cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/157160

President Donald Trump repeatedly referred to Greenland as “Iceland” during his speech at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, even as he demanded that the U.S. be handed ownership of the territory. When the president initially raised Greenland, which he said he was originally “going to leave … out of the speech,” he referred to it correctly. He issued veiled threats to Denmark…

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  • YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip
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    Republicans can stop this shit at any time. Not even all of them, or even a majority of them. A handful of them, like 3 in the Senate and 3 in the House could end this shit in like, a week or two.

    On edit: Probably more like a month or two. Trump doesn’t even have Nixon’s decency.

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      most of the gop fear reprisal from trump, especially if thier seats are online, and alot of them depend on the billionaire donors.

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        I would be more inclined to believe that Trump has, with the help of Israeli and Russian security services, amassed comprising material on all, or almost all, national-level politicians, judges, and bureaucrats.