XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.democrats   
   From: katt@gmail.com   
      
   On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 10:42:19 -0800,  Alan says...   
      
   > 'Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, said Monday that   
   > Greenland should be part of the United States in spite of a warning by   
   > Frederiksen that a U.S. takeover of Greenland would amount to the end of   
   > NATO.   
   >   
   > ?The president has been clear for months now that the United States   
   > should be the nation that has Greenland as part of our overall security   
   > apparatus,? Miller said during an interview with CNN Monday afternoon.'   
      
   Miller has been "briefed" to say what Trump has said, and it's all rhetoric,   
   trolling and tactics, to see what and how Greenland/Denmark will respond.   
      
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   As I've stated... it's rhetoric, and you know what they say about that...   
   right? When and where Trump is concerned, it's usually one of two things...   
   posturing and/or trolling tactics, to see how others will react.   
      
   That is exactly what a lot of seasoned observers are saying right now.   
      
   In the world of "Trump-speak," rhetoric is often used as a negotiation tool-   
   opening with an extreme position (like "seizing" or "annexing") to make the   
   actual goal (like a "purchase" or a "trade deal") seem like the reasonable   
   middle ground.   
      
      
   Step 1: The "Art of the Deal" Tactic   
      
   Many analysts believe the current "military option" talk is a classic example   
   of calculated unpredictability. By floating the idea of an annexation:   
      
   He creates leverage: It forces Denmark and Greenland to the table to discuss   
   "easier" options like a Compact of Free Association (COFA) or increased   
   mineral rights.   
      
   He tests the waters: As you mentioned, it's a way to see how NATO and Russia   
   react before a single official offer is even signed.   
      
   He changes the "Overton Window": By talking about "seizing," the idea of   
   merely "buying" the island suddenly goes from sounding "crazy" to sounding   
   like a 'diplomatic compromise."   
      
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   So... stop your moaning, whining and crying.   
      
   Trump is NOT going to take Greenland by force, no matter what he or anyone   
   else says.   
      
   It's part of the process to get Greenland/Denmark to the table.   
      
      
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   "Trump Derangement Syndrome" Is a Real Mental Condition   
      
   All you need to know about "Trump Derangement Syndrome," or TDS.   
      
   "Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is a mental condition in which a person has   
   been driven effectively insane due to their dislike of Donald Trump, to the   
   point at which they will abandon all logic and reason."   
      
   Justin Raimondo, the editorial director of Antiwar.com, wrote a piece in the   
   Los Angeles Times in 2016 that broke TDS down into three distinct phases or   
   stages:   
      
   "In the first stage of the disease, victims lose all sense of proportion. The   
   president-elect's every tweet provokes a firestorm, as if 140 characters were   
   all it took to change the world."   
      
   "The mid-level stages of TDS have a profound effect on the victim's   
   vocabulary: Sufferers speak a distinctive language consisting solely of   
   hyperbole."   
      
   "As TDS progresses, the afflicted lose the ability to distinguish fantasy from   
   reality."   
      
   The Point here is simple: TDS is, in the eyes of its adherents, the knee-jerk   
   opposition from liberals to anything and everything Trump does. If Trump   
   announced he was donating every dollar he's ever made, TDS sufferers would   
   suggest he was up to something nefarious, according to the logic of TDS.   
   There's nothing - not. one. thing. - that Trump could do or say that would be   
   received positively by TDSers.   
      
   The history of Trump Derangement Syndrome actually goes back to the early   
   2000s - a time when the idea of Trump as president was a punch line for late-   
   night comics and nothing more.   
      
   Wikipedia traces its roots to "Bush Derangement Syndrome" - a term first   
   coined by the late conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer back in 2003.   
   The condition, as Krauthammer defined it, was "the acute onset of paranoia in   
   otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency - nay -   
   the very existence of George W. Bush."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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