US threatens to annex Greenland - 2025/2026

[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/

 

[Ruminations]

I'm a non-United States resident. I am a Canadian American (Canada has more land mass than the US within North America).

What policies?

Is it policy for the US Government to falsely state that NATO countries have not assisted the US when Article 5 was invoked by the US?

That statement is false, and an apology is necessary for the sake of the US population. Statements that cause the US population to believe that they are victimized by foreign countries is exactly why a portion of the population believes that the US should attack sovereign NATO countries.

Anyone who supports the invasion of Greenland has to have a reason. Stealing land and wealth doesn't sound good, but retaliation because NATO has allegedly never fulfilled responsibilities to the US is a reason.

Facts matter.

I blame the spread of "no rules" media and loosening of FCC regulations.

I feel like it is very common knowledge that NATO mutual defense was only activated once for the US. But I am not on social media except this, and I curate my news carefully.

Facts matter, but twitter, for instance, does not correct errors in a balanced way. What the US needs is sturdy publishing rules for social media.

MOO

 

[LAborn]

I hope everyone will read this. https://www.npr.org/2026/01/23/nx-s...terans-describe-shock-of-trump-admin-rhetoric
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — On a recent chilly afternoon in Copenhagen, sitting outside a cafe with blinking heat lamps, Company Sergeant Major Henrik Bager shared a Danish expression.

"You have a cup. When it's filled, you need to empty it so you don't get stressed or angry or to do stupid stuff," he explained.

Earlier this month, his cup was full – after escalating rhetoric from President Trump and others in his administration about how Denmark hasn't done enough to secure Greenland, that they've been a poor ally.

"The first time it felt like a punch to the gut," said Bager, who has deployed five times to serve alongside Americans, including in Afghanistan and Iraq. "You can survive one punch in the gut. When it just keeps on going, then it fills you up with sadness, disappointment, anger."

So he emptied those feelings into a letter that reads like a poem. He sent it via Facebook to former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford.

Dear Rufus Gifford,

I’m not writing as a politician.
Not as an analyst.
I’m writing as a Danish Afghanistan and Iraq veteran.

And yes – this brings tears to my eyes.

When the U.S. today calls Denmark a poor ally, it feels like a slap in the face to those of us who were actually there.

After 9/11, Denmark did not hesitate.
We didn’t debate polls.
We didn’t calculate politics.

We put on our gear.
We said goodbye to our families.
We kissed our children goodnight and hoped we’d see them again.

We stood side by side with American soldiers.
We patrolled together.
We covered each other.
We bled together.
And we lost people.

Danish soldiers never came back home because we took the alliance seriously – not as words, but as a promise between soldiers.

So when Denmark is called disloyal, it doesn’t just hit a country.
It hits those of us who wore the uniform.
It hits the fallen.
It hits the families still paying the price.

We don’t expect thanks.
We don’t expect applause.

But we do expect honesty.
And respect for history.

Denmark was there when it mattered.
And we were not half-hearted.

A solider never forgets who stood by his side.
Nations shouldn’t either.

Thanks for your voice, you have the respect from the Danish people.

 

[MollyHarps]

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I’m genuinely curious. Trump has cited Russia and China as the main reason that owning Greenland is strategically important for the US, but he also invited Putin to join his Board of Peace. How do those two positions fit together from your perspective?

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

I apologise @SouthAussie for missing non nato members out in my post - I stand with any country who sent troops X

 

[Stunned]

And #47 called into a radioshow and proclaimed his building to be the tallest now on 911.

 

[Inthedetails]

I hope everyone will read this. https://www.npr.org/2026/01/23/nx-s...terans-describe-shock-of-trump-admin-rhetoric
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — On a recent chilly afternoon in Copenhagen, sitting outside a cafe with blinking heat lamps, Company Sergeant Major Henrik Bager shared a Danish expression.

"You have a cup. When it's filled, you need to empty it so you don't get stressed or angry or to do stupid stuff," he explained.

Earlier this month, his cup was full – after escalating rhetoric from President Trump and others in his administration about how Denmark hasn't done enough to secure Greenland, that they've been a poor ally.

"The first time it felt like a punch to the gut," said Bager, who has deployed five times to serve alongside Americans, including in Afghanistan and Iraq. "You can survive one punch in the gut. When it just keeps on going, then it fills you up with sadness, disappointment, anger."

So he emptied those feelings into a letter that reads like a poem. He sent it via Facebook to former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford.

I'm glad I read that.

Thank you.

jmo