GAC06 said:
I think there's a decent chance that Trump ordering an invasion and of Greenland would be the end of his presidency. I honestly don't know if his order would be obeyed, and at that point it's over for him.
GAC06 said:
I'm a Marine officer and I voted for Trump. I'm reading the room among my peers. Trump is way off the rails on this one.
docb said:Yukon Cornelius said:
Why does that matter?
You're just going to have to figure that one out for yourself.
Yukon Cornelius said:docb said:Yukon Cornelius said:
Why does that matter?
You're just going to have to figure that one out for yourself.
I'm legitimately curious. In America if you don't pay your property taxes you get your property taken by force. Why does Greenland have a moral obligation greater than American citizens?
Yukon Cornelius said:docb said:
Exactly. Big difference between making an offer to buy versus threatening to take by force.
Why does that matter?
docb said:Yukon Cornelius said:docb said:Yukon Cornelius said:
Why does that matter?
You're just going to have to figure that one out for yourself.
I'm legitimately curious. In America if you don't pay your property taxes you get your property taken by force. Why does Greenland have a moral obligation greater than American citizens?
Well in America if you ask your neighbor to sell you their car and they say no and then you steal it then you will go to jail.
GAC06 said:
I think there's a decent chance that Trump ordering an invasion and of Greenland would be the end of his presidency. I honestly don't know if his order would be obeyed, and at that point it's over for him.
Yukon Cornelius said:docb said:Yukon Cornelius said:docb said:Yukon Cornelius said:
Why does that matter?
You're just going to have to figure that one out for yourself.
I'm legitimately curious. In America if you don't pay your property taxes you get your property taken by force. Why does Greenland have a moral obligation greater than American citizens?
Well in America if you ask your neighbor to sell you their car and they say no and then you steal it then you will go to jail.
You brought up using force as a distinction. I asked why that matters. I had an example of US government using force on it owns citizens to take property. So I don't see why Greenland geopolitically or morally revives a benefit we don't get. Then you brought up an irrelevant analogy of a citizen to citizens interaction.
Yukon Cornelius said:
It's an example of our government using force to take property. And Greenland has even less safeguards morally or legally than a US property owner is my point. The only deterrent from the US taking anything is other people physically opposing it. Geopolitically there are no laws really. So again why does your distinction matter? We've taken many lands by force over the years. Some we keep. Some we give back. Some we sell.
docb said:Yukon Cornelius said:
It's an example of our government using force to take property. And Greenland has even less safeguards morally or legally than a US property owner is my point. The only deterrent from the US taking anything is other people physically opposing it. Geopolitically there are no laws really. So again why does your distinction matter? We've taken many lands by force over the years. Some we keep. Some we give back. Some we sell.
This level of stupidity is beyond comprehension
Deputy Travis Junior said:Hubert J. Farnsworth said:
It must be nice for the EU that they have a bunch of mouth breathers here in the US that take their side over our own countries interests. All of this stuff started when Trump started demanding fair trade deals with our supposed allies like Canada and the European countries. The TDS riddled mouth breathers couldn't believe that Trump would dare try to get us more fair trade deals than the garbage deals that were in place before.
How is it in our interest to annex Greenland? We have a military base there where we already have free rein to do just about whatever we want (why literally tried to dig nuclear missile silos under ice sheets during the Cold War and hid a lot of the details from Denmark) and Denmark knows where their bread is buttered so they follow our lead on just about everything related to national security. This is pointless. We already have the benefits while Denmark does all the administrative work. What are we getting that we don't already have?
Also, I have a very low opinion of the European Union, but antagonizing them for the lulz is stupid. A meh ally is better than no ally.
Yukon Cornelius said:
100%. Future American generations will be debating taking out UK nuclear weapons before the Muslims in charge ship them to whomever. It's going to be a pretty major geopolitical battle. What to do with nuclear armed nations fallen to Islam control.
NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
— Nick Schifrin (@nickschifrin) January 19, 2026
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the…
nai06 said:NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
— Nick Schifrin (@nickschifrin) January 19, 2026
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the…
JB!98 said:
This thread is entertaining! We are not going to invade Greenland. It would end Trumps presidency and he knows it. Some of you are so gullible. Now, buy it or negotiate placing defenses there, yeah.
nai06 said:NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
— Nick Schifrin (@nickschifrin) January 19, 2026
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the…
GAC06 said:
I'm a Marine officer and I voted for Trump. I'm reading the room among my peers. Trump is way off the rails on this one.
People in greenhouses (or Greenland) shouldn’t throw stones. Last year the Danish government strongly criticised Israel for its defensive war in Gaza. The PM said the level of violence was “unacceptable”. Denmark used its presidency of the EU at the end of 2025 to advocate for… pic.twitter.com/gjNCBbPzrf
— Rɪᴄʜᴀʀᴅ Kᴇᴍᴘ ⋁ (@COLRICHARDKEMP) January 18, 2026
What this video forgets to mention: the Danish combat & control system on that warship is awful.
— John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) January 18, 2026
So bad the last ship they sent to the Red Sea suffered a total systems failure during a firefight.
pic.twitter.com/XDjFmDpqbb
JB!98 said:
This thread is entertaining! We are not going to invade Greenland. It would end Trumps presidency and he knows it. Some of you are so gullible. Now, buy it or negotiate placing defenses there, yeah.
Gordo14 said:JB!98 said:
This thread is entertaining! We are not going to invade Greenland. It would end Trumps presidency and he knows it. Some of you are so gullible. Now, buy it or negotiate placing defenses there, yeah.
They will never sell it. If it was about placing defenses there, there are much more effective ways about doing that within the alliance structure we already have.
🚨 EU TO TRUMP: “PLEASE — NO MORE TARIFFS. LET’S TALK GREENLAND.”
— Jim Ferguson (@JimFergusonUK) January 19, 2026
Suddenly, Brussels is very polite.
After President Trump made it clear that tariffs are on the table over Greenland, European leaders are backing off fast — shelving retaliation and begging for negotiations… pic.twitter.com/96A5kvwpn3
GAC06 said:
I'm a Marine officer and I voted for Trump. I'm reading the room among my peers.
bobbranco said:GAC06 said:
I'm a Marine officer and I voted for Trump. I'm reading the room among my peers. Trump is way off the rails on this one.
This is a disheartening and disturbing development. Trump has not stated invasion was on the table. How has such delusion crept into the officer corps?
nortex97 said:🚨 EU TO TRUMP: “PLEASE — NO MORE TARIFFS. LET’S TALK GREENLAND.”
— Jim Ferguson (@JimFergusonUK) January 19, 2026
Suddenly, Brussels is very polite.
After President Trump made it clear that tariffs are on the table over Greenland, European leaders are backing off fast — shelving retaliation and begging for negotiations… pic.twitter.com/96A5kvwpn3
Will see if that is true.