Germany has joined other NATO allies like Sweden, Canada, and the Netherlands to send troops to Greenland as Trump intensifies threats to take over the country.
The intelligence is all over the papers my dude. Diplomatic talks between the US and Denmark keep breaking down because he keeps demanding they hand over Greenland. The US committing war crimes daily. They just kidnapped a sitting head of state. Trump has openly said that he does not consider himself to be bound by any form of international law or obligation. The US withdrew from several hundred international organizations and agreements (basically everything they were party to that wasn’t a trade agreement). Trump and members of his admin have repeatedly affirmed that military options are on the table as far as Greenland is concerned. Trump let slip that his primary reason for wanting to annex them is that “It’s important, psychologically, to me” (read “I need to map paint in order to feel like my useless and pathetic grift of a life actually meant something.”)
That’s too simplistic a reading of how Trump behaves.
Trump is a liar and a conman. That much is true, and proven. He is, in many ways, one of the biggest liars in the world.
But he’s also really bad at it. Trump is, beneath everything else, a walking ball of id. He is a textbook example of what you get when insecurity and instant gratification meet. He is pure, unbridled impulse. And he’s really, really stupid. As a result of that, he has a very, very strong tendency to constantly say the quiet part loud. You see this time and time again. The GOP will concoct some elaborate lie to explain what they’re doing, and then Trump will just blunder into the room and openly admit what’s really happening. Because he can’t stop himself.
To be super reductive about it (it is more complicated than this, but we don’t have all day), a good rule of thumb is that if Trump tells you what he wants, he’s speaking from the heart. It’s when he tells you why he wants it that he’s usually lying. Not always - “It’s psychologically important to me” is so nakedly earnest, and so utterly damning, that it’s impossible to believe anyone would concoct it as a lie - but often enough. But when Trump says “I want…”, whatever follows will usually be the truth. He is ruled by his desires, and has no ability to keep himself from spouting them openly.
The intelligence is all over the papers my dude. Diplomatic talks between the US and Denmark keep breaking down because he keeps demanding they hand over Greenland. The US committing war crimes daily. They just kidnapped a sitting head of state. Trump has openly said that he does not consider himself to be bound by any form of international law or obligation. The US withdrew from several hundred international organizations and agreements (basically everything they were party to that wasn’t a trade agreement). Trump and members of his admin have repeatedly affirmed that military options are on the table as far as Greenland is concerned. Trump let slip that his primary reason for wanting to annex them is that “It’s important, psychologically, to me” (read “I need to map paint in order to feel like my useless and pathetic grift of a life actually meant something.”)
What more do you fucking want?
I don’t need anything else. But trump has a reputation of being dishonest and childish.
That’s too simplistic a reading of how Trump behaves.
Trump is a liar and a conman. That much is true, and proven. He is, in many ways, one of the biggest liars in the world.
But he’s also really bad at it. Trump is, beneath everything else, a walking ball of id. He is a textbook example of what you get when insecurity and instant gratification meet. He is pure, unbridled impulse. And he’s really, really stupid. As a result of that, he has a very, very strong tendency to constantly say the quiet part loud. You see this time and time again. The GOP will concoct some elaborate lie to explain what they’re doing, and then Trump will just blunder into the room and openly admit what’s really happening. Because he can’t stop himself.
To be super reductive about it (it is more complicated than this, but we don’t have all day), a good rule of thumb is that if Trump tells you what he wants, he’s speaking from the heart. It’s when he tells you why he wants it that he’s usually lying. Not always - “It’s psychologically important to me” is so nakedly earnest, and so utterly damning, that it’s impossible to believe anyone would concoct it as a lie - but often enough. But when Trump says “I want…”, whatever follows will usually be the truth. He is ruled by his desires, and has no ability to keep himself from spouting them openly.