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Donald's Danish Distraction continues because America does 'Police Actions' not Special Military Ops [1]
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Date: 2025-01-09
Donald Trump says he can’t assure the world he won’t use military force to take over Greenland or the Panama Canal. He wants Sudetenland.
Trump: "The people of Greenland would love to become a state of the United States of America. Now, Denmark maybe doesn't like it. But then we can't be too happy with Denmark and maybe things have to happen with respect to Denmark having to do with tariffs." [image or embed]
This is one of the dumbest and most dangerous things Trump has ever said. [image or embed]
Holy sh*t. Donald Trump says he can’t assure the world he won’t use military force to take over Greenland or the Panama Canal.
Bolton: "If you're the prime minister of Denmark, your NATO ally is refusing to say they're not gonna attack your territory." [image or embed]
The Greenland question is a delicate one for Denmark, whose prime minister officially apologised only recently for spearheading a 1950s social experiment which saw Inuit children removed from their families to be re-educated as "model Danes".
Last week, Greenland's leader said the territory should free itself from "the shackles of colonialism."
By doing so he tapped into growing nationalist sentiment, fuelled by interest among Greenland's younger generations in the indigenous culture and history of the Inuit.
Most commentators now expect a successful independence referendum in the near future. While for many it would be seen as a victory, it could also usher in a new set of problems, as 60% of Greenland's economy is dependent on Denmark.
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The principle of the inviolability of borders "applies to every country... no matter whether it's a very small one or a very powerful one," German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned, while French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the EU would not let other nations "attack its sovereign borders.
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