Donald Trump says residents of Greenland want to be part of US
Source: The Guardian
Donald Trump has said he believes the US will take control of Greenland, after details emerged of a horrendous call in which he made economic threats to Denmark, which has said the territory is not for sale.
Speaking onboard Air Force One on Saturday, Trump said: I think were going to have it, and claimed that the Arctic islands 57,000 residents want to be with us.
I do believe Greenland, well get because it really has to do with freedom of the world, he said. It has nothing to do with the United States, other than were the one that can provide the freedom.
[.......]
His latest comments follow a horrendous phone call with the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, during which Trump was said to be aggressive and confrontational in his attempt to take over the island. Five current and former senior European officials told the Financial Times that the call had gone very badly. It was horrendous, said one of the sources. It was a cold shower, another told the paper. Before, it was hard to take seriously, but I do think it is serious and potentially very dangerous.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/26/donald-trump-residents-greenland-us
He's out of his fucking mind and the world is laughing at us.
jls4561
(1,873 posts)Xipe Totec
(44,181 posts)California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming.
Because, hey, the Mexican residents of this territory would be better off under US control.
Think. Again.
(20,752 posts)Hekate
(95,872 posts)Orange Mussolini is batshit crazy
brush
(58,590 posts)The man just manufactures lies. He has no idea what Greenlanders think. I'm pretty sure they want nothing to do with trump.
MadameButterfly
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Trump can't even dream of. Informed Greenlanders won't choose this.
But Trump will start a trade war, sanctions, etc. with Denmark if they say no, or he'll just send in the army.
Then NATO has to decide if they'll go to war over Greenland with Russia at their backs.
brush
(58,590 posts)the cowed rethugs in Congress and his admin, plus the military chiefs advice the fool to back off.
It's going to be a mess going against NATO.
kimbutgar
(23,917 posts)After having a few cocktails .
Irish_Dem
(62,144 posts)brush
(58,590 posts)Last edited Sun Jan 26, 2025, 06:19 PM - Edit history (1)
by sending in troops without doing something about it.
Irish_Dem
(62,144 posts)NATO knows it cannot take on the US military which is the most powerful military in the world.
And Europe cannot afford 50% tariffs.
The entire US government folded like a cheap lawn chair and let a dangerous psychopath criminal
take over.
We do not yet know what the rest of the world will do.
It is too early to tell.
brush
(58,590 posts)Europe has many resources and friends in the world. I doubt it woud just be Europe uniting to fight against trump's bullying. The Colunbian's president's message of resistance to trump's bullying should give you and idea that the world is not going just roll over for trump.
Irish_Dem
(62,144 posts)Won't happen.
NATO is not going to commit suicide and get Europeans killed over gd Greenland.
But I agree other methods may be used.
But not a military confrontation.
brush
(58,590 posts)repercussions and resistance to trump invading Greenland. And it will also come from people here in the US.
brush
(58,590 posts)Swede
(35,142 posts)nt
AZJonnie
(227 posts)and that our forces will physically remove any Danish diplomats from the capital city if necessary, and declare the country to be US territory. The Danish government will not want their diplomats in harms way, so they will bring them home. US military will disembark and take over the capital city, and that will be that. Trump will simply take it, without a shot being fired. And Putin will absolutely lick his chops over the discord this will cause with NATO, which will lead the US leaving it, one of his greatest dreams. IMHO, the best chance Greenland has is that Trump is thwarted by Americans. For a historical reference see: Chamberlain, Neville.
brush
(58,590 posts)on his staff stopped the fool from his silly impulses. I don't think everyone will roll overr and let the idiot invade a sovereing nation who has done nothing to us.
:et's watch and see if no one puts up a fight against the bully.
Lancero
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Resistance my ass.
ColOMbian. Not ColUmbian.
brush
(58,590 posts)chicoescuela
(1,779 posts)brush
(58,590 posts)Last edited Sun Jan 26, 2025, 06:37 PM - Edit history (1)
Guess he's mimicking Pootie's invasion of Ukraine.
chicoescuela
(1,779 posts)brush
(58,590 posts)Last edited Sun Jan 26, 2025, 11:28 PM - Edit history (1)
Same with Panama as China is intrinsically involved in it's operation with two adjoining ports where ships stage and wait for passage through.
We've got a president in the throes of mental decline who thinks he can bully other sovereign nations, and an alliance of multiple sovereign nations into bending to his will.
I think he'll FAFO.
chicoescuela
(1,779 posts)that would be a total disaster
brush
(58,590 posts)international blundering/fuck-ups. We're not talking about the best and brightest at all in the clown car cabinet.
I'm betting Hegseth will crack under the stress of the first international crisis and will start drinking again.
chicoescuela
(1,779 posts)He cant go without cocktails until he gets some therapy, no chance at all. He has an inch he cant scratch. It is a horrible addiction.
brush
(58,590 posts)chicoescuela
(1,779 posts)sheshe2
(88,942 posts)brush
(58,590 posts)Other old school rethug like the Bushes may also.. I'm not counting on them, but the military chief's take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, not trump. And they also are schooled to not obeying illegal orders.
Do you really think nothing will happen and the world will just roll over for trump invading Greenland?
I don't. Ukraine has had much support and aid from other nations in reaction to Russia's invasion. IMO trump will find much opposition too to an invasion of a sovereign nation which hasn't done a thing to the US.
MadameButterfly
(2,282 posts)military. What repercussions, and will Trump care?
Honest question: I really want to know what Nato can do about this
brush
(58,590 posts)stand against the orange turd bully. See the the message Columbia's president tweeted to trump. There's Japan, Australia, New Zealand...other South American nations who are not fans of the US and it's history of backing dictators who helped the US exploit their natural Resources.
I highly doubt it will go without repercussions if trump invades Greenland.
Irish_Dem
(62,144 posts)Over gd Greenland.
I am not ruling it out at some future date if things keep going the way they are.
But for right now, it is a movie type fantasy.
brush
(58,590 posts)There will be repercussions of trump invades Greenland.
MadameButterfly
(2,282 posts)I see Trump attempting to destroy the whole economy and likely the progressive president of Columbia. And he might succeed.
Will it cost Americans a lot of money? Sure. But does Trump care?
Like Putin, bot men willing to sacrifice their own people and destroy other countries to avoid humilation. What kinds of reprcussions will stop them?
brush
(58,590 posts)You can't possibly disagree with that. Tne bully trump could get this nation in big trouble by invading a sovereign nation that has done nothing to it. Just as Putin has.
Let's see if the bully get's away with it.
MadameButterfly
(2,282 posts)which is no longer forthcoming, and now will be financing the bully.
I really do want to agree with you. i just don't see what anyone can do to stop him. I wish there was some economic sanction that NATO could enact that wouldn't do more damage to them than to us. I hope someone smarter than me is figuring this out.
Trump and Putin are willing to do damage and they have no shame.
They may end up alone and unloved, but those are not the repercussions I am looking for.
brush
(58,590 posts)MadameButterfly
(2,282 posts)Is the US going to send money to defend Greenland against a US invasion?
brush
(58,590 posts)MadameButterfly
(2,282 posts)Thats not the same as not allowing it.
brush
(58,590 posts)Chili Pepper
(125 posts)That Trump is counting on putting NATO in a difficult position - Continue to help defend Ukraine against Russia or redirect troops to Greenland and thereby handing Ukraine to Russia.
I really think the latter is Trumps REAL plan. He doesnt want Greenland. Hes paying back Putin in exchange for his help during the election.
MadameButterfly
(2,282 posts)It's big. It has resources. And expansion is what dictators do.
He sees the world as one big real estate deal.
But true, NATO is not in a position to fight the US and Russia at the same time.
rampartd
(1,308 posts)Walleye
(37,188 posts)Traildogbob
(10,432 posts)yourout
(8,210 posts)ananda
(31,136 posts)...
BadgerKid
(4,730 posts)bucolic_frolic
(48,219 posts)He also believes Mexico and Columbia want our deportations.
Irish_Dem
(62,144 posts)Trump doesn't even bother to come with original lies.
Autumn
(46,997 posts)come up with this shit and all these EO's. He too fucking stupid to come up with it on his own.
niyad
(121,583 posts)any or all, take your pick.
MsSalvia
(8 posts)We need to hear the recording. The world needs to hear it.
Joinfortmill
(16,985 posts)ananda
(31,136 posts)I can think of several reasons why, but I couldn't say which
one is foremost. For example:
Having an orgasm at the prospect of commanding an army
and causing violence.
Maybe even getting to use nukes, which he wanted to do in
his first term.
Giving all the starving men he's screwed over jobs in the armed
services to serve as menial servants or cannon fodder.
Making white men in the defense industry and war profiteers
happy.
And of couse being able to loot Greenland for resources.
LudwigPastorius
(11,421 posts)declared emergencies or status of war.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/guide-emergency-powers-and-their-use
ananda
(31,136 posts)This is all such a demented power rush for him!
sakabatou
(43,671 posts)wolfie001
(3,965 posts)Give up their great healthcare and replace it with our barely existent health care. I think someone's telling a big lie. Again.
Rebl2
(15,331 posts)all lies.
tclambert
(11,150 posts)Marthe48
(19,824 posts)I don't want to be part of America.
C_U_L8R
(45,929 posts)There is no reason to believe a word this idiot says
tonekat
(2,100 posts)It should be tattooed on his face!
The Wizard
(13,022 posts)Trump talked to are in the witness protection program.
Norrrm
(114 posts)aggiesal
(9,658 posts)dflprincess
(28,610 posts)I really doubt they dying to give those up for big premiums & out of pockets and student loans.
Botany
(72,922 posts). are happening in the installation of a fascist government after a dirty election.
PortTack
(35,111 posts)Aussie105
(6,612 posts)Wheel out the 25th Amendment!
The only 'horrendous' thing is the mockery the last election has made of the US version of Democracy.
The world has seen batshit crazy before, and doesn't want to go there again.
What do the military top brass think of Trump's 'let's invade everywhere!' brain farts?
LudwigPastorius
(11,421 posts)The Traitor has drafted an executive order to purge anyone who refuses to do his bidding.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/11/13/it-could-be-very-hard-do-our-job-top-military-officers-brace-trumps-potential-loyalty-review-boards.html
He is probably waiting for Hegseth to get entrenched in the Pentagon before bringing down the hammer.
SamKnause
(13,974 posts)You can stop right there.
Donald Trump is a known liar.
We have heard the reports from Greenland how Jr. used homeless people in trump hats and shirts.
Their pay was a meal.
Fuck trump
Fuck maga
Fuck maga politicians
Lithos
(26,480 posts)n/t
bdamomma
(67,218 posts)certifiably insane. The world is laughing at us.
Xipe Totec
(44,181 posts)So do I.
Orrex
(64,548 posts)autorank
(29,477 posts)...for SDNY to release the entire Epstein file, including photographs and videos. That would end Trump's bullshit immediately.
Barr could make that happen.
ShazzieB
(19,149 posts)ancianita
(39,260 posts)We need to stop laughing read the history behind these propaganda moves, and pay attention to what's next. Because what he's saying and doing is not new.
The U.S. military won't let us attack a sovereign nation under this CiC's propaganda pretext of "liberating" it.
doc03
(37,252 posts)Panama one way or the other. Who can stop the US economicly or militarily? Other than China maybe. Denmark or NATO will not do anything.
PortTack
(35,111 posts)AZJonnie
(227 posts)So, yeah.
doc03
(37,252 posts)throw us out. he wants us out of NATA anyway. There is nothing stopping him from taking Panama, he doesn't give a rat's ass
about law and his poll numbers would go up.
PortTack
(35,111 posts)tanyev
(45,056 posts)Sure. You've probably got enough room for all of them at Mar a Lago. Bring them in if you want.
Figarosmom
(3,967 posts)Before attacking and trying to take territories for Russia. He says the people want to be Russian and need to be liberated.
In Ukraine 🇺🇦 he said that most of the country are Russian and want to be with him and he has to save them from the nazis.
Initech
(103,113 posts)In what fucking world does this make any fucking sense? Just...
Ilsa
(62,416 posts)crap so NATO will kick us out.
YoshidaYui
(43,103 posts)fuck him and his stupid lies. わが大統領は愚かで、狂っているかもしれない!
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FirefighterJo
(364 posts)That it will all fall on the shoulders of the US Forces high command. Invading Greenland is clearly an illegal order : Denmark/Greenland poses no threat whatsoever and has not engagered in warmongering in any way towards the US. And the US would be attacking an ally. Guess we'll see but the intentions of TSF are clear I'm afraid.
Historic NY
(38,306 posts)W T F
(1,173 posts)no_hypocrisy
(49,759 posts)Hitler claimed that Austria wanted to be incorporated into the Third Reich.
All he had to do was drive up to the eastern border with Austria with an army, cross the border, and drive in. Austria was mixed between capitulation and scared out of its mind. So it arranged for Austrians to line the roads to Vienna, cheering Hitler.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(13,053 posts)The limits of his ego know no bounds.
Aussie105
(6,612 posts)What is the military to do when given insane orders, like invade Greenland, Panama canal region?
Other countries have responded to such a situation with a military takeover of the government.
I am reminded of Maggie Thatcher sending in the troops to liberate a small island off the coast of Argentina, the Falklands, sparsely populated by sheep farmers and of no significance otherwise.
The British military went along with that.
Karasu
(439 posts)FranklinsTower
(12 posts)Gates, Bezos are invested in KoBold Metals to mine battery metals in Greenland, and it looks like Thiel and crew are going there as well. Orange Felonius is paving the way with his ambassador pick to Denmark.
https://bsky.app/profile/jennycohn.bsky.social/post/3levv4j35xk2b
muriel_volestrangler
(102,865 posts)It starts "Donald Trump says", and that's the biggest reason - if Trump claims it, but there isn't another source, it's BS.
He does this to make himself seem important, to wind up allies like Greenland and Denmark (because he wants to make himself the Most Important Man in the World, with any "allies" subservient to him), to give little thrills to MAGA supporters who are aroused by dissing foreigners, and to cause chaos in the news media, meaning his illegal actions (eg trying to fire Inspectors General) get less coverage.
TommieMommy
(1,366 posts)purr-rat beauty
(616 posts)But I have a suspicion that trump is lying.
I don't know why I feel that, maybe because that's all he does.