What's going on with the trump and Greenland/Canada/Panama
What's going on with the trump and Greenland/Canada/Panama
I'm sure some political talk will be unavoidable but I'd like to keep this dry and to the point if we could.
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Trump has always been about bluster. He's currently "blustering" at the entire world. In his mind, he's setting expectations and trying to put other countries on their toes/sow chaos to "improve his negotiating position." In reality, his behavior is depressingly predictable even when the specific content is not, and no one is going to take the bait.
I also think part of this is focusing the American public on big manufactured controversies that have no chance of ever actually happening to keep them distracted from the awful things that are going to be coming out daily very soon.
Yeah I guess. But when he was saying last election "and Mexico is going to pay for the wall"
Mexico was just like "no we aren't"
Today I'm seeing blurbs about the prime minister resigning and Denmark changing the royal coat of arms... I guess both could be just coincidence, I was too busy to read the articles...
But I get off work today and om like "wait... What?... Why?"
Trudeau is wildly unpopular and we have an election coming up this year; him resigning is the best chance we have of keeping the Conservatives out of office
Dane here
The change in coat of arms actually improved Greenlands position. They previously shared a square with the Faroe Islands. Both now have their own square
It could be seen as a move to please Greenland, as they have long been wanted independence, but they lack the economy for it
Ami saw the new coat of arms. As a stupid American with no knowledge of your country and history....
I think it was a good choice even if this didn't happen.
Again, I have no idea about the history....
It looked like two weird lion things in square one, then repeated in square two. Then like one squiggly lion thing in the forth square... The third square was a cramped partition of multiple symbols.
Again, don't know the history. I'm sure the repeated squigly lions ment something meaningful. Visually the coat of arms look better now.
I also have a lot of opinions on my state flag tho (Florida) what the fuck is with that steam boat? Are steam boats important to Florida? I've just got opinions on how these things look. It doesn't mean anything insulting to your country.
Totally agree, that it looks cleaner. It's the royal coat of arms, so it doesn't represent Denmark as a nation, only the royal family.
I'm not very royally inclined, so whatever you say about their coat of arms have no effect on me. I see them at best, as a very expensive PR team for the nation, or if I was to put it in a mean way, a very expensive social welfare program
The state version is a simpler version of crowned shield.
The three lions are known to be used for 800+ years
As for the steamboat in the flag of Florida: I'm sure people also would protest if it was updated to a cruise ship 😛
Honestly I'm always a bit shocked when I hear a country has a king. Like obviously I know England has a royal family but when it's like "the king of Denmark decided-" I'm always thinking "they still have a king? Why do they still have a king? I thought we all decided we weren't doing that anymore?"
I guess the best way to explain it is if you heard in the news "a slave revolt in Florida killed three today" your first thought would be "wait... They're still doing slaves over there? I just assumed we were all done with that"
Probably a stupid question but have you guys ever considered... Not having royalty? Like I get why England does it, it's a tourist attraction, Buckingham palace, those guard who don't move for whatever reason (which honestly is silly because what I want most out of my hired guards is... Moving around and doing guard stuff) but there money in that I'm sure.
I got to say Denmark sounds beautiful and I'd love to visit sometime. I wouldn't go by the royal family's house. Didn't even know you guys had one.
You guys could just... You know ... Stabbing motion get rid of that dead weight. But I suppose it's not my business. I should probably just focus on managing my slaves... Some of them learned to read recently so I need to put a stop to that.
Edit: On the other hand you're probably one of those countries with like healthcare, no school shootings, and bike lanes. So maybe kings are the way to go.
Trudeau's resignation and the forces leading up to it have been in motion for years, at best this was the straw that broke the camel's back, but everyone across the political spectrum has been thinking he should resign for at least a year now.