Trump says U.S. will 'get Greenland,' military force not ruled out

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/29/trump-greenland-military-force-denmark/82722287007/

by sebazzz • 1 year ago

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Malcolm Nance on Twitter/X (https://x.com/MalcolmNance/status/1905724835764044045):

"How will this happen? 1) A Battalion of marines, 10th Mountain & a mass of US Air Force Security Police are “quietly” alerted to draw weapons and Extreme Cold Weather Gear.

2) AFSOC CCT “airport control” teams and Special Forces mountain troops will be alerted to take Nuuk airport.

3) Dozens of C-17 & refueling aircraft missions will be scheduled to go to Nuuk & Thule. A clandestine capable civil airliner will carry CCT/SOF to Nuuk. A follow on C-17 missions to bring the below listed to take over administration.

4) US Marshals, ICE & DHS Swat teams will be quietly alerted to be prepared to take over airport & police duties on streets.

5) A US Special Operations Expeditionary warfare sea base & a helicopter carrier will depart east coast, stop in Wilmington NC to embark follow on SOF/Marines and head to Nuuk to act as interim “capitol/embassy” for new “American” administrators brought from Alaska.

6) Trump declares it a US protectorate territory. Names it Trump-land.

This is the stupidest idea and it WILL go sideways. Both Greenlanders and Americans will be killed."

I found this quite informative.

chinathrow3• 1 year ago

Who would kill Americans? Are the people of Gree land armed?

SG-2• 1 year ago

they hunt, so yes.

timeon• 1 year ago

Crimea all over again.

rzzzwilson2• 1 year ago

As the USA leadership asymptotically approaches "bat-shit crazy dictator", at what point do the majority of citizens get concerned? Asking for a friend.

fifilura• 1 year ago

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_They_Came#Text

card_zero• 1 year ago

The lesson is, time when you speak out exactly right, and you can get rid of the socialists and the trade unionists.

SG-2• 1 year ago

HN crowd just flags almost any article about this stuff instead.

thatwasunusual• 1 year ago

A friend of mine also wants the answer to that question. :-/

dave44202• 1 year ago

More to the point… at what point do the countries of Europe ask the US to remove its military bases from the continent?

rasz2• 1 year ago

At what point does US get FAFO Nuked?

defrost• 1 year ago

  Vance heaped criticism on Denmark during his Friday visit, accusing the country of lagging on security and leaving Greenland open to invasion from Russia and China.

Missing from the reporting is Vance's consistent reference to Greenland as "a landmass".

You aquire or occupy a landmass, you go to war with a country over territory.

The language used doesn't bode well.

smadge• 1 year ago

Even if we accept the premise that Greenland is vital to national and international (read as western) security, the west abandoned naked colonialism decades ago because they could maintain military and economic access to a country without resorting to it.

AlecSchueler2• 1 year ago

Yes, and that's already the relationship the US has with Greenland. Until recently anyway, obviously they've lost some control now by burning away any good will or atmosphere of cooperation hat there was

jalapenos3• 1 year ago

Why does this admin feel like it's run by frat boys

dgellow3• 1 year ago

They know what they are doing. It’s not just dumb statements, it’s a repeated, targeted messaging in preparation for an actual or de facto take over.

chinathrow3• 1 year ago

So do intelligent/informed people take project 2025 serious?

jalapenos3• 1 year ago

Aren't they supposed to at least pretend there's Nazis in Greenland so they have to "de-Nazify" it with a "special military operation"?

Amateurs.

dgellow3• 1 year ago

That’s obviously casus belli — a legitimate justification for war under international law.

chinathrow3• 1 year ago

For war by whom? Denmark with NATO against the US?

dgellow3• 1 year ago

My understanding: Denmark would face the US without NATO support in this scenario, though likely with NATO allies but outside of the NATO framework. Won’t happen, but such rhetoric constitutes legal justification for war. Just highlighting the severity - any other world leader making similar threats would trigger international crisis. Trump’s statements continue to be normalized despite their gravity.

rasz2• 1 year ago

Who wants to bet Greenland (and Panama) was suggested by Putin as some sort of " you will leave glorious legacy". It makes zero logical sense otherwise. Why would US want full ownership of a frozen solid, even after 100 years of global warming at current pace, piece of land when they already have unlimited military presence and control over the region due to being close allies with the owner.

ZeroGravitas2• 1 year ago

This is the only thing that makes sense to me too. Putin encouraging this to undermine the USA's (already shaken) moral standing to object to Ukraine, and Taiwan (and maybe the baltics and the phillipines) being absorbed by their neighbours.

Though, does it account for the European reaction to wannabe empires nibbling away at territory on both ends?

Seems certain to backfire for everyone involved.

aaron695• 1 year ago

Greenland's population is only 56,000.

You could give every man, woman and child a million dollars ~Twitter, let them keep their current stuff, property etc and it's an amazing buy for the USA.

You could give everyone $10 million and make your money back in a decade or two if you were careful.

LinuxBender• 1 year ago

You could give them money to be nice but they do not have any authority to do anything about territory in response. In a strange way the US already has more authority in Greenland than it's residents.

tock• 1 year ago

What happens when China offers more per person then?

ZeroGravitas2• 1 year ago

At this rate they'll be deporting Inuit from Greenland to El Salvador by the halfway mark of his Presidential term.

Trump says U.S. will 'get Greenland,' military force not ruled out

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