Trump ‘cannot annex another country’ says Danish leader as she visits Greenland

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/greenland-trump-denmark-nuuk-copenhagen-vance-frederiksen-rcna199659

by Dystopics_IT

26 comments

  2. Like Trump and his administration care about that, they are not exactly bothered by rule of law and international agreements, mfs think we are in the 19th century when America and Andrew Jackson bought territories. Denmark should ask for an European force to be stationed in Groenland pronto because the idiot is not joking.

  5. Everyone gets distracted by the noise instead of digging deeper. While we in Europe have our opinions and views, it requires to look for sources that explain how they could possibly get to this idea in the first place.

    Let me quote a few things from US conservative policy postings*:*

    *’Greenland lies within the Western Hemisphere and is functionally “a north American island nation,” yet it is a constituent of a north European allied nation state. To summarize the history, Greenland was connected to the Kingdom of Denmark and Norway around the 1720s, when north European missionaries started to settle in Greenland and native Greenlanders were Christianized and the island became a part of European trade routes. The Nazi occupation of Denmark meant that the colonial government of Greenland had to be self-sufficient. The first formal agreement between the United States and Greenland was initiated in 1941; it allowed the United States to establish a permanent military base in Greenland in exchange for protection of Danish colonial administration, based in Greenland, from the ongoing Nazi invasion in Europe.* 

    *The U.S.–Greenland treaty was against the wishes of the government in Nazi-occupied Denmark. After the war, the free Danish government sought to end the treaty but was unable to do so because the treaty allowed American presence in perpetuity, and American protection became a given after Denmark joined NATO in 1949. A new defense agreement in* ***1951 consolidated Greenland’s position as a core American interest*** *and part of its sphere of influence. Greenland voted against joining the European Community (later the European Union) in 1972, even after Denmark voted to join it. Finally, after the introduction of “home rule” in Greenland, Greenland voted to withdraw from the European Union in 1985.’*

    This is very much how American conservatives look at this. They interpret any movement by Greenland to be ‘free’ as a movement into American arms. They will and have influenced this as well. They will undermine Europe in this.

    P.S. [full source here](https://americarenewing.com/issues/towards-greater-engagement-and-integration-with-greenland-and-a-new-american-arctic-century/)

  6. Well, he can. The question is what will the Danish and European response be. They don’t have to spell it out, but some hints would be helpful to cement trust.

  7. US will never seize Greenland with military force…they will fund a “revolution” like they usually do, then step in to export “democracy”.

    Likely, this time they will fail big.

  8. Danish prime ministers has called Denmark the best allies of the US for many years. They’ve even send soldiers to fight illegal wars for them. So many died.
    Having a worn down army seemingly unable to assiste the US in it’s incredibly many conflicts and wars is in some ways a blessing.

  9. Then do something. Trump doesn’t care about laws so a show of force would be nice

  10. Imagine what an invasion will do with the stock market and all the US pensions that are already under stress. The government will lose all support from the American people.

  11. Frederiksen should be consequential and ask that the US troops leave Greenland and Denmark, as well as cancelling any pending contract with US arms makers (and refuse to pay any penalty).#

    Otherwise it reeks of weakness. It would be like catching your maid stealing from your house and still give her full access of the house

  13. The question isn’t whether he can legally do it, the question is who can militarily stop him if he does it anyway.

    The short answer is nobody.

  14. Tangerine Dementia is running out of days…his lies are stacking up…and his favours have run out…not honouring fallen troops by golfing instead will impact him a lot more then he expects…vets golf and they still have a lot of protests planned…now he let the fallen go unnoticed…without a fair reason…his fall is coming…way to late but

  15. It’s happening. You have to accept this reality and start negotiating terms, or there won’t be a negotiation at all. All the armies of Europe combined pale in comparison to the might of the US military.

  16. Bold strategy, Cotton, let’s see if it pays off for her

  18. They can and probably will.
    I bet they are currently calculating if the EU sanctions are worth it

  21. Well that settles it then.  If only someone had tried telling Putin he wasn’t allowed to.  

  22. You and whose army? Screaming “but that’s illegal!!” doesn’t mean anything if we aren’t ready to fight

  24. Unfortunately, Trump is playing by the Putin playbook.

  25. Isn‘t this the woman who was simping for JD a while ago only to be slapped in the face in return.

  26. Ask your European allies to station troops with the permission of the Greenlanders and see what happens with a multinational force there.

    Neither Greenland nor Denmark is a third world country where Trumpy and his morons dare to use force.

    But whatever you have to do, do it now.

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