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I just can't believe the amount of press the Greenland and Panama takeovers are getting. If I thought he had any strategic vision beyond calling attention to himself I'd say he's brilliantly trolling for headlines and laughing at the ratings bounce. Instead it's an idea-of-the-moment and when it reaches around from his mouth to his ears he considers that affirmation. Trump is 100% driven by whatever gets him headlines and never suffers from the most outrageous pronouncements. All press is good press and press is what feeds him. He means it until he doesn't. Then he jerks the chain and the MAGA sycophant lemmings lunge for the next idiotic cause. And Canada?? AYFKM? People who call themselves journalists are writing serious-sounding analysis pieces that belong in the April 1 edition.

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Well, the New York Times is dutifully treating the fantastical as if it were real with pieces such as "How much would buying Greenland cost?" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/business/trump-greenland-cost.html?searchResultPosition=3

God bless them.

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Bless their heart NYT

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