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And so it begins...

Washington: Denmark is in “crisis mode” after Donald Trump made a direct play for Greenland in a “horrendous” phone call with the country’s prime minister.

The US president spoke to Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen for 45 minutes last week and made it clear he wanted to place Greenland under American control.
Trump then became “aggressive”, according to the newspaper, and threatened to impose tariffs on Denmark unless Greenland was sold to the US.

The call came after Trump refused to rule out using military force to take Greenland in a press conference on January 7, arguing that it was a matter of “national security” that the US gained an Arctic base.
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Greenland, Panama, Canada are all distractions from what is happening internally. I could hardly believe what I was seeing and hearing late last night. It has taken legal action from judges to delay (not stop) Trump's federal payments freeze which would mean instant closure of access to federal schemes to help those on or below the breadline, and for those needing urgent medical assistance and for children's education, as well as federal emergency services. Those already struggling will be pushed further down and those in the direst need won't give a flying fuck about Greenland, Panama or Canada.
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Murmurs · 31-35, F
This is clearly the time for the United Kingdom to reclaim its colonies.

Britain arguably has a stronger legal claim over at the very least the Eastern Seaboard, than that of the US over Greenland. At least some current inhabitants of these former colonies would welcome a return of the monarchy of the Old Country (and a great many more seem to like the idea of the gold-drecked glamour of kingship in their recent voting choices anyway).
Murmurs · 31-35, F
@basilfawlty89 Actually it does occur to me that you might end up with Florida too? I'm so sorry...
basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M
@Murmurs nah, wasn't part of Mexico. We're not Spanish. Most of us are mixed Native and European to varying degrees.
jehova · 31-35, M
@Murmurs its called NEW ENGLAND WTF.
Denmark should sell him Greensboro, North Carolina. He won't know the difference.
basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M
I love that someone downvoted this.
Someone is clearly "triggered" in the parlance of their kind.
Convivial · 26-30, F
@basilfawlty89 i can't see it going that far somehow....
basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M
@Convivial I dunno. I honestly don't know. He has the House, Senate and Supreme Court stacked. The only way it won't happen is massive resistance. This also means Democratd need to stop compromising and trying and pandering to them.
Convivial · 26-30, F
@basilfawlty89 if he tried to force the issue I can see a mutiny within the military ...
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
The Danish company Novo Nordisk produces the world's leading weight loss drug, Wegovy. It is relied upon by millions of fat Americans who can't be arsed to do any exercise, including Elon Musk. The Danes also export loads of cheap bacon. The outcome of a tariff war war between America and Denmark would be fairly predictable 🐖🐖🐖

This is what is known in the trade as asymmetrical economics ⚖
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@pdockal Ever thought of considering what other nations may want or need before you use bullying tactics? It's called diplomacy and is a tried and tested method of achieving outcomes acceptable to all without recourse to violence.
basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M
@pdockal shut it, Amerifat. Stop chowing down KFC and McDonald's.
pdockal · 56-60, M
@SunshineGirl

Were you present during the conversation ?
Who are you to judge especially what doesn't affect you ?
Is your country perfect ... i think not
Fix your country and then what you say might have revelance
Do you see me pointing out your contries issues ?
Anniedlr · 26-30, F
I’ve heard a rumour that Lichtenstein wants to annex Florida - not sure Trump would agree 🙂
This story was in the Financial Times - one of the more reliable UK newspapers.
Richard65 · M
Denmark is in NATO, so, if Trump uses military force he'd be attacking another NATO member. This could end up with America sending NATO troops in order to protect Greenland from American troops invading it.
@Richard65 You have to ask Trump exactly why
Richard65 · M
@NativePortlander1970 I imagine his hawkish military advisers have told him Greenland has become a crucial territory to secure US security. So, Trump has decided he's going to be the president who manages to get it. But threatening a NATO ally is clearly not the way to go about it. I'm hoping that he doesn't think the aggressive tactics he likely used as a property dealer are suitable for negotiating with nation states about sovereign territory.
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Attempted land acquisition harassment should be illegal imo.. no means no
@pdockal among the arabs..
pdockal · 56-60, M
@SStarfish

Be careful
@pdockal it was a long time ago but i still remember them.. and care
I see Don's old Trumpet is at it again....😆
DonaldTrumpet · 70-79, M
I luVZ de ESKimoZ anDZ Dey luVz me
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FreddieUK · 70-79, M
Please can you give the source for this?
Convivial · 26-30, F
@FreddieUK that question has been asked and answered further down the thread... The London telegraph and the financial times plus msm
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
@Convivial So sorry. Thanks. Great posting, if depressing.
Convivial · 26-30, F
@FreddieUK no problem...
@tindrummer Please dont insult pigs.
pdockal · 56-60, M
The current administration isn't the first to attempt to acquire Greenland so why is this triggering anybody ??
basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M
@pdockal hmm no.
pdockal · 56-60, M
@basilfawlty89

@ least you admit you slithered out from under a rock
pdockal · 56-60, M
@Convivial

Why are you telling me this ?????
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pride49 · 31-35, M
Prolly wants greenland so he can reach nukes to russia over the north pole. The u.s. tried that during the cold war
Elessar · 26-30, M
justanothername · 51-55, M
Trump resorting to his own brand of mafia style deal making tactics.
swirlie · 31-35, F
Convivial, this post of your's was cut and pasted straight from Yahoo Online News, yet you're writing it as if it was your own creative literary piece.

The whole thing with Denmark and Greenland is speculative at best and most likely false information from start to finish because that's the kind of thing that Yahoo News publishes online.
swirlie · 31-35, F
@Convivial
Plagiarism means to take someone else's work and then pass it off as your own. That was my only point. You don't have to be listening in on a phone call because that does not constitute plagiarism because plagiarism is about the written word not the spoken word.
Convivial · 26-30, F
@swirlie i do know that and for the work to be my own i had to be there which i clearly was not
swirlie · 31-35, F
@Convivial
For the work to be called your own, you cannot copy and paste it from someone else's published work like you did and then pretend it was your's by not revealing the source from which you copied it.
[media=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmTlR0I07J4]
Which newspaper is the source?
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@NativePortlander1970 Calling the Daily Telegraph "right leaning" is a bit like calling Genghis Khan a "mildly expansionist statesman". The group has been opened for decades by a succession of oligarchs who have suppressed any semblance of editorial independence in their undisguised efforts to turn the UK into the 51st state of America. The Financial Times is however a serious newspaper, so if the story was reported here you can trust it with reasonable confidence.

What, by the way, counts as "mainstream media" these days? Most people consume their news from social media platforms. Using the term as a perjorative no longer conveys the meaning or force I think you believe it to have.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@SunshineGirl
Calling the Daily Telegraph "right leaning" is a bit like calling Genghis Khan a "mildly expansionist statesman".

🤣👍🏻
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