Trump says U.S. will 'get Greenland,' military force may not be needed but not ruled out
President Donald Trump did not rule out military force to acquire Greenland in an interview as the Danish territory continued to rebuff his advances.
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Where is his suit? Does he not respect the office? /s
USA does not intend to do a good damn thing for people in Greenland.
Oh they'll do a lot for Greenland
They'll fuck up the country for them, they'll terrorize them, they'll...
What 'both countries' are we talking about?
Denmark and Greenland. Both mentioned in the meme.
Shit, killing the Department of Education is causing issues quicker than I expected.
USA is killing it, since I can remember…
No idea why you're down voted, Greenland is not a country but a (semi-) autonomous territory of Denmark.
Making a polite correction for a misconception is great.
Being obtuse about a point that doesn't matter, while not even correcting the point one is being obtuse about, should be downvoted.
Europe needs to take him serious. He sees that it works out just fine for Netanjahu and Putin, nobody does anything against them. Greenland is a nice and easy first target.
WW3 here we come.
Yup it would trigger article 5
Well, if USA and Europe were at war, with article 5, they could arrange it so that Europe fought Europe and USA fought USA, singe they are allies and must help. It would save a lot of transatlantic logistics and make things much easier.
Makes it a lot easier that way
It’s not a distraction, it is the cornerstone for US control in the North Atlantic. It backstops the US ability to defend the eastern seaboard and be able to strike Europe.
The US already has military bases and the ability to develop resources in the area. Denmark has been more than willing to cooperate.
The only reason you spend the political capital to annex Greenland is if you foresee a future where Denmark will not cooperate and may see the US as a strategic threat.
That’s all you need to figure out where all of this is leading.
It's also about control of the Northwest Passage IMO; that's why he's interested in Canada and Greenland.
USA population: 346m. EU population: 449m, i.e. about 29% higher.
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/us-population/
https://www.worldometers.info/population/countries-in-the-eu-by-population/
What percentage over the USA domestic market would we need to be to be not "too few"?
Frensh nukes in greenland maybe.
French SSBNs off the coast of Mar a lago and DC and a clear statement that Danish and Canadian land is now covered by French Nukes.
One of the major things that got him elected in the first place is that he promised to stop the continuous war cycle that the Rs and Ds kept getting us into. Where the hell is this coming from, when did he become yet another warmonger president?
He always was. You must be living under the rock to believe that lie.
Syria attacks in 2019, drones strikes in 2020, failure to leave Afghanistan in 2020.
Not sure if this is sarcasm but if you're serious, you fell for propaganda because Trump has been a warmongering asshole the entire time.
Trump campaign against Warmongering against russia and their allies. Everyone else is fair gain.
I don't think you need to "fall for propaganda" to know this. I mean, I heard it from Trump supporters listing it off as a reason for why they would vote for him, pointing out how he didn't participate in war during his firs term and was likely to prevent the US from doing so.
Does Trump want Greenland so bad because he thinks it's huge due to a map projection?
To be fair even without distortion it's still huge.
For a moment there I read estados stupidos on your map
Si preguntás el mundo hispanohablante, estarán de acuerdo contigo.
It sure is, but on google maps, it looks as big as northern America.
An interesting take. Read somewhere that the reason Trump want's Greenland and Canada is so the US is bigger geographical than Russia. Was said as a semi-joke. But at this point I'm not ruling anything out.
This absolutely is a reasonable explanation why Putin had such an easy time convincing him.
No, it’s more to do with securing the arctic corridor as climate change opens up new areas for exploitation.
Remove the first flag and it's perfect, imo.
Putin is the only person this benefits. Shattering NATO with a bullshit excuse. If America ends up fighting Europe it draws resources away from Ukraine.
Dude. Every greenlander probably knows how to shoot a rifle and survive in polar bear land. This is like Vietnam but with fucking bears and Vikings.
Greenland has an incredibly high proportion of indigenous, so not vikings. It also lacks much foliage at all, much less dense foliage. And it has a relatively tiny population.
That said, a war of raw imperial acquisition would launch the US into a civil war before a soldier set foot on Greenlandic soil i think. And, yes, I recognize that there is a base already there.
Greenland has less than 60.000 inhabitants. That will be difficult
Wouldnt this take an act from the house, he cant just declare war with out a 3/4th majority. My USA law is rough but I thought presidential powers only allowed for actions in retaliation but starting shit took the whole of the nations law makers.
While it does take an act of congress to declare a war, the US has deployed troops, at the direction of the president, in all sorts of engagements for decades without declaring war. The last time Congress declared war was WW2. Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and so much more were directed by the president.
Each of those you mentioned, except Korea, included Congress approval. Vietnam was approved by Congress with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964). Iraq was approved with the Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (2002). Afghanistan was approved by the Congress Joint Resolution (2001). I suppose it's the fine line between "military force" and "war".
But I thought if there was no reason (I.E. greenland isnt doing shit) does the pres still get authority to start a territory takeover (also I thought all states or commonwelths had to vote to enter into the USA).
The US has a track record of manufactured reasons to invade a country. Look for some incident in the near future which the US blames on Greenland.
It would still take the house to back it no? Unless they have like look Greenland is blowing up our ships and then everyone would know it for the sham it is, and I would assume if not NATO but EURO would back Greenland in its defense.
They could stop it, but they are not only happily doing nothing, but actively giving up their own power.
Also worth reading https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/11/column-congress-war-powers-depetris/
No I dont think that but they would have to show their hand and the sheep wouldnt have a leg to stand on but just say hey we are ganna go ahead and do a hitler.
While that's true, they don't care. At this point, MAGA types openly don't care about consistency, don't care that they're doing a Hitler, don't care that they're shredding the constitution, and these Scooby-Doo ass moments of yoinking the mask off and saying "a ha, so you WERE Hitler all along!" don't matter one bit. What matters is consequences, and so far, there have been none.
There are no rules anymore.
They don’t have to define it as a war. Previous administrations have opened the route of not declaring war but still engaging in boots on the ground assaults. The precedent has been set, long before he entered office, and reinforced by every modern president.
I recall Prez can deploy troops for up to 100 days or some bs. I remember my elementary teacher saying its rare congress wouldn't extend operation.
I get some of that, but isnt that is response, I didnt think they had the right to start war with another country that was peaceful to them
Pretty sure this what I was thinking of.
WOW, they can just commit to war and they have to show no reason at all. That needs to be changed.
Yeah thought it was bs as a small child.
Oh shit I see his logic now he's playing risk he wants the advantage of owning north America. Ugh his toddler logic is clear if you think like a toddler.
You guys remember how his ex wife got Greenland too?