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Trump's US Threat to Greenland (which belongs to Denmark)

Orla Joelsen on X, May 12, 2025
Hi Ted!
Citizen of Greenland here,
The majority in Greenland is against to be coming part of the USA. It will never happen, never.
When will you realize that?
The newly appointed American ambassador to Denmark, who will work to purchase Greenland, will never receive a warm welcome from the majority of Greenlanders, when he lands in Nuuk.
#StandwithGreenland 🇬🇱
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With a sort video (1:41 min.) of Ron DeSantis and Newt Gingrich being asked about Greenland and Trump.
English with subtitles in Danish.

From the thread:
ï_Leclerc on X, May 12, 2025
Dear MAGA,This is a service announcement:
Concealed carry is not a thing in Greenland 🇬🇱.
Everyone is carrying their loaded high calibre rifle in plain sight.
In Greenland, MAGA are not the predators
- they are the prey.
End of service announcement.
Now ◊◊◊◊ off!!!
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I think it's true about open (and loaded) carry. It's for the polar bears, but it will come in handy for MAGA.
Pia Klemmensen on X, May 12, 2025
I just wait to see the first Mar-a-Lago turist who think the sled dogs are pets
They will get ripped apart
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Liat on X, May 12, 2025
When will this stop?
Greenland and Denmark said no and yet, the MAGA administration still persists with their rape diplomacy.
What do Denmark and Greenland need to do so this stops?
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cmxnyc on X, May 12, 2025
American citizens agree with the citizens of Greenland.
Only republican politicians, billionaire techbros and maga are trying to take Greenland.
The rest of us respect your country and will never support such aggression.
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psionl0 said:
If Trump wants Greenland so badly then he should offer it full statehood (including 2 Senators and 3 EC votes) so that it enjoys the same protection under the constitution as the other states. (Trump doesn't want that at all of course).
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I don't think he can actually do that. I think it would be a step too far for Republicans. It wouldn't be politically expedient for them. Not because it would require war against a NATO ally. Most of them probably wouldn't mind. However, the already existing 'overseas territories' would demand at least the similar status, and Republicans wouldn't want to grant them that.
Population size: Greenland 57,000

U.S. overseas territories:
U.S. Samoa 47,000
Northern Mariana Islands 56,000
U.S. Virgin Islands 105,000
Guam 169,000
Puerto Rico 3,206,000

(Nobody claims that there is in any real logic to this:
Alaska 740,000
Hawaii 1,446,000)

As for enjoying "the same protection under the constitution as the other states," protection has very little to do with it.
 
dann said:
I don't think he can actually do that.
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There is no need for a sensible analysis. Trump clearly sees Greenland as a piece of real estate that he can buy and do with whatever he wants and bugger the inhabitants.

I don't know why any territory would want to be part of the US if they are not states - especially with Trump acting like he is a king.
 
psionl0 said:
Trump clearly sees Greenland as a piece of real estate that he can buy and do with whatever he wants and bugger the inhabitants.
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The key word is "buy". If Greenland becomes incorporated into the US it will be "bought" at a price that is seen as "fair" by both parties. The "inhabitants" (as you say) have nothing to do with it and never have. You do understand that, right? The only thing I'd like to point out most emphatically is that the US won't steal Greenland so any complaints you might have will have to be lodged with the authorities in both the US and Greenland.
 
3point14 said:
Nobody with their head screwed on loves Trump.
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Spend some time at the main railway station in Copenhagen and speak with the Greenlanders hanging out there (homeless it seems) and ask them why they would rather be American citizens. Then come back and tell us what they said.
 
Clutch Cargo said:
Spend some time at the main railway station in Copenhagen and speak with the Greenlanders hanging out there (homeless it seems) and ask them why they would rather be American citizens. Then come back and tell us what they said.
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Perhaps you could tell me, as I'm not in Copenhagen. Or, and I realise this is radical, actually produce some evidence (wild, I know)

But I get it - The USA is notoriously compassionate towards its homeless population...
 
Clutch Cargo said:
I have spoken with hundreds of Greenlanders in Denmark and they all love Trump.
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Steve said:
This contains two blatant lies in one short sentence.
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1). I have spoken with hundreds of Greenanders in Denmark over the years. That is no lie.
2). The subject of Trump & Greenland however is a rather new subject and during this period (on that subject) I have spoken to 50 or 60 Greenlanders. They have all voiced their approval of Trump for more than one reason. They are dissatsified with being treated poorly by the Dansish government, they don't want Denmark to go to war against Russia, and they are of the hope that Trump will change all of that. No lies at all.
 
Clutch Cargo said:
1). I have spoken with hundreds of Greenanders in Denmark over the years. That is no lie.
2). The subject of Trump & Greenland however is a rather new subject and during this period (on that subject) I have spoken to 50 or 60 Greenlanders. They have all voiced their approval of Trump for more than one reason. They are dissatsified with being treated poorly by the Dansish government, they don't want Denmark to go to war against Russia, and they are of the hope that Trump will change all of that. No lies at all.
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I don't believe you.

This is a Trump tactic, isn't it. The 'people are saying' and the 'I've spoken to lots of people. (big, strong people with tears in their eyes).

Nobody here is going to believe you without actual evidence.
 
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3point14 said:
Perhaps you could tell me, as I'm not in Copenhagen. Or, and I realise this is radical, actually produce some evidence (wild, I know)

But I get it - The USA is notoriously compassionate towards its homeless population...
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No, I do not agree that the US is compassionate towards the homeless. Not at all. Greenlanders express their hopes and if they feel that Trump might improve their situation (in any way) then they ought to have the right to say so. Do you disagree with that?
 
Clutch Cargo said:
1). I have spoken with hundreds of Greenanders in Denmark over the years. That is no lie.
2). The subject of Trump & Greenland however is a rather new subject and during this period (on that subject) I have spoken to 50 or 60 Greenlanders. They have all voiced their approval of Trump for more than one reason. They are dissatsified with being treated poorly by the Dansish government, they don't want Denmark to go to war against Russia, and they are of the hope that Trump will change all of that. No lies at all.
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The evidence suggests that either your sample is massively flawed, or else you're making stuff up again.

A new poll reveals that an overwhelming majority of Greenlanders reject the idea of their Arctic island becoming part of the United States, with many viewing President Trump's interest as a threat.
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The evidence is still there whether you like its tone or not.

I'm inclined to accept the actual opinion of the people is the one they recently expressed, and not one person's anecdotal straw poll.
 
Sorry for any confusing DMs, emails or alerts you may have received, I incorrectly moved 16 posts to AAH, I've now moved them back.
Posted By: Darat
 
Anecdotally, once met a Spanish woman on a flight back from the US, who told me she was returning to Spain to gather her belongings and enthusiastically return to Greenland to settle down for good. Said she found the people so friendly and refreshingly so. Spain's culture is already warm and family-friendly, so I can only anecdotally conclude that US culture would be a total mismatch for Greenlanders, on the order of the (apocryphal, unconfirmed) horrid ruin of the Pueblo Indian culture by human sacrifice adherents moving up from Mexico. What a way to go; hell on Earth coming to town.

Next DOOM title: The Mercan Death Melt.
 
Trump is such a master negotiator that Clutch can look forward to pointing out the ecstatic enthusiasm of the Greenlander's for their new American citizenship/subjectification by the time he returns from his latest holiday.
 
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