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Donald Trump has a lot of odd fixations, both as a person and as a president. He tends to focus his tunnel vision on things he wants: the demolishing of the White House’s East Wing, the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico. Many of Trump’s quirks are harmless, if unpleasant. (He seems to hate dogs, for example, but no one is forcing him to adopt one.) Some of his ideas, however, are more destructive: His stubborn and ill-informed attachment to tariffs has brought about considerable disorder in the international economy and hurt many of the American industries they were supposed to protect.

But a few of Trump’s obsessions are extraordinarily dangerous, and likely none more so than his determination to seize Greenland from Denmark, a country allied to the United States for more than two centuries. Perhaps because he does not understand how the Mercator projection distorts size on a map, the president thinks that Greenland is “massive” and that it must become part of the United States. If Trump makes good on his recurring threat to use force to gain the island, he would not only blow apart America’s most important alliance; he could set in motion a series of events that could lead to global catastrophe—or even to World War III.

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[–] Ancalagon@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago

So many words when you could just say the Russian agent is completely destroying America from within as planned. More @ 11

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-destroy-america-russian-propaganda-1826734

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 25 points 2 weeks ago

trump is a global catastrophe... the epitome of a catastrophe. Also, someone needs to finally explain to the pedophile what asylum is...

This guy is so fucking stupid. He is the embodiment of his voters... dumbfucking brainwashed morons.

[–] banause@feddit.org 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

No way?! We could even, bear with me here, call that "catastrophe" a World War? 🤯

[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sometimes I wonder if the whole wanting Greenland and Canada obsession is because they know the planet is fucked in the future due to climate change and they want to get as far north as possible.

It's mostly for the rare earth minerals though, but what about those Epstein files?

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 16 points 2 weeks ago

It's a wild guess if the northern areas will even be habitable once the ice has melted. Russia's permafrost is also melting and their areas are turning into methane swamps where it's impossible to build anything.

But of course Greenland and Canada will magically turn into palm beach resorts with scuba diving, right?

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Tell me something I don't know.

[–] CaliforniaSober@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS RISKING GLOBAL CATASTROPHE PROPPING UP TRUMP.

They are the only reason we are in this place. Trump only gets to do this because republicans like Josh Hawley fold and give him the power.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's the US. You are all responsible.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Oh thats terrible. Which one?

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago

We have been in a global catastrophe for decades in case you didn't notice.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

He doesnt care what the world thinks. We get to thank the almighty american voters for the shitstorm we find ourselves in.

Thanks assholes!