Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, not the Norwegian government and certainly not the Danish government, determines the winner of that prize. Yet Trump now not only blames Norway for failing to give it to him, but is using it as a justification for an invasion of Greenland.

Think about where this is leading. One possibility, anticipated this morning by financial markets, is a damaging trade war. Another is an American military occupation of Greenland. Try to imagine it: The U.S. Marines arrive in Nuuk, the island’s capital. Perhaps they kill some Danes; perhaps some American soldiers die too. And then what? If the invaders were Russians, they would arrest all of the politicians, put gangsters in charge, shoot people on the street for speaking Danish, change school curricula, and carry out a fake referendum to rubber-stamp the conquest. Is that the American plan too? If not, then what is it? This would not be the occupation of Iraq, which was difficult enough. U.S. troops would need to force Greenlanders, citizens of a treaty ally, to become American against their will.

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    the last straw should have been “grab them by the pussy”

    but here we are, getting murdered in the street by nazi fascist pigfuck thugs

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        If only someone time-travels themselves to convince future Trump voters in 2015 to vote for Hillary instead, then everyone would’ve been better off.

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      Which is probably nowhere close to the end. We’re probably going to have to go through a civil war, experience a nuclear catastrophe, something to cow the cultists back.

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    “Give me the Peace Prize or else I’ll invade other countries and start wars” sounds like something out of a sitcom.

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    The last ten years have been filled with last straws. Pick one for godsakes! This dude is a child rapist

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    There have been so many last straws. America is a threat to the world. That he remains in power is evidence.

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      Right? Swear to god I want to throw anyone who says “this most recent thing is the start of the descent into…”, or whatever other similar nonsense, into a big hole in the ground. Weak cowards who want the thrill of being close to danger but who never want to actually walk the walk.

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    Anybody who reads that and doesn’t immediately conclude he’s absolutely fucked in the head and a threat to… everyone needs to get on the next SpaceX test rocket.

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      The problem is even if haalf of trump voters finally agreed. And united left and right all decided to message our reps to stop this it either goes discarded or Vance is next in line and he still pursues it

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    Not the rape, murder, torture, kidnapping, corruption, illegitimacy, illegality, unconstitutionality, warmongering, domestic and international terrorism, pedophilia, economic harm, environmental harm, the destruction of public landmarks, undermining congressional power, illegal firings and appointments, nepotism, theft, convictions, insurrection, sedition, or treason but his grade school bullying of our allies? THAT should be the last straw?

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      I mean, apart from all that, what’s so bad about him? ;)

      (a: He’s also ugly and smells like poo.)

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    Amidst all the doomers in here… I know a crazy MAGA person in my family. They have been staunch about supporting him and defending him since the beginning.

    They are livid about this Greenland situation.

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    There are no more straws. Anyone who supports Trump at this point has already locked in and there isn’t anything him or his admin can do to change their minds.

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      It’s not about who supports him. It’s about the people and organizations that have the power to do something about it sitting on their hands.

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    Should be?

    Seriously?

    We’re way past the Rubicon. The army is breaking through the city gates.

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      last straw

      Really? The last straw happened in the beginning of his previous administration

      Entire bales of hay followed, I’m buried under straws and I can barely breathe.

      I think “last straw” is very relative.at best.

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        last straw

        Really?

        No. Because now we’re talking about Caesar crossing the Rubicon. Even the ancient Romans would have seen this as a logical progression of the conversation.

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    Dementia speaks folks… it’s the late night sundowning and the posting in the wee hours when he should and would be sleeping if his brain wasn’t turning to plaque that’s the give away. Man is falling into the same disease that his father went down with and has played the ‘batshit’ game for so long it’s hiding what would be obvious in a normal, decent person.

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    The Final Straw Inc. is constantly looking for new and exciting ways to expand our lineup of Straws.

    For decades now, our competitors have said you’ll run out of straws, but our team has innovated constantly in the development of cutting edge Last Strawstm.

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