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Trump renewed calls for the US to annex Greenland for "national security" reasons during an Oval Office briefing, claiming "I think it will happen."

Greenland's outgoing Prime Minister Múte Egede responded on Facebook: "Enough is enough," and planned to summon all Greenland's political parties for a joint rejection.

Likely incoming Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen also called Trump's statement "inappropriate."

Trump also undermined Denmark's claim to Greenland, saying it was "very far away and really has nothing to do" with the island.

Danish Defense Committee Chairman Rasmus Jarlov warned that US annexation "would mean war between two NATO countries."

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 57 minutes ago

The fucking nerve for Trump to suggest Zelensky is gambling with WWIII. Ukraine is defending its own nation from invasion and the US is breaking every alliance it can find and causing tensions that remind me all too much of the lead up to WWI.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

With global warming new trade routes are going to open up through the artic. They will be extremely valuable and the countries geographically positioned to compete for them are going to be Russia, China, Canada, and Greenland. This is why America wants Canada and Greenland so bad and will do whatever it takes to get them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 35 minutes ago

Despite all the Republican denial, someone must believe in climate change. Wonder how the true-believing cult takes this.
Also, with all the tariffs, why do we need trade routes?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Disgusting people are pro climate change because of money.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 hours ago

It's only distraction.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 hours ago

Can they kick out the US and just ask the EU to station troops there instead?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 hours ago

Well I recall reading about what happened the last time vikings tried to land on American shores, and I say bring em on!

I just need to check my notes real quick.

Okay so it turns out we may have genocided the people who defended their homeland against some of the most feared warfighters of that time, so perhaps trump just drops this whole thing before unnecessary blood is shed.

Seriously, anyone who gets so much as a papercut as a direct result of one of trump's orders is regretful and unfortunate.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 13 hours ago

Inb4 Trump starts invading because 2-3 MAGA nuts from greenland said they wanted to be part of US, so that's plenty of reason for the whole Greenland to need it as well - "they'll see why it's good for them once they're ours, trust me".

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