I think I figured out one reason Trump is going after Greenland. It looks huge on a Mercator Projection map even though it isn’t that large.
That is genuinely stupid enough to be plausible.
Oh wow, this actually makes sense now
Look at it, it's almost as bit as Africa! We haven't found who is the president of Africa, so we had to make do with Greenland though.
There is one and only one reason Trump/US wants Greenland. With US out of NATO, it is a point closer to Europe to threaten Europe. Every other explanation is a disgusting lie, and of zero value to US.
I always understood it as trump wanting the natural resources that Greenland has, along with it being positioned in a future ultra strategic location for arctic trade. like if the polar ice caps melt in the summer then countries close to the north pole will be able to send more ships easily, making any land around chokepoints in this trade more valuable - like Greenland
not saying I like any of this stuff, but this is what I've heard
There is one and only one reason Trump/US wants Greenland.
There's more than one. To me, the most plausible one is that Putin has played on his insecurities. He probably told Trump that a president / king / emperor is remembered when they expand their territory, otherwise they're forgotten. So, off Trump goes, trying to cement his legacy as a great president by expanding US territory. By doing that, he plays right into Putin's hands by destabilizing the world.
It looks huge on a Mercator Projection map even though it isn’t that large.
In the Mercator projection it appears to have about the same area as Africa, while in reality it is about a 14th of it. But, I wouldn't say that "isn't that large": if Greenland was independent it would be (and Denmark is, because of it) the 12th largest country in the world.
My guess is that it has to do with rights to the ocean floor.
AI slop.
To the extent that the billboard never existed while the image implies it did – sure.
I love the term ‘slop’. It’s one of my favorite new words along with ‘nontent’.
But this, to me, isn’t that. I think of slop as ‘unrequested, unconvincing, lazy, and lifeless’. In short, ineffective and unwelcome.
I feel like this meme gets the message across. It’s not great, but it’s not terrible. The AI tells are subtle enough: the multi lane pileup in the background and some poor small size text rendering.
Not sure why I felt the need to write this. Guess I’m of the opinion that just because something is AI-generated doesn’t mean it should be discounted immediately, unless it really feels like zero effort went into it. Have a nice day!
that was close, almost upvoted.
I mean the message is good, but the medium is, well slop.
How can you tell? (serious question)
Well, for starters the billboard is only about 15' tall and goes over the road. That's not normal. Everything has a odd inconsistent blurry look to it and all of the smaller text is distorted and illegible.
Finally, the details on... well everything are wrong. Why does the white truck in the foreground have one giant door with a handle in the middle and a second handle on the truckbed? What is the traffic flow in this image? How many lanes does the road have? Why are all the lamps on the top of the billboard pointed so weirdly? What sort of neighborhood is this in?
With Tump back in the office, soon enough they’ll be auctioning off federal lands and the postal service. Privatization is back on the menu.
Things you can do when you have fuck-you money to burn: buy a billboard.
I thought about buying / renting a billboard in a small town in Texas where a shitty family mistreated my partner's nephew when he did a cultural-exchange program (her family is Thai). It would be essentially this but about that family. I didn't go through with it because they got kicked out of the program via other avenues.
I did buy a discounted ad on a podcast to rail about how much I hate ads. That was fun. I think I paid like $175 or something. I don't have fuck-you money, but I do have low level fuck-around money.
I'm out of the loop and also not American. Can somebody elaborate please?
Trump wants to buy Greenland and Canada, rename the gulf of Mexico to the gulf of America, and take control of the Panama canal
He has no interest in buying either Canada or Greenland. He hasn't ruled out using force though.
Elon Musk is the resident Nazi at the heart of the US government and is widely believed to have bought his influence with Trump. Oh and also Trump is President again after being a convicted criminal. No this isn't a joke.
What makes Elon a Nazi? Does he promote genocide or racism? I've only seen one picture of him doing the pose but have no context. Also lol on Trump. I would've assumed people with such a track record wouldn't even qualify to work as teachers or any other job, let alone run and get elected as president lmao.
Donald Trump has offered to purchase Greenland. He wants to take the Panama Canal by brute force and keeps suggesting that Canada should become a State in order to avoid his oncoming tariffs. Meanwhile, Musk 'donated' about 250,000,000 USD to Trumps election campaign helping ensure he won and now we are all watching the US become an oligarchy. (Effectively Trump is owned by Musk).
Donald Trump has offered to purchase Greenland.
No, Trump has been saying, in a threatening way, that Greenland is going to be part of the United States. He hasn't suggested buying it, but he hasn't ruled out taking it with military force.
Effectively Trump is owned by Musk
No. Musk bought a little influence and so far hasn't pissed Trump off enough that he's been cut off. But, it's just a matter of time.
I'm more worried if Germany is for sale
Boy in a candy store mentality, although surprised he knew how to zoom out on google maps.
Ah yes, because the US has a history of just accepting no for an answer and absolutely does not use coercion and violence to get the desired outcome.
