Except this assumes that the US can actually do any of that, which is highly doubtful unless Trump is willing to go all scorched earth. We all know that Trump is a complete nutbag, but I’m not sure about scorched earth.
I don’t think so. I think that the old MAGAts running the Pentagon think it’s a good idea and Trump is oushing the Overton window for them. I can easily see a path toward US incorporation or domination of Greenland that does from US-backed Greenland independence to strategic and economic alliance to US domination and eventual Peurto Rico kind of status. It would all be political. Denmark can’t stop that actually.
Trump is a fucking idiot. He should just proclaim support for Greenland’s independence and offer the tiny population some great economic and diplomatic deals to get his way.
He should just proclaim support for Greenland’s independence and offer the tiny population some great economic and diplomatic deals to get his way.
Greenland is part of one of the greatest social welfare systems in the world already. Trump doesn’t have anything other than military protection to offer in that regard. And Greenland is already part of NATO, so not really much there.
But I do think Greenland can and will take advantage of this situation to squeeze much more out of Denmark. And they should. Honestly, they deserve it. They’ve been overlooked for a long time.
Those are fair points. Greenlanders who want independence generally want to remain a NATO member nation. The main issue is that they’ll face political and economic pressure from the US. They have the population of Manhattan… Kansas! I don’t see how they have a chance in hell at remaining sovereign if the US approaches them. It’s one thing to have social welfare from a nation you have contentious relations with, another to be promised millions by US megacorporations and Congress.
One thing to also keep in mind, Trump is a four year thing. And this is a Trump thing, not a US thing, and probably not even a Republican thing.
I’m pretty sure this is just another one of the crazy-ass negotiation tactics from Trump. He throws a bunch of shit on the wall and maybe some of it will stick.
Except this assumes that the US can actually do any of that, which is highly doubtful unless Trump is willing to go all scorched earth. We all know that Trump is a complete nutbag, but I’m not sure about scorched earth.
I don’t think so. I think that the old MAGAts running the Pentagon think it’s a good idea and Trump is oushing the Overton window for them. I can easily see a path toward US incorporation or domination of Greenland that does from US-backed Greenland independence to strategic and economic alliance to US domination and eventual Peurto Rico kind of status. It would all be political. Denmark can’t stop that actually.
Trump is a fucking idiot. He should just proclaim support for Greenland’s independence and offer the tiny population some great economic and diplomatic deals to get his way.
Greenland is part of one of the greatest social welfare systems in the world already. Trump doesn’t have anything other than military protection to offer in that regard. And Greenland is already part of NATO, so not really much there.
But I do think Greenland can and will take advantage of this situation to squeeze much more out of Denmark. And they should. Honestly, they deserve it. They’ve been overlooked for a long time.
Those are fair points. Greenlanders who want independence generally want to remain a NATO member nation. The main issue is that they’ll face political and economic pressure from the US. They have the population of Manhattan… Kansas! I don’t see how they have a chance in hell at remaining sovereign if the US approaches them. It’s one thing to have social welfare from a nation you have contentious relations with, another to be promised millions by US megacorporations and Congress.
One thing to also keep in mind, Trump is a four year thing. And this is a Trump thing, not a US thing, and probably not even a Republican thing.
I’m pretty sure this is just another one of the crazy-ass negotiation tactics from Trump. He throws a bunch of shit on the wall and maybe some of it will stick.
Maybe. But then again, I saw many “Trump things” become Biden and bipartisan things, from tariffs on China to Golan Heights annexation.