Trump floats claims for Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal (Update: Trump wants Gaza too) (1 Viewer)

[superchuck500]

Oh, but he's only joking - well, maybe, so they say. Or sort of joking with Canada, and maybe not joking with Greenland - saying that "ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity" doesn't sound like a joke . . . and um, not sure about what the about Panama Canal thing is?

Trump Jokes Canada Becoming 51st US State 'A Great Idea'

US President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday it would be "a great idea" for Canada to become the 51st US state, teasing on social media that "many Canadians" welcome the idea, as Ottawa is wracked by a political crisis.

www.barrons.com

Trump threatens to try to take back the Panama Canal. Panama's president balks at the suggestion

Trump didn't explain how such a takeover would be possible, given that the U.S. relinquished control of the canal to Panama in 1999 under a treaty signed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977.

apnews.com

 

[J-DONK]

They're all complete dumbasses if they're surprised at what Trump is doing now. They've been talking about this for years. Now that they control much of the government, they're doing what they want for the most part.

They were all warned. Right before the election President Elon dropped this:

Elon Musk assures voters that Trump’s victory would deliver “temporary hardship”

And he’s half right.

www.vox.com

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

Meanwhile, at the Panama Canal front:

Panama City — Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday denied the U.S. State Department's claim that his country had reached a deal to allow U.S. warships to transit the Panama Canal for free.

Mulino said he had told U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday that he could neither set the fees to transit the canal nor exempt anyone from them and that he was surprised by the U.S. State Department's statement suggesting otherwise late Wednesday.

"I completely reject that statement yesterday," Mulino said during his weekly press conference, adding that he had asked Panama's ambassador in Washington to dispute the State Department's statement.

Panama's leader rejects State Department claim of deal for U.S. warships to traverse Panama Canal for free

Panama's president says the State Department's claim of an agreement granting U.S. warships free canal passage was "based on a falsity. And that's intolerable."

www.cbsnews.com

Every press release coming from this current administration should be considered a LIE.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

All can kick rocks...

Hear what voters who didn’t vote for Harris because of Gaza are saying now | CNN

Dearborn, Michigan, is home to the largest concentration of Arab Americans in the US and many of them voted against Kamala Harris over Democrats’ position on Palestinians and Gaza. CNN’s Jason Carroll talks to voters about Trump’s call for Palestinians not to return to Gaza.

www.cnn.com

 

[DaveXA]

All can kick rocks...

Hear what voters who didn’t vote for Harris because of Gaza are saying now | CNN

Dearborn, Michigan, is home to the largest concentration of Arab Americans in the US and many of them voted against Kamala Harris over Democrats’ position on Palestinians and Gaza. CNN’s Jason Carroll talks to voters about Trump’s call for Palestinians not to return to Gaza.

www.cnn.com

Yep, how it was handled by the Biden administration wasn't great, but voting for Trump or not voting for Biden was just plain short-sighted.

 

[cuddlemonkey]

All can kick rocks...

Hear what voters who didn’t vote for Harris because of Gaza are saying now | CNN

Dearborn, Michigan, is home to the largest concentration of Arab Americans in the US and many of them voted against Kamala Harris over Democrats’ position on Palestinians and Gaza. CNN’s Jason Carroll talks to voters about Trump’s call for Palestinians not to return to Gaza.

www.cnn.com

"There's no one to blame"

"We didn't have much of a choice"

What a coward. He can't admit that they were too damn stupid to see the obvious. The blame rests on voters like him for refusing to acknowledge that there was an obvious choice and that he and his community failed to make the right choice.

 

[J-DONK]

"There's no one to blame"

"We didn't have much of a choice"

What a coward. He can't admit that they were too damn stupid to see the obvious. The blame rests on voters like him for refusing to acknowledge that there was an obvious choice and that he and his community failed to make the right choice.

I don't ever blame voters in elections, but Dearborn muslims are a special kind of stupid. You voted for the Muslim ban guy. I won't shed a single tear if they deport them all.

 

[cuddlemonkey]

I don't ever blame voters in elections, but Dearborn muslims are a special kind of stupid. You voted for the Muslim ban guy. I won't shed a single tear if they deport them all.

Same, but I am making an exception this time.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Donald Trump’s recent fixation on absorbing Canada is “a real thing”, Justin Trudeau has told business leaders, warning that the US president wants access to his northern neighbour’s vast supply of critical minerals.

The outgoing prime minister was in Toronto for a hastily called summit of business and labour leaders, seeking to coordinate a response Trump’s looming threat of a 25% tariff on all Canadian imports.

Earlier this week, Trump backed away from tariffs that would have devastated Canada’s economy, granting one of his country’s largest trading partners a 30-day reprieve for further negotiations.

But he has continued to mock Canadian sovereignty, repeating his description of the country as the “51st state” on social media and repeatedly calling Trudeau “governor” instead of prime minister.


Friday’s summit included discussions on stemming the movement of fentanyl, security at the border and the challenge of interprovincial trade, but Trudeau later told an audience that the president’s threats of annexation – often viewed as a negotiating tactic – were serious, and should be taken as such.

“I suggest that not only does the Trump administration know how many critical minerals we have but that may be even why they keep talking about absorbing us and making us the 51st state,” Trudeau reportedly told attendees.

“They’re very aware of our resources, of what we have and they very much want to be able to benefit from those,” he said. “But Mr Trump has it in mind that one of the easiest ways of doing that is absorbing our country.”…….

Trudeau says Trump is serious about wanting to annex Canada

Prime minister says US president covets northern neighbour’s vast resources as Canadians rally against threat

www.theguardian.com

 

[DaveXA]

Donald Trump’s recent fixation on absorbing Canada is “a real thing”, Justin Trudeau has told business leaders, warning that the US president wants access to his northern neighbour’s vast supply of critical minerals.

The outgoing prime minister was in Toronto for a hastily called summit of business and labour leaders, seeking to coordinate a response Trump’s looming threat of a 25% tariff on all Canadian imports.

Earlier this week, Trump backed away from tariffs that would have devastated Canada’s economy, granting one of his country’s largest trading partners a 30-day reprieve for further negotiations.

But he has continued to mock Canadian sovereignty, repeating his description of the country as the “51st state” on social media and repeatedly calling Trudeau “governor” instead of prime minister.


Friday’s summit included discussions on stemming the movement of fentanyl, security at the border and the challenge of interprovincial trade, but Trudeau later told an audience that the president’s threats of annexation – often viewed as a negotiating tactic – were serious, and should be taken as such.

“I suggest that not only does the Trump administration know how many critical minerals we have but that may be even why they keep talking about absorbing us and making us the 51st state,” Trudeau reportedly told attendees.

“They’re very aware of our resources, of what we have and they very much want to be able to benefit from those,” he said. “But Mr Trump has it in mind that one of the easiest ways of doing that is absorbing our country.”…….

Trudeau says Trump is serious about wanting to annex Canada

Prime minister says US president covets northern neighbour’s vast resources as Canadians rally against threat

www.theguardian.com

Trump needs to lay off the sauce when it comes to Canada, and any other nation not named Russia and China for that matter. The distractions from the real issues is par for the course for Trump.