Crossposted from https://feddit.uk/post/42584616

Trump also told the Times that he isn’t opposed to using nuclear force if he “needed it” to take over the Arctic island but that “it might upset NATO," since the island is a self-governing territory of NATO member country Denmark.

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    Surely the intelligence agencies at work in sane countries are considering assassination operations, right? Isn’t this like the most worthy reason to attempt such a thing, threat of global annihilation?

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      Does MI6 have a plan to assassinate Trump? It would surprise me if they don’t. Plan for all contingensies. But from plan to actual operation is a continental leap.

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    Remember, Stephen Miller directly and Peter Thiel less directly are likely driving this. Mango is just their senile puppet/mouthpiece/fall guy. Not that it makes it any less serious.

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    Trump also told the Times that he isn’t opposed to using nuclear force

    If it doesn’t scare the shit out of you that this narcissistic psychopath just casually mentions that he would like to drop nukes, then it should

    We’ve been on the brink of nuclear annihilation multiple times but always escaped fate because there were calm cool smart heads that intervened. Those heads are gone, it’s now all removed narcissists.

    This asshole is just casually blabbing about burning down the entire world, and there ain’t shit we can do to stop or even change this.

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      The two times we evaded nuclear hellfire were in the 60s and 80s. And in both those cases it was the Soviets who kept their cool and realized that it was a technical error that gave a false positive.

      I don’t think anyone in either government is cool enough to do that today.

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      He’s like 70% ego (10% hairspray, 10% bronzer and 10% hamberder)

      So psychologically, is it important to maintain his ego.

      It’s a health decision

      /s

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    My psychiatrist gave me a prescription for an emotional support Greenland, legally you aren’t even allowed to ask me about it other than if it’s an emotional support Greenland, which it is.

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    Trump also told the Times that he isn’t opposed to using nuclear force if he “needed it” to take over the Arctic island but that “it might upset NATO,"

    Ummm… what? Did the media just sane wash this headline? Trump is ok with nuking his way into owning Greenland and we’re just all ok with that?

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      The U.S. president told the paper in an article published on Jan. 8 that just “one thing” stands in the way of him and world dominance. “My own morality. My own mind,” he said. "It’s the only thing that can stop me.”

      Well, that’s very reassuring

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        *He is the rapist.

        Correct.

        I think the thing people didn’t put together in 2016 his “grab them by the pussy” comment was about children in his beauty pageants.

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            I think between that and stormy daniels people didn’t clock exactly how fucked up Trump was.

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              Wait, is there something especially fucked up about his affair with Stormy Daniels beyond run-of-the-mill adultery and prostitution?

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          No, it wasn’t. It was during an interview with an Access Hollywood reporter as he was preparing for his guest appearance on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. He was joking about Arianne Zucker, an actress that he was about to meet.

          Still disgusting and inexcusable language.

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            “Them” is clearly referring to a general attitude toward women and girls here but people clocked it as about adults for exactly the reason you mentioned but its clear in the wider context of trump he meant far more than that.

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              Ah, I see. I had interpreted your original comment in the narrower context of the quote, but I see what you mean.

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    Seeing him hang from the neck is psychologically important to me, but I guess we can’t always get what we want.