Trump serious about wanting to take over Greenland, says Danish prime minister

Post by gigatexal » Tue, Jan 06, 2026, 1:08 PM UTC

twixfel wrote: post #37

gigatexal wrote: post #6

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This. I would hope for this. Let them take Greenland to save lives. But while the win the battle they lose the war. No more NATO. No more allies in Europe. The next time something goes wrong America will be alone because Trump ruined anything decent with America.

Trump already has ruined America. I'm not sure Americans understand how alienating this stuff is. As a formerly very Atlanticist Brit who used to genuinely look up to America and thought we had so much to learn from it, this shit is completely insane. The Americans have gone insane.

Post by mrighele » Tue, Jan 06, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC

andsoitis wrote: post #2

If it happened by force, then the US has attacked the EU. I almost cannot conceive that it would happen. However, if it does, the EU would have to force all US military personnel stationed on the bases across the EU to leave the region.

Post by darubedarob » Tue, Jan 06, 2026, 5:49 PM UTC

mindcrash wrote: post #44

Jtsummers wrote: post #3

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EU and NATO, NATO is larger than the EU itself. It would be a political, economic, and military disaster (even if the US "wins" the conflict) for the US. Losing 31 ally nations (possibly more) overnight and all those facilities would be a long-term military disaster, and a longer-term political disaster. Who would ever ally with the US again for the next several decades knowing that the US will turn on allies?

> Losing 31 ally nations (possibly more) overnight and all those facilities would be a long-term military disaster, and a longer-term political disaster. And they should also consider all equipment, munition and weapons stored at those facilities, including the B61 nukes, null and void. Because their former NATO allies will never ever allow the US to take equipment which could be used against them later on back home.…

Post by verzali » Tue, Jan 06, 2026, 10:37 PM UTC

taylodl wrote: post #8

andsoitis wrote: post #2

If it happened by force, then the US has attacked the EU. I almost cannot conceive that it would happen. However, if it does, the EU would have to force all US military personnel stationed on the bases across the EU to leave the region.

Almost. I’m admittedly being pedantic, but here’s the nuance: Greenland is not part of the EU. Their citizens are Danish citizens, and as such, they are EU citizens. Confused yet? Greenland is a member of NATO - which is actually much more problematic. If Trump invades Greenland, he’s delivered NATO’s head on a silver platter to Vladimir Putin. I’d call that aiding and abetting an enemy - an act of treason - but I’m…

Post by 0928374082 » Wed, Jan 07, 2026, 1:52 AM UTC

dadadanda wrote: post #33

Jtsummers wrote: post #3

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EU and NATO, NATO is larger than the EU itself. It would be a political, economic, and military disaster (even if the US "wins" the conflict) for the US. Losing 31 ally nations (possibly more) overnight and all those facilities would be a long-term military disaster, and a longer-term political disaster. Who would ever ally with the US again for the next several decades knowing that the US will turn on allies?

There is no law of geopolitical physics that says regime change operations must be confined to developing countries. In the event of a serious deterioration in US-EU relations you shouldn't expect the US to sit idle. The European far right does not care about Greenland one bit. We could very well end up in a situation where we have the US and Russia working together to destabilize the EU, perhaps European leaders fea…