Friday, May 22, 2026

Just Another Day

Fixed for you:

“—President Trump is the ONLY president in recent memory to openly threaten acquiring Greenland — including refusing to rule out the use of military force against a NATO ally.”

A message from Greenland to you, Jeff: Focus on your job as Governor of Louisiana instead of acting as Trump’s spokesperson.

Louisiana consistently ranks as one of the worst-performing states in America — plagued by poverty, poor education, failing healthcare, and low quality of life. Maybe you should focus on fixing your own state instead of lecturing Greenlanders about their future.
Despite how avidly we lie to ourselves, the world sees who we really are. Why the hell are Greenlanders so worried?
An investigation by The New York Times, based on interviews with officials in Washington, Copenhagen and Greenland, has discovered: The United States is trying to modify a longstanding military arrangement to ensure American troops can stay in Greenland indefinitely, even if Greenland becomes independent. The notion is basically a forever clause, and Greenlanders do not like it. The United States has pushed the talks beyond military matters and wants effective veto power over any major investment deals in Greenland to box out competitors like Russia and China. Greenlanders and Danes strongly object to this. 
Well, that and a bit more:
An investigation by The New York Times, based on interviews with officials in Washington, Copenhagen and Greenland, has discovered:

The United States is trying to modify a longstanding military arrangement to ensure American troops can stay in Greenland indefinitely, even if Greenland becomes independent. The notion is basically a forever clause, and Greenlanders do not like it.

The United States has pushed the talks beyond military matters and wants effective veto power over any major investment deals in Greenland to box out competitors like Russia and China. Greenlanders and Danes strongly object to this.

The United States is discussing cooperation with Greenland on natural resources. The island is loaded with oil, uranium, rare earths and other critical minerals, though much of it is buried deep beneath Greenland’s ice.

The Pentagon is rapidly moving ahead on plans for a military expansion and recently sent a Marine Corps officer to Narsarsuaq, a town in southern Greenland, to inspect the World War II-era airport, the harbor and places where American troops could be housed.

The American demands are so steep, Greenlandic officials fear, that they amount to a major imposition on their sovereignty. Despite all of the talk from Danish and American officials that Greenland’s future is up to the island’s 57,000 people, Greenlandic officials said the American demands would tie their hands for generations.

If the Americans get everything they want, said Justus Hansen, a member of Greenland’s Parliament, there will never be any “real independence.”

“We might as well raise our own flag halfway,” he said. 
Meanwhile, I
Congress just delivered a rare political body slam to Donald Trump.

Republicans abruptly pulled back from voting on a major Trump-backed bill after Democrats prepared amendments targeting Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for crooks and cop beaters.

The collapse sparked open talk on Capitol Hill that Mike Johnson’s speakership may already be entering lame-duck territory.

Lawmakers described chaos and infighting amid the GOP.
This won’t help: I guess the drones bounce off that, too? Yeah, that’s not gonna happen, either. Not before November; and not after. When you come up with it?  Sun’s going down. Wait for it. Or needed to; as he goes on to illustrate: Says the guy who thinks no one knows how to spell "Dumb." Grandpa needs his meds. He's never going to understand that's not an accomplishment, is he? And he still doesn’t understand how the Fed sets interest rates, either. The funny part is: he still can’t fire the Fed Chair.
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