US threatens to annex Greenland - 2025/2026

[Yellowbelly]

I find it absolutely incredible that so many nations have put up a billion dollars. Makes me wonder what the payment plan is or if the money gets refunded with interest if certain goals are met.

The billion dollars is only for those countries that wish to serve more than a three year term, which effectively means it's free for the first three years.

Trump's Gaza peace board charter seeks $1 billion for extended membership, document shows

A draft charter sent to about 60 countries by the U.S. administration calls for members to contribute $1 billion in cash if they want their membership to last more than three years, according to the document seen by Reuters.

www.reuters.com

 

[nao]

Moo. His presidency time ends in 3 years. So he will get those billions. And ..well.. don't think it will be like the UN

 

[SouthAussie]

Moo. His presidency time ends in 3 years. So he will get those billions. And ..well.. don't think it will be like the UN

Yes, it's likely no coincidence that the 'free' membership is for three years and his term ends in 3 years.


The Trump administration sent out more than 50 invitations to countries around the world. Members are invited to join for free for three years.
At the end of the three-year period, the chairman of the peace board may then decide to renew a country's membership. However, if a country wishes to become a permanent member, they can do so by paying a $1 billion fee within the first year of joining the group.

Explainer: Trump Signs 'Board Of Peace' Into Existence

US President Donald Trump has unveiled his Board of Peace, an initiative he says will seek to resolve global conflicts and promote stability, peace, and governance “in areas affected or threatened by conflict.”

www.rferl.org

 

[Charlot123]

I found this very interesting website from Denmark called Verfassung which means constitution in English. This particular topic is about The End of NATO as we Know It

The End of NATO As We Know It

verfassungsblog.de

About the wars. JMO, I don’t foresee them being “over Narva.” I don’t see Narva in the cards tomorrow. Climate change still exists. The wars may be over water or pieces of land not yet underwater. I can’t understand the concept of Arctic dominance. (I have no knowledge. I understand geometry but it is all). But we don’t even know for sure how the climate will change. With the global warming, how would Arctic look like? Seriously, can we predict the map of 2030? We are thinking about “nukes”, but there may be so little habitable land that it would be too precious to nuke it.

 

[Kemug]

Well Trump/US won't be getting any of my gazillions of billions, and if I were a Greenlander you couldn't give me enough trillions of gazillions to make me move anywhere I didn't want to go, least of all to USA, or give away anything I don't want to, especially to the aforementioned country and leader.

 

[CrimeDawg123]

We should just give him literally the 1951 agreement and let him think it's his idea

"Trump’s Greenland framework sounds a lot like an already existing 1951 deal"

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/22/politics/us-greenland-framework-1951-deal

 

[Moll]

This article in today's 'i' newspaper (UK) is interesting. I've seen it suggested elsewhere that the troops in Alaska seem unlikely for Minnesota 'peacekeeping' and it seems the Danes are still not entirely convinced the threat of invasion has been removed. It's a long article. I hope it's accessible but include a short extract below.

Navy Seals and Arctic paratroopers — why Trump's invasion threat was very real

The US has gathered intelligence about Greenland's defences and prepared elite troops, experts warn, as fears remain that the US could still strike

inews.co.uk

Navy Seals and Arctic paratroopers — why Trump's invasion threat was very real​

BIG READ The US has gathered intelligence about Greenland's defences and prepared elite troops, experts warn, as fears remain that the US could still strike
Security analysts have been concerned that the US Army’s 11th Airborne Division could be used to seize the Danish territory

Rob Hastings
Special Projects Editor
January 23, 2026 6:00 am (Updated 10:00 am)

A few days ago, the US Department of War placed about 1,500 troops on standby for deployment at any moment.

Officially, this order was made in case Donald Trump invokes the Insurrection Act and sends the US military into the city of Minneapolis. The personnel would be ready to stop activists from disrupting raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), following the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an agent, two insiders told American media outlets.

Yet the choice of unit being put on alert was unusual: paratroopers stationed in Alaska, trained to fight in the very coldest conditions. They’re nicknamed the Arctic Angels. Normally, they work with a different kind of ice.

There have been fears in Denmark that these commandos from the US Army’s 11th Airborne Division are not intended for an operation against American protesters. Instead, could they have been preparing to invade the Danish territory of Greenland?
Hans Tino Hansen, founder of the Copenhagen-based firm Risk Intelligence, which analyses global security dangers, believes the threat of invasion was real – and still is.

He was alarmed when he heard the news about the 11th Airborne. “Why would you use US Army forces from Alaska in Minnesota?” he asks. Responding to domestic emergencies is the US National Guard’s job, and there are far closer units to choose from.

The 11th Airborne Division was established in 2022, when its personnel were told their mission was to “not only operate in extreme cold weather and mountainous terrain, but to build and demonstrate mastery of it”.

The division’s recent exercises also concern Hansen. He has heard unconfirmed reports that “they have been training to take an airport in an Arctic country during the last year”. Besides Greenland, he notes, there are few other places in the world where those skills would be needed.

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