Summary
JD Vance criticized Denmark for failing to protect Greenland from Russian and Chinese incursions during a visit to the U.S. military base in Pituffik.
While pledging respect for Greenland’s sovereignty, Vance announced increased U.S. naval presence without expanding ground forces.
Trump echoed the need for Greenland’s strategic importance to global security.
Greenland’s new prime minister condemned the visit as disrespectful, and public protests opposed U.S. influence. Trump’s administration continues to push for stronger U.S. involvement in the mineral-rich Arctic region.
They paid almost 3 percent and now are upping it TO 3 percent of their total gdp on defense. They are in line with it.
Vance and trump are so ego based and dumb af.
Denmark 0.97 1.09 2.16 1.95 1.49 1.85 1.84 4.08 3.07 2.64 2.29 (2014-2024estimated)
Source: https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2024/6/pdf/240617-def-exp-2024-en.pdf
Considering that the “old” benchmark was 2%… They didn’t even make that number for years. Only stepping up and consistently paying when Russia actually started their invasion. And even then they are rapidly regressing back to the 2% number.
I was wondering about the average so I came back, turns out it’s over 2 percent.
So what your telling me, Is they’ve been paying?
No. I’m telling you that “They paid almost 3 percent” is bullshit. I’m telling you that you’re lying. I make no claim for anything else other than you’re full of shit. You’re making shit up to complain about “orange man” and not looking at what’s actually made them pay. Which was Russian aggression.
And no, you can’t just take the average when there’s a clear pivot point of an event. Someone had to make up the shortfall in the pre-Russian invasion time-frame. That wasn’t just free. They were average 1.6% in the 6 years prior to Russian invasion of Ukraine. Well below the benchmark.
But wait! Turns out I copied and pasted the wrong table… I grabbed it from a page down because I was an idiot and scrolled too far!
Here’s the real data… Denmark 1.15 1.11 1.15 1.14 1.28 1.30 1.38 1.30 1.37 2.01 2.37
1.556% as an average… with pre-invasion looking closer to 1.2%
So even now they barely make the benchmark even after Russian invasion (post-invasion averages 1.7%). So not only are you really full of shit, but you’re SUPER full of shit. They’ve never paid anything close to 3%. Let alone actually maintaining their 2%.
Edit: fixed wording to be more clear on post Russian invasion benchmark.