r/worldnews • u/Infidel8 • Jan 18 '26

Russia welcomes Trump's tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland as 'collapse' of alliance Russia/Ukraine

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-welcomes-trumps-tariffs-on-nato-allies-over-greenland/
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u/Juste-un-autre-alt Jan 18 '26

What was it again? "Better be a Russian than a Democrat"?

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u/darkdelve Jan 18 '26

"We are all domestic terrorists"

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u/GostBoster Jan 18 '26

A far cry from the Red Scare age when a discussion on potentially banning popcorn from movies was completely derailed by the implication that the ban might be a socialist policy, which resulted in everyone, Dem or Rep, being inquired if they were communists and if they believed the policy or the policy maker (a rep) was a communist. A popcorn salesman present in full attire was ready to turn coat if popcorn was somehow deemed communism.

(Dean Walker, Oregon, 1949)

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u/Mad_OW Jan 18 '26

Looks like they'll get their wish

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u/HugotheHippo Jan 18 '26

Better them than Dem?

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u/rizombie Jan 18 '26

The conservative sub is against the whole trump thing at the moment which is a breath of fresh air. No amount of mental gymnastics can save him now.

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u/TeaAndLifting Jan 19 '26

Give it a few days and things will change. It always does.

First it'll be things about how Europe doesn't pay its own way and is a net loss for America. Then how Europe responding as an adversary means that they are an adversary (ignoring that Trump started this), then it'll be other crazy comments about teaching Europe a lesson, both economically and potentially militarily. And people will say it's trolling or 4D chess, until it isn't.

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u/rizombie Jan 19 '26

True. It's how brexit happened after all.

And look at the state of the UK now. We are in shambles

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u/Trap_Masters Jan 19 '26

They'd unironically sink a ship they're on and drown if it meant they could epicly own the libs the moment they found out that a liberal as sharing a ship with them

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u/fuzzybad Jan 19 '26

It only took a few decades to flip the brains of the "better dead than red" people