| Vinther1991 said: Of course Trump would be willing to use military force to acquire Greenland, the Panama canal and possibly even Canada. Anyone who says otherwise is painfully naive. Everything he has been doing throughout his political carreer shows that no method is below his level of dignity, when it comes to trying to get what he wants. We were also told that he would never actually deny a election result, even though he said he would. How did that turn out? How dumb are you people? |
I think the world at large would not take it.... then again, I think the USA has the power to beat the entire world, if it wants to fight everyone.
Also, when was the last time a country was conquered? Does the USA really to go that far, in the claims of "world peace" ?
I think Greenland is happy as is, its independent goverment but apart of Denmark. We support it financially (its a small country population wise).
Honestly I think this is the oil situation all over again.
It has oil? it needs american freedom! goes to fight wars for freedom (but mostly to secure oil access).
Its rich in minerals? as the ice melts, it might be possible to mine all that! we must own greenland.... think of the riches! I mean... world peace!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8YXQzVTySU
one of the replies in the comment section reads:
Greenland belongs to the people of Greenland!
Greenland is currently an autonomous region within the Kingdom of Denmark. We are Danish citizens. Our dream is full independence. Together with Denmark we stood by US when they evoked article 5 for the first time in History, we fought by your side for decades and lost proportionally the same as you did in in the wars we fought together. Now you wanna backstab us??
We, most emphatically, DO NOT want to become another, abused, neglected overseas territory of the US. The idea that you can just send someone in here with a bunch of money and we’d sell our country, is ludicrous. All we have to do is to see how the US has, and is treating its indigenous populations in Alaska and in the continental US. We have no illusions about being treated any differently under US rule.
Greenland has formally been a territory of Denmark since 1721, long before the U.S. was even a sovereign country. In 1979, Greenland got autonomy and a Home Rule government was elected. This was achieved, not through bloodshed and war but through peaceful negotiations. A situation pretty unique in a world where most colonized people have had to pay for any independence with their blood.
The authority of the Government of Greenland, and its parliament, was further expanded in 2009. The Greenland government and parliament make unilateral decisions on almost all domestic issues. The members of the parliament are elected every four years through free and fully democratic elections. However, some areas are still determined by Denmark such as defense, foreign policy, citizenship, and the judiciary system. Denmark does not, however, enact or decide any laws in these areas that concern Greenland without consulting first with our own lawgivers.
The ties between Greenland and Denmark go way beyond history, politics or money. There are many deep family ties. Many people in Greenland have a Danish ancestor or ancestors or Danish family members. Our society is modeled on the Scandinavian system of tax payed healthcare, education, social services etc.
Currently Denmark subsidizes Greenland annually with the equivalent of around 600 million US dollars. To think that the US would ever willingly pay even a fraction of that to Greenland is insanely naive. The US has never paid as much as a penny in rent to Greenland for the land they have annexed/occupied for their military bases.
The US already strategically controls Greenland, through their military base in the northern part of Greenland. There is no chance of the Russians or the Chinese coming in here with any military might. No, trump isn’t worried about the Russians or the Chinese coming to Greenland. That is an excuse.
No, he wants full control so he can strip mine Greenland with impunity of any and all mineral wealth, raping her blind and leaving nothing but death, destruction and pollution in his wake. This is what his MAGA goons mean when they talk about “development”.
We don’t want your system of government, we don’t want your model of society with its crazed gun culture, insane medical bills and costly education only for the rich. You have no freedoms that we don’t already have. Our society is not perfect, but yours is definitely not worthy of emulation. We can’t do much if the orange menace wants to act like Hitler and annex/occupy us. Our population is small and not heavily armed. But such an aggressive act towards a friendly, peaceful neighbor and ally, would certainly not win the US any new friends on the world stage.
They would probably lose several of the ones they have now as other countries would justifiable fear a U.S. take over. Trump may think he’s joking or that it’s fun to threaten the sovereignty of other sovereign nations as he has done to Canada, Greenland, Panama and Mexico. But this kind of rhetoric is dangerous in a world as volatile as ours. To dismiss his comments is foolish, as he, like Hitler did, has plenty of followers who are ready and willing to carry out his wishes of a violent take over of territories not belonging to the US. The US under trump would gain far more through peaceful coexistence and trade…and as our leaders in Greenland have stated: We are open for business, but we are definitely not for sale and I`ll fight for my country so bring it on anyhow you like..
^ as a dane, this guy basically mirrors my own thoughts on the matter lol.
(apart from the "so bring it on anyhow you like" mentality..... the USA could easily wipe out like 100,000 civilians that are barely armed if they wanted too. Its done, greenland is now american! hurray!)
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