Germany has joined other NATO allies like Sweden, Canada, and the Netherlands to send troops to Greenland as Trump intensifies threats to take over the country.
Here’s the funny part: the US had almost sole control over the military stuff up there, they had army bases there, for joint defense projects.
Now, many other countries are setting bases there. So they’ve gotta share the space and the soft power that came with having that space virtually to themselves.
The US already had a base there, as you said, and there was already an existing agreement that they could expand it if the need arose.
But nooooo, Trump had to ignore all that and just demand to take the entire damn country away from its citizens so he could have some shiny prize to brag about.
No, that they had all the access to the arctic circle they could ever want, without any pushback or competition, or any added cost of running a territory for that matter.
Here’s the funny part: the US had almost sole control over the military stuff up there, they had army bases there, for joint defense projects.
Now, many other countries are setting bases there. So they’ve gotta share the space and the soft power that came with having that space virtually to themselves.
Thats not the funny part, it’s the stupid part.
The US already had a base there, as you said, and there was already an existing agreement that they could expand it if the need arose.
But nooooo, Trump had to ignore all that and just demand to take the entire damn country away from its citizens so he could have some shiny prize to brag about.
So you’re saying the USA should focus on converting that soft power to hard power?
They should focus on the military at home killing their own people
They have ICE doing that pretty effectively.
Right, the USA can’t do Cuba or Greenland when Minnesota is the enemy
“You can fuck right off, dontcha know?” - Minnesota, probably
Not too far off:
“To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here.” Mayor Jacob Frey
No, that they had all the access to the arctic circle they could ever want, without any pushback or competition, or any added cost of running a territory for that matter.