# Trump Says the Darndest Things! **URL:** \ **Category:** Political Topics\ **Created:** [December 10, 2024, 11:30am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831 "2024-12-10T11:30:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/21 "2024-12-22T23:42:13Z")
He apparently hasn’t encountered a new shiny thing to distract him. ![image](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/b/9/b9ed8ef47a054afd5b9c0dd2fa409a94b6b7f23c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![stochiki](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@stochiki](https://community.goactuary.com/u/stochiki)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/22 "2024-12-23T00:48:54Z")
Trump lived his entire life doing whatever he wants, he has no notion of morality. ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/23 "2024-12-23T13:24:15Z")
It’s going to be a “fun” 4 years. ![image](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/d/5de9a98ec1e96d0c21b80b98bc78df8e6275fdec.jpeg) ![image](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/1/214edffa6da8d3927c7a6bd0de1d9c905153eeac.png) Perhaps he’s jealous of Putin getting a chunk of Ukraine? ---
**Author:** ![NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/normaldan/32/1013_2.png) [@NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NormalDan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/24 "2024-12-23T13:45:08Z")
I think there is a legitimate argument that Greenland is of strategic interest to the US related to the militarization of the arctic. ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/25 "2024-12-23T15:07:25Z")
Fortunately, Denmark is an ally through NATO, since the US doesn’t exactly have spare cash to buy and support a colony. ---
**Author:** ![NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/normaldan/32/1013_2.png) [@NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NormalDan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/26 "2024-12-23T15:20:04Z")
Have you met the US deficit spending? There’s always room ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/27 "2024-12-23T15:23:47Z")
I am reminded of what’s in my bag to put under my wife’s family’s Christmas tree for her: a collection of Zimbabwe dollar bills, denominated in billions and more. (She likes collecting foreign currency, and her “nice” present was a combined birthday/Christmas/25th anniversary gift, already given.) ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/28 "2024-12-23T15:33:57Z")
> [@NormalDan](#): > > I think there is a legitimate argument that Greenland is of strategic interest to the US related to the militarization of the arctic. Canada has already acknowledged joint responsibility with the US for its Arctic security in its recent Arctic defence policy. Cheaper for the US to do it that way versus buying Nunavut from us. ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Bee4422](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/busy_bee4422/32/69948_2.png) [@Busy\_Bee4422](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Busy_Bee4422)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/29 "2024-12-23T16:07:28Z")
😂 those are notes from the 1997 to 2009 period right? Bearer cheques they were called. Iirc they had no proper bank notes from 2003/4 iirc. That was a terrible period. Inflation came back around 2017 again but the economy is basically dollarised. ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Bee4422](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/busy_bee4422/32/69948_2.png) [@Busy\_Bee4422](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Busy_Bee4422)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/30 "2024-12-23T16:11:52Z")
What’s the concern there? Is it a fear Russia can come round the short way? ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/31 "2024-12-23T16:13:23Z")
But remember: Starting 20 January, Canada is apparently a national security threat to the US. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/32 "2024-12-23T16:31:39Z")
> [@Busy\_Bee4422](#): > > What’s the concern there? Is it a fear Russia can come round the short way? Since the height of the Cold War in the 1950s, there has been a concern of Russian missiles heading to the US via the Canadian Arctic. NORAD (history below) was set up in the mid-50s as a joint Canada-US security operation. Its mandate has spread to naval issues as the Arctic has warmed up. [https://www.norad.mil/about-norad/norad-history/](https://www.norad.mil/about-norad/norad-history/) ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/33 "2024-12-23T16:35:39Z")
> [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](#): > > But remember: Starting 20 January, Canada is apparently a national security threat to the US. 🙄 Canada has a strategic geographic location for US security. Most US Presidents have worked cooperatively with us on defence as a result. I would have thought Trump would have learned that in his first term but… ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/34 "2024-12-23T18:09:01Z")
![9a532d08-2715-4536-a0e4-d339ef470f5c](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/2/72ac0d58539306b3a90f35a122a6f71a54db7d13.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/35 "2024-12-23T20:40:53Z")
I seem to recall that the US received some pretty good territory bargains from other nations over the years (Alaska, Louisiana Purchase, Manhattan) and the nations affected (Russia, France, Algonquin) haven’t threatened to take them back. Only powerful bullies like Trump have that prerogative, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/36 "2024-12-23T20:52:39Z")
I think Russian state TV has made a few noises about the sale of Alaska having been improper, this voiding the transaction…but theoretically that’s not Putin speaking. Theoretically. ---
**Author:** ![Gormenghast](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/8797f3/32.png) [@Gormenghast](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Gormenghast)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/37 "2024-12-23T20:53:24Z")
And we also took a lot of stuff by force without paying anything for it, like most of the rest of the country. ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/38 "2024-12-23T20:57:18Z")
> [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](#): > > I think Russian state TV has made a few noises about the sale of Alaska having been improper, this voiding the transaction…but theoretically that’s not Putin speaking. > > Theoretically. Despite my rants against Trump, I am glad my province borders on Alaska as a US state rather than as a Russian province. Happy for my taxes to fund NORAD. ---
**Author:** ![AcademicActuary](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@AcademicActuary](https://community.goactuary.com/u/AcademicActuary)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/39 "2024-12-23T21:47:13Z")
> [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](#): > > but theoretically that’s not Putin speaking. > > Theoretically. Medvedev has been delegated the role of making the most provocative statements: > ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/40 "2024-12-23T22:11:16Z")
> [@NormalDan](#): > > I think there is a legitimate argument that Greenland is of strategic interest to the US related to the militarization of the arctic. Absolutely The US has had it’s eye on Greenland for decades for strategic purposes: > **[Proposed United States acquisition of Greenland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_the_United_States_to_purchase_Greenland)** > > The United States has discussed obtaining Greenland from Denmark since the 19th century. There were talks within the US federal government about purchasing Greenland in 1867, advocated by Secretary of State William H. Seward, and again in 1910. However, in 1916, the United States proclaimed their recognition of Danish sovereignty over all Greenland as a condition for their purchase of the Virgin Islands in the Treaty of the Danish West Indies. Since World War II, the US has had at least one mi... However tweeting nonsense to the Danes is unlikely to help accomplish anything here, and probably more likely to make matters worse. [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831.md?page=3)