The hate has already begun. E.g. American college students attending a semester at the University of Copenhagen now have a hard time finding host families. Not many want an American in their home any more. And I am a dual US/DK citizen living in DK and am now constantly asked what Trump is up to…
We need a coalition of countries all sending one message to the current US prez that he is out of line with the world order and needs to stop bothering the rest of the world.
Now that Trump has Pete Hegseth heading the Department of Defense, he will direct America's military to invade whichever sovereign land he wants to take over. Welcome to Putin's Russia, here in America.
It sounds like the high Arctic needs to be protected from authoritarian states. Perhaps Canada and the Nordic States could be invited to replace US Military forces in Thule.
In a move that could only be described as a masterclass in geopolitical trolling, Denmark has decided to trade Greenland to Iceland for sweaters, Viking artifacts, & lutefisk. 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🖕
Denmark is a close ally of the USA and a fellow member of NATO. This is how he speaks to his allies. Yet he fawns all over the leaders of those countries who seek to do the USA harm. Food for thought.
Europe might as well immediately reorganize NATO under its own auspices without the US as a member. The US is now a threat, not an ally. Anyone who thinks otherwise at this point is engaging in wishful fantasies.
The asswipe never sleeps. He makes large and sweeping changes during the night. We never know what we’re waking up to. I’m more exhausted after less than a week than I was his entire last presidency. I can’t believe I’m even saying this. It’s a nightmare.
Frees J6 criminals
Fires IGs (VA, DoD, HUD, EPA, Energy ...)
Leaves Paris Climate Accord & WHO
ICE raids
Ends DEI
Ends health communications from CDC, NIH
Ends cancer research
I dunno. The US-funded genocide wasn't peace and quiet... it's just that what is occurring is no longer faraway and impacting us personal. A) sense of compassion of justice B) what happened there could easily happen here (and has) There has never been peace or quiet
“Four years of peace and quiet”… okay except for the climate crisis ripping a hole through society, an American funded genocide, and a proxy war with a nuclear power. Yes, quiet.
Yes. Article 5. And since NATO is a defensive alliance by design, if one member actively attacked another, the wording of it, which specifically mentions defense, should pretty much guarantee that all the others would be aligned against the assailant.
MAGA defend this and also claims that they want no new wars. Do they expect that other countries that he threatened (Canada, Mexico, Denmark and Panama) to not fight back? These are children who have never lived outside their small world. What happened to no new wars?
Europe (and the rest of the world) needs to start working on contingency plans for if/when Trump goes full dictator and starts attacking other countries. A fascist USA is not an ally.
Maybe ask Canada and Mexico first. We're a little busy over here, dealing with our own far right threat from within (actively promoted by Trump and Musk no less).
Side note: of course South- and Central America, the Middle East and South-East Asia would laugh bitterly at this. "What do you mean 'start' attacking? They've never stopped."
@atrupar.com posted verbatim from Fox TV Fri: "I'm signing an executive order to open up the pumps and valves in the north. We want to get that water pouring down here as quickly as possible ... 2/
2/you're talking about unlimited water coming up from the Pacific Northwest, even coming from parts of Canada." Also Aaron posted off fox from roundtable: "We shouldn't be in a position where you have tumbleweed that's dry as a bone. Cont'd 3/
3/Even tumbleweed can be nice & green & rich & it's not gonna burn. 3/ cont'd You don't even have to remove it. It's not gonna burn. But it's just dry. So I hope you can all get together & say I'm so happy with the water." The point is: state of mind coloring communications.
The answer to Trump is surely to eject the USA from NATO! It will be tough, but necessary. The grown ups need to grab back control. The States may have the most powerful military in the world, but the rest of NATO can handle it. He cannot be allowed to get away this ridiculous behaviour.
I am not sure whether I am more bored with the Danish government response to a request that hasn't officially been made or the idle shouting from a morally corrupt felon who hasn't got a plan. Please think coherently and update us in three months or never.
America has gone nuts. Australian needs to start setting boundaries and disengaging. No good will come from Australia "working with" a deranged corrupt fascist regime.
Spending sprees. He’s famous for them. A loss leader. Bankruptcies galore. Meanwhile, Repugnicans, who were all verklempt over deficit spending when Democrats were in charge, suddenly say they need to raise the debt limit by four trillion to pay for all of his boneheaded ideas and reciprocal gifts
What is he going to use to buy Greenland with? China already owns 859.4 billion dollars of the US current debt. If he keeps up with his stupid decisions, they will probably own the US by the end of his presidency.
A gentle hint to any country that wishes to remain territorially independent in the coming decades of 'multipolar' rule by Russia, China and the new US - build a nuclear arsenal and delivery systems, or be part of an ironclad military alliance that possesses them.
just screen the calls and make sure France is on stand by don't let him bully you citizens of Greenland there is no positivity or positive gains in letting that man in the door.
So, this will be interesting. Whether Trump attempts a take over of Canada or Greenland, will NATO partners have the cojones and resources to invoke Article 5 against the US?
Plus 74% of the insulin used in the US, blood plasma, antisera, electronics components, wind power technology & anything from Pandora, Bang & Olufsen to Georg Jensen products. As well as one of the world’s largest transporters, Maersk for your imports and exports. The US did not think this through.
Can’t wait until the cheering MAGAts are watching MeeMaw and PeePaw dying because they’re rationing insulin due to punitive tariffs on Denmark…when Novo Nordisk accounts for like 40% of the U.S. insulin market.
It may be Greenland, but he's acting as though it's Sudetenland in 1938. The details may vary, but parallels keep piling up. And just like his historical predecessor, he won't stop until others stop him.
He is nothing but a puppet of Putin, everything Putin wants is to get the West to fight within, especially in times like this. So Putin can invade Europe. You don‘t threaten your allies. The U.S. couldn’t even manage Vietnam and now he wants to fight 4 or more of the U.S. closest allies?
Adieu U.S.A
Trump wants protestors to disrupt things so he can deploy the military against the civilian population. Armed conflict between the very, VERY well armed population and the U.S. military would immediately devolve into civil war.
Let's look at the applicable provisions of the NATO charter.
Article 4: Members agree to consult each other if the security, independence, or territorial integrity of any member is threatened
Article 5: Members agree that an attack on one member is an attack on all members
Close?
If I were them, just say no, deal with the silly economic consequences (which will be short lived). And don't sweat it. No one in the Senate wants an invasion of Greenland. Probably best just to ignore the drama.
Oh no, please don't get me wrong, absolutely you should fight every single step of the way. It doesn't actually matter if you succeed or not. The important thing is to bog him down in litigation and obfuscate every single insane or inhumane policy decision he makes. The world is relying on you! 🙏
If NATO bands together against us using economic sanctions, we can be beaten. Our major companies all do business in Europe. Republicans won’t listen to us citizens but they are likely to listen to big business.
I wonder if they are brave enough. I wish our Government was as we are Americans most strategically placed ally so the US needs us more than we need them. I don't think we do too much necessary trade with the US.
If Denmark refuses to sell Greenland, Trump might expand the U.S. military presence at Thule Air Base and claim Greenland for Arctic security under the Monroe Doctrine. Denmark then might invoke NATO Article 5, treating it as an attack on sovereignty, potentially sparking World War III.
"Denmark isn’t a country that needs US trade to survive. It only makes $5.54 billion in US trade, which is around 1.4% of Denmark's GDP. During COVID the GDP dropped by 3.6% (larger than the 1.4% it makes from US trade), but it was able to recover."
Let’s wait a couple of days or weeks at the most, I‘m sure Trump will choke on a Cheeseburger or getting a heart attack, cause nobody listen to him or takes him seriously.
I mean, wtf?!
The sad and disgusting thing is, we have MAGA RepubLIARs introducing a bill to acquire Greenland. Trump & Co. is pushing our allies into alliances with our enemies. Much as Nazi Germany did with their allies.
Trump is a bully. Denmark [and the EU] needs to stand up to him. This will include making plans and to find alternate sources for anything imported from the US.
Denmark and Greenland need to immediately expell the US military from their bases on the island, as an urgent precautionary measure, and request France to station one of its nuclear subs in coastal waters.
He can whine and bitch all he wants, they're not backing down. Especially since attacking Greenland would result in Article 5 of NATO coming in and removing trump from office
“What you have just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.”
Don't offer anything, just say no. We're not going to get through this next 4 years by trying to work out agreements with him. Just say no, I don't care how much it might matter to us and how hard it's going to be for us. Say no.
Can't wait to see Russia perform some half-assed "Cuba blockade" on Greenland, with Trump swooping in to save the day. It will all go pear-shaped of course.
The USA already has troops on Greenland. They are allowed more than they have now. They are also free to get a license to extract resources there (against pay). Trump will make a lot of noise, threaten Denmark, etc. The result will be status quo, and he will claim a great strategic victory.
If you farted into a trumpet and followed through, whatever came out of the trumpet would make more sense than anything that comes out of that orange blob's oxygen inlet.
Like the 1979 home rule and 2008 self government referendums, if Greenlanders want to become a US territory instead they should have another referendum.
It shouldn’t be up to the US or the Kingdom of Denmark. Greenlanders should decide their own future.
It's because she's a woman... he just detests women who are stronger leaders than him, and as a result, tries to bully them by name calling, etc - Mexico is another!
He gets giddy & sweaty when he has control of other people's money. He thinks it's his. He thinks he's clever. He's not. He bankrupted himself so many times. During Covid he raided the treasury, refusing oversight. He gave loans to his cult, which were forgiven, but real small businesses missed out.
Fuck, whole Europe stands with the Danes.
Damn, I only hear Putin‘s words coming from Trump. This is all Putin wants, fighting within, so he can march (or crawl) his army over Europe! …. Kamala was so right when she said, Putin will eat Trump for lunch.
Well if the Danes decide to sell Greenland I hope they get a breathtaking amount and that they make sure the check doesn't bounce before transferring ownership. 😎
Not for sale!
But IF it were, don’t you think they’d sell to the highest bidder? What makes Trump think it’s the US?
Trump says the US will “protect Greenland.” Right now the threat comes from the USA.
Considering the threat to several NATO countries and allies posed by the new administration, I think it's time to expel the US from NATO, cancel all trade agreements with them, and isolate them from the world at large. Any country that continues to do business with the US to be likewise ostracized.
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https://youtu.be/GbbndQPyoLQ?si=NAT1jW82SwzF7bZD
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/715949/sponsors/new?token=ZrbqPPpdWU9uzNnegfN8
The shocking thing for Denmark may will be they thought the US respected them as strong allies.
That was Putin's deal with Trump, start a war with NATO nations, then through an alliance take what they want.
We're here for our European allies to fight within.
https://www.nato.int/cps/eu/natohq/official_texts_17120.htm
This is not how he talks to his allies. It’s how he talks to ours. He fawns over his.
Frees J6 criminals
Fires IGs (VA, DoD, HUD, EPA, Energy ...)
Leaves Paris Climate Accord & WHO
ICE raids
Ends DEI
Ends health communications from CDC, NIH
Ends cancer research
They had it already to go
https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
The tragic irony may be that the second application of Article 5 might be against the US.
Not even the dumbest Congress would allow military force against an EU country, and Denmark knows this.
He's spaffing his nonsense into the wind.
Seriously, put a bullet in his brain
And Musk
(I'm joking.
...or am I..?)
That area.
If Trump wants to take advantage of Greenland's resources, he should be talking contracts, not control.
https://bsky.app/profile/usapolling.bsky.social/post/3lgmeuvnhfk25
I suppose people in the US may laugh these things off but threatening the sovereignty of other nations is crazy.
Adieu U.S.A
This is naked imperialist aggression against an ally and I am absolutely disgusted that Americans aren’t out on the streets protesting.
Nobody is eager to start that fight just yet.
Article 4: Members agree to consult each other if the security, independence, or territorial integrity of any member is threatened
Article 5: Members agree that an attack on one member is an attack on all members
Close?
https://jeffrey-side.blogspot.com/2025/01/how-denmark-should-handle-trumps-trade.html
I mean, wtf?!
Now it's ENOUGH.
This dangerous fascist must be stopped.
#GreenlandisEurope
Citizens of Greenland, you really want to join a fascist state with health and school systems only possibles for the richs?
Anyone else see parallels with Russian annexation of Ukraine etc?
Like possibly one big, frozen, internment camp?
Trump has these obsessions, but he'll move onto the next subject soon enough.
It shouldn’t be up to the US or the Kingdom of Denmark. Greenlanders should decide their own future.
Damn, I only hear Putin‘s words coming from Trump. This is all Putin wants, fighting within, so he can march (or crawl) his army over Europe! …. Kamala was so right when she said, Putin will eat Trump for lunch.
https://youtu.be/LIzCmykDaj0?feature=shared
But IF it were, don’t you think they’d sell to the highest bidder? What makes Trump think it’s the US?
Trump says the US will “protect Greenland.” Right now the threat comes from the USA.
At this point, I am ok with it. Trump has less leverage than he thinks, and tariffs won't last once sales plummet, hurting his US billionaire buds.