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President Trump’s bellicose demands about Greenland and participation in his “board of peace” are deepening worries about the fate of the trans-Atlantic alliance.

President Trump on Tuesday escalated tensions with the United States’ longest allies, meeting diplomatic overtures with mocking online posts and threats of economic levies and territorial expansion, just hours before he was set to meet with European counterparts in the Swiss Alps.

Mr. Trump warned that he would impose a new round of tariffs against European nations unless they acquiesced to his demands that the United States take over Greenland. He invited President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, who European leaders have sought to isolate to counter his invasion of Ukraine, to join his new “board of peace” to reconstruct Gaza. He shared a post on social media that claimed China and Russia were simply “boogeymen” and that the United Nations and NATO were “the real threat.”

The president even posted the private text messages of European leaders trying to strike conciliatory notes, and shared a computer-generated image of himself planting a flag on Greenland. “GREENLAND, US TERRITORY, EST. 2026,” read a wooden placard in the image.

And when asked how far he was willing to go to acquire Greenland, Mr. Trump told reporters at the White House: “You’ll find out.”

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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 45 points 1 month ago

He shared a post on social media that claimed China and Russia were simply “boogeymen” and that the United Nations and NATO were “the real threat.”

It's Trump secretly a hexbear poster?

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can't somebody just.. nudge him down some stairs or something?

[–] kingofras@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Watch out. Lemmy policy means you can’t say mean violent things about orange pedophiles. At least not while he’s still busy evading justice and committing more crimes and murdering us citizens and Venezuelan fishermen.

[–] hesh@quokk.au 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] kingofras@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The fine print in the footer of the website and a bunch of mods with an overdeveloped moral compass, who don’t seem to understand that in war time, you kill your enemy, you don’t negotiate.

[–] feannag@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

I think their point is that it might be against Lemmy.world's policies, but not Lemmy as a whole due to its federation.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Republicans could stop this any time. Impeachment exists. But they won't. How anyone could support a Republican boggles my fucking mind.

[–] kingofras@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] West_of_West@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think you got it backwards, the Epstein files distract from him actually dismantling the world order.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This motherfucker could be shoving your mom into an oven and you'd be like "but what about the Epstein files?!?!"

We are literally days from an actual war between the US and Europe dumbass.

[–] Rhoeri@piefed.world 11 points 1 month ago

Every time I see “Board of Peace” I picture it written in marker on a cardboard fort with several letters spelled backwards- right next to a “no girls allowed” sign.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Michael Scott would make a better President than the orange fascist buffoon.

Absolutely agree

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago

the files must be pretty severe if he has do something as drastic, also taking orders from vladmir.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

American storm troopers are going to be marching through Copanhagen and all in going to see on my social media will be "Small hands Cheeto sucks Putin dick"

[–] DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 4 points 1 month ago

Or ‘This is just a distraction from the Epstein files!’