US threatens to annex Greenland - 2025/2026

[SouthAussie]

As a UK citizen - one of my best friends is a injured service man from AFGHANISTAN I am horrified by his statement

How does he sleep at night?

My thoughts are with all those families from NATO countries who lost their lives / were injured in Afghanistan his statement yesterday was a disgrace.

Just like his Greenland sentiments does this man have any class?

Australia lost 42 soldiers - and 261 wounded - during Afghanistan, too. We are not a NATO member.

 

[Yellowbelly]

It’s understandable why non-Americans would be against America first policies.

Previous American presidents understood that America is stronger and achieves more internationally when it works with its allies.

 

[keek]

As a UK citizen - one of my best friends is a injured service man from AFGHANISTAN I am horrified by his statement

How does he sleep at night?

My thoughts are with all those families from NATO countries who lost their lives / were injured in Afghanistan his statement yesterday was a disgrace.

Just like his Greenland sentiments does this man have any class?

He is an ignorant horror of a human being. MIndless. UK service people ARE amazing, and always have been!!! IMO

 

[SouthAussie]

Previous American presidents understood that America is stronger and achieves more internationally when it works with its allies.

And when it exerts soft power ... helping poorer nations with their healthcare/infrastructure/other problems.

imo

 

[Lebowski]

Previous American presidents understood that America is stronger and achieves more internationally when it works with its allies.

pretty straightforward to see this with the history of our policy in iran, for example.

W and trump were unable to get the world to support multilateral sanctions because they were both proud unilateralists who didn't think through the consequences of that attitude. so they only got unilateral sanctions, (ones imposed only by us) which don't have much bite, because people just go around them. it's as effective as trying to keep the cows in with half a fence. and sure enough those unilateral sanctions got no results. obama was able to get everyone to agree to multilateral sanctions, which coerced iran into agreeing to let us monitor them indefinitely.

the fact that trump withdrew from that arrangement, in return for nothing, was another gigantic own-goal. ...as he apparently realized, since he's been desperately trying to get iran to agree to restore obama's deal.

 

[Summerliz03]

I said earlier in this thread that I think every thing Trump does comes down to how it will make him money. That’s literally all he cares about. This article pretty much sums up my feelings about the Greenland debacle. Literally market manipulation to line his pockets and increase his wealth (and his billionaire friends) he doesn’t care what countries or allies he pisses off in the process or how he ultimately will hurt the US long term, because he ONLY cares about his own personal wealth gains. He creates a problem, doesn’t care about any consequences and then swoops in to “save the day” TACO is the best acronym that’s ever been created for him. All MOO.

https://fortune.com/2026/01/22/trump-greenland-nato-taco-deal-military-art-of-the-deal/