Anonymous wrote:I honestly think Trump is doing this for his own vanity. He wants to do memorable things while president and adding to the US is something he can do to stand out from other presidents.

Anonymous wrote:Trump is launching an expanded trade war against countries that collectively account for around 11% of U.S. imports of goods. If the Europeans retaliate, 22% of U.S. goods exports are at risk (that's 15% for the 8 countries affected, plus 7% for the rest of the EU).

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Anonymous wrote:Trump says he’s adding a 10% tariff to all the countries that sent troops to defend Greenland against an American invasion, increasing to 25% in June if he’s not allowed to buy Greenland.


All this does us further isolate the US diplomatically and economically. But MAGA, right?

You act as though either Denmark or the US will own Greenland. And more plausible scenario is that the US will own it, or China or Russia will. Denmark is not capable of defending Greenland. Be serious for a moment. They cannot. So either we take it and defend it, or China and Russia will.

Um, as a NATO member, *we* are supposed to help defend Greenland.

NATO is supposed to be a shared defense organization. Not a "you can eff around, spend nothing on defense, and America will come rescue you" organization. I really don't give a crap how Europeans feel about any of this. You do realize that they have free health care and incredible social benefits, while expecting us to pay for their defense. How is that fair to poor Americans? I'm not okay with this. They can either step up and pull their weight, or we will take Greenland and more. And furthermore, if they want to seek protection from Russia rather than us, they will be in an even worse boat. They have completely given up- stagnant economies, moronic decisions like closing nuclear plants so now high energy bills and worse pollution, no defense, no children and no future.

Europe has shown up for some of our military nonsense, like Iraq.

And if you want to change something, this is *not* the way to go about it.

But why would anyone expect a guy with 3 failed marriages to know anything about maintaining relationships?

No. You're making things up now. The same European nations that are countering us right now, countered us with the Global War on Terror. Jacques Chiroc famously tried to stop the Iraq war on the grounds that it was, in his words, a violation of international law. He threatened to use France's veto power at the UN security council. Germany agreed, which is why we pulled our troops out and closed our bases in Germany. PP, if you view international relations as being just like a marriage, you are dangerously naive and out of your depth.

As it turns out, they were right about eveything.

I won't weigh in either way. The point is, you're totally wrong that we have great relationships with these nations and that Trump is suddenly threatening the international balance of power. Things have been deteriorating with them for decades now, and we cannot rely on them to do basically anything. They won't even sit there and shut up while we fight for their oil- they actively sabotage our efforts to protect Europe. When China and Russia come for Greenland, Denmark will not protect it. The 13 soldiers that Germany rounded up and deployed to Greenland also will not be able to protect it. You need to grow up and realize that Greenland is too hot a commodity to continue to be held by a nation as weak as Denmark and decide whose side your on: Russia, China, or the US.

Your Fox News BS is irritating. China and Russia are not coming for Greenland. We aren’t fighting for “their” oil. EU countries are now ponying up the requisite percent of GDP for NATO support.

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Anonymous wrote:“ Trump says on Feb 1 he will impose a 10% tariff “on any and all goods sent” to US from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands, & Finland, increasing to 25% June 1 “until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”

“I will continue to illegally raise taxes on the American people until the NATO alliance collapses”

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Anonymous wrote:Trump says he’s adding a 10% tariff to all the countries that sent troops to defend Greenland against an American invasion, increasing to 25% in June if he’s not allowed to buy Greenland.


All this does us further isolate the US diplomatically and economically. But MAGA, right?

You act as though either Denmark or the US will own Greenland. And more plausible scenario is that the US will own it, or China or Russia will. Denmark is not capable of defending Greenland. Be serious for a moment. They cannot. So either we take it and defend it, or China and Russia will.

Um, as a NATO member, *we* are supposed to help defend Greenland.

NATO is supposed to be a shared defense organization. Not a "you can eff around, spend nothing on defense, and America will come rescue you" organization. I really don't give a crap how Europeans feel about any of this. You do realize that they have free health care and incredible social benefits, while expecting us to pay for their defense. How is that fair to poor Americans? I'm not okay with this. They can either step up and pull their weight, or we will take Greenland and more. And furthermore, if they want to seek protection from Russia rather than us, they will be in an even worse boat. They have completely given up- stagnant economies, moronic decisions like closing nuclear plants so now high energy bills and worse pollution, no defense, no children and no future.

Europe has shown up for some of our military nonsense, like Iraq.

And if you want to change something, this is *not* the way to go about it.

But why would anyone expect a guy with 3 failed marriages to know anything about maintaining relationships?

No. You're making things up now. The same European nations that are countering us right now, countered us with the Global War on Terror. Jacques Chiroc famously tried to stop the Iraq war on the grounds that it was, in his words, a violation of international law. He threatened to use France's veto power at the UN security council. Germany agreed, which is why we pulled our troops out and closed our bases in Germany. PP, if you view international relations as being just like a marriage, you are dangerously naive and out of your depth.

As it turns out, they were right about eveything.

I won't weigh in either way. The point is, you're totally wrong that we have great relationships with these nations and that Trump is suddenly threatening the international balance of power. Things have been deteriorating with them for decades now, and we cannot rely on them to do basically anything. They won't even sit there and shut up while we fight for their oil- they actively sabotage our efforts to protect Europe. When China and Russia come for Greenland, Denmark will not protect it. The 13 soldiers that Germany rounded up and deployed to Greenland also will not be able to protect it. You need to grow up and realize that Greenland is too hot a commodity to continue to be held by a nation as weak as Denmark and decide whose side your on: Russia, China, or the US.

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Anonymous wrote:If Europe is smart, they'll shrug and ignore him. It's us the stupid tariffs hurt, and 25% doesn't kick in until June and there's a non-negligible chance that Trump will be in the memory care unit by then.

Wrong. I am French and certain industries that export mainly to the US have been devastated by tariffs, like cognac. It entirely depends on what you sell to whom, and some merchants have great difficulty pivoting to find new clients elsewhere. They're going under.

Americans have no concept of how exposed Europe is to international trade shocks. They do not understand the relative percent of GDP based on export. Europe will have to cave before we ever would.

Europe has been preparing for this for almost a decade. As it is, they have been signing trade deals with China and south America; Europe has been ramping up their defense industrial complex, their drone capacity, etc. The European stock indices are outperforming the US markets. As I type this, I would rather be Europe than the US economically.

Anonymous wrote:“ Trump says on Feb 1 he will impose a 10% tariff “on any and all goods sent” to US from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands, & Finland, increasing to 25% June 1 “until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”

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Anonymous wrote:Trump says he’s adding a 10% tariff to all the countries that sent troops to defend Greenland against an American invasion, increasing to 25% in June if he’s not allowed to buy Greenland.


All this does us further isolate the US diplomatically and economically. But MAGA, right?

You act as though either Denmark or the US will own Greenland. And more plausible scenario is that the US will own it, or China or Russia will. Denmark is not capable of defending Greenland. Be serious for a moment. They cannot. So either we take it and defend it, or China and Russia will.

Um, as a NATO member, *we* are supposed to help defend Greenland.

NATO is supposed to be a shared defense organization. Not a "you can eff around, spend nothing on defense, and America will come rescue you" organization. I really don't give a crap how Europeans feel about any of this. You do realize that they have free health care and incredible social benefits, while expecting us to pay for their defense. How is that fair to poor Americans? I'm not okay with this. They can either step up and pull their weight, or we will take Greenland and more. And furthermore, if they want to seek protection from Russia rather than us, they will be in an even worse boat. They have completely given up- stagnant economies, moronic decisions like closing nuclear plants so now high energy bills and worse pollution, no defense, no children and no future.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF is going on? Trump has completely lost the plot! How can anyone defend this idiot? I think he wants to kill us all by making us go insane. What an absolute idiot. Anyone who thinks he is qualified to be president needs their head examined.

He's 100% going to destroy the US. Attacking a NATO country is totally and completely insane. The only way any of this makes sense is if he's taking orders from Putin. That or he's just completely insane.

+1. NATO has only been activated once since its formation-after 9/11 where its members supported the USA in its attack on Afghanistan. Hundreds of British soldiers died to support this US. Danish soldiers died too. And Trump/MAGA repays them by threatening to blow up NATO and take Greenland…

If they are deploying troops to Greenland to attack us, it's safe to say that NATO doesn't really exist at all.

What are you even talking about? The US is invading another country.

Cite?

Are you high?

The US is threatening another country, the country is preparing to defend itself.

I'm not high. Are you saying that threatening a nation is exactly the same as invading it? Because you said "the US is invading another country." We have not invaded Greenland. That is just factually inaccurate. We have offered a purchase contract.

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Anonymous wrote:If Europe is smart, they'll shrug and ignore him. It's us the stupid tariffs hurt, and 25% doesn't kick in until June and there's a non-negligible chance that Trump will be in the memory care unit by then.

Wrong. I am French and certain industries that export mainly to the US have been devastated by tariffs, like cognac. It entirely depends on what you sell to whom, and some merchants have great difficulty pivoting to find new clients elsewhere. They're going under.

Americans have no concept of how exposed Europe is to international trade shocks. They do not understand the relative percent of GDP based on export. Europe will have to cave before we ever would.