Do you want to put money on that? Because I wouldn’t.
Trump is crazy enough to do it - or rather the Project 2025 sumbitches who are remote-controlling him in the background, because he sure as hell ain’t the one coming up with all those executive orders he’s signing.
And while the whole world would scream and shout in outrage, nobody would be able to do a damn thing about it.
He can try, but that would be an attack on the rest of NATO and it would definitely grab the attention of Russia and China that don’t want the US monopolizing the Arctic. And there’s nothing that puts all existing grievances on pause like a nazi lunatic doing land grabs.
You are forgetting that Russia and the US already have territorial conflicts in the Artic, because both claim most of the sea for themselves, and that neither country wants the oil reserves in the hands of the other.
If Trump controlled Canada and Greenland it would bolster the US claim and make it viable for the US to enforce it.
As for China, they benefit from a trade route being divided between several countries, as it’s more likely that the international community will end up pressuring Canada to accept an international strait regime if the entire sea is not in the hands of the US.
If there’s an invasion NATO will have to intervene. No choice. And it’s they don’t it’s WW3 for sure. Because all the structure that keep a relative peace will fall down.
I am no expert in the exact NATO regulation, but I think in a recent spat between Greece and Türkiye NATO said that inter-NATO fights do not trigger any mandatory aid from other NATO members.
The UK would probably broker the deal behind the scenes, in public professing calm but, behind closed doors, putting pressure on Denmark to accept and buttering Trump up to compensate them generously for it. Outside the EU, Britain is weak except for its NATO membership, and that won’t be of any help here, so it’s in Britain’s interest that this is resolved as smoothly as possible, and that they remain in Trump’s good books.
Just as much as the US pulling out of the WHO, ordering other nations to up their military spendings, threatening other nations with insane tariffs, threatening to invade or annex them or dropping military support unexpectedly: not very much…
To the degree of what I know, the WHO is not a mandatory organization to which countries are bound to.
It is benefitial to adhere to it but…
ordering other nations to up their military spendings
All nations vinculated by the NATO treaty have agreed to invest, yearly, a given percentage of their budget towards defence. Something most didn’t do it… hate to admit it but the guy had a point to pick there
threatening other nations with insane tariffs
Economic warfare is poised to wreck the US economy faster. The consumerist culture is too strong.
threatening to invade or annex them
Everyone us trembling in fear. More about to foam at the mouth of rage.
dropping military support unexpectedly
Hardly anything coming from that mouth is unexpected.
The Farce Reich will never conquer Greenland.
Do you want to put money on that? Because I wouldn’t.
Trump is crazy enough to do it - or rather the Project 2025 sumbitches who are remote-controlling him in the background, because he sure as hell ain’t the one coming up with all those executive orders he’s signing.
And while the whole world would scream and shout in outrage, nobody would be able to do a damn thing about it.
He can try, but that would be an attack on the rest of NATO and it would definitely grab the attention of Russia and China that don’t want the US monopolizing the Arctic. And there’s nothing that puts all existing grievances on pause like a nazi lunatic doing land grabs.
Lol, Russia wants him to do this. Both to foment discontent and to alter the Arctic shipping routes.
You are forgetting that Russia and the US already have territorial conflicts in the Artic, because both claim most of the sea for themselves, and that neither country wants the oil reserves in the hands of the other.
If Trump controlled Canada and Greenland it would bolster the US claim and make it viable for the US to enforce it.
As for China, they benefit from a trade route being divided between several countries, as it’s more likely that the international community will end up pressuring Canada to accept an international strait regime if the entire sea is not in the hands of the US.
If there’s an invasion NATO will have to intervene. No choice. And it’s they don’t it’s WW3 for sure. Because all the structure that keep a relative peace will fall down.
I am no expert in the exact NATO regulation, but I think in a recent spat between Greece and Türkiye NATO said that inter-NATO fights do not trigger any mandatory aid from other NATO members.
Ooof… That’s not good.
The UK would probably broker the deal behind the scenes, in public professing calm but, behind closed doors, putting pressure on Denmark to accept and buttering Trump up to compensate them generously for it. Outside the EU, Britain is weak except for its NATO membership, and that won’t be of any help here, so it’s in Britain’s interest that this is resolved as smoothly as possible, and that they remain in Trump’s good books.
Do you imagine the amount of backlash that would cause?
Just as much as the US pulling out of the WHO, ordering other nations to up their military spendings, threatening other nations with insane tariffs, threatening to invade or annex them or dropping military support unexpectedly: not very much…
To the degree of what I know, the WHO is not a mandatory organization to which countries are bound to.
It is benefitial to adhere to it but…
All nations vinculated by the NATO treaty have agreed to invest, yearly, a given percentage of their budget towards defence. Something most didn’t do it… hate to admit it but the guy had a point to pick there
Economic warfare is poised to wreck the US economy faster. The consumerist culture is too strong.
Everyone us trembling in fear. More about to foam at the mouth of rage.
Hardly anything coming from that mouth is unexpected.
I think they would pretend it didn’t happen and talk it down. Otherwise they would have to acknowledge that Trump got them with Pants down
I couldn’t disagree more.
As the orange myna bird rethoric escalates, so does the willingness of other actors to bite back.
Having a nazi as a focus point of all the frustration and hatred is a good way to shift attention from internal issues.
Nobody really wants to be called to pick up arms but the US don’t have the monopoly of war in the world.
I really hope you’re right and we are getting our shit together to stand up to this Bully