Potus ???

[Johnsond]

27 minutes ago, sime42 said:

What a guy. He displays all the gravitas and diplomacy of a tangerine.

 

 

Trump links Greenland dispute to not getting Nobel Peace Prize, in letter to Norway's PM

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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The US president says he no longer feels obliged to think only of peace, after not being awarded the annual prize.

 

 

I'm curious; do either of this threads most prolific posters think this episode is to be applauded? If not, then how should Europe counter it, is Mr Starmer on the right track, or should he display more balls? 

 

 

 

@Mark J

@Steven P

 

We await with interest your response to the request from 42 

Edited 22 hours ago by Johnsond

[Mick Dempsey]

I thought this was a joke, but it’s true.

 

What a baby!

[Mark J]

Next level toddler. 

 

 

 

If he does take over Greenland, I reckon we should shut their bases here. Probably axe Trident while we're at it.

what say you @JohnsonD. Has your Emperor got new clothes?

 

 

[Johnsond]

12 minutes ago, Mark J said:

Next level toddler. 

 

 

 

If he does take over Greenland, I reckon we should shut their bases here. Probably axe Trident while we're at it.

what say you @JohnsonD. Has your Emperor got new clothes?

 

 

He’s not my emperor Mark

Im a UK citizen lad, the democratic process of the USA is nothing to do with me, that’s you just making shit up again  🤷‍♂️
I’ve said this before you class anyone whom is not a TDS sufferer as a supporter. 
What is embarrassing is Starmers behaviour, Maggie had Reagan eating out of her hand back in the day. 
 

[Squaredy]

On 17/01/2026 at 17:44, openspaceman said:

I admit to a bias as I blame american quasi diktats for a lot of the problems in the middle east  and the problems with our economy in the post war years.

 

Yes the war would not have been won without them but they benefited hugely from the Marshall plan where they hung UK out to dry because we elected a what they considered was a socialist government.

Bit of a derail I know, but how did the UK get hung out to dry by the Marshall plan?  Incidentally hopefully you know that we never paid back our WW1 debts to the USA and we very much betrayed them in the aftermath of WW1.  Yet still they gave us $31 billion for WW2.  What would that be worth today?

[Steven P]

3 hours ago, Mark J said:

Next level toddler. 

 

 

 

If he does take over Greenland, I reckon we should shut their bases here. Probably axe Trident while we're at it.

what say you @JohnsonD. Has your Emperor got new clothes?

 

 

 

He came out with Trump being the "make a wish president"

[openspaceman]

2 hours ago, Squaredy said:

Bit of a derail I know, but how did the UK get hung out to dry by the Marshall plan?

It wasn't by the Marshall plan. Germany and Japan were rebuilt under it wheras UK was excluded from any of the resulting trade. Worse was the exclusion of british scientists from knowledge they had supplied  in the Manhattan project. The UK government realised the new threat was Russia and embarked on our own nuclear weapons project but without some core knowledge which resulted in a fire at Windscale.

2 hours ago, Squaredy said:

 Incidentally hopefully you know that we never paid back our WW1 debts to the USA and we very much betrayed them in the aftermath of WW1.  Yet still they gave us $31 billion for WW2.  What would that be worth today?

As I said the war in wouldn't have been won without US industrial might ( which was able to develop hugely in the absence of bombing) and the many more of their servicemen that were killed than brits ( in fact US commanders have always been a bit gung ho with their use of troops from 1917-18 through 1942 to 45 then Korea and Vietnam).

 

Yes during the war we received massive amounts of material and food but the american economy grew  well from the war, we emerged destitute and the cost was the loss of the colonies as a result of the Atlantic treaty.

 

I grew up in the early post war years and saw the way the american standard of living was outstripping ours ( my father's younger sister was a GI bride and the family visited several times in the 60s, twice on Cunard queens before air travel took over). Then half a crown was referred to as half a dollar, a dollar was 10 shillings and 4$ to the £, That's how far we slipped in economic terms.

 

I did not know about the WW1 debt but oddly we committed troops in the russian civil war after 1918 but don't think  the US did . I suppose their irrational fear of communism had not yet developed.

 

[Gabriel82]

In all honesty, somebody ,more responsible, with a hell of a lot more decency and with NO criminal conviction, ( let's say Jonas Gahr Støre) should tell this orange useless eater convicted felon to FCK OFF and take his hoard of parasites children AND staff with him. 

 

The whole World is disgusted by him ,doesn't want him in power for obvious reasons.

 

As for those WHO actually voted him in power:  please people, do go check your IQ and mental health state!

 

Do you still have any trace of brain or did it all turned to a brown smelly disgusting matter similar to SHT?

I am ready to bet my life that this Ukaleq Astri Slettemark , a Greenlandic biathlete(with parents same biathlete champions) will do a 1000% better job than trump or ANY of his disgusting useless parasites children,or staff members! 

 

 

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[sime42]

17 hours ago, Johnsond said:

@Mark J

@Steven P

 

We await with interest your response to the request from 42 

 

As the most prolific poster in this thread, do you Davey, think this episode is to be applauded: Trump's attempted takeover of Greenland? If not, then how should Europe counter it, is Mr Starmer on the right track, or should he display more balls? Fair point about Maggie, but she had a far easier job with Reagan. She wasn't dealing with a narcissistic tangerine toddler.

 

If indeed he is playing 6D chess against a grand master, then maybe Starmer should deploy the King again. I.e. threaten to cancel his USA visit. In seriousness, the promise of, or threat to withhold special treats seems to be the only way to deal with Trump. Much like any other toddler. Alternatively, Norway could just give him another big gold medal for not invading Greenland. What a ridiculous situation we find ourselves in.

Regardless of the democratic process of the USA being followed, it's naive to think that the damage that the current Potus is inflicting left, right and centre is confined only to the USA. 

 

[GarethM]

31 minutes ago, sime42 said:

 

As the most prolific poster in this thread, do you Davey, think this episode is to be applauded: Trump's attempted takeover of Greenland? If not, then how should Europe counter it, is Mr Starmer on the right track, or should he display more balls? Fair point about Maggie, but she had a far easier job with Reagan. She wasn't dealing with a narcissistic tangerine toddler.

 

If indeed he is playing 6D chess against a grand master, then maybe Starmer should deploy the King again. I.e. threaten to cancel his USA visit. In seriousness, the promise of, or threat to withhold special treats seems to be the only way to deal with Trump. Much like any other toddler. Alternatively, Norway could just give him another big gold medal for not invading Greenland. What a ridiculous situation we find ourselves in.

Regardless of the democratic process of the USA being followed, it's naive to think that the damage that the current Potus is inflicting left, right and centre is confined only to the USA. 

 

And you think Starmer and his useless clan of European despot's are doing any better than virtue signalling and doing diddly squat?.

 

If Donald is playing chess, Starmer and the EU are barely able to play tag in the playground.