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[-] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

At what point is someone going to tell Donald that the end result of pushing and pushing on this narrative to the point of realization... Is going to result in Article 5 being activated, Europe and NATO formally going to war against the US, and the US tearing itself apart as factions decide to move to the Ammo box after the soap, ballot and jury boxes failed.

This is absolutely a red line. and it will cause a civil war. as well as the total destruction of the world order. Xi and Putin may end up getting so erect that they die of heart attacks.

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 1 week ago

Angry piss baby throws tantrum when told her can't have new toy

FTFY

[-] spirinolas@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

As an European it's pretty clear now that the US is our enemy. This is just the start. We really need to put our military in order and prepare for the inevitable attack.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The US is also the enemy of the US. Its worst one, in fact.

[-] harmsy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Damn americans! They ruined America!

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[-] rational_lib@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

The good news is we are a very stupid enemy

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago

Please just don't nuke us. Most of us hate him.

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It is wild to think that EU-US relations might worsen because Trump wants to annex Greenland, jeez.

[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I don't know why the Danish PM would waste his time even talking to Traitorapist Trump. The whole world knows Trump is a notorious liar.

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[-] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

Sorry for multiple posts, but my points are different.

Impose tariffs on Denmark? Do you all know what we import from Denmark? Medication and medical devices. So that would further increase the cost of healthcare in the US. He already signed an executive order to undo the $35 insulin cap for Medicaid recipients. He is actively raising healthcare prices.

Tariffs would only hurt both countries.

[-] wowbagger@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

There is no way to impose tariffs on Danish goods. We're part of the EU, and the inner market, so we'll just send the goods from some other EU country. So any tariff on Denmark would have to be a tariff on EU.

[-] andallthat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Tariffs seem to be Trump's go-to move nowadays. "Grab them by the wallet".

  • To Putin: stop the war or tariffs!
  • To Europe: buy more US oil or tariffs!
  • To Denmark: gimme Greenland or tariffs!
  • To Melania (probably): pretend you can still bear being in the same room with me or tariffs!
  • McDonald's - "cash or card, sir?" "Tariffs!"
[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

His voters still don't seem to have figured out that just means things will cost them more.

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[-] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 1 week ago

Oh, not his beloved McDonald's.

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[-] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The US will be spending the next several decades building their reputation back up.

[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Uh… I think it’s never coming back.

We had our chance to course correct, and didn't. And I suspect dems are either going to learn nothing and flop the next election, literally get suppressed by Trump, or get their own version of a "liberal Trump."

Our social media is only going to get more toxic now, and it’s already dominating public discourse.

I dunno where you live, friend, but do not assume the US is digging its way out of this hole :(

[-] interurbain1er@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Were you making the assumption that the US had a good reputation before that ?

Half of the world hated it outright and the other half was mostly just playing along because of its economic or military power and propensity to behave like a bully.

The only difference is that Trump is too stupid to do it quietly.

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[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

The US is never more than 4 years away from electing a lunatic. Soft power is not really a possibility anymore.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

Bold of you to assume this is a blip.

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Yea, one trump ~~salute~~ election is bad, but two shows that it was not a fluke :/

[-] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The US simply will not survive in its current form for another 20 or 30 years. Whether by slow, festering rot or violent implosion.

[-] thejml@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Even if sanity is restored next election cycle, I think at this point no one will ever trust us again knowing that in 4 years there’s a huge chance all hell will break loose again.

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[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

The orange turd is a perfect representation of the turds he represents.

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 1 week ago

Frederiksen offered closer co-operation with the US on military bases and mineral exploitation on the island, but senior European officials said Trump baulked at the offer, demanding full US control.

You could get everything without being a colonialist bully! FFS.

[-] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 1 points 1 week ago

I was hoping it would say someone finally told Trump, "Bitch, get back in your place because no one is putting up with your shit." Imagine my disappointment at the reasonable attempt to lower tensions and appease.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Trump is head of state of the most powerful country in the world, with a Supreme Court that seems willing to crown him king, and he's psychologically unstable. You can't tell a man like that to fuck off.
Thanks, Americans, for putting us all in this situation.

[-] andxz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Serious politicians (and I use that term loosely) are not used to dealing with someone as utterly demented as trump on a daily basis. They're used to long boring meetings and talking politely behind each others backs. Not ... this.

People had a hard time understanding Hitler at first, too, and he wrote a fucking book about what he was about to do before he actually went and did it.

[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Embarrassing dangerous clown country.

[-] WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Summary:

In a recent 45-minute phone call, U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his demand for the United States to gain control over Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen firmly responded that Greenland is not for sale. According to European officials, the conversation was aggressive, with Trump threatening punitive tariffs against Denmark if it refused to relinquish control of Greenland. Frederiksen proposed enhanced cooperation on military bases and mineral exploitation in Greenland, but Trump dismissed these offers, insisting on full U.S. control. This development has heightened concerns in Europe about strained transatlantic relations, especially following Trump’s recent threats of heavy tariffs on the EU and demands for increased defense spending from NATO allies.

[-] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Why is Denmark even offering anything at all

[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Why is Denmark even offering anything at all

As others have pointed out, the US play here is likely to be stopping payments for the current US military based in Greenland but not leaving, testing its limits (operating outside of the designated areas), and generally just begging for a response. At this point the Danish (and the EU generally) will have to choose - if they do nothing then it'll encourage more of this BS in Greenland and elsewhere. If they respond with any force it'll be what Trump wants. He'll use it as pretense for...whatever he wants to do.

This behaviour will make it far less likely that all of the US international partners will renew military base leases or sign new ones, and long term it will diminish American military power globally, but nobody in MAGA let alone Trump are really thinking beyond the immediate anyways.

So the answer your question, the Danes are trying to avoid all of that BS.

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 2 points 1 week ago

Denmark is normally otherwise an ally of the US.

However, this call has spooked the Danes. There will 100% be escalations from the Danes to protect themselves as a result.

[-] 100@fedia.io 1 points 1 week ago

well thats one way to increase nato spending

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 1 points 1 week ago

Art of the Deal.

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