The Daily Populous Sunday April 13rd, 2025 morning edition
Authored by newrepublic.com and submitted by Rock-n-roll-Kevin

Instead, the effort is driven by a massive P.R. campaign consisting of spending federal dollars on advertising and social media campaigns with hopes of persuading Greenland’s 57,000 residents to basically annex themselves for America.

The prospect of that happening, however, is laughable. Greenland, which is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, has not taken kindly to Trump and his associates’ sudden interest in acquiring their land. After months of heavy pressure from the Trump family, including an embarrassing stunt in which Donald Trump Jr. reportedly convinced homeless residents to wear MAGA merchandise in exchange for food, and an effort in the U.S. Congress to rename the territory “Red, White, and Blueland,” Greenland’s various political parties set aside their differences in March to unite under a singular goal: opposing U.S. aggression.

“We don’t want to be Americans. No, we don’t want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders, and we want our own independence in the future,” Demokraatit Party leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen told Sky News the night his party won a decisive majority in Parliament, making him prime minister. “And we want to build our own country by ourselves.”

Crewmember169 on April 12nd, 2025 at 16:31 UTC »

ALL of our traditional allies and trading partners are angered by America's behavior. As a result, Xi probably feels he is in a very strong position. To top it off, Trump has already backed down on tariffs for phones and computers! Trump looks like an idiot to everyone except his base who will remain convinced that all the flip flopping is parts of some Trump master plan.

Hollygrl on April 12nd, 2025 at 16:08 UTC »

Four days ago they were “kissing my ass”.

Rita_Leeds8 on April 12nd, 2025 at 16:02 UTC »

Life is really tricky when you need, you know, consent and can't just file bankruptcy all the time.