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Ron in Regina

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“Negotiations with pointed guns and fingers on triggers aren’t usually effective negotiations.”

“Canada is in a trade war and that trade war is already lost. We lost (it) eight years ago,” said Strathcona Resources Ltd. chair Adam Waterous, referring to the cancellation of the Northern Gateway and Energy East pipeline projects. “Our only hope at this point is to sue for peace. Trump now has us over the proverbial oil barrel.”
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a speech heavily aimed at a domestic audience and focused on America’s economy, but which also made crucial reference to the many geopolitical storms that involve America today, from Greenland and Gaza to Venezuela and Ukraine. He said America is owed legal title to Greenland, though said he would not take it by force.

He referred to the Russian president as “Vladimir,” the French president as “Emmanuel,” the former president of the Swiss Confederation as “a woman,” and the NATO secretary-general as “Mark,” and fondly remembered the time Mark Rutte called him “Daddy.”

He called Greenland “Iceland” a few times. It all stood in contrast to the speech on Tuesday by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney — whom Trump also called “Mark,” but in a less conciliatory manner — which quoted both the Ancient Greek historian Thucydides (“the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must”) and the modern corporate aphorism that “if you are not at the table, you are on the menu,” and was over in about 15 minutes with a standing ovation. Trump’s was well over an hour. Oh well.

For the past year, and increasingly over the last few weeks, Trump had been raising the temperature of rhetoric regarding the U.S. seeking to acquire Greenland. During a daily briefing with top advisors, however, he realized it was Iceland he had in mind.

(Trump had reportedly asked his staff to double-check to make sure he meant Iceland and not Ireland)

"Totally different place, from what I'm hearing," Trump told reporters. "Greenland is covered in ice. Iceland is green. It's actually very confusing the way they've done it, you know, very sad, the way these Europeans name their countries. Can you believe it? Makes no sense. That's why we have to go take Greenland. Or Iceland. One of them. Whichever one of them is the good one."

This is a reference to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech on Tuesday, which did not name any specific country or leader, but described a “rupture” in geopolitics to which middle powers should respond by coordinating mutual support resistance and resistance to economic sabotage.
 

Ron in Regina

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For the past year, and increasingly over the last few weeks, Trump had been raising the temperature of rhetoric regarding the U.S. seeking to acquire Greenland. During a daily briefing with top advisors, however, he realized it was Iceland he had in mind.

(Trump had reportedly asked his staff to double-check to make sure he meant Iceland and not Ireland)
(YouTube & Trump flew to Davos to make his case for acquiring Greenland, or as he kept calling it, "Iceland")
"Totally different place, from what I'm hearing," Trump told reporters. "Greenland is covered in ice. Iceland is green. It's actually very confusing the way they've done it, you know, very sad, the way these Europeans name their countries. Can you believe it? Makes no sense. That's why we have to go take Greenland. Or Iceland. One of them. Whichever one of them is the good one."
(YouTube & Trump mixes up Greenland with Iceland multiple times in WEF speech)

Or maybe…maybe Iceland (or was that Ireland?) better watch its back, bunch of narco-terrorists anyway.