Posted on 01/24/2025 1:18:02 PM PST by Miami Rebel
US President Donald Trump had a “fiery” and contentious phone call with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen last week, during which Trump insisted he was serious about taking over Greenland, European officials told the Financial Times.
The officials, who were not identified by the FT, said the conversation had gone very badly, with one describing it as “horrendous.” Another official said that Trump’s intention to take over Greenland was “serious, and potentially very dangerous.”
For weeks, Trump has voiced his interest in taking over Greenland, the Panama Canal, and Canada, in what analysts say reflect his hardball diplomacy. Frederiksen has asserted that Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, is not for sale.
While her office dismissed the officials’ “interpretation” of the Trump call, one former Danish official told the FT that Trump also threatened to target Denmark with tariffs.
Trump’s critics have warned that his interest in Greenland — which occupies a strategically important position for the US — will destabilize the US alliance with Denmark, Semafor reported, while Trump allies argue that a bigger role for the US in Greenland would be vital to national security in countering Russia and China.
The call is “likely to deepen European concerns that Trump’s return to power will strain transatlantic ties more than ever,” the FT wrote, while Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum argued that for Denmark, “the most difficult aspect of the crisis is not the need to prepare for an unspecified economic threat from a close ally, but the need to cope with a sudden sense of almost Kafkaesque absurdity.”
Since his first term as president, Trump has floated the idea of annexing Greenland to expand US access to crucial Arctic trading routes and vast mineral resources. But he has recently doubled down on the proposal and has not ruled out using force to conquer the island.
The president has also expressed interest in reclaiming the Panama Canal which he claims has unfairly given China economic and security advantages in the region.
This should stay on hold until the Greenlanders are for it. If not, forget it.
The US is NATO. No Veto.
They are negotiating right now for the rights to build on Greenland right now - as part of their Belt and Road initiative. Every one is aware except some freepers.
“until the Greenlanders are for it”
I bet 50,000 checks for a million bucks each could probably get that done.
Lol.
And they sent Trump a signed petition, with a strong letter attached ......
no one said any thing about China invading
and part of that is the fact that the CCP has 4 new ice breakers, while we have on medium and one 1979 heavy now in refurbishment (think many years), and several other small ships.
I don't think that's what you meant to say, but that's what you said.
I bet 50,000 checks for a million bucks each could probably get that done.
Lol.
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I’d say you’re right. Lol
Yes, he’s amazing.
You’re saying that if China made a deal with Greenland, the US/NATO would NOT veto it. I don’t think that’s what you meant to say, but that’s what you said.
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Yes its what I said: its deal between Greenland/Denmark and the Chinese - they already have a mining consortium active on the island which no one “vetoed”.
Europe isn’t
The future is east of Suez.
NATO wouldn’t allow any military bases. Greenland has commitments to NATO.
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All Chinese companies, all Chinese holdings, inside and outside of China, are military or can rapidly be converted, like the 2 ports of the Panama Canal. This is called Civilian-Military Fusion, a policy instituted by Xi Jinping several years ago.
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