It strikes me that we are witnessing a self-fulfilling prophecy in the making. It started out as mere act of trolling that the media ran with in its insatiable hunger for spectacle, amplifying it beyond reason. And now, what began as frivolity has turned into a subject of earnest debate.

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    A lot of people in Vichy France were really really happy to be part of the Third Reich. A lot of people will also be happy to be part of the 4th Reich too (in both Canada and Greenland)

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    First they ate german and japanese economies, it makes sense if the next step is territorial anexation

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    Some billionaires or fellow dictators whispered to Trump that there are resources to exploit there, and maybe even a cool bunker for the climate wars, so Trump blurted it out and the media easily figured out the reasons.