That's at Truth Social.
What's the context? I had to look it up. I found "Trump threatens tariffs to force support for US control of Greenland/Trump's threat marked another escalation of his campaign to control the island, which is a territory of US ally Denmark" (USA Today), which reports on a health policy event at the White House yesterday, where Trump "trumpeted how the threat of tariffs forced other developed countries to accept higher drug prices so U.S. prices could come down."
Trump then added that he might use tariffs to get what he wants about Greenland. He said: "I may put a tariff on countries if they don’t go along with Greenland because we need Greenland for national security."
And then he praised himself more generally, declaring: "I’m the tariff king and the tariff king has done a great job."
UPDATE: "Trump Announces 10 Percent Tariff on European Countries in Standoff Over Greenland/The president escalated his drive to take charge of the Danish territory, targeting Denmark and seven other nations aligned with it" (NYT):
Denmark, which oversees Greenland, will be hit with a 10 percent tariff on all goods sent to the United States beginning on Feb. 1, he wrote in a social media post, along with Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Britain, the Netherlands and Finland. If they don’t relent, he added, the tariff rate will increase to 25 percent on June 1, “until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”
Yikes.
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"Donald Trump threatens tariffs on allies..."
Well, tariffs on Americans.
Kakistocracy said...
"Donald Trump threatens tariffs on allies..."
Well, tariffs on Americans.
But Trump tax cuts only went to Billionaires.
Either he’s laughing in the face of the “No Kings” crowd …
He does like to laugh.
Democrats are just Chinese Agents at this point.
De Speld, the Dutch version of the Onion, headed “Denmark renames Greenland to Epstein Island so that Trump stops bothering them” a few days ago.
Sad days that this would probably work.
Achilles: you've now discussed 2 unrelated crises while successfully avoiding 1 question. That's not multitasking, that's performance anxiety.
Acquiring Greenland at first seemed like a frivolous notion. But then Canada pivoted toward China.
I didn't know that this isn't the first time the US has tried to buy Greenland.
"Greenland also sits in a hugely strategic location: between the North American and European parts of NATO, between NATO and Russia, and at the eastern end of the Arctic. That is why the U.S. has repeatedly tried to buy the island for more than a century."
- WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/greenland-national-defense-maps-6f53c339?mod=Searchresults&pos=3&page=1
Is the government of Greenland running a cocaine/fentanyl cartel? This forthcoming CBS News report says the evidence is strong.
"Lotta white powder lyin' around up there" ~ Don Trump Jr
meanwhile:
"U.S. slashes Taiwan tariffs in new semiconductor trade deal — Washington to reduce tariffs cut tariffs on the island from 20% downto 15% in exchange for $500 billion stateside manufacturing investment"
That's 500 Billion (with a B), or half a TRILLION Dollars
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/u-s-slashes-taiwan-tariffs-in-new-semiconductor-trade-deal-washington-to-reduce-tariffs-to-15-percent-in-exchange-for-usd500-billion-stateside-manufacturing-investment
Tina Peters - a 70 year old who still thinks the CO 2020 election was suspect - is in jail because of her OPINIONS.
Her right to free speech and free thought.
Turns out the Judge did not allow for Tina to explain any of this at the Trial - but he used his opinion about her opinion to add more time to her sentence.
...Another set of judges has determined.
meanwhile - fraud Polis(D) (Fake freedom) - allowed a man who took the lives of 5 innocent people on the highway (in part because he cannot read English) a reduced prison sentence from LIFE to 10 years.
Democraps in power act like Kings every day.
Walz would remove your head - if he could.
Walz has Boelter act as his personal killer.
Kakistocracy said...
Achilles: you've now discussed 2 unrelated crises while successfully avoiding 1 question. That's not multitasking, that's performance anxiety.
You want taxes on Americans when they build things.
You want no taxes on foreign corporations when they build things.
I didn't avoid shit. I am just pointing out exactly what you want.
remember when THE EXPERTS (like Kakawak) TOLD us, that the US would be entering a HUGE recession BECAUSE of Trump's Terrible Tariffs?
What Ever Happened to that Huge recession? Did it come and go without me noticing? Or what?
Sounds like he is a kind of 80s retailer.
Crazy Eddie. The Wiz. King of Tariffs. Empire Carpets.
Shadoe Stevens can play him in the commercials
I am the Tariff King. I can do anything.
https://youtu.be/6Kc9co0psCs
CC, JSM
As we watch our resident lefties melt down...again. He really knows how to push the right buttons, and make them show the world who they really are.
"Trump threatens tariffs to force support for US control of Greenland/Trump's threat marked another escalation of his campaign to control the island, which is a territory of US ally Denmark"
What makes Denmark an ally?
More like a territory or protectorate.
Denmark hasn't done shit for the USA. They are a welfare recipient. They deserve no respect at all.
So Monday is Tariff King Day?
And then there is this...proving once again that the left really DOESN'T care about anything but power....
https://www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2026/01/Screenshot-2026-01-10-at-8.57.29%E2%80%AFPM.png
The Soviet-Democrat State Media - LIE, daily - to protect their kings.(D)
The few European kings that remain serve as non-partisan symbols of national unity and continuity, providing stability and a sense of tradition. Trump is none of those things.
The hack-Soviet Media are lying about the economy.
They must. They are paid liars and true cultist believers.
Morrison was born just 3 years before Trump. CC, JSM
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One of the most underrated things that President Trump is doing is making history books in the future way funnier than the ones I had when I was growing up.
https://x.com/Shem_Infinite/status/2012187533049045204?s=20
Spiros: “ The few European kings that remain serve as non-partisan symbols of national unity and continuity, providing stability and a sense of tradition. Trump is none of those things.”
Non- partisan: he is changing the GOP into his image. He could have easily done that with the Dems. He’s stealing traditional Dem constituencies. Our 2-party system will forever change because of him.
National unity and continuity: that would be the “America” and “Again” parts of MAGA.
Sense of tradition: “Again,” again. CC, JSM
He’s definitely laughing in the face of the ‘No Kings’ crowd. As am I.
No Scott Adams’ live-stream this morning, where I could hear him analyze Trump’s persuasion and negotiation strategy. A big loss.
Taxing Americans more to get Greenland? An interesting approach...
Kakistocracy said...
Taxing Americans more to get Greenland? An interesting approach...
Better investment than Learing Centers.
We should send NATO a bill for protecting Europe for the last 80years.
That tab is more than 700B for Greenland.
@Shouting Thomas: I agree. *sigh*
Trump is the King of the World!
Trump has a hammer and everything in his field of vision looks like a nail.
Trump needs to drop this Greenland talk. Congress should also be quick in moving the anti-Greenland takeover bill to passage. My guess is that there are enough votes to override Trump's veto. Supreme Court will take care of the tariff threat.
“Shadoe Stevens”… now there’s a Blast from the Past !
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America shouldn't use hammers. It's fine if other countries use hammers, but America should absolutely not use them.
Kak is close: "Trump has a hammer and everything in his field of vision looks like a nail.
Trump has a hammer and everything in his field of vision looks like Nancy Pelosi's husband.
Tariffs will be lifted on penguins who agree to storm Greenland. Too busy trying to buy Greenland to deal with the economy.
We should send NATO a bill for protecting Europe for the last 80years.
Or just give Europe to Russia.
We'll control everything in the Atlantic and Pacific and in between. Russia and China can split the rest.
Fuck these Euro-weenie ingrates and their inbred leadership.
Kak - deep insights from the deep flake.
Achilles, in a spasm of early morning delirium tremens, writes: "Denmark hasn't done shit for the USA.'"
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Denmark is a founding NATO member, and consistently supports U.S.- led missions, deploying forces for stabilization and counter-terrorism efforts in the Middle East and elsewhere. Denmark sent troops to support U.S. efforts in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Denmark allows the U.S. to operate the Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air Base) in Greenland, a crucial strategic military asset. Denmark recently assisted U.S. forces in intercepting an oil tanker violating sanctions in the Atlantic. Danish companies invest heavily in the U.S., creating nearly 150,000 U.S. jobs through direct presence and trade. Denmark is a major source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the U.S., and the U.S. is Denmark's largest non-European trading partner. Also, Denmark recognized the U.S. as early as the late 18th century, establishing early diplomatic ties.
Similar to Burger King or Mattress King. He's enjoying himself.
What's the sense of having power if you don't use it?
That power can be used for good or evil was pivotal to the Framers. Diffuse power and let ambition duke it out.
Everyone is tarriffied. It's tarriffic.
What other tools should we take out of our tool box and throw away?
Denmark and all of Freedom loving European nations would be wise to allow a US take-over of Greenland.
But - egos and leftist-Islam + drops of chi com bribe get in the way.
Putin stands with the EU again the evil Trump.
That would place American ankle biting leftists on the same side as Putin. just sayin'
And all those tasty beers and cheeses from Denmark.
This isn’t Trump adopting gangster language for geopolitical effect. This is Trump doing the only thing he’s ever know how to do.
People forget: the Trump Organization was never a serious institutional real estate company. It was a 15 person family office that operated like an outer-borough shakedown operation with nice suits. And that operation had a very specific playbook… Stiff the contractors, then dare them to sue, knowing litigation costs more than the disputed invoice. Treat every “no“ from the zoning board as an opening position to be worn down through pressure and threats. Surround yourself only with family and compromised loyalists, because anyone with independent standing might say no. Never admit fault, never back down, never let them see you accept a loss even when settling quietly out the back door. And treat any written agreement as a “starting point”.
This is exactly what he’s doing with Greenland. Question Denmark’s legal standing. Threaten tariffs. Refuse to rule out military force against a NATO ally? Keep escalating until the other side decides accommodation is less painful than resistance. It’s the same bully pattern he used against electrical subcontractors in Atlantic City, just with different stakes.
Trump isn’t playing a new game. He’s playing the only game he knows. The question is whether the rest of the world will keep letting him win it.
Trump is shrewdly fighting China's war against the free world. He is shrewdly fighting the Totalitarians' civil war at home. But his standing in the polls is deeply negative and getting worse.
Tariffs and expansionism. Trump is quite a 19th century president.
I don't see the need to annex Greenland. We already have base there and don't need the headache of running everything else there. I do wonder if we could have gotten Greenland when we bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark. In fact, when we bought the islands we gave up claims that we had on Greenland based on polar exploration. Wilson might have been able to get us Greenland, FDR the British Virgin Islands, and Truman Newfoundland and Labrador if they'd been more expansionist, but all that is in the past now.
I think that he might be trying to nuke NATO, a drain on America's resources to defend our economic competitors in Europe, who get to have a generous welfare state as we defend them.
There is no way that he could get the US Senate to agree to pull NATO out of Europe, but there is already talk in Europe of kicking NATO out, and there is other talk that they are better off giving Trump Greenland than giving up the grift that is NATO and being forced to defend themselves in earnest.
Sorry, talk of kicking the US out of NATO
If we get Greenland he should add "Emperor of the North Pole"
Kakistocracy said...
De Speld, the Dutch version of the Onion, headed “Denmark renames Greenland to Epstein Island so that Trump stops bothering them” a few days ago.
That's pretty funny. The rest of your stuff ... not at all.
Europe made a mistake, they sold out their sovereignty to the US, and depend on us completely.
What do we gain by controlling the Middle East? That's where Europe gets its energy, and China, not really our problem. The Suez Canal? 95% European trade, our trade with the East comes through the Port of Los Angeles.
None of this shit is really America's problem, and Trump's demand for a $1.5 trillion military budget? It's him saying, "This is what it costs for me to do what you guys want me to do."
This is the reason that China and Russia are wary of depending too much on each other, but master strategist, Joe Biden, has driven them into each other's arms.
Trump should tariff Santa Claus until he agrees to quit using cheap elf labor and starts buying American. If Santa won't cooperate, send in the troops.
Lazarus et al, our base in Greenland is only leased. If the Danes/Greenlanders wish they could terminate the lease and there isn't anything we can do about it other than try to continue occupation by force (which all right thinking people would oppose, I'm told). So the Danes/Euros are very interested in us continuing to have to lease the base, rather than establishing something like a COFA with Greenland directly, because it gives them additional leverage.
Some people think Santa is this wonderful guy, but those people have never been on the naughty list.
Santa plays hardball.
I thin it means he's forgotten all about No Kings. Just another fad like cabbage patch kids (I'm dating myself here) but with less impact.
Offer green cards to all ethnic Danes, so they can escape the Muzzies, in exchange for Greenland. Danish Hells Angels first. They would kill their own Parliament and sign Greenland over within days. CC, JSM
Remember the War of Jenkin's Ear? Maybe this will be the war of Trump's ear. Since that gunshot, he is taking no shit from nobody anymore. It does sort of look like North America's ear.
Iceland's population is now 25% immigrants, thanks to the EU. There are arguments to be made, they are just taboo in the media.
Boyd, we could get Bibi to back a coup replacing Santa with Chanukah Harry! CC, JSM
1910 proposal
A proposal for acquisition of Greenland was discussed within the American government in 1910 by United States ambassador to Denmark Maurice Francis Egan. As suggested by Danish "persons of importance" who were friends of Egan, the United States would trade Mindanao and Palawan for Greenland and the Danish West Indies; Denmark could then trade Mindanao and Palawan to Germany for Northern Schleswig.
Now that's diplomacy!
Talking up Greenland's mineral wealth and potential only makes Denmark want to hold on to it more. It's not just about the money. American annexation talk rouses Danish nationalism as it roused Canadian nationalism. Wikipedia tells us, "The West Indies were only an investment to Danes, but from the Danish Golden Age of the 19th century they saw Danish overseas colonies in the North Atlantic, including Greenland, as part of their Viking history and national identity." As the Danish foreign minister told the US ambassador when we tried to buy Greenland in 1946, "[w]hile we owe much to America I do not feel that we owe them the whole island of Greenland".
I got slacks. - Two pairs! Can you believe it!? CC, JSM
Laz: “ Denmark could then trade Mindanao and Palawan to Germany for Northern Schleswig”
Buwaya, even you have to admit it would have been glorious to see the Krauts fight the Moros. CC, JSM
’It was a 15 person family office that operated like an outer-borough shakedown operation with nice suits.’
Last time I checked the Trump Organization had over 20,000 employees. Hardly a ‘family office’, but please continue…
Or maybe they would have co-opted them. Maybe the Shoah would have been accomplished by an SS division of Moro fedayeen….CC, JSM
Watching Kraut Moros fight French Berbers in the two world wars would have been cool, too. CC, JSM
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/u-s-slashes-taiwan-tariffs-in-new-semiconductor-trade-deal-washington-to-reduce-tariffs-to-15-percent-in-exchange-for-usd500-billion-stateside-manufacturing-investment
If tariffs only hurt American consumers, why do foreign companies resist and react to them in this way?
Dogma and Pony Show said...
Acquiring Greenland at first seemed like a frivolous notion. But then Canada pivoted toward China.
1/17/26, 9:03 AM
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And this is entirely the Big Buffoon’s fault.
If didn’t pull that 51st state crap in the run up to their election we would have PM Poilievere.
It will be interesting to see how Trump gets a Greenland purchase through Congress.
Oh, wait, the Constitution hating Cultists will assert that he can do it without Congress.
Well, if TRUMP has endorsed TRUMP that's enough for me, and you TOO!
As Trump explained (7 years ago…): neither people nor nations defend a lease the way they do their own property.
"If tariffs only hurt American consumers, why do foreign companies resist and react to them in this way?"
Because, of course, it also hurts them to sell less stuff.
So, does this lose-lose mean a win? Yes, it does if you are someone else who wants to "comparitive advantage" of lower or no tariffs. Loud mouth Trump delights in waving sticks.
Opposition to tariffs at the base of it comes from people who want to exploit cheap overseas labor to the detriment of American works. But that argument is taboo in the media. If a Democrat were doing it, we would never hear the end of how much that person cared for working Americans. But to accept this argument, which is totally accepted as fundamentally true by economists, would displace your from "the good people who hate Trump" and move you to those hideous others.
This is what Freud said, that people don't make decisions rationally. But unlike Kak, I would rather talk about ground truths than attempt to use propaganda to sway people to my side.
As a group, people don't make decisions rationally, personal decisions are different where group dynamics are not at play.
The United States built itself to an industrial power able to win a world war against other industrial powers through policies of tariffs starting in the 19th century. But that's history, and that's too boring.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/us-industrial-production-surged-end-2025
"The fundamental truths apply... as time goes by" - An old song
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Jaq said...
Opposition to tariffs at the base of it comes from people who want to exploit cheap overseas labor to the detriment of American works. But that argument is taboo in the media. If a Democrat were doing it, we would never hear the end of how much that person cared for working Americans. But to accept this argument, which is totally accepted as fundamentally true by economists, would displace your from "the good people who hate Trump" and move you to those hideous others.
This is what Freud said, that people don't make decisions rationally. But unlike Kak, I would rather talk about ground truths than attempt to use propaganda to sway people to my side.
1/17/26, 10:42 AM
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There are two separate issues here.
First is the economic/political utility of tariffs.
The second is the way Trump enacted the tariffs. The idea that taxes can be enacted, lowered, and raised based on the whims of one man goes against the founding principles of the country.
If you support the way he has enacted the tariffs you are no different than the Constitution hating progs who were all in on Biden unilaterally paying off student loans.
Trump looking downright svelte!
Look at the results. It's not like the Democrats were all that big on the law, Trump has shown a lot more respect for judges than Biden ever did
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/monthly-housing-costs-tumble-5-biggest-drop-october-2024
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/initial-jobles-claims-plunge-back-near-record-56-year-lows
Has a judge ruled against Trump? Or just the media and their Democrat party allies?
Tim in Vermont: it's not just about exploiting cheap labor. It's about exploiting the environment. People like to brag about how much we have cleaned up the environment in the United states. Much of that is completely justified. However cleaning up industry is expensive. Offshoring are industry to Asia who have no compunction about polluting their environment is another reason why they're goods are so inexpensive.
I am a Tariff King [from Pirates of Penzance]
For I am a Tariff King!
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Tariff King!
Oh, better far to live and die
Under the tariff's black flag I fly,
Than play a sanctimonious part,
With a globalist head and a pirate heart.
Away to the cheating UN go you,
Where globalists all are well-to-do;
But I'll be true to the song I sing,
And live and die a Tariff King.
For I am a Tariff King!
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Tariff King!
When I sally forth to seek my prey
I help myself in a royal way.
I sink a few more druggies, it's true,
Than a well-bred globalist ever would do;
But many a globalist with NGOs he owns,
If he wants to call the globe his own,
Must manage somehow to get through
More dirty work than ever I do.
For I am a Tariff King!
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Tariff King!
https://www.youtube.com › watch?v=uH4IuO55U9I
As a New Hampshire senator said recently, after noting that the US has full access to Greenland for national security and natural resources, why pay for what we already get for free?
Denmark pays over $5 billion/year to maintain Greenland, plus what looks like another $10 billion more recently to increase security/defense. Moreover, NATO -- including the US -- is obligated to defend Greenland in the event of a Russia or Chinese attack, so anyone invading Greenland is already subject to war with NATO, which isn't all that attractive either.
" Florida's CFO just said what tens of MILLIONS of Americans are thinking!
"We should start CHARGING the POLITICIANS with crimes that vote for the sanctuary policies, and make THEM accessories to whatever crimes are committed by illegal immigrants in those jurisdictions!" š„š„š„
"Because to me - they are absolutely COMPLICIT in the crime, because it NEVER should have happened in the first place, but for those sanctuary policies, but for some politician voting, thinking that that's OK," Blaise Ingoglia said"
There's need for rebuilding American manufacturing - that's a need for tariffs. And there's a need for speed. MAGA
There's a need to protect this hemisphere against Chinese and Russian build-ups as happened in Venezuela. Fentanyl shipments which they protected killed 40, 000 Americans a year - that's a need for Greenland. And there's a need for speed because Russia is pushing on the Arctic. MAGA
Mellisa Chen on Twitter had a great thread about the defense of Greenland by the Europeans.
https://x.com/MsMelChen/status/2011970173373464674
AMDG
"And this is entirely the Big Buffoon’s fault."
Tell me you haven't got a clue without telling me you haven't got a clue.
I welcome Alberta as our 51st state.
"Has a judge ruled against Trump? Or just the media and their Democrat party allies?"
When Democrats are in power, they don't give a shit about what Republicans want and do as they like. When Republicans are in power, Democrats don't give a shit about what Republicans want and whine like little children when Republicans won't do what Democrats want.
"Lose-Lose" libtard jim said. On the other hand, there's this from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond:
https://www.richmondfed.org/research/national_economy/macro_minute/2026/how_much_revenue_raised_by_tariffs_so_far#:~:text=According%20to%20daily%20U.S.%20Treasury%20data%2C%20tariff%20revenues,fees%2C%20up%20192%20percent%20versus%20the%20prior%20year.
Almost $300 Billion this year brought in by Trump's tariffs. Nearly enough to overcome the theft committed by Democrat Party illegal alien fraud rings in Minnesota.
In the long run, Seward's Folly turned out to be a pretty good deal. On the other hand, that Trump casino in Atlantic City less so......I've got to say that prior to this year, I've devoted zero thought to the pros and cons of having Greenland as a possession. I kind of resent this. Greenland, like the Kardashians, is an invasive presence in the news. I want to hear more about Sydney Sweeney and Venezuela.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule in the tariff power case any day. If Trump had that case won, come Monday Elena Kagan is going to be knocking on her fellow Justice’s doors.
Wildswan - marvelous! CC, JSM
Who cares about a tariff on Denmark? I prefer bagels anyway.
“Kak is close: "Trump has a hammer and everything in his field of vision looks like a nail.
Trump has a hammer and everything in his field of vision looks like Nancy Pelosi's husband.”
Mean but hilarious.
“ so anyone invading Greenland is already subject to war with NATO”
And by “war with NATO” we mean, as ever, war with the US. Europe couldn’t project force across a mid-size creek. Let’s cut out the obstructive middle-man.
Really the whole thing has very little to do with Trump. Greenland should have been a US protectorate since 1941. The pretense of Danish control is purely a bit of postwar-amity dumbshow.
Shocked to see the Left defend the Danish settler-colonialists.
Let it go, Donny.
If people from Denmark are Danish, are people from Greenland Greenish?
Our important "ally", Denmark:
"Denmark surrendered to Nazi Germany in just about six hours after the invasion began on April 9, 1940, making it the shortest military campaign of World War II, though the occupation itself lasted until Germany's defeat in May 1945. The rapid capitulation was due to Denmark's weak military, fear of bombing (like Warsaw), and the government's desire to avoid civilian casualties, though some forces fought briefly before surrendering. "
And Trump NEVER puts out "shocking" language to spur discussion. Yikes indeed. /sarc
The second is the way Trump enacted the tariffs. The idea that taxes can be enacted, lowered, and raised based on the whims of one man goes against the founding principles of the country.
If you support the way he has enacted the tariffs you are no different than the Constitution hating progs who were all in on Biden unilaterally paying off student loans.
Congress has almost completely delegated tariff authority to the Executive since the 1930's. This is not a new thing.
Left Bank of the Charles said...
The Supreme Court is expected to rule in the tariff power case any day. If Trump had that case won, come Monday Elena Kagan is going to be knocking on her fellow Justice’s doors.
And do or say what?
Amazon has a "price history" feature on many items. Not much has changed. some up a little, some down.
I will leave it to the leftys here to scour Amazon for substantial
increases.
AMDG said...
And this is entirely the Big Buffoon’s fault.
If didn’t pull that 51st state crap in the run up to their election we would have PM Poilievere.
Retard nevertrumper says stupid things that aren't true.
Wishes for more Mitt Romney.
News at 11.
Kakistocracy said...
As a New Hampshire senator said recently, after noting that the US has full access to Greenland for national security and natural resources, why pay for what we already get for free?
Denmark is on a 10 year plan with the rest of Europe to be majority muslim and to start a land invasion of Russia.
The US should be ending NATO and making a decision about whether or not it is worth continuing to occupy Europe to keep them from fucking up the rest of the world.
We should probably be looking at disarming Britain and France and Germany before they plunge the world into another massive war.
Left Bank of the Charles said...
The Supreme Court is expected to rule in the tariff power case any day. If Trump had that case won, come Monday Elena Kagan is going to be knocking on her fellow Justice’s doors.
We all know only the Supreme Court has the power to levy tariffs. It is somewhere in the 29th amendment.
Using the Art of the Deal until they squeal.
Leora - thank you - That's funny. I'm posting it. (I'm know for annoying stuff like that - sorry. It's all on me.)
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Melissa Chen
@MsMelChen
Honestly this is a great premise for a sitcom:
In the icy wasteland of Greenland, a ragtag NATO detachment of 13 Germans, 2 Norwegians, 3 Swedes, 15 French and 1 lone Brit must "defend" the Arctic from... well, mostly boredom, polar bears, and each other's national stereotypes.
Stationed at a remote outpost in Nuuk, their biggest enemies are cabin fever, frozen plumbing, the Danes who keep forgetting they're there, and each other. They’re constantly prepping to counter the absurd threat of an American takeover with the total force smaller than a pub trivia team.
The show will have everything - petty national rivalries that project from history, offensive cultural stereotypes, frustration due to NATO bureaucracy, and because this is so European, the whole thing will be pretty gay.
Oh and a recurring theme is that they will constantly be picking on the lone Brit."
ha.
Most European leaders view Trump’s interest in Greenland as driven primarily by ego rather than genuine U.S. national security concerns.
It’s particularly telling that the Trump administration have not proposed any specific NATO measures or requirements for enhancing Greenland’s security — suggesting little real interest in actual negotiation.
This stands in stark contrast to the numerous demands the Trump Administration has made (and Europe has largely accepted) in support of Ukraine.
Prediction: There will be a *Danish Taco* in the near future.
China and Canada Edge Closer With Progress on Trade ~ WSJ
"Canadian leader’s visit to Beijing yields agreement on ‘strategic partnership’"
Today, the United States is widely regarded as an unreliable partner by most of its long-standing allies—a development that works significantly to China's advantage.
No need to bully Denmark.
Just bribe the 40,000 inhabitants with $1M each and let them self-determine their way to instant wealth. That would be a rounding error on the US' balance sheet, and worth every penny for Greenland.
Kakistocracy said...
Most European leaders view Trump’s interest in Greenland as driven primarily by ego rather than genuine U.S. national security concerns.
Then they are retarded mind readers who can't even read minds very well.
Kakistocracy said...
China and Canada Edge Closer With Progress on Trade ~ WSJ
"Canadian leader’s visit to Beijing yields agreement on ‘strategic partnership’"
Today, the United States is widely regarded as an unreliable partner by most of its long-standing allies—a development that works significantly to China's advantage.
Carney selling Canada out to China is Trump's fault. We should bring up Carney's long business history with China. That is how he made a lot of money.
This is how stupid you have to be to be a Democrat now.
This sock muppet is an absolute idiot.
"Today, the United States is widely regarded as an unreliable partner by most of its long-standing allies..."
In other words, the US has stopped rolling over for its "long-standing allies", who have been perfectly happy with tariffs on US exports coming into their countries while the US wasn't returning the "favor", along with helping finance their social welfare policies by covering their security with US taxpayer dollars.
Personally, I wouldn't worry about being considered "unreliable" by people like that. But then, that's just me.
“We’ve got a nice stack of U.S. government bonds here… it’d be a real shame if something happened to them." ~ Europe
The MAGA so called America First policy more being an America Loses policy.
What China has feared most about the U.S. is its wide alliances. Trump's cavalier and hubristic destruction of its reliability and trustworthiness amongst allies is breathtaking strategic incompetence.
Most US allies are doing some de-risking from the US.
Achilles suggests that this is somehow a bad move to rely on
China.The fact is that this deal represents 2.5-3% of cars sold in Canada and essentially just replaces the supply that would’ve likely gone to TSLA with cheaper options since nobody up their wants to spend their CAD with Musk or US companies.
In exchange Canadian farmers and fishermen benefit from access to a huge export market. Solid win for Canadians, big loss for TSLA.
They should invite China to take over the Northvolt plant in Quebec. Ask CATL to set up shop there and exempt made-in Canada cells from tariffs. My guess is China will help fund and build the second Transmountain oil pipeline. Good use of some of the steel China needs to dump. Then after that comes Chinese EV car assembly plants. A couple U.S. car manufacturers have already started to shift their plants south, so 40 million Canadians seem primed to buy cheap EVs Meanwhile the U.S. is not negotiating a trade agreement with Canada?
You can’t make this stuff up, but the U.S. seems to be repetitively shooting themselves in the foot.
So it does seem as if Denmark does a lot for US. We'll its nice to still have a partner.
Paddy O said...
"Sounds like he is a kind of 80s retailer.
Crazy Eddie. The Wiz. King of Tariffs. Empire Carpets."
He's the wiz.
Kakistocracy said...
“We’ve got a nice stack of U.S. government bonds here… it’d be a real shame if something happened to them." ~ Europe
The MAGA so called America First policy more being an America Loses policy.
What China has feared most about the U.S. is its wide alliances. Trump's cavalier and hubristic destruction of its reliability and trustworthiness amongst allies is breathtaking strategic incompetence.
Most US allies are doing some de-risking from the US.
The European and Canadian "Allies" are in a demographic death spiral who are going to be majority Muslim in 10 years. Nobody intelligent gives a shit what they plan on doing.
Achilles suggests that this is somehow a bad move to rely on China.The fact is that this deal represents 2.5-3% of cars sold in Canada and essentially just replaces the supply that would’ve likely gone to TSLA with cheaper options since nobody up their wants to spend their CAD with Musk or US companies.
Anyone who trades with China is selling out their people. We sold out our middle and working class for decades.
In exchange Canadian farmers and fishermen benefit from access to a huge export market. Solid win for Canadians, big loss for TSLA.
They should invite China to take over the Northvolt plant in Quebec. Ask CATL to set up shop there and exempt made-in Canada cells from tariffs. My guess is China will help fund and build the second Transmountain oil pipeline. Good use of some of the steel China needs to dump. Then after that comes Chinese EV car assembly plants. A couple U.S. car manufacturers have already started to shift their plants south, so 40 million Canadians seem primed to buy cheap EVs Meanwhile the U.S. is not negotiating a trade agreement with Canada?
You can’t make this stuff up, but the U.S. seems to be repetitively shooting themselves in the foot.
5.5% GDP growth. (higher than China btw)
Real Wage growth for the first time since Trump was President last time.
More American Citizens getting jobs.
The only thing we are shooting in the foot is the Globalist Corporate Oligarchs that Canada is sucking off under Carney.
You Should go read what the Canadian Automaker Union has to say about Carney kissing China's ass.
When I search, I sure don't see 5.5% GDP growth last year.
How about a source for that claim?
It was an estimate by the Atlanta Fed's GDPNow model for the 4th qtr. Since changed to 5.3% as of Jan 14. First official number to be released Feb 20, sez Grok.
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