US president Donald Trump has told reporters this evening that the US is going to take Greenland “whether they like it or not” because, supposedly, if the US doesn’t take it then Russia or China will “and we’re not going to have Russia or China for a neighbour, ok?”

Trump’s deranged land theft is not limited to Venezuela. As well as Greenland, he has also threatened ground attacks on Mexico and his secretary of state Marco Rubio has made clear he wants Cuba for his far-right clan.

Read the transcript below the embedded video:

And uh the policy question, how much money are you thinking of giving people in Greenland to get them on board with a possible US?

I’m not talking about money for Greenland yet. I might talk about that, but right now uh we are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not. Uh because if we don’t do it, Russia or China will take over Greenland and we’re not going to have Russia or China as a neighbor. Okay?

I would I would like to make a deal, you know, the easy way. But if we don’t do it the easy way, we’re going to do it the hard way. And I’m a man. And by the way, I’m a fan of Denmark, too. I have to tell you, and I’m and you know, they’ve been very nice to me. Uh I’m a big fan. But you know, the fact that they had a boat land there 500 years ago doesn’t mean that they own the land. Uh sure, we had lots of boats go there also. But we need that because if you take a look outside of Greenland right now, there are Russian destroyers.

There are Chinese destroyers and bigger. There are Russian submarines all over the place. We’re not going to have Russia or China occupy Greenland. And that’s what they’re going to do if we don’t. So, we’re going to be doing something with Greenland, either the nice way or the more difficult way.

Please go ahead. Ma’am.

On Greenland, Mr. President, why is it so important to you to own it when you have a military presence there which you could expand to affect the security?

Because when we own it, we defend it. You don’t defend leases the same way. You have to own it. Uh and you know, with a nation, look at what happened with Obama with that horrible deal they made with Iran. It was a short-term deal. It was like a nine-year deal.

Countries can’t make nine-year deals or even hundred-year deals. Countries have to have ownership. And uh you defend ownership. You don’t defend leases and we’ll have to defend Greenland. Uh if we don’t do it, China or Russia will. It’s not going to happen.

We are not gonna have and I like China. I like Russia. I love the people of China. I love the people of Russia. I get along very well with President Putin, but I’m very disappointed in him. I get along very well with President Xi. I’m going to go over to China in April, but I don’t want them as a neighbor in Greenland. Not going to happen. And and by the way, and NATO’s got to understand that I’m all for NATO. I saved NATO. If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have a NATO right now.

But we’re not going to allow Russia or China to occupy Greenland. And that’s what’s going to happen if we don’t.

Holy ‘Greenland’

But wait a minute, where have we heard this before?

“If I don’t take it, someone else will”

Is Trump actually Jacob? The Israeli settler stealing houses in occupied East Jerusalem?

They’re both from New York as well.

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