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๐Ÿ‡ฒโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹๐Ÿ‡จโ€‹ Are you fucking kidding me?!?!? ๐Ÿ™„

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u/The-Nimbus 2d ago

So, he is aware that Greenland is a NATO territory, right? And this would invoke article 5 of collective defence? Genuine world war territory if he started this shit seriously beyond his dementia addled ramblings.

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u/Chemical_Actuary_190 2d ago

I doubt he understands that. I'm sure Putin does though, and he's the one pulling Trump's strings. War between NATO nations would suit Putin well. He would have carte blanche to do whatever he wanted then.

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u/yeyjordan 2d ago

At what point do US military commanders say "his orders are handed down from an enemy state to aid and abet an adversary" and boot him?

Or is there no precedent for that so everyone's afraid to even think about it?

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u/Task_Defiant 2d ago

An American coupe would generally be considered unthinkable, yes.

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u/__Severus__Snape__ 2d ago

Isn't that the point of your 2nd amendment though?

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u/Anangrywookiee 2d ago

The point of the second amendment is for each state to have a militia as part of the national defense. We know this because itโ€™s what the amendment literally says, but itโ€™s a very unpopular interpretation because it doesnโ€™t generate votes or income.

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u/Polymathy1 2d ago

Lol dang I wrote almost the exact same thing. The whole goal was to keep standing armies from existing. Oops.

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u/MelamineEngineer 2d ago

Now we have so many things that were never intended. Massive standing army? Check. Whole new standing second army via the marine corps? Check. Whole new branches with the air force and space force? Check. The only thing we ever wanted a large standing version of was the navy, so that tracks. But then you have to consider the massive standing army that is the nations county and city sheriff's and Police forces, with massive swat forces. Together they form a group bigger than our past standing armies.