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/
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@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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@wonkothesane @aral The latter could(/will?) even happen before anything else - when the ICE follows the plans re undocumented people.
Farmers won't be able to deliver.
And in addition bc all planned cuts the meat production will face the same.
So either way the US is fucked (by oligarchs that is) and with the US citizens the allies.
So the sooner you'll "sort this out" the better for everybody.
Good luck 🤞
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@grootinside @aral This is true, but the point I wanted to make is that the E.U doesn’t need to worrry about our military when they can simple blow on our economy and knock it over
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@wonkothesane @aral In my pov nobody(?) seem to realise:
With that group of oligarchs the orange guy is backed by the most powerful companies of the planet. They can switch of satellites (communication), restrict internetfunctions (cloudservices...) restrict trades (Amazon...) and functions in OS (MS, Apple...)... Not to forget, global institutions like ICANN, UN... are based in US.
With such uninhibited egos EVERYTHING is possible, proven every day.
Btw. #panamacanal means tradecontrol.
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@grootinside @wonkothesane @aral True, but don't forget it will affect their income as well. For instance can't imagine Microsoft would see everyone flee to Linux, or Amazon loosing business. The latter would probably happily be taken over by e.g. AliExpress. International comms might be an issue but Europe has own satellites.
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