Usha Vance, the second lady, and Michael Waltz, the national security adviser, are on their way this week. Greenlandic officials called the move “aggressive.”
The main argument against the annexation of Greenland right now is that Denmark is already letting the US do more or less what they want militarily. If Denmark pushes them out, they’ll have a much more legitimate reason to annex the island.
Plus it’s not really going to make a difference whether they have a base there or not if they decide to annex it, it’s not like Denmark is going to be able to mount any kind of opposition to US military.
The main argument against the annexation of Greenland right now is that Denmark is already letting the US do more or less what they want militarily. If Denmark pushes them out, they’ll have a much more legitimate reason to annex the island.
Well, there is no “legitimate” reason to annex the island. Second, this is just capitulation with extra steps. And we’ve already seen what capitulation gets you with the Trump administration. Trump wants something, others capitulate in hopes to appease him. Trump decides he wants it anyway, and makes up an excuse to do it. It’s the exact same thought process every time.
It’s even playing out here. Trump wants Greenland, Denmark is letting the US do what they want anyway, and Trump is saying that’s not enough any more and now he just wants the whole thing. This is what capitulation gets you.
Plus it’s not really going to make a difference whether they have a base there or not if they decide to annex it, it’s not like Denmark is going to be able to mount any kind of opposition to US military.
First, you still don’t allow a country threatening to invade and annex your territory to set up a base in your home country. This would be like Ukraine preparing for Russia’s invasion by allowing Putin to park his tanks in Kyiv. And second, not that I want this to happen, but I would hope that the rest of the EU would stand up to an actual show of force to defend Greenland from a US invasion, leading to a US vs. EU standoff. Granted, that scenario would probably make Putin come in his pants, but it’s still what should happen.
If the rest of the EU would be willing to just stand back and let the US take Greenland, then the EU needs to decide if it wants to be ruled by either Russia or the US. Because just like Putin won’t stop at Ukraine, Trump isn’t going to stop over Denmark. It also means that all of those security treaties that both the US and European countries have around the world won’t mean squat since it would show that the EU won’t even protect the territory of one of its member nations, let alone a foreign threat, leading to side effects such as Russia making more aggressive moves to rebuild the USSR, China taking Taiwan, and NATO either dissolving because of the US/Denmark issue or just being relegated to a paper tiger unwilling to actually interfere beyond lip service.
The main argument against the annexation of Greenland right now is that Denmark is already letting the US do more or less what they want militarily. If Denmark pushes them out, they’ll have a much more legitimate reason to annex the island.
Plus it’s not really going to make a difference whether they have a base there or not if they decide to annex it, it’s not like Denmark is going to be able to mount any kind of opposition to US military.
Well, there is no “legitimate” reason to annex the island. Second, this is just capitulation with extra steps. And we’ve already seen what capitulation gets you with the Trump administration. Trump wants something, others capitulate in hopes to appease him. Trump decides he wants it anyway, and makes up an excuse to do it. It’s the exact same thought process every time.
It’s even playing out here. Trump wants Greenland, Denmark is letting the US do what they want anyway, and Trump is saying that’s not enough any more and now he just wants the whole thing. This is what capitulation gets you.
First, you still don’t allow a country threatening to invade and annex your territory to set up a base in your home country. This would be like Ukraine preparing for Russia’s invasion by allowing Putin to park his tanks in Kyiv. And second, not that I want this to happen, but I would hope that the rest of the EU would stand up to an actual show of force to defend Greenland from a US invasion, leading to a US vs. EU standoff. Granted, that scenario would probably make Putin come in his pants, but it’s still what should happen.
If the rest of the EU would be willing to just stand back and let the US take Greenland, then the EU needs to decide if it wants to be ruled by either Russia or the US. Because just like Putin won’t stop at Ukraine, Trump isn’t going to stop over Denmark. It also means that all of those security treaties that both the US and European countries have around the world won’t mean squat since it would show that the EU won’t even protect the territory of one of its member nations, let alone a foreign threat, leading to side effects such as Russia making more aggressive moves to rebuild the USSR, China taking Taiwan, and NATO either dissolving because of the US/Denmark issue or just being relegated to a paper tiger unwilling to actually interfere beyond lip service.