Trump threatens tariffs on those opposing Greenland plans
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US President Donald Trump has said he may impose trade tariffs on countries that do not support his plans to take over Greenland and is talking to NATO.

US President Donald Trump has said he may impose trade tariffs on countries that do not support his plans to take over Greenland.

“I may put a tariff on countries if they don’t go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national security,” Mr Trump said at the White House.

  • ɯᴉuoʇuɐ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 months ago

    If the US invades Denmark, all other NATO companies are OBLIGATED to provide military support. So that would basically kick USA out of NATO,

    The other countries can simply not oblige (and thus kill NATO). That’s the more realistic option.

    and you can bet your bottom dollar that not only NATO but also Russia, China, North Korea, etc would all fall over themselves to ‘help respect and defend the sovereign territory of Denmark from illegal invasion’.

    Lol no they wouldn’t. Neither would they care about who owns Greenland (except probably Russia), neither would they waste immense amounts of money and manpower to fight the biggest military and economy in the world for no real gain, and neither would 2/3 of the listed countries (Ru, NK) be able to do anything serious against US anyway (outside of suicidally throwing nukes at it).

    • SirEDCaLot@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      3 months ago

      The other countries can simply not oblige (and thus kill NATO). That’s the more realistic option.

      I don’t see it.

      Sure, the various NATO countries who aren’t Denmark can simply say ‘sorry man we’re out’ and dissolve NATO. Or just refuse to comply, damn the consequences.
      They won’t though, because in many cases the threat of NATO is the only thing protecting them.
      Look at Eastern Europe on the Russian border- Finland, Estonia, Latvia. Belarus is a RU puppet and Ukraine might lose their war so we can include Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania too. Russia has Navy assets in the Black Sea so you can also consider Bulgaria and Turkey.
      If NATO went away tomorrow, do you really think Russia wouldn’t try to gobble one or two of them up? You really think they wouldn’t succeed in at least one or two cases?

      And what about Canada? They’re a NATO member and they have real military force. Same with UK, Norway, Sweden, Germany.

      Do any of them WANT to go up against USA? Of course not.
      If the US truly went rogue and invaded a sovereign nation, would they do it? Probably, because if they didn’t, there’s no guarantee they wouldn’t be next.

      Lol no they wouldn’t. Neither would they care about who owns Greenland (except probably Russia), neither would they waste immense amounts of money and manpower to fight the biggest military and economy in the world for no real gain, and neither would 2/3 of the listed countries (Ru, NK) be able to do anything serious against US anyway (outside of suicidally throwing nukes at it).

      They DGAF about Greenland. Greenland isn’t worth shit.
      But for any of them to reduce the US’s role in the world economy or worldwide diplomacy, that’s a golden opportunity.
      Thing is they needn’t commit huge resources to the war. Just a small force that would be able to make it hurt for the US, and the real war is fought in the media. It gives them a chance to be the heroes and paint US as the villain.