Why is Trump (or people in his circle) talking about building an American empire that includes (depending on the day) Greenland, Canada, Panama, Mexico? Here are five Trumpian logics explanations, all of which can function together, and probably do.
https://snyder.substack.com/p/why-greenland
https://snyder.substack.com/p/why-greenland
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#Thereisnospoon
Someday, some foreign country going to call him out on it.
Has more wind than a politician!
I assume most Americans are embarrassed, like me, how he behaves and what reflection that gives to our overseas partners.
"My one is bigger than your one."
https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/15/i-went-to-greenland-to-try-to-buy-it-meet-the-founder-who-wants-to-re-create-mars-on-earth/
I know two people whose parents grew up there. The situation btwn the Chinese and foreigners was complicated to say the least.
He's dumb, his handlers and the people financially backing him are conniving and crafty. He's just a useful idiot with brand recognition.
The model is likely The Technate, a goal of the technocracy movement, and Musk's maternal grandfather, Joshua Haldeman.
Trump is one thing, but you need to understand Elon's SoCred grandfather too, in order to grok where we are.
@wikisteff.bsky.social
“Trump's politics works [sic] on a notion of friends and enemies, not on a notion of the interests of people or the rights of citizens.”
At the time, Greenlanders called the idea “crazy” and “patronizing”. The Danish prime minister said she hoped it was time to leave the joke behind.
tRump's motivation is to shove those remarks down those people's throats, he's such a malignant narcissist.
This is what EVERY dystopian movie, which we loved because ofc it would never happend, had been warning about.
... like Putin will praise him back or feel loyalty to him, yeah, that's going to happen!
Ppl who see long term strategy are projecting their own reasoning on DT. The man is stuck at about the impulsive/imperial developmental stages, w R.Kegan terms.
It is paving the way for boundless and unchecked opportunism.
This is where the interests and dreams of Trump aligns with that of the hyper billionares. This is why Musk aims to disrupt european democracy. It is in the way.
https://bsky.app/profile/germanwondering.bsky.social/post/3lfngj26prs2l
Important read
If you want it, you’ll have to come take it.
Again, if they want know who and what we are, they just have to come up and try their luck.
Or most of Africa and large parts of Asia.
Trump polishes the slightly rusty idea of empires through conquest. And I despise him for it.
OTOH when 80-90% of the entire nation lives within 100 miles of the US border... it's worrying. The Nazis took 150mi of France (Sedan -> Dunkirk) in 16 days flat
Creating states by force is unconstitutional as I read the document, but it's been done and this crowd would do it if they could.
Most, however, like me, have no interest in joining the US and will oppose it. Nothing personal.
Canadian conservatives will love learning about free market health care, right?
However, how liberal are they really if they are daydreaming about colonization?