TRUMP 2.0 - The foreplay ends. The journey begins.

Discussion in 'Politics' started by TreeFrogTrader, Nov 7, 2024.

  1. Less healthy than Biden? What!?
     
    #431     Jan 10, 2025
  2. Mercor

    Mercor

    Interesting that this sentence has now been completed by Trump
    Trump is not a felon, He is an EX-FELON...A citizen in good standing
     
    #432     Jan 10, 2025
  3. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Trump is a "Convicted Felon".
     
    #433     Jan 10, 2025
  4. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading


    So Russia is using their asset Trump to divide NATO and seize Greenland. Yeah, we get it.


    Russia Once Floated Greenland Invasion in Fake Letter to Trump Ally
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...sion-in-fake-letter-to-trump-ally/ar-BB1rn1Ad

    Russia once floated the idea of the U.S. acquiring Greenland in a forged fundraising letter sent to Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton nearly five years ago, according to Danish intelligence.

    Newsweek contacted the Kremlin and the Trump-Vance transition team for comment by email on Monday.

    Why It Matters
    The accusations resurfaced on social media over the weekend, days before Trump's inauguration on January 20. In the last few weeks, Trump has renewed his interest in the U.S. acquiring Greenland, a semi-autonomous island that is part of Denmark and home to a U.S. Space Force base.

    What To Know
    Danish intelligence accused Russia of forging a letter from Greenland's foreign minister to Cotton in October 2019, during President-elect Donald Trump's first term in office.

    The letter purportedly sent by Greenland's foreign minister to Cotton asked the senator for money to fund a referendum on Greenland's independence from Denmark.

    The Danish Security and Intelligence Service ultimately concluded in 2022 that the 2019 letter was forged, with Russia the likely culprit. An intelligence report from Denmark assessed that Moscow wanted to sow discord between Denmark, the U.S. and Greenland. Moscow refuted the allegations in an email to Reuters.

    Cotton himself in August 2019 said he raised the idea of the U.S. acquiring Greenland with Trump.

    On January 7, Trump said at a press conference that the U.S. needed Greenland for "national security purposes." The island, which has a population of about 56,000, is strategically located in the Arctic Circle and is rich in natural resources.

    What People Are Saying
    The Danish Security and Intelligence Service in January 2022: "It is highly likely that the letter was fabricated and shared on the internet by Russian influence agents, who wanted to create confusion and a possible conflict between Denmark, the USA, and Greenland."

    Sen. Tom Cotton told CNN in August 2019: "In the last few years, China has repeatedly tried to gain a strategic foothold in Greenland, by offering to buy a former U.S. military base there and through a financing scheme for airport construction. Purchasing it would keep it out of the hands of both the Chinese and the Russians. It is rich in national resources with untold economic potential and already extremely important to U.S. national security."

    Writer Dean Gloster said on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday: "Reminder: The 'plan' to buy Greenland was cooked up by Putin's GRU during the first Trump administration to divide NATO and normalize taking land without its citizens' consent. They faked a letter to... Sen. Tom Cotton to get the thing going."

    Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede told Reuters in December: "Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom."

    What Happens Next
    Trump is likely to continue raising the prospect of Greenland's annexation when he enters the White House.

    He suggested earlier in January that he wouldn't rule out using military force to gain control of the semi-autonomous island, however, given that it is part of Denmark, a NATO member, this could trigger Article 4 of NATO's founding treaty. The article can be invoked when any member of the military alliance deems the "territorial integrity, political independence or security" of any member state to be threatened.


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    #434     Jan 13, 2025

  5. Oh pooh, don't tell me you believe that lefty garbage. That would be out of character for you. OR NOT.

    The real story is that Trump was- just as he is now- seriously looking at Greenland, even if just to help them become independent and then make deals with them after.

    Not surprisingly, Denmark did not like that. And definitely did not like all focus on how Denmark has exploited/kept Greenland below their potential. So...they looked at the one way that Americans use/used to discredit Trump.......ie. just cry Russia, Russia,Russia 24/7.

    You participate in that drill whenever you see it going on anywhere. It is only Monday and you have already posted a week's worth of fake news.
     
    #435     Jan 13, 2025
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  6. Mercor

    Mercor

    When the hostages get released by inauguration
    Will Biden give any credit to Trump

    Trump says 'hell will break out' if Israeli hostages aren't released by inauguration
     
    #436     Jan 13, 2025
  7. Yeh. I asked the same thing last week and before.

    One of the little dynamics there is that Bibi hates Biden's guts and vice versa. Yet Bibi has a lot/everything to say in that hostage release scenario.

    Bibi just loathes Biden. Everything Bibi accomplished in his actions against Hez, Hamas/Gaza, Iran etc was dissed by Biden every step of the way and Biden sided with all the UN nuts about Israel being the aggressor. And now Biden takes credit for the fruits of Bibi's actions. Scumbag that he is.

    Meanwhile, Bibi and Trump are tighter than a bull's arse at fly-swatting time.

    Sooo........what I am getting at is that we could get very close to a hostage deal and Bibi could very easily drag it out for a few more days to move into Trump's presidency.

    Could happen. Or some version of that where the hostages are released and then Bibi "leaks" intelligence info saying that Trump was the deciding factor for Hamas- thus neutering Joe. Did I mention that Bibi hates Joe?

    Could happen,
     
    #437     Jan 13, 2025
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  8. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading


    Putin will let Trump have half of Greenland. How kind of him.

    Putin’s State TV Floats Splitting Greenland With Trump
    Trump’s expansionist ideas mean the international rules-based order has collapsed—and Kremlin media says Russia can only benefit, maybe even by striking a deal for the Arctic territory.
    https://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-state-tv-floats-splitting-greenland-with-trump/
     
    #438     Jan 13, 2025
  9. I can see the Greenlanders now as they try to think through whether they want to be on the American part of the island or the Russian side. Let me make it easy for them. The American side will have McDonalds.

    Trump wants the island to keep the Ruskies out of the Arctic. So the Russians come along and suggest that they could buy the arctic part of Greenland. Not seeing a deal there.
     
    #439     Jan 13, 2025
  10. Okay, I will spare ya and not replay the entire rap on this subject from last week, but will offer up a reminder.

    Y'all may recall that I emphasized at length how much hatred there is between Bibi and Biden. Biden has demonized Bibi every step of the way and then tries to claim credit for any successes Bibi has on the battlefield or in the mideast arena. Whereas Trump has supported him bigtime.

    Thus I said- when this hostage release thing started shaping up- that the thing Biden needed to watch out for is that Bibi might jigger the finalization of the deal by a few days to get it over into Trump's time in office so that Trump gets the credit. Not that he does not deserve it anyway. Frigging Biden crowed yesterday that Trump did not make the deal happen because he/Biden proposed it long ago. Might want to think about that a little Joe. You proposed it long ago but it has not happened until Trump started exerting force. Think about it Joe.

    Meanwhile, in regard to Bibi rejiggering the timeline to stick it to Joe, see article below. Of course, gameplaying aside, Bibi believes he can work a tougher deal when he has Trump on his side and that sure enough is true.

    Just sayin.'

    Israel accuses Hamas of reneging on parts of ceasefire-hostage agreement, delays vote

    https://thehill.com/policy/international/5088902-israel-hamas-ceasefire-deal-vote-delay/
     
    #440     Jan 16, 2025