Trump’s “invasion” of Greenland?

Thursday-Friday blog

Well that didn’t last long. I had intended to give up wasting your time and mine with my inane blogging. But sometimes something so idiotic happens that I almost feel forced to shed light on the idiocy.

Following the US raid on Venezuela and the arrest of Maduro, Trump has also reportedly doubled down on his claim that “the US wants Greenland”.

This seems to have caused absolute panic amongst other NATO countries and their rulers are rushing around squawking like headless chickens (do headless chickens squawk?). Meanwhile the mainstream media vomits out endless bilge about how a US “invasion” of Greeneland could shatter NATO. And the Danish government beats its chest declaring boldly that Denmark’s ‘massive armed forces’ – about 20 soldiers who only work Monday to Friday from 09.30 to 16.30 and probably have about two rusty rifles to share between them – will defend Greenland against the evil Yankees.

What a load of absolute bull’s manure!

This is classic Trump ‘Art of the Deal‘. You decide what you want. You then make a completely unrealistic demand which is well in excess of what you really want – “I’m gonna invade Greenland”. Your opponent has a panicked reaction to that outlandish demand rather than having the intelligence to work out what you really want. Then you reach the compromise you always wanted.

Trump can see the strategic and economic importance of Greenland. He probably wants security guarantees keeping Russia and Chinese influence out of Greenland. And when all the heat and noise about the supposed “invasion” of Greenland dies down, Trump will get what he wanted all along.

My dog could have worked this out. But apparently this is well beyond the intellectual capabilities of our Trump-hating rulers and mainstream media.