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Randahl Fink
Randahl Fink
@randahl@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

This is the document, Trump does not want you to see.

In 1916, under President Woodrow Wilson, the United States signed the purchase of the Virgin Islands from Denmark, in a convention in which the United States recognised Denmark's right to the whole of Greenland.

Danish MP's of The Defence Committee will convene in the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility at 18:00 to discuss the defence of Greenland.

Full text: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-39/pdf/STATUTE-39-Pg1706.pdf#page=1

In proceeding this day to the signature of the Convention respect- Greenland recognized. ing the cession of the Danish West-Indian Islands to the United States of America, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of America, duly authorized by his Government, has the honor to declare that the Government of the United States of America will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland.

ROBERT LANSING.
In proceeding this day to the signature of the Convention respect- Greenland recognized. ing the cession of the Danish West-Indian Islands to the United States of America, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of America, duly authorized by his Government, has the honor to declare that the Government of the United States of America will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland. ROBERT LANSING.
In proceeding this day to the signature of the Convention respect- Greenland recognized. ing the cession of the Danish West-Indian Islands to the United States of America, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of America, duly authorized by his Government, has the honor to declare that the Government of the United States of America will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland. ROBERT LANSING.
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swggrkllr3rd
swggrkllr3rd
@swggrkllr3rd@mastodon.world replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl You've to keep in mind, drumpf the Orange One was brought by a racist daddy and a rabid lawyer.

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Joker
Joker
@kleb@mastodon.world replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl BABA (BUY ANYTHING BUT AMERICAN)

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Bogdan Buduroiu
Bogdan Buduroiu
@bruvduroiu@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl the dude just said the quiet part out loud: "might makes right". International law and treaties are dead, this piece of paper is worthless

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Cirgud
Cirgud
@Cirgud@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl Stephen Miller would be interested in this. I'm sure he was being sincere when he was asking about the origins of Denmark's claim to Greenland.

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Bot4Sale
Bot4Sale
@Bot4Sale@fairdinkum.one replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl Trump plays by dictator rules so I seriously doubt some document from a hundred years ago is of any concern to him.

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The Polish Dispatch
The Polish Dispatch
@ThePolishDispatch@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl There's one safeguard that can be placed, and maybe it will work. If Denmarka ASAP signs with a private enterprise (possibly setup just for that purpose) a deal which grants that enterprise full unlimited rights to access all minerals, fossil fuels, and others. Of course that enterprise would do nothing with them, but the whole deal would function as a 'tag', making it harder for trump to promise pieces of Greenland to US companies.

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SearingTruth
SearingTruth
@SearingTruth@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl

"We have become the evil we fought."
SearingTruth

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A Sentient Glue Bottle
A Sentient Glue Bottle
@themooserooster@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl Liberal nonsense. That's never how fascists have worked. The truth is whatever justifies whatever they want to do in any given moment. You can't argue with them.

You can't fight them this way.

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Ignacy 🇪🇺
Ignacy 🇪🇺
@ignacyy@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl The real question is: how on earth it has not been removed yet? Someone must be surely fired for such negliegence and replaced with proper fascist officer.

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Ignacy 🇪🇺
Ignacy 🇪🇺
@ignacyy@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl The real question is: how on earth it has not been removed yet? Someone must be surely fired for such negligence and replaced with proper fascist officer.

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Dr. BauBauS
Dr. BauBauS
@BauBauS@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl So, in the light of this document Rubio can be accused of treason ?

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GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺
GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺
@Eetschrijver@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl Dynamite. Even though he'll just march over it roughshod. Because he is IT and IT can do as IT pleases because IT is God Emperor of MAGAland.

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@byrnensorg@mastodon.ie replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl Do you think a document like this matters to Trump, who is riding roughshod over the rule of law? Historically, I think any Native American or First Nations people would tell you that U.S. government agreements are not worth the paper they're written on.

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donald_brady
donald_brady
@donald_brady@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl Denmark/Greenland should realize that this paper is worthless. Only strength and defiant escalation will work (IMHO). End the US base lease immediately, ask / force them to leave, deploy Danish or NATO troops to Greenland. Only by making it super expensive and risking loss of US troops will TACO back down. All just my opinion. You can't negotiate with him because he's not following any rules, just what's good for him and his cronies.

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Oyu F'ka
Oyu F'ka
@Oyu_Fka@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl There's an easy spin for trump et al to explain their ignoring the document:

Quote: United States of America will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland.

They'll just say Denmark has failed in extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland and therefore it's down to the good ol' us of a to do the job for Greenland on Denmark's behalf. Simples!

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Magnus Ahltorp
Magnus Ahltorp
@ahltorp@mastodon.nu replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl ”Danish MP's of The Defence Committee will convene in the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility at 18:00 to discuss the defence of Greenland.”

Is that the meeting about Greenland without Greenland being invited?

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Federation Bot
Federation Bot
@Federation_Bot replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYAahN1G8Y8

X+Y (Clip) - Nathan solves math problem | Pinnacle Films
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xs4me2
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@xs4me2@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl 🎯

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EndicottRoad59
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@EndicottAuthor@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl It's a document that DJT finds incovenient, and will probably ignore. It's another treaty he will break.

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Bart Allen
Bart Allen
@barryallen2023@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl Not like it matters. Have you seen our Constitution? The Bill of Rights? I know the #orangefacedbuffoon hasn't. At this point I'm convinced him and all his cronies don't even know how to read. #fucktrump

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Morten Kjeldgaard
Morten Kjeldgaard
@mok0@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl @benroyce US threatened to take the islands by force if Denmark would not sell them. They were convinced that Germany would seize them and Denmark wouldn’t be able to defend them. Same argument they’re using with Greenland.

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@walshman23@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl What form did the "authorization" given by the USG for Lansing's "declaration" take, and does it have the force of law? I'll assume for the purposes of discussion that "will not object" means "will not ever object".

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Noor
Noor
@kchr@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl
In case of the misfortune that anybody would trip on the network cable and accidently wipe the hard drives that store the document, it is now also available here: https://archive.is/2zDa7

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Mårten Hansson
Mårten Hansson
@marten_hansson@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl He wouldn't understand the content anyway.

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@agreeable_landfall@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl You say that as if "laws" and "treaties" have some sort of effect on the current Administration. As was clearly stated in "The Art of the Deal", Donald Trump has *always* broken his contracts. He *recommended* that you get subcontractors to start the work, and once they've invested their labor and materials sufficiently, you simply break the contract and re-negotiate the deal. That's his "Art". Just like the Scorpion in the tale, we knew what he was before we took him on our backs.

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Bodhipaksa
Bodhipaksa
@bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl

Trump will be very happy for us to see this. He's a rogue actor, interested only in making himself look like a tough guy who isn't bound by laws or treaties. The more laws he breaks, the bigger he thinks he looks.

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caneToad
caneToad
@dazzr@social.tchncs.de replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl That declaration dates back to the olden time.

Today it does tells us in clear words, that Agent Orange will break each and every treaty, accord, or agreement he deems useful or necessary to rip off peoples all over the world or to foster his and his billionaire buddies' obscene wealth.

Covering up the Epstein files has a price tag, too.

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caneToad
caneToad
@dazzr@social.tchncs.de replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl That declaration dates back to the olden time.

Today it does tells us in clear words, that Agent Orange will break each and every treaty, accord, or agreement he deems useful or necessary to rip off peoples all over the world or to foster his and his billionaire buddies' obscene wealth.

Covering up the Epstein files has a price tag, too.

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
@Lazarou@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl silly, trump can't read..... 😉

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Lackfabrikant (EVduckR)
Lackfabrikant (EVduckR)
@EVduckR@nrw.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl Hey, come on! It’s signed by a democrat president! What’s the word of a democrat worth? A truly great president will ignore that signature and get a Nobel Peace Prize for it!

/s

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bit
@bit@ohai.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl This document could have been written by Trump himself with his ridiculous overcompensating large black sharpie. Could have been televised. He would still ignore/deny it on a whim, and the MAGA fascists would still support him. It's a banana republic over there now. There is no point in trying to make sense of anything they do or say. It's fascism, greed, and cruelty, from psycopaths.

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Keith
Keith
@invadersil@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl Is that like how Ukraine was always going to be protected if they gave up their nuclear arms? Is it like that?

That worked out well, didn't it.

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Tim
Tim
@seufz@troet.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@randahl null AND void

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