In full transparency, the BBC is reporting that the Kingdom of Denmark has been pondering the upgraded security measures you’re about to read for some time. And I’m not disputing that. However, only a total ding a ling would fail to see that by choosing now to reveal these plans in the works that Denmark is giving Trump the middle finger in a polite way. Maybe that’s why Donald has doubled down on Canada this holiday, because the Danes have already told him to go pound sand.
The Danish government has announced a huge boost in defence spending for Greenland, hours after US President-elect Donald Trump repeated his desire to purchase the Arctic territory.
Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the package was a “double digit billion amount” in krone, or at least $1.5bn (£1.2bn).
He described the timing of the announcement as an “irony of fate”. On Monday Trump said ownership and control of the huge island was an “absolute necessity” for the US.
Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, is home to a large US space facility and is strategically important for the US, lying on the shortest route from North America to Europe. It has major mineral reserves.
Poulsen said the package would allow for the purchase of two new inspection ships, two new long-range drones and two extra dog sled teams.
It would also include funding for increased staffing at Arctic Command in the capital Nuuk and an upgrade for one of Greenland’s three main civilian airports to handle F-35 supersonic fighter aircraft.
“We have not invested enough in the Arctic for many years, now we are planning a stronger presence,” he said.
F-35s. Pretty neat. Those are the super expensive planes that have the ability to hover like a UFO. They’re state of the art. I guess you might as well stock up on a few if you’ve got some lunatic on the other side of Canada talking about annexing them and you.
If you wanted to write what’s going on now as a dystopian sci fi novel, you could envision a world which gets sick of the dictator of the 48 mainland states and bands together to render him impotent — and takes Hawaii and Alaska along in the bargain with the rest of the world.
Think of it: Greenland doesn’t like Trump. It’s a cinch that the Canadians and the Mexicans don’t. Trump sent Herschel Walker to the Bahamas, thereby exponentially raising the likelihood that they’ll turn on us. Central America is not happy because of not only Trump’s idiocy about *caravans* invading the United States southern border originating from there, but now this dust up with Panama.
Have fun at the United Nations, Elise. I hope you can talk a good game. You identified yourself as Ultra MAGA quite a while back and while that might have gotten you the gig you soon will have, it certainly isn’t going to give you the ability to do it properly if Tangerine Palpatine keeps running his mouth.
We look like idiots and fools. And that’s because we have someone fitting that description returning to the White House. Remember Baltimore journalist H.L. Mencken’s comment early in the 20th century?
As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people.
We move toward a lofty ideal.
On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
– H.L. Mencken, July 26, 1920
It took about a hundred years, but we are there. We have achieved Mencken’s prophecy. Lucky us. And think about it, for all that time it was thought that Mencken was a cynic and a satirist. No, he was a clear thinker and a prophet.
ok tRumpkin. Mind your own bidness and stay in your own lane
…two extra dog sled teams and a partridge in a pear tree.
Good luck Elise, you may actually have to work for a change instead of just BS all day long.
Can’t someone lead him down into an ice cave and leave him there? Tell him there’s a gold vein there.