Official LRC President Donald J Trump Thread

SDSU Aztec wrote:

1100 wrote:

"Denmark is a very special country with incredible people, but based on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s comments, that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland, I will be postponing our meeting scheduled in two weeks for another time...." - Donald Trump

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The above was actually posted by the President of the United States. This is not a joke. This actually happened.

Lord have mercy on all of our souls!

The Denmark PM said the idea of selling Greenland was absurd and Trump took that as an insult. I guess he had expected her to say something like they would be willing to review any offers.

The idea is absurd; he described it as being a big real estate deal, but it's not. There are no comparable country sales to compare Greenland to and it's not possible to calculate a present value of future cash flows.

The possible value would be comprised of three unknowns: The amount of valuable minerals, the effects of global warming and the costs of extraction. It's guaranteed that if a sale occured one of parties would get ripped off in a big way over the long-term.

Of course that was absurd wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

The Denmark PM said the idea of selling Greenland was absurd and Trump took that as an insult. I guess he had expected her to say something like they would be willing to review any offers.

The idea is absurd; he described it as being a big real estate deal, but it's not. There are no comparable country sales to compare Greenland to and it's not possible to calculate a present value of future cash flows.

The possible value would be comprised of three unknowns: The amount of valuable minerals, the effects of global warming and the costs of extraction. It's guaranteed that if a sale occured one of parties would get ripped off in a big way over the long-term.

I'm a European (not Danish) and when I read that idea of buying Greenland I seriously tought that was a joke. Even if I believe for long that Trump is crazy and a fool, this is so laughtable I really thought it was the media that were making up some funny buzz from nothing. But no, Trump obviously heard some day that there was a place called Greenland with likely many interesting minerals and woke up the day after with this idea that it would be cool to buy it, that it would be a cool legacy and that Denmark would happily say "oh yes, we'll sell you 50k citizens and a big land" like if it was an empty house. WTF? It's 2019, not the 1800's!

I really feel sorry for the Americans because it must be so embarrassing for them. I don't know how much you realize that most of the world is making fun of that president. I'm concerned that the Democrats are having difficulties to find a candidate that most can agree on, because this joke has to stop in 2020.

Conundrum wrote:

Of course that was absurd wrote:

I'm a European (not Danish) and when I read that idea of buying Greenland I seriously tought that was a joke. Even if I believe for long that Trump is crazy and a fool, this is so laughtable I really thought it was the media that were making up some funny buzz from nothing. But no, Trump obviously heard some day that there was a place called Greenland with likely many interesting minerals and woke up the day after with this idea that it would be cool to buy it, that it would be a cool legacy and that Denmark would happily say "oh yes, we'll sell you 50k citizens and a big land" like if it was an empty house. WTF? It's 2019, not the 1800's!

I really feel sorry for the Americans because it must be so embarrassing for them. I don't know how much you realize that most of the world is making fun of that president. I'm concerned that the Democrats are having difficulties to find a candidate that most can agree on, because this joke has to stop in 2020.

Joe Biden is what we need because he is the anti-trump. A good guy who is normal.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

1100 wrote:

"Denmark is a very special country with incredible people, but based on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s comments, that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland, I will be postponing our meeting scheduled in two weeks for another time...." - Donald Trump

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The above was actually posted by the President of the United States. This is not a joke. This actually happened.

Lord have mercy on all of our souls!

The Denmark PM said the idea of selling Greenland was absurd and Trump took that as an insult. I guess he had expected her to say something like they would be willing to review any offers.

The idea is absurd; he described it as being a big real estate deal, but it's not. There are no comparable country sales to compare Greenland to and it's not possible to calculate a present value of future cash flows.

The possible value would be comprised of three unknowns: The amount of valuable minerals, the effects of global warming and the costs of extraction. It's guaranteed that if a sale occured one of parties would get ripped off in a big way over the long-term.

kibitzer wrote:

Rigged for Hillary wrote:

Pocahontas . . . blatantly lied about her heritage.

No, she didn't: She was mistaken.

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My father was from the backwoods of Maine. He'd been told that he was part American Indian, and told us kids the same--and looking at his coloring and that of one of my sisters, it was easy to believe.

My sister and I did 23 and Me and it turns out that we (and perforce Dad) apparently have no Indian blood at all.

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A lie is a false statement intended to deceive. Dad didn't lie to us, and his parents didn't lie to him; they sincerely believed they were speaking truly. Similarly, Warren was told that she was part Indian--which, in Oklahoma, is practically the default for a "white" family that's been there awhile. Her parents didn't "lie" to her and she didn't "lie" when repeating the falsehood; they were simply mistaken.

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I find plenty to criticize in Warren's politics, but she did NOT "blatantly lie[ ] about her heritage." That is simply false.

Racket wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

The Denmark PM said the idea of selling Greenland was absurd and Trump took that as an insult. I guess he had expected her to say something like they would be willing to review any offers.

The idea is absurd; he described it as being a big real estate deal, but it's not. There are no comparable country sales to compare Greenland to and it's not possible to calculate a present value of future cash flows.

The possible value would be comprised of three unknowns: The amount of valuable minerals, the effects of global warming and the costs of extraction. It's guaranteed that if a sale occured one of parties would get ripped off in a big way over the long-term.

I don't think the idea is totally absurd. There's historical precedence for the US buying land and Greenland has a lot of strategic value. Putting a price tag on it would be tough but that's business, and if we weren't running such a colossal deficit already then I'd probably be more for it. The money would probably be way better spent repairing our own infrastructure first.

Trump is an idiot, sure, but I'm don't think I'm against the US expanding peacefully and responsibly as long as we're taking care of the business here as well.

agip wrote:

looks like the scaramucci defection and all the other defections are starting to rattle GOP donors. they are calling around looking for someone to primary spanky.

Wapo:

Joe Walsh, a pugnacious former congressman, is preparing a Republican primary challenge to President Trump that he previewed as a daily “bar fight” with the incumbent over his morality and competency.

Mark Sanford, a former South Carolina governor and congressman, said he is inching closer to a bid of his own by sounding out activists in New Hampshire and other early-voting states about an insurgency focused on the ballooning deficit.

Jeff Flake, a former Arizona senator and Trump antagonist, said he has taken a flurry of recruitment calls in recent days from GOP donors rattled by signs of an economic slowdown and hungry for an alternative to Trump.

And former Ohio governor John Kasich will head to New Hampshire next month to “take a look at things” after experiencing “an increase” in overtures this summer, an adviser said.