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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump in fiery call with Denmark's prime minister over Greenland
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Donald Trump insisted he was serious in his determination to take over Greenland in a fiery telephone call with Denmarks prime minister, according to senior European officials.
The US president spoke to Mette Frederiksen, the Danish premier, for 45 minutes last week. The White House has not commented on the call but Frederiksen said she had emphasised that the vast Arctic island an autonomous part of the kingdom of Denmark was not for sale, while noting Americas big interest in it.
Five current and former senior European officials briefed on the call said the conversation had gone very badly.
They added that Trump had been aggressive and confrontational following the Danish prime ministers comments that the island was not for sale, despite her offer of more co-operation on military bases and mineral exploitation.
It was horrendous, said one of the people. Another added: He was very firm. It was a cold shower. Before, it was hard to take it seriously. But I do think it is serious, and potentially very dangerous.
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CurtEastPoint
(19,312 posts)whathehell
(29,977 posts)BonnieJW
(2,699 posts)Remember, he was speaking to a female, and you know they are all nasty.
whathehell
(29,977 posts)and, yes, we're all nasty, especially those of us who call him on his bullshit.
magicarpet
(17,439 posts)... tried to rape him over the phone and say lude things to him all during the conversation.
She kept telling him he was cute and irresistible and couldn't wait to get her hands on him when they met in person.
trDUMP was very embarrassed and blushed.
mwmisses4289
(294 posts)How can anyone tell if he blushed under that inch thick layer of orange goo that he slathers on his face each day?!?
TheBlackAdder
(29,164 posts)sinkingfeeling
(53,640 posts)58Sunliner
(5,142 posts)SoFlaBro
(3,406 posts)jls4561
(1,873 posts)Or will Drumph have declared the NATo treaty invalid by that time? Im sure judge flatface in Florida will find thats perfectly legal.
SoFlaBro
(3,406 posts)of military expenditure of the US when combined. This could fucking escalate QUICKLY.
Arazi
(7,319 posts)His oligarchs want the resources
Traitor wants a conquest
Putin wants NATO out of the way
wnylib
(25,183 posts)Arazi
(7,319 posts)And how many grunts are legal scholars to research the status of that order before theyre deployed?
wnylib
(25,183 posts)Last edited Sat Jan 25, 2025, 05:26 PM - Edit history (1)
Also, Invading Greenland would be an undeclared war combat action that does not fit the Presidential War Powers Act of 1973.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/1541
Regarding "grunts" not knowing the law regarding U.S. involvement in war and hostile military activities, I had in mind that senior officers would refuse orders to invade Greenland.
I would not underestimate the knowledge of "the average grunt" in the military. Basic training includes laws of war.
RandomNumbers
(18,338 posts)Thank you for providing a strong source and argument in response to the question.
PortTack
(35,111 posts)jg10003
(1,033 posts)PortTack
(35,111 posts)Plus when Tsf fuck is gone, and he will be, the next DEMOCRATIC president in 28 can start cooperating without asking to rejoin
ornotna
(11,156 posts)Hopefully they will disobey any unlawful orders.
SoFlaBro
(3,406 posts)PortTack
(35,111 posts)Would go along with that
SoFlaBro
(3,406 posts)Bluetus
(480 posts)Destabilizing NATO was Putin's biggest objective the last time. This is more of the same, just coming from a different angle.
SoFlaBro
(3,406 posts)cab67
(3,250 posts)Used to be called Thule - it has a new name I can't recall. It's the northernmost US military base, and it's been there since around 1950.
There is no reason for the US to take control of it.
SoFlaBro
(3,406 posts)yodermon
(6,149 posts)It's a treaty and thus law of the land in the USA.
SoFlaBro
(3,406 posts)orangecrush
(22,664 posts)SoFlaBro
(3,406 posts)EX500rider
(11,692 posts)Grenada, Panama, Iraq etc
haele
(13,783 posts)He called a woman. So in his mind, he could order her to give him Greenland.
woodsprite
(12,285 posts)Seinan Sensei
(794 posts)Every time a strong woman bows-up to him.
Phone call was 45 minutes. In-person would have been about 5 min.
Cha
(306,528 posts)Last edited Fri Jan 24, 2025, 04:50 PM - Edit history (1)
Shut that MF Down .
TY
dmr
(28,697 posts)Solly Mack
(93,514 posts)msongs
(70,467 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,763 posts)that its okay for big countries to threaten smaller ones to extract territory or other concessions from them. It also puts the U.S. on weak footing when it comes to opposing other countries territorial aims like Chinas over Taiwan.
A U.S. attempt to take Greenland by force would result in the immediate shutdown of trade with the EU as well.
Who wants to bet that he would rename Greenland to Trumpland?
Kali
(56,004 posts)it always has been like that, just that we didn't act quite so assholishly.
rubbersole
(8,923 posts)underpants
(188,065 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,931 posts)Trump should be in a secure assisted living facility... one with bars and high walls.
Initech
(103,113 posts)Pathetic is right.
lastlib
(25,148 posts)aBig House, not a White House.
Johonny
(22,574 posts)beaglelover
(4,167 posts)Arazi
(7,319 posts)Pretty sure its a demand to relinquish Greenland or hes sending (more) troops to take it
(We already have some troops there)
GoYouPackersGo
(169 posts)then refuse to pay. It's his primary MO in business dealings.
delisen
(6,727 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(18,040 posts)Arazi
(7,319 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(18,040 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(102,866 posts)Go ahead, MF - I'd really like to see Denmark halt the export of those drugs to the USA because of aggression by its president, and see the shit he'd have dropped himself in.
Irish_Dem
(62,147 posts)Trump is playing a very dangerous game.
Not just danger to the US and the world, but to himself?
Pachamama
(17,119 posts)FSogol
(47,069 posts)misanthrope
(8,333 posts)They empowered this transparent buffoon.
OldBaldy1701E
(6,965 posts)Irish_Dem
(62,147 posts)Risk level is high.
IzzaNuDay
(817 posts)I hope the dotard got a few F bombs dropped on him!
bucolic_frolic
(48,222 posts)twodogsbarking
(12,430 posts)0rganism
(24,846 posts)Americans didn't take our electoral responsibilities seriously and now the world will pay for our mistakes. I only hope this BS is snapping Europeans and Canadians out of their looming trancelike desire to embrace fascist ultranationalism.
brush
(58,593 posts)He's going to get us into a war. And then there's his aims on Panama.
What shit show this admin is and it's only five days in.
Ananda62
(309 posts)Im supposed to go to Denmark in April - Ive been looking forward to the trip for months. With the Orange Felon in charge, we are looking at another world war.
maga people like him because he was going to keep us out of wars? Do we have a military presence there? NATO may step in to protect Greenland if trump tries something.
UTUSN
(73,094 posts)Jim__
(14,561 posts)We'll see how farcical Trump's second presidency will be.
hadEnuf
(2,905 posts)SallyHemmings
(1,917 posts)that he is gone....
only his wife will be happier
Hekate
(95,872 posts)Arazi
(7,319 posts)(Pretty sure thats one of his goals)
wnylib
(25,183 posts)Putin fights Ukraine in the east.
delisen
(6,727 posts)His concept of the southern border wall is like the East Germany wall which served to keep East Germans isolated from the west.
Hekate
(95,872 posts)What the hell kind of country builds an actual wall? One that wants to imprison its own people.
delisen
(6,727 posts)Yes he wants to imprison us by making our country a massive prison.
EX500rider
(11,692 posts)Countries with border walls
Morocco: Built a 1,700-mile sand wall in 1975 along its border with Western Sahara
North Korea: Shares a border wall with South Korea, including the Panmunjom, the Military Demarcation Line, and the Demilitarized Zone
Spain: Built concrete barriers along its borders with Melilla and Ceuta
Israel: Has built multiple border walls
Iran: Has built multiple border walls
India: Has built multiple border walls
South Africa: Has built multiple border walls
Saudi Arabia: Has built multiple border walls
United Arab Emirates: Has built multiple border walls
Jordan: Has built multiple border walls
Turkey: Has built multiple border walls
Turkmenistan: Has built multiple border walls
RainCaster
(11,841 posts)It will begin with NATO countries dressing him down for his Greenland fiasco. Then he will find the US not invited to any more economic forums. Then he will find out that none of our {former} allies are willing to share intelligence with us anymore. Of course, the newly minted drunk running the defense department will not understand the significance of that.
ancianita
(39,260 posts)Last edited Sat Jan 25, 2025, 08:53 AM - Edit history (2)
other forms of dictatorship... The first stage of ferreting out secret enemies and hunting down former opponents is usually combined with drafting the entire population into another front organization and re-educating old party members for voluntary espionage services... during this stage a neighbor gradually becomes a more dangerous enemy to one who "harbors dangerous thoughts" as the "enemy within" -- than are officially appointed police agents...
the chief difference between a totalitarian and imperialist expansion is that totalitarians recognize no formal difference between a home and a foreign country, with world expansion as their goal... "
------------------------- Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism 1966 - 2024 (first to sixth copyright renewal)
pamdb
(1,390 posts)So if the orange felon sends in the military to try to forcibly take over Greenland, and since Denmark is part of Nato, as we are, at least as of now, does that mean that NATO will have to come in and defend Greenland, and even possibly Denmark, against the US?
Because I'll tell you, I will be rooting for the Danes.
jayschool2013
(2,513 posts)FFS. He's insane, right? RIGHT!
dalton99a
(85,612 posts)orangecrush
(22,664 posts)LudwigPastorius
(11,421 posts)Vance needs to be laying groundwork with Trump's cabinet picks right now about the 25th Amendment.
Karasu
(439 posts)haele
(13,783 posts)I'm curious as to what Vance's patron Thiel is planning.
birdographer
(2,598 posts)Get him in the WH and then remove him and install Vance, which is who Pootie wanted in the first place. And they may still do it, its early days. Donny is insane. I dont understand why he is still alive. Its not just Americans who want him gone, he is messing with the whole world. Surely someone has the means to take him out.
no_hypocrisy
(49,759 posts)Could it have been like Shrub telling Saddam that he had to leave his own country by a certain date or the U.S. would invade and take it over?
Playing the Mob Boss again.
PortTack
(35,111 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(9,819 posts)It was undeveloped land along the Hudson. But building high density housing was going to exacerbate the infrastructure and especially subway access.
He did not give up on it and eventually succeeded. He must've got money from other people to pay for the subway expansion.
P.s. The buildings there took down the Trump name on them during the 1st adm.
YoshidaYui
(43,105 posts)Give him a baby bottle and send him to bed with no dinner!
surfered
(4,517 posts)Oopsie Daisy
(4,952 posts)dchill
(41,020 posts)4catsmom
(411 posts)that Musk or Putin wants so badly?
Karasu
(439 posts)DFW
(57,067 posts)Musk wants the minerals and Putin wants the food.
SilasSouleII
(464 posts)And I can the nazi saluter wanting to mine and control them.
Kali
(56,004 posts)DFW
(57,067 posts)When it does, he'll try to make Denmark pay for trying to dry out Miami, which by then will be fully under water.
LudwigPastorius
(11,421 posts)the Greenland ice sheet is also the second largest store of freshwater on Earth.
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/global-water-shortages-are-looming-here-what-can-be-done-about-them
Morbius
(181 posts)Trump wants it because it looks so big on the map.
niyad
(121,583 posts)was NOT the President.
milestogo
(18,871 posts)JohnSJ
(97,074 posts)DFW
(57,067 posts)The founders never envisioned an attack coming from within the alliance, but the charter doesn't exclude it from the realm of possibility either. The "attack on one" clause was never amended to say, "unless the attack comes from within the Alliance membership." Unless there is some similar obscure clause in the NATO charter, if the US military moves to occupy Greenland, every other NATO country is bound to come to the aid of Denmark and Greenland. I'm sure Fox Noise will find a way to justify the attack, but the rest of Europe will fight it, and they might get help from Canada as well.
No wonder Trump wanted Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. Anyone sane would have tried to tell him to forget the notion.
stollen
(663 posts)Trump doesn't have his sychophant generals lined up right now. Tuberville tried. Biden told the military to remember their oaths for a reason.
es466
(116 posts)Joinfortmill
(16,986 posts)Exp
(90 posts)and KILL the U.S. economy.
Justice matters.
(7,713 posts)The CIA is sleeping.
Exp
(90 posts)travelingthrulife
(1,325 posts)pfitz59
(11,204 posts)Trump cannot let that stand. He wants the entire planet to share his miserable mindset. The fucker is insane.