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    8 hours ago

    It can’t be true. There’s no way he said that. It has to be a fake message.

    Fuck me this guy has lost the god-damned plot and he’s not even in office yet.

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    Why do I have a feeling he saw the Mercator version of Greenland and was having size envy and wants it.

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    Can we just build a replica oval office at Mar A Lago and having him play president while someone real just takes over? Fuckkkkk

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        The US annexing Greenland is all it would take? How so? I’m asking because I’m woefully undereducated in these matters. Couldn’t we form our own NATO, without the US but with blackjack and universal health care?

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          Greenland belongs to Denmark. Denmark doesn’t want to give it up. So annexing it would constitute an attack of one NATO member on another.

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            Exactly. Also, Europe can and likely will start its own defensive alliance sooner or later. But with the US constituting more than half the military power of NATO right now, that won’t amount to much other than keeping the Russians in check.

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              Ah, so the issue is that NATO, in order to be effective, is very much dependent on the US being in it. Bother.

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                Not really, NATO is a nuclear power and a several times bigger conventional military power than Russia, even without the US.

                That said, it would be shit fighting against the US. For everyone involved.

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                  It’s an interesting thought exercise - US has the base formerly known as Thule. My father was stationed there decades ago, however according to Wikipedia, it’s part of Space Command now. I can’t imagine that being much of an offensive force, nor being near anything.

                  Meanwhile Wikipedia lists a Dutch navy detachment splitting time between there and Faroes

                  Luckily it seems like both would have a difficult time asserting a military option, and any such misadventure would likely be dominated by the weather. It’s hard to believe the residents would approve

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    How much do native Greenlanders like being governed by Denmark, would they conceivably be better off as US citizens? Obviously self governance is best but could they defend their own territory in that case. I think there’s a case to be made for this idea and few Americans regret having Alaska as part of the union.

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      Last time this idea was brought up, the Danish response was clear: Denmark can’t sell Greenland because it’s not ours to sell. The Greenlanders rejected the offer.

      There’s been decades of collaboration between Denmark and Greenland on establishing autonomy and independence of Greenland. It appears they are not interested in becoming integrated into a different state, but would rather continue that process.

      But indeed, it’s up to the people of Greenland.

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝
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      And lose their Schengen passport? And have to adopt to a foreign language?