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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago

They have nothing to lose in doing so.

At worst "conversations" delay an American invasion giving more time for Denmark to prepare.

Any half-competent diplomat will ignore "pride" as a consideration for a chance and stopping a war or giving their own side's military more time to prepare, with no actual downside (i.e. the exact same outcome as if they didn't engage in "conversations" if that fails).

Also no doubt a lot of "out of the spotlight" work is going into convicing the members of that Administration who are actually intelligent types putting on a show for Trump and the public that such a move will indirectly be bad for them personally because of the downsides for the people who own them - big American businesses - of turning Europe into an Enemy rather than merely a trade competitor.