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Dear foreign leaders: I suspect a better response is to roundly mock him for it... Unless there's some other intended effect on local (i.e. non-American) audien
by Terr_ 2y ago
Dear foreign leaders: I suspect a better response is to roundly mock him for it... Unless there's some other intended effect on local (i.e. non-American) audiences behind the approach.
Giving his crazy talk this kind of sober-statesman response just energizes him and his voter-base because they are motivated to confuse "pissed at an idiot" with "scared of a strong man's challenge."
- throwaway67679 2y agoSound like a way to make sure he will never back down on his promises.
- Terr_ 2y agoLOL, that'll certainly be a first! Let's suppose you're right, and somehow we are stuck with an American President with such a fragile ego that they can be goaded into spending almost all their time and political-capital on a crazy quest to convince Congress, the military, and the citizenry to invade Canada or Greenland. That's a good outcome. It means the unstable incompetent is kept busy and away from harming Americans in easier ways.
- throwaway67679 2y agoLet Canadians and Greenlanders decide that.