Blackmail, Bluster and Batshit Bonkers - Trump Thread #153

[Spandauer]

Enough already.

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5472639-who-are-they-kidding-its-oil-oil-oil-baby-trump-thread-152

Egypt and Ethiopia. We are working on that now. Water, rivers have water.

Wait, this is near the same as yesterdays ramble.

He invited the Pope!

Oh I'd forgotten that! Apparently the Vatican said it would take some time to come to a decision...

Jesus Christ !

I didn't realise it was live. Milei and Orban

Not quite. As close as possible though.

Don’t you man Aberbijan?

3 days in a row he's commanding the world's attention with drivel.
Someone has to stop this shitshow.

Re worrying about what Trump has "been offered" on Greenland or Rutte potentially acting out of turn... is there any evidence whatsoever of any deal, agreement or framework of deal?

Because if the evidence is just "Trump said..." then I wouldn't lose sleep over it!

Cut and pasted from the Guardian live feed, I didn't check it.
ETA - Oh sorry just got the joke! 😂

Sweet baby Jesus!

The world is a region and everybody in this room is a star..
OMG.

Odd. He is talking about the UN but not attacking it directly.

He says "the world is a region"

Statement from Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen this morning, quietly putting out the fires started by Trump's face-saving blather:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cjrzjqg8dlwt
07:16
"Security in the Arctic is a matter for the entire Nato alliance. Therefore, it is good and natural that it is also discussed between Nato's Secretary General and the President of the United States. The Kingdom of Denmark has long worked for Nato to increase its engagement in the Arctic.

"The Danish government has coordinated our efforts with the Greenlandic government Naalakkersuisut throughout the process. We have been in close dialogue with Nato and I have spoken to Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte on an ongoing basis, including both before and after his meeting with President Trump in Davos.

"Nato is fully aware of the position of the Kingdom of Denmark. We can negotiate on everything political; security, investments, economy. But we cannot negotiate on our sovereignty. I have been informed that this has not been the case either.

"And of course, only Denmark and Greenland themselves can make decisions on issues concerning Denmark and Greenland.

The Kingdom of Denmark wishes to continue to engage in a constructive dialogue with allies on how we can strengthen security in the Arctic, including the US's Golden Dome, provided that this is done with respect for our territorial integrity."

You don't need a "deal".

You only need to say there is a deal.

Then invade and say it's what the "deal" said.

Facts ? Pah, who needs them ?

Surely we've all had a manager who called a meeting to take advice. was told "No". But went ahead anyway with the justification "we had a meeting about it".

Thank you to those doing live reportage today.

I've already exceeded my weekly max safe exposure of listening to his drivel...

Trump’s Board of Peace logo is basically the UN logo, except dipped in gold and edited so the world only includes America.

https://bsky.app/profile/adamjschwarz.bsky.social/post/3mcyxfipf3k2j

It's going to end up with an increased Nato and US presence on Greenland with expanded bases. Which he could have requested - and got - months ago without all this nonsense

Trump could always decide to "acquire" the North sea next.

Rubio speaking now...
My autocorrect wanted to call him Dubious. I like that! 😂

More evidence for the existence of God.

Note how Trump has a different style chair than the others, He wants a throne of course.

You're losing your touch, @SerendipityJane .

Trump doesn't need to call a meeting to say "we had a meeting about this." He'll lie about that bit too!

Do you remember when way back at the beginning of his first term, he had a beautiful phone call with the president of Mexico...

Ahh, the balmy days of 2017 when we were still surprised that Trump would completely invent a phone call from a head of state!

https://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/02/politics/trump-phone-calls/index.html

All you are doing is showing facts are irrelevant.

So not actually anyone from Russia or Israel?

And no sub-Saharan African countries.