fecking hell
US (Trump) wants to buy Greenland from Denmark
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I hope they keep them far away, Greenland is the most important place when it comes to climate change, letting the US plunder it would be catastrophic.
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Looking at the replies convinces me that twitter is now 95% bot run.
Which is kind of funny. Old man screaming at bots could become a new meme.
It’s better than talking about healthcare for all, innit?
I bet he's so tempted to do a Crimea on Greenland. At this stage I would not even rule it out. 
False flag terrorist attack from a Greenlandian radical imminent.I bet he's so tempted to do a Crimea on Greenland. At this stage I would not even rule it out.
I mean, it has to be crack.
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It's definitely crack.
The President of the USA wants to buy Greenland from Denmark and most of the very serious media is saying 'well, I can't see Denmark wanting to sell!'.
Cause apparently that's the relevant bit... It's not the views of the Greenlanders who are overwhelmingly Inuit and don't consider themselves Danish.
I hate this so much. Greenland is a struggling place and it is so distasteful to see it being talked about so flippantly by powerful people just because it's the US President's latest fascination.
Cause apparently that's the relevant bit... It's not the views of the Greenlanders who are overwhelmingly Inuit and don't consider themselves Danish.
I hate this so much. Greenland is a struggling place and it is so distasteful to see it being talked about so flippantly by powerful people just because it's the US President's latest fascination.
He cancels a state meeting because a country won't sell it's land?
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Delusional.
Isn't Greenland vulnerable going forward? With its increasing value won't it be vulnerable to a Russia, USA or China invading? What would Denmark be able to do about that?
Well Denmark, and by extension Greenland, is NATO member state. It's not exactly a Crimea situation.
Its more vulnerable to climate change than Russia or any other invasion.
Denmark army is actually very well prepared and equipped. And they still have mandatory conscription in Denmark, which means every citizen have at least some basic knowledge of how to properly shoot a weapon.
In fact, their air force and special corps are seen as one of the world's elite.
Having said that, no country can resist an invasion by USA, Russia or China simply because despite being well prepared and tactically ready, they also have top equipment and they can outnumber anyone in air force, naval force, etc, etc. Plus, the artillery nowadays is so sophisticated and efficient that basically makes defensive infantry tactics totally useless in a matter of minutes.
Fair point.
If you have long range nukes you can drop on their major cities you can.
Not really. There is conscription but very few actually end up going. All males aged 18 will get called in for something like an IQ test, a physical check up and then draw a number. If the number is within a certain range you go into military service for a minimum of four months to a year (I think) depending on the part of the army you join. If the number is within some other range you might get a phone call saying you should join the army, but that's very rare as we have enough volunteers as it is. The final (and largest) range basically means you're not joining. So very few are actually drafted like that.
Can’t take no for an answer so defaults to acting like a child... his base must be so proud.
Thanks for clearing that up. So just because the conscription is mandatory doesn't mean that everyone will be selected to do it. Makes sense due to logistic reasons.
Yes exactly. Everyone goes and get a verdict on whether they're suitable or not, a subgroup then ends up actually joining the military for a bit. Most will be volunteers in the end, as far as I know.
Or get diagnosed with bonespurs.
They can also volunteer in the fire service.
Invade... Greenland? If we reach the point where someone is actually invading Greenland, then all hell has already broke lose and all bets are off in any case.
Trade war will be the next step. Just wait and see.He cancels a state meeting because a country won't sell it's land?
Hmm, wasn't there some massacre that the vikings committed like 1,000 years ago on the American continent? It's payback time now!Trade war will be the next step. Just wait and see.
No more Lego!Trade war will be the next step. Just wait and see.
They are probably highly reliant on our diabetes medicin so they can try to embargo us.
Hell froze over. I chuckled at a Trump joke.
I'm sad. And Angry. And so confused.
edit: misquoted sorry.
He is going to put sanctions on Greenland. How on Earth did an imbecile like him ever get to such a position? I thought Dubaya was idiotic but this takes the biscuit.
He may want to buy The Falklands or Gibraltar. How about Scotland or even Northern Ireland? Bojo may sell those.
The days of “buying countries” are long gone. And who would sell to the most hated man in the world anyway.
Perhaps he misunderstood Green New Deal
So were the days of annexing (parts of) countries but look what happened ...
Whatever NATO and the EU are able to do about it.
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US isn’t buying Greenland.