Mercator projection map PSPS Mar 27 #3
He can't wait to rename it "Trumpland" FakeNoose Mar 27 #17
See? He has the highest number! Best in class! erronis Mar 27 #26
And he has a matching IQ to boot! GreenWave Mar 27 #51
Heehee. And his new number 47 has to be even worst. brush Friday #120
Yes, now he's the TWO worst presidents in the US History FakeNoose Friday #135
LOL! Stonealone Mar 27 #47
Where the f is George W. Bush on that list? RazorbackExpat Mar 27 #97
Where are both Bush's and Reagan? This is the best thinking of "experts"? LT Barclay Mar 27 #105
John Tyler was a full on traitor. He was a member of the confederate House of Representatives. Lucky Luciano Friday #119
Green $$$ land. BattleRow Mar 27 #29
LOL electric_blue68 Mar 27 #75
He's jealous because Putin has such a big land area on the map OnionPatch Mar 27 #86
He wants it... JPK Mar 27 #101
All anybody needs to know about this bastard is two words: calimary Friday #116
Greenland, a current territory of Denmark needs to get the troops ready. wcmagumba Mar 27 #4
I hope he's sending his Jan6 mob. I don't want to pay for this stupidity mdbl Mar 27 #6
I wouldn't wish that on anyone! Nt Hope22 Mar 27 #34
They aren't a bright bunch mdbl Friday #131
I see that coming if he continues this nonsense Bayard Mar 27 #8
Nobody on earth benefits from another world war. ananda Mar 27 #22
There are too many people BidenRocks Mar 27 #109
Should be a force of all European nations. harun Mar 27 #16
Before invading he will try the Art of the Deal. thought crime Mar 27 #40
Thanks.. the only chuckle I got from this whole thread mountain grammy Mar 27 #59
45,000 Greenlanders X $10 million VMA131Marine Mar 27 #92
And no crypto! BadgerMom Friday #112
The 34-times convicted felon (unanimously by a Jury) does not pay his bills Justice matters. Friday #114
Indeed -- for all the talk of how Greenlanders feel about this, EarlG Mar 27 #53
The NATO members, (less the U.S.) DENVERPOPS Mar 27 #68
TY so much for this, EarlG. I have been thinking Cha Mar 27 #70
He could literally precipitate WW3. Humanity doesn't need that. WheelWalker Mar 27 #106
Right wingers will impeach him if our Baitball Blogger Mar 27 #5
I wish I had your faith. Scrivener7 Mar 27 #9
No, they won't. maxsolomon Mar 27 #10
Nope.. Because shared hate is more important than anything. LiberalArkie Mar 27 #14
I'm assuming he also wants it to Captain Zero Mar 27 #33
Just like they impeached GW Bush for sacrificing thousands of servicemen Martin Eden Friday #125
GW Bush indeed escaped legal justice for that. Baitball Blogger Friday #132
Every time I see a commercial featuring horribly maimed veterans, pleading for money Martin Eden Friday #133
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Probably. That South African white supremacist thinks that he should control it all. SharonAnn Mar 27 #28
Freedomland thought crime Mar 27 #45
Freedonia, it's been run by idiots before, might as well these idiots too. dem4decades Mar 27 #62
"Are you like a crazy person?" (SARCASM at Trump) /nt artemisia1 Mar 27 #12
Nope. Won't happen. twodogsbarking Mar 27 #13
I often get fooled thinking The Borowitz Report is real reporting until I glance a the source. Torchlight Mar 27 #15
The Goodbye Look thought crime Mar 27 #64
For a quick second I was thinking the op was the onion and was going to have a chuckle--then riversedge Mar 27 #90
That would start... Chi67 Mar 27 #18
..if the motherfucker were to view.. thomski64 Mar 27 #57
No. In fact, he sees Putin as a HUGE threat johnnyfins Mar 27 #60
No it won't Polybius Friday #122
Somehow he thinks that he needs it MuseRider Mar 27 #19
He sees something he wants, he just pops a couple TicTacs and grabs it. tanyev Mar 27 #72
Exactly, that is all it takes. MuseRider Mar 27 #98
He should be fucking overthrown for saying this shit out loud. It's happened to more competent dictators for much less. Karasu Mar 27 #20
..saying ridiculous shit, constantly.. thomski64 Mar 27 #61
That's how his reptilian brain works. "I want it." "I'll grab it by the pussy." "They let me do it." erronis Mar 27 #21
This is basically the same as Lex Luthor's idea Don1 Mar 27 #23
Greenlanders: "Thanks for asking, but are you fucking kidding me?". EarnestPutz Mar 27 #24
this "we need it, we have to have it bullshit" sounds like a tag line from an old food commercial orleans Mar 27 #25
ALso sounds like classic addiction talk. Amaryllis Mar 27 #36
The world is so bad right now? But, i thought Donald was good friends with Vlad and Kim. txwhitedove Mar 27 #27
If I was 20 instead of 68 I'd volunteer for Greenland... wcmagumba Mar 27 #30
Trump needs a new home in an insane asylum. It's definitely A 25 time. flashman13 Mar 27 #31
I''m not so sure they wouldn't. Many of the analyses I've seen on that scenario suggest you'd have an intramilitary Karasu Mar 27 #41
In that Bible of yours, JD... heckles65 Mar 27 #32
He's threatening a NATO ally with unprovoked aggression, so yes it's 25 Amendment time. Uncle Joe Mar 27 #35
"We need it. We have to have it!"-the chant of every four-year-old who has never been told "no". Midnight Writer Mar 27 #37
End of the EU? Angrboda Mar 27 #38
Are you sure? Little is so compelling as having a common enemy. n/t NH Ethylene Mar 27 #89
greenland should kick all us troops out moonshinegnomie Mar 27 #39
Yep. They should bar this JD Vance clown troupe from entering the country at all. Karasu Mar 27 #43
or even better,arrest him moonshinegnomie Mar 27 #50
As nice as that would be, Trump would definitely use it as an excuse to attack/invade. But I really don't understand why Karasu Mar 27 #63
Trump would love that Polybius Friday #123
The Phat man says coprolite Mar 27 #42
I think there are too many numbers in that last sentence. niyad Mar 27 #44
This smells of a usual Trump move... Pesky1 Mar 27 #46
Big talk from the little man....trying to deflect from signalgate PortTack Mar 27 #48
Trump was always a fucking psychopath, now he's completely lost touch with reality. sop Mar 27 #49
SLAVA GREENLAND! Marcuse Mar 27 #52
I'm with Greenland. C_U_L8R Mar 27 #54
Oust this nutcase already! AllyCat Mar 27 #55
WTF does that mean invasion sanctions///// Historic NY Mar 27 #56
Some military people that have his ear have convinced him that this is necessary. He has no idea what he is doing beyon Evolve Dammit Mar 27 #58
More like Musk and Thiel. Karasu Mar 27 #96
I was just thinking about why this is an obsession and remembered that there is still a lot of pushing and shoving LT Barclay Friday #118
yes indeed now that shipping channels can be open more or less year round. Lotsa oil too. What could go wrong? Evolve Dammit Friday #136
How long until we send troops in? KatyaR Mar 27 #66
Maybe he should take a long walk on a short pier to show how determined he is! GreenWave Mar 27 #67
Hey, the thought just occurred to me that Orange Julius Caesar's major jonesing for Greenland generalbetrayus Mar 27 #69
Fuck this shit. Paladin Mar 27 #71
Prezzidint Shit-For-Brains... GiqueCee Mar 27 #74
For now. It will be melting. Marcuse Mar 27 #82
True... GiqueCee Friday #129
I guess it's that mineral(?) whatever stillcool Mar 27 #77
So if he thinks he needs it so badly, defacto7 Mar 27 #78
When he breaks the NATO Treaty that is the law of the land, the US Military should refuse all orders. ancianita Mar 27 #79
Canada and Denmark could invoke Article 5. Marcuse Mar 27 #85
Yep. 31 militaries against this one. ancianita Mar 27 #88
They absolutely should if he fucking tries. Karasu Mar 27 #95
I hate to put it this way, but we're going to have to have this guy committed to a facility for the criminally insane Blues Heron Mar 27 #80
Like St. Helena? WheelWalker Mar 27 #103
Weasel words. "I don't think they're un-eager." louis-t Mar 27 #81
That made-up word stumped me too! BumRushDaShow Mar 27 #83
I don't think Finland or Sweden will attack us. louis-t Mar 27 #84
Sounds like something he'd say about a woman he raped Hekate Mar 27 #111
"To Acquire Greenland", "to get control of the island"... and then what? Make them a state? Norrrm Mar 27 #87
People have been treating this as a joke, but someone needs to stop him (looking at you, Congress) NH Ethylene Mar 27 #91
Why did I think of this: Marthe48 Mar 27 #94
This is incredibly apropos, that's why. I've just shared it with 3 other people. SMH Hekate Friday #113
This is crazy. Figarosmom Mar 27 #99
We don't "have to aquire" anything. If the US needs more space for military bases on Greenland, Jack Valentino Mar 27 #102
Naksarlugu! Taikkua maligarnik uqallaktiujut uvattinniimmata. dobleremolque Mar 27 #104
Americans will go as far as we have to go to defend NATO, traitor. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 27 #107
Give it up, orange shit-head. calimary Mar 27 #108
I'm willing to go as far as I have to remove these fucking maniacs from power. Initech Mar 27 #110
We are agreed that he is nuttier than squirrel poop, right? Hekate Friday #115
Twice impeached convicted felon IronLionZion Friday #117
How many GOP Congress members and Senators to we need to barbeque to stop this????? Ford_Prefect Friday #121
If this isn't Borowitz HarryM Friday #124
Trump's statement is a declaration of war. Greenland and Denmark made it clear they don't want to hand land to MAGA Doodley Friday #126
But then ONLY Congress can formally "declare War" BumRushDaShow Friday #128
'Go As Far As We Have To Go' Aussie105 Friday #127
Stick'em up! no_hypocrisy Friday #130
This is why you don't put psychopaths in the President's chair. travelingthrulife Friday #134
I expect that someone will "go as far as they have to" in order to stop him. Oopsie Daisy Friday #137
One sick metal case who should be removed by the Constitution Article 25. Bengus81 Friday #138
Coming soon: "Elon! Buy me Greenland!" intrepidity Friday #140
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