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[–] Kalladblog@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I'm out of the loop and also not American. Can somebody elaborate please?

[–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 38 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Trump wants to buy Greenland and Canada, rename the gulf of Mexico to the gulf of America, and take control of the Panama canal

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trump wants to invade Greenland and Panama. He wants to extort Canada into having no other choice than to submit to statehood.

[–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago

Apologies, I don't follow Trump crap too closely since I'm in the EU and I don't want to turn into a doomer so I based it off the pic

But yeah all in all fuck Trump

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

He has no interest in buying either Canada or Greenland. He hasn't ruled out using force though.

[–] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who even gets the money when you buy a country? Does it go to the people? If it does then that money is coming right back through taxes.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Historically, the king / emperor gets it. I'm guessing that most of the time it's probably used to pay down war debts.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Elon Musk is the resident Nazi at the heart of the US government and is widely believed to have bought his influence with Trump. Oh and also Trump is President again after being a convicted criminal. No this isn't a joke.

[–] CuffsOffWilly@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Donald Trump has offered to purchase Greenland. He wants to take the Panama Canal by brute force and keeps suggesting that Canada should become a State in order to avoid his oncoming tariffs. Meanwhile, Musk 'donated' about 250,000,000 USD to Trumps election campaign helping ensure he won and now we are all watching the US become an oligarchy. (Effectively Trump is owned by Musk).

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Donald Trump has offered to purchase Greenland.

No, Trump has been saying, in a threatening way, that Greenland is going to be part of the United States. He hasn't suggested buying it, but he hasn't ruled out taking it with military force.

Effectively Trump is owned by Musk

No. Musk bought a little influence and so far hasn't pissed Trump off enough that he's been cut off. But, it's just a matter of time.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It's both. He keeps asking how much for Greenland while suggestively saying it's necessary for security. So threat and purchase offer. Like a true criminal.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He has asked to buy it several times, not sure where you have been.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/25/trump-greenland-denmark

Nice to see that Mush bought influence with Drump. I personally am not going to play the game of talking about them not getting along. These two clowns trying to play good cop bad cop when they are both heels is pretty stupid.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

People sometimes come up with things they think are clever, but don't have the time, money, or energy to present them in a meaningful way, so they instead make a shitty AI image of a billboard to get more attention than their words would otherwise.