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Written by Aral Balkan on 2025-01-25 at 10:49

A reminder that Greenland is part of the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) of the EU and Greenlandic citizens are EU citizens.

Any move by Trump and the US to invade and annex Greenland would be a declaration of war with the EU and a gross violation of its 1951 treaty to protect Greenland from attack. (Though not ironic as the mafia never protects you from itself.) Furthermore, an attack on a NATO member would be deemed an attack on all other NATO members (Art 5) and a violation of the treaty (Art 8).

If neither EU nor NATO members did anything to protect Greenland/Denmark against the US’s overwhelming military might (as is likely) – and, remember, US troops are already in Greenland and in other EU countries also – it would signal that no EU or NATO state is safe should a stronger military decide to invade.

If anything, if the EU hasn’t understood it yet, it must start treating the US not as an ally but as a threat. Trump isn’t a clown. He’s the fascist leader of the country with – in the words of Kamala Harris – the world’s most lethal military.

We must shore up our defenses because it is becoming impossible to ignore that the EU is caught between two hostile forces: a fascist US on the one side and a fascist Russia on the other, neither of which have two shits to give about international law (that was a quaint concept while it lasted, wasn’t it?)

Either we learn to defend ourselves in the EU or we become a vassal state of Gilead. And, as much as I oppose militaries – in a world in which they very much exist – I’d much rather it wasn’t the latter.

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/24/horrendous-call-with-denmark-pm-over-greenland-deal-left-danes-in-crisis-mode/

[#]USA #fascism #EU #Greenland #Denmark #NATO #war

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Written by Michael Santaly on 2025-01-25 at 10:59

@aral I’m an U.S citizen living in NY….at this point I think it’s time for the E.U, and China to hit us with heavy sanctions and trade embargos.

You all may not understand how quickly this country/Trump’s admin is going to collapse the second the price of goods rise, or we walk into an empty grocery store

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Written by Tom Ritchford on 2025-01-25 at 11:29

@wonkothesane @aral Unfortunately, in the US a government can't actually "collapse". No matter how bad a job the President does, he gets four years, unless he gets impeached. More, given the Supreme Court and Congress, he won't impeached.

Parliamentary democracies really do win on that issue, where a Prime Minister can lose his job in minutes if he really fucks up.

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Written by Michael Santaly on 2025-01-25 at 12:17

@TomSwirly @aral You really do not need to explain to me how the U.S government works. Trump has 4yrs in office, but Congress only gets 2. If public sentiment can be turned enough we could see democrats take over Congress. As worthless as they are it would allow opposition

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Written by 2xfo on 2025-01-25 at 14:11

@wonkothesane @TomSwirly @aral

Thank you Michael. And to Tom i would say, things only feel like they can't change until they do. And when they do it will be sudden.

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Written by Victor on 2025-01-28 at 00:09

@RnDanger @wonkothesane @TomSwirly @aral Trump's Greenland gambit is being orchestrated by his overlord Putin. Denmark is a NATO nation as well article 5 gets invoked

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Written by 2xfo on 2025-01-28 at 00:23

@VikingStorm @wonkothesane @TomSwirly @aral

I do think the intent is to spread Europe's military thin, yes. I think Putin gave him the idea.

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Written by Ideasbeforepersona on 2025-01-25 at 15:04

@wonkothesane @TomSwirly @aral I wonder though if they can manufacture compliance quickly. They instituted "support our troops" pretty quickly with legacy media, now they have that and social media with AI modeling to predict and improve algorithm efficacy

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Written by Mhairi on 2025-01-25 at 14:49

@TomSwirly I don’t know the US system but surely invading an ally and fellow nato member would be grounds for impeachment

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Written by Toot Uncommon on 2025-01-25 at 18:20

@LynMhairi @TomSwirly Impeachment requires a majority os Senators in his party to vote for it, which hasn’t happened since the 1800s. These same senators just knowingly approved a full blown violent drunk and domestic abuser whose only qualifications are some enlisted service in a state militia and being a popular right wing propagandist on Fox to be the American Secretary of Defense. So one shouldn’t hold one’s breath.

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Written by Nils Skirnir on 2025-01-25 at 23:31

@TomSwirly @wonkothesane @aral

The US system is really an elected monarchy.

[#]fascism #usa #dictatorship #military

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Written by Nils Skirnir on 2025-01-25 at 23:53

@TomSwirly @wonkothesane @aral

[#]usa #fascism #dictatorship #war #empire

There is virtually no way to remove an inept or corrupt executive, SCOTUS, or senator in the US system. There is a process, but it is unobtainable

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