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Trump renewed calls for the US to annex Greenland for "national security" reasons during an Oval Office briefing, claiming "I think it will happen."

Greenland's outgoing Prime Minister Múte Egede responded on Facebook: "Enough is enough," and planned to summon all Greenland's political parties for a joint rejection.

Likely incoming Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen also called Trump's statement "inappropriate."

Trump also undermined Denmark's claim to Greenland, saying it was "very far away and really has nothing to do" with the island.

Danish Defense Committee Chairman Rasmus Jarlov warned that US annexation "would mean war between two NATO countries."

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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

The fucking nerve for Trump to suggest Zelensky is gambling with WWIII. Ukraine is defending its own nation from invasion and the US is breaking every alliance it can find and causing tensions that remind me all too much of the lead up to WWI.

[–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (5 children)

With global warming new trade routes are going to open up through the artic. They will be extremely valuable and the countries geographically positioned to compete for them are going to be Russia, China, Canada, and Greenland. This is why America wants Canada and Greenland so bad and will do whatever it takes to get them.

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

America doesn't want Canada and Greenland trump does

[–] syreus@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I was surprised to find out this isn't a new political movement and we have a history of this twisted rhetoric.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movements_for_the_annexation_of_Canada_to_the_United_States

Trump just likes to listen to the fringe youtube historians and economists instead of the ones with real degrees and experience.

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Thank you for the link I would like to note that from said link I draw this quote

Since the Treaty of Washington in 1871, when it first de facto recognized the new Dominion of Canada, the United States has never suggested or promoted an annexationist movement in Canada. No serious force has appeared on the American political scene that aimed to persuade or coerce Canadians into joining the United States. And no serious initiative for any move in this direction has come from the Canadian side either.

Trumps trade war with Canada which he said is to force them to submit to annexation is uniquely crazy in modern history.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Despite all the Republican denial, someone must believe in climate change. Wonder how the true-believing cult takes this.
Also, with all the tariffs, why do we need trade routes?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

yeah alaska never counted

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago

Disgusting people are pro climate change because of money.

Can they kick out the US and just ask the EU to station troops there instead?

[–] HerrVorragend@lemmy.world 90 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The incoming prime minister should challenge Trump to a one on one fight for Greenland. If he refuses, all state heads should just make chicken noises every time they meet him.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

feels wrong if the americans don't wager something. florida, maybe.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"If we win, we get your country, if we lose, you get this garbage heap."

[–] harmsy@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

I'm sure Florida wouldn't be a garbage heap if it had proper management.

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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (4 children)

That doesn't sound fair to Greenland if/when Trump loses.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 8 points 1 day ago

It will look funny on maps when Canada shorts fit better because of that.

yes but remember; trump lives in florida. so he wouldn't actually give it up, and they'd be able to taunt him until he dies.

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Maybe they can just convert it to a cash prize, how much is one Florida worth anyway?

[–] Codandchips@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago
[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I'd give like, 5€?

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[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

I love this plan.

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[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 111 points 1 day ago (10 children)

For what "national security reasons"? I'd like him to elaborate. Is Greenland somehow threatening the US? the only country threatening other countries in the area is the US.

[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

I'd like Trump, Musk and the whole republican party to go fuck themselves. For national security reasons.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I imagine it's to put defences in the Arctic....

But if Putin and Russia are fantastic and great people why does America need to guard the Arctic?

[–] Tja@programming.dev 11 points 1 day ago

For those evil Norwegians, they might try to spread universal Healthcare!

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 63 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Let me guess, natural resources.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 97 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Also strategic control of the melting and ever more passable Arctic, along with Russia. This also partly explains why Trump wants Canada.

Google Earth screenshot

[–] officermike@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago (5 children)

A sane president who values geopolitical allies would just work out a deal with the host country to install more military bases in the region of concern, rather than burning every partnership we have by being aggressively expansionist.

[–] foggenbooty@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago

The US already has that agreement!

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

A sane president who values geopolitical allies would just work out a deal with the host country to install more military bases in the region of concern, rather than burning every partnership we have by being aggressively expansionist.

Dismissing it as insanity undermines the culpability of what Trump is doing.

The point isn't whatever 'national security!' bullshit they're putching it as, the point is to piss of Greenland to the point of severing our relationship with them. Same with the shit he's doing to Canada, Panama, etc.

Trump's goal is to weaken the US, and he's accomplishing that in part by cutting us off from our allies.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

rather than burning every partnership we have by being aggressively expansionist.

This shit is so insanely dumb and short-sighted. But not surprising given his business "acumen."

This is literally the only thing he knows.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, but I thought climate change wasn't real.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 6 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

It's really a bit of a giveaway that they know it's real but have chosen to kill everyone else while they extract profits for themselves, so they say it's not real.

[–] Mandrilleren@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They already have strategic control over Greenland. Denmark would let the USA do almost whatever they want on greenland.

Denmark probably were the USAs biggests bitch in Europe until they started threatening Greenlands sovereignity.

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[–] ehholly@lemm.ee 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He has americans convinced that they need to annex greenland to protect them from Russia and China. For some reason they think China is closer to greenland than to Hawaii …

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago

But Trump loves Russia, aren't they great? Why would they ever be a threat?

[–] BingBong@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't know a single American that believes what you just said. Most of us recognize this as bullshit.

Note: I'm not in a deep red state

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[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

It's the same playbook used by Putin with Ukraine

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[–] johncandy1812@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 day ago

It is such an insult but he is incapable of empathy, not that he'd care if he could

[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 39 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Danish Defense Committee Chairman Rasmus Jarlov warned that US annexation "would mean war between two NATO countries."

It's going to be one NATO country soon if the US really goes through of leaving NATO.

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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Thanks to Greenland, a voice of sanity, in response to the muttered burblings of a demented turnip. In me you will find yet another US citizen that agrees with you, and respects your soveriegnty. The turnip is using this distraction to rob us blind, I fear.

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[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago (3 children)

So I got curious and decided to pay a visit to my favorite site to see this... Greenland is about the size of the US Midwest. I did not know that until today.

I'm reasonably certain that Trump thinks Greenland is much larger. He is stupid, after all.

[–] DoubleSpace@lemm.ee 23 points 1 day ago (4 children)

It's more about the resource extraction rights.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ahhhhh. NOW the Canada and Greenland thing makes sense. If Trump took over Canada and Greenland, then Russia gains full control of the artic.

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