***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[IATT]

 

[Nike Jordan]

 

[gry60]

 

[Nike Jordan]

Thoughts and prayers.

 

[Nike Jordan]

 

[chao7]

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[Wargames]

 

[aepps20]

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[Cashflow]

 

[Belgium]

"They love [me] like [I'm] the second coming of God"

 

[IATT]

 

[IATT]

We have reached peak biscuitry brahs

You been watching whitlock’s show?

 

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[Belgium]

All part of the plan. Soon enough they'll fork over Greenland to the master negotiator. Also, it's about time other countries' top politicians start publicly mocking him as a laughingstock, rather than just in private.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...er-greenland-cancels-visit-idUSKCN1VB0TC?il=0
Shock in Denmark after Trump, spurned over Greenland, cancels visit
Danish leaders expressed shock and disbelief on Wednesday over U.S. President Donald Trump’s cancellation of a state visit to Denmark after its prime minister rebuffed his interest in purchasing Greenland.

Trump’s proposal at first elicited incredulity and humor from politicians in Denmark, a NATO ally of the United States, with former premier Lars Lokke Rasmussen saying: “It must be an April Fool’s Day joke.”

But the mood turned to shock when Trump called off the Sept. 2-3 visit after Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called his idea of the United States buying Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, “absurd”.

“Total chaos with @realDonaldTrump and cancellation of state visit to Denmark. It has gone from a big opportunity for strengthened dialogue between allies to a diplomatic crisis,” former foreign minister Kristian Jensen, a member of the opposition Liberal Party, said on Twitter.

“Everyone should know Greenland is not for sale,” Jensen said of the world’s largest island, which has considerable mineral wealth and a U.S. military presence at the Thule Air Base under a U.S.-Danish treaty dating to 1951.

Frederiksen, who had been due to hold talks with Trump in Copenhagen, planned a news conference later on Wednesday.

She said earlier this week Greenland was “not for sale” and she hoped Trump’s proposal was “not meant seriously”.

“SHOCKING”
“(Trump’s cancellation) is very, very shocking, when it is about a very close ally and a good friend,” Soren Espersen, the foreign affairs spokesman for the hard right Danish People’s Party, told Danish news agency Ritzau.

He described Trump’s decision as a snub to Queen Margrethe, Denmark’s head of state. Trump and U.S. First Lady Melania Trump were formally invited to Denmark by Queen Margrethe in July.

“It shows why we now more than ever should consider (fellow) European Union countries as our closest allies. The man is unpredictable,” said Morten Ostergaard, leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party. “Reality surpasses imagination.”

Trump, whose “America First” policies have resulted in strained relations with the EU over trade and other issues, said on Sunday that a U.S. purchase of Greenland would be “a large real estate deal.”

“Denmark is a very special country with incredible people, but based on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s comments, that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland, I will be postponing our meeting scheduled in two weeks for another time,” Trump tweeted on Tuesday.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, a former NATO secretary general and Danish premier, said Trump’s cancellation could work out for the best. “The Arctic’s security and environmental challenges are too important to be considered alongside hopeless discussions like the sale of Greenland,” he said on Twitter.

Greenland, which is gaining attention from world powers including China, Russia and the United States due to its strategic location and mineral wealth, is self-governing but underdeveloped and relies on Denmark for economic support.

“I think it’s sad (Trump) is not coming, because we could have had a lot of demonstrations showing that we don’t agree with his politics, and especially his climate politics,” Hans Pedersen, a landscape architect, told Reuters in Copenhagen.

A six-meter (20-foot)-tall inflatable blimp depicting a baby version of Trump, most recently seen at a protest in London, will reappear at an anti-Trump rally to be held in Copenhagen on Sept. 2 despite the president’s no-show, organizers said.

Aaja Chemnitz Larsen, a lawmaker from Greenland’s opposition party Inuit Ataqatigiit party, said she was not surprised at the cancellation but it underlined the territory’s importance.

“The U.S. is an interesting ally for Greenland, but we also wish for Greenland to remain in the union we have today.”

 

[IATT]

What’s a PC car company @dwalk31?

 

[Belgium]

I guess he does live up to the reputation I've heard about

 

[whywesteppin]

In the college football thread we call it crootin season or bag season. @MVP can explain. Coal Gang dropping them bags and getting all da 5 star recruits. I still remember when we recruited whywesteppin out of Buffington High. He ran a 4.3 40 and had fluid coal mining skills. This young man is a top 3 pick in next year's elections and we got him in the late 4th round. AMAZING.

I think it was really my personal statement that caught your eye:

whywesteppin is a guy that's intellectual, cool, athletic/in-shape, successful, ambitious, going places in life, not bad looking, respectful, protective, strong when needed, sensitive when needed, expressive, self-confident, and can deal with adversity and come out on top anyway.

 

[RustyShackleford]

What’s a PC car company @dwalk31?

One that is stupid *** has to beg to give the economy a stimulus even though is asinine trade war increased the price of steel, therefore causing the cost of making cars to increase.

The Orange Bigot is asking for help but still wanna sound like a tough guy.

 

[wavycrocket]

"They love [me] like [I'm] the second coming of God"

Bruh....King of the Jews? King of Israel. 2nd coming of God?

 

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[Deleted member 42060]

20014

 

[RustyShackleford]

 

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[aepps20]

I think it was really my personal statement that caught your eye:

whywesteppin is a guy that's intellectual, cool, athletic/in-shape, successful, ambitious, going places in life, not bad looking, respectful, protective, strong when needed, sensitive when needed, expressive, self-confident, and can deal with adversity and come out on top anyway.

NT AT ITS BEST. Folks that have been around will get the reference.

 

[KHUFU]

You been watching whitlock’s show?

Marcellus made salient points. However, this is the same discussion had between WEB DuBois and Booker T Washington's vision of Black America.