If this is genuine* He's completely lost the plot.
He's blaming the PM of Norway for him not getting the Nobel Prize (Nobel ≠ Norwegian govt).
He thinks that Norway has control over what Denmark does with Greenland.
(Norway ≠ Denmark).
These are the deranged ramblings of a demented old man.
If there are any grown-ups left in America, now is the time to take back the wheel.
#Greenland #Norway #Denmark
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NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @Nobel Prize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
"Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a "right of ownership" anyway? There are no written documents, it's only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President
DJT"](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/5395137 "Nick Schifrin
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NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @Nobel Prize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
\"Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a \"right of ownership\" anyway? There are no written documents, it's only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President
DJT\"")
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in reply to xtaldave • • •Howard Chu @ Symas
in reply to xtaldave • • •not to mention the Treaty of the Danish West Indies
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_o…
"During 1916, the two sides agreed to a sale price of $25,000,000, and the United States accepted a Danish demand for a declaration stating that they would "not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland".[12]"
So yes, there *are* written documents, which the US ratified.
Treaty of the Danish West Indies - Wikipedia
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in reply to xtaldave • • •FediThing
in reply to xtaldave • • •It's not just the content of this that is a concern, but the fact that it clearly hasn't gone through any kind of filtering by his advisors.
Heads of government in any country are typically part of a team and their comms go through a stack of advisors to make sure it does what it aims to do, and doesn't accidentally do something unexpected.
Trump doesn't seem to be doing this at all, he's treating governmental comms like a personal Twitter account and using similar speech patterns and rants. This is really dangerous, it could cause unintended consequences especially if it comes to wars or military confrontations.
Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to FediThing • • •@xtaldave
FediThing
in reply to Petra van Cronenburg • • •I think some people hoped that Trump's weird public style was just for the benefit of his voters.
If he's doing this same thing in private comms with heads of governments in situations that could potentially lead to war, that's squashing the hope people had about it being just for show. He's clearly just totally out of his depth and refuses to admit or care about this fact.
Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to FediThing • • •@FediThing He did this always, very famously in interviews. The public didn't notice this so much because the texts were polished/edited.
Until some media outlets, such as The Guardian, published the full, uncorrected transcript. They showed the whole desaster! He can't have dementia for so long. 😉
The problem is now: He posts without proofreading. He no longer allows anyone to correct him.
And yes, he's a danger for the world, for peace, and future. But the rest of the gov, too!
@xtaldave
FediThing
in reply to Petra van Cronenburg • • •Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to FediThing • • •FediThing
in reply to Petra van Cronenburg • • •@NatureMC
Oh no me neither, but some people have a default assumption that people in power must all be somehow secretly clever 😞
It's not helped by the media refusing to make leaders look stupid even when they do stupid things.
Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to FediThing • • •@FediThing Never say "THE media" to a journalist. 😈 Perhaps US-Media are meanwhile quite adjusted but there are media showing him (and other freaks) in full reality! (I just talked about the coup by The Guardian, even the BBC did it).
@xtaldave
FediThing
in reply to Petra van Cronenburg • • •@NatureMC
Fair enough! 😁 I meant... not *enough* of the media are willing to show leaders as they are, possibly due to "access journalism".
There are good parts of the media too!
Petra van Cronenburg
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