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Macron to Seek Use of EU Anti-Coercion Instrument Against US (www.bloomberg.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by remington@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What I’d like to know is, why does Trump feel so insecure unless he takes one of Denmark’s islands? What is he afraid of?

And if it’s not him, and someone else is feeding him this garbage… why?

I mean, there’s plenty of time to forcibly take Greenland AFTER the world begins to fall apart. So why now?

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's this:

https://www.popsci.com/technology/billionaire-freedom-city-greenland/

Breaking NATO also has a chance of destroying the USD, which could be related to these:

[–] its_me_xiphos@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

The EU needs to take the gloves off or nothing will stop the madman and his madmen and madwomen. If there's an economic war, fight it. Stand up. You can do it Europe.