▲ 73 ▼ US and Denmark reach deal to build US military presence in Greenland (www.npr.org) submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/world 37 comments fedilink hide all child comments President Donald Trump says he has a deal with Denmark to bolster the U.S. military presence in Greenland. The announcement comes after months of threatening to take the island by force from the NATO ally.
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (3 children) Is this what you tell yourself? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children) No, it's what I read from the Arctic policy experts in the trusted media I follow. But if you have a different analysis I'm always interested. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) But if you have a different analysis I'm always interested. Just the personal experience of living under this regime for the past 2.5 years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago I'm not saying it's somehow okay what Trump has done. What I'm saying is that it's more a capitulation on his end than a subjugation of Greenland. This does not mean we can relax. This does not mean this is a good thing. It means that disaster is averted for now, and he's committing to a narrative about him having won, which will buy us some time and resources to focus on more important things. From a non-US perspective at least. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children) No, it's what I read from the Arctic policy experts in the trusted media I follow. But if you have a different analysis I'm always interested. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) But if you have a different analysis I'm always interested. Just the personal experience of living under this regime for the past 2.5 years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago I'm not saying it's somehow okay what Trump has done. What I'm saying is that it's more a capitulation on his end than a subjugation of Greenland. This does not mean we can relax. This does not mean this is a good thing. It means that disaster is averted for now, and he's committing to a narrative about him having won, which will buy us some time and resources to focus on more important things. From a non-US perspective at least. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) But if you have a different analysis I'm always interested. Just the personal experience of living under this regime for the past 2.5 years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago I'm not saying it's somehow okay what Trump has done. What I'm saying is that it's more a capitulation on his end than a subjugation of Greenland. This does not mean we can relax. This does not mean this is a good thing. It means that disaster is averted for now, and he's committing to a narrative about him having won, which will buy us some time and resources to focus on more important things. From a non-US perspective at least. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago I'm not saying it's somehow okay what Trump has done. What I'm saying is that it's more a capitulation on his end than a subjugation of Greenland. This does not mean we can relax. This does not mean this is a good thing. It means that disaster is averted for now, and he's committing to a narrative about him having won, which will buy us some time and resources to focus on more important things. From a non-US perspective at least. permalink fedilink source parent