Now he's fucking with Iceland. Make it stop!

[Tanuki]

https://www.politico.eu/article/iceland-us-ambassador-billy-long-donald-trump-52nd-state/

"First Greenland, next Iceland?

Reykjavík is concerned about America’s growing territorial ambitions, after POLITICO reported that President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Iceland Billy Long joked in Washington that Iceland will be the 52nd U.S. state and he’ll be governor.

“The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has contacted the U.S. Embassy in Iceland to verify the veracity of the alleged comments,” Iceland’s foreign ministry told POLITICO in a statement.

Long is a former Republican congressman from Missouri whom Trump nominated to become the new U.S. envoy to Iceland, replacing Carrin Patman. In the wake of Long’s reported comments, Icelanders launched a petition urging Foreign Minister Katrín Gunnarsdóttir to reject him as ambassador. It currently has 2,000 signatures.

“These words of Billy Long, who Donald Trump has nominated as ambassador to Iceland, may have been said in half-hearted terms, but they are insulting to Iceland and Icelanders, who have had to fight for their freedom and have always been a friend of the United States,” the petition says.".... (more)

[Lovie777]

1. Canada is still on the table.. ....

yes it needs to stop locally as well worldwide.
And senate republicans need to be ashamed of themselves.

But I’m not holding my breath.

[Dave Bowman]

3. Yeah, I'm getting pretty nervous about this.

[Prairie Gates]

4. The attempted invasion of Powderhorn is a dry run for Canada

Good news: It's not going well.

[RockCreek]

2. More text from Icelander's appropriate petition per linked article

“"We want Þorgerður Katrín [Gunnarsdóttir] to reject Billy Long as ambassador to Iceland and call for the United States to nominate another man, who will show Iceland and Icelanders more respect,” it adds."

[Hugin]

5. It's yellow on the Risk game board...

So, Trump thinks it should be his.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. It's actually European blue

Trump may have seen it on a map, noticed it's in the Western Hemisphere, and thought "that means it's mine by right".

[vapor2]

25. kinda funny if it wasn't true

I am packing more today and have to be ready to leave at any time

[maxsolomon]

7. They want to agitate everyone.

Greenland, Iceland, Canada, Europe...

It's deliberate. They think it's funny, sure, but it's also strategic.

Issue threats, then grift off it. Worked for (some) Universities and (some) Media.

[Arazi]

8. Nah, Traitor is a legitimate imperialist

This isn’t “agitation” and we minimize his aggression at great peril.

For one, it’s already drastically and permanently damaged our alliances. That trust is never coming back.

Two, he means it

[maxsolomon]

10. I'm not minimizing. He means it and he doesn't mean it.

This was typical of his business practices. Threats, threats, threats, settlement.

He's a Sociopath. He's looking for "wins" and something like Greenland granting Lithium mining rights to the US will allow him to preen and strut.

Our allies understand it's solely his pathologies driving this insanity.

[sheshe2]

9. When You're a Star .

'When You're a Star ... You Can Do Anything' to Iceland

“I’m automatically attracted to beautiful— Iceland I just start kissing them, it’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything," ..."Grab 'em by the pussy."

[dalton99a]

11. Trump could have Special Forces kidnap the president and force her to sign a surrender

Piece of cake

[mwmisses4289]

12. He may in for a rather nasty shock.

Scuttlebutt is that EU nation's are rallying the troops to go to Greenlands aid, as T refuses to take no for an answer and keeps making spurious, nonsensical claims about why he wants Greenland.

[maxsolomon]

14. So far, I've seen one rationale.

"We" "need it" for "Security Reasons" because Russia, China.

Has MFer said anything more detailed than that?

[mwmisses4289]

16. Iirc, when he first floated this idiocy some months ago,

it was because of the rare earth minerals that are supposed to be locked under the ice of the gglaciers. It's only been the last week or so that he has floated the idiocy of wanting it because russia and/or china. Guess he had a falling out with his two besties, kinda like he did with his bestie jeffy boy.

[Bayard]

13. I thought Cuba and Panama were next on his hit list

Its obvious that he is completely out of control, and Congress seems impotent on reining him in. We knew his second occupation of the White House was going to be bad, but it does seem that he is intent on starting a war, at home and abroad. Whether its the Big One remains to be seen.

[Callie1979]

31. He's after Panama because they forced him out of the Trump bldg there

Back a few years ago I think. Someone bought up the majority of units & the way the bylaws were written whoever had the most properties had control. That person decided to remove trumps name from the property. He, of course, sued. And lost. And they made a big show out of chiseling off the name. As I recall anyway.
More here

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/05/trump-panama-hotel-standoff-loses-physical-control

[Wounded Bear]

15. All too often, jokes like that turn into policy for trump...

[moonshinegnomie]

17. Iceland should reject him

They have that right. Refuse to allow him into the country.

[Grim Chieftain]

18. He's begging for a war

He has pushed all the limits, all the boundaries. Our elected officials better wake the hell up, while there is still time.

[Ilsa]

23. It would be amazing if he

and his VP were kidnapped the way Maduro was. Save the US a ton of trouble and expense. We could pay Europe to keep them locked up.

[thought crime]

29. locked up in Greenland, under a melting glacier?

[kimbutgar]

19. Where is the money coming from these invasions and why aren't the repukes "fretting" over budget deficits?

They hypocrisy of this new reich is appalling and disgusting. While Americans are going hungry, homeless and dying of diseases that were eradicated by vaccines and our standing in the world is we are becoming pariahs! I am not proud to be an American but ashamed. I went to Italy and Germany for my 60th birthday and now for my next decade birthday I’m too embarrassed and scared to go overseas. I would have loved going back to Europe or Tahiti but not getting on an airplane because I’m also paranoid to fly with this FAA idiot in charge.

[Callie1979]

30. Because the debt only matters when a democrat is in office. nt

[thought crime]

32. Fly Iceland Air!

Don't let Trump ruin your life. LOL You can pretend to be Canadian, but no one really cares.
Iceland Air let's you stop-over in Iceland (or other places) as part of your flight. Best to do it on the return, when you're not too jet-lagged.


"Live a little, be a gypsy, get around. Get your feet up off the ground."

[BidenRocks]

20. Just tell him NO!

I doubt that's been tried.

[AverageOldGuy]

21. Neither Trump nor any of the fools around him understands

if Greenland is a state they get TWO SENATORS AND ONE HOUSE MEMBER ALL OF WHOM WILL BE DEMOCRATS in retaliation.

[Bev54]

26. He only wants it as a territory not a state, so they would not get any benefit.

[Initech]

22. OK it's time for him to go.

No one has ever tried this shit. Donny dipshit and his goons need to be purged from our government now. :grr;

[GiqueCee]

24. It's long past time...

... for people to stop taking Trump's malevolent machinations as separate and unrelated events, and see them as connected steps to a greater – and infinitely more monstrous – goal. Trump is a psychopath, and it is insanely irresponsible to dismiss his actions as "Oh, that's just Trump being Trump". I fuckin' HATE that phrase! And it excuses nothing.
Trump is hell-bent on world domination, and though he'll never succeed, he'll wreak as much havoc as he can, simply because he likes doing it. Move fast and break things. That's his motto. But his destructiveness reaches a fever pitch when people defy him. He's not used to that, and he responds predictably by doubling down. He's been a vicious bully his entire life, and he delights in threatening people that fail to ask, "How high?" on the way down, when he says JUMP!
Trump is the embodiment of pure, malignant evil, but he could never have gotten this far without the sometimes blatant, and sometimes tacit, support of Republicans, and when all is said and done, they will pay dearly for their treachery.
America is better than this. Or it used to be.

[Traildogbob]

27. Hartmann had a great

Report today on the billionaire Lauder, that has invested multi millions in the precious medals and demanded Trump seize Greenland. Follow the cash, but watch your child die to get that cash “The Hard Way”!

[Pacifist Patriot]

28. I sincerely do not understand their sense of humor.

I don't find any of their "jokes" remotely funny.

[raccoon]

33. Iceland should send that Billy Long's ass back to the US!