Greenland: Macron warns of 'cascading consequences' if US seizes island(www.lemonde.fr)
27 pointsby perihelions8 hours ago1 comment
  • zqna8 hours ago
    That's exactly what Trump's is looking for - an excuse to break up and to open doors for Putin on the east flank. Same old story, meanwhile there is no counterreaction from freedom loving populace of the blessed country. That's all one needs to know.
    • JPKab7 hours ago
      So Trump wants to help Putin while simultaneously seizing his oil tankers?

      Explain.

      • zqna7 hours ago
        My 1st guess is that they made Ribentrop-Molotov deal last year in Alaska. 2nd guess he is drunk on power and inpunity. Or maybe both.
        • joezydeco4 hours ago
          The stupidest answer is the most likely one. Occam's Kazoo.
      • hshdhdhj44444 hours ago
        Because they were transporting Venezuelan oil?

        It’s not even clear whether they were actually Russian or if they were just flying the Russian flag to try and not get captured.

        But even if they were Russian, it was a clear area in which Putin overstepped his boundary.

      • vdupras7 hours ago
        One explanation could be that, if Trump is a Russian asset, he'd be more effective at it if he wasn't obviously one. Seizing all tankers except russian ones might be too obvious.

        Therefore, it might be worth it for Russia to lose a few tankers in order to keep one of their greatest assets.

        All hypothetical of course. I'm sure Trump isn't a Russian asset. No way they can have kompromat on such a virtuous guy.