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MineralMan

(148,008 posts)
12. Trump never makes a "go" of anything.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 12:48 PM
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He fires stuff up, and then it falls apart later. That's his pattern.

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Maybe Trump envisions setting up deportation camps in Greenland. That would make migrants even more miserable. Walleye Tuesday #1
By the time those camps could be built, Trump's term of office would be over. MineralMan Tuesday #3
It's just a right wing, wet dream Walleye Tuesday #62
And I bet he will make Greenland Mr.Bill Tuesday #26
In what? Walrus tusks and seal blubber? paleotn Tuesday #53
😆 Walleye Tuesday #63
A cousin of mine visited Greenland a while back. greatauntoftriplets Tuesday #2
Iceland is Tropical in Comparison to Greenland. MineralMan Tuesday #4
Plus, Iceland has things to do other than look at ice and bleak landscapes. greatauntoftriplets Tuesday #16
There's another reason for the interest in Greenland: the opening of the Northwest Passage Ocelot II Tuesday #5
I hadn't thought about that. MineralMan Tuesday #6
"revenue for maintaining the passage"? Disaffected Tuesday #9
President Musk would figure out a way to make money from it. Ocelot II Tuesday #10
Sure, there may be a business opportunity there. Disaffected Tuesday #22
Trying to envision this NW shipping passage? Would it go up through the north pole? Between the Bering Strait? LeftInTX Tuesday #38
It makes an alternative to KT2000 Tuesday #60
Here is the Navy's Blueprint for the Arctic KT2000 Tuesday #61
Then let Musk use his own money to buy it. Delmette2.0 Tuesday #70
Maybe Donald J. Trump wanted to buy it for Elon Musk The Boring Company Oneear Tuesday #7
Trump would make a go of it though bucolic_frolic Tuesday #8
Trump never makes a "go" of anything. MineralMan Tuesday #12
Of course I know that bucolic_frolic Tuesday #20
And a good song it is, too. MineralMan Tuesday #23
Another thing a lot of folks (Trump included) probably don't know is Disaffected Tuesday #11
Yes, that's very true. MineralMan Tuesday #14
Bigly!! Disaffected Tuesday #25
He would mgardener Tuesday #52
🎄 TY for the interesting info. Every ttime I hear the name Greenland I remember an old whaling song... Hekate Tuesday #13
Thanks. MineralMan Tuesday #18
Thule was my second assignment in the AF odins folly Tuesday #39
Shemya OrangeJoe Tuesday #56
I felt lucky not to be sent there. There's also some fishing going on MineralMan Tuesday #57
WWII OrangeJoe Tuesday #68
"Thule" came to us from the ancient Greeks, via Latin ... eppur_se_muova Tuesday #33
Very interesting -- thanks! Hekate Tuesday #35
A favorite Greenland story ...... dobleremolque Tuesday #15
LOL! MineralMan Tuesday #19
The Brass Old Okie Wednesday #72
Someone should tell TFG that if he goes there and occupies Greenland Wicked Blue Tuesday #17
Great Idea! MineralMan Tuesday #21
Pity Fuck Space Base love_katz Tuesday #24
And what used to be called "permafrost" is melting. marybourg Tuesday #27
When that happens, you get a swamp. MineralMan Tuesday #28
Climate change may make Greenland's weather more hospitable. Yavin4 Tuesday #29
Not for quite some time. MineralMan Tuesday #30
Trump needs to be reminded that 'natural causes', heavily impacted by a lousy lifestyle, will end him long before that. chowmama Tuesday #34
We will all be long, long, long dead by then. paleotn Tuesday #67
Narsaarsuk jayschool2013 Tuesday #31
I remember that crash. Thanks for the reminder! MineralMan Tuesday #32
I just read about that crash when googling the base. LeftInTX Tuesday #45
I learned... 2naSalit Tuesday #36
MFer doesn't want Greenland. maxsolomon Tuesday #37
Greenland's foreign policy and defense is led by Denmark bronxiteforever Tuesday #40
Yes. But Trump is always looking for a way to diss NATO. MineralMan Tuesday #42
He couldn't even build a wall. His foreign bronxiteforever Tuesday #47
Wait! Didn't he "build that wall?" MineralMan Tuesday #48
lol! bronxiteforever Tuesday #49
Greenland also has one of the highest rates of youth suicide thucythucy Tuesday #41
I found it interesting that June is the peak suicide month Lulu KC Wednesday #71
Donald Trump wants to build a casino there. A few months later... chouchou Tuesday #43
ROFL! MineralMan Tuesday #46
Thanks for the post. I actually got off of my "Mind-Ass" and learned a few things. chouchou Tuesday #50
That surprised me, too. MineralMan Tuesday #54
I think Trump is just doing his best Putin imitation. The truth is, he couldn't find Greenland on a map for Vinca Tuesday #44
You mean it's colder than Minnesota? Polybius Tuesday #51
I expect so. MineralMan Tuesday #59
He's pining for the fjords. nt Buns_of_Fire Tuesday #55
Shipping lanes KT2000 Tuesday #58
Dial back the insults djacq Tuesday #64
K&R for post and discussion. nt crickets Tuesday #65
We're not very good tenants. '68 broken arrow. B-52 carrying 4 nukes crashed at Thule paleotn Tuesday #66
According to the Pogues: Greenland is a barren place, a place that bears no green Noodleboy13 Tuesday #69
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