Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, The Mail on Sunday has learned.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/58437694

Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, The Mail on Sunday has learned.

Sources say that the policy ‘hawks’ around the US President, led by political adviser Stephen Miller, have been so emboldened by the success of the operation to capture Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro that they want to move quickly to seize the island before Russia or China makes a move.

British diplomats believe that Trump is also motivated by a desire to distract American voters from the performance of the US economy before the mid-term elections later this year, after which he could lose control of Congress to the Democrats.

  • Whostosay@sh.itjust.works
    17·
    2 days ago

    Don’t worry our reporters will find out well in advance, and hold the information back to “save us service members lives” and likely fuck your shit up without any warning whatsoever

    That’s a solid question that needs to be asked, if war crimes are committed by the US, and our reporters knew but didn’t speak up, are they culpable?

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      12·
      2 days ago

      if war crimes are committed by the US, and our reporters knew but didn’t speak up, are they culpable?

      In a word? Yes.

      Not sure about legally, but they’d DEFINITELY be ethically and morally responsible.

    • FerretyFever0@fedia.io
      3·
      2 days ago

      I live in the US. Just happen to be right next to what’s certainly going to be a major target if and when a major war breaks out. Not going to blame whatever countries are involved, I completely understand. It is what it is.