U.S. will ‘soon’ annex Greenland, wife of top Trump aide implies - ArcticToday
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A post by Katie Miller suggesting Greenland will “soon” fall under U.S. control draws a diplomatic response from Denmark and adds to growing Arctic friction.

Former Trump administration official and wife of top Trump aide Stephen Miller, Katie Miller, posted Saturday on X (formerly Twitter) an image of Greenland covered in the U.S. flag with the text “SOON”.

  • calcopiritus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4115·
    3 days ago

    And the other 1/3 didn’t mind trump enough to vote. So yes, it is the majority of American people.

    • original_charles@lemmy.worldEnglish
      194·
      3 days ago

      Because of the electoral college, getting out to vote when you otherwise wouldn’t have is almost entirely useless in most states as the party most states will side with is basically a forgone conclusion.

      On top of that, the Republican party has spent decades making it deliberately difficult to vote by limiting the number of polling places, as well as limiting mail in voting.

      The Democratic party on the other hand refuses to attempt radical economic upheaval that poorer US citizens desperately need because Democrats are still the “moderate” party that is in the pocket of billionaires.

      The Republicans routinely promise radical actions that they say will make things better for everyone. They’re lying of course, but it’s hard to be exceptionally poor, have no access to health care and vote for the party that is not advocating radical actions on your behalf.

      • calcopiritus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        68·
        3 days ago

        It’s 1 day every 4 years (2 including midterms). Even if the nearest polling place is 1 hour drive away. Even if your vote won’t be the deciding vote. In my country it takes less than 10 minutes to vote, but lets say it is 2 hours in the USA. That is a total of 4 hours.

        If 1/3 of US-Americans are not willing to “lose” 4 hours every 4 years. And 1/3 of USAmericans directly vote for fascism. Then a majority of USAmericans are ok with fascism.

        • original_charles@lemmy.worldEnglish
          103·
          3 days ago

          Every election is held on a Tuesday. Most of those people cannot afford to take a day off of work because capitalism has fucked them over so badly.

          Republicans have also stymied any attempts to turn election day into a national holiday specifically for this reason.