Posted on 04/05/2025 6:24:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A couple days ago, the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, gave a press conference during her short whirlwind trip to Greenland.
Nothing new about that EXCEPT that she read out a statement to the press in English that was targeted to America's president, though she made it sound as if she was speaking to the American people. The statement was clear. Keep your hands off Greenland. It is not for sale. It cannot be annexed and the Danish government is not going to let you Americans take it for any reason, and certainly not for your "national security interests."
Cynical and suspicious people might say that, in fact, the whole trip was really about the opportunity to stand between the outgoing Greenland prime minister and the incoming one, just as the new government there was officially constituted to give a two-minute warning shot across the bow of the Resolute desk.
That message being, that to invade a sovereign land, even one whose population was no greater than that of Maple Grove, Minnesota, would not be tolerated by Denmark and its allies in the EU.
And so begins the new war of words over the the world's largest block of ice.
I fully expect that Trump will now throw down the other shoe and take his case to Truth Social, X, and all other social media platforms to launch the equivalent of an invasion by rhetoric designed to get the backing of Americans and to win the hearts and minds of the Greenlandic people.
Before he does that, however, he would do well to remember that in July, the Danish PM will take over the presidency of the Council of the European Union, effectively giving her the perfect podium for coalescing support for protecting Greenland from the clutches of the Americans.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
A better approach might be for America to copy the Chinese model of the “belt and road” initiative and to regard Greenland as a potential Puerto Rico-type partner and encourage investment there from American companies now operating in China.
In short, use Greenland as a stepping stone for those companies not wanting to go the whole way back to the U.S., but offer them incentives to invest in Greenland.
Trump could then use “greenback power” to woo the Greenlanders towards America.
The Danish government would then have to match the Americans’ example or cede the battlefield to them.
At a time when Denmark is trying to fund its ambitious three-part environmental program, pay for its military rearmament, keep supporting Ukraine as well as writing checks to Greenland to the tune of $600 million each year for its block grant, they will be hard pressed to find the Kroner to subsidize Danish companies to do the same.
Denmark will end up with nothing when the Greenlanders vote for independence. Then they will sign a security/economic pact with the US, its neighbor. They will need to keep the Russians and Chinese out and Denmark doesn’t have a navy.
Great suggestion!
I just love this little pissant European nations with militaries the size of the Vermont National Guard trying to order the USA around.
If we wished to take Greenland by force, no country our group of countries could stop us.
Lucky for them we aren’t the evil imperalists they believe us to be.
And we don’t want to be!!
Greenland is a drain on Danish economy.
Denmark pays Greenland annual subsidy like $ 600 millions.
That’s about $10,000 for resident. Thanks to that subsidy, residents enjoy standard of living compatible with the rest of EU.
If they declared full independence, they would presumably lost that subsidy so they are reluctant to do that!
Wotta shame only not.
That clip was my first pick but she didn’t go to the floor.
Except that Greenland has no roads between cities. That’s our Trump card. We can build their infrastructure.
“That message being, that to invade a sovereign land, even one whose population was no greater than that of Maple Grove, Minnesota, would not be tolerated by Denmark and its allies in the EU.”
Garbage propaganda. Trump does not plan to invade Greenland. Whatever the people of Greenland want will be respected.
If they declared full independence, they would presumably lost that subsidy so they are reluctant to do that!
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I think Trump could EASILY work a deal that would benefit every Greenie AND Dane way more than a measly ten grand a year. Not to mention defense guarantees against occupation by hostile forces from elsewhere!
so now we know the price
let the negotiations begin
That statement works on more than one level.
” a potential Puerto Rico-type partner”
Puerto Rico might be a bad example to use, to entice a Greenland partnership.
It is a third world bleep-hole, not the shining gem of the Caribbean.
The U.S. seized Puerto Rico from Spain over 125 years ago. It is by no means ready for statehood. The U.S. administration of Puerto Rico has been a failure.
Rage all you want you cant even protect yourselves and its just a matter of time when the Chinese will push through and you will be standing their with your d##s in your hand sayin how did this happen and all this at Americans expense.
Drain on the Danush economy....?
With so much US taxpayer money being laundered to Europe...?
Since monwy us fungible, we’ve likely been supporting Greenland all along.
Time to make it official.
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