Ladies & Gentlemen, the President of the United States of Amerca:
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel
Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an
obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be
predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the
United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia
or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are
no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of
years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for
NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do
something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have
Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”
Given that, should it be any surprise at all that Trump has been gaslighting America on who pays for his tariffs?
And guess what mechanism he's brought to bear on the countries that do not see things his way when it comes to Greenland?
This whole message is in 'not even wrong' territory. I had a demented aunt that was declared unfit to manage her own financial affairs, which she agreed with and passed over as a responsibility to another family member. She was in better shape mentally than Trump and he's the most powerful person in the world.
It is quite amusing watching people try to argue that there's a very serious plan behind Greenland whilst Trump privately lobbies for it with the arguments of a young and very spoiled child. His tariff preferences have the same level of thought behind them, at least until the people that have the slightest idea of how things actually work can tone them down and put his ideas on the shelf for long enough to stave off serious damage and unwind their TACO trades.
It's entirely possible he's not even informed enough on the issue to be intentionally lying.
What amazes me is that all of the checks and balances have either failed or have been disabled. The US is always full of their 'Founding Fathers', I can't help but think that they'd be horrified to see the situation as it has developed so far and that's with a serious note that I suspect it will get a lot worse still.
The heritage society has worked for decades to tilt the ideological balance of the judiciary and the Supreme Court specifically. The GOP base’s cult-like devotion to Trump and his power to target the reelection prospects of individual representatives and senators has lead to them sidelining themselves.
Unlike Trump’s first term, his cabinet and agency heads are little more than loyalists and yes men. Checks and balances are gone. Independent thinking is gone. The president has long been an incompetent racist and malignant narcissist and the country (and world — for now) are suffering as he unleashes whatever cruel, imbecilic impulses that cross his mind. Add to that the fact that he’s quite clearly unwell.
Its the autocrat play book, hurting your country makes it easier to pilfer it. Doesn't matter if the pie get smaller as long as your slice of it gets bigger.
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”
Given that, should it be any surprise at all that Trump has been gaslighting America on who pays for his tariffs?
And guess what mechanism he's brought to bear on the countries that do not see things his way when it comes to Greenland?