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https://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=15398

Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) released the following statement today after introducing a bill authorizing President Trump to acquire Greenland and renaming it Red, White, and Blueland:

“America is back and will soon be bigger than ever with the addition of Red, White, and Blueland. President Trump has correctly identified the purchase of what is now Greenland as a national security priority, and we will proudly welcome its people to join the freest nation to ever exist when our Negotiator-in-Chief inks this monumental deal.”

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 hours ago

The madness runs deeper than the figurehead.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 hours ago

The EU should come together and rename USA as "Lalaland". Since that's apparently a thing countries do now?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I fully expected Trump to drag America in a farcical dictatorship if he was reelected.

I just expected it to take longer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 48 minutes ago

I honestly assumed the Dems wouldn't fuck the pooch so hard they lost control of literally everything, and we'd get four years of slightly worse status quo as they try to run everything through the SC for a rubber stamp

🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Are google and Apple gonna go along with this as well?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

They care about money. If they don't go alone with it they probably get fined. So yeah, I think they will.

And it's not uncommon. Lots of countries don't call other countries by their names. Japan is Nihon. China is Zhōngguó. Germany is Deutschland.

But those are for historical reasons, changing it specifically to be different is nuts.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 hours ago

This rhetoric is terrifying. Look at that speech. That's getting stoned on your own farts and getting them preemptively fresh speech. That's the sort of way literally only cultists and fascist governments speak. That's a dprk ass comment.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 hours ago

I wonder if the any Russians reading this might wonder if this was how their government sounded when they invaded Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Let’s face it, calling anything “green” is woke.

/s

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago

If all AOC had to do was rebrand it to the Red White and Blue New Deal to get Republicans on board, I'm going to have an aneurysm.

This nonsensical stunt is the political equivalent of jingling keys in front of a baby.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

This has to be ragebait cover for something else, right?

Like even the dimmest, least self aware, MAGA-hat-wearing dumbass would feel embarrassed to say "Red, White, and Blueland" out loud.

Right???

[–] [email protected] 1 points 52 minutes ago

This has to be ragebait cover for something else, right?

It is standard political procedure. Watch for what other bills and policies are being put on the table that would undermine the working and middle class. The point of all this, is to tire the public from all the farcical news, while the real news is behind closed doors being ironed out.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago

It's bait for the media (and everyone else) so they have something funny to feed their audience and can pretend it's just silly nonsense while ignoring the part that authorizes the "President" to acquire Greenland.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago

I want to agree, but these people wore diapers for him. The only further absurdity is the war over it for the minerals and arctic claim under the guise of national security.

It’s rage bait to hide a real enemy to the rest of us.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

You think too highly of them, but this is probably rage bait. If they could feel embarrassment they wouldn't have voted for Trump the first time let alone once more. One way to begin to understand the MAGA mindset is by reading Settlers.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I hate this fucking country and I'm going to either get out or go off-grid as soon as I can muster it financially

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago

don't worry, soon nobody will be able to do anything financially and you'll be free to raid and steal anything you need if you're not afraid to get killed for it.

land if the free (to kill minorities and commies) home of the brave (snowflake Nazi terrorists)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Sounds like a shitty theme park.

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