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Trump Links Greenland Threats to Nobel Peace Prize Snub

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Re: Trump Links Greenland Threats to Nobel Peace Prize Snub

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At this point I only suggest patience for 3 more years and hope for the best. And the new government takes steps to severely reduce the irrational powers of POTUS so as to prevent such non sense to happen again. Oh, and to welcome aboard all us tourists that don't dare to visit the US now.

Wow thanks for that amazing suggestion. Of course we will be patient while your president threatens our allies with war!

Re: Trump Links Greenland Threats to Nobel Peace Prize Snub

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At this point I only suggest patience for 3 more years and hope for the best. And the new government takes steps to severely reduce the irrational powers of POTUS so as to prevent such non sense to happen again. Oh, and to welcome aboard all us tourists that don't dare to visit the US now.

Wow thanks for that amazing suggestion. Of course we will be patient while your president threatens our allies with war!

I am not a US citizen but a European one.

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I hope in 2028 the electeds take a different path than Biden did in his administration. Currently, dem leadership seems to think this ends with them just getting elected. But it doesn't. Just taking power back and pretending that everything is normal again won't do it. We need meaningful punishments for the people committing crimes within the Trump administration and we need systems in place to prevent this sort of t…

The US has to limit the power of the president and to remove the "the winner takes it all" principle from its "democracy". Maybe the next election is the right moment to do something about it. I can't believe there will be a time where it's more obvious that the system is broken - other than after it's too late.

I agree wholeheartedly but there's zero chance they make changes that limit their own power. After all, predecessors from both parties got us to where we are now.

Re: Trump Links Greenland Threats to Nobel Peace Prize Snub

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What an absolute embarrassment to be American at this time. We have the most vain & corrupt president that only cares for his personal gain. It's unfortunate he's in control of the largest military in history. I don't know how horrible it must be for the people of Greenland right now, but as an American I would like to apologize to Europe and other nations right now and to let you know that while probably a large maj…

Have you contacted your Representative about drawing up articles of impeachment? Have you contacted your Senator about voting to convict on impeachment? Have you donated and/or volunteered to Democratic party efforts for the mid-terms?

Yes, yes, and yes. I live in a "blue state" and their response is the same every time. To quote Bill Burr: "Nobody can help but everybody understands."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89JN5GdMqb8

Re: Trump Links Greenland Threats to Nobel Peace Prize Snub

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What an absolute embarrassment to be American at this time. We have the most vain & corrupt president that only cares for his personal gain. It's unfortunate he's in control of the largest military in history. I don't know how horrible it must be for the people of Greenland right now, but as an American I would like to apologize to Europe and other nations right now and to let you know that while probably a large maj…

Have you called your members of congress yet?

Yes and despite how demoralizing it can feel, I encourage everyone to do the same: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

In the past we have hit critical mass, where so many people were calling in to Congress to complain (when Trump initially started with his arbitrary tariffs) that the Congressional phone system began to fail under load, and that made headlines that managed to break through the 24/7 firehose of bullshit.

Re: Trump Links Greenland Threats to Nobel Peace Prize Snub

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They would be The Norwegian Nobel Committee, who at this point should realize what a disaster their prize has been, and not only last year. It was inherently poorly conceived, and shouldn't be awarded to the living, who can and do go on to wage war, agitate social instability, and act against the interests of peace.

Having a situation where a president demands the peace prize otherwise he causes a war isn’t a good look for Nobel, and shows that we’ve now moved so far from the original intention of the prize that the peace component really should be scrapped.

> isn’t a good look for Nobel, and shows that we’ve now moved so far from the original intention of the prize that the peace component really should be scrapped.

I don't follow. Are you saying the committee should have known that Trump would literally wage a military war if he isn't awarded the peace prize? Are you saying if they changed their mind now and allowed Venezuelan politician Machado to gift her prize to Trump, that Trump would no longer have a desire to own Greenland? I'm honestly trying to understand but maybe I missed an important story.

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Having a situation where a president demands the peace prize otherwise he causes a war isn’t a good look for Nobel, and shows that we’ve now moved so far from the original intention of the prize that the peace component really should be scrapped.

> isn’t a good look for Nobel, and shows that we’ve now moved so far from the original intention of the prize that the peace component really should be scrapped. I don't follow. Are you saying the committee should have known that Trump would literally wage a military war if he isn't awarded the peace prize? Are you saying if they changed their mind now and allowed Venezuelan politician Machado to gift her prize to Tr…

Well it should be apparent that Greenland is the sovereign territory of another NATO member, Denmark. Coming along like a transactional narcissist and claiming you “need it or else” and breaking nato over it OR you get the Nobel peace prize for not capturing it.

Re: Trump Links Greenland Threats to Nobel Peace Prize Snub

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post #5

What an absolute embarrassment to be American at this time. We have the most vain & corrupt president that only cares for his personal gain. It's unfortunate he's in control of the largest military in history. I don't know how horrible it must be for the people of Greenland right now, but as an American I would like to apologize to Europe and other nations right now and to let you know that while probably a large maj…

Have you contacted your Representative about drawing up articles of impeachment? Have you contacted your Senator about voting to convict on impeachment? Have you donated and/or volunteered to Democratic party efforts for the mid-terms?

You think continuing with the good cop bad cop routine is going to change anything about who $$$$$ influences policy in this country?
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