• Pringles@lemm.ee
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    Thinking about why the US is so keen on Greenland: It’s only relevant for them if they intend to make enemies out of the EU, because they already have all the access they need. But only as long as they are allied with Europe.

    It’s clear where this is headed. Russia is not the only reason why Europe is rearming.

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      He’s planning to withdraw from NATO. Otherwise it makes no sense. USA already has more or less free access to build any military base they want there

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        USA already has more or less free access to build any military base they want there

        Which makes it extra stupid that Trump is demanding that he own Greenland for security reasons. The Americans can already expand their base there whenever they want.

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          Danish news today talked about Trump and his people maybe not being aware of this. They are sure that the US consulate on Greenland has informed them but they are not confident that the administration even knows this.

          I think that they are either being naive, kind or sarcastic

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        They are going to cut the map up ww2 style, US gets the americas with green land and China and Russia split the rest. Russia takes Europe, and China gets the pacific. All the rest will dissapear. They may find a middle east partner for that region, and then exploit Africa.

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      The plan is easy:

      • USA take Canada, greenland and everything up to Panama for Security Reason.
      • Russia take back some part of Europe because they are talking Russian.
      • China take South Korea with North Korea and Taiwan because it’s China anyway…

      Easy plan for megalo-dictators

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      why the US is so keen on Greenland

      Testing the invasion waters with something most EUs will not want to risk their lives over, and then he doesn’t need to justify what he has on his airbase there.

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      That is also why he wants an ICBM defense mesh, because realistically that’s the only chance Europe has to cripple us in a fight.

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        Hardly. There are many ways to “cripple” the US without need to resort to a simple-minded military slugfest.

        They could act to support Trump’s next reelection bid, for example. That’d be more devastating to American power than a nuke.