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Donald Trump looking at a meme on his phone of the U.S. buying Canada, Greenland and Panama on Amazon
4:06 PM · Dec 24, 2024.
Like so much else Trump says, this comes with more than a grain of truth. //
OrneryCoot
12 hours ago
At the heart of this is Trump trying to alarm Chinese officials to no end. The original Monroe Doctrine posited that there would be no influence by Europe any more in the Americas. China has apparently thought that since they are Asian, it doesn't apply to them. Trump, I believe, through his trolling, is sending a message to the Chinese that they should focus on their own durn backyard and get out of ours. It's trolling on the surface, but it is serious in undertone, and I think the message is being received by the Chinese quite clearly. Whether they take more persuasion is anyone's guess, but I think that they will probably have to be bonked on the nose a few times before they quit sniffing around. China is our main adversary now. All of the others are secondary. That doesn't mean that Iran, Russia, North Korea, and other bad actors don't deserve our attention, but the main focus HAS to be on China. That's why Rubio, Mike Waltz, and other China hawks are being chosen for Trump's second administration. He's got it together. He knows his priorities. That he uses unconventional tactics like these are good...it will keep the Chinese flustered and unbalanced. January needs to come quickly. //
1776-2023RIP
12 hours ago
Trump is always eventually proven right. In essence, if not in rhetoric. Trump sees the macro while the left focuses on the micro. The Right takes him seriously but not literally. The Left takes him literally but not seriously. I could list all the examples but they are well known and become more apparent by the day.
Obviously the Panama Canal and Greenland are of vital strategic and economic importance to the U S.
Our relationship with Canada is as well.
While purchasing Greenland or “taking back” the Canal, may not, or even should not happen, it is obvious that corrective measures to keep them in our sphere of influence, is imperative. Trump knows this.
And he says as much, in his own unmistakable way.
The same thing with Canada. Since he is always right, let’s take him seriously . But not necessarily literally.
