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Summary

Trump stated the U.S. will "go as far as we have to go" to gain control of Greenland, citing national and international security needs.

JD Vance will visit Greenland’s Pituffik military base, scaling back a broader visit amid backlash from Greenland and Denmark.

Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute Egede condemned the move as "aggressive pressure" and insisted that "Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders."

Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in acquiring Greenland, asserting that U.S. control is essential for security.

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[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 199 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (7 children)

The United States is threatening invasion of a free and allied nation.

The media is complicit.

The population is complicit.

Edit: The military is complicit.

[–] Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago (34 children)

Anyone who didn't vote is especially responsible.

Fucking dumbasses that they are.

[–] Cheems@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

I literally can't tell the difference between the parties still. /s

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[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The military is complicit.

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

god i was so happy when i heard he got shot and then he had to ruin it by surviving.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Luigi 2 when

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 94 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Welp. It was nice being in NATO while it lasted I guess.

You guys should definitely invoke article 5 if we pull anything, and if orangeboi vetoes it, straight up ignore him and A5 anyways. I am completely serious.

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[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Is he actually threatening another NATO member with military action?

[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

He doesn’t have to. He’ll first let the US leave NATO.. and then attack Greenland.

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[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 45 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Fucking believe him. Take it as the threat that it is. Prepare immediately.

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[–] leadore@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (3 children)

NATO countries should put out a statement that they are ready to defend Greenland from any incursion.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

the rest of the g20 countries should immediately financially sanction the us and every us politician along with the us dollar

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[–] Baphomet_The_Blasphemer@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I wish this man would finally do something beneficial for the world and just die already... preferably of a cheeseburger related causation (heart attack, stroke, or choke).

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That's basically a declaration of war against a NATO country.
The US should thus also bomb itself through article 5 when it decides to invade Greenland.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 28 points 5 days ago

Imperialist pig.

[–] Aliktren@lemmy.world 34 points 5 days ago (1 children)

War with rest of Nato, really ?

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 27 points 5 days ago

What better way to destroy NATO for the Russians?

[–] SarcasticMan@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Every fucking time he announces tariffs they hit the buy Greenland or make Canada a state bullshit button.

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[–] HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago (15 children)

Why? Why does he want greenland?

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 22 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Strategic control of the melting Arctic, half of which is bordered by Russia and the other half by Greenland and Canada, both of which Trump wants to invade. Also a foothold in Greenland would be useful in an assault on Canada, whose resources both Putin and Trump want. Canada would be fully surrounded by the USA and Russia.

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[–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Seems to be a combination of Putin sowing chaos, trump desperately wanting to be just like his comrade boyfriend by illegally annexing sovereign territory and just general dick-swinging. We already have a base there. I guess they just want to waste more money by occupying a tundra. He must have some contractors that he owes.

Time to toss him on his ass. I’m sick of this horseshit.

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[–] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

Honest answer?

Trump himself couldn't care less about Greenland. I will bet the left body part of your choice that Trump couldn't point out Greenland on a map or knows a single thing about the long-term importance of Greenland. He is going after Greenland because someone is telling him to go after Greenland. And no, it's not Putin. It's his corporate donors. Granted, this also benefits Putin as it would lead to the dissolution of NATO in the process, but that's just a side effect.

Corporate donors, privately, aren't stupid people. They damn well know that climate change is real and their companies are fucking up the planet. They'll never, ever say that publicly for obvious reasons, but they know it. But they'll be damned if they're not going to make a shitload of money along the way. And they also know that what is currently largely uninhabitable tundra right now is going to become prime real estate as climate change worsens everywhere else. Much of that uninhabitable tundra will become land that will allow people to live relatively as comfortably as they're living now.

Grab a large, largely uninhabited island now, and you'll have prime real estate for a whole bunch of rich people to escape to while the rest of the world is forced to deal with the escalating effects of climate change. As a bonus, since it's an island in the Arctic, mass immigration is nigh-on impossible which means they get all the bonuses of living comfortably without even having to worry about an invasion of undesirables. You know.....poor people. Or brown people. And they'll have the backing of the US military to sink any ships that even try.

Yeah, even Greenland will eventually succumb to the effects of climate change. But for a short while, that's going to become some absolutely pristine land compared to much of the rest of the world, and as far as the rich are concerned, that 30-40 years is 30-40 years that they can continue to live comfortably while the rest of the world gets to choke to death on the environment that they created. And by the time Greenland starts feeling the effects, they'll be long since dead so they have no reason to care.

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[–] MCHumphry@lemm.ee 13 points 5 days ago

Just a little imperialism we promise 🥸

[–] The_Caretaker@lemm.ee 14 points 5 days ago

Elon Musk wants a larger fiefdom.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

So when will the 3 day special operation begin?

[–] Elkot@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Maybe he'll take a trade, offer him Greenland for Hawaii, see if he takes it

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