Who can still take this ridiculous saber rattling by the orange rapist seriously when it is completely obvious that he is only trying to distract attention from his crimes? It’s really getting old.
Who can still take this ridiculous saber rattling by the orange rapist seriously when it is completely obvious that he is only trying to distract attention from his crimes?
He literally just kidnapped the head of state of another country using military force.
“An attempt to distract from his crimes” and “A serious threat to international peace” are not mutually exclusive.
He literally just kidnapped the head of state of another country using military force.
Well yes (although I’d argue how much of that was him vs Rubio), but doing so was preceded by a large naval buildup that we don’t see with Greenland. Not to mention that those naval assets are still there extorting Venezuela and another naval deployment of that size would leave INDOPACOM under resourced for maintaining the Island Chain containment on China.
Basically, it’s not actually a serious threat at this point.
Well yes (although I’d argue how much of that was him vs Rubio), but doing so was preceded by a large naval buildup that we don’t see with Greenland.
Yet.
Greenland is much less defended than Venezuela.
Not to mention that those naval assets are still there extorting Venezuela and another naval deployment of that size would leave INDOPACOM under resourced for maintaining the Island Chain containment on China.
What makes you think the shitwit supreme cares about long-term US strategic interests like containment of China?
Nuuk has a population of 20000, and more than 1/3 of all people in Greenland live there. How much of a naval buildup do you need to take a town of this size?
I’m not sure he even has to bother about taking Nuuk. If he just declared Greenland being a US-territory and started to build a mine somewhere - would Greenland, Denmark or the rest of NATO have the capability to deny this?
An attack on Denmark would most likely mean the end of NATO and have a massive impact on the already damaged relationship with Europe. The EU would be forced to respond in one way or another. Even a megalomaniac like this bastard can’t be stupid enough to accept that.
This is either a distraction or an attempt to put pressure on Denmark in order to gain leverage in negotiations.
Of course, it is still absolutely true that the US under this absurd Nazi regime poses a considerable threat to world peace. The regime devalues international law with its ruthless acts, leaving only the law of the strongest to apply, which is of course an enormous step backwards for civilization - even though the UN, also largely due to the US, has never really taken it seriously.
Yes, that’s true, but on the other hand, this criminal is also more than well known for bluffing with bullshit statements. And: This whole story is so completely absurd and would have such negative consequences that, in my opinion, it can only be another bluff. It could be fatal for the US because it would isolate the country even more. Not that the orange rapist would care about the fate of US citizens, but an attack on the EU would have economic consequences in the billions, and that can’t be good for the real rulers in the US, which is why they will forbid their puppet from making such a self-destructive move.
It may well be that they have lost control, as the German economic elite did with Hitler at the time, but I consider that unlikely, because there is so much dirt on this pedo that the elite can easily bring him down as soon as he falls out of favor.
I think we must never forget what an absolute clown the US president is: he was on the verge of bankruptcy before he became president. So he is not part of the ruling elite, but dependent on it - and if he steps out of line too much, even his MAGA cult will be of no use against the wrath of the one percent.
It may well be that they have lost control, as the German economic elite did with Hitler at the time, but I consider that unlikely, because there is so much dirt on this pedo that the elite can easily bring him down as soon as he falls out of favor.
What dirt could possibly bring Trump down? His bootlicking followers are conditioned to dismiss or justify everything, up to and including literal pedophilia.
He gets away with everything because he controls the media through his billionaire friends - both traditional media and social media (Truth Social, which he owns, has little reach). Likewise, it is not him who controls people like Clarence Thomas for example (that would be billionaire Harlon Crow). So I’d say he is only untouchable because he acts in the interests of the elite. If he were to turn against them, things would very quickly look very differently.
I think it’s a foregone conclusion that the elite pushed him into the highest political office precisely because he is such a disgusting, perverted scumbag. That means there is more than enough dirt on him to bring him down. With Hitler, it was different.
Of course, it is always possible that he will use ICE, which is obviously a secret police force, against the elite, but I think it is rather unlikely that he actually has enough power to do so.
If he were to turn against them, things would very quickly look very differently.
How? People have spent over a decade of their lives, isolating themselves from former friends and family in their worship of the orange rapist. The sunk cost fallacy is here deep.
I appreciate that you’re trying to highlight the deeper fundamental problem that could lead to a repeat of this situation even when Trump is gone, but I think you’re really underselling just how much of a fucking cult Trump has cultivated, and how immensely idiotic, immoral, and hypocritical his followers are.
Remember that as late the 1950s, a slim majority of Germans still thought positively of Hitler.
Do you really think that MAGA foot soldiers are the main reason he was never prosecuted? I mean, he also has millions of opponents among the US population -and they obviously have no real influence whatsoever. That’s just how it is in a plutocracy: power lies not with the people, but with the elites.
It’s true, of course, that he has built a cult of personality around himself, but I think that was only possible because his supporters are so easily influenced. And the media, which he controls only through his connections, plays a key role in this. I mean, it’s not like MAGA has its own opinion: they have no values, they just follow. Whether they actually follow the orange rapist or rather the racist organizations that make up this “movement” is questionable, in my opinion. It may well be that they are indeed Drump disciples, but at the moment, they are all pulling in the same direction with their Nazi agenda with plenty of opportunities for other oportunists to enrich themselves while doing so. However, if Drump were to turn against the forces that are also very influential in these circles, it could become apparent that it is less about Drump and more about the political agenda behind this figurehead - also about opportunities for rather mid-level MAGA-functionaries to get rich with this ruse.
That may not necessarily be the case, but I don’t think it can be ruled out, as Drump could never have achieved this status without extremely influential help - the man was a B-list celebrity and little more than a ridiculous TV personality, a failure who actually managed to squander pretty much his entire father’s fortune through incredible stupidity. I don’t think he was clever or influential enough to get to where he is now even halfway on his own. That’s why I consider him a straw man and very much doubt that he is actually the one controlling the cult - I consider him merely the face, and in my opinion, that is interchangeable, as MAGA is so completely adaptable in its concerns.
So I don’t think Drump would risk a conflict with his elite supporters - he just earns too much from their existing agreement
To put it this way: I consider Drump to be nothing more than an opportunist, and therefore I consider him more comparable to Hermann Göring than to Adolf Hitler. For Drump, Nazi ideology is more of a means to an end, although he is certainly a racist, but even so, if in doubt, he would probably choose to maintain his degenerate lifestyle rather than persuade Nazi ideology with all it’s implications (for example he would never turn on Israel because they are his fascist allies even if they are jewish which is incompatible with “pure” Nazi-Ideology).
Sorry but this is not correct. He is not only trying to distract from the Epstein files. It will take years to not only build but actually prosecute a criminal case against him and he’s a billionaire. Please stop making it sound so simple when it’s so much more dangerous than that
He wants to do big and dramatic things and truly live as the most powerful person on earth and you should take everything he says seriously until proven otherwise.
His administration is filled with proactively violent enablers and ideologues who are not only responsible for wanting Greenland in the first place but will happily carry out his deranged orders if he thinks listening to them will make him a great historical figure
I am by no means referring solely to the Epstein Files. What I mean is that, with this inhuman individual at the helm, the US is now being run like a veritable mafia state, very similar to nations like Russia, for example - organized crime in the truest sense of the word. This is a change from the usual plutocracy in that it is now more unscrupulous than ever: corruption is more obvious than ever and the profits of the elites are higher than ever, which can be easily seen in the exorbitant increase in the wealth of the top one percent. Likewise, the actions against the country’s own population are obviously more illegal than ever. To distract from how hollow the US system actually is, foreign policy is being used to make a big splash, which also provides opportunities for further self-enrichment - such as the abduction of Maduro, which is completely contrary to international law and from which the president and his influential supporters are likely to benefit personally.
The reasoning behind this seems quite simple to me, as it is a classic autocratic strategy: continuous distraction from events in one’s own country is needed. I mean, when you murder your own people as ruthlessly as this regime does, it doesn’t go down well - especially when it’s not just marginalized groups that have never had any significant influence in the US. However, in order to enable a state like Russia, which is currently pretty evident in the US I’d say, it is necessary to also eliminate resistance among intellectuals and other native American groups, i.e., among US citizens, which I thinks is likely to happen soon. This requires all the more distraction - and autocrats traditionally find this excuse in foreign policy.
In short: I think it is likely that the elites in the US, who have ruled the country for decades, have now decided to drop the pretense and switch from a sham democracy to the Russian model.
I consider Drump’s latest foreign policy initiatives to be preparation for this, although in my opinion the Greenland narrative is not a genuine intention, as it would be very costly for the elites, but merely a way of swearing that it does not matter who you take action against in foreign policy. It also serves to show US citizens how powerless they really are: I may be wrong, but I don’t think the majority of US citizens have any interest in starting a conflict with Europe, their long-standing ally. Nevertheless, they cannot and will not do anything about it, but are at the mercy of the regime, as evidenced by the fact that many US citizens take the chatter of their completely out-of-control head of state seriously.
Who can still take this ridiculous saber rattling by the orange rapist seriously when it is completely obvious that he is only trying to distract attention from his crimes? It’s really getting old.
He literally just kidnapped the head of state of another country using military force.
“An attempt to distract from his crimes” and “A serious threat to international peace” are not mutually exclusive.
Well yes (although I’d argue how much of that was him vs Rubio), but doing so was preceded by a large naval buildup that we don’t see with Greenland. Not to mention that those naval assets are still there extorting Venezuela and another naval deployment of that size would leave INDOPACOM under resourced for maintaining the Island Chain containment on China.
Basically, it’s not actually a serious threat at this point.
Yet.
Greenland is much less defended than Venezuela.
What makes you think the shitwit supreme cares about long-term US strategic interests like containment of China?
Because the MIC would remove him if he threatened their long term interests. It’s not hard.
Nuuk has a population of 20000, and more than 1/3 of all people in Greenland live there. How much of a naval buildup do you need to take a town of this size?
I’m not sure he even has to bother about taking Nuuk. If he just declared Greenland being a US-territory and started to build a mine somewhere - would Greenland, Denmark or the rest of NATO have the capability to deny this?
An attack on Denmark would most likely mean the end of NATO and have a massive impact on the already damaged relationship with Europe. The EU would be forced to respond in one way or another. Even a megalomaniac like this bastard can’t be stupid enough to accept that.
This is either a distraction or an attempt to put pressure on Denmark in order to gain leverage in negotiations.
Of course, it is still absolutely true that the US under this absurd Nazi regime poses a considerable threat to world peace. The regime devalues international law with its ruthless acts, leaving only the law of the strongest to apply, which is of course an enormous step backwards for civilization - even though the UN, also largely due to the US, has never really taken it seriously.
Never underestimate human stupidity - or Trump’s stupidity, for that matter.
Yes, that’s true, but on the other hand, this criminal is also more than well known for bluffing with bullshit statements. And: This whole story is so completely absurd and would have such negative consequences that, in my opinion, it can only be another bluff. It could be fatal for the US because it would isolate the country even more. Not that the orange rapist would care about the fate of US citizens, but an attack on the EU would have economic consequences in the billions, and that can’t be good for the real rulers in the US, which is why they will forbid their puppet from making such a self-destructive move.
It may well be that they have lost control, as the German economic elite did with Hitler at the time, but I consider that unlikely, because there is so much dirt on this pedo that the elite can easily bring him down as soon as he falls out of favor.
I think we must never forget what an absolute clown the US president is: he was on the verge of bankruptcy before he became president. So he is not part of the ruling elite, but dependent on it - and if he steps out of line too much, even his MAGA cult will be of no use against the wrath of the one percent.
What dirt could possibly bring Trump down? His bootlicking followers are conditioned to dismiss or justify everything, up to and including literal pedophilia.
He gets away with everything because he controls the media through his billionaire friends - both traditional media and social media (Truth Social, which he owns, has little reach). Likewise, it is not him who controls people like Clarence Thomas for example (that would be billionaire Harlon Crow). So I’d say he is only untouchable because he acts in the interests of the elite. If he were to turn against them, things would very quickly look very differently.
I think it’s a foregone conclusion that the elite pushed him into the highest political office precisely because he is such a disgusting, perverted scumbag. That means there is more than enough dirt on him to bring him down. With Hitler, it was different.
Of course, it is always possible that he will use ICE, which is obviously a secret police force, against the elite, but I think it is rather unlikely that he actually has enough power to do so.
How? People have spent over a decade of their lives, isolating themselves from former friends and family in their worship of the orange rapist. The sunk cost fallacy is here deep.
I appreciate that you’re trying to highlight the deeper fundamental problem that could lead to a repeat of this situation even when Trump is gone, but I think you’re really underselling just how much of a fucking cult Trump has cultivated, and how immensely idiotic, immoral, and hypocritical his followers are.
Remember that as late the 1950s, a slim majority of Germans still thought positively of Hitler.
Do you really think that MAGA foot soldiers are the main reason he was never prosecuted? I mean, he also has millions of opponents among the US population -and they obviously have no real influence whatsoever. That’s just how it is in a plutocracy: power lies not with the people, but with the elites.
It’s true, of course, that he has built a cult of personality around himself, but I think that was only possible because his supporters are so easily influenced. And the media, which he controls only through his connections, plays a key role in this. I mean, it’s not like MAGA has its own opinion: they have no values, they just follow. Whether they actually follow the orange rapist or rather the racist organizations that make up this “movement” is questionable, in my opinion. It may well be that they are indeed Drump disciples, but at the moment, they are all pulling in the same direction with their Nazi agenda with plenty of opportunities for other oportunists to enrich themselves while doing so. However, if Drump were to turn against the forces that are also very influential in these circles, it could become apparent that it is less about Drump and more about the political agenda behind this figurehead - also about opportunities for rather mid-level MAGA-functionaries to get rich with this ruse.
That may not necessarily be the case, but I don’t think it can be ruled out, as Drump could never have achieved this status without extremely influential help - the man was a B-list celebrity and little more than a ridiculous TV personality, a failure who actually managed to squander pretty much his entire father’s fortune through incredible stupidity. I don’t think he was clever or influential enough to get to where he is now even halfway on his own. That’s why I consider him a straw man and very much doubt that he is actually the one controlling the cult - I consider him merely the face, and in my opinion, that is interchangeable, as MAGA is so completely adaptable in its concerns.
So I don’t think Drump would risk a conflict with his elite supporters - he just earns too much from their existing agreement
To put it this way: I consider Drump to be nothing more than an opportunist, and therefore I consider him more comparable to Hermann Göring than to Adolf Hitler. For Drump, Nazi ideology is more of a means to an end, although he is certainly a racist, but even so, if in doubt, he would probably choose to maintain his degenerate lifestyle rather than persuade Nazi ideology with all it’s implications (for example he would never turn on Israel because they are his fascist allies even if they are jewish which is incompatible with “pure” Nazi-Ideology).
It is obviously a distraction, he didn’t pipe up attacking Venezuela or Iran for that matter.
If you solve domestic political problems with foreign policy, then you have arrived in the middle of authoritarianism.
Yes, I consider that a given: it’s the classic autocratic strategy.
An absolute classic!
And yet it still seems to work somehow.
Sorry but this is not correct. He is not only trying to distract from the Epstein files. It will take years to not only build but actually prosecute a criminal case against him and he’s a billionaire. Please stop making it sound so simple when it’s so much more dangerous than that
He wants to do big and dramatic things and truly live as the most powerful person on earth and you should take everything he says seriously until proven otherwise.
His administration is filled with proactively violent enablers and ideologues who are not only responsible for wanting Greenland in the first place but will happily carry out his deranged orders if he thinks listening to them will make him a great historical figure
I am by no means referring solely to the Epstein Files. What I mean is that, with this inhuman individual at the helm, the US is now being run like a veritable mafia state, very similar to nations like Russia, for example - organized crime in the truest sense of the word. This is a change from the usual plutocracy in that it is now more unscrupulous than ever: corruption is more obvious than ever and the profits of the elites are higher than ever, which can be easily seen in the exorbitant increase in the wealth of the top one percent. Likewise, the actions against the country’s own population are obviously more illegal than ever. To distract from how hollow the US system actually is, foreign policy is being used to make a big splash, which also provides opportunities for further self-enrichment - such as the abduction of Maduro, which is completely contrary to international law and from which the president and his influential supporters are likely to benefit personally.
The reasoning behind this seems quite simple to me, as it is a classic autocratic strategy: continuous distraction from events in one’s own country is needed. I mean, when you murder your own people as ruthlessly as this regime does, it doesn’t go down well - especially when it’s not just marginalized groups that have never had any significant influence in the US. However, in order to enable a state like Russia, which is currently pretty evident in the US I’d say, it is necessary to also eliminate resistance among intellectuals and other native American groups, i.e., among US citizens, which I thinks is likely to happen soon. This requires all the more distraction - and autocrats traditionally find this excuse in foreign policy.
In short: I think it is likely that the elites in the US, who have ruled the country for decades, have now decided to drop the pretense and switch from a sham democracy to the Russian model.
I consider Drump’s latest foreign policy initiatives to be preparation for this, although in my opinion the Greenland narrative is not a genuine intention, as it would be very costly for the elites, but merely a way of swearing that it does not matter who you take action against in foreign policy. It also serves to show US citizens how powerless they really are: I may be wrong, but I don’t think the majority of US citizens have any interest in starting a conflict with Europe, their long-standing ally. Nevertheless, they cannot and will not do anything about it, but are at the mercy of the regime, as evidenced by the fact that many US citizens take the chatter of their completely out-of-control head of state seriously.